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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Fifty-First Season 1921-1922) - Carols and Other Christmas Music
Performance Date17 December 1921
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersLaura Evans Williams,
Olga Haley,
John Coates,
Harry Dearth - vocals
Secondary PerformersKatherine Kendall - violin
Gwendolen Mason - harp
John Solomon - trumpet
Berkeley Mason - pianoforte
R A Greir - organ
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Frederick Bridge
Set ListHymn: 'O Come, All Ye faithful', John Reading (Attributed),
Motet for Double Chorus: 'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise', trad.,
Aria: 'Mighty Lord and King All Glorious', Bach (Harry Dearth, John Solomon),
Chorale: 'Ah! Dearest Jesus', Bach (Laura Evans Williams, John Coates, Olga Haley, Harry Dearth),
Carol: 'In Dulci Jubilo', R L de Pearsall (Laura Evans Williams, John Coates, Olga Haley, Harry Dearth, Chorus, Quartet),
Aria: 'Agnus Dei', Bizet (Olga Haley, Katherine Kendall, Gwendolen Mason),
Carol: 'A Babe Ys Borne I Wys', Sir Frederick Bridge (John Coates),
Carol: 'From the Cradle', XVth Century Melody (John Coates),
'Jesu Sweet, I Sing of a Maiden', Gustav Holst (Laura Evans Williams, Katherine Kendall, Gwendolen Mason),
'Shepherd's Cradle Song', Arthur Somervell (Laura Evans Williams, Katherine Kendall, Gwendolen Mason),
Carol: 'Remember God's Goodnesse', Ravenscroft (John Coates),
'The Knight of Bethlehem',D. C. Thomson (John Coates),
'A Christmas Carol', Malcolm Davidson (John Coates),
Quartet and Chorus: 'When The Crimson Sun Had Set', S S Greatheed (Laura Evans Williams, John Coates, Olga Haley, Harry Dearth, Quartet, Chorus),
Ancient Carol: 'Welcome Yule', arr. Parry,
Carol: 'The Holly and the Ivy', trad.,
Aria: 'Let the Bright Seraphim', Handel (Laura Evans Williams, John Solomon),
Carol: 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', trad.,
Carols: 'Green Grows The Holly Tree' and 'Carol of the Three Kings', Sir Frederick Bridge,
'Christmas at the Door', C. Reinecke (John Coates),
'A Carol for the New Year' (Green Sleeves), Sir Frederick Bridge (John Coates),
'Good King Wenceslas', trad. Spring Carol of XIIIth Century (Laura Evans Williams, Harry Dearth)
'The Lullaby of Mary', D. Corner (1649), arr. W. McNaught (Olga Haley, Katherine Kendall, Gwendolen Mason),
Carol: 'The Wassail Song', trad.,
Traditional Song: 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', Frederic Austin (Harry Dearth),
Song with Chorus: 'Ho, Jolly Jenkin' (Ivanhoe), Sullivan (Harry Dearth),
Carol: 'Ring, Christmas Bells', Sir Frederick Bridge,
Carol: 'The First Nowell', trad.
Performance NotesEnglish premiere of D C Thomson's, 'The Knight of Bethlehem'.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1921/50),
Handbill
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1921/50Royal Choral Society (Fifty-First Season) - Carols and other Christmas Music17 December 1921
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
ObobowdilidaisRoyal Choral Society (Fifty-First Season 1921-1922)8
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1613Bridge; Sir; Frederick (5 December 1844-18 March 1924); CVO; English organist, composer, teacher, writer
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/2074Williams; Laura Evans (1883-1944); Welsh singer
DS/UK/190Haley; Olga (1898-); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1653Coates; John (1865-1941); English tenor
DS/UK/1607Dearth; Harry (October 1876-18 April 1933); British bass singer and actor
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