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Performance TitleGrand Patriotic Concert - Thanksgiving for British, French, Russian, Italian and Serbian Victories by Land, Sea and Air
Performance Date16 December 1916
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersAda Forrest,
Phyllis Lett,
Constance Danielli,
Charles Compton,
Carrie Tubb,
Thorpe Bates,
Lloyd Chandos,
Gladys Van Der Beeck,
Kate Greenaway,
Annabel MacDonald,
Helena Spicer,
Everard Healey - vocals,
Dr Churchill Sibley - organ,
Frank James - trumpet
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Scots Guards
ChoirsMr William Carter's Choir
ConductorsWilliam Carter,
J A Meale,
Herbert Williams,
Winifred Rich,
F W Wood,
Dr Churchill Sibley
Set List'National Anthem' (Choir, Band, Churchill Sibley, F W Wood),
Thanksgiving Anthem: 'Let the People Praise Thee, O God', William Carter (Choir, Ada Forrest, Phyllis Lett),
Air: 'Let the Bright Seraphim' (Samson), Handel (Constance Danielli, Frank James),
'The Death of Nelson', Braham (Charles Compton),
Songs of a Vivandiere: 'Reveille', Herbert Oliver (Carrie Tubb),
'On the March', Herbert Oliver (Carrie Tubb),
'The Young Warrior', H T Burleigh (Thorpe Bates),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Phyllis Lett, Choir, Band),
Solo and Chorus: 'The Call of the Motherland', Churchill Sibley (Lloyd Chandos)
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'Darling Soldier Boy!', Cameron Scott (Gladys Van Der Beeck, Band),
'The Soldier's Tear', Alexander Lee (Kate Greenaway),
'Angus Macdonald', Roeckel (Annabel MacDonald),
'Sweet As Her Roses' (A Song of England), Frederick H Cowen (Helena Spicer),
'Hearts of Oak', Dr Boyce (Everard Healey),
Patriotic Song: 'Monarch of Empire', Churchill Sibley (Choir, Band, Churchill Sibley)
INTERVAL
National Song: 'For Home and Empire', William Carter (Choir, Band),
'Break o' Day', Sanderson (Carrie Tubb),
'The Sailor's Grave', Sullivan (Charles Compton),
'Sonny', Arthur Meale (Ada Forrest),
'Plymouth Hoe' (Drakes Drum), Lady Barrett Lennard (Thorpe Bates),
'The Glory of the Sea', Sanderson (Phyllis Lett),
'Home Sweet Home', Bishop (Gladys Van Der Beeck),
'My Heart's In My Homeland', Kennedy Russell (LC),
'When You Come Home', W H Squire (Annabel MacDonald),
'A Soldier For Me', Alicia Adelaide Needham (Helena Spicer),
Duet: 'O Lovely Peace' (Judas Maccabeus), Handel (Constance Danielli, Kate Greenaway),
'The Lowland Sea' (Old Sea Song), arr. Edward Branscombe (Everard Healey),
Chorus: 'Rule Britannia', arr William Carter (Choir, Band, Churchill Sibley)
Performance NotesThe performance was dedicated to Mr William Carter, who was retiring after fifty-seven years as a concert giver. The Handbill and Programme both note William Carter as having given the largest Handel Festival in America in 1957.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1916/44),
Handbill
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1916/44Thanksgiving for Victories by Land, Sea and Air16 December 1916
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Pad_RionitefThanksgiving for Victories by Land, Sea and Air1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3715Wood; Frederick W. (fl 1912-1928); Captain; English conductor of the H.M Scots Guards Band
DS/UK/1635Sibley; John Churchill (1858-1938); Archbishop; English organist, religious leader
DS/UK/4185Mr William Carter's Choir (fl 1859-1916)
DS/UK/2641British Army; Pipers of H.M. Scots Guards; fl 1895-1952; British military band
DS/UK/4586Carter; William (fl 1859-1917); British conductor, concert promotor
DS/UK/1743Meale; J. Arthur (fl 1916-1920s); English organist
DS/UK/1842Forrest; Ada (fl 1910-1922); South African singer
DS/UK/304Lett; Phyllis (fl 1909-1925); English contralto singer
DS/UK/5503Danielli; Constance (fl 1916); British singer
DS/UK/5244Compton; Charles (fl 1910s); British singer
DS/UK/189Tubb; Carrie (17 May 1876-20 September 1976); English soprano singer
DS/UK/4172Chandos; Lloyd (fl 1895-1916); British singer
DS/UK/4856Van Der Beeck; Gladys (3 February 1888-January 1958); British singer
DS/UK/5504Greenaway; Kate (fl 1916); British singer
DS/UK/5505MacDonald; Annabel (fl 1916); British singer
DS/UK/5506Spicer; Helena (fl 1916); British singer
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