Main Performers | Dame Nellie Melba, Backhaus - vocals |
Set List | Pianoforte Solo - 'Sonata, in E Flat, Op.31, No.3', Beethoven (Backhaus) Scena and Aria - 'The King of Thule' from Faust, Gounod (Nellie Melba), 'The Jewel Song' from Faust, Gounod (Nellie Melba), Pianoforte Soli - 'Prelude in C minor, Op.28, No.20, Chopin (Backhaus) 'Nocturen in C Minor, Op.28, No.20, Chopin (Backhaus) Three Studies - 'Etude in D flat', Op.25, No.8, Chopin (Backhaus) Etude in G Sharp Minor, Op.25, No.6, Chopin (Backhaus) 'Etude in G Flat, No.10, No.5, Chopin (Backhaus) Songs in French - 'Chanson Triste', Duparc (Nellie Melba), 'Mandoline', Debussy (Nellie Melba), 'Trois Femmes', Rachel-Pitt -Rivers (Nellie Melba), 'Chanson Norvegienne', Fourdrain (Nellie Melba), 'Les Papillons' Chausson (Nellie Melba), Pianoforte Soli - 'Prelude in G minor' Rachmaninoff (Backhaus) 'Prelude if G Major', Rachmaninoff (Backhaus), 'Gnomenrigen', Liszt (Backhaus), Songs - 'Songs that Mother taught me.' Dvorak (Nellie Melba), 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot', Burleigh (Nellie Melba), 'John Anderson, My Joe', Valerie White (Nellie Melba), Pianoforte Solo - Waltz 'Naila', Delibes-Dohnanyi (Backhaus) |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1922/84/SC), Handbill (RAHE/6/1922/31) |