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Performance TitleConcert by Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir, in aid of Westminster Hospital
Performance Date22 April 1925
Performance DayWednesday
Main PerformersSir Robert Hudson GBE (Treasurer, Westminster Hospital),
Sir Edward E Pearson - speakers

Carrie Tubb,
Edith Furmedge,
Peter Dawson,
Muriel George,
Ernest Butcher - vocals,
Frederick Lamond - piano,
W H Squire - cello,
F W Holloway - organ
Secondary PerformersR W Church,
Ethel Brigstock
ChoirsBarclays Bank Male Voice Choir
ConductorsHerbert Pierce
Set ListOrgan Solo: 'Second Organ Concerto', Handel (F W Holloway),
Largo: 'Ombra Mai Fu' (Xerxes), Handel (Edith Furmedge),
Part - Songs: 'Zut! Zut! Zut!' (Remember), Elgar (The Male Voice Choir),
'Reveille', Elgar (The Male Voice Choir),
Songs: 'Phyllis Has Such Charming Graces', Anthony Young (Peter Dawson),
'I'll Sail Upon the Dog-Star', Purcell (Peter Dawson),
Cello Solo: 'Meditation in C', Squire (W H Squire),
Solo and Chorus: 'Die Allmacht' (Great is Jehovah), Schubert, arr. Liszt (Carrie Tubb, Choir),
Piano Solo: 'Sonata in C, Op.54' (The Waldstein), Beethoven (Frederick Lamond),
Part Songs: 'Cradle Song', Brahms, arr. Fletcher (The Male Voice Choir),
'Faithless Sally Brown', Herbert Pierce (The Male Voice Choir),
Organ Solo: 'Toccata in C Minor', Boellmann (F W Holloway),
Cantata: 'Recognition of Land' (Landerkennung), Grieg (Peter Dawson, Choir),
Song: 'Chere Nuit', Bachelet (Carrie Tubb, W H Squire),
Piano Soli: 'Miniature', Glazounow (Fredrick Lamond),
'Nouvelles Soirees de Vienne', Strauss, arr. Tausig (Fredrick Lamond),
Songs: 'Praise Ye The Lord', Granville Bantock (Edith Furmedge, F W Holloway),
'The Drums of Life', Hermann Lohr (Peter Dawson),
Cello Soli: 'Apres Un Reve', Faure (W H Squire),
'The Merry Harvester', Senallie (W H Squire),
Part-Songs: 'I Cannot Eat But Little Meat', Martin Shaw (The Male Voice Choir),
'There Is A Paradise on Earth', de Pearsall (The Male Voice Choir),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe concert raised over £1,000 which went towards the endowment of a hospital bed in perpetuity.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1925/19)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1925/19Westminster Hospital, Programme of Concert22 April 1925
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UvateareatipizConcert by Barclays Bank Male Voice Choir, in aid of Westminster Hospital1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/189Tubb; Carrie (17 May 1876-20 September 1976); English soprano singer
DS/UK/2068Furmedge; Edith (1890-1956); English singer
DS/UK/1705Dawson; Peter (1882-1961); Australian bass-baritone, songwriter
DS/UK/1859George; Muriel (1883-1965); English singer, film actress
DS/UK/1860Butcher; Edward Ernest (1885-1965); English actor, singer
DS/UK/1718Lamond; Frederic Archibald (1868-1948); Scottish pianist, composer
DS/UK/1578Squire; William Henry' (8 August 1871-17 March 1963); ARCM; British cellist, composer, teacher
DS/UK/3017Holloway; Frederick William (1873-1954); English organist, composer
DS/UK/3018Pearson; Sir; Edward (1874-1925); British civil engineer, mayor, landowner
DS/UK/3019Hudson; Sir; Robert James (1885-1963); Major; British civil servant, twice acting Governor of Southern Rhodesia
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