Record

Performance Title	Royal Choral Society (Twenty-Eighth Season 1898-1899) - Eighth Concert - Elgar's 'Caractacus' and Beethoven's 'The Ruins of Athens'
Performance Date	20 April 1899
Performance Day	Thursday
Performance Time	20:00
Main Performers	Medora Henson, Edward Lloyd, Douglas Powell, Andrew Black - vocals, H L Balfour - organ
Choirs	Royal Choral Society
Conductors	Sir Frederick Bridge, Edward Elgar
Set List	'Caractacus', Elgar (conducted by the composer), 'The Ruins of Athens', Beethoven
Performance Notes	Sir Edward Elgar's debut Royal Albert Hall performance.

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Eabasiofair_Lik	Royal Choral Society (Twenty-Eighth Season 1898-1899)	8

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5696	Henson; Medora (fl 1892); American soprano
DS/UK/3929	Lloyd; Edward (1845-1927); British tenor
DS/UK/5932	Powell; Douglas (fl 1895); English tenor
DS/UK/3878	Black; Andrew (1859-1920); British opera singer
DS/UK/1614	Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/49	Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/1613	Bridge; Sir; Frederick (5 December 1844-18 March 1924); CVO; English organist, composer, teacher, writer
DS/UK/58	Elgar; Sir; Edward (2 June 1857-23 February 1934); 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO; English composer and conductor

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