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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Seventh Season 1956-1957) - Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'
Performance Date18 October 1956
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersPauline Brockless,
Helen Watts,
Eric Greene,
Owen Brannigan -vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsJohn Hollingsworth
Set List'God Save the Queen', arr. Elgar, (National Anthem)
'Elijah', Mendelssohn
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1956/153),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1956/4A)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/153Royal Choral Society - Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'18 October 1956
RAHE/6/1956/4ARoyal Choral Society (Eighty Seventh Season 1956-1957) - Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'18 October 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ailanivom_SikRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Seventh Season 1956-1957)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/1565Hollingsworth; John (1916-1963); English conductor
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/9165Brockless; Pauline Dorothy (1929-); English soprano
DS/UK/9323Watts; Helen (1927-2009); CBE; Welsh contralto
DS/UK/3281Greene; Eric (1903-1966); British tenor
DS/UK/2719Brannigan; Owen (1908-1973); OBE; English bass
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