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Performance TitleGrand Concert and Organ Recital, in aid of the Funds of The Officers Association
Performance Date9 December 1920
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersField-Marshall Earl Haig - speaker,
Marcel Dupre (Grand Prix de Rome, organist of Notre-Dame du Paris) - organ
Secondary PerformersB Herrick Edwards (organist of the Gregorian Association) - organ
ChoirsChoir of the Gregorian Association (600 voices)
ConductorsCaptain Francis Burgess
Set ListSpeech (Field-Marshall Earl Haig)

'Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor', J S Bach (Marcel Dupre),
('Ye Faithful, approach ye'), arr. Adeste Fideles (Choir, Marcel Dupre),
'Noel', with Variations, d'Aquin (Marcel Dupre),
Adoro Te ('Devoutly we Adore'), St. Thomas Aquinas (Choir, Marcel Dupre),
'Variations from the Fifth Symphony', arr. C M Widor (Marcel Dupre),
'Vepres du Commun des Fetes de la Sainte Vierge' (Choir, Marcel Dupre),
Hymn: 'Ave Maris Stella', St. Fortunatus (Choir, Marcel Dupre),
'Magnificat', trad. (Choir, Marcel Dupre),
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Marcel Dupre (Marcel Dupre)
Royal PresenceHRH The Prince of Wales,
HRH Princess Mary,
HRH Princess Beatrice
Performance NotesA souvenir programme was dolh in which the objects and scope of the OA were set forth.
Related Archival MaterialHandbill (RAHE/6/1920/34)
Ticket Prices2s-
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/zIyzI8dzbs92Y
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1920/60Grand Concert - in aid of the funds of The Officers' Association9 December 1920
RAHE/6/1920/34A Grand Evening Concert, in aid of the Funds of The Officers Association9 December 1920
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UvamioboxidcpGrand Concert and Organ Recital, in aid of the Funds of The Officers Association1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1863Dupre; Marcel (1886-1971); French organist, pianist, composer, pedagogue
DS/UK/1864Gregorian Association; 1870-; English choral association
DS/UK/1865Burgess; Francis (fl 1920); Captain; English Director of the Gregorian Association
DS/UK/370Haig; Douglas (1861-1928); 1st Earl Haig; British Field Marshall
DS/UK/166Officers' Association; 1921-; British military association
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