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Performance TitleSt. Cecilia's Day Festival Concert, in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Performance Date22 November 1947
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAda Alsop,
Rene Soames,
Harold Williams - vocals,
Dr G D Cunningham - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra,
Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music
ChoirsLuton Choral Society
ConductorsSir Adrian Boult,
Captain M Roberts,
Arthur E Davies
Set List'Allegro Maestoso' (Sonata in G), Elgar, (Dr G D Cunningham),
'Bridal March and Finale' (The Birds), Parry, (Dr G D Cunningham),
2 Fanfares, Bax (Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music),
Overture, 'St. Cecilia's Ode,1692', Purcell, orch. Rawsthorne,
'Alexander's Feast' (Part 2), Handel (Ada Alsop, Rene Soames, Harold Williams, Luton Choral Society, BBC.Symphony Orchestra),
'Songs of the Fleet', Stanford (Harold Williams, Luton Choral Society),
'Introduction and Passacaglia', Alcock (Dr G D Cunningham),
'Fanfare for a Cheerful Occasion', Bax (Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music),
'Fanfare for Heroes', Bliss, (Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music),
'An Ode for St.Cecilia's Day', Finzi, (Rene Soames, Luton Choral Society),
'Symphony No.5 in D', Vaughan Williams, (BBC Symphony Orchestra),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), arr. Elgar (Ada Alsop, Luton Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Trumpeters of The Royal Military School of Music, Dr G D Cunningham)
Performance NotesPremiere of 'An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day' by Finzi.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1947/267)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/267St.Cecilia's Day Festival Concert in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund22 November 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Garisch_BamSt. Cecilia's Day Festival Concert, in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6649Alsop; Ada (19 March 1915-June 1968); English soprano singer
DS/UK/7066Soames; Rene (fl 1947); British tenor
DS/UK/1221Williams; Harold John (1893-1976); MBE; Australian baritone
DS/UK/1234Cunningham; George Dorrington (1878-1948); English organist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/251Royal Military School of Music; 1857-; British military music school
DS/UK/3229Luton Choral Society; 1870-; British amateur choir
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/7363Roberts; Meredith (fl 1952); British conductor
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