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Performance TitleA Celebration of Christmas Words and Music - London Choral Society
Performance Date15 December 1984
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMartin Jarvis
Hannah Gordon - vocals,
Margaret Phillips - organ,
Tristan Fry - percussion
Orchestra or BandEnglish Brass Ensemble
ChoirsLondon Choral Society,
Haberdashers' Aske's School Boys' Choir
ConductorsJane Glover,
Martin Merry
Set ListPrologue: The Spirit of Christmas (Pickwick Papers), Dickens,
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', J F Wade, arr. Willcocks,
Reading: 'The Annunciation: St. Luke Chapter 1,v v.26-38',
'Gabriel's Message', arr. David Willcocks,
'I Sing of a Maiden', Berkeley,
'See Amid the Winter's Snow', John Goss, arr. Willcocks,
'In the Bleak Mid-Winter', Harold Darke,
'Reading:Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', Robert Frost,
'How Far is it to Bethlehem?', arr. Willcocks,(Haberdashers' Choir),
'The Virgin Mary Meek and Mild', arr. E P (Haberdashers' Choir),
Reading - 'When Icicles Hang by the Wall', Shakespeare,
Reading - The Visit of the Carol Singers' from Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame,
'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', arr. Charles Wood,
'Sans Day Carol', arr. Andrew Carter,
'Sonata from Die Bankelsangerlieder' (English Brass Ensemble),
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams, desc. Thomas Armstrong
INTERVAL
'Prologue:Winter Evening', Walter de la Mare,
'Once in Royal David's City', H J Gauntlett, arr. A H Mann, desc. organ Willcocks,
'Sir Christemas', Mathias,
'Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day', John Gardner,
Reading: 'The Birth of Christ:St.Luke Chapter II vv.1-16',
'Bethlehem Down', Peter Warlock,
'Coventry Carol', Terence Greaves,
'Mary's Cradle Song', F Roy Bennett,
'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks', Este's Psalter, 1592,
Reading: 'Journey of the Magi', T S Eliot,
'Raggle Taggle Three Wise Men', Herbert Chappell (Haberdashers' Choir),
'Now is Christemas', Herbert Chappell (Haberdashers' Choir),
'Reading:Christmas' (John Betjeman),
'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrell,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, desc., organ Willcocks
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1984/140)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1984/140A Celebration of Christmas Words and Music - London Choral Society15 December 1984
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cnoz_Feam_GowdA Celebration of Christmas Words and Music - London Choral Society2
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/11774Fry; Tristan (fl 1960s-); English drummer, percussionist
DS/UK/3553The London Chorus (London Choral Society); 1903-; English choir
DS/UK/12806Jarvis; Martin (1941-); OBE; English actor
DS/UK/9322Gordon; Hannah Cambell Grant (1941-); Scottish actress
DS/UK/1152Glover; Jane (1949-); British conductor, music scholar
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