Record

Performance TitleLondon Oriana Choir - Christmas Carols, in aid of The Spastics Society
Performance Date23 December 1987
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersTristan Fry - percussion,
Murray Stewart - organ
Orchestra or BandEnglish Brass Ensemble,
Hoverla
ChoirsLondon Oriana Choir,
London Pro Arte Choir,
The Forest Choir,
St. Mary's Singers, Stansted
ConductorsLeon Lovett
Set List'O Come, All Ye Faithful', J F Wade, arr. Willcocks (All),
'Deck the Hall', arr. Willcocks (Choir),
'Gloria, Gloria', Ivor Golby (Choir),
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams, desc. Armstrong (All),
'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', harm. Charles Wood,
'Trumpet Voluntary', Jeremiah Clarke, arr. John Iveson (English Brass Ensemble),
'Once in Royal David's City', H J Gauntlett, harm. Mann, desc. and organ Willcocks (Children, Choir),
'In Dulci Jubilo', Scheidt,
'Personent Hodie', arr. Holst (Choir, All),
'Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant', arr. John Rutter (Choir),
'Chumak' (Hoverla Ukrainian Dance Ensemble),
'Unto Us is Born a Son', arr. Willcocks (Choir, All),
'Mary Had a Baby', arr. Sargent,
'Infant Holy, Infant Lowly', arr. Willcocks (Choir),
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks
INTERVAL
'Good King Wenceslas' (All),
'Gloria in Excelsis Deo', Weelkes (Choir),
'Masters in this Hall', arr. Willcocks (All),
'Little Innocent Lamb', arr. Marshall Bartholomew (Short, Back and Sides),
'White Shoe Blues', Robert M. Johnston, arr. Fenno Heath (Short, Back and Sides),
'A Christmas Carol', Tom Lehrer, arr. Andrew King (Short, Back and Sides),
'Lord of the Dance', adapt. Sydney Carter; arr. Lovett (All),
'Sussex Carol', arr. Willcocks (Choir),
'Happy Tristmas!', Leslie Pearson, (Tristan Fry, English Brass Ensemble),
'As With Gladness Men of Old', Kocher, arr.Willcocks (All),
'Ave Maria and Gloria', Rachmaninoff (Choir),
'Hopak' (Hoverla Ukrainian Dance Ensemble),
'While shepherds watched their flocks' (All),
'Hallelujah Chorus' from Messiah, Handel,
'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht', Gruber, arr. Lovett (Choir),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks (All),
'We Wish You A Merry Christmas', arr.Warrell (Choir)
Performance NotesLanguage Warning: This record contains ableist language. For historic accuracy we have chosen not to remove or hide contentious language but instead retain and address its inclusion.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1987/176)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1987/176London Oriana Choir - Christmas Carols, in aid of The Spastics Society23 December 1987
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ainomidcz_L_VLondon Oriana Choir - Christmas Carols, in aid of The Spastics Society1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/13609Hoverla; 1972-; British based Ukranian Dance Ensemble
DS/UK/11774Fry; Tristan (fl 1960s-); English drummer, percussionist
DS/UK/14002Stewart; Murray (fl 1980s-); English organist and conductor
DS/UK/10275The English Brass Ensemble; 1974-; English brass group
DS/UK/10411London Oriana Choir; 1973-; British choir
DS/UK/9148Lovett; Leon (fl 1980s-); English conductor
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