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Performance TitleCarol Concert - Goldsmiths Choral Union with Brian Wright, Donald Swann and Frank Topping, in aid of Save the Children
Performance Date17 December 1981
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersFrank Topping,
Donald Swann
Secondary PerformersAntony Saunders,
Roger Vignoles - pianos,
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ
Robert Howes - percussion
ChoirsSave the Children Schools Choir,
Queensway Primary School,
St. Mary's CE Primary School,
The Grange Primary School,
Hardwick Primary School,
William Morris Primary School,
Harriers Ground Primary School,
Neithrop Primary School,
Mollington CE Primary School,
St. Joseph's RC Primary School,
Deddington CE Primary School,
Overthorpe Preparatory School,
Dashwood Road Primary School,
Goldsmiths Choral Union
ConductorsBrian Wright
Set List'O Come, All Ye Faithful' (Choirs, Audience),
'Birthday Carol', David Willcocks (Choir),
'Little Star', Paul Fishmen, Ian Martin
'Sir Christemas', William Mathias (Choir),
'See Amid the Winter's Snow', J Goss (Choir, Audience),
'Rocking', tr. Percy Dearmer (Children),
'Away in a Manger', W J Kirkpatrick (Children),
'Good King Wenceslas', arr. Reginald Jacques (Choir, Audience),
'Wacky and His Fuddlejig', Donald Swann (Donald Swann, Frank Topping),
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks (Choir, Audience)
INTERVAL
'Unto Us is Born a Son' (Choir, Audience),
'Earth's Joy', arr. Sargent (Choir),
'The Holy Boy', John Ireland (Choir),
'De Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy', arr. Sargent (Choir),
'Silent Night', (Joseph Mohr), Franz Gruber (Children),
'Angels from the Realms of Glory', J Montgomery (Choir, Audience),
'God Made Every Little Creature', Donald Swan, Frank Topping (Choir, Audience),
'I Saw Three Ships', arr. John Rutter (Choir, Audience),
'In Dulci Jubilo', arr. R L Pearsall (Choir),
'There'll Be a New World' (The Cowboy Christmas), C Broadhurst, arr. Sargent (Choir),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn (Choir, Audience),
'Merry Christmas', arr. A Warrell (Choir)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1981/195)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1981/195'A Carol Concert', Goldsmiths Choral Union with Brian Wright, Donald Swann & Frank Topping17 December 1981
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ionomezig_GimCarol Concert - Goldsmiths Choral Union with Brian Wright, Donald Swann and Frank Topping, in aid of Save the Children1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1532Goldsmiths; Goldsmiths Choral Union (GCU); 1932-; English amateur choir
DS/UK/2903Wright; Brian (c.1950s-); British conductor
DS/UK/10794Topping; Frank (1937-); English actor
DS/UK/10795Swann; Donald (1923-1994); British-Azerbaijani composer, musician and entertainer
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