| Main Performers | Mrs Osgood,
Madame Ida Negrini,
Madame Louise Liebhardt,
Miss Robertson,
Miss Fanny Robertson,
Madame Trebelli,
Signor Runcio,
Signor Foli - vocals
Herr Ludwig Straus - violin,
Dr Stainer - organ,
Emma Emery - piano,
Berth Haft - violin,
M Louis Engel - harmonium,
Anna Mehlig - piano
Sir Julius Benedict,
Baron F d'Orezy,
F H Cowen,
Mr Kuhe - pianofortes |
| Secondary Performers | HRH Duke of Edinburgh - violin (as part of orchestra) |
| Orchestra or Band | The Royal Albert Hall Amateur Orchestral Society |
| Choirs | Royal Albert Hall Choral Society (Royal Choral Society) |
| Conductors | Sir Julius Bendict,
George Mount,
Dr Stainer,
Baron F D'Orcy,
Mr Kuhe,
F H Cowen,
Wilhelm Ganz
Signor Visetti,
Signor Randegger,
Baron Bodog Orozy (conducted the two Hungarian love songs that he had composed) |
| Royal Presence | HRH The Princess of Wales,
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh,
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh,
HRH The Princess Louise,
HRH The Princess Victoria,
HRH The Princess Maud,
HRH The Duchess of Teck |
| Performance Notes | This concert was organised as a responses to the huge flood in the Hungarian city of Szeged, which literally wiped away the whole town, only 265 of the 5723 houses remained and many hundreds of people died).
"The concert on Monday afternoon for the benefit of sufferers by the inundations in Hungary must, judging by the large audience which filled most parts of the hall and crowded the galleries, have answered the object for which it was set on foot. Among the distinguished personages who gave their paronage to the undertaking were observed the princess of Wales, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Duchess of Teck. The Duke of Edinburgh occupied his accustomed saet in the orchestra as one of the foremost of the leading violins. The musical arrangements being placed under the control of Sir Julius Benedict, it was not suprising that the entertainment should be varied and attractive of its kind, or that those who had come forward in aid of a good cause should leave with the persuasion that they had not only done a good thing, but got something more in return than might be reasonaly have been expected."
(The Times, 7 May 1879) |