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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Ninety-Eighth Season 1967-1968) - Handel's 'Messiah'
Performance Date4 January 1968
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersMargaret Price,
Norma Procter,
Robert Tear,
Forbes Robinson - vocals
John Birch - organ,
William Overton - trumpet
Orchestra or BandSymphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsDouglas Guest
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. E Elgar,
'Messiah', Handel (Margaret Price, Norma Procter, Robert Tear, Forbes Robinson, Royal Choral Society, John Birch, William Overton, Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1968/1)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/1Royal Choral Society - Handel's 'Messiah'4 January 1968
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Aihafiorem_RokRoyal Choral Society (Ninety-Eighth Season 1967-1968)10
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/9166Procter; Mary Norma (1928-); British contralto
DS/UK/10726Price; Dame; Margaret Berenice (13 April 1941-28 January 2011); DBE; Welsh soprano
DS/UK/9448Tear; Robert (1939-2011); CBE; Welsh tenor, conductor
DS/UK/9984Robinson; Peter Forbes (1926-1987); British bass
DS/UK/10635Overton; William (fl 1950s-1960s); British trumpeter
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/15258Guest; Douglas Albert (1916-1996); English organist, conductor, teacher, composer
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