Record

Performance TitleSpecial Sunday Concert
Performance Date28 September 1919
Performance DaySunday
Main PerformersDame Nellie Melba,
Tom Burke - vocals,
Adela Verne - pianoforte
Secondary PerformersFrank St Leger,
Landon Ronald - accompanists,
Walter Whitaker - flute
Set List'Prelude and Chorale in E', Mendelssohn (Adela Verne)
'Scherzo', Mendelssohn (Adela Verne),
Aria - 'L'Allegro ed Peniero ', Handel (Adela Verne, Walter Whitaker,
Aria:- 'Una Povera Stanzatta' from La Boheme (Tom Burke),
Songs in French - 'Chant Norvegienne', F Fourdrain (Nellie Melba)
'Le Papillon', F Fourdrain (Nellie Melba)
'Carnaval', F Fourdrain (Nellie Melba),
'Cloudy Heights of Tatra', A Dvorak (Tom Burke),
Songs in English - 'Down in the Forest', (by request), L Ronald (Nellie Melba, accompanied by the composer)
'Where Thou Are Far', L Ronald (Nellie Melba, accompanied by the composer)
Pianoforte solo - 'Don Juan Fantasie', Mozart-Liszt (Adela Verne),
Vocal Duet - 'Lovely Maid in the Moonlight', Puccini,(Nellie Melba, Tom Burke)
Performance NotesPremiere of Le Papillon' and 'Carnaval' by Felix Fourdrain and 'Where Thou Are Far', Landon Ronald.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1919/100/SC)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1919/100/SC Special Sunday Concert - Dame Nellie Melba28 September 1919
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work7726Special Sunday Concerts (1919-1920 Season)38
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/161Melba; Dame; Nellie (19 May 1861-23 February 1931); GBE; Australian operatic soprano
DS/UK/1102Burke; Tom (1890-1967); British tenor
DS/UK/188Verne; Adela (1877-1952); English-German pianist, composer
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
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