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Performance TitleHandel's 'Messiah' - In Celebration of The Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Performance Date16 June 1953
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersIsobel Baillie,
Janet Howe,
William Herbert,
John Cameron,
Norman Walker - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsChoir of 1,000 Voices from:
Alexandra Choir,
BBC Choral Society,
Board of Trade Choir,
City of London Police Male Voice Choir,
Epping Forest Orchestral and Choral Society,
Leyton Municipal Orchestral and Choral Society,
People's Palace Choral Society,
Royal Choral Society,
Wallington Choral and Orchestral Society,
Watford and District Philharmonic Society,
Wembley Philharmonic Society,
Westminster Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Messiah', Handel
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1953/78)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/78Handel's 'Messiah'16 June 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ielonezom_BeahHandel's 'Messiah' - In Celebration of The Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/3165Herbert; William Scott (1920-1975); Australian tenor
DS/UK/3285Walker; Norman (1907-1963); English bass singer
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/3174Cameron; John (1918-2002); Australian baritone
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/1818Westminster Choral Society; fl 1920-1960s; English choir
DS/UK/9830Whitehall Choir; 1943-; British choir
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