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Performance TitleClara Butt - Morning Concert, in aid of the Clara Butt-Rumford Fund
Performance Date20 November 1915
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14.30
Main PerformersClara Butt,
Pauline Hook,
Ethel Hook,
Hazel Gray,
Gervase Elwes - vocals,
Marie Hall - violin,
Leonard Borwick - pianoforte
P Mavon Ibbs - organ
Secondary PerformersHarold Craxton
Set ListOrgan Solo: 'Grand March' (Sonata 'Pontificale'), Lemmens (P Mavon Ibbs),
'The Cloths of Heavan', T Dunhill (Gervase Elwes),
'The Fiddler of Dooney' (Gervase Elwes),
Violin Solo: 'Souvenir de Moscou', Wieniawski (Marie Hall),
'Bless Thou the Lord' from 104th Psalm, Harold Craxton,
'L'Heure Exquise', E Poldowski,
'Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix' from Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saens (Clara Butt),
Pianoforte Soli: ''Nocturne in G major', Chopin (Leonard Borwick),
'Etude in E Minor', Chopin (Leonard Borwick),
Quartet: 'The Birth of the Flowers', Liza Lehmann (Clara Butt, Pauline Hook, Ethel Hook, Hazel Gray)
INTERVAL
Organ Solo: 'Fountain Reverie', Percy Fletcher (P Mavon Ibbs),
'Fair House of Joy', Roger Quilter (Gervase Elwes),
'Battle Hymn', C V Stanford (Gervase Elwes),
'Songs of the Hebrides', arr. Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (Clara Butt),
'Irish Folk-Songs', arr. Herbert Hughes (Clara Butt),
Violin Soli: 'Berceuse', Tor Aulin (Marie Hall),
'Saltarello', Sinigaglia (Marie Hall),
'Fugue', Tartini (Marie Hall),
Pianoforte Soli: 'Prelude in Eb Minor', Sciabine (Leonard Borwick),
'Serenade, Op.3, No.5', Rachmaninoff (Leonard Borwick),
'Humoresque, Op.26, No.2', Palgren (Leonard Borwick),
'Ships That Pass In The Night', T W Stephenson (Clara Butt),
'Down Here', May Brahe (Clara Butt),
'The Promise of Life', F H Cowen (Clara Butt),
'National Anthem' (Clara Butt, Gervase Elwes)
Performance NotesMadame Clara Butt donated half the proceeds of this concert to the Clara Butt-Rumford Fund, raised to provide employment for artists adversely affected by the First World War.

'The Birth of the Flowers', Liza Lehman was specially composed for this concert.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme,
Handbill (RAHE/6/1915/14)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/1915/14Clara Butt Morning Concert20 November 1915
RAHE/1/1915/38Madame Clara Butt Morning Concert20 November 1915
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OtapohoopitegClara Butt - Morning Concert, in aid of the Clara Butt-Rumford Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4229Gray; Hazel (fl 1910s); British singer, sister of Clara Butt?
DS/UK/4848Pauline and Ethel Hook (fl 1907)
DS/UK/5237Hook; Pauline (20 December 1881-5 March 1959); British soprano singer
DS/UK/246Elwes; Gervase Henry Cary- (1866-1921); English tenor opera singer
DS/UK/2062Hall; Marie Pauline (1884-1956); English violinist
DS/UK/2350Ibbs; P. Mavon- (fl 1913-1923); British organist
DS/UK/5238Borwick; Leonard (1868-1925); English concert pianist
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