Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Date: 1920

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

By: O'Kane & McKenzie (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1920-01-back

Description: Shows a photograph of a muscle-bound man's back. He poses with his hands on top of his head, tensing his muscles so that they stand out. The wording says: "We give treatment to ladies, gentlemen and children. Every case taken PERSONALLY in hand. RESULTS are SURE. ONE TRIAL will convince you that OUR MASSAGE TREATMENT is the finest to be obtained. Specially beneficial for spinal curvature, stiff joints, rheumatism, lumbago, neuritis, paralysis, constipation, ladies' functional disorders, nerves, and general weaknesses, etc". Extended Title - From Wellington Choral Union "Messiah" programme, 1920, back cover. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 205 x 135 mm.

Date: 1935 - 1937

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1935/1937

Description: Includes: 1935: First concert. Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Rita Miller, Russell Laurenson, Ada Lynn, Roy Hill. Town Hall, 4 July 1935. Programme "A tale of old Japan". Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Winnie Fraser, Christina Young, F W Huggins, Ray Kemp, Ava Symons, Dorothy Mills. Town Hall, 24 October 1935. Programme Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver. Town Hall Wellington, 12 December 1935. Programme (2 copies) 1936: Mendelssohn's "Elijah". Guest conductor Dr Malcolm Sargent. Town Hall Wellington, 15 August 1936. Programme (2 copies) Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver. Town Hall Wellington, 10 December 1936. Programme (2 copies) 1937: "Aida", by Verdi. Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Muriel Hitchings, Thea Philips, Mina Caldow, Russell J Laurenson, Lionello Cecil, K H B Strong, Harison Cook, J O Bonifant. Town Hall Wellington, 22 July 1937. Programme (2 copies) Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver. Town Hall Wellington, 6 December 1937. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programme booklets and leaflets, sizes varying up to octavo size Provenance: One item donated by M Hodson 1999.

Date: 1938

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1938

Description: Includes: First concert 1938. (With soloists Olive Scoular, J O Bonifant, James Leighton, Ava Symons, Olga Burton). Town Hall Wellington, 16 June 1938. Programme and book of words (2 copies) "The flying Dutchman", by Richard Wagner. (Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Harison Cook, Alma Clegg, H J Francis, Grace Wilkinson, Russell J Laurenson). Town Hall Wellington, 27 October 1938. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programme booklets and leaflets, sizes varying up to octavo size Provenance: One item donated by M Hodson 1999.

Date: 1940 - 1942

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1940/1942

Description: Includes: 1940: "Elijah" by Mendelssohn, and Historical review of the Royal Wellington Choral Union (Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Merle Gamble, Hilda Chudley, Ernest Rogers, Raymond Beatty; organ Clement Howe). Town Hall Wellington, 30 March 1940. Programme (2 copies, one with front cover damaged) "Hiawatha", by S Coleridge-Taylor. Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Chrissie Barton, Harold Prescott, Ernest Short, Leon de Mauny. Town Hall, 19 October1940. Programme (2 copies) Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Merle Gamble, Vesta Emanuel, Heddle Nash, Russell J Laurenson, leader of orchestra Leon de Mauny, organ Clement Howe. Town Hall Wellington, 7 December 1940. Programme Wellington City Centennial Celebrations Committee. Sunday concert. Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Merle Gamble, J O Bonifant, Aileen Horner, Clement Howe. Town Hall, 21 April 1940. Blue programme / flier 1941: John Francis Barnett's "The ancient mariner". Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Olga Burton, Connie Lee, Thos E West, Ken Macauley, leader Leon de Mauny. Town Hall, 1 November 1941. Programme Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana". Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Yvonne Webb-Jones, Ray Trewern (replaced at short notice by Joseph Battersby, according to inset slip), Molly Atkinson, Ken Macauley, Gwenyth Greenwood. Town Hall, 2 August 1941. Programme (2 copies) Sir Edward German's "Merrie England". Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Gwenyth Greenwood, Connie Lee, Owen Bonifant, Ken Macauley. Town Hall, 19 April 1941. Blue programme/flier (2 copies) Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Merle Gamble, Molly Atkinson, Robert Wilson, Harold Williams; leader Leon de Mauny; organ Clement Howe. Town Hall Wellington, 6 December 1941. Programme (2 copies) 1942: Final concert 1942 season. Conductor Stanley Oliver; soloists Alison Cordery, Phyllis Gribbin, Joseph Battersby, Ken Macauley; leader Leon de Mauny. St James Theatre, 13 December 1942. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programme booklets and leaflets, sizes varying up to octavo size

