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Performance TitleLet The People Sing - BBC Light Programme Choral Event 1957
Performance Date27 April 1957
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJohn Hobday,
Ena Mitchell,
Frederick Harvey - vocals,
Charles Spinks - organ
Secondary PerformersJosephine Lee - accompanist
Orchestra or BandBBC Concert Orchestra
ChoirsMassed Choir of 800 Voices:
Choir of Wirral County Grammar School for Girls,
Keighley Vocal Union,
Greenside Choir,
Marigarth Singers
ConductorsVilem Tausky,
Leslie Woodgate,
Sir Arthur Bliss
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Comedy Overture', Ernest Tomlinson,
'Marching Along', Julius Harrison (Frederick Harvey),
'Occasional March', Handel (Massed Bands of The Boys' Brigade),
'The Wife of Bath' from Canterbury Pilgrims, George Dyson (Ena Mitchell),
'Tarantella' from Gipsy Suite, Edward German,
March - 'Crown Imperial', Walton,
Four Seasons - 'I Hear Spring Calling', Eric Thiman,
'In Summer Woods', John Ireland,
'Harvest Song', Harry Brook,
'Jack Frost', J Geddes Maxwell (Massed Children's Choirs),
'Trumpet Voluntary', J Clarke (Massed Bands of The Boys' Brigade),
'The Banner of St. George', Elgar (Ena Mitchell, Massed Adult Choirs),
March - 'Things To Come', Arthur Bliss,
Sea Song Suite - 'Shenandoah', 'Bobby Shaftoe', 'Tom Bowling', 'Drunken Sailor', 'Rule Britannia', Gordon Jacob (Frederick Harvey, Massed Choirs)
Performance NotesPremiere of Sea Song Suite - 'Shenandoah', 'Bobby Shaftoe', 'Tom Bowling', 'Drunken Sailor', 'Rule Britannia', Gordon Jacob.

The event was broadcast in BBC Radio Light programme from 20:45-22:00.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1957/44)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1957/44Let The People Sing - BBC Light Programme Choral Event 195727 April 1957
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eaposopor_S_VLet The People Sing - BBC Light Programme Choral Event 19571
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6433Mitchell; Ena (c1900s-1979); English soprano
DS/UK/8828Spinks; Charles (1915-1992); British harpsichordist, organist, composer, arranger
DS/UK/1151British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Concert Orchestra; 1931-; British orchestra
DS/UK/7375Tausky; Vilem (1910-2004); Czech conductor, composer
DS/UK/6470Woodgate; Leslie (1900-1961); English choral conductor
DS/UK/7050Bliss; Sir; Arthur (2 August 1891-27 March 1975); CH KCVO; English composer and conductor
DS/UK/9878Harvey; Frederick (fl 1950s-1960s); British baritone
DS/UK/9879Lee; Josephine (fl 1957); British pianist
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