Main Performers | The Right. Hon. Lord Beaverbrook - speaker Alfred Pitman - prize-giver, Will Gardner - humorous entertainer, The Arnaut Brothers - musical clowns, Cecilia Farrar, Albert Downing, Lily Fairney - vocals, Aileen Bransden - organ, W H Squire - cello |
Secondary Performers | Aileen Bransden - organ Frank Reade - piano |
Orchestra or Band | Band of HM 1st Life Guards |
Choirs | Central London Choral Society |
Conductors | David J Thomas, Lieutenant H Eldridge |
Set List | 'Concert Overture in C Minor', Hollins (Aileen Bransden), 'Toccata in F', Bach (Aileen Bransden), 'March Upon a Theme of Handel', Handel, arr, Guilmant (Aileen Bransden), Madrigal: 'Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day', Sullivan (Band, Choir), 'Quotations from Popular Overtures', Sullivan (Band), Song: 'Rose Petals' , Cecil Moon (Cecilia Farrar), Song: 'Love's a Merchant', Molly Carew (Cecilia Farrar), Chorus: 'Light as Air' (from Faust), Gounod (Band, Choir), 'Cello Solo: 'Meditation in C', W H Squire (W H Squire, Aileen Bransden), Recital and Air: 'Deeper and Deeper Still' and 'Waft Her, Angels' (Jepta), Handel (Albert Downing), 'Waft her, Angels' (Jepta) Handel, 'Hungarian Rhapsody (No.2)', Liszt (Band), Song: 'My Prayer', W H Squire (Lily Fairney, AB), 'Second Suite for Military Band in F Major', Gustav Holst (Band), New Song: 'The Moonlit Road', W H Squire (Lily Fairney, W H Squire), Duet: 'Dear Love of Mine' (Nadeshda), Goring Thomas (Cecilia Farrar, Albert Downing), 'Cello Solo: 'A Drinking Song', Dunkler, arr. Squire (W H Squire), Part Song: 'The Vagabonds', Eaton Faning (Choir) |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1922/52) |