Record

Performance TitleA Grand Festival Concert of Massed Bands, in aid of The Red Cross and St. John Fund
Performance Date10 January 1942
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersEva Turner - vocal,
Jack Pinches - trombone,
Harry Mortimer,
A Leach,
T Berry - cornets
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands:
Besses O' Th' Barn Band,
Black Dyke Mills Band,
Fodens Motor Works Band
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult,
J Henry Iles,
Dr Denis Wright,
Bandmaster W Wood,
Bandmaster A O Pearce,
Bandmaster F Mortimer
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Hymn, 'Onward Christian Soldiers', Sullivan, arr. F Wright (Eva Turner),
Selection, 'Panorama of Songs', arr. D Wright (Besses O' Th' Barn Band),
March, 'Boys of The Old Brigade', arr. F Wright (Massed Bands),
Trombone Solo, 'Angels Guard Thee', Goddard, arr. A O Pearce (Jack Pinches, Black Dyke Mills Band),
Selection, 'Gems of Tchaikovsky', arr. M Johnstone (Fodens Motor Works Band),
Selection, 'Fifth Symphony', Beethoven, arr. D Wright (Massed Bands),
March, 'Patriotic', Cope (Massed Bands),
Romance, 'Piper's Wedding', Kennedy Thayne (Massed Bands),
Cornet Solo, 'The Lost Chord', Sullivan (Harry Mortimer),
Selection, 'The Mikado', Sullivan (Black Dyke Mills Band),
Hymns, 'Sandon - ''Lead Kindly Light'', Purdey (Massed Bands),
'Eternal Father Strong to Save', Dykes (Massed Bands),
Cornet Duet, 'Ida and Dot', Losey (A Leach, T Berry, Besses O' Th' Barn Band),
March, 'Death or Glory', R B Hall (Massed Bands),
'The Lord's Prayer', arr. A O Pearce (Eva Turner, Black Dyke Mills Band),
Selection, 'Pirates of Penzance', Sullivan (Massed Bands),
Song and Chorus, 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Eva Turner, Massed Bands)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1942/4)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1942/4A Grand Festival Concert of Massed Bands, In aid of the Red X and St. John Fund10 January 1942
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OofaxumefifoohA Grand Festival Concert of Massed Bands, in aid of The Red Cross and St. John Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1262Turner; Dame; Eva (1892-1990); DBE; English dramatic soprano
DS/UK/6335Mortimer; Harry (1902-1992); OBE; British composer, conductor, brass band specialist
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