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Performance TitleSelfridges and Co. - Prize Distribution and Sales Race Concert
Performance Date19 September 1919
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:15
Main PerformersMr Harry Gordon Selfridge - speaker,
Sam Barton 'nearly rides a bicycle',
Du Calion 'on his ladder' - performers,
Mlle Tamara Gamsakourdia,
Mr Alexandre Demidoff (Principal dancers from Russian Ballet, Moscow) - dancers,
Miss Phyllis Lett,
Mr John Coates,
Miss Rosina Buckman,
Mr Charles Coborn - vocals,
Mr F Swaine - piano,
Mr J A Meale - organ
Orchestra or BandThe London Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsThe Master Singers
ConductorsLandon Ronald,
Mr Alfred Dove (Ballet)
Set ListOrgan Recital, Grieg (J A Meale),
Overture, Wagner (Choir, London Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'Softly Awakes My Heart' from Samson and Delilah, Saint-Saens (Phyllis Lett),
Aria: 'Onaway! Awake Beloved' from Hiawatha, S. Coleridge-Taylor (John Coates),
'Welsh Rhapsodie', Edward German (London Symphony Orchestra),
Aria: 'One Fine Day' from Madame Butterfly, Puccini (Rosina Buckman),
Dance:'Romance', Rubinstein (Tamara Gamsakourdia, Alexandre Demidoff),
'Norwegian Dance', Grieg (Tamara Gamsakourdia, Alexandre Demidoff),
Dance: 'Bacchanale', Saint-Saens (Tamara Gamsakourdia, Alexandre Demidoff),
'Venusberg Music', 'Ride of the Valkyries', Wagner (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Life Is What You Make It' (Sam Barton),
March: 'Pomp and Circumstance No.1', Elgar (London Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1919/52)
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OofateahekidoxSelfridges and Co. - Prize Distribution and Sales Race Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
DS/UK/1801Selfridges; 1909-; British department store chain
DS/UK/5959Gamsakourdia; Tamara (fl 1919-1920); Russian ballet dancer
DS/UK/5960Demidoff; Alexandre (fl 1919-1920); Russian ballet dancer
DS/UK/304Lett; Phyllis (fl 1909-1925); English contralto singer
DS/UK/1653Coates; John (1865-1941); English tenor
DS/UK/257Buckman; Rosina (16 March 1881-31 December 1948); New Zealand soprano
DS/UK/5058Coborn; Charles (4 August 1852-23 November 1945); British music hall singer, comedian
DS/UK/1743Meale; J. Arthur (fl 1916-1920s); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/5961The Master Singers; fl 1919; British singers
DS/UK/1697Selfridge; Harry Gordon (1864-1947); American retail magnate, who founded the British department store Selfridges
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