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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Eighteenth Season 1888-1889) - Ninth Concert - Benoit's 'Lucifer'
Performance Date3 April 1889
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMonsieur Blauwaert,
Madame Lemmens Sherrington,
Madame Patey,
Monsieur Robert Hensler,
Monsieur Henry Fontaine - vocals
W.Hodge - organ
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsJoseph Barnby
Set List'Lucifer', Peter Benoit (first time performed in England)
Performance NotesThis was the first season that the Royal Choral Society (RCS) adopted this name rather than its longer pervious name, the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society.
Related Archival MaterialHandbill (RAHE/6/1889/1 - colour photocopy)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/Xn9XnUEXo0M8mK
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/1889/1Royal Choral Society - 'Lucifer'3 April 1889
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9612Royal Choral Society (Eighteenth Season 1888-1889)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5795Lemmens-Sherrington; Hellen (4 October 1834-9 May 1906); English soprano
DS/UK/5413Patey; Janet Monach (1842-1894); British oratorio contralto
DS/UK/8890Blauwaert; Emil (3 June 1845-2 February 1891); Belgian baritone
DS/UK/4514Hodge; Herbert (fl 1880s - 1917); British organist
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/5412Barnby; Sir; Joseph (12 August 1838-28 January 1896); English composer and conductor
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