Record

Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Fifth Season 1954-1955) - Carols
Performance Date18 December 1954
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersArnold Greir - organ
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the Queen', arr. Elgar, (National Anthem)
Hymn - 'O Come All Ye Faithful' (Royal Choral Society),
Christmas Motet - 'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise' (Royal Choral Society),
'A Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrell (Royal Choral Society),
Carol - 'The Boar's Head Carol', arr. Malcolm Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
An Essay - 'The Shop of Ghosts:A Good Dream', G K Chesterton (Attenborough),
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen' (Royal Choral Society),
Motet - 'Hodie Christus Natus Est', J P Sweelinck (Royal Choral Society),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Leon Young (Royal Choral Society),
Organ Soli - 'A Postlude for Christmas', Lloyd Webber (Greir),
'Choral Prelude - 'In Dulci Jubilo', Bach (Greir),
'Carol', Vaughan Williams (Greir),
Ancient Carol - 'Welcome, Yule', Parry (Royal Choral Society),
'A Cowboy Carol', arr. Malcolm Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
Choral Song - 'Jerusalem', Parry (Royal Choral Society),
Hymn - 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn (Royal Choral Society),
Carol - 'To A Baby', arr. Malcolm Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
Carol - 'On Christmas Day', arr. Malcolm Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
Old Rhyme - 'Christmas is Coming', arr. Walford Davies (Royal Choral Society),
Organ Soli - 'Carillon', Boellmann (Greir),
'Carol Prelude - 'The Angel Gabriel', Gordon Phillips (Greir),
'The Holy Boy', John Ireland (Greir),
'Tuba Tune', C S Lang (Greir),
Hymn - 'While Shepherds Watched', G.Kirbye (Royal Choral Society),
Legend - 'Christ in His Garden', Tchaikovsky (Royal Choral Society),
Four-Part Song - 'Christmas Song', Michael Praetorius (Royal Choral Society),
Carol - 'Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling', Berlioz (Royal Choral Society),
Poems - 'New Prince, New Pomp', Robert Southwell (Attenborough),
'The Oxen', Thomas Hardy (Attenborough),
'Journey of The Magi', T S Elliott (Attenborough),
'Wine And Water', G K Chesterton (Attenborough),
'The Donkey', G K Chesterton (Attenborough),
Carol - 'Silent Night', arr. Malcolm Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
Carol - 'Good King Wenceslas' (Royal Choral Society),
Festival Carol - 'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher (Royal Choral Society),
Carol - 'The First Nowell' (Royal Choral Society)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Alice,
HRH The Duke of Athlone
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/182)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/182Royal Choral Society - Carols17-18 December 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oimanyhiob_BukRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Fifth Season 1954-1955)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4724Attenborough; Sir; Richard (29 August 1923-24 August 2014); Baron Attenborough of Richmond upon Thames, CBE FRSA; English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician
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/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
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