Record

Performance TitleConcert of Christmas Music - London Senior Orchestra Choir of 500 Voices and Myers Foggin
Performance Date13 December 1966
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersHeather Harper,
Jean Allister,
Wilfred Brown,
John Heddle Nash - vocals,
Eric Thiman - organ,
Dorothy Hamilton - accompanist
Orchestra or BandLondon Senior Orchestra
ChoirsChoir of 500 Voices
ConductorsMyers Foggin
Set List'Fanfare for Christmas Day - 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo'', Martin Shaw (Choir of 500 Voices),
'O Come, All Ye Faithful' (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Christmas Music' from Messiah, Handel (Heather Harper, Jean Allister, Wilfred Brown, John Heddle Nash, Choir of 500 Voices, London Senior Orchestra),
'The First Nowell' (Choir of 500 Voices),
'God Rest You Merry Gentlemen', arr. E Read (Choir of 500 Voices),
A Christmas Triad - -'I Sing The Birth', 'Sweet Babe','A Great and Mighty Wonder', Eric Thiman (Choir of 500 Voices, London Senior Orchestra),
'Lullay My Liking', Holst (Heather Harper, Choir of 500 Voices),
'Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence', arr. Holst (Heather Harper, John Heddle Nash, Choir of 500 Voices, London Senior Orchestra),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Read (Choir of 500 Voices),
'From Jesse's Stock Upspringing', M Praetorius (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Christmas is Coming, The Geese Are Getting Fat', arr. Walford Davies (Choir of 500 Voices),
'It Came Upon The Midnight Clear', adpt. A Sullivan, arr. E. Read (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Fantasia On Christmas Carols - 'The Truth Sent from Above', 'Come All You Worthy Gentlemen', 'On Christmas Night', 'There is a Fountain', Vaughan Williams (John Heddle Nash, Choir of 500 Voices, London Senior Orchestra),
'Torches', John Joubert (Choir of 500 Voices),
'Hallelujah Chorus' from Messiah, Handel (Choir of 500 Voices, London Senior Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1966/181)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1966/181Concert of Christmas Music - London Senior Orchestra Choir of 500 Voices and Myers Foggin13 December 1966
Work
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Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9860Harper; Heather (1930-); Northern Irish-born British operatic soprano
DS/UK/10511Allister; Jean Maria (26 February 1932-11 July 2012); Northern Irish contralto singer and teacher
DS/UK/11268Brown; Wilfred (1922-1971); English tenor
DS/UK/7367Nash; John Heddle (1928-1994); English baritone
DS/UK/3630Thiman; Eric Harding (1900-1975); English composer, organist
DS/UK/11949Hamilton; Dorothy (fl 1950s-1960s); British pianist
DS/UK/2501London Senior Orchestra (LSO); 1926-c 1969; British based orchestra
DS/UK/16417Foggin; Myers (1908-1986); English pianist, conductor
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