Record

Performance TitleHear Hear Hoffnung, in aid of Action for the Crippled Child
Performance Date14 December 1976
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersRiflemen from the 4th Battalion The Royal Green Jackets,
English Music Theatre Ballet

Annette Crosbie,
Jennie Lee,
Frank Bough,
Wilfred Josephs,
Donald Swann,
Patrick Moore,
William Mann,
Barbara Kelly,
Sylvia Rogers,
Humphrey Burton,
Eric Thompson,
John Calder,
Robert Ponsonby,
Angus McGill,
John Amis,
John Bird

April Cantelo,
Laura Conner,
Ian Wallace,
Thomas Lawlor,
Ann Howard,
Kenneth Woollam,
Ava June,
Harold Blackburn,
Ann Hood,
Bernard Dickerson,
Peter Knapp - vocals,
Elizabeth Poston - portative organ,
Felix Aprahamian,
James Blades - percussion,
Daniel Wayenberg - piano
Orchestra or BandThe Hoffnung Philharmonic Orchestra
Fanfare Trumpeters and Bands of:
The Life Guards,
The Grenadier Guards,
The Coldstream Guards

Band of the 5th Croydon Boys Brigade,
Amadeus Quartet,
The Dolmetsch Ensemble (Carle Dolmetsch - director, Jeanne Dolmetsch, Marguerite Dolmetsch, Evelyn Nallen, Brian Blood, Joseph Saxby)
ChoirsEnglish Music Theatre Chorus
ConductorsMajor A J Richards,
Simon Rattle,
Malcolm Arnold,
Lawrence Leonard,
Joseph Horovitz,
Donald Swann,
Jonathan Del Mar,
Christopher Adey
Set ListFanfare, 'Arnold' (Fanfare Trumpeters of the Life Guards, Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream Guards),
'Ode, Colin Graham' (Annette Crosbie),
'Grand, Grand Overture', Arnold (The Amadeus Quartet, Riflemen from the 4th Battalion The Royal Green Jackets),
'Metamorphoses on a Bed-Time Theme', Horovitz (April Cantelo, Ian Wallace),
'Sugar Plums Realised', Elizabeth Poston (The Dolmetsch Ensemble, Elizabeth Poston, Felix Aprahamian, James Blades, Jennie Lee, Frank Bough, Wilfrid Josephs),
'Andante' (Symphony No.94 in G) (The Surprise), Haydn (Donald Swann, Patrick Moore, William Mann, Barbara Kelly, Sylvia Rogers, Humphrey Burton, Eric Thompson, John Calder, Robert Ponsonby, Angus McGill, The Hoffnung Philharmonic Orchestra),
'United Nations', Arnold (Bands of the Life Guards,Grenadier Guards & the Coldstream Guards 5th Croydon Boys Brigade),
'Punkt Contrapunkt', Bruno Heinz Jaja (John Amis, John Bird),
'Concerto Popolare', Reizenstein (Daniel Wayenberg, The Hoffnung Philharmonic Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Let's Fake an Opera' (Tales of Hoffnung), Reizenstein (Thomas Lawlor, Ann Howard, Kenneth Woollam, Ian Wallace, Ava June, Harold Blackburn, Ann Hood, Bernard Dickerson, Peter Knapp, Laura Conner, The Hoffnung Philharmonic Orchestra)
Performance NotesLanguage Warning: This record contains ableist language. For historic accuracy we have chosen not to remove or hide contentious language but instead retain and address its inclusion.

The event was filmed by BBC Television and recorded by BBC Sound.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1976/212)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1976/212Hear Hear Hoffnung, in aid of Action for the Crippled Child14 December 1976
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eafosoimoh_XoodHear Hear Hoffnung, in aid of Action for the Crippled Child1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/1388Rattle; Sir; Simon Denis (19 January 1955); OM CBE; British conductor
DS/UK/9687Moore; Sir; Patrick Caldwell- (1923-2012); CBE, FRS, FRAS; English amateur astronomer
DS/UK/10795Swann; Donald (1923-1994); British-Azerbaijani composer, musician and entertainer
DS/UK/16530Crosbie; Annette (1934-); Scottish actress
DS/UK/3971Lee; Jennie (1904-1988); Baroness Lee of Asheridge; British Labour politician
DS/UK/16531Bough; Frank (1933-); British television presenter
DS/UK/16532Josephs; Wilfred (1927-1997); English composer
DS/UK/16533Mann; William (1924-1989); English music critic
DS/UK/13695Kelly; Barbara (1924-2007); Canadian-born actress
DS/UK/16534Burton; Humphrey (1931-); British classical music television presenter
DS/UK/16536Thompson; Eric (1929-1982); English actor
DS/UK/11155Amis; John (17 June 1922-1 August 2013); British broadcaster, critic and writer
DS/UK/16409Bird; John (22 November 1936 – 24 December 2022); English actor, director, writer and satirist
DS/UK/6447Arnold; Sir; Malcolm (21 October 1921-23 September 2006); CBE; English composer and trumpet player
DS/UK/12630Leonard; Lawrence (1923-2001); British conductor, cellist, composer, music educator, author
DS/UK/13198Horovitz; Joseph (1926-2022); Austrian-born British composer, conductor
DS/UK/10705Mar; Jonathan Del (1951-); British music editor, conductor
DS/UK/15936Adey; Christopher (19 February 1943); British conductor and violinist
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