| Main Performers | The Hon Sir Arthur Lawley (presiding),
Mr W Herbert Garrison FRGS (official lecturer of the Royal Colonial Institute),
Arthur Lawley - speakers,
Eric Brooks - vocal,
H L Balfour - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | The Grenadier Guards Band,
The Band of the Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve,
No.1 Co 1st Cadet Battalion 7th Middlesex |
| Choirs | The London Choral Society |
| Set List | Organ Recital: 'Marche Triomphale', Lemmens (H L Balfour),
Patriotic March: 'For the Front', A Williams,
Suite No.1: 'L'Arlesienne', Bizet,
National Anthems 'God Save the King' etc. (Grenadier Guards Band, London Choral Society),
Chairman's Remarks(Arthur Lawley),
Part Song, E Elgar (London Choral Society),
Naval Patrol: 'Britain's First Line', A Williams,
Ouverture Dramatique: 'Patrie', Bizet (Grenadier Guards Band),
Talk illustrated with 300 lantern slides 'The World's Greatest War and it's Relation to Britain and the British Empire' (Mr W Herbert Garrison),
INTERVAL (with pictures and music),
'Fall In', Cowen (Eric Brooks, No.1 Co 1st Cadet Battalion 7th Middlesex),
Nautical Fantasia: 'A Voyage in a Troopship', Miller (Band) |
| Performance Notes | "There was a full audience in the Albert Hall last evening at an entertainment, the proceeds of which will go to funds for providing comforts and necessaries to sailors and soldiers on active service and for helping Belgian refugees.
Sir Arthur Lawley presided, and Mr Herbert Garrison gave an address on 'the World's Greatest War' and its relation to the British Empire, with screen pictures. Mr H L Balfour was at the organ, and Mr Ben Webster recited an ode 'To Belgium', written for the occasion by Mr John R Marsh."
(The Times, 4 December 1914)
According to the Daily Telegraph (November 1914) arrangements were made for a contingent of the convalescent wounded of British and Allied armed forces and a party of Chelsea Pensioners to attend. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1914/56),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1914/12) |