| Main Performers | Madame Clara Butt
Mr Kennerley Rumford - vocals,
Harold Craxton - pianoforte
Arthur E Godfrey - organ
Mr H L Balfour - piano |
| Conductors | Sir Frederick Bridge,
Sir Henry J Wood,
Sir Frederic Cowen,
Mr Landon Ronald,
Sir Edward Elgar,
Sir Charles Stanford |
| Set List | The National Anthems of The Allies: 'Belgium, Japan, Russia, France' (Henry J Wood, Clara Butt, Royal Choral Society, Frederick Bridge),
'God Save the King' (Clara Butt, Choir, Orchestra),
'He Giveth His Beloved Sleep', Frederick Bridge (Clara Butt, Royal Choral Society, Frederick Bridge),
Air: 'God Shall Wipe Away All Tears' (Light of the World), Arthur Sullivan,
Chorus: 'Yea, Though I Walk',
Songs: 'Drake's Drum', C Villiers Stanford (C Villiers Stanford),
'The King's Highway',
Poem: 'A Call to Arms', Tennyson (Frederick Bridge, Kennerley Rumford),
Orchestra: 'Welsh Rhapsody', Edward German (Landon Ronald),
New Songs: 'My Son', Teresa del Riego (Clara Butt),
'The Home Flag' (Harold Craxton),
Orchestra: 'Shepherd Fennel's Dance', Balfour Gardiner (Henry J Wood)
INTERVAL
Marching Song: 'Follow the Colours', Edward Elgar (Royal Choral Society, Edward Elgar),
'Fall In', Frederic H Cowen (Kennerley Rumford, Frederic H Cowen)
Suite de Ballet: 'The Language of Flowers' (2nd Set), Frederic H Cowen (Queen's Hall Orchestra, Frederic H Cowen),
'The King's Way', Elgar (Clara Butt, Edward Elgar)
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Clara Butt, Edward Elgar),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) (But, Choir, Orchestra, Audience),
Three Cheers |
| Royal Presence | HM King George,
HM Queen Mary,
HRH Princess Christian,
HRH Princess Henry of Battenberg,
HRH Prince Albert,
HRH Prince Alexander of Teck,
HRH Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein,
HRH Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein |
| Performance Notes | "Few singers have at the present moment such opportunities for public usefulness as Mme. Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford, but they have already shown unusual readiness to turn their opportunities to practical account. The concert which they gave in the Albert Hall on Saturday afternoon, and in which they had the cooperation of a number of well-known musicians, was devoted to the interests of the Queen's Work for Women Fund at the nomination of Queen Mary, who gave her patronage to the concert.
The Albert Hall was packed on Saturday, and the proceeds must have been materially increased by the brisk sale carried on in Union Jacks, patriotic badges, and copies of the songs. Most of the songs in the programme were those lately published for the benefit of the Prince of Wales Fund, so that the wave of patriotic commerce was swelled in many directions.
But though the kinds were various, songs, choruses, etc and the theme was the same, from the National Anthems of the Allies at one end to 'Land of Hope and Glory at the other. What else could it be? It could be a deeper patriotism and a nobler art than most of our song-writers dare to express or our people are able to comprehend at present. But the singers take the material offered them and Mme Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford made the most of it all. Teresa del Riego's 'My Son' and Harold Craxton's 'The Home Flag' are both songs which trust to the singer for their reputation. Sir Edward Elgar's 'The King's Way' has more positive character of its own, but it is not likely to rival 'Land of Hope and Glory' in its popularity.
To say that Sir Frederick Cowen's 'Fall In' was among his successes is only to say that it was in the programme: for everything was a success. About half the songs, including this one, were encored, and the audience would willingly have encored the other half."
(The Times, 12 October 1914)
According to The Daily Telegraph (12 October 1914) thousands of Union Jack flags were sold in the hall during the interval, which were waved at the climax of the concert by audience members.
A cheque for £1700 was sent to The Queens 'Works for Women' Fund and £350 to The Three Arts Fund, with several other charities receiving £100 or more each. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1914/48),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1914/9) |