Record

Performance TitleLondon Junior and Senior Orchestras - Concert of Christmas Music
Performance Date17 December 1948
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersIsobel Baillie,
Gladys Ripley,
Eric Greene - vocals,
Eric Thiman - organ,
Maria Korchinska - harp
Orchestra or BandLondon Senior Orchestra,
London Junior Orchestra
ChoirsSpecial Choir of 500 Voices
ConductorsErnest Read
Set List'Fanfare For Christmas Day', Martin Shaw,
Carol, 'O Come, All Ye Faithful',
'Messiah' (Part 1), Handel (Eric Greene, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, Special Choir of 500 Voices),
'A Ceremony of Carols', Britten (Maria Korchinska, Female Voices),
Carol, 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear', arr. Sullivan,
Carols, 'Tyrley Tyrlow', Peter Warlock (Special Choir of 500 Voices),
'Balulalow' (Special Choir of 500 Voices),
'The Sycamore Tree' (Special Choir of 500 Voices),
Carol, 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen',
'Yorkshire Wassail Song', arr. Arnold Foster,
'Ring Out Wild Bells', Percy Fletcher (Special Choir of 500 Voices)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/309)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/309London Junior and Senior Orchestras - Concert Of Christmas Music17 December 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Osanyhiob_BiezLondon Junior and Senior Orchestras - Concert of Christmas Music1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/3281Greene; Eric (1903-1966); British tenor
DS/UK/3630Thiman; Eric Harding (1900-1975); English composer, organist
DS/UK/6736Korchinska; Maria (1895-1979); Russian harpist
DS/UK/2501London Senior Orchestra (LSO); 1926-c 1969; British based orchestra
DS/UK/2500London Junior Orchestra (LJO); 1926-c 1955; British youth orchestra
DS/UK/3230Read; Ernest (1879-1965); CBE; English conductor, organist, music educator
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