| Main Performers | Peter Pears,
Gladys M Wilder - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ,
Marie Goossens - harp,
Thomas Matthews - violin |
| Orchestra or Band | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Fanfare for Christmas Day', Martin Shaw,
'Gloria in Excelsis Deo',
Greeting Carol - 'Christmas is Coming', arr. Walford Davies (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'The First Nowell' (Alexandra Choir),
French Carol - 'O Leave Your Sheep', arr. C Hazlehurst (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'The Holly and The Ivy', arr. R Boughton (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'Masters in This Hall', arr. Holst (Alexandra Choir),
Unison Song - 'A Song for Christmas', King Charles I, arr. Jacobson (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. F Austin (Alexandra Choir),
Aria - 'The Repose of The Holy Family' (Childhood of Christ), Berlioz, arr. Proctor (Pears),
Three French Carols - 'Mary The Virgin Sings a Song', arr. C Gledhill (Alexandra Choir),
'Cradle Song of Alsace', arr. Proctor (Alexandra Choir),
'Waking Time', arr. Proctor (Alexandra Choir),
Christmas Hymn - 'In The Bleak Mid-Winter', Holst (Alexandra Choir),
Pastorale - 'Weihnachtssymphonie', Manfredini,
French Carol - 'A Carol of Beauty', Warrell (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'Good King Wenceslas' (Alexandra Choir),
Four Carols - 'A Ceremony of Carols', Britten, arr. Julius Harrison:
'Wolcum Yole', Marie Goossens (Alexandra Choir),
'Balulalow', Gladys M Wilder (Alexandra Choir),
'As Dew in Aprille' (Alexandra Choir),
'This Little Babe' (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'God Rest You Merry Gentlemen' (Alexandra Choir),
Songs:
'Wassail Song' (Yorkshire), arr. Vaughan Williams (Pears),
'Simple Gifts' (Shaker Song), arr. A Copland (Pears),
'The Orphan and King Henry' (France), Britten (Pears),
'I Wonder As I Wander' (Kentucky), J J Niles (Pears, Matthews),
'Christmas Day in The Morning', E J Moeran (Pears),
Carol - 'Past Three O'Clock', arr. C Wood (Alexandra Choir),
German Carol - 'Silent Night', Gruber (Alexandra Choir),
Choral Song - 'Zion's Children', arr. Ley (Alexandra Choir),
'Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones', arr. Oldroyd (Alexandra Choir) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1953/185) |