Main Performers | The Woodcraft Folk, The Unity Theatre Dance Group
Harold Hebbs, Sid Deitsch, R C Jones, Richard Wadleigh, Charles Kelley, Ronald Kelley, Meg Turner, Brenda Poole, Rosheen Napier, Albert Holland, Maurice Cheshire, Len De Marne, Roderick Jones, Mildred Watson, Jane Connard, Katherine Lawson, Richard Wood, Trevor Anthony, Jane Lawson, Cecil F Howard,, Richard Wadleigh F R Spelling, Dean of Canterbury, Tom Mann, Fred Copeman, Parry Jones
Paul Robeson - vocal |
Secondary Performers | Arnold Goldsbrough - organ |
Orchestra or Band | The People's Festival Wind Band |
Choirs | Ashford Labour Choir, Bromley Labour Choir, Clapham Labour Choir, Eltham Labour Choir, Epsom and Ewell Labour Choir, Greenford Co-Operative Choir, Hendon Left Singers, Laindon Ladies' Co-Operative Choral Society, New Progress Choir, Rhondda Unity Male Voice Choir, Unity Male Voice Choir, West London Co-Operative Choir, Bexley Heath Co-Operative Choir, East Ham Co-Operative Choir, Edgware Co-Operative Musical Society, Enfield Highway Co-Operative Choir, Kentish Town Co-Operative Choir, Redhill and Reigate Co-Operative Choir, Surbiton Co-Operative Choir, Tooting Co-Operative Choir, Tottenham and Edmonton Co-Operative Choir, John Payne and His Negro Choir |
Conductors | Alan Bush, A E Sweeney, Will Sahnow, W G Glock, Frank Hopkins, David Percival, John Turner, L J Maynard, Kathleen Jensen, E R Lock, A V Jenner, Peter Baker, Alfred Nieman, Chas.Barnes, Mary Peppin, John Goss, John Turner, Chris Ullman, Morgan Davies, P G Goldsack |
Set List | 'Flourish For Wind Band', R Vaughan Williams, 'Introduction', A Cooke (Harold Hebbs, Sid Deitsch, Richard Wadleigh, F R Spelling), 'Feudal England' (Elisabeth Lutyens, Parry Jones, Jane Lawson, Cecil F Howard), 'The Massacre of The Innocents', V Yates, orch. Matyas, Seiber, arr. E Rubbra, (R.C.Jones, Richard Wadleigh, Charles Kelley, Harold Hebbs, F R Spelling, Ronald Kelley, Sid Deitsch, Meg Turner, Brenda Poole, Rosheen Napier), 'Peasants in Revolt', E Chisholm (Albert Holland, Maurice Cheshire, Len De Marne, Harold Hebbs), Interlude (The Woodcraft Folk, Margaret Leona), 'Soldiers of Freedom', C Darnton (Parry Jones) 'Village Green to Concert Hall', F Austin (Roderick Jones, Jane Lawson, Mildred Watson, Jane Connard, Katherine Lawson, Richard Wood, Trevor Anthony, The Woodcraft Folk), 'Changing Europe', N Demuth, orch. M Seiber (Unity Theatre Dance Group, Parry Jones), 'Prisoners' (Alan Bush, Cecil F Howard), 'Slaves' (Paul Robeson, John Payne and His Negro Choir), 'The People Advance', E Maconchy (Charles Kelley), 'For Peace and Liberty' (Alan Rawsthorne, Dean of Canterbury, Tom Mann, Fred Copeman) |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1939/31) |