Record

Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (One Hundred and First Season 1972-1973) - Christmas Carols
Performance Date16 December 1972
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersRostal,
Schaefer - pianos,
John Birch - organ
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsMeredith Davies
Set List'Adeste Fideles', