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Performance TitleChurch of England Children's Society Founder's Day Festival Seventy-Eighth Anniversary
Performance Date2 November 1959
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersGrandison College Dancers

Olga Kantrouitch,
Muriel Boltwood - pianos,
Dr Allan W Bunney - organ
Secondary PerformersLady Elphinstone,
Ven. H H A Sands (Bishop of Lincoln),
Ann Fortescue,
Rt. Rev. Bertram Simpson (Archdeacon of Southwark),
Sir Keith Officer - speakers
Set ListOrgan Recital:
'Flourish for An Occasion', W H Harris (Dr Allan W Bunney),
'Symphony' from Solomon, Handel (Dr Allan W Bunney),
'Triumphal March', Karg-Elert (Dr Allan W Bunney,
'Procession', Francis Jackson (Dr Allan W Bunney),
'Introduction and Allegretto' from Hymn of Praise, Mendelssohn (Dr Allan W Bunney),
'Canzona', Karg-Elert (Dr Allan W Bunney),
'Scherzando in A' (Harpsichord Suite), Haydn (Dr Allan W Bunney),
'Berceuse', Vierne (Dr Allan W Bunney),
'Benedictus', Reger (Dr Allan W Bunney)

Prayers (Archdeacon of Southwark),
Bouquet Presentation to Lady Elphinstone (Ann Fortescue, great grand-daughter of the Founder),
Address (Lord Bishop of Lincoln),
Purse Presentation,
Grandison College Dancers,
Overture - 'La Caprice De Nannnette' (Petite Suite No.1 De Concert), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,
'Polish Washing Day', Paderewski,
'The White Picture', Saint-Saens,
'Chinese Market', Clifford Hellier, Cyril Hellier, Helmut Zacharias, arr. Siegfried Ullbrich,
Selection - 'Three Ages of Youth',
Intermission - 'Un Sonnet D'Amour', Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,
'Rondo', Mendelssohn,
Selections - 'South Pacific', Rodgers and Hammerstein,
'Tears', E Melartin,
'Rhapsody in Blue', Gershwin,
'Hayride', Arthur Schwartz,
Hymn - 'The Lord's My Shepherd'
Expression of Thanks (Lady Elphinstone)
'Jerusalem', Parry,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
The Blessing (Lord Bishop of Lincoln)
Performance NotesThe Lord Bishop of Lincoln was seated in the Royal Box alongside Lady Elphinstone and the Church of England Children's Society's Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Former Chairmen, President and Secretary.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1959/134)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/134Founder's Day Festival 78th Anniversary - Church of England Children's Society2 November 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Onahydal_SczChurch of England Children's Society Founder's Day Festival Seventy-Eighth Anniversary1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/11287Bunney; Allan W (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist
DS/UK/10093Officer; Sir; Frank Keith (1889-1969); Australian diplomat
DS/UK/11872Elphinstone; Lady; Mary Frances Buller-Fullerton- (1883-1961); British maternal aunt and godparent of Elizabeth II
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