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Performance TitleAlexandra Choir and London Symphony Orchestra - Christmas Concert
Performance Date19 December 1948
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElsie Morison,
Alfred Hepworth - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsThe Alexandra Choir
ConductorsCharles Proctor
Set ListOrgan Soli, 'Trumpet Tune and Air', Purcell (Arnold Greir),
'Trumpet Minuet', Clarke (Arnold Greir),
'Christmas Fantasy', Best (Arnold Greir),
'O Come All Ye Faithful' (The Alexandra Choir),
Christmas Hymn, 'Hark The Herald Angels Sing' (The Alexandra Choir),
Chorale, 'Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring', Bach (The Alexandra Choir),
'A Child in The Cradle', arr. Arthur Somervell (Alfred Hepworth),
'To The Queen of Heaven', Dunhill (Alfred Hepworth),
'The Holy Boy', John Ireland (Alfred Hepworth),
Advent Hymn, 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel' (The Alexandra Choir),
Carols, 'He Came All So Still', Hugh Roberton (The Alexandra Choir),
'Angels With a Joyful Greeting', (The Alexandra Choir),
Choral-Prelude, 'Wir Glauben All'An Einem Gott, Schopfer', Bach-Proctor,
'The Holly and The Ivy', arr. Cecil Sharp (Elsie Morison),
'Slumber Song of The Madonna', Michael Head (Elsie Morison),
'Madonna And Child', Thiman (Elsie Morison),
Carol, 'Good King Wenceslas' (The Alexandra Choir),
Christmas Hymn, 'Once in Royal David's City' (The Alexandra Choir),
Carols, 'Noel', Warell (The Alexandra Choir),
'A Carol of Beauty', Warell (The Alexandra Choir,
'I Saw Three Ships' (The Alexandra Choir),
'The First Mercy', Peter Warlock (Alfred Hepworth
'Come All You Good Christians', arr. Cecil Sharp (Alfred Hepworth),
'Shepherd's Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep', arr. Arthur Somervell (Alfred Hepworth),
Carols, 'Balulalow', Chapman, (The Alexandra Choir),
'The Three Kings', Willan, (The Alexandra Choir),
'On Christmas Night', arr. Vaughan Williams, Elsie Morison,
'Legend', Tchaikovsky (Elsie Morison),
'The Virgin's Cradle Song', Reger (Elsie Morison),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Frederic Austin (Elsie Morison),
Carol Anthem, 'Here is The Little Door', Howells (The Alexandra Choir),
'Pastorale', Corelli,
Three Christmas Carols, 'See How Bright is That Star', arr. Whitehead (The Alexandra Choir),
'I Have Seen Sweet Mary Going' (The Alexandra Choir),
'Steeples, Set Your Bells A-Ringing' (The Alexandra Choir),
'Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones', arr. Oldroyd (The Alexandra Choir)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/312)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/312Alexandra Choir and London Symphony Orchestra - Christmas Concert19 December 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
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Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1564Morison; Elsie Jean (1924-); Australian soprano
DS/UK/7948Hepworth; Alfred (fl 1940s); British tenor
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
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