Main Performers | Robert Easton - vocal, Arnold Greir - organ |
Orchestra or Band | String section of the London Symphony Orchestra |
Set List | 'Fanfair for Christmas Day', Martin Shaw, Greeting Carol - 'Welcome Yule', Parry, Carols - 'Born Today is the Child Divine', arr. C Kennedy Scott, 'Ding Dong Merrily on High', trad., 'The Holly and the Ivy', arr. Rutand Boughton, Choral Song - 'Sheep May Safely Graze', Bach-Roper, Carol - 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', trad., arr. Frederick Austin, 'The Bells of Christmas', Martin Shaw (Easton), 'Madonna and Child', Thiman (Easton), 'The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy', Connor (Easton), Three German Carols - 'There is a Flower', Michael Praetorius, 'Song of the Crib', arr. Vaughan Williams, 'Silent Night, Holy Night', Gruber, Choral Prelude - 'Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon', Bach-Proctor, Motet - 'When to the Temple Mary Went', Eccard, Carol - 'Good King Wencelas' INTERVAL Carol - 'A Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrell, Carols - 'On Christmas Day in the Morning', arr. W G Whittaker, 'Lullay my Liking', Gustav Holst, 'The Monkey's Carol', Stanford (Easton), 'When Rooks Fly Homeward', Rowley (Easton), 'An Old Style Rhyme', Hunt (Easton), Carols - 'O Leave Your Sheep', arr. Cecil Hazlehurst, 'Rocking', trad., Carol - 'The First Nowell', Carols - 'O Little Town of Bethlehem', Walford Davies, 'Masters in this Hall', arr. Gustav Holst, 'Shepherds Shake Off Drowsy Sleep', 'Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones', arr. Oldroyd |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1952/214) |