Main Performers | Flora Woodman Ethel Peake Gervase Elwes Frederick Taylor - vocalS, H L Balfour - organ R A Greir - pianoforte, Miriam Timothy - harp, J E Hambleton - violoncello, John Solomon - trumpet |
Conductors | Sir Frederick Bridge, Herbert Sharpe |
Set List | Hymn for Christmas Day: 'O Come, All Ye Faithful', attributed to John Reading, Motet for Double Chorus: 'Now Once Again Our Hearts We Raise', founded on an Ancient Choral Carol for Quartet and Chorus: 'In Dulci Jubilo', XVIth Century Melody, harm. R L De Pearsall (Flora Woodman, Ethel Peake, Gervase Elwes, Frederick Taylor), Aria: 'Angus Dei', Bizet (Ethel Peake, Miriam Timothy, J E Hambleton, H L Balfour), Festival Carol: 'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher, Carol: 'A Babe Ys Borne I Wys', Sir Frederick Bridge, Carol: 'From the Cradle', arr. from XVth Century Melody (Gervase Elwes), Air and Chorus: 'O Holy Night', Adam (Flora Woodman), Ancient Carol: 'Welcome Yule', Parry, 'A Carol of Bells', Stanford (Gervase Elwes), Choral Song: 'And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time' (Jerusalem) Parry (Frederick Taylor), Carol: 'When the Crimson Sun Had Set', trad., arr. S S Greatheed (Flora Woodman, Ethel Peake, Gervase Elwes, Frederick Taylor) INTERVAL Organ Solo: Fantasia on Ancient English Carols, W T Best (H L Balfour), Carol: 'The Holly and the Ivy', trad., Carol: 'When Christ Was Born', Parry, Aria: 'Let The Bright Seraphim' from Samson, Handel (Flora Woodman, John Solomon), Carol: 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', trad., Traditional Song: 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Frederic Austin (Gervase Elwes), Carol: 'Good King Wencelas', Spring Carol of XIIIth Century (Flora Woodman, Frederick Taylor) Carol: 'The Wassail Song', trad., A Christmas Ditty: 'The Mahogany Tree', Herbert Sharpe (Frederick Taylor, Herbert Sharpe), Carol: 'Ring Out! With Jocund Chime', Sir Frederick Bridge, Carol: 'The First Nowell', trad. |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1918/61), Handbill (RAHE/6/1918/28) |