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Programme & Book of Words

Theatre Programme
1902 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This Easter Concert, billed as a Grand Sacred Concert, took place on Good Friday, 28 March 1902. It included instrumental and vocal pieces conducted by Richard Wade and featuring the Band of the Royal Hussars. The soloists were Isabel Bowers, Albert Chapman, Una Bruckshaw and Frank Pemberton, accompanied by Alyce Kent who played a grand piano lent by the Music Warehouse in Stratford. The music included Beethoven's Egmont overture, O Divine Redeemer to music by Gunoud, a selection from Gunoud's Faust, Edward German's dances from Henry VIII, Sullivan's Thou Art Passing Hence, The Sailor's Grave and The Lost Chord, a selection from Wagner's Lohengrin, the Chorus of Dervishes by Sebek and songs by Schumann, Stainer, Teresa del Riego, Oscar Alon and Frank Idel. It finished with Sousa's Stars and Stripes March, and God Save The King.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleProgramme & Book of Words (published title)
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Brief description
Programme and book of words of the Grand Sacred Concert at the Borough Theatre Stratford, 28 March 1902 conducted by Richard Wade. Printed by Williams & Strahan, 74, New Cut, London.
Physical description
Single sheet folded paper programme headed Borough Theatre Stratford Grand Sacred Concert, printed with the programme and the words of the songs featured in the concert.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.65cm
  • Width: 15.8cm (folded)
Object history
This programme & book of words was acquired with an architectural plan of the upper circle and a drawing of the Borough Theatre.
Summary
This Easter Concert, billed as a Grand Sacred Concert, took place on Good Friday, 28 March 1902. It included instrumental and vocal pieces conducted by Richard Wade and featuring the Band of the Royal Hussars. The soloists were Isabel Bowers, Albert Chapman, Una Bruckshaw and Frank Pemberton, accompanied by Alyce Kent who played a grand piano lent by the Music Warehouse in Stratford. The music included Beethoven's Egmont overture, O Divine Redeemer to music by Gunoud, a selection from Gunoud's Faust, Edward German's dances from Henry VIII, Sullivan's Thou Art Passing Hence, The Sailor's Grave and The Lost Chord, a selection from Wagner's Lohengrin, the Chorus of Dervishes by Sebek and songs by Schumann, Stainer, Teresa del Riego, Oscar Alon and Frank Idel. It finished with Sousa's Stars and Stripes March, and God Save The King.
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
S.1178-2014

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Record createdDecember 12, 2014
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