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Performance TitleGreat Victory Concert, in aid of the Guards' Home for Daughters of Guardsmen
Performance Date18 December 1919
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:30
Main PerformersDame Nellie Melba,
Madame Clara Butt,
Tom Burke,
Mr. Kennerley Rumford,
Lady Tree - vocals,
Mr R A Greir - organ
Secondary PerformersMiss Grace Torrens,
Mr Frank St. Leger - piano
Orchestra or BandThe Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards
ConductorsMajor J. Mackenzie-Rogan (Coldstream Guards),
Captain A Williams (Grenadier Guards),
Lieutenant F W Wood (Scots Guards),
Lieutenant A Harris (Welsh Guards)
Set ListMarche Elegiaque: 'Gheluvelt', Williams (Massed Bands),
Aria: 'Celeste Aida' from Aida, Verdi (Tom Burke),
Overture: 'William Tell', Rossini (Massed Bands),
Aria: 'Addio' from La Boheme, Puccini (Nellie Melba),
Valse Song: 'Se Saran Rose', Arditi (Nellie Melba),
Valse from 'Swan Lake Ballet', Tschaikowsky (Massed Bands),
'The Soldier's Return', Old Welsh Melody (Lady Tree, Clara Butt),
'Have you News of my Boy Jack?', Edward German (Clara Butt),
'Ballet Egyptien', Luigini (Massed Bands),
'The Gentle Maiden', Arthur Somerville (Kennerley Rumford),
'Sea Volunteer's Song', Grace Torrens (Kennerley Rumford),
Patriotic Fantasia: 'Festival of Empire' Mackenzie-Rogan, (Massed Bands)
Royal PresenceHM King George,
HM Queen Mary,
HRH Princess Mary,
HRHPrince Albert,
HRH Prince Henry
HRH Prince George
HRH Princess Beatrice
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1919/70),
Event Ephemera - Silk flag (RAHE/8/3/19)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1919/70Great Victory Concert in aid of The Guards' Home for Daughters of Guardsmen given by Dame Nellie Melba and Madame Clara Butt18 December 1919
RAHE/8/3/19Hand flag from Great Victory Concert in aid of The Guards' Home for Daughters of Guardsmen18 December 1919
Work
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Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3715Wood; Frederick W. (fl 1912-1928); Captain; English conductor of the H.M Scots Guards Band
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/5816Tree; Lady (1863-1937); English actress, wife of the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree
DS/UK/161Melba; Dame; Nellie (19 May 1861-23 February 1931); GBE; Australian operatic soprano
DS/UK/167Butt; Dame; Clara (1 February 1872-23 January 1936); DBE; English contralto singer
DS/UK/1102Burke; Tom (1890-1967); British tenor
DS/UK/177Rumford; Robert Kennerley (2 September 1870-9 March 1957); English baritone singer
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/5859Harris; Andrew (fl 1910s-1931); Captain; British band master of the Welsh Guards
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
DS/UK/5858Williams; A. (fl 1890s-1919); Captain; British music director of the Band of Grenadier Guards
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/4212MacKenzie-Rogan; John (1855-1931); British Senior Bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards
DS/UK/1723HRH; Henry William Frederick Albert (1900-1974); Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; British Prince, son of King George V
DS/UK/231HRH Princess Mary (1897-1965); British Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
DS/UK/1116Mary of Teck (1867-1953); British Queen consort of King-Emperor George V
DS/UK/1115George V (1865-1936); British King and Emperor of India (1910-1936)
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