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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Fifty-Fifth Season 1925-1926) - Carols And Other Christmas Music
Performance Date19 December 1925
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersDora Labbette,
Walter Hyde,
John Goss - vocals
Secondary PerformersRobert Murchie - flute
Berkeley Mason - piano
R Arnold Greir - organ
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsH L Balfour
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Hymn: 'O Come, All Ye Faithful', arr. John Reading,
Motet for Double Chorus: 'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise',
Carols: 'In Dulci Jubilo'
'From The Cradle' (Walter Hyde),
Aria: 'Comfort Sweet Jesus, My Jesu Come', Bach (Dora Labbette, Robert Murchie),
Carol: 'A Babe Ys Borne I Wys', Bridge,
'Come Sing And Dance', arr. S Taylor-Harris (John Goss),
'Canco De Nadal', arr. K Schindler (John Goss),
'Chantons, Je Vous En Prie', arr. Weckerlin (John Goss),
'Wassail Song', arr. Cecil Sharp (John Goss),
Anthem: 'Hosanna To The Son Of David', Orlando Gibbons,
'A Knight of Bethlehem', David Cleghorn Thomas (Walter Hyde),
'The Holy Child', Easthope Martin (Walter Hyde),
Carols: 'The Coventry Carol', arr. John Stainer,
'Welcome, Yule', Parry
'The Holly And The Ivy', trad.,
'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', trad.,
'An Old French Carol', arr. S Liddle (Walter Hyde),
'The Birds' Noel', C Chaminade (Walter Hyde),
Carol: 'I Saw Three Ships', arr. John Stainer,
'Noel', Cyril Rootham (Dora Labbette),
'Wiegenlied', Max Reger (Dora Labbette),
Carol: 'The Wassail Song',
Part-Song: 'Legend' (Christ In His Garden), Tschaikovsky,
'Carol Of The Skiddaw Yowes', Ivor Gurney (John Goss),
'When Christ Was Born of Mary Free', E J Moeran (John Goss),
'The Birds', Alec Rowley (John Goss),
'Old Christmas', Martin Shaw (John Goss),
Carols: 'Ring Out! With Jocund Chime', Bridge,
'Good King Wenceslas', trad. (Dora Labbette, John Goss),
'The First Nowell', trad.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1925/52),
Season Prospectus (RAHE/1/1925/55)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1925/52Royal Choral Society (Fifty-Fifth Season) - Carols and other Christmas Music19 December 1925
RAHE/1/1925/55Royal Choral Society (Fifty-Fifth Season) - Season Prospectus17 October 1925-24 April 1926
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IetozihooripifRoyal Choral Society (Fifty-Fifth Season 1925-1926)7
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1580Labbette; Dora (1898-1984); English soprano
DS/UK/360Hyde; Walter (1875-1951); English singer, actor
DS/UK/1862Goss; John (1891-1953); British baritone
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
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