Main Performers | James Grout, Ben Kingsley, Peter Bowles, Gary Wilmot Sir Anthony Quayle, Ron Moody, Derek Nimmo, Oliver Barden, Sir John Mills, Penelope Keith, Cliff Richard, Dinah Sheridan, Steve Burke, Steve Josephs, Paul Smith, Saskia Tindle, Savaro Coppolino, Adrian Phillips, Margaret Cable
The Bush Davies School, East Grinstead, Arts Educational School, London, Sylvia Young Stage School
Julian Lloyd Webber - cello, Tristan Fry - percussion, Malcolm Hicks - organ, Osian Ellis - harp |
Secondary Performers | Isobel Frayling-Cork, Helen Tunstall, Julie Allis, Eleanor Bennett, Janice Beven, Ruth Faber, Sidonia Goossens, Fiona Hibbert, Teresia Hubar, Jane Lister, Rachel Masters, Loise Martin, Angela Moore, Thelma Owen, Jean Price, Susan Rothstein, Charlotte Seale, Karen Vaughan, Sheila Watts, Sioned Williams - harps |
Orchestra or Band | Pipers and Drummers from 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and The House of Lords, English Baroque Orchestra, London Brass, London Schools Steel Orchestra Band of the Irish Guards Massed Fanfare Trumpeters: The Life Guards, The Blues and Royal (Royal Horseguards and 1st Dragoons), Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards |
Choirs | London Oriana Choir, English Baroque Choir, London Pro Arte Choir, The Waverley Singers, St. Mary's Singers, Stansted, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, Boys Choir, The Boys Choir of Harlem from the USA, Moscow Children's Choir |
Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), 'Fanfare', 'O Come, All Ye Faithful', J F Wade, arr. Willcocks, 'Massed Harps', 'There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field' from The Messiah, Handel (Adrian Phillips), Reading: St. Matthew Chapter 2 (Sir Anthony Quayle), 'Torches', John Joubert (Haberdashers' Aske's Boys Choir), 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' (Gary Wilmot and Others), 'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks, 'The Three Kings', Peter Cornelius (Margaret Cable), 'We Three Kings', J H Hopkins, arr. Rutter, 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', arr. Willcocks, 'Christmas Thank Yous', Mick Gowar (Pamela Stephenson), 'The Holly and the Ivy', arr. Jacques, 'It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse and the Cold Bare Walls Are Bright', George R Simms (James Grout), 'Raggle Taggle Three Wise Men', Herbert Chappell, Appeal (Sir John Mills), 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks', 'Arioso', J S Bach (Julian Lloyd Webber), 'Christmas' (Collected Poems), Sir John Betjeman (Penelope Keith), 'Sussex Carol', arr. Willcocks. 'Good King Wenceslas', 'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', harm. Charles Wood, 'Jingle, Bells', J Pierpoint, arr. Willcocks, 'Joyous Christmas Fanfare' INTERVAL 'Unto Us is Born a Son', arr. Willcocks, 'Star Carol', Rutter, 'Reading: St. Matthew Chapter 2' (Sir Anthony Quayle), 'Ave Maria', Elgar, 'Bogoroditsa Devo, Raduisia', Rachmaninoff (Moscow Children's Choir), 'Stille Nacht', Gruber, arr. Lovett, 'White Christmas Medley' (London Schools Steel Orchestra), 'The Heavenly Aeroplane', John Rutter, 'Praise God and Dance', (Sacred Concerts No 2), Duke Ellington (Boys Choir of Harlem from the USA), 'Joy to the World', Handel, arr. Lowell Mason, 'Lord of the Dance', adapt. Sydney Carter, arr. Lovett (Cliff Richard), Massed Harps, 'Once in Royal David's City', H J Gauntlett; harm. A H Mann, desc., organ: Willcocks, 'The Oxon', Thomas Hardy (Dinah Sheridan), 'The Little Drummer Boy', Simeone, Onerati, Davis, arr. Lovett, 'Reading: St. Matthew Chapter 2', Sir Anthony Quayle, 'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams, desc. Thomas Armstrong, 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks, 'Away in a Manger', Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks, 'Hallelujah Chorus' from The Messiah, Handel, 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', arr. Warrell, 'We Need a Little Christmas', Jerry Herman |
Royal Presence | HRH Princess Anne The Princess Royal |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1988/167), Digital Photographs, Photographs (RAHE/3/1988/19), Video (RAHE/5/1988/1) |