Performance TitleRobeson Recital
Performance Date3 April 1938
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersPaul Robeson - vocal,
Edna Iles - piano,
Anton Maaskoff - violin
Secondary PerformersAdolph Hallis,
Lawrence Brown - pianos
Set List'Prelude and Fugue in D', Bach-Busoni (Edna Iles),
'Sonata in A Minor', Veracini (Anton Maaskoff, Adolph Hallis),
'Go Down Moses', arr. H T Burleigh (Paul Robeson),
'Kishmul's Galley', arr. M Kennedy-Fraser, Kenneth Macleod (Paul Robeson),
'Song of Kazakhstan', E Brusilofsky (Paul Robeson),
'Every Time I Feel De Spirit', arr. Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson),
'The Orphan', Moussorgsky (Paul Robeson),
'Evening Song', rev. W C Karatygin (Paul Robeson),
'Within Four Walls', Moussorgsky (Paul Robeson),
'Kazakh Song', E Brusilofsky (Paul Robeson),
'Melody', R Strauss (Anton Maaskoff, Adolph Hallis),
'La Fontaine's ''D'Arethuse'', Szymanowski (Anton Maaskoff, Adolph Hallis),
'Perpetuum Mobile', Novacek (Anton Maaskoff Adolph Hallis),
'Nocturne in F Sharp, Op.15, No.2', Chopin (Edna Iles),
'Fairy Tale in E Minor, Op.34, No2', Medtner (Edna Iles),
'Danza Jubilosa, Op40, No4', Medtner (Edna Iles),
'Etude Transcendante in F Minor', Liszt (Edna Iles),
'Kaddish-of Rabbi Levi Isaac Berdichev', arr. J Engel (Paul Robeson),
'O, No, John!', arr. Cecil J Sharpe (Paul Robeson),
'Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chile', arr. Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson),
'Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho', arr. Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1938/30),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1938/6)
Ticket Prices2s 6d-12s
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1938/30Paul Robeson3 April 1938
RAHE/6/1938/6Paul Robeson3 April 1938
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EkasovuxifitPaul Robeson Recital1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/307Robeson; Paul Leroy (1898-1976); American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist
DS/UK/1079Iles; Edna Amy (1905-2003); English pianist
DS/UK/2654Maaskoff; Anton (fl 1910-1923); American violinist
DS/UK/2215Brown; Lawrence (1893-1972); American pianist, composer, arranger of African-American folk songs
DS/UK/3618Hallis; Adolph (1896-1987); South African pianist, composer, teacher
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