Record

Performance TitleMelba Coronation Concert
Performance Date27 May 1911
Performance DaySaturday
Main PerformersNellie Melba,
Edmund Burke,
John McCormack - vocals,
Backhaus - piano
Secondary PerformersDorothy Forster,
Spencer Clay - accompanists
Orchestra or BandNew Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsLandon Ronald
Set List'Birthday Overture', Landon Ronald (Orchestra),
'Benvenuto Cellini', Dias (Burke),
'Elsa's Dream' from Lohengrin, Wagner (Melba),
'Scherzo B Flat Minor', Chopin (Backhaus),
'L'enfant Prodigue', Debussy (McCormack),
'Mad Scene' from Hamlet, Ambropise Thomas (Melba)
INTERVAL
'Welsh Rhapsody', German (Orchestra)
'Jewel Song' from Faust, Gounod (Melba),
'I Hear You Calling Me', Marshall (McCormack),
'Your Smile', Dorothy Forster (Burke),
'Love I Have Won You', Landon Ronald (Burke),
'Rhapsodie Hongroise No.2', Liszt (Backhaus),
'Faust - Last Act', Gounod (Melba, McCormack, Burke),
'Pomp and Circumstance', Elgar (Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1911/1)
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8203Melba Coronation Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
DS/UK/324New Symphony Orchestra; c1905-c 1931; English orchestra
DS/UK/161Melba; Dame; Nellie (19 May 1861-23 February 1931); GBE; Australian operatic soprano
DS/UK/1930Burke; Edmund (fl 1910-1921); British singer
DS/UK/270Backhaus; Wilhelm (26 March 1884-5 July 1969); German pianist and pedagogue
DS/UK/349McCormack; John Francis (1884-1945); Papal Count; Irish tenor
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