Record

Performance TitleGrand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day
Performance Date17 March 1906
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMadame Maggie Purvis,
Miss Dora Esbelby,
Miss Rosa Young,
Madame Alice Gomez,
Mr Iver McKay,
Mr H Lane-Wilson,
Mr Watkin Mills - vocals,
Herr Franz Meisel - violin,
Sergeant Hunt - cornet,
Mr Churchill-Sibley - organ
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Irish Guards
ChoirsMr William Carter's Choir
ConductorsMr William Carter,
Mr Wilhelm Ganz,
Mr C H Hassell (Band of HM Irish Guards),
Mr Churchill-Sibley
Set ListSelection of Moor'e Irish Melodies - 'Garry Owen', 'The Meeting of the Waters', 'Nora Creena', 'The Last Rose of Summer', 'Oh, The Days Are Gone By', ''Tis Sweet To Think', 'Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms', 'The MinistrelBoy', 'The Regimental March of the Irish Guards', 'St Patrick's Day' (Band of HM Irish Guards),
Part Song - 'The Minstrel Boy', T Moore (Mr William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'The Snowy-Breasted Pearl', J Robinson (Iver McKay),
Song - 'Kilarney', Balfe (Dore Eshelby),
Song - 'The Low-Backed Car', Lover (Watkin Mills),
Song - 'The Dear Little Shamrock', W Jackson (Maggie Purvis),
Violin Solo - 'Irish Republic', Hauser-Meiset (Franz Meisel),
Song - 'Kate O'Shane', G Linley (Alice Gomez),
Part-Song - 'The Last Rose of Summer', arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'The Donovans', F A Fahy, arr. A Adelaide Needham (H Lane Wilson),
Cornet Solo - 'Eileen Alannah', Thomas (Sergeant Hunt),
Song - 'Rory Darlin'', H Temple, F Weatherley (Rosa Young),
Duet - 'What Will You Do, Love?', Lover (Alice Gomez, Watkin Mills),
Chorus - 'Erin, Dear Erin', C Sibley (Mr William Carter's Choir, Band of HM Irish Guards)
INTERVAL
National Potpourri: Erin - 'The Shamrock', 'Brian Boru's War March', 'The Irish Washerwoman', 'The Girl I Left Behind Me', 'The Cruiskeen Lawn', 'Oh, for the Fun of Former Time', 'Come Back to Erin', arr. Basquit,
Part-Song - 'Love's Young Dream', T Moore, arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir),
Song - 'Eily Mavourneen (The Lily of Killarney)', J Benedict (Iver McKay),
Song - 'Not For Ever', W Carter, M Gore Jones (Dora Eshelby),
Song - 'Come Back to Erin', Claribel (Dore Eshelby),
Song - 'Father O'Flynn', A P Graves, arr. V Stanford (Watkin Mills),
Song - 'Irish Love Song', L Lehmann (Alice Gomez),
Part-Song 'Silent, O Moyle (Song of Fionnuala)', T Moore, arr. G A Macfarren (Mr William Carter's Choir),
Violin Solo - 'Sarabande', Sulzer (Franz Meisel),
Violin Solo - 'Andante Religioso', Thome (Franz Meisel),
Organ Obligato (Churchill Sibley),
Song - 'The Kerry Dance', Molloy (Madame Maggie Furvis),
Song - 'The Willow Tree', trad. Irish (H Lane Wilson),
Song - 'Trottin' to the Fair', A Percival Graves, arr. V Stanford (H Lane Wilson),
Song - 'Green Isle of Erin', Roeckel, C Bingham (Rosa Young),
Chorus - 'Rule Britannia', arr. W Carter (Mr William Carter's Choir, Mr Churchill-Sibley, Band of HM Irish Guards)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1906/29)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1906/29Grand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day17 March 1906
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8650Grand Irish Festival - St Patrick's Day1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3914Purvis; Maggie (19 January 1869); Welsh opera singer
DS/UK/3990Gomez; Alice (fl 1890s-1906); Soprano
DS/UK/4188McKay; Iver (fl 1901); Irish tenor
DS/UK/4145Wilson; H. Lane (1871-1915); British performer, composer
DS/UK/3898Watkin-Mills; Robert (1849-1930); British bass-baritone
DS/UK/4599Meisel; Franz (fl 1905); Austrian violinist, band leader
DS/UK/1635Sibley; John Churchill (1858-1938); Archbishop; English organist, religious leader
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/4185Mr William Carter's Choir (fl 1859-1916)
DS/UK/1958Hassell; Charles H. (fl 1915-1929); Lieut; British Director of Music, Band of The Irish Guards
DS/UK/4246Ganz; Wilhelm (1833-1914); Composer, conductor, pianist
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