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Performance TitleCatholic Rally to Protest Against the Arrest of His Eminence Cardinal Wyszynski
Performance Date3 December 1953
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMalcolm Muggeridge,
Marian Nowakowski - vocal,
A Maxwell Fernie - organ
Secondary PerformersCardinal Bernard Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster (Chairman),
Rt. Rev. John C Heenan,
Kenneth I Mackey,
Mrs Gervase Kemball,
Lt. General W Anders - speakers
ChoirsThe Polish Choir
ConductorsZ Gedl
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Polish National Anthem,
'Gloria', W Lachman (Polish Choir),
'Agnus Dei', Bizet, arr. H Hosowicz (Polish Choir),
Polish Hymn - 'Boze Cos Polske',
Hymn - 'God Bless Our Pope'
Performance NotesIn September 1953, Cardinal Wyszynski was put under house arrest without trial in Warsaw, Poland when the Polish (Soviet-Stalinist) government claimed that he had violated a pledge that the church would punish priests who engaged in anti-government activity. (Source: www.britannica.com).
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1953/172),
Photograph (RAHE/3/1953/4)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/5wM5I145IAwo1d
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1953/172Catholic Rally3 December 1953
RAHE/3/1953/4Photograph of the protest meeting at the arrest of Cardinal Wyszynski of Poland3 December 1953
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eaxanyhiob_BaikCatholic Rally to Protest Against the Arrest of His Eminence Cardinal Wyszynski1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6453Griffin; Bernard Wiliam (1899-1956); English Roman Catholic Archbishop
DS/UK/9000Muggeridge; Thomas Malcolm (24 March 1903-14 November 1990); English journalist, author, media personality, satirist
DS/UK/9001Nowakowski; Marian (1912-2000); Polish bass
DS/UK/9002Fernie; Maxwell (1910-1999); New Zealand organist
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