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Performance TitleGoldsmiths' Choral Union - Beethoven's 'Mass in D (Missa Solemnis)'
Performance Date30 September 1944
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersIsobel Baillie,
Astra Desmond,
Edward Reach,
Norman Walker - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsGoldsmiths' Choral Union
ConductorsFrederick Haggis
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), arr. Elgar
'Overture in C' ( in Memoriam), Sullivan
INTERVAL
'Mass in D, Op.123' (Missa Solemnis), Beethoven
Performance Notes'Overture in C' by Sullivan was perfromed in memory of Sir henry Wood, who passed away on 19 August 1944.

This concert marked the reopening of the Hall for good after closures due to wartime bombing.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1944/78)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/78Goldsmith's Choral Union - Beethoven's 'Mass in D'30 September 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YsagiehcvifiexGoldsmiths' Choral Union - Beethoven's 'Mass in D (Missa Solemnis)'1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1532Goldsmiths; Goldsmiths Choral Union (GCU); 1932-; English amateur choir
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1568Desmond; Astra (1893-1973); British contralto singer
DS/UK/3285Walker; Norman (1907-1963); English bass singer
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1531Haggis; Frederick Charles (1886-1976); British conductor
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