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Performance TitleChildren's Choral Festival, in aid of the London Schools Hospital Fund
Performance Date11 November 1922
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersMiss J Priter - speaker,
H L Balfour - organ
ChoirsChildrens' Choir (1,648 voice)
ConductorsDr. John E Borland
Set ListMiss J Priter,
'Andante and Allegro', Bache (Balfour),
'The Swan', Saint-Saens,
'Second Sonata', Mendelssohn,
'Elefentanz', Bernard Johnson,
'Marche Heroique', Claussmann

'England', Parry,
'The Lass of Richmond Hill',
'Silent, O Moyle',
'The Ash Grove',
'Charlie is My Darling'
'Nymphs and Shepherds', Purcell,
'Lullaby', Elgar,
'Choral Song and Fugue', S S Wesley,
'The Vagabond', Dunhill,
'A Sea Song', Atkins,
'I Vow To Thee, My Country', Holst,
'Shepherds' Dance', German,
'Requiem', Edmonds,
'Heave Away, My Johnny',
'The Lark in the Morn',
'Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron',
'O Beautiful Violet', Reinecke,
'I Stood On de Ribber Ob Jordan',
'Fantasie on Two English Melodies', Guilmant (Balfour),
'Willow Song', Sullivan,
'Meg Merrilies', Stanford,
'Two Frogs', Howell,
'You'll Get There', Parry,
'God Bless the Prince of Wales',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHRH The Princess Royal,
HRH Princes Maud
Performance NotesThe London Schools Hospital Fund was part of the The Hospital of London Combined Appeal which began in 1920. This fundraising campaign aimed to restore hospital funds that had been exhausted during the First World War.

Hall premiere of 'I Vow to Thee my Country', Holst.

The Aerated Bread Company sponsored the event and provided tea for each child performing (The Daily Telegraph, 11 November 1922)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1922/46)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1922/46Children's Choral Festival11 November 1922
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Sakozaream_KChildren's Choral Festival, in aid of the London Schools Hospital Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2339Borland; John E. (fl 1901-1922); Dr.; British organist, conductor
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