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Performance TitlePresentation of University of London Graduates to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, The Chancellor [Private]
Performance Date9 May 1956
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time14:15
Orchestra or BandBand of The Grenadier Guards String Orchestra
ConductorsMajor F J Harris
Set List'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
March - 'Marche Militaire', Schubert,
'Overture' from Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart,
Minuet - 'Oxen Minuet', Haydn,
'Four Pieces for Strings', Bach,
Waltz - 'Valse Des Fleurs', Tchaikovsky,
Suite - 'St. Paul's Suite', Holst,
Fantasia - 'Songs of The Hebrides', Kennedy-Fraser,
Entracte - 'Chanson De Matin', Elgar,
'Suite of Four Pieces', Scarlatti,
Fantasia - 'Eugene Onegin', Tchaikovsky,
'Two Minuets', Beethoven,
'Dance of The Comedians' from The Bartered Bride, Smetana
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Performance NotesThe Dowager Viscountess Hambleden, Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Gilliant, and Mr Albemarle Bowes Lyon were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1956/70)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/70Presentation of University of London Graduates To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, The Chancellor [PRIVATE]9 May 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oivomowloz_SetPresentation of University of London Graduates to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, The Chancellor [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/244University of London; 1836-; British education Institution
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
DS/UK/18709Harris; F J (fl 1950s); British conductor
DS/UK/1368Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002); HM; British Queen consort of King George VI
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