Record

Performance TitleAll Star Concert, in aid of King George's Fund for Sailors
Performance Date28 December 1941
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersJohn Gielgud,
Webster Booth,
Anne Ziegler - actors,
Vera Lynn,
Howell Glynn,
George Formby,
Evelyn Laye,
Ord.Tel.McIntyre,
Roderick Jones - vocals,
Eileen Joyce,
Rawicz and Landauer - pianos
Secondary PerformersIvor Newton,
Vivian Ellis - pianos,
Reginald Foort - organ,
Orchestra or BandHM Royal Marines Massed Bands,
Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra
ChoirsNaval Ratings Choir from HMS Collingwood
ConductorsMajor F J Ricketts,
Lieutenant T Francis,
Captain F Vivian Dunn,
Geraldo
Set ListOverture, 'Plymouth Hoe', Ansell (HM Royal Marines Massed Bands),
Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler,
'Piano Concerto in A Minor' (1st Movt), Grieg (Eileen Joyce, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'An American Rhapsody', H Wood (HM Royal Marines Massed Bands),
Vera Lynn
INTERVAL - Organ Music (Reginald Foort)
Recitation - Poem 'A Seaman's Prayer', J Masefield (John Gielgud),
Recitation - Poem 'Sea Fever', J Masefield (John Gielgud),
Sea Shanties, 'Johnny Comes Down To Hilo', Howell Glynn (Naval Ratings Choir, Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines),
'A'Rovin', Howell Glynn (Naval Ratings Choir, Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines),
George Formby,
'My Heart is With a Convoy', V Ellis (Evelyn Laye, Vivian Ellis),
Grand Finale:
Overture, 'Orpheus in The Underworld', Offenbach (Rawicz and Landauer, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler
'Night On The Bare Mountain', Moussorgsky (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
Sea Shanties:
'Blow The Man Down' (Ord Tel. McIntyre, Howell Glynn, Naval Ratings Choir),
'What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor?' (Ord Tel. McIntyre, Howell Glynn, Naval Ratings Choir),
'Shenandoah' (Ord Tel. McIntyre, Howell Glynn, Naval Ratings Choir),
'Rio Grande' (Ord Tel. McIntyre, Howell Glynn, Naval Ratings Choir),
'Spanish Ladies' (Ord Tel. McIntyre, Howell Glynn, Naval Ratings Choir),
Finale:
'Song of Liberty', E Elgar (Roderick Jones, HM Royal Marines Massed Bands, Naval Ratings Choir, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra, Reginald Foort)
Performance NotesThe second half of the concert after the interval was broadcast by the BBC.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1941/67)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1941/67All Star Concert - In aid of King George's Fund For Sailors28 December 1941
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UfaloobynifoohAll Star Concert, in aid of King George's Fund for Sailors1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3760Gielgud; Sir; Arthur John (14 April 1904-21 May 2000); English actor, director, producer
DS/UK/3387Booth; Leslie 'Webster' (1902-1984); British tenor
DS/UK/6329Ziegler; Anne (22 June 1910-13 October 2003); English popular singer
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/6330Formby; George (1904-1961); OBE; British comedy actor, singer-songwriter, comedian
DS/UK/6331Laye; Evelyn (1900-1996); CBE; British actress
DS/UK/3863Foort; Reginald (fl 1920s-1930s); British organist
DS/UK/1519Joyce; Eileen (1 January 1908-25 March 1991); CMG; Australian pianist
DS/UK/2671Rawicz and Landauer (1932-1970)
DS/UK/1208Newton; Ivor (1892-1981); CBE; English pianist
DS/UK/6332Ellis; Vivian (1903-1996); British musical comedy composer
DS/UK/598Ricketts; Frederick Joseph Ricketts (1881-1945); Major; British Royal Marine
DS/UK/1470Bright; Gerald Walcan 'Geraldo' (1904-1974); English bandleader
DS/UK/6483Dunn; Sir; Francis Vivian (1908-1995); KCVO OBE FRSA; Music director, conductor
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