Record

Performance TitleAlexandra Choir Carol Concert
Performance Date23 December 1951
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersLeon Goossens - oboe,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsAlexandra Choir
ConductorsCharles Proctor
Set ListGreeting Carol - 'Welome Yule', Parry,
'The Holly and the Ivy', arr. Rutland Boughton,
'Here We Come A-Wassailing', trad.,
'I Saw Three Ships', arr. Scott,
Chorale - 'Flocks May Safely Graze', Bach,
'Bell Ringer', arr. Smith,
'Lying the Ox's Stall Within', arr. Scott,
'Born Today is the Child Divine',
'Concerto for Oboe and Strings', Cimarosa,
Carol - 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', trad.,
'Es ist ein' Ros Entsprungen', Praetorius,
'Song of the Crib', arr. Vaughan Williams,
'Silent Night',
Choral Prelude - 'Wir Glauben All'an Einem Gott, Schopper', Bach,
Carol - 'Good King Wenceslas',
'See How Bright is That Star', arr. Whitehead,
'I Have Seen Sweet Mary Going', 'Steeples,
Set Your Bells A-Ringing',
Oboes Solos - Sinfonia from 'Easter Oratorio', Bach,
'Melody', Nicholas,
'Piece', Hue,
Carols - 'Ding Dong Merrily on High', trad.,
'Rocking', trad.,
'Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep', arr. Chambers,
Carol - 'The First Nowell',
Carols - 'O Leave Your Sheep', arr. Cecil Hazlehurst,
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', Walford Davies,
'A Merry Christmas', Warrell,
'Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones', arr. Oldroyd
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1951/253)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1951/253The Alexandra Choir - Carol Concert23 December 1951
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Aixabidoriv_LAlexandra Choir Carol Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1905Goossens; Leon Jean (1897-1988); CBE, FRCM; British oboist
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
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