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Performance TitlePitman's School Annual Prizegiving and Concert [Private]
Performance Date15 December 1923
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:00
Main PerformersSir Thomas W H Inskip (Solicitor-General) - speaker
Margaret Minor,
Florence Austral,
Robert Naylor,
Muriel George,
Ernest Butcher - vocals,
David Richards - organ
Pipe-Major R T Ancell - pipes
Norman Long - piano
Secondary PerformersEthel Brigstock,
Madame Adami - piano
Orchestra or BandBand of 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
ChoirsThe Gresham Singers
ConductorsF J Ricketts
Set List'Overture' from Tannhauser, Wagner (Band),
'Whatever Is Best', H Lohr (Margaret Minor),
Glee: 'Tell Me, Babbling Echo', S Paxton (The Gresham Singers),
North Country Air: 'The Oak and the Ash', arr. H Waldo Warner (The Gresham Singers),
Aria: 'Elizabeth's Greeting' from Tannhauser, Wagner (Florence Austral),
Highland Dancing: The Swords (L Cpl A Yule)
Highland Reel (N C O's of the Band),
Song: 'Onaway! Awake, Beloved' from Hiawatha, S Coleridge-Taylor (Robert Naylor),
'Dramatic Symphony No.4 (Unfinished)', Schubert (Band),
'The Enchanted Forest', M F Phillips (Florence Austral),
Interlude: Folk Songs and Duets (Muriel George, Ernest Butcher, Ethel Brigstock)
Scottish Suite: Highland Marches, 'A Lament' and 'A Folk Song' (Pipe Major R T Ancell),
'Dream Ships', Waddington Cooke (Margaret Minor),
Part Song: 'Mother O' Mine', H T Burleigh (The Gresham Singers),
Folk Song: 'Richard of Taunton Dene' (The Gresham Singers),
Selection from 'Madam Butterfly', Puccini (Band),
'Micaela's Song' from Carmen, Bizet (Florence Austral),
Interlude: Music, Song and Poetry (Norman Long),
Humoresque 'A Musical Switch', K J Alford (Band),
'God Save The King' (The National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1923/55)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1923/55Pitman's School Annual Prize Giving and Concert15 December 1923
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
ErateafaixipakPitman's School Annual Prizegiving and Concert [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1313Pitman's College; 1870-; English secretarial and business training college
DS/UK/1571The Gresham Singers (fl 1917-1937)
DS/UK/2657Inskip; Sir; Thomas Walker Hobart (1876-1947); 1st Viscount Caldecote; British politician
DS/UK/2658Minor; Margaret (fl 1932); British singer
DS/UK/195Austral; Florence (26 April 1892-15 May 1968); Australian operatic soprano singer
DS/UK/2200Naylor; Robert (1899-1968); English tenor
DS/UK/1859George; Muriel (1883-1965); English singer, film actress
DS/UK/1860Butcher; Edward Ernest (1885-1965); English actor, singer
DS/UK/2659Richards; David (fl 1905-1923); British organist
DS/UK/2660Ancell; Richard (c.1896); Pipe-Major; British pipe player
DS/UK/1898Long; Norman (fl 1920s-1930s); English singer and entertainer
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