Record

Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Ninetieth Season 1959-1960) - Carols
Performance Date19 December 1959
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersOwen Brannigan - vocal,
Cyril Smith,
Phyllis Sellick,
Veronica Parker,
Ernest Lush - pianos,
Arnold Greir - organ
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the Queen', arr. Elgar, (National Anthem)
'O Come All Ye Faithful', attr. John Reading (Royal Choral Society),
'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise' (Royal Choral Society),
'The Boar's Head Carol', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'My Heart Ever Faithful', Bach, arr. Neil Butterworth (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick),
'God's Time is Best', Bach, arr. John Odom (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick),
'Prelude in E', Bach, arr. John Odom (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick),
'While Shepherds Watched', G Kirbye (Royal Choral Society),
'Hosanna To The Son of David', Orlando Gibbons (Royal Choral Society),
'Zither Carol', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Welcome, Yule', Parry (Royal Choral Society),
'The Bells of Christmas', Martin Shaw (Owen Brannigan),
'The Shepherd Boy's Song', Barrie Grayson (Owen Brannigan),
'A New Chrismas Morning, Hallelujah', Robert MacGimsey (Owen Brannigan),
'Greensleeves', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Carol of Beauty', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'A Cowboy Carol', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Jerusalem', Parry (Royal Choral Society),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn (Royal Choral Society),
'On Christmas Day', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'De Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy', arr. Hal Evans (Owen Brannigan),
'Ballad of Jesus Christ', arr. S N (Owen Brannigan),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Austin (Owen Brannigan),
'Little Jack Horner', Michael Diack (Owen Brannigan),
'Away In A Manger', W J Kirkpatrick (Royal Choral Society),
'All God's Chillun', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Little David, Play On Yo' Harp', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Waltz', Arensky, arr. Michael Tillett (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick),
'Flight of The Bumble Bee', Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Clifford Phillips (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick),
'Waltz', Brahms, arr. J Odom (Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick),
'Silent Night', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Good King Wenceslas' (Royal Choral Society),
'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher (Royal Choral Society),
'The First Nowell' (Royal Choral Society)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1959/155),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1959/1)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/155Royal Choral Society - Carols16-19 December 1959
RAHE/6/1959/1Royal Choral Society (Ninetieth Season 1959-1960)26 November 1959 - 15 April 1960
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Yvoliobed_ScpRoyal Choral Society (Ninetieth Season 1959-1960)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/2719Brannigan; Owen (1908-1973); OBE; English bass
DS/UK/2381Smith; Cyril James (1909-1974); OBE; English concert pianist
DS/UK/2667Sellick; Phyllis (1911-2007); OBE; English pianist, teacher
DS/UK/7538Parker; Veronica (fl 1940s-1950s); British pianist
DS/UK/6597Lush; Ernest (1908-1988); English classical pianist
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
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