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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Eighteenth Season 1888-1889) - Tenth Concert - Handel's 'Messiah' on Good Friday
Performance Date19 April 1889
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersMadame Nordica,
Madame Belle Cole,
Charles Banks,
Watkin Mills - vocals,
W.Hodge - organ
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsJoseph Barnby
Set List'Messiah', Handel
Performance NotesThis was the first season that the Royal Choral Society (RCS) adopted this name rather than its longer pervious name, the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society.
Related Archival MaterialHandbills (RAHE/6/1889/2A, RAHE/6/1889/2B - photocopy)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/1889/2Royal Choral Society - Handel's 'Messiah'19 April 1889
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9612Royal Choral Society (Eighteenth Season 1888-1889)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5524Nordica; Lillian (1857-1914); American opera singer
DS/UK/3896Cole; Belle (1853-1905); American contralto
DS/UK/8810Banks; Charles (fl.1880s); English tenor
DS/UK/3898Watkin-Mills; Robert (1849-1930); British bass-baritone
DS/UK/4514Hodge; Herbert (fl 1880s - 1917); British organist
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/5412Barnby; Sir; Joseph (1838-1896); English musical composer, conductor
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