Record

Performance TitleMusic for a Jubilee, in aid of The Silver Jubilee Appeal
Performance Date16 June 1977
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersGillian Knight,
Robert Tear,
Benjamin Luxon - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Concert Orchestra
Choirs500 Voices:
Royal Choral Society,
London Welsh Festival Choir,,
Huddersfield Choral Society
Toad Choir of Scotland,
Belfast Philharmonic Choir
ConductorsOwain Arwel Hughes
Set List'Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest', Handel,
'Peer Gynt Suite-In the Hall of the Mountain King', Grieg,
'Oh Loveliness Beyond Compare' from The Magic Flute, Mozart (Robert Tear),
'America' and 'Tonight' from West Side Story, Bernstein,
'Rose of England' (Crest of the Wave), Novello,
'Swan Lake - Introduction to Suite', Tchaikovsky,
'Anvil Chorus' from Il Trovatore, Verdi,
'Michelle', 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'A Hard Day's Night', The Beatles, arr. Docker,
'Softly Awakes My Heart' from Samson and Delilah, Saint-Saens (Gillian Knight),
'Song of the Flea' from Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky (Benjamin Luxon),
'Storm Interlude' from Peter Grimes, Britten,
'Grand March' and 'Triumphal March' from Aida, Verdi,
'Men of Harlech', arr. Robert Docker,
'All through the Night', arr. Robert Docker,
'God Bless the Prince of Wales', arr. Robert Docker,
'Praise to the Holiest' from The Dream of Gerontius, Elgar,
'Gondolieri' from The Gondoliers, Sullivan,
'Battle Hymn of the Republic',
'Pomp and Circumstance March No.1', Elgar
Performance NotesThe event was filmed by BBC Television.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1977/97)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/1p15F1kKL0Zw
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1977/97Music for a Jubilee, in aid of The Silver Jubilee Appeal16 June 1977
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oisapowmoob_XiovMusic for a Jubilee, in aid of The Silver Jubilee Appeal1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/11679Hardy; Robert (1925-2017); CBE, FSA; English actor
DS/UK/12437Knight; Gillian (1934-); English singer, actress
DS/UK/9448Tear; Robert (1939-2011); CBE; Welsh tenor, conductor
DS/UK/10484Luxon; Benjamin Matthew (1937-); CBE; British baritone
DS/UK/1151British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Concert Orchestra; 1931-; British orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/3986London Welsh Choral Society; fl 1920s-1970s; British choir
DS/UK/1024Huddersfield Choral Society; 1836-; English choir
DS/UK/17058Belfast Philharmonic Society; 1874-; English chorus
DS/UK/669Hughes; Owain Arwel (1942-); CBE; Welsh conductor
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