Wilhelm Ganz in Royal Albert Hall - 12 December, 1900
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, page 93:
In 1875 I gave a matine'e and a soiree at my house in Harley Street, at which Edward Lloyd sang. This great artist is well remembered by the present generation. For years he was the leading tenor at all the provincial festivals. He took leave of the British public at his farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Decem- ber 12th, 1900, at which I was one of the con- ductors in conjunction with Dr. Hans Richter and Sir Edward Elgar. Lloyd was recalled again and again at the end of the concert, and I rushed to the piano and struck up "Auld Lang Syne," which was sung, with clasped hands, by … more >>
Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 93. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436193727777 accessed: 3 January, 2025
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Auld Lang Syne
written by Robert Burns |
performed by Edward Lloyd |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 12 December, 1900 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |