The 1941 Benefit Concerts for Queen Charlotte's Hospital (London) featured the Virginia Glee Club and was a fundraiser for war relief held February 24 and May 9, 1941 at Lane High School. The concerts were conducted by Harry Rogers Pratt as previously unscheduled concerts of the Glee Club 1940-1941 season. The concerts also included performances by the Lane High School Glee Club, the Tin Can Quartet, and a solo by Albert Cocke.
Program (February 25)[]
Virginia Glee Club[]
- Virginia, Hail, All Hail (John A. Morrow)
- Ave Maria (Arcadelt)
- Hospodi Pomilui (Lvovsky)
Braxton Bryan[]
- Piano solos (original compositions) (Braxton Brian)
Virginia Glee Club[]
- Dear Land of Home (Sibelius)
- Lullaby (Johannes Brahms)
- Ode to Big Business (Daniel Gregory Mason)
Albert Kirven Cocke[]
- O Jesu Sweet (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Pilgrim's Song (Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Tin Can Quartet[]
- Songs of the "Nineties" (arr. Howard Bailey, '38)
Virginia Glee Club[]
- De Old Ark's a-movin' (Marshall Bartholomew)
- Steal Away (Bartholomew)
- De Animals a'comin' (Bartholomew)
Winifred Bogert, soprano[]
- Angels, ever bright and fair (George Frederick Handel)
- L'ete (Chaminade)
Braxton Bryan[]
- Piano solos
Nurses Glee Club[]
- Wings (Fibich)
- Love Song (Harris)
Combined glee clubs[]
- Gallia (Gounod) - Winifred Bogert, soloist
Program (May 9, 1941)[]
Part 1: Lane High School Glee Club[]
- Ave Maria (Arcadelt)
- Were You There (arr. Burleigh)
- Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Praetorius)
- Sing We All Noel (Curtis/York)
- Life (Pearl Curran) — Frances Clinch, soprano; Catherine Martin, accompanist
- American Lullaby (Gladys Rich) — Charlotte Warwick, Ann Warrick, Lucille Mickey
- Selections from the Operetta "Harmony Hall" (Geoffrey O'Hara)
Part 2: University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- Virginia, Hail, All Hail (Morrow, arr. Arthur Fickenscher)
- Benedictus Qui Verit (Fickenscher)
- Original Songs (Howard Bailey/Ted Butterworth) — tenor solo: Ted Butterworth
- Lullaby (Brahms)
- Dear Land of Home (Sibelius)
- Songs of the "Nineties" (arr. Howard Bailey) — Tin Can Quartet
- Where'er You Walk (Handel)
- Water Boy (arr. Avery Robinson) — Albert Cocke, baritone
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger (arr. Harry Rogers Pratt) — Albert Cocke and Tin Can Quartet
- Steal Away (Bartholomew)
- Animals Are Comin' (Bartholomew)