Record

Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Seventh Season 1956-1957) - Carols
Performance Date19 December 1956
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersIsobel Baillie,
Robert Easton - vocals,
Veronica Parker,
Rex Stephens - 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 (Audience, Royal Choral Society),
'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise' (Royal Choral Society),
'A Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrell (Royal Choral Society),
'The Boar's Head Carol', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'The Three Mummers', Michael Head (Robert Easton),
'The Birds', Vera Buck (Robert Easton),
'While Shepherds Watched', G Kirbye (Audience, Royal Choral Society),
'Gloria', G P Da Palestrina (Royal Choral Society),
'Wassail Song', arr. Vaughan Williams (Royal Choral Society),
'Greensleeves', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Welcome, Yule!', Parry (Royal Choral Society),
'O Leave Your Sheep', arr. Cecil Hazlehurst (Isobel Baillie),
'The Carol of The Little King', Eric Fogg (Isobel Baillie),
'The Cherry-Tree Carol', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'A Cowboy Carol', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Jerusalem', Parry (Audience, Royal Choral Society)
INTERVAL
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn (Audience, Royal Choral Society),
'Ding Dong! Merrily On High', Harm. Dr. Charles Wood (Royal Choral Society),
'In Dulci Jubilo', R.L.Pearsall, arr. Walter Parratt (Royal Choral Society),
'Christmas Is Coming', arr. Walford Davie (Royal Choral Society),
'Let The Bright Seraphim', from Samson, Handel (Isobel Baillie),
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen' (Audience, Royal Choral Society),
'Jesu, Word of God Incarnate', Mozart, arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'All God's Chillun', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Leon Young (Royal Choral Society),
'Go Tell It On The Mountain', arr. John W Work (Robert Easton),
'Sweet Little Jesus Boy', Robert MacGimsey (Robert Easton),
'A New Christmas Morning, Hallelujah', Robert MacGimsey (Easton),
'An Old Style Rhyme', E Hunt (Royal Choral Society),
'Silent Night', arr. Sargent (Royal Choral Society),
'Good King Wenceslas' (Audience, Royal Choral Society),
'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher (Royal Choral Society),
'The First Nowell' (Audience, Royal Choral Society)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1956/192),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1956/5A)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/XWXoGhXo4uy0R
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/192Royal Choral Society - Carols19-22 December 1956
RAHE/6/1956/5ARoyal Choral Society (Eighty Seventh Season 1956-1957) - Carols19-22 December 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ailanivom_SikRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Seventh Season 1956-1957)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/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1742Easton; Robert (1898-1987); British bass
DS/UK/7538Parker; Veronica (fl 1940s-1950s); British pianist
DS/UK/8497Stephens; Rex (1913-2001); British pianist
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
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