Record

Performance TitleWestminster Festival of Music, in aid of Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA)
Performance Date22 November 1980
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDr W Lloyd Webber - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards,
The Band of the Scots Guards,
The Band of the Welsh Guards,
The Pipes and Drums 1st Battalion Irish Guards
ChoirsChorus of 500 Voices:
The Ambrosian Singers,
The Bulmershe College Girls Choir,
The Bromley Philharmonic Society,
The Crofton Choir,
The Peoples Palace Choral Society,
The Reading Male Voice Choir,
The Southwark Singers of London,
The Teddington Choral Society,
The Watford Philharmonic Society,
The Wembley Philharmonic Society
ConductorsLt.-Colonel Richard A Ridings
Set List'Festival Fanfare', 'A Fanfare for Heroes', Bliss,
'God Save The Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacob
'Festival March', 'Crown Imperial', Walton (Massed Bands),
Overture: 'Barber of Seville', Rossini (Massed Bands),
Chorus: 'Coro di Schiavi Ebrei' from Nabucco, Verdi (Chorus of 500 Voices, Massed Bands),
Cornet Trio, 'Buglers Holiday', Anderson
Post Horns: 'Post Horn Gallop' (Full Band, Chorus, Organ),
Excerpt from 'Messiah', Handel (Massed Bands, Chorus of 500 Voices, Dr W Lloyd Webber),
'Musical Display' (Pipes and Drums Irish Guards),
'Battle Hymn of the Republic' (Massed Bands, Chorus of 500 Voices, Dr W Lloyd Webber)
INTERVAL
'Fanfare',
'Jubilant', Bliss,
'Concert March - Royal Windsor', Bayco (Massed Bands, Dr W Lloyd Webber),
Selection from 'Oliver', Bart (The Ambrosian Singers),
'Tritsch Tratsch', Strauss (The Ambrosian Singers),
'Alleluia', Mozart (The Ambrosian Singers),
'London Pride Selection', Coward (The Ambrosian Singers, Band, Organ),
'Westminster' (Meditation) from London Suite, Eric Coates (Massed Bands, Dr W Lloyd Webber, Full Band, Chorus, Great Organ),
'Ode to Joy' from Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Beethoven (Massed Bands, Chorus of 500 Voices, Dr W Lloyd Webber, Pipes and Drums,Trumpets, Great Organ)
'Amazing Grace' (Full Band, Trumpets, Great Organ),
'Salute the Royal Society', Bliss, arr. Sharpe (Chorus, Band, Organ),
'Nightfall in Camp', Pope (Massed Bands, Chorus of 500 Voices, Dr W Lloyd Webber),
'All People That On Earth Do Dwell', arr. Vaughan Williams (Massed Bands, Chorus of 500 Voices, Dr W Lloyd Webber)
Performance NotesClive Biggs, Director and Producer
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1980/168)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1980/168Westminster Festival of Music in aid of Soldiers',Sailors',and Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA)22 November 1980
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Airazyxeap_XulWestminster Festival of Music, in aid of Soldiers',Sailors',and Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA)1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9779Webber; William Southcombe Lloyd (1914-1982); English organist, composer
DS/UK/9922Kendall; Kenneth (1924-2012); British broadcaster
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
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