Record

Performance TitleStart Christmas with Richard Baker, in aid of John Grooms Association for the Disabled
Performance Date21 December 1976
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersRichard Baker,
John Lawrenson - vocal,
Anne Marsden Thomas - organ
Orchestra or BandHM Royal Marines Orchestra,
Sound in Brass Handbells
ChoirsGoldsmiths Choral Union
ConductorsLt.-Colonel Paul Neville
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. E Elgar (Goldsmiths Choral Union, HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Overture-La belle Helene', Offenbach (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Zadok the Priest', Handel (Goldsmiths Choral Union, HM Royal Marines Orchestra, Anne Marsden Thomas),
'In Dulci Jubilo', arr. Pearsall (Goldsmiths Choral Union),
'Hallelujah Chorus' from The Messiah, Handel (Goldsmiths Choral Union, HM Royal Marines Orchestra, Anne Marsden Thomas),
'Larghetto' (Serenade for Strings), Elgar (HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Cubbley Brook', E Biltcliffe (Sound in Brass Handbells),
'The Parade of the Tin Soldiers', Leon Jessel (Sound in Brass Handbells),
'If You Are After A Little Amusement' from The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (John Lawrenson),
'The Bassoon Song', Ashlyn (John Lawrenson),
'The Floral Dance', trad. (John Lawrenson),
'Music from the ballet 'Sylvia', Delibes (HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Prelude - Les Chasseresses',
'Pizzicati',
'Cortege de Bacchus'
INTERVAL
'Overture-Christmas Festival', Leroy Anderson (HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Musical Fairy Tale - 'The Man Who Invented Music', Gillis (Richard Baker, HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', Vaughan Williams (John Lawrenson, Goldsmiths Choral Union, HM Royal Marines Orchestra, Anne Marsden Thomas),
'The Little Road to Bethlehem', Michael Head (John Lawrenson, HM Royal Marines Orchestra),
'Two Carols for Christmas Nigh't, arr. A Hudson (Sound in Brass Handbells),
'Coventry Carol'
'Silent Night'
'Savoy Christmas Medley', Debroy Somers arr. A Hudson (Sound in Brass Handbells),
'Carols for Everyone to Sing'
'O Little Town of Bethlehem'
'O Come All Ye Faithful'
'Away in a Manger'
'Christmas Melodies', arr. Woodfield (HM Royal Marines Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1976/217),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1976/7)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1976/217Start Christmas with Richard Baker, in aid of John Grooms Association for the Disabled21 December 1976
RAHE/6/1976/7Start Christmas with Richard Baker, in aid of John Grooms Association for the Disabled21 December 1976
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oragaxoig_XoodStart Christmas with Richard Baker, in aid of John Grooms Association for the Disabled1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1532Goldsmiths; Goldsmiths Choral Union (GCU); 1932-; English amateur choir
DS/UK/9016Baker; Richard (1925-); OBE; English broadcaster
DS/UK/13946Lawrenson; John (1932-1993); British baritone
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