| Main Performers | Patuffa Kennedy Fraser - vocal
Theodora Hess,
Elizabeth Mitchell Innes,
Hilda Bewick,
Mlle. Rambert,
Jane Forestier,
M Jean Varda - dancers,
Margaret Meredyll,
Kate Coates - pianofortes |
| Set List | 'Minuet', Beethoven (Jane Forestier),
'Polka' (Hilda Bewick,, Jean Varda),
'Mazurkas', Chopin (Rambert),
'La Vent dans la Plaine', Debussy (Jane Forestier, Elizabeth Mitchell Innes),
'Songs of the Hebrides' (Patuffa Kennedy Fraser),
'Prelude', Chopin (Hilda Bewick),
'The Golliwog's Cakewalk', Debussy (Rambert, Jean Varda),
'Cymbal Dance', Kreisler (Jane Forestier),
Pianoforte Solos (Margaret Meredyl)
INTERVAL
'Valse Triste', Sibleius (Jane Forestier, Theodora Hess),
'Valse', Chopin (Rambert, Jean Varda),
'Danse Russe' (Hilda Bewick),
'Mort de Pierrot', Arthur Somervell (Rambert, Jane Forestier,),
'Minuet', Boccherini (Hilda Bewick, Jean Varda),
'Songs of the Hebrides' (Patuffa Kennedy Fraser),
'Gipsy Dance', Saint-Saens (Jane Forestier, Jean Varda) |
| Performance Notes | *Language Warning: Some of the racist language contained in this record some viewers may find offensive. For the historic record we have chosen not to remove or hide contentious language but instead retain and address its inclusion for research.
"ALBERT HALL THEATRE.
In the little theatre of the Royal Albert Hall yesterday afternoon a very pleasant programme, composed almost entirely of dances, was carried through with no little taste and spirit by Miss Jane Forestier with the held of her pupils and others. A feature of most of the dances given was that they illustrated the music to which they were allied, several representative composers being drawn upon for this purpose, ranging from Beethoven to Debussy, whos 'Golliwog's Cakewalk,' notably, was turned to most effective account by Miss Rambert and Mr Jean Varda, both very clever dancers. Miss Forestier (who is a daughter of the well-known composr, Dr Arthur Somerwell) was seen to advantage in, among other numbers, a well-conceived version f Sibelius's 'Valse Triste,' ending on a tragic note. Miss Hilda Bewick danced to Polish and Russian music, and the programme - which is to be repeated to-day for the British Prsoners of War Food, Parcels, and Clothing Fun - was varied by Miss Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser, heard in some 'Songs of the Hebrides.'"
(The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1918) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1918/33) |