| Main Performers | Miss Ruth Vincent,
Miss Carrie Tubb,
Miss Esta D'Argo,
Mme Ada Crossley,
Mr Ben Davies,
Mr Gervase Elwes,
Mr Julien Henry,
Mr Robert Radford - vocals,
Mr H L Balfour - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | London Symphony Orchestra,
New Symphony Orchestra,
Royal Amateur Orchestral Society,
Stock Exchange Orchestral Society,
Handel Society (members of orchestras listed in programme) |
| Choirs | Royal Choral Society,
Alexandra Palace Choral Society,
London Choral Society,
Crystal Palace Choir |
| Conductors | Sir Frederick Bridge,
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford,
Mr Adolf Schmid,
Mr Landon Ronald |
| Set List | 'Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast' and 'The Death of Minnehaha' from Hiawatha, S Coleridge-Taylor (Miss Carrie Tubb, Miss Esta D'Argo, Mr Ben Davies, Mr. Julien Henry, Mr Robert Radford, Royal Choral Society, Alexandra Palace Choral Society, London Choral Society, Crystal Palace Choir),
INTERVAL
'Ballade in A Minor, for Orchestra', S Coleridge-Taylor (Orchestra),
Songs: 'Unmindful of the Roses' from Six Sorrow Songs, S Coleridge-Taylor (Madame Ada Crossley),
'Big Lady Moon' from Five Fairy Ballads, S Coleridge-Taylor (Madame Ada Crossley),
Songs: My Love from Southern Love-Songs, S Coleridge-Taylor (Mr Gervase Elwes),
'Over the Hills' from African Romances, S Coleridge-Taylor (Mr Gervase Elwes),
'Bamboula' (Rhapsodic Dance for Orchestra) (Orchestra),
Air: 'Spring Had Come' from Hiawatha's Departure, S Coleridge-Taylor (Miss Ruth Vincent),
Song: 'Thou Art Risen, My Beloved' from Songs of Sun and Shade, S Coleridge-Taylor (Mr Robert Radford),
'Valse de la Reine' from Four Characteristic Waltzes for Orchestra, Op.22, S Coleridge-Taylor (Orchestra),
'Valse Bohemienne' from Four Characteristic Waltzes for Orchestra, Op.22, S Coleridge-Taylor (Orchestra),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) |
| Royal Presence | HRH Princess Louise,
HRH The Duke of Argyll |
| Performance Notes | A chorus and orchestra of almost 1,250 people took part in this concert, which was under the patronage of HM Queen Alexandra. The concert aimed to raise funds for Coleridge-Taylor's family to whom he had only left a small amount of money, despite his compositions having been performed all over the world. Around £1,200 was raised from which expenses were deducted, the remains going Coleridge-Taylor's widow and children.
""The huge gathering at the Albert Hall last night gave the strongest possible evidence of the high position which the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor holds in popular esteem and the strong feeling of personal regret which his early death has called out...Coleridge-Taylor was the conductor of the [Stock Exchange Orchestral Society and Handel Society] at the time of his death, and the others have all been intimately concerned in the successful production of performance of his works in the course of his career. Eminent solo singers and conductors gave their services, and the general public did their share by filling the hall in every part."
(The Times, 23 November 1912) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1912/5) |