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Performance TitleSalute to the Red Army - Twenty-Sixth Anniversary
Performance Date23 February 1944
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersLt. Laurence Olivier,
Peggy Ashcroft,
Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison (Home Secretary),
General Montgomery (Commander in Chief of the British Group of Armies) - speakers

Isobel Baillie,
Roy Henderson - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division Band
Coldstream Guards Band
Royal Air Force (RAF) Central Band
Life Guards Trumpeters
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsDr Malcolm Sargent,
Sgt. John Hollingsworth,
Captain V Dunn,
Major J C Windram,
Flying Officer Ward
Set List'Heart of Oak', Arne (Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division Band),
'Life On The Ocean Wave', Russell, arr. Dunn (Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division Band),
'The Seafarer', Haydn Wood (Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division, Band),
'Pomp and Circumstance No.4', Elgar (Coldstream Guards Band),
'Royal Air Force March', Walford Davies (Royal Air Force Central Band),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), arr. Elgar,
Prologue (Lt. Laurence Olivier),
'Fanfares', E J Moeran, William Walton,
'Sea Symphony' (1st Movt), Vaughan Williams (Isobel Baillie, Roy Henderson, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Choral Society),
'Spitfire Prelude And Fugue' (The First of the Few),William Walton (London Symphony Orchestra),
'MALTA, GC' (Excerpt), Arnold Bax (London Symphony Orchestra),
'49th Parallel' (Paraphrase), Vaughan Williams (London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Choral Society),
'Things To Come', Arthur Bliss (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Spring Offensive' (Morning Heroes), Arthur Bliss (Peggy Ashcroft, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Dead March' from Saul, Handel, arr. Sargent (London Symphony Orchestra, Military Bands),
Fanfare, (Life Guards Trumpeters),
'Ode To The Red Army', Sir Arnold Bax (Roy Henderson, Royal Choral Society, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Hallelujah Chorus' from Messiah, Handel (Royal Choral Society, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Rule Britannia', Arne, arr. Sargent (The Royal Choral Society, London Symphony Orchestra, Military Bands)
'USSR National Anthem'
Performance NotesAfter this event the Hall was closed briefly, due to damage to the building, caused by a bomb which landed Hyde Park at the top end of Exhibition Road. An unexploded bomb was removed from Albert Hall mansions on 28 February 1944.

M Gusev, the Russian Ambassador, and Madame Gusev were with Mr Morrisson, the Home Secretary in the Royal Box.

An ode was written specially by the Poet Laureate.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1944/16)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/16Salute to the Red Army23 February 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UgazoidykifovSalute to the Red Army - Twenty-Sixth Anniversary1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3517Olivier; Lord; Laurence Kerr (1907-1989); OM; English actor, director, producer
DS/UK/3759Ashcroft; Dame; Peggy (22 December 1907-14 June 1991); DBE; English actress
DS/UK/2702Morrison; Herbert Stanley (1888-1965); Baron Morrison of Lambeth; British Labour politician
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1344Henderson; Roy Galbraith (4 July 1899-16 March 2000); CBE; English singer baritone
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
DS/UK/1885British Army; HM Band of the Life Guards; 1795-; British Army Band
DS/UK/562Cooke; Richard (fl 1982-); Dr.; British musical Director of the Royal Choral Society (1995-)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1565Hollingsworth; John (1916-1963); English conductor
DS/UK/6483Dunn; Sir; Francis Vivian (1908-1995); KCVO OBE FRSA; Music director, conductor
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