Record

Performance TitlePitman's College Annual Prizegiving and Concert 1953 [Private]
Performance Date11 December 1953
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:15
Main PerformersSir Miles Thomas - prize giver,
Rosemary Dennis,
Isobel Baillie - vocals,
Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick - piano,
Arnold Greir - organ,
Gordon Lewin - clarinet,
Beryl Reid
Orchestra or BandMelachrino Orchestra
ConductorsGeorge Melachrino
Set List'Noel Coward Fantasy', Coward, arr. William Hill-Bowen (Melachrino Orchestra),
'A Maiden's Is An Evil Plight' from La Finta Giardiniera, Mozart (Baillie),
'You Who Have Knowledge' from Nozze Di Figaro, Mozart (Baillie),
'I forget What I Am' from Nozze Di Figaro, Mozart (Baillie),
'London Pageant', George Melachrino (Melachrino Orchestra),
'The Carnival of Animals', Saint-Saens (Smith and Sellick),
'Memories of The Ballet', arr. George Melachrino (Melachrino Orchestra),
'Monica', Artie Shaw (Reid),
'Clarionet Concerto' (Lewin),
'Michaela's Aria' from Carmen, Bizet (Baillie),
'Love and Music' from Tosca, Puccini (Baillie),
'A Tchaikovsky Fantasy', Tchaikovsky, arr. George Melachrino (Melachrino Orchestra),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1953/178)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/178Pitman's College Prize Giving 195311 December 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Osobaidot_BaikPitman's College Annual Prizegiving and Concert 1953 [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/2381Smith; Cyril James (1909-1974); OBE; English concert pianist
DS/UK/2667Sellick; Phyllis (1911-2007); OBE; English pianist, teacher
DS/UK/6721Melachrino; George (1909-1965); English musician, film music composer, musical director
DS/UK/7452George Melachrino Orchestra; fl 1940s-1950s; British band
DS/UK/9010Lewin; Gordon (1921-2008); British clarinetist
DS/UK/9009Reid; Beryl Elizabeth (1919-1996); British actress
DS/UK/9011Thomas; Lord; William Miles Webster (1897-1980); Baron Thomas of Remenham; British motor company and airline executive
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