Record

Performance TitleGrand Military Concert (Victory Celebration)
Performance Date15 February 1919
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersMadame Laura Evans-Williams,
Miss Ethel Fenton,
Mr Ben Davies - vocal,
Mr H L Balfour - organ
Corporal Warnell - cornet
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of:-
HM 1st Grenadier Guards,
HM Royal Horse Guards (Blues),
HM Irish Guards,
Drums and Fifes of 5th Battalion HM Grenadier Guards
Drums and Pipers of the 3rd Battatlion Scots Guards
ConductorsCaptain A Williams (Grenadier Guards),
Mr Manuel Bilton (Royal Horse Guards Blue),
Mr Charles H Hassell (Irish Guards)
Set List'National Airs of our Allies and Dominions' (Drums and Fifes of the Grenadier Guards and the Pipers of the Scots Guards),
Hymn: 'For All The Saints' (Massed Bands and Grand Organ),
Overture in C 'In Memorium', Sullivan (Massed Bands and Grand Organ),
Aria:'I Know That My Redeemer Liveth', Handel (Laura Evans-Williams),
Recitation: 'Comfort Ye' from Messiah, Handel (Ben Davies),
Air: 'Every Valley' from Messiah, Handel (Ben Davies),
'Hallelujah Chorus' from Messiah, Handel (Massed Bands and Grand Organ),
'Last Post' from Messiah, Handel (Bugles and Drums of H.M. Grenadier Guards),
Nautical Overture: 'Plymouth Hoe', Ansell (Massed Bands),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Ethel Fenton),
'My Dreams', Tosti (Ben Davies),
Cornet Solo: 'The Lost Chord', Sullivan (Corporal Warnell),
Fantasia on Popular Songs and Choruses: 'Empireland' (Massed Bands),
Pot Pourri: 'Melodious Memories', Finck (Massed Bands),
Duet: 'Ye Banks and Braes', Finck (Laura Evans-Williams, Ethel Fenton),
Humoresque: 'Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?', Bellstadt (Massed Bands),
Grand Military Fantasia: 'British Army Quadrilles', Julien (Massed Bands, Pipers of Scots Guards)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1919/14)
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OifahiegyhidoovGrand Military Concert (Victory Celebration), in aid of 'A tribute to the memory of the gallant men who have fallen.'1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5858Williams; A. (fl 1890s-1919); Captain; British music director of the Band of Grenadier Guards
DS/UK/2074Williams; Laura Evans (1883-1944); Welsh singer
DS/UK/1616Davies; Ben (1858-1943); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
DS/UK/2435British Army; The Royal Horse Guards Band; 1805? -; British military band
DS/UK/5895Bilton; J Manuel (8 October 1862-1935); British music director of the Royal Horse Guards Blue
DS/UK/2641British Army; Pipers of H.M. Scots Guards; fl 1895-1952; British military band
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
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