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Performance TitleGilbert and Sullivan's Greatest Hits, in aid of The Mental Health Foundation and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust
Performance Date11 October 1982
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersVivian Tierney,
Patricia Leonard,
Geoffrey Shovelton,
Peter Pratt,
John Ayldon - vocals
Orchestra or BandHertfordshire County Youth Orchestra
ChoirsMassed Choral Voices:
Royal Choral Society,
Abbotts Langley Gilbert and Sullivan Society,
The Ashfordians,
Barking Operatic Society,
Basildon Amateur Operatic Society,
BBC Club Choir,
Beaconsfield Operatic Society,
Boreham Wood Operatic Society,
The Brentwood Operatic Society,
Bromley Operatic Society,
Bromley Philharmonic Choir,
Charing Cross Hospital Choir,
Cheam Operatic Society,
Chelsea Singers,
Crayford Manor House Choir,
Enfield Choral Society,
Goldsmiths Choral Union,
Hampton Choral Society,
Hanwell Festival Choir,
Hanwell Parish Gilbert and Sullivan Society,
Harlow Opera Company,
Hendon Catholic Operatic Society,
Herne Bay Operatic Society,
Hill Singers,
Hinchley Manor Operatic Society,
Holy Cross Church Choir,
Hulviz Operatic Society,
Ibis Musical Society,
Imperial College Operatic Society,
London Light Opera Group,
London Pro Arte Choir,
Manor House Hospital Operatic Society,
Medway Opera Company,
Pinner and Hatch End Operatic Society,
Prudential Musical Society,
Reading Operatic Society,
Risley Operatic Group,
St. Albans Church Light Opera Company,
St. Thomas' Light Opera Company,
Southminster Choral Society,
The Square Singers of St. James's,
Surbiton Oratorio Society,
Teddington Choral Society,
Trinity Methodist Drama and Music Fellowship,
The Vale Gilbert and Sullivan Society,
Walton and Weybridge Operatic Society,
Ware Operatic Society,
Wimbledon Light Opera Society,
Wolverton and District Gilbert and Sullivan Society
ConductorsMarcus Dods
Set List'Overture' from Yeoman of the Guard,
'Pour, oh Pour the Pirate Sherry' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'Oh Better Far to Live and Die' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'Climbing Over Rocky Mountain' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'Stop Ladies Pray' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'Oh, is There Not One Maiden Breast' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'Poor Wandering One' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'When a Felon's Not Engaged on his Employment' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'When the Foeman Bears His Steel' from The Pirates of Penzance,
'My Gallant Crew, Good Morning' from HMS Pinafore,
'Sir Joseph's Barge is Seen' from HMS Pinafore,
'When I Was a Lad' from HMS Pinafore,
'A Many Years Ago' from HMS Pinafore,
'Oh Joy! Oh Rapture Unforseen' from HMS Pinafore
INTERVAL
'When Britain Really Ruled the Waves' from Iolanthe,
'A Regular Royal Queen' from The Gondoliers,
'Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes' from The Gondoliers,
'Once More, Gondolieri' from The Gondoliers,
'Gentlemen, I Pray You Tell Me' from The Mikado,
'A Wandering Minstrel I' from The Mikado,
'As Some Day it May Happen' from The Mikado,
'The Sun Whose Rays' from The Mikado,
'A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist' from The Mikado,
'There is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast' from The Mikado,
'For He's Gone and Married Yum Yum' from The Mikado
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1982/150)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1982/150Gilbert & Sullivan's Greatest Hits, in aid of The Mental Health Foundation and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust11 October 1982
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ufafoosiox_G_VGilbert and Sullivan's Greatest Hits, in aid of The Mental Health Foundation and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1532Goldsmiths; Goldsmiths Choral Union (GCU); 1932-; English amateur choir
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/11678Dods; Marcus (1918-1984); Scottish musician, composer, conductor
DS/UK/18772D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; 1870s-2013; British light opera company
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