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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Fourth Season 1953-1954) - Handel's 'Messiah'
Performance Date6 January 1954
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:15
Main PerformersJoan Hammond,
Gladys Ripley,
James Johnston,
Hervey Alan - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. E Elgar,
'Messiah', Handel
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/1)
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Yposiefek_BaimRoyal Choral Society (Eighty-Fourth Season 1953-1954)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/1553Hammond; Dame; Joan Hilda Hood (1912-1996); DBE, CMG; Australian operatic soprano, singing coach, champion golfer
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/6446Johnston; James (1903-1991); Northern Irish tenor, oratorio singer
DS/UK/2065Alan; Hervey (1910-1982); English operatic bass singer
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
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