Record

Performance TitleGrand Coronation Concert, in aid of The Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Performance Date25 April 1937
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersFlorence Austral,
Muriel Brunskill,
Henry Wendon,
Harold Williams - vocals,
Herbert Dawson,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandKneller Hall Band,
Royal Military School of Music Trumpeters,
London Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society,
BBC Choral Society
ConductorsSir Henry J Wood,
Sir Adrian Boult,
Dr Malcolm Sargent,
Major H E Adkins,
Leslie Woodgate
Set ListOrgan Soli: 'Solemn Melody', Walford Davies (Herbert Dawson),
'Evening Hymn', Purcell (Herbert Dawson),
'The Birds of Aristophones', Parry (Herbert Dawson),
National Anthem: 'God Save the King'
Ceremonial Fanfares: 'Bliss' (Military Band and Trumpets),
March: 'Pomp and Circumstance No.1 in D', Elgar,
'Non Nobis, Domine', Quilter (Leslie Woodgate),
'Jupiter' (Planets), Holst (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Songs of The Sea'. Stanford (Harold Williams),
Antiphon: 'Let All The World in Every Corner Sing', Vaughan Williams (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Hymn To Aphrodite', Bantock (Muriel Brunskill),
Overture: 'Britannia', Mackenzie (London Symphony Orchestra, Organ),
Three Fanfares: 'A Westminster Fanfare', Dorothy Howells (Kneller Hall Band),
'Fanfare For A Cheerful Occasion', Bax (Kneller Hall Band),
'Coronation Fanfare' (1st Performance), Adkins (Kneller Hall Band),
Overture: 'The Boatswain's Mate', Ethel Smyth (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Rebecca's Prayer' (Ivanhoe), Sullivan (Florence Austral),
The NightIIs Calm and Cloudless', Sullivan (Florence Austral),
'Blest Pair of Sirens', Parry (London Symphony Orchestra, Organ),
'Welsh Rhapsody', German (Kneller Hall Band),
'The Cloths of Heaven', Thomas Dunhill (Henry Wendon),
'Onaway! Awake Beloved' from Hiawatha, Coleridge-Taylor (Henry Wendon),
'Jerusalem', Parry (London Symphony Orchestra),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) (Kneller Hall Band, Arnold Grier)
Performance NotesThe concert was broadcast on the National radio at 14:30.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1937/33),
Handbill (RAHE/1937/12)
Ticket Prices2s 6d-10s 6d
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/1937/12Grand Coronation Concert25 April 1937
RAHE/1/1937/33Grand Coronation Concert in aid of the Musician's Benevolent Fund25 April 1937
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IerahoizozifefGrand Coronation Concert, in aid of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/195Austral; Florence (26 April 1892-15 May 1968); Australian operatic soprano singer
DS/UK/1118Brunskill; Muriel (1899-1980); English contralto
DS/UK/1335Wendon; Henry (fl 1930s); British operatic tenor
DS/UK/1221Williams; Harold John (1893-1976); MBE; Australian baritone
DS/UK/2452Dawson; Herbert (fl 1914-1930s); English organist
DS/UK/358Boult; Sir; Adrian (8 April 1889-22 February 1983); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/39Wood; Sir; Henry (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944); CH; English conductor
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
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