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Performance TitleHenry Wood Concert Society - Handel's 'Messiah'
Performance Date31 October 1951
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersIsobel Baillie,
Kathleen Joyce,
Richard Lewis,
Owen Brannigan - vocals,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsAlexandra Choir,
BBC Choral Society,
Board of Trade Choir,
Epping Forest Orchestral and Choral Society,
Leyton Municipal Choir,
People's Palace Choral Society,
Royal Choral Society,
Wallington Choral and Orchestral Society,
Watford and District Philharmonic Society,
Wembley Philharmonic Society,
Westminster Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Messiah', Handel
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1951/219)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1951/219The Henry Wood Concert Society presents the Messiah31 October 1951
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OganclygizowvHenry Wood Concert Society - Handel's 'Messiah'1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/6855Joyce; Kathleen (fl 1940s-1970s); English contralto
DS/UK/2661Lewis; Richard (1914-1990); CBE; Welsh tenor
DS/UK/2719Brannigan; Owen (1908-1973); OBE; English bass
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/894British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Chorus; 1928-; British amateur chorus
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/1818Westminster Choral Society; fl 1920-1960s; English choir
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