Record

Performance TitleTwenty-First Annual Devon and Cornish Festival - Grand Concert
Performance Date4 November 1922
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time18:00
Main PerformersCharles Wreford,
Sir Edward Nicholl MP - speakers,
Olive Jenkin,
Gladys Harris,
Maude Niner,
Frank Webster
Frederick W Taylor - vocals,
W H Squire - cello
Secondary PerformersH Moreton - accompanist
Orchestra or BandSt Andrew's Quartette
ChoirsThe Cornish Male Voice Choir
Set ListOrgan Recital (H Moreton):
Finale from the 'Sonata Eroica', Sir C Villiers Stanford,
'Entr'acte No. 1 from 'Rosamunde', F Schubert,
'Two Impromtus', S Coleridge Taylor,
'Pavane', Bernard Johnson,
'Pomp and Circumstance', Sir Edward Elgar,
Quartette: 'The Sands of Dee', H Moreton (Quartette),
'She Wandered Down the Mountain Side', Frederick Clay (Olive Jenkin),
'Onaway, Awake', Cowen (Frank Webster),
Violincello Solo: 'Meditation in C', W H Squire (W H Squire, H Moreton),
West Country Dialect Recital: 'Jan at the Hotel', Jan Stewer (Charles Wreford),
Chorus: 'The Comrades Song of Hope', Adolphe Adam (Choir)
'Arise! O Sun', Maud Craske Day (Gladys Harris),
'The Two Grenadiers', Schumann (Fredk. W. Taylo),
Harmonused Song: 'The Carol Singers', T. Sterndale-Bennett (Quartette),
'Bells', H Moreton (Frederick W Taylor),
Selections from Repertoire (Maude Niner, Quartette),
West Country Dialect Recital: 'The 'ot Water Bottle', Jan Stewer (Charles Wreford),
'The Night Wind', Roland Farley (Olive Jenkin),
'The Laughing Song', Auber (Olive Jenkin),
Chorus: 'Cornish Fishermen's Song', D Mackenzie (Choir)
'The Blind Ploughman', R C Clarke (Gladys Harris),
'Our Band', M. Buchanan (Frank Webster),
Duet: 'The Maiden in Grey', R S Barnicott, (Olive Jenkin, (Frederick W Taylor),
Plantation Quartette: 'Massa's in de Cold Ground', H Moreton, (Quartette)
Performance NotesThis event began at 18:00 with a farmhouse tea for 1600 people in the gallery, followed by a concert in which Cornish and Devon artists appeared.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1922/45)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1922/45Twenty-First Annual Devon and Cornish Festival4 November 1922
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OxakefooxihekTwenty-First Annual Devon and Cornish Festival - Grand Concert, in aid of The Cornish Miners Relief Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2320Wreford; Charles (fl 1922); British raconteur
DS/UK/2321Nicholl; Sir; Edward (1862-1939); Commander; British officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, Conservative MP
DS/UK/2322Jenkin; Olive (fl 1922-1923); British soprano
DS/UK/2324Harris; Gladys (fl 1922); British singer
DS/UK/2327Niner; Maude (fl 1922); British singer
DS/UK/1627Webster; Frank (fl 1919-1920s); British singer
DS/UK/1775Taylor; Frederick (fl 1918-1920s); British singer
DS/UK/1578Squire; William Henry' (8 August 1871-17 March 1963); ARCM; British cellist, composer, teacher
DS/UK/2329St. Andrew's Quartette (fl 1922)
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