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Performance TitleThe 1981 Festival of Carols - London Choral Society, Nicholas Cleobury, Richard Stilgoe
Performance Date12 December 1981
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJulia Dewhurst - vocal,
Fiona Hibbert - harp,
Margaret Phillips - organ
Orchestra or BandEnglish Brass Ensemble
ChoirsThe King's Singers (Jeremy Jackman, Anthony Holt, Alastair Hume, Simon Carrington, Bill Ives and Brian Kay),
Haberdashers' Boys' Choir,
London Choral Society
ConductorsAlan Taylor,
Nicholas Cleobury,
Paul Hughes
Set List'The First Nowell', trad. arr. Willcocks (London Choral Society),
'Sir Christemas', William Matthias (London Choral Society),
'I Sing of a Maiden', Lennox Berkeley,(Julia Dewhurst),
'Joy to the World', Peter Melville-Smith (Haberdashers' Boys' Choir),
'Sister Mary', arr. Havelock Nelson (Haberdashers' Boys' Choir),
'Pattapan', arr. Colin Hand, (Haberdashers' Boys' Choir),
'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear', adapt. Arthur Sullivan, arr. Cleobury (London Choral Society),
'Musick for Ye King's Sagbutts and Cornets', Matthew Locke (English Brass Ensemble),
'This Have I Done For My True Love', Holst (Julia Dewhurst),
'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', arr. Williamson (London Choral Society),
'Jingle Bells', arr. Gordon Langford (The King's Singers),
'The Little Drummer Boy', arr. John McCarthy (The King's Singers),
'Make we Merry', arr. Malcolm Abbs (The King's Singers),
'The Christmas Song', arr. Peter Knight (The King's Singers),
'Do You Hear What I Hear?', arr. Alyn Ainsworth (The King's Singers),
'Maria Wiegenlied', Max Reger (Julia Dewhurst),
'Christmas is Coming', arr. Paul Hughes (London Choral Society),
'White Christmas', Berlin, arr. Paul Hughes (London Choral Society),
'Jingle Bells', arr. Paul Hughes (London Choral Society),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks (London Choral Society)
INTERVAL
'Once in Royal David's City', H J Gauntlett, harm. A H Mann, organ Willcocks (London Choral Society),
'Riu, Riu, Chiu', (Richard Stilgoe),
'Good King Wenceslas', arr.Malcolm Williamson (Richard Stilgoe, Julia Dewhurst),
'Tell me Dalphne' (English Brass Ensemble),
'The Old Spagnolette', arr. Elgar Howarth (English Brass Ensemble),
'All in the Morning', W H Parry (Haberdashers' Boys' Choir),
'Corpus Christi Carol', Britten (Haberdashers' Boys' Choir),
'We've Been Awhile', arr. Osian Ellis (Haberdashers' Boys' Choir),
'Unto Us is Born a Son', arr. Cleobury (London Choral Society),
'Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite', Francis Poulenc (London Choral Society),
'The Holly and the Ivy', trad. arr. John Gardner (Richard Stilgoe),
'Rise up Shepherd', arr. Carl Davis (The King's Singers),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Geoffrey Keating (The King's Singers),
'Te Laudamus', Humphries, Roberts (The King's Singers),
'Remember Bethlehem', arr. Howard Goodall (The King's Singers),
'Deck the Hall', arr. Gordon Langford (The King's Singers),
'Listen to the Lambs', arr. Nicholas Cleobury (London Choral Society),
'He's Got the Whole World in his Hands', arr. Nicholas Cleobury (London Choral Society),
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', J F Wade, arr. Willcocks (London Choral Society)
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1981/189)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1981/189London Choral Society, Nicholas Cleobury, Richard Stilgoe - The 1981 Festival of Carols12 December 1981
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Aihamadaiv_GisThe 1981 Festival of Carols - London Choral Society, Nicholas Cleobury, Richard Stilgoe2
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5191The King's Singers (1968-)
DS/UK/10276Dewhurst; Julia (fl 1980s-2010s); English soprano
DS/UK/2271Stilgoe; Sir; Richard (28 March 1943); OBE DL; British songwriter, lyricist and musician
DS/UK/10791Taylor; Alan (fl 1980s-); English choral conductor
DS/UK/9126Cleobury; Nicholas (1950-); English conductor
DS/UK/1868Central London Choral Society; fl 1920-1926; English choir
DS/UK/9127Phillips; Margaret (fl 1980s-); English organist, teacher
DS/UK/9128Hibbert; Fiona (fl 1980s-); English organ player
DS/UK/10275The English Brass Ensemble; 1974-; English brass group
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