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Performance TitleWarehousemen and Clerks Association - The Eleventh Annual Grand Evening Concert
Performance Date23 April 1931
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMr C J Stanley,
Rt. Hon. Lord Hollenden - speakers,
Topliss Green - vocal,
Essie Ackland,
Thea Phillips,
Fred Gwyn - vocals,
Arthur Askey,
Kenneth and George Western - comedy
Norman Askew - organ
Musician F Harmer - xylophone
Norman Long - piano
Secondary PerformersDavid Richards - piano
Orchestra or BandHM Welsh Guards Band
ConductorsDavid Richards,
Captain Andrew Harris
Set ListGrand March, 'Tannhauser', Wagner (Norman Askew),
'Air On Holsworthy Church Bells', Wesley (Norman Askew)
'Grand Chorus in The Style Of Handel', Guilmant (Norman Askew)
'Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy', Tchaikovsky (Norman Askew)
'Military March', Elgar (Norman Askew)
March: 'Shandon Bells', Walter Partridge (HM Welsh Guards Band)
Selection: 'The King of Jazz', Velle, Ager (HM Welsh Guards Band)
Xylophone Solo: 'Tarantelle De Concert', Greenwood (Musician F.Harmer)
Recit. and Air: 'Even Bravest Heart May Swell' (Faust). Gounod (Topliss Green)
Humorous Song (Arthur Askey)
'There's a Land', Allitsen (Essie Ackland)
Piano (Norman Long)
Aria: 'Elizabeth's Greeting' (Tannhauser), Wagner (Thea Phillips)
Humorous Song (Fred Gwyn)
Duet: 'At Love's Beginning', Liza Lehmann (Thea Phillips, Topliss Green),
'Grand Overture Symphonique Maximillian Robespierre Op.55', Litolff, (HM Welsh Guards Band, Norman Askew)
INTERVAL
Melodious Memories, Finck (HM Welsh Guards Band)
'Bonny George Campbell', Keel (Topliss Green)
'Yarmouth Fair', arr.Warlock (Topliss Green)
Humorous Song (Arthur Askey)
Selection of Russian Songs and Dances', Krein, Lotter, (HM Welsh Guards Band, Norman Askew)
'A Poor Man's Garden', Russell (Essie Ackland)
Songs (Kenneth and George Western)
'I Heard You Singing', Eric Coates (Thea Phillips)
Humorous Song (Fred Gwyn)
Finale: Rhythmic Paraphrase On Gounod's 'Faust', arr. Arthur Lange (HM Welsh Guards Band)
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1931/39)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1931/39Warehousemen and Clerks Association: The Eleventh Annual Grand Evening Concert23 April 1931
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YpapoxytipoivWarehousemen and Clerks Association - The Eleventh Annual Grand Evening Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/202Topliss; Green (fl 1915-1931); English bass-baritone singer
DS/UK/2081Askey; Arthur (6 June 1900-16 November 1982); CBE; English comedian and actor
DS/UK/2082Ackland; Essie (1896-1975); Australian contralto singer
DS/UK/2083The Western Brothers (fl c1930s-c1950s)
DS/UK/1747Askew; Norman (22 June 1901-30 June 1966); British organist and choral conductor
DS/UK/1898Long; Norman (fl 1920s-1930s); English singer and entertainer
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
DS/UK/2085Phillips; Dorothy Jane 'Thea' (1892-1960); English soprano
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