Record

Performance TitleSalvation Army - A Festival of Gospel Song
Performance Date8 June 1963
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time18:30
Main PerformersGeneral Wilfred Kitching,
Commissioner Edgar Grinsted,
Lt.-Commissioner Albert Mingay - speakers

Girls of The National School of Music
Singing Company Leader Joan Clothier

Erna Askeland,
Samuel Hooper,
Kevin Platts,
Songster Leader Muriel Packham,
Songster Leader Elgar Gambling - vocals,
Michael Clack - organ,
Terry Camsey - cornet,
Marjorie Ringham - piano
Orchestra or BandInternational Staff Band:
Southend Citadel (Donald Middleton),
Reading Central (Sidney Early),
Sutton (Reginald Jobson),
Harlesden (Capt.Ray Bowes),
Twickenham (Reginald Davey)
ChoirsMassed Chorus of a Thousand Voices:
London Male Chorus,
National Songsters,
Leeds Central (Ivy Henderson),
Derby Central (Bramwell Foster),
Cambridge (Percival Reed),
Ilford (Elgar Gambling),
Catford (William Wearing),
Southall Citadel (Donald Osgood),
Manchester Openshaw Citadel (Harry Salthouse),
Birmingham Citadel (Alfred Crowhurst),
Chelmsford (Lloyd Harvey),
Hemel Hempstead (Hector Nethercoat),
Luton Citadel (Hubert Janes),
Kingston-Upon-Thames (Ronald Badnell),
Regent Hall (Michael Babb)
ConductorsMajor Dean Goffin,
Lt.-Colonel Bernard Adams,
Captain Norman Bearcroft
Set List'Hark, The Gospel News is Sounding',
Prayer (Lt.-Commissioner Albert Mingay),
'All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name', J Ellor, arr. Dean Goffin (Chorus of A Thousand Voices, Michael Clack, International Staff Band, Fanfare Trumpets),
'Shout Aloud Salvation', arr. Norman Bearcroft (Chorus of A Thousand Voices, International Staff Band),
'Life in Thee', Schubert, arr. Charles Skinner (Girls of The National School of Music),
'Welcome, Happy Morning', Eric Ball (Girls of The National School of Music),
'I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old', arr. Ray Steadman-Allen (Kevin Platts),
'Steal Away', arr. Eric Ball (London Male Chorus),
'De Battle Ob Jericho', arr. Ray Bowes (London Male Chorus),
Selection - 'Good News', Eric Ball (International Staff Band),
'The Old Chariot', arr. Norman Bearcroft (National Songsters),
'Are You Washed In The Blood of The Lamb?', arr. Norman Bearcroft (National Songsters),
Aria - 'Hear Ye Israel....Be Not Afraid', from Elijah, Mendelssohn (Joan Clothier, Chorus of A Thousand Voices),
'O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing',
'He Hideth My Soul', William Kirkpatrick, arr. Eric Ball (Chorus of A Thousand Voices, International Staff Band),
Aria - 'Come Unto Him', from Messiah, Handel (Kevin Platts),
Testimony (Erna Askeland),
'The Ninety and Nine', Ira D Sankey (Chorus of A Thousand Voices, Songster Leader Elgar Gambling),
'Victorious', Dean Goffin (Terry Camsey, International Staff Band),
'O Sacred Head Now Wounded', from St. Matthew Passion, J S Bach (Chorus of A Thousand Voices),
'Beneath The Cross of Jesus', Ira D Sankey, arr. Donald Osgood (Joan Clothier),
Bible Reading (Samuel Hooper),
'Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet', W H Doane (London Male Chorus, Kevin Platts),
'Crown Him With Many Crowns', G J Elvey, arr. Charles Skinner (Chorus of A Thousand Voices, International Staff Band, Fanfare Trumpets, Michael Clack)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1963/77)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/77A Festival of Gospel Song8 June 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ctonedox_M_NSalvation Army - A Festival of Gospel Song1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/12167Kitching; Wilfred (1893-1977); CBE; 7th general of the Salvation Army
DS/UK/9311Clack; Michael (fl 1960s-2010s); British composer, arranger, organist
DS/UK/12845Ringham; Marjorie (fl 1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/6665Salvation Army; International Staff Band (ISB); 1891-; International brass band
DS/UK/12235Goffin; Sir; Dean (1916-1984); New Zealand composer, conductor
DS/UK/12831Adams; Bernard (fl.1940s); Colonel; British bandmaster
DS/UK/14087Platts; Kevin (c1948-); British vocalist
DS/UK/14088Gambling; Elgar (fl 1963); British vocalist
DS/UK/14089Camsey; Terry (fl 1960s-1970s); British-born composer, arranger, cornet player
DS/UK/14894Bearcroft; Lieut-Colonel; Norman (January 1926-2020); British Salvation Army bandmaster
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