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) |