| Main Performers | Anton Rodgers (Prince Albert),
Prunella Scales (Queen Victoria) - speakers,
Richard Jackson - vocal,
Richard Burnett,
Malcolm Hicks - piano |
| Orchestra or Band | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble,
The Billingsgate Buskers (Nicholas Hayley - violin, Robert White - tin whistle, trumpet, George Weigand - banjo, Jo Skeaping - bassoon) |
| Choirs | London Oriana Choir,
English Baroque Choir,
London Gabrieli Choir,
London Pro Arte Choir,
Children's Choir (Guy Brett, Richard Tucker, Timothy Painter, Edmond Bainbridge, Elizabeth Williams, Alexandra Bowie, Louise Carleton) |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks,
'Kommet ihr Hirten',
'Nikolaus Komm' In Unser Haus',
'Ihr Kinderlein Kommet',
'Heiligste Nacht',
'Vom Himmel Hoch Da Komm' Ich Her', harm. J S Bach,
'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht', F Gruber, arr. Lovett,
'Trumpet Voluntary', J Clarke, arr. J Iveson,
'Allegro Grazioso', L Maurer
'Yorck'scher Marsch', Beethoven, arr. S de Haan,
'Der Ungeliebte' - 'The Unloved Man', Prince Albert,
'The True Tom Thumb Quadrilles',
'Windsor Klange Walzer, Op.104', J Strauss, arr. Lovett,
'Albion Polka', J Strauss, arr. Lovett,
'Echoes of the Palace Ballroom',
'Les Plaisirs de la Cour',
'Der Orangenzweig' - 'The Orange Blossom', Prince Albert,
'There Were Shepherds', Handel,
'Variations on the Portugese Air' 'Adeste Fideles', T B Phipps,
'O Come, All Ye Faithful',
'See Amid the Winters Snow', J Goss, arr. Willcocks,
'Trumpet Tune and Air', H Purcell, arr. E Howarth,
'Cockolds All a New',
'Cold and Raw',
'Good King Wenceslas',
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', arr. Willcocks
INTERVAL
'Nun Danket Alle Gott' (Cantata No.79), J S Bach, arr. Peter Reeve,
'Once in Royal David's City', H J Gauntlett; harm. A H Mann, desc., organ Willcocks,
'Jubilate', Prince Albert,
'Christmas Hymn', Prince Albert,
'How Lovely Are the Messengers ' from St. Paul, Mendelssohn,
'Es Ist Ein Schnitter' (Erntelied), Mendelssohn,
'Song Without Words No.14 in C Minor', Mendelssohn,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks,
'Tarantella', Mendelssohn, arr. A Civil,
'Sir Roger de Coveley',
'The Great Exhibition Polka',
'The Trumpet Shall Sound' from The Messiah, Handel,
'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear', trad. adpt. Sullivan,
'Zion Hears the Watchmen's Voices and Chorale' (Cantata 140), J S Bach,
'Hallelujah' from The Messiah, Handel |
| Royal Presence | HRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1983/204) |