Record

Performance TitlePaul Robeson Concert
Performance Date19 January 1936
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersPaul Robeson - vocal,
Simon Barer - piano
Secondary PerformersLawrence Brown - piano
Set List'De Ol' Ark's A-Moverin', arr. Hall Johnson (Paul Robeson),
'Go Down Moses', H T Burleigh (Paul Robeson),
'The Wanderer' (Finnish Folk Song), Selim Palmgren (Paul Robeson),
'Li'l David', Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson),
Piano Solo: 'Carnaval, Op.9', Schumann (Simon Barer),
'Labourer's Plaint' (Russian), Kopiloff (Paul Robeson),
'Light', Sinding (Paul Robeson),
'My Prayer', Gretchaninoff (Paul Robeson),
'O, No, John, No', arr. Cecil Sharp (Paul Robeson),
Piano Soli: 'Nocturne in D Flat Major', Chopin (Simon Barer),
'Etude in F Minor', Liszt (Simon Barer),
'Rhapsodie No.VI', Liszt (Simon Barer),
'Water Boy', arr. Avery Robinson (Paul Robeson),
'Didn't It Rain', H T Burleigh (Paul Robeson),
'Nobody Knows', Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson),
'Ezekiel Saw De Wheel', Lawrence Brown (Paul Robeson)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1936/7),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1936/1)
Ticket Prices2s 6d-12s
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1936/7Paul Robeson19 January 1936
RAHE/6/1936/1Paul Robeson19 January 1936
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IgaxokearifogPaul Robeson Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/307Robeson; Paul Leroy (1898-1976); American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist
DS/UK/1381Barer; Simon (1896-1951); Russian pianist
DS/UK/2215Brown; Lawrence (1893-1972); American pianist, composer, arranger of African-American folk songs
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