Record

Performance TitleConcert of Christmas Music - London Senior Orchestra
Performance Date16 December 1954
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJennifer Vyvyan,
Kathleen Joyce,
Peter Pears - vocals,
Eric Thiman - organ,
Dorothy Parr - piano
Orchestra or BandLondon Senior Orchestra
ChoirsChoir of 500 Voices,
Maria Grey Training College
ConductorsErnest Read
Set List'Fanfare for Christmas Day', Martin Shaw,
Carol - 'O Come All Ye Faithful' (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Messiah' (Christmas Music), Handel (Pears, Vyvyan, Joyce, Choir of 500 Voices),
Hymn - 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Symphony of Carols', Noel Long (Parr, Maria Grey Training College, Choir of 500 Voices),
'Good Christian Men Rejoice' (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Sir Christemas', Arthur Benjamin (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Wassail Song' (Folk Songs of The Four Seasons), Vaughan Williams (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Silent Night', F Gruber, arr. J.E.West (Vyvyan, Choir of 500 Voices, Thiman),
'The First Nowell' (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Ring Out Wild Bells', Percy Fletcher (Choir of 500 Voices)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/181)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/181Concert of Christmas Music - London Senior Orchestra16 December 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Onazowl_H_BugConcert of Christmas Music - London Senior Orchestra1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3154Vyvyan; Jennifer (1925-1974); British classical soprano
DS/UK/6855Joyce; Kathleen (fl 1940s-1970s); English contralto
DS/UK/3185Pears; Sir; Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986); English tenor
DS/UK/3630Thiman; Eric Harding (1900-1975); English composer, organist
DS/UK/2501London Senior Orchestra (LSO); 1926-c 1969; British based orchestra
DS/UK/3230Read; Ernest (1879-1965); CBE; English conductor, organist, music educator
DS/UK/18554Parr; Dorothy (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/18555Maria Grey Training College; 1878-1976; British teacher training college
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