Record

Performance TitleConcert of Christmas Music
Performance Date17 December 1952
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersIsobel Baillie,
William Herbert,
William Parsons - vocals,
Eric Thiman - organ,
Maria Korchinska - harp
Orchestra or BandLondon Senior Orchestra
ChoirsChoir of 500 Voices
ConductorsErnest Read
Set ListFanfair for Christmas Day - 'Gloria in Wxcelsis Deo', Martin Shaw,
Carol - 'O Come, All Ye Faithful',
'Messiah' (Part 1), Handel,
Carol - 'The First Nowell',
'Fantasia on Christmas Carols' (Baritone Solo, Chorus and Orchestra), Vaughan Williams
INTERVAL
Orchestra Interlude - 'Sleepers Wake', Bach,
Carol - 'Good King Wenceslas',
'A Ceremony of Carols', Benjamin Britten, arr. Julius Harrison,
'Welcome Yule,
'Balulalow',
'This Little Babe',
Interlude for Harp,
'Deo Gracias',
Carol - 'Wassail Song',
Carol - ''God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen',
'Ring Out Wild Bells', Percy Fletcher
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1952/211)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1952/211Concert of Christmas Music - London Senior Orchestra17 December 1952
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OovozeseaginazConcert of Christmas Music1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3165Herbert; William Scott (1920-1975); Australian tenor
DS/UK/1218Baillie; Dame; Isobel (9 March 1895-24 September 1983); DBE; Scottish soprano singer
DS/UK/2509Parsons; William (1907-1975); English bass singer
DS/UK/3630Thiman; Eric Harding (1900-1975); English composer, organist
DS/UK/6736Korchinska; Maria (1895-1979); Russian harpist
DS/UK/2501London Senior Orchestra (LSO); 1926-c 1969; British based orchestra
DS/UK/3230Read; Ernest (1879-1965); CBE; English conductor, organist, music educator
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