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Performance TitleTwenty-Eighth Vellore Concert 1980, in aid of The Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, South India
Performance Date2 May 1980
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersDavid Chesterman
Dr John Webb - speakers,
Wendy Eathorne
Brian Rayner Cook - vocals,
Alan Harverson - organ
Orchestra or BandErnest Read Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsChoir of 600
ConductorsTerence Lovett
Noel Cox
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Elgar
'Ode: Blest Pair of Sirens', Parry (Choir of 600, Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra),
'Te Deum, Op.103', Dvorak (Wendy Eathorne, Brian Rayner Cook, Choir of 600, Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45', Brahms (Wendy Eathorne, Brian Rayner Cook, Choir of 600, Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesUnrelated to this event, the main road outside the Hall was closed because of the terrorist hostage situation in the nearby Iranian Embassy which had begun on Wednesday 30 April 1980. Protests and prayers were held outside the Hall by supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1980/61)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1980/61Twenty-Eighth Vellore Concert 1980, in aid of The Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, South India2 May 1980
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iodoz_Feam_XainVellore Concert 1980, in aid of The Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, South India1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6866Friends of Vellore; fl 1949-; British charity
DS/UK/3230Read; Ernest (1879-1965); CBE; English conductor, organist, music educator
DS/UK/11422Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore (CMC Vellore); 1900-; Indian hospital and training college
DS/UK/18384Chesterman; David (fl 1970s-); British Director of the British Council for Prevention of Blindness
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