Record

Performance TitleDaily Express National Community Singing Movement - Inaugural Concert
Performance Date20 November 1926
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersFlorence Austral,
Norman Allin,
John Goss - vocals,
Reginald Paul - organ
Orchestra or BandRoyal Albert Hall Orchestra
ConductorsSir Landon Ronald,
Gibson Young
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'Welsh Rhapsody', Edward German (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
Community Singing, 'All Through The Night' (John Goss),
'John Peel' (John Goss),
'Loch Lomond' (John Goss),
Songs: 'A Sailor Loved A Lass' (Florence Austral),
'Shepherd Thy Demeanour Vary' (Florence Austral),
'Alleluia', arr. O'Connor Morris (Florence Austral),
'Prelude to Act III' from Lohengrin (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
Songs: 'When A Maiden Takes Your Fancy' (Seraglio), Mozart (Norman Allin),
'See The Way You Rogues Come Prying' (Seraglio), Mozart (Norman Allin),
Community Singing: 'What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?' (John Goss),
'Shenandoah' (John Goss),
'Hullabaloo-balay' (John Goss),
'The Red River Valley' (John Goss),
'Charlie is My Darling' (John Goss),
Overture: 'Meistersinger', Wagner (Royal Albert Hall Orchestra),
'Sea Rapture', Eric Coates (Florence Austral),
'Love Went A-Riding', Frank Bridge (Florence Austral),
Community Singing: 'Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes',
'A Simple Round',
'The Three Crows',
'Arise Ye Subterranean Winds', Purcell (Norman Allin),
Finale: 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Florence Austral),
'Auld Lang Syne' (Florence Austral)
Performance NotesAccording the The Observer (21 November 1926, page 18), ten thousand people attended the event.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1926/84)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1926/84Daily Express - National Community Singing Movement, Inaugural Concert20 November 1926
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_SonoronipookDaily Express National Community Singing Movement - Inaugural Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/445Daily Express; 24 April 1900-; British tabloid newspaper
DS/UK/195Austral; Florence (26 April 1892-15 May 1968); Australian operatic soprano singer
DS/UK/1584Allin; Norman (1884-1973); British bass singer
DS/UK/1862Goss; John (1891-1953); British baritone
DS/UK/2412Paul; Reginald (fl 1926-1930s); British pianist, organist
DS/UK/228Royal Albert Hall; Royal Albert Hall Orchestra; 1915-c1931; Orchestra
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
DS/UK/3403Young; Gibson (fl.1920s); conductor, violinist, and organising director of the Community Singers Association
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