First Concert - First Season

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Event First Concert - First Season
Venue Causeway Hall, Kingston, ACT
First Date 15 May 1926
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere Yes
Description The First Philharmonic Concert at Causeway Hall. “All roads led to the Causeway Hall” audience included Canberrans, visitors from Queanbeyan and surrounding district, ex-PM NRMA W M Hughes and Mr Butters. “The Hall presented an animated and picturesque appearance”
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Music
Secondary Genre Choral
Concert
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Charles Pike Administrator
Ernest A. Mowle Conductor
Les Edwards Musician
Walter Duffield Musician: Bassist
Mrs Campbell Musician: Cellist
Doris Duffield Musician: Violinist
Ruby Mowle Musician: Violinist
J F M Haydon Musician: Violist
C. C. Fitzpatrick Singer
Mrs C.C. Fitzpatrick Singer
Edward Butterworth Singer: Baritone
Hilda Boyle Singer: Soprano
W. Farrow Stage Manager
Resources
Further Information Two excerpts from. Arthur Sullivan’s “Iolanthe”, “Seven Scottish Airs” by Gustav von Holst, “When Twilight Shadows” by Donizetti and excerpts from Act II from “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi were also performed
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Federal Capital Pioneer Friday 25 June 1926
Programme ACT Heritage Library Performing Arts Ephemera Collection
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 210568