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Performance TitleRoyal School of Church Music - Festival Service
Performance Date20 June 1951
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time18:45
Main PerformersThe Lord Archbishop of Canturbury - preacher,
Rev. J W Poole - precentor,
Dr William McKie - organ,
Dr Henry G Ley,
Dr William H Harris
Secondary PerformersMarshall,
The Master of the Worshipful Company Musicians,
Clerk and Wardens,
Officers of the Royal School of Church Music,
Special Commisioners,
Members of the Music Advisory Board,
Honorary Fellows of the College of St. Nicolas,
Diocesan Representatives
Choirs1000 singers from parish, cathedral and school choirs affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music
ConductorsDr John Dykes Bower
Set List'Two Trumpet Tunes and Air', Purcell,
'Andante' from A little Organ Book, Charles Macpherson,
'Prelude No.6, Second Set', C V Stanford,
'Andante Tranquillo', Basil Harwood,
Choral Prelude - 'Ye Boundless Realms of Joy', C H H Parry
Procession
Entry of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury with procession,
Psalm 122, Laettatus Sum (Processional Choir),
Invitatory - 'O Come Ye Servants of the Lord',
Evensong,
Psalm 65, Te Decet Hymnus,
Psalm 98, Cantate Domino,
The First Lesson - II Chronicles xxix, 25-30,
Hymn - 'Rejoice, O Land in God Thy Might',
Magnificat,
The Second Lesson - Revelation vii, 9-12,
Nunc Dimittis,
The Collect of the Fourth Sunday after Trinity,
The Collect for Peace,
The Collect for Aid Against All Perils,
Hymn - 'All People That On Earth Do Dwell',
Anthem 1,
Anthem 2,
Anthem 3,
Prayers,
A Daily Prayer for Choristers,
A General Thanksgiving,
Hymn - 'Hosana in the Highest',
Anthem 4,
Anthem 5,
Anthem 6,
Middle Voluntary - 'Prelude on Rhosymedre', Vaughan Williams,
Anthem 7,
Anthem 8,
Hymn - 'Ye Holy Angel Bright',
Address,
Hymn - 'Christ is Our Corner-Stone,
Te Deum Laudamus,
The Withdrawal,
Hymn - 'Forth in Thys Name, O Lord, I Go'
AFTER THE SERVICE
'Choral Song and Fugue', S S Wesley,
'Flourish For An Occasion', W H Harris
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Elizabeth, The Duchess of Edinburgh
Performance NotesLady Alice Egerton, Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning and Major the Hon. Martin Charteris were in attendance.

HM Queen Elizabeth II's last visit to the Hall as a princess before she became Queen in 1952.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1951/141)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1951/141Festival of Britain - Royal School of Church Music (RSCM)20 June 1951
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
AiraditybivaixRoyal School of Church Music - Festival Service1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3649Dykes Bower; Sir; John (1905-1981); CVO; British cathedral organist
DS/UK/6412Fisher; Geoffrey Francis (1887-1972); Fisher of Lambeth GCVO PC; English Bishop
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