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Performance TitleCarol Concert with the Alexandra Choir, Robert Easton, Arnold Greir and Charles Proctor
Performance Date21 December 1958
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersRobert Easton - vocal,
Arnold Greir - organ,
Marie Goossens - harp,
Rex Stephens - piano
Orchestra or BandHarp, Organ and Brass Ensemble
ChoirsAlexandra Choir
ConductorsCharles Proctor
Set List'Prelude and Fanfare for Christmas Day' (Charles Proctor, Martin Shaw),
'O Come All Ye Faithful' (Alexandra Choir),
'Ding Dong! Merrily On High' (Alexandra Choir),
'The Holly and The Ivy', arr. Rutland Boughton, Charles Proctor (Alexandra Choir),
'Sing Noel', Harold Noble (Alexandra Choir),
'Masters In This Hall', arr. Holst (Alexandra Choir),
'Waking Time', arr. Charles Proctor (Alexandra Choir),
'The Bells of Christmas', Martin Shaw (Robert Easton),
'A Christmas Cradle Song', Prokoff (Robert Easton),
'What Christmas Means To Me', Michael Head (Robert Easton),
'The First Nowell' (Alexandra Choir),
'Two Christmas Pieces', Mendelssohn, arr. Proctor (Brass and Harp Ensemble),
'Little Jesus', arr. Dorothy Erhart (Alexandra Choir),
'The Star', arr. Dorothy Erhart (Alexandra Choir),
'Cradle Song', arr. Dorothy Erhart (Alexandra Choir),
'Steeples, Set Your Bells A-Ringing', arr. Whitehead (Alexandra Choir),
'The Birds' (Alexandra Choir),
'Good King Wenceslas' (Alexandra Choir),
'Zion's Children', arr. Ley (Alexandra Choir),
'Wolcum Yole' (A Ceremony of Carols), Britten, arr. Julius Harrison (Marie Goossens, Alexandra Choir),
'Balulalow' (A Ceremony of Carols), Britten, arr. Julius Harrison (Marie Goossens, Alexandra Choir),
'This Little Babe' (A Ceremony of Carols), Britten, arr. Julius Harrison (Marie Goossens, Alexandra Choir),
'A Song For Christmas', King Charles I, arr. Maurice Jacobson (Alexandra Choir),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Frederick Austin (Alexandra Choir),
'Rise Up Shepherd and Follow', arr. Robinson (Robert Easton),
'Sweet Little Jesus Boy', R MacGimsey (Robert Easton),
'A New Christmas Morning, Hallelujah', R.MacGimsey (Robert Easton),
'Shortnin' Bread', Woofle (Robert Easton),
'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks' (Alexandra Choir),
'The Crown of Roses', Tchaikovsky (Alexandra Choir),
'Wassail', arr. Vaughan Williams (Alexandra Choir),
'On Christmas Night', arr. Vaughan Williams (Alexandra Choir),
'God Bless The Master', arr. Vaughan Williams (Alexandra Choir),
'The Little Road To Bethlehem', Michael Head (Alexandra Choir),
'Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones', arr .Oldroyd (Alexandra Choir)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1958/184)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1958/184Carol Concert - Alexandra Choir - Robert Easton - Arnold Greir - Charles Proctor21 December 1958
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oimosypoil_SowhCarol Concert with the Alexandra Choir, Robert Easton, Arnold Greir and Charles Proctor1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/1742Easton; Robert (1898-1987); British bass
DS/UK/8839Goossens; Marie (1894–1991); British harpist
DS/UK/8497Stephens; Rex (1913-2001); British pianist
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
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