Record

Performance TitleMadame Melba Concert
Performance Date5 October 1912
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersMadame Nellie Melba,
Edmund Burke - vocals,
Ysaye - violin,
Backhaus - piano,
Philippe Gaubert - flute
Secondary PerformersLandon Ronald - accompanist
Set List'Mad Scene' (Lucia), Donizetti (Melba),
'Jewel Song', Gounod (Melba),
'Ave Maria', Bach, arr. Gounod (Melba, Ysaye, Backhaus),
'Romance', Svendaen (Ysaye),
'Rondo Capriccloso', Saint-Saens (Ysaye),
'Ballade et Polonaise', Vleuxtemps (Ysaye),
'Caprice' from Aleste, Gluck, arr. Saint-Saens (Backhaus),
'Poloanise in E', Liszt (Backhaus),
Aria: 'Benvenuto Cellini', Diaz (Edmund Burke)
'Mephistopheles Song', Mussorgsky (Edmund Burke),
'Scherzo, Widor (Philippe Gaubert),
Nocturne and Allegro', Philippe Gaubertl (Philippe Gaubert)
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8457Madame Melba Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/161Melba; Dame; Nellie (19 May 1861-23 February 1931); GBE; Australian operatic soprano
DS/UK/286Ysaye; Mons Eugene (16 July 1858-12 May 1931); Belgian violinist, composer
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/4476Gaubert; Philippe (1879-1941); French flautist, conductor, composer
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