| Main Performers | Thelma Godfrey,
Frances Lees,
Gerald Davies,
Sydney Smith - vocals,
Marjorie Renton - organ,
George Eskdale - trumpet |
| Orchestra or Band | Portsmouth Philharmonic Orchestra,
New Sinfonietta Orchestra |
| Choirs | Massed Choirs of Nearly 1000 Voices:
Bexley Choral Society,
British Drug Houses Music Club,
Borough of Gosport Choral Society,
City of Portsmouth Police Choir,
Drayton Methodist Choral Society,
East Ham Choral Society,
Emsworth Choral Society,
Havant Choral Society,
Hoddesdon Choral Society,
Lutheran Singers,
Milton Glee Club,
Northern and Associated Offices Music Society,
Portsmouth Bach Society,
Portsmouth Choral Union,
Portsmouth Glee Club,
Portsmouth Philharmonic Society,
St. John's Choral Society,
St. Michael's Choral Society,
Tottenham Choral Society,
Tottenham Music Centre Choral Society,
Upminster Choral Society
Massed 400 Boys from London and Portsmouth Grammar Schools:
Brentwood School, Essex,
Berkhamstead School,
Eastney Modern School for Boys,
Gosport County Grammar School,
Hilsea Modern School for Girls,
Hilsea Modern School for Boys,
Milton Modern School for Girls,
Northern Grammar School for Boys,
Portsmouth High School for Girls,
Portsea Modrern School for Girls,
Purbrook Park County High School,
Portsmouth Building School,
Portsmouth Technical School,
Southsea Modern School for Boys,
St. Anne's Modern School for Girls,
Wanstead County High School,
Watford Grammar School |
| Set List | 'Sonata No.1 in F Minor', Mendelssohn (Renton)
INTERVAL
'Messiah', Handel (Godfrey, Lees, Davies, Smith, Massed Choirs of Nearly 1000 Voices, 400 Boys from London and Portsmouth Grammar Schools, Portsmouth Philharmonic Orchestra, New Sinfonietta Orchestra) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1956/187) |