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An Excerpt from 'Hiawatha'

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(Act I)
Coleridge-Taylor
Dramatic Version arranged and produced by T.C. Fairbairn
Performed by the Royal Choral Society and The New Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Dr. Malcolm Sargent
Relayed from The Royal Albert Hall

Act I - Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
The Act opens with the festivities at the marriage of Hiawatha and Minnehaha, including:
The Dance of Pau-Puk-Keewis
Os-ke-non-ton's scena
Heavenly Ballet with music from Coleridge-Taylor's Imaginary Ballet, Nos. 3 and 4 ; Characteristic Waltzes No. 4 and Three-Fours No. 2
Betrothal and Totem Dance, Song by 'Chibiabos'
Iagoo scene
Final Chorus
Cast

Contributors

Minnehaha:
Flora Woodman
Hiawatha:
Horace Stevens
Nokomis:
Elizabeth Mellor
Chibiabos:
Ben Davies
Iagoo:
Arthur Cox
The Medicine Man:
Chief Os-Ke-Non-Ton
Pau-Puk-Keewis:
null Kelland-Espinosa

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