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Performance TitleFestival of Empire Orchestra Concert
Performance Date6 April 1910
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMiss Dorothy Silk - vocal,
Mr Dettmar Dresel - violin,
Mr J Renard - cello

100 costumed performers from the Pageant of London
Orchestra or BandThe Festival of Empire Orchestra (100 players)
ConductorsDr Frederic H Cowen
Set ListIncluded:

Pageant,
Speechs by members of the organising council
INTERVAL
'Cockaigne', E Elgar,
'Di Ballo', Sullivan,
Works by Cowen, Granville Bantock and Holbrooke,
'Tod und Verklarung', Strauss,'Un Voce Poco fa', Rossini
Performance NotesAccording to the Daily Telegraph (5 April 1910) 1,000 seats were given free to performers in the Pageant of London. This concert was one of several held across the country before the Pageant of London was held at the Crystal Palace in South London.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8271Festival of Empire Orchestra Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4208The Festival of Empire Orchestra; fl 1910-1911; British orchestra formed as part of King George V coronation celebrations
DS/UK/1719Silk; Dorothy (Ellen) (1883-1942); English soprano
DS/UK/4209Dressel; Dettmar (fl 1910); Violinist
DS/UK/4211Cowen; Sir; Frederic Hymen (1852-1935); British pianist, conductor, composer
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