Item 7: Elijah: Mendelssohn

Accession Number PUBS002/006/001/001/007
Collection number Souvenirs 2 6/1/1/7
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 20.4 x 13.2cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Souvenir program from a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio 'Ellijah' by the Royal Choral Society at Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 27 October 1917. The performance was accompanied by a full chorus and orchestra with H L Balfour as the accompanying organist. Soloists were Ruth Vincent, Florence Taylor, Ben Davies and Thorpe Bates.