Performance TitleBlue Rhapsody, in aid of The National Children's Home
Performance Date12 March 1955
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersJill Taylor,
John W Waterhouse,
Zuilmah Hopkins,
Lloyd Strauss-Smith,
David Winnard - vocals,
Felton Rapley - organ,
Zoe Harrison,
David Kilby - guitars
Orchestra or BandBand of The Irish Guards
ChoirsLuton Girls Choir,
Luton Choral Society
ConductorsCaptain C H Jaeger,
Arthur E Davies
Set ListTrumpet Voluntary - 'Britons Sing', Clarke, arr. Geehl,
'The Toreador's Song, Act II' from Carmen, Bizet, arr. Purcell Mansfield,
'Pineapple Poll', Sullivan, arr. Mackerras (Band of The Irish Guards),
'Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne' from Il Trovatore, Verdi (Luton Choral Society),
'Angelus', from Maritana, Vincent Wallace, arr. H Elliot Button (Luton Choral Society),
'The Love Duet, Act 1' from Madama Butterfly, Puccini (Zuilmah Hopkins, Lloyd Strauss-Smith),
'What Is Life To Me' from Orpheus and Euridice, Gluck, arr. Max Saunders (Luton Girls Choir),
'Intermezzo' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni, arr. Purcell Mansfield (Luton Girls Choir),
Tarantella - 'La Danza', Rossini, ad. Victor Ambroise (Luton Girls Choir),
'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor', Bach (Felton Rapley),
'Va Pensiero' from Nabucco, Verdi (Luton Choral Society),
'Finale, Act III' from Nabucco, Verdi (David Winnard, Luton Choral Society),
'Lovely Maid In The Moonlight' from La Boheme, Puccini (Lloyd Strauss-Smith, Zuilmah Hopkins),
'Abide With Me', Liddle (Patricia Corley, Luton Girls Choir),
'Then Said They To Chibiabos' from Hiawatha, Coleridge-Taylor (Lloyd Strauss-Smith, Chorus),
'Onaway! Awake, Beloved' from Hiawatha, Coleridge-Taylor (Lloyd Strauss-Smith, Chorus),
'Soloists Present', arr. Jaeger (Band of Irish Guards),
'The Humming Chorus' from Madama Butterfly, Puccini (Luton Girls Choir),
'The Little Admiral' from Songs of The Fleet, Stanford (Luton Choral Society),
'They Call Me Mimi' from La Boheme, Puccini (Zuilmah Hopkins),
'Mother, You Know The Story' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni (Zuilmah Hopkins),
'Snowy, Snowy Mountains', Schultze (Luton Girls Choir, Zoe Harrison, David Kilby),
'My Friend', Drake and Shirl (Luton Girls Choir),
'Get Well Soon', Donald Phillips, arr. Vere Harker (Luton Girls Choir),
'Non Nobis Domine', Quilter (Full Ensemble),
'Easter Hymn' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni (Zuilmah Hopkins, Full Ensemble),
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1955/37)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/36Blue Rhapsody in aid of The National Children's Home12 March 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Etar_Dit_BunBlue Rhapsody, in aid of The National Children's Home1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8262Action for Children; 1869-present; British children's charity
DS/UK/15631Smith; Lloyd Strauss- (c1921-2011); South African tenor
DS/UK/17540Winnard; David (fl 1950s-1960s); British opera singer
DS/UK/12836Rapley; Edmund Felton (1907-1976); British organist, composer
DS/UK/2893Grisewood; Frederick Henry 'Freddie' (1888-1972); British broadcaster
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/3229Luton Choral Society; 1870-; British amateur choir
DS/UK/7728Luton Girls' Choir; fl 1940s-1950s; English choir
DS/UK/14010Jaeger; C.H (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/18607Davies; Arthur E (fl 1930s-1970s); MBE; British choirmaster, musical director
DS/UK/18602Taylor; Jill (fl 1950s); British singer
DS/UK/18604Hopkins; Zuilmah (1925-2013); Irish-born soprano, singing teacher
DS/UK/18606Kilby; David (fl 1955); British guitarist
DS/UK/18605Harrison; Zoe (fl 1955); British guitarist
DS/UK/18603Waterhouse; John W (fl 1950s-1960s); OBE; British National Children's Home principal
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