| Main Performers | Miss Anna Williams,
Mrs Nassau Senior,
Mr L Benson - vocals |
| Secondary Performers | Reverend Mr Brookfield - speaker |
| Set List | 'Overture - Masaniello', Auber,
'She Wandered Down the Mountain Side', F Clay (Anna Williams),
'March - Tannhauser', Wagner,
'Farewell Ye Limped Streams', Handel (Mrs Nassau Senior),
'Overture - Zampa', Herold
INTERVAL
'Prayer, 'Ave Maria', Gounod (Anna Williams),
'Song, 'Row Gently Here', Benson (Mr L Benson),
'Valse, 'Amoretten', Gung'l,
'Ballad' (Mrs Nassau Senior),
'Overture, 'Guillaume Tell', Rossini |
| Performance Notes | An audience of 7,000 people, comprising the workmen and families, various officials and members of the public were invited to a concert by The Wandering Minstrels, amateur musicians, to test the acoustics from all areas of the auditorium. The results were that in some areas an echo or reverberation could be heard.
Queen Victoria records in her diary (25 March 1871), "After luncheon saw Sir M Costa about the opening of the Albert Hall." |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1871/1) |