Record

Performance TitleEmpire Day Celebration Concert
Performance Date23 May 1908
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersMiss Alys Bateman,
Madame Ada Crossley,
Mr Ben Davies,
Sir Charles Santley,
Miss Irene Strauss,
Miss Ada Forres - vocals,
Miss Kathleen Parlow - violin
Secondary PerformersMr H L Balfour - organ,
Mr Stanley Hawley - piano accompanist
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Alexander MacKenzie,
Landon Ronald,
Edward German,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,
Dr Charles Harriss
Set ListIncluded:
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), arr. Elgar (Bateman, Crossley, Santley, Davies),
'A Birthday Overture', L Ronald,
'An Empire Song', A C Mackenzie (Choir, Orchestra),
'The Sands of Dee', C Harris,
'Follow the Colours', E Elgar,
'Land of Hope and Glory', E Elgar (Crossley),
'Onaway, Awake, Beloved', S Coleridge-Taylor (Davies),
'Son of the Ocean Isle', Santley (Santley),
'Welsh Rhapsody', German,
'The Flag of England', F Bridges (Bateman)
Performance NotesMadame Albani was advertised to sing but was indisposed and replaced by Miss Alys Bateman.
Premiere of 'A Birthday Overture' by Landon Ronald.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8790Empire Day Celebration Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1842Forrest; Ada (fl 1910-1922); South African singer
DS/UK/4306Bateman; Alys (c.1876-7 November 1924); English soprano singer
DS/UK/3984Crossley; Ada Jemima (1874-1929); Australian singer
DS/UK/1616Davies; Ben (1858-1943); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/3982Santley; Sir; Charles (1834-1922); British opera singer
DS/UK/4121Parlow; Kathleen (1890-1963); Canadian-born violinist, child prodigy
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/1985Mackenzie; Sir; Alexander C. (1847-1935); Dr; Scottish composer, conductor, teacher
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
DS/UK/4512German; Sir; Edward (1862-1936); English musician, composer of Welsh descent
DS/UK/283Coleridge-Taylor; Samuel (15 August 1875-1 September 1912); English composer and conductor
DS/UK/4444Harriss; Charles Albert Edwin (1862-1929); Canadian composer, impresario, educator, organist-choirmaster, conductor
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