| Main Performers | Mr A.C.Caiger,
Martindale Sidwell - organ,
Miss I.R.Mutch - piano |
| Orchestra or Band | Folk Dance Band,
Trumpeters of The Life Guards |
| Set List | Fanfare of Trumpets', Callaghan (Life Guards),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Song - 'Now is The Month of Maying', Morley,
Dance - Circassian Circle
Episode I - Tudor:
Narration,
Dance - Circassian Circle by Elizabethans,
'Fanfare of Trumpets', B.Clarke (Life Guards),
Entry of Queen Elizabeth,
Presentation of Copyright to Tallis and Byrd,
Songs - 'Fine Knacks for Ladies', Dowland, 'Sing We and Chaunt It', Morley, 'Jon Come Kisse Me Now', Anon,
Dances - 'Pavane-Earl of Salisbury', W.Byrd, 'La Volta', W.Byrd, arr. Pound, 'Basse Dance', 16th Century, arr. Warlock
Episode II - Stuart:
Narration,
Song - 'Fairest Isle', Purcell,
'March of General Monk', trad.,
Entry of Charles II,
'Masque', Purcell,
Songs - 'The Passing of The Moon', Purcell,
Come Unto These Yellow Sands', Purcell
Episode III - Hanoverian:
Narration,
Last Movement from 'Water Music', Handel,
Entry of George I,
'Reconciliation With Handel',
Dance - Newcastle,
Songs - 'Care Flies from The Lad That Is Merry', Arne,
'The Ploughboy', Shield,
'Beauty Lately', Handel,
Dance - 'Minuet', 18th Century Anon,
Song - 'Let The Bright Seraphim', Handel
Episode IV - Contemporary:
Narration,
Songs - 'An Acre of Land', Vaughan Williams, 'John Barleycorn', Vaughan Williams, 'As Torrents in Summer', Elgar, 'The Echoing Green', Le Fleming, 'Girls And Boys,Come Out To Play', Le Fleming,
Dambes - Ribbon Dance, Cumberland Square Eight, Goddesses, Portland Fancy,
Finale - 'Our Homage To The Queen', Fanfare of Trumpets (Life Guards),
Epilogue - 'A Coronation Song, 1953' (A Garland for The Queen), Blunden - Finzi,
'Rule Britannia', Arne, arr. Sargent |
| Royal Presence | HRH The Duchess of Gloucester |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1953/81) |