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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society - Hallelujah! A Royal Gala Concert on the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Royal Choral Society, in aid of The NSPCC
Performance Date8 May 1997
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersChristine Teare,
John Rawnsley,
Valerie Masterson,
Gillian Knight,
Stephen Roberts,
Elizabeth Connell,
Hilary Summers,
Edmund Barham,
David Thomas,
Martyn Hill,
Helen Field - vocals,
John Birch - organ,
Richard Pearce - piano
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Grenadier Guards
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society,
Sevenoaks School Junior Singers,
Russell House Choristers
ConductorsRichard Cooke,
Owain Arwel Hughes,
Meredith Davies,
Louis Clark
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), Jacobs,
'A Celebration Alleluia', Gareth Wood (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'The Soldiers Chorus' from Faust, Gounod (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Et Inflammatus Et Accensus' from Stabat Mater, Rossini (Christine Teare, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Eia Mater' from Stabat Mater, Dvorak (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'The Sun Whose Rays' from the Mikado, Sullivan (Valerie Masterson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'When the Foeman Bares His Steel' from The Pirates of Penzance, Sullivan (Valerie Masterson, Gillian Knight, Stephen Roberts, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Wolcum Yole', 'There Is No Rose', 'This Little Babe', 'Deo Gracias' from A Ceremony of Carols, Britten (Sevenoaks School Junior Singers, Russell House School Choristers, Thelma Owen, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'The Snow', Elgar (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Offertorio' and 'Sanctus' from Requiem', Verdi (Elizabeth Connell, Hilary Summers, Edmund Barham, David Thomas, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'I Was Glad', Parry (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Opening Chorus', 'Onaway', 'Awake Beloved ' from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, Coleridge-Taylor (Martyn Hill, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Mary Had a Baby', 'Little David, Play On Yo' Harp', Sargent (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'O Rest in the Lord', 'He That Shall Endure to the End' from Elijah, Mendelssohn (Gillian Knight, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Bogoroditse Dyevo Raduissa', Arvo Part (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Bogoroditse Dyevo Radiussa', Rachmaninoff (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'In Trutina', 'Tempus Est Iocundum', 'Dulcissime', 'Ave Formosissima', 'O Fortuna' from Carmina Burana', Orff (Helen Field, John Rawnsley, Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Eleanor Rigby', 'Michelle', The Beatles (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Hallelujah Chorus' from Messiah, Handel (Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Margaret,
HRH The Duke of Kent
Performance NotesThis was the Society’s 125th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall on May 8 1997 in the presence of HRH Princess Margaret and the choir’s President, HRH The Duke of Kent - 125 years to the day since the first concert in 1872. 'A Celebration Alleluia', Gareth Wood was commissioned by the Friends of the Royal Choral Society for the concert.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1997/30),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1997/12),
Photographs (RAHE/3/1997/2)
Ticket Prices£10-£45
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1997/30Royal Choral Society - Hallelujah! A Royal Gala Concert on the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Royal Choral Society, in aid of The NSPCC8 May 1997
RAHE/6/1997/12Royal Choral Society - Hallelujah! A Royal Gala Concert on the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Royal Choral Society, in aid of The NSPCC8 May 1997
RAHE/3/1997/2Photographs of the Royal Choral Society - Hallelujah! A Royal Gala Concert on the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Royal Choral Society, in aid of The NSPCC8 May 1997
Work
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Esasoobiog_VypHallelujah! A Royal Gala Concert on the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Royal Choral Society, in aid of The NSPCC1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/562Cooke; Richard (fl 1982-); Dr.; British musical Director of the Royal Choral Society (1995-)
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/4955Pearce; Richard (fl.1995-); English organist
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/9016Baker; Richard (1925-); OBE; English broadcaster
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
DS/UK/669Hughes; Owain Arwel (1942-); CBE; Welsh conductor
DS/UK/9075Davies; (Albert) Meredith (1922-2005); British conductor
DS/UK/10302Clark; Louis (1947-); British musical arranger, keyboard player, conductor
DS/UK/11737Field; Helen (fl 1980s-); Welsh soprano
DS/UK/10290Hill; Martyn (1944-); British tenor
DS/UK/12949Thomas; David (1943-); English bass singer
DS/UK/16515Barham; Edmund (1954-2008); English tenor
DS/UK/1046Summers; Hilary (fl 2012-); Welsh contralto
DS/UK/12628Connell; Elizabeth (1946-2012); South African operatic soprano
DS/UK/9755Roberts; Stephen (1949-); English baritone
DS/UK/12437Knight; Gillian (1934-); English singer, actress
DS/UK/10653Masterson; Valerie (1937-); English soprano
DS/UK/16745Rawnsley; John (fl 1960s-); British actor, opera singer
DS/UK/16744Teare; Christine (fl 1990s-); Manx operatic soprano
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