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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Forty-Eighth Season 1918-1919) - Carols
Performance Date21 December 1918
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersFlora 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
Orchestra or BandFull Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Frederick Bridge,
Herbert Sharpe
Set ListHymn 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 MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1918/61),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1918/28)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1918/61Royal Choral Society (Forty-Eighth Season) - Carols21 December 1918
RAHE/6/1918/28Royal Choral Society (Forty-Eighth Season) - Carols21 December 1918
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ovat_G_Sit_HRoyal Choral Society (Forty-Eighth Season 1918-1919)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/309Woodman; Flora (fl 1914-1930); Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/1752Peake; Ethel (1885-1954); British mezzo soprano
DS/UK/246Elwes; Gervase Henry Cary- (1866-1921); English tenor opera singer
DS/UK/1775Taylor; Frederick (fl 1918-1920s); British singer
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/5366Timothy; Miriam (fl 1896-1918); British harpist
DS/UK/5737Hambleton; J. E. (fl 1918); British cellist
DS/UK/1875Solomon; John (fl 1872-1938); English trumpeter
DS/UK/5738Sharpe; Herbert Francis (1861-1925); British pianist, composer, music professor
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