Main Performers | Martin Jarvis, Hannah Gordon - vocals |
Secondary Performers | Margaret Phillips - organ |
Orchestra or Band | English Brass Ensemble, Finchley Children's Music Group |
Set List | Prologue: The Angel Gabriel (The Oxford Book of Ballads), 'O Come, All Ye Faithful', J F Wade, arr. Willcocks, 'A Hymn to the Virgin', Britten, 'The Cherry Tree Carol', arr. Willcocks, Reading: Memories of Christmas, Dylan Thomas, 'Walking in the Air' from The Snowman, Howard Blake (Finchley Children's Music Group), 'Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day', arr. Ronald Corp (Finchley Children's Music Group), 'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear', arr. Sullivan, 'Christmas Medley: Happy Tristmas!', arr. Leslie Pearson (English Brass Ensemble Reading: Carol Singing (Cider with Rosie), Laurie Lee 'Sans Day Carol', arr. Andrew Carter 'Out of Your Sleep', Rodney Bennett Reading: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost 'Past Three A Clock', arr. John Rutter 'Sussex Carol', arr. Willcocks Reading: Snow Song (House at Pooh Corner), A A Milne Reading: The Visit of the Carol Singers (Wind in the Willows), Kenneth Grahame 'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks INTERVAL 'Angelus ad Pastores Ait', Gabrieli, Reading: The Oxen, Thomas Hardy, 'Once in Royal David's City', H J Gauntlett, A H Mann, Willcocks, Reading: The Birth of Christ (St. Like Chapter II vv.1-16), 'Cradle Song', Ronald Corp (Finchley Children's Music Group), 'Away in a Manger', arr. Ronald Corp (Finchley Children's Music Group), 'The Shepherd's Farewell', Berlioz, Reading: Christmas Morning (The Country Child)', Alison Uttley, Reading: King John's Christmas', A A Milne, 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', arr. Willcocks, 'Gloucestershire Wassail', arr. Vaughan Williams, 'Christmas is Coming', Walford Davies, Reading: Christmas Dinner (A Christmas Carol), Charles Dickens, 'A New Years Carol', Britten (Finchley Children's Music Group, 'What Cheer? (Richard Hill's Commonplace Book)', Walton, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. John Rutter, Reading: The Birth of Jesus (Tilehatchers' Nativity - York Cycle of Mystery Plays), 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1985/168), Handbill (RAHE/6/1985/27) |