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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Sixty-Eighth Season 1938-1939) - Carols
Performance Date17 December 1938
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersMegan Foster,
Dennis Noble - vocals,
Geoffrey Gilbert - flute,
Vera Parker-Crook - piano,
Arnold Greir - organ,
Mr F Bradshaw -timpani,
Mr C Turner - bells
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsDr Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save The King' (The National Anthem),
Hymn: 'O Come All Ye Faithful',
Motet: 'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise',
Carols: 'Shakespeare's Carol: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind' Arne, arr. Malcolm Sargent,
'Boar's Head Carol', arr. Malcolm Sargent,
'D'Ou Viens Tu', arr. A Somervell (Megan Foster),
'Nossa Senhora', arr. Rodney Gallop (Megan Foster),
'Baile De Nadal', arr. H Moller (Megan Foster),
'Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling', Berlioz,
Flute Solo: 'Sonata No.3, In G Major', Handel (Geoffrey Gilbert),
'An Old English Carol', Marjorie Bain (Dennis Noble),
'Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreable?', arr. Liddle (Dennis Noble),
'The Mighty Lord' (Christmas Oratorio), Bach (Dennis Noble),
Hymn: 'While Shepherds Watched',
Choral Song: 'Non Nobis Domine', Quilter,
Ancient Carol: 'Welcome,Yule!', Parry,
Choral Song: 'Jerusalem', Parry
INTERVAL
Hymn: 'Hark!The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn,
Carol: 'In Dulci Jubilo',
'Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head' (Megan Foster),
'Down In Yon Forest' (Megan Foster),
'Wassail Song', arr. J J Niles (Megan Foster),
Carols: 'Bethlehem', arr. Malcolm Sargent,
'Now The Joyful Bells', arr. Malcolm Sargent,
Flute Soli: 'Aubade', Paul Pierne (Geoffrey Gilbert),
'Andalouse', Emile Pessard (Geoffrey Gilbert),
'Air', Purcell (Geoffrey Gilbert),
'Bourree', Scarlatti (Geoffrey Gilbert),
Festival Carol 'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher,
'Bethlehem Down', Warlock (Dennis Noble),
'An Old Sacred Lullaby', Liddle (Dennis Noble),
'The Mahogany Tree', Herbert Sharpe (Dennis Noble),
Carols: 'Good King Wenceslas',
'The First Nowell'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1938/78)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1938/78Royal Choral Society (Sixty-Eighth Season) - Carols17 December 1938
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Clonaibysif_KRoyal Choral Society (Sixty-Eighth Season 1938-1939)7
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/1575Foster; Megan (fl 1917-1920s); English soprano singer
DS/UK/2689Noble; Dennis (1898-1966); British baritone, teacher
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/3689Gilbert; Geoffrey Winzer (1914-1989); English flautist
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
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