TRIBUTE TO ISIDORE GODFREY

At a meeting of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society on 7th December 1977, it was decided to combine celebration of the centenary of The Sorcerer, with a tribute to our late Vice President, by playing excerpts from the first (abridged) Sorcerer recording, which was also Goddie's first recording. The excerpts were:- Constance my daughter; Mrs. Partlet's recit (Anna Bethell); The air is charged (Leslie Rands); My name is J. W. Wells (George Baker); Invocation (Baker, Derek Oldham & Muriel Dickson); Thou hast the Power (Oldham); I rejoice that its decided (Darrell Fancourt, Oldham, Dickson, Bethell and Rands). This selection also includes the entire recorded repertory (two items) of the great Anna Bethell, possibly the finest Mrs. Partlett in history. MICHAEL WALTERS

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