Record

Performance TitleSt Patrick's Day - Grand Irish Festival
Performance Date17 March 1905
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMaggie Purvis,
Edith Kirkwood,
Rosa Young,
Princess Te Rangi Pai,
Iver Mckay,
Charles Sullivan,
Watkin Mills - vocals

Herr Franz Meisel - violin,
Churchill-Sibley - organ

Mr Timothy Doody,
Mr James Berry - Irish Step Dancers
Secondary PerformersEllen Cowdell - piano,
Mr F O'Connor - flute,
Alicia Adelaide Needham - piano
Orchestra or BandBand of the Irish Guards
ChoirsMr William Carter's Choir
ConductorsMr William Carter,
Mr Wilhelm Ganz,
Mr Raphael Roche,
Mr C H Hassell
Set ListSelection of Moore's Irish melodies (Band of HM Irish Guards),
Part-Song - 'The Harp That Once', arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'The Little Irish Girl', Lohr (Charles Sullivan),
Song - 'Savourneen Deelis' (Princess Te Rangi Pai),
Song - 'Eily Mavourneen (The Lilly Killarney)', J Benedict (Iver Mckay),
Song - 'The Vales of Arklow', Leslie (Maggie Purvis, Franz Meisel),
Cornet Solo - 'Husheen', A Needham (Sergeant Hunt),
Song - 'The Ould Plaid Shawl', B Haynes, F A Fahy (Watkin Mills),
Chorus - 'A Message to Ireland (Dedicated to St Ptrick and the Four Leaf Shamrock - A Prophecy, 1896)', L Morgan Richards (Mr William Carter's Choir, Churchill Sibley, Band of HM Irish Guards),
Song - 'The Meeting of the Waters (in Gaelic)' (Edith Kirkwood),
New Song - 'Lovers in Plenty', E Cowdell (Edith Kirkwood, Ellen Cowdell),
Violin Solo - 'Irish Rhapsody', F Meisel (Franz Meisel),
Song - 'Katheleen Mavourneen', Crouch (Rosa Young),
Song - 'By Order of the Queen', I Sulivan, arr. A Adelaide Needham (Charles Sullivan, Alicia Adelaide Needham)
Chrous - 'Erin, dear Erin', C Sibley (Mr William Carter's Choir, Band of the Irish Guards, Churchill Sibley),
Irish Step Dances (Timothy Doody, James Beery, F O'Connor)
INTERVAL
Irish Fantasia - 'Erin', Basquet (Band of HM Irish Guards),
Part-Song - 'The Last Rose of Summer', arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'Irish Lullaby', A Adelaide Needham, F A Fahy (Princess Te Rangi Pai),
Song - 'The Irish Emigrant' (Iver McKay),
Song - 'Off to Philadelphia', B Haynes (Watkin Mills),
Song - 'Killarney', Balfe (Maggie Purvis),
Part-Song - 'Love's Young Drea,', arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'Escodeil', trad. Old Iish (Edith Kirkwood),
Song - 'The Ninepenny Fidel', trad. Old Irish (Edth Kirkwood),
Violin Solo - 'Nocturne', Chopin-Sararate (Franz Meisel),
Song - 'Rory Darlin'', H Temple (Rosa Young),
Song - 'Trottin' to the Fair', Stanford (Charles Sullivan),
Part-Song - 'Go Where Glory Waits Thee', arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir, Band of HM Irish Guards, Churchill Sibley)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1905/16)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1905/16Grand Irish Festival - St Patricks Day17 March 1905
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8549St Patrick's Day - Grand Irish Festival1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3914Purvis; Maggie (19 January 1869); Welsh opera singer
DS/UK/4432Kirkwood; Edith (fl 1904); English soprano, teacher
DS/UK/4157Howie; ariki tapairu; Fanny (11 January 1868-20 May 1916); New Zealand contralto singer
DS/UK/4188McKay; Iver (fl 1901); Irish tenor
DS/UK/3898Watkin-Mills; Robert (1849-1930); British bass-baritone
DS/UK/1635Sibley; John Churchill (1858-1938); Archbishop; English organist, religious leader
DS/UK/4185Mr William Carter's Choir (fl 1859-1916)
DS/UK/4246Ganz; Wilhelm (1833-1914); Composer, conductor, pianist
DS/UK/1958Hassell; Charles H. (fl 1915-1929); Lieut; British Director of Music, Band of The Irish Guards
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/4598Roche; Raphael (1857-1945); Jewish homeopath, conductor, musician
DS/UK/4599Meisel; Franz (fl 1905); Austrian violinist, band leader
DS/UK/4807Needham; Alicia Adelaide (1872-1945); Irish composer of songs and ballads
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