Record

Performance TitleThe Gervase Elwes Memorial Fund Concert
Performance Date24 May 1922
Performance DayWednesday
Main PerformersLouise Dale,
Hubert Eisdell,
Ben Davies,
Robert Radford - vocals,
Robert Murchie - flute
Secondary PerformersF B Kiddle - piano
Orchestra or BandThe Eugene Goossens Orchestra
ChoirsWestminster Cathedral Choir
ConductorsSir Henry J Wood,
Roger Quilter,
Eugene Goossens,
P J Collis (Westminster Cathedral Choir)
Set ListThe Eugene Goossens Orchestra:
'Brandenburg Concerto for Strings in G', Bach,
Westminster Cathedral Choir
'Sanctus from 'Missa Papae Marcelli', Palestrina,
'Sanctus from Mass for Five Voices', William Byrd,
'Lumen Ad Revelationem Gentium', Palestrina,
'Lumen Ad Revelationem Gentium', William Bird,
The Eugene Goossens Orchestra
Symphonic Variations: 'Enigma', Elgar,
Recit. and Air: 'I Rage' Handel (with Robert Radford),
'O Ruddier than the Cherry' from Acis and Galatea,
The Eugene Goossens Orchestra
Rhapsody: 'A Shropshire Lad', Butterworth,
Louise Dale and Robert Murchie
Aria: 'Charmant Oiseau' (La Perle du Bresil), Felicien David,
The Eugene Goossens Orchestra
'A Children's Overture', Roger Quilter,
Overture: 'Cockaigne', Elgar,
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Madrigals: 'I Vaghi Fiori', Palestrina,
'I Thought That Love Had Been a Boy', Byrd,
'Wounded I Am', Byrd,
'All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded', Bennet,
Ben Davies
Song: 'Onaway! Awake' (Hiawatha), Coleridge Taylor,
The Eugene Goossens Orchestra
Air from 'County Derry, Shepherds Hey', Percy Grainger,
Sonnet for Tenor and Orchestra: 'Our Dead', Eric Cundell (with Hubert Eisdell),
'Entry of the Gods into Valhalla', Wagner
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1922/28)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1922/28The Gervase Elwes Memorial Fund Concert24 May 1922
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UvalioxooxihafThe Gervase Elwes Memorial Fund Concert, in aid of Gervase Elwes Memorial Fund for the Benefit of Musicians and of Musical Societies1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2211Westminster Cathedral Choir; 1903-; English choir
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/1273Quilter; Roger (1 November 1877-21 September 1953); British composer
DS/UK/227Goossens; Sir; Eugene Aynsley (1893-1962); English conductor and composer
DS/UK/2212Collis; P. J. (fl 1922); English choir master
DS/UK/2217Delaney; Louise Mary (-1954); Singer
DS/UK/1720Eisdell; Hubert (1882-1948); English tenor
DS/UK/1616Davies; Ben (1858-1943); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/214Radford; Robert (1874-1933); British bass opera singer
DS/UK/2218Murchie; Robert (1884-1949); Scottish flautist
DS/UK/247Musicians' Benevolent Fund (MBF); 1921-; British musical charity
DS/UK/4227Dale; Louise (fl 1901-1922); British singer
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