| Main Performers | Edward Woodward,
Stratford Johns,
Mollie Sugden,
Pamela Armstrong,
Lindka Cierach,
Bob Holness,
Ned Sherrin,
Simon Williams,
Kate Hamilton,
Joseph Matheson,
Tony Griffiths,
Alec Myles,
John Thornton
George Segal,
Anthony Andrews,
Nicola Pagett,
HRH The Princess Royal,
Dr Sultana Khanum - speakers
Edward Snow,
Rhiannon Williams,
Helen Kucharek,
Michael Pearce,
Cliff Richard - vocals,
Tristan Fry - percussion,
Malcolm Hicks - organ,
Osian Ellis - harp
Roy Castle - trumpet
Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom,
Sylvia Young Theatre School students,
The Sixties Tiller Girls,
Commonwealth Children |
| Orchestra or Band | Dagenham Girl Pipers,
Band of the Welsh Guards
Drummers from HM Royal Marines and the House of Lords,
English Baroque Orchestra,
London Brass,
Massed Trumpeters:
The Life Guards,
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horseguards and 1st Dragoons),
Grenadier Guards,
Coldstream Guards,
Scots Guards,
Irish Guards,
Welsh Guards,
Harp Ensemble,
Handbell Teams: Hamilton Ringers, Warnham Handbell Consort |
| Choirs | London Oriana Choir,
English Baroque Choir,
London Pro Arte Choir,
The Waverley Singers,
Haberdashers' Aske's School Elstree, Boys Choir |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Angels from the Realms of Glory', arr. Lovett,
Excerpts from 'The Creation', Haydn (Helen Kucharek, Michael Pearce),
'Noah's Ark - The Animals Went in Two by Two,
'Angel's Carol', Rutter (Edward Snow, Rhiannon Williams),
'Gabriel's Message', arr. Lovett (Choir),
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams, desc. Thomas Armstrong,
'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', harm. Charles Wood (Hamilton Ringers, Warnham Handbell Consort, Choir),
'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht', Gruber, arr. Lovett (Choir),
'Torches', John Joubers (Haberdashers' Aske's Boys Choir),
'Quem Pastores Laudavere', arr. Rutter (Choir),
'Il est ne le divin enfant', arr. Rutter (Choir),
'Once in Royal David's City', Gauntlett, harm. Mann, desc. Willcocks,
'Away in a Manger', Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks,
'For Unto Us a Child is Born (Messiah)',
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', Wade, arr. Willcocks
INTERVAL
'The First Nowell', arr.Willcocks,
'Percussion Medley - Happy Tristmas!', arr. Leslie Pearson (Tristan Fry),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas (Roy Castle),
'Gloria (Vespers)', Rachmaninoff,
'Christmas', Sir John Betjeman (Anthony Andrews, Nicola Pagett),
'Born to Rule the Earth', arr. Alan Taylor (Haberdashers' Aske's School Elstree, Boys Choir),
'Mistletoe and Wine', (Cliff Richard)
'We Are the World', Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie (The Commonwealth Children),
'All the World Rejoices' (The Commonwealth Children),
Speech (HRH The Princess Royal, Dr Sultana Khanum),
'Joy to the World', Handel, arr. Lowell Mason,
Fanfare,
'Sussex Carol', arr.Willcocks,
A visit from St Nicholas', Clement C Moore (George Segal),
Father Christmas,
'Jingle Bells', J Pierpoint, arr. Willcocks,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks,
'We Wish you a Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrel
'We Need a Little Christmas', Jerry Herman |
| Royal Presence | HM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh,
HRH Princess Anne The Princess Royal,
HRH Prince William,
Peter Phillips |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1989/164),
Photographs (RAHE/3/1989/11),
Colour Transparencies (RAHE/3/10/9),
Videos (RAHE/5/1989/1-2) |