Record

Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Seventy-Ninth Season 1948-1949) - Carols
Performance Date18 December 1948
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersGwen Catley - vocal,
Arnold Greir - organ
Secondary PerformersWilfrid Parry - piano
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the King',
Christmas Hymn, 'O Come All Ye Faithful',
Christmas Motet For Double Chorus, 'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise',
'Shakespeare's Carol', Arne,
'Winter' (Nos Galan), arr. Sargent,
'Boar's Head Carol', arr. Sargent,
Christmas Hymn, 'Once in Royal David's City', Dr H J Gauntlett,
Motet, 'Stella Quam Viderant Magi', Palestrina,
Soli, 'In Nightly Stillness', Bax (Gwen Catley),
'Whene'er A Snowflake Leaves The Sky', Liza Lehmann (Gwen Catley),
'Alleluia' (Exsultate, Jubilate), Mozart (Gwen Catley),
Christmas Hymn, 'While Shepherds Watched', G.Kirbye,
'Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling', Berlioz,
'Bethlehem', arr. Sargent,
'In Dulci Jubilo', arr. R L De Pearsall,
Ancient Carol, 'Welcome,Yule!', Parry,
Choral Song, 'Jerusalem', Parry
INTERVAL
Christmas Hymn, 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn,
'The Coventry Carol',
'Silent Night', arr. Sargent,
Traditional Carol, 'God Rest You Merry Gentlemen',
Three Spirituals, 'Little David', arr.Sargent,
'Lis'en To De Lams', arr. Sargent,
'All God's Chillun', arr. Sargent,
Soli, 'Air Du Rossignol' (Song Without Words), Saint-Saens (Gwen Catley),
'The Virgin's Slumber Song', Max Reger (Gwen Catley),
'Jubilate', arr. L Woodgate (Gwen Catley),
Encores, 'Polish Carol', arr. Bax (Gwen Catley),
'In A Manger He Is Laid' (Gwen Catley),
Hymn For Christmas Day, 'See Amid The Winter's Snow', John Goss,
Lullaby, 'Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sang', W.Ballet,
Anthem, 'Jesu Word of God Incarnate', Mozart,
'Good King Wenceslas',
Festival Carol, 'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher,
'The First Nowell'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/310)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/310Royal Choral Society - Carols Concert18 December 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ifamievep_BopRoyal Choral Society (Seventy-Ninth Season 1948-1949)11
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2543Catley; Gwen (1906-1996); English coloratura soprano
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/8219Parry; Wilfrid (fl 1940s); British pianist
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
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