Date: 1943 - 1944

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1943/1944

Description: Includes: 1943: 50th performance of Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver; organist Clement Howe. Town Hall Wellington, 18 December 1943. Programme (2 copies) 1944: Verdi's grand opera "Il Trovatore". Conductor Stanley Oliver, organist Clement Howe. With Rosaleen Hickmott, Dorothy Kemp, Thos E West, Alfred Jeavons, James Leighton. Town Hall, 22 July 1944. Programme (2 copies) Second concert, featuring Moussorgsky's "Joshua" (With Joan Bryant, Joseph Battersby, Fred Lynch, Ken Macaulay, W Bennett, Aileen Horner). Town Hall, 18 November 1944. Programme 51st performance of Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver; organist Clement Howe. Town Hall Wellington, 16 December 1944. Programme (2 copies grey cover, one copy gold cover) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programme booklets and leaflets, sizes varying up to octavo size

Date: 1948

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1948

Description: Includes: Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver, soloists Isobel Baillie, Mary Pratt, Thos E West, Kenneth Macaulay, orchestra leader William Bennett. Town Hall, 24 March 1948. Programme (2 copies) First subscription concert. Mendelssohn's "St Paul". Conductor Stanley Oliver, soloists Merle Gamble, Sybil McKinney, Hubert Milverton-Carta, Stewart Harvey, organ Clement Howe, orchestra leader William Bennett. Wellington Town Hall, 30 June 1948. Programme Sir Edward Elgar's "The black knight", "Sea pictures", "The music makers". Conductor Stanley Oliver, soloist Molly Atkinson. Town Hall, 6 November 1948. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programme booklets and leaflets, sizes varying up to octavo size

Date: 1945

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1945

Description: Includes: 16th performance of "Elijah", by Mendelssohn. Conductor Stanley Oliver, with Dora Drake, Mary Pratt, Evelyn Ledger, Joseph T Battersby, Raymond Beatty; organist Clement Howe, orchestra leader Leela Bloy). Town Hall, 9 June 1945. Programme (2 copies) Second concert. Sir Edward Elgar's "The black knight" [and] "Spirit of England". Conductor Stanley Oliver, soprano Dora Drake. Town Hall, 17 November 1945. Programme (2 copies) 53rd performance of Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Stanley Oliver, with Rosaleen Hickmott, Molly Atkinson, Les Dalley, Alfred Jeavons; organ Clement Howe; orchestra leader Leela Bloy). Town Hall, 15 December 1945. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programme booklets and leaflets, sizes varying up to octavo size

Date: 1950 - 1951

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1950/1951

Description: Includes: 1950: "The Messiah", in conjunction with the National Orchestra. Guest conductor Michael Bowles; with Sybil Phillipps, Florence Taylor, Sidney Ellis, Don McInnes, leader Vincent Aspey; organ Clement Howe. Wellington Town Hall, 16 December 1950. Programme "Samson and Delilah", opera in three acts. Conductor Stanley Oliver (With Florence Taylor, Thos E West, Stewart Harvey, John Dellow, Ernest Gardner). Town Hall, 4 November 1950. Programme "A tale of old Japan"; a cantata. With Phyllis Pothecary, Kitty Petrie, Joseph Battersby, Don McInnes; leader William Bennett, piano Clement Howe. Town Hall, 17 June 1950. Programme (2 copies) 1951: Mendelssohn's "Elijah". Conductor Stanley Oliver, with Merle Gamble, Evelyn Haggett, Dorothy Kemp, Sidney Ellis, Lawrence A North; organist Clement Howe, leader William Bennett. Wellington Town Hall, 16 June 1951. Programme Verdi's "Il trovatore". Guest conductor Terence Vaughan; with Valerie Perry, Dorothy Kemp, Hubert Milverton-Carta, Leonard Kerr, Raymond Reesby. Town Hall, 27 October 1951. Programme and book of words (2 copies) Handel's masterpiece "Messiah". Guest conductor John Longmire; with Anita Ritchie, Molly Atkinson, John Chew, Ken Macaulay; leader Leila Bloy; organ Clement Howe. Town Hall Wellington, 15 December 1951. Souvenir programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1955 - 1959

