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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Ninety-Seventh Season 1966-1967) - Handel's 'Messiah'
Performance Date4 January 1967
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSheila Armstrong,
Barbara Robotham,
Gerald English,
John Shirley Quirk - vocals,
John Birch - organ,
Elgar Howarth - trumpet
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsCharles Proctor
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Elgar,
'Messiah', Handel (Sheila Armstrong, Barbara Robotham, Gerald English, John Shirley Quirk, Royal Choral Society, John Birch, Edgar Howarth, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Performance NotesCharles Proctor replaced Sir Malcolm Sargent.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1967/1)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1967/1Royal Choral Society - Handel's 'Messiah' 4 January 1967
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oodasefot_MaixRoyal Choral Society (Ninety-Seventh Season 1966-1967)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/9297Armstrong; Sheila (13 August 1942); Dr; English soprano singer
DS/UK/9438Robotham; Barbara (1936-2013); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/10268English; Gerald (1925-); English tenor
DS/UK/9334Quirk; John Shirley- (1931-2014); CBE; English bass-baritone
DS/UK/10621Howarth; Elgar (1935-); English conductor, composer, trumpeter
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
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