Record

Performance TitleThe Official United States Air Forces Band, in aid of The Royal Air Force (RAF) Benevolent Fund - A Goodwill Visit from America
Performance Date23 December 1944
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersCorporal James Wilbar - speaker,
S/Sgt. Glenn Darwin - vocal,
Victor Babin - piano
Orchestra or BandThe United Sates Army Air Force Band
ConductorsCaptain George Sallade Howard,
John R Barrows
Set List'The Star-Spangled Banner',
'Salute The Allies', Lang,
'Pavanne', Gould,
'Capriccio Brillante', Mendelssohn (Victor Babin),
'Festival at Baghdad', Rimsky-Korsakov,
'Valse Clintine', Wilber (Corporal James Wilbar),
'Medley of Current Hits', arr. Beittel,
'Finale From Symphony No.4', Tchaikovsky,
'Children at Play in The Garden' from Pictures At An Exhibition, Moussorgsky,
'Bydlo' from Pictures At An Exhibition, Moussorgsky,
'Ballet of The Unhatched Chicks' from Pictures At An Exhibition, Moussorgsky,
'Il Lacerato Spirito' (Simon Boccanegra), Verdi, (S/Sgt. Glenn Darwin),
'Three Little Messerschmitts', Brittel-Layton,
'At The Gremlin Ball', Hall,
'Voices of Spring', J Strauss,
'Christmas Fantasy', Lang,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1944/110)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/110United States Army Air Forces Band23 December 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ulob_KovifiexThe Official United States Air Forces Band, in aid of The Royal Air Force (RAF) Benevolent Fund - A Goodwill Visit from America1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1211Babin; Victor (13 December 1908-1 March 1972); Russian pianist
DS/UK/2064The United States Air Force Band; 1941-; American military band
DS/UK/6555Howard; George Sallade (1902-1995); Colonel; American conductor
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