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1955/1959

Description: Includes: 1955: Prospectus 1955. Pink pamphlet "Carmen" by George Bizet. Conductor Harry Botham (With Mavis Martin, Robin Gordon, Sybil Phillips, Ninian Walden, Merle Gamble, Pamela Ballard, Antony Vercoe, Noel Signal, Jack Wilson; leader Vincent Aspey). 30 April 1955. Programme (2 copies), with mimeopgraphed notes on "Carmen" compiled by Harry Botham (Grace Clements' copy) "The Messiah" (Handel). Guest conductor Professor John Bishop (With Sybil Phillips, Molly Atkinson, Owen Bonifant, Raymond Reesby, Leela [sic] Bloy; organ Clement Howe). Musical director Harry Botham. Town Hall Wellington, 17 December 1955. Programme (2 copies) "The spectre's bride" by Antonin Dvorak; and "Sea pictures" by Edward Elgar. Conductor Harry Botham (With Bette Spiro, Noel Signal, Antony Vercoe, Margaret Eden). Wellington Town Hall, 1 October 1955. Programme (2 copies) Final concert 1955. Musical director Harry Botham (With Wellington Youth Symphony Orchestra, pianists Peter Marshall and Bert Martin, Noel Signal, organ Clement Howe, piano Beverley Bell, Sybil Phillips. Wellington Town Hall, 19 December 1955. Programme (2 copies) 1956: Handel's "Israel in Egypt". Conductor Harry Botham (With Phyllis Brown, Muriel Gale, Elaine Sutton, Robin Dumbell, C G Chambers, D E Weston, C W Edwards, organ Clement Howe). Wellington Town Hall, 9 June 1956. Programme (2 copies) Handel's "Messiah". Second subscription concert 1956. Conductor harry Botham (With Jean Bassett, Muriel Gale, Noel Signal, Raymond Reesby, orchestra leader Vincent Aspey, organ Alec Mill). Wellington Town Hall, 15 December 1956. Programme 1957: Mendelssohn's "Elijah". Conductor Laurence Scott (With Jocelyn Carmody, Christina Young, Robin Gordon, Lawrence A North, Mary Tovey, Ronald Oliver, Alex Mill, Alex Lindsay Orchestra). Wellington Town Hall, 8 June 1957. Programme Second subscription concert 1957. Conductor Laurence C Scott (With Margaret Eden, Jeanne Malthus, Thomas Hanna, Alex Lindsay Orchestra). Wellington Town Hall, 2 November 1957. Programme Third subscription concert 1957. "Handel's "Messiah". Musical director Laurence C Scott (With Robin Bell, Alice Graham, Ramon Opie, Martin Wilson, Alec Mill, Ronald Castle, Alex Lindsay Orchestra). Wellington Town Hall, 14 December 1957. Programme (2 copies) 1958: Haydn's "The creation". Musical director Laurence C Scott (With Lenore Honeyman, Peter Baillie, Bryant Moffitt, organ Alec Mill; harpsichord Ronald Castle). Wesley Methodist Church Taranaki Street Wellington, 1 November 1958. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1912 - 1919

From: Royal Wellington Choral Union :[Music programmes of octavo size. 1912-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-RWCU-1912/1919

Description: Includes: 1912: "The Messiah" (Handel). Conductor Mr J Maughan Barnett (With Madame Wielart, Madame Kirkby Lunn, Mr Walter Whyte, Mr Andrew Black). Town Hall, 20 December 1912. Programme "The redemption" (Gounod). Conductor Mr J Maughan Barnett (With Madame Wielaert, Doris Dall, Eva Rash, Mr C H Stephens, Mr Courtney V Mohr, Mr James A Doherty). Town Hall, 23 August 1912. Programme 1913: "Judas Maccabaeus" (Handel). Conductor Christian Hellemann (With Mrs Arthur Mead, Nellie Castle, Harry Neil, Reginald Gooud, piano Frank S Amsden) [Fri 21 November 1913]. Programme 1914: "A tale of old Japan". Conductor Herbert Bloy. [Wellington] Town Hall, 20 November 1914. Programme 1916: "Faust". Conductor Robert Parker (With Elsy Treweek, Frank Graham, Hamilton Hodges, Frank Charlton, Charles Moore, Eileen Driscoll, Miss Rene Goyder). Town Hall, 4 July 1916. Programme "Israel in Egypt". Conductor Herbert Parker (With Eileen Driscoll, Sergeant Edwin Dennis; organ F W Rowley). Town Hall, 31 October 1916. Programme 1918: Balf'e melodious opera "The bohemian girl" Conductor Robert Parker (With Helen Gard'ner, Mrs A E Burge, Ernest Drake, Ben O'Connor, Charles Moore). Town Hall, 13 June 1918. Programme 1919: "Il trovatore" (Verdi). Conductor H Temple White (With Teresa M'Enroe, Mina Caldow, Ernest Drake, Len Barnes, Signor Lucien Cesaroni). Town Hall, 2 July 1919. Programme "Il trovatore" (Verdi). Conductor H Temple White (With Teresa M'Enroe, Eileen Driscoll, H E Carter, R G Blow, Signor Lucien Cesaroni). Town Hall, 25 November 1919. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklet, sizes varying up to 240 mm.