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Performance TitleA Carol Concert with James Galway, attended by The Rt. Hon. Mrs Margaret Thatcher, in aid of The Save the Children Fund
Performance Date11 December 1979
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19.00
Main PerformersRichard Baker,
The Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Mrs Margaret Thatcher - speakers,
James Galway - flute
Antony Saunders,
Roger Vignoles - piano,
Christopher Bowers Broadbent - organ,
Robert Howes - percussion
Secondary PerformersPhilip Moll - piano
ChoirsGoldsmiths Choral Union,
Save the Children School Choirs
ConductorsBrian Wright
Set List'O Come, All Ye Faithful' (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Mary Had a Baby', arr. Sargent (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Rocky, Rocky Road', arr. Robert de Cormier (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'I Saw Three Ships', trad. arr. John Rutter (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Rocking' (Save the Children School Choirs),
'Away in a Manger', W F Kirkpatrick (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Marche Militaire', Schubert, arr. John Gardner (Roger Vignoles, Antony Saunders),
'While Shepherds Watched', N Tate (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'King Jesus Hath a Garden', arr. John Rutter (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Tell Out the News', N A Curry (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen' (Goldsmiths Choral Union)
INTERVAL
'Unto Us a Boy is Born' (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'We three Kings', trad. (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Kwmbayah', arr. James Wilton (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Patapan', arr. Reginald Jacques (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Good King Wenceslas', J M Neale (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Silent Night', Franz Gruber, arr. Roger Vignoles (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Postlude in B Flat', Louis Lefebure-Wely (Christopher Bowers Broadbent),
'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear', E H Sears, arr. A Sullivan (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Star Carol', John Rutter (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'There'll Be a New World', C Broadhurst,arr.Sargent (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing';Mendelssohn,words by Charles Wesley (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'A Merry Christmas', arr. A Warrell (Goldsmiths Choral Union)
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1979/192)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1979/192A Carol Concert with James Galway, attended by The Rt.Hon.Mrs.Margaret Thatcher, in aid of The Save the Children Fund11 December 1979
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Aitaxutoz_XeatA Carol Concert with James Galway, attended by The Rt. Hon. Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, in aid of The Save the Children Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1532Goldsmiths; Goldsmiths Choral Union (GCU); 1932-; English amateur choir
DS/UK/2903Wright; Brian (c.1950s-); British conductor
DS/UK/9016Baker; Richard (1925-); OBE; English broadcaster
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