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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Seventy-Third Season 1943-1944) - Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius'
Performance Date22 May 1944
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersGladys Ripley,
Heddle Nash,
Tom Williams - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsDr Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), arr. Elgar,
'Overture to Alcestis', Gluck,
'Variation On a Theme of Haydn', Brahms,
'Overture in D', Handel-Elgar,
'The Dream of Gerontius', Elgar
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1944/44)
Ticket Prices2s (orchestra)-£3 (box)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/44Royal Choral Society - Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius'22 May 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EnabofowgiforRoyal Choral Society (Seventy-Third Season 1943-1944)7
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/1360Nash; William 'Heddle' (1894-1961); English tenor
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
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