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Performance TitleImperial College (IC) Postgraduate Graduation Ceremony - Faculties of Natural Sciences and Medicine
Performance Date3 May 2017
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time13:50
Secondary PerformersOrganist
ConductorsRichard Dickens
Set List'Serenade, Mvt. 1 and 4', Dvorak,
'Adagio', Barber,
'Divertimenti K.136-137', Mozart,
'Pantomime', Lane,
'Hoberg Suite', Grieg,
'Serenade, Mvt.1-2, 4', Dag Wiren,
'Serenade', Elgar,
'Folk Dances', Boughton,
'Chaconny', Purcell, arr. Britten,
'Elegiac Melody No.1', Grieg,
'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik', Mozart,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe unifying theme of academic dress at Imperial is the colour purple. This is an homage to the work of the Royal College of Chemistry alumnus Sir William Henry Perkin, who invented mauveine, the world's first synthetic purple dye in 1856.

The event was broadcast live via the Imperial College YouTube channel.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2017/23)
Ticket Prices£20.00
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2017/23Imperial College (IC) London - Postgraduate Graduation 20173 May 2017
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10907Imperial College (IC) Graduation Ceremony3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/737Imperial College London; 1907-; British university
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