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Performance TitleEvening Concert, in aid of the 'Ada Leigh' Homes for British and American Women and Girls in Paris and also of the Philanthropic Work of The Order of the Golden Age
Performance Date3 November 1921
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMadame Donalda,
Olga Haley,
Violet Openshaw,
Albert Lanng,
Eric Godley,
Roy Wilson - vocals,
F W Belchamber - organ
Secondary PerformersElla Ivimey - piano
Orchestra or BandThe Kensington Volunteer Band,
Harp and String Quartette (Madame Adeline Dinelli, Beaufort Mitchell - violins, B Reynolds - cello, Mrs Hogg - harp)
ChoirsThe Kensington Glee Singers,
The Festival Choir (augmented by 500 Girl Guides by Margaret Meredith)
ConductorsDr Churchill Sibley
Set List'Land of Hope and Glory', Sir Edward Elgar (Choir, Band, F W Belchamber),
'Bohemian Love Song' from Carmen, Bizet (Olga Haley),
Violin Solo: 'Romance', Guiseppe Dinelli (Adeline Dinelli),
Violin Solo: 'Moto Perpetuo', Frank Bridge (Adeline Dinelli),
Aria: 'Faust', Gounod (Madame Donalda),
'The Blind Ploughman', R Coningsby Clarke (Eric Godley),
'Sickles in the Corn' (Violet Openshaw, FW),
Part Song: Afton Water', F Archer (Choir),
'Marching Song of the Coming Race', Margaret Meredith (Choir, Eric Godley),
Patriotic Chorus: 'Monarch of the Empire', Churchill Sibley (Choir, Band, F. W. Belchamber),
Romance: 'Larghetto', John Thomas (Harp and String Quartette),
'Chanson du Papillon' and 'Baby's Eyes', Wekerlin (Madame Donalda),
'Smiles', Mischa Leon (Madame Donalda),
Part Songs: 'Absent, The Mulligan Muskateers', Atkinson (Kensington Glee Singers,),
'The Flower Song' from Carmen, Bizet (Albert Lanng),
'Thy Beaming Eyes', Ed MacDowell (Albert Lanng),
'Absence', Easthope Martin (Olga Haley),
Part Song: 'A Perfect Day', Carrie Jacobs-Bond (Choir)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1921/42Evening Concert3 November 1921
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OhoveafotidairEvening Concert, in aid of the 'Ada Leigh' Homes for British and American Women and Girls in Paris and also of the Philanthropic Work of The Order of the Golden Age1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2055Kensington Glee Singers (fl 1921)
DS/UK/2056Kensington Volunteer Band (fl 1921)
DS/UK/1790Donalda; Pauline Lightstone (1882-1970); Canadian soprano
DS/UK/190Haley; Olga (1898-); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/2059Openshaw; Violet (fl 1921); English opera singer
DS/UK/20Lanng; Albert (fl 1921); British singer
DS/UK/2012Godley; Eric (fl 1921); British singer
DS/UK/2061Wilson; Roy (fl 1921); British singer
DS/UK/1630Belchamber; Frederick William (fl 1890-1944); English organist
DS/UK/1635Sibley; John Churchill (1858-1938); Archbishop; English organist, religious leader
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