Record

Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Third Season 1952-1953) - Carols
Performance Date20 December 1952
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAlec Guinness - speakers,
Heddle Nash - vocal,
Arnold Greir - organ,
Veronica Parker - piano
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save The Queen' (The National Anthem)
'O Come All Ye Faithful',
'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise',
'Hosanna To The Son of David', Orlando Gibbons,
'Carol of Beauty', arr. Malcolm Sargent,
Soli - 'On Christmas Night', arr. Vaughan Williams (Nash),
'Madonna and Child', Eric H.Thiman (Nash),
'The First Mercy', Peter Warlock (Nash),
'Chanson Du Jour De Noel', Peter Warlock (Nash),
'The Coventry Carol',
'The Boar's Head Carol', arr. Malcolm Sargent,
'The Tailor of Gloucester' (Part 1), Beatrix Potter (Guinness),
'Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling', Berlioz,
'Welcome,Yule!', Parry,
'Jerusalem', Parry,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn,
'Ding Dong! Merrily On High', Harm. Dr.Charles Wood,
'Greensleeves', arr. Malcolm Sargent,
'Christmas is Coming', arr. Walford Davies,
'The Tailor of Gloucester' (Part 2), Beatrix Potter (Guinness),
'Christians, Awake', J.Wainwright,
'Jesu, Word of God Incarnate', Mozart,
'Winter' (Nos Galan), arr. Malcolm Sargent,
Soli - 'A Christmas Carol', Malcolm Davidson (Nash),
'The Three Mummers', Michael Head (Nash),
'A Child Lies in a Cradle', arr. Leslie Woodgate (Nash),
'Jubilate!', arr. Leslie Woodgate (Nash),
'Silent Night', arr. Malcolm Sargent,
'Good King Wenceslas',
'Ring Out,Wild Bells', Percy E.Fletcher,
'The First Nowell',
'Cowboy Carol',
'The Little Road To Bethlehem', Michael Head,
'I Saw Three Ships',
'A Star Was His Candle', A.V.Broadhurst
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1952/213),
Handbill (RAHE/1/1952/2A)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/2y92ye52wduvW
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1952/213Royal Choral Society - Carols19-20 December 1952
RAHE/6/1952/2Royal Choral Society - Carols19-20 December 1952
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
CpakeakytinalRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Third Season 1952-1953)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/3231Guinness; Sir; Alec (1914-2000); CH, CBE; British actor
DS/UK/1360Nash; William 'Heddle' (1894-1961); English tenor
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/7538Parker; Veronica (fl 1940s-1950s); British pianist
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