Record

Performance TitleChristmas Festival 2017 - Carols by Candlelight
Performance Date22 December 2017
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:33
Main PerformersKevin Whately - speaker,
Jennifer France - vocal
Orchestra or BandMozart Festival Orchestra
ChoirsMozart Festival Chorus
ConductorsSteven Devine
Set List'Joy to the World', trad., arr. Cullen,
'The First Nowell', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Deck the Hall', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Away in a Manger', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Alleluia' from Exsultate Jubilate, Mozart,
'O Come, O Come, Emmanual', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Sussex Carol', trad., arr. Ledger,
'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'In the Bleak Midwinter', Darke,
'Allegro' and 'Pastorale' from Christmas Concerto, Corelli,
Reading - The Birth of the Infant Jesus from Luke 2:1-20 (KJV),
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Christmas Sequence' from Messiah, Handel,
INTERVAL
'Zadok the Priest', Handel,
'Good King Wenceslas', trad., arr Jacques,
'I Saw Three Ships', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Angels, from the Realms of Glory', trad., arr. Cullen,
'Once in Royal David's City', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Air on the G String', Bach,
Reading - Excerpt from 'A Christmas Carol', Charles Dickens,
'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear', trad., arr. Willcocks,
'Silent Night', Gruber,
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', trad., arr. Vaughan Williams,
'Eternal Source of Light Divine' from Ode on the Birthday of Queen Anne, Handel,
'Let the Bright Seraphim' from Samson, Handel,
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', trad., arr. Rutter,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks
Performance NotesExquisite concert of carols and seasonal classics staged in full 18th Century costume in an evocative candle-lit style setting. With readings from Dickens and the Scriptures by special guest Kevin Whately.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2017/163),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2017/57)
Ticket Prices£16.67-£58.33
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/iLibvJixIgDWP
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/2017/57Christmas Festival 201713-24 December 2017
RAHE/1/2017/163Christmas Festival 2017 - Carols by Candlelight16 -24 December 2017
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11111Christmas Festival 201723
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/21086Whately; Kevin (1951-); English actor
DS/UK/21484France; Jennifer (fl 2014-); British soprano
DS/UK/3480Raymond Gubbay; Mozart Festival Orchestra; 1991-; British orchestra
DS/UK/3481Raymond Gubbay; Mozart Festival Chorus; 1996-; British choir
DS/UK/3483Devine; Steven (fl 2007-2013); English conductor, harpsicord player
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