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Performance TitleBurns' Birthday Celebration - Grand Scotch Festival and Patriotic Concert, in aid of the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund
Performance Date23 January 1915
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14.45
Main PerformersTamaki Miura,
Ada Forrest,
Olive Sturgess,
Ada Crossley,
Gladys Van Der Beeck,
Wilfred Abor,
Charles Compton,
Alfred Fyffe,
Robert Anthony,
Millicent Russell
Everald Healy - vocals,
Dr Churchill Sibley - organ,
C Butterworth - cornet
Orchestra or BandPipers of HM Scots Guards,
Band of HM Scots Guards
ChoirsMr William Carter's Choir
National Sunday League Choir,
Chorus of Boy Scouts
ConductorsWilliam Carter,
J H Maunder,
Agnes Bedford,
J Hurst Bannister,
Dr Churchill Sibley,
F W Wood
Set ListMarch through the Hall (Pipers),
National Anthems: England, Japan, Belgium, Russia, France,
'Mary', Richardson (Wilfred Abor),
'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come To You, My Lad' (Ada Forrest),
Scotch Song: 'Ye Banks and Braes' (Ada Crossley),
'A Man's A Man', Burns (Everald Healy),
Chorus: 'There Was a Lad Was Born in Kyle', Burns (William Carters Choir),
'Villanelle', Eva Dell Acqua (TM),
Cornet Solo: 'Here's To The Year That's Awa' (C Butterworth),
'Robin Adair', arr. Alfred Moffat (Gladys Van Der Beeck),
Solo and Chorus: 'The Call of the Motherland', Churchill Sibley (Ada Forrest, William Carters Choir, Band),
'The Birks of Aberfeldy', Burns (Charles Compton, William Carters Choir),
Chorus: 'The Border Ballad', J H Maunder (William Carters Choir, Band),
Scotch Song: 'John Anderson, My Jo', Burns (MR),
Song: 'Comin' Thro' The Rye', Burns (Olive Sturgess),
Song: 'For England', Robert Anthony (Robert Anthony, William Carters Choir, Band)
Chorus: 'Boys Scouts' Patrol', Henriette Murkens (Band, Chorus of Boy Scouts, William Carters Choir),
Patriotic Chorus: 'Scotland, Bonnie Scotland', Churchill Sibley (William Carters Choir, Band, Dr Churchill Sibley)
Dances:
Scottish Reel (Pipers),
Sword Dance (Pipers)
INTERVAL
March through the Hall (Pipers),
Humorous Burlesque on the Soldiers' Song; 'Tipperary', Douglas (Band),
Chorus for Male Voices: 'Duncan Gray', arr. Sir Herbert Oakeley (William Carters Choir, Band)
'There's A Land', Allitsen (Ada Forrest, Band),
New Song: 'We Sweep the Seas', Frederic H Cowen (Wilfred Abor),
Song: 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Ada Crossley),
'The Skye Boat Song' (Everald Healy, William Carters Choir),
Scotch Song: 'Within a Mile' (Tamaki Miura),
Part Song for Ladies Voices: 'Oh, Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast', Mendelssohn (William Carters Choir),
'The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond' (Charles Compton),
'My Heart is Sair For Somebody', Burns (MR),
'Scots Was Hae', Burns (Robert Anthony),
New Song: 'Courage', Contesse Vanden Hewvel (Gladys Van Der Beeck),
'The Land o' the Leal' (Olive Sturgess),
'Mary of Argyll' (Ada Forrest),
Chorus: 'Auld Lang Syne', trad., arr. William Carter (William Carters Choir, Band, Dr Churchill Sibley)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1915/6),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1915/3-4)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1915/6Burn's Birthday Celebration - Grand Sctoch Festival and Patriotic Concert23 January 1915
RAHE/6/1915/4Burn's Birthday Celebration - Grand Scotch Festival and Patriotic Concert23 January 1915
RAHE/6/1915/3Burn's Birthday Celebration - Grand Scotch Festival and Patriotic Concert23 January 1915
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_FascfairitodBurns' Birthday Celebration - Grand Scotch Festival and Patriotic Concert, in aid of the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4587Butterworth; C (fl 1910s); Cornet player
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/2641British Army; Pipers of H.M. Scots Guards; fl 1895-1952; British military band
DS/UK/3715Wood; Frederick W. (fl 1912-1928); Captain; English conductor of the H.M Scots Guards Band
DS/UK/4185Mr William Carter's Choir (fl 1859-1916)
DS/UK/1635Sibley; John Churchill (1858-1938); Archbishop; English organist, religious leader
DS/UK/4854National Sunday League Choir; fl 1910s; British choir
DS/UK/4586Carter; William (fl 1859-1917); British conductor, concert promotor
DS/UK/4588Maunder; John Henry (1858-1920); English composer, organist
DS/UK/4860Bedford; Agnes (fl.1910s); British conductor
DS/UK/4861Bannister; Joseph Hurst (19 November 1882-2 August 1942); British organist
DS/UK/4850Miura; Tamaki (1884-1946); Japanese opera singer
DS/UK/1842Forrest; Ada (fl 1910-1922); South African singer
DS/UK/5104Sturgess; Olive (fl 1915-1929); British snger
DS/UK/3984Crossley; Ada Jemima (1874-1929); Australian singer
DS/UK/4856Van Der Beeck; Gladys (3 February 1888-January 1958); British singer
DS/UK/4857Abor; Wilfrid (fl.1910s); British tenor singer
DS/UK/5244Compton; Charles (fl 1910s); British singer
DS/UK/4858Anthony; Robert (c.1890); British baritone singer
DS/UK/1856Russell; Millicent (fl 1915-1928); English soprano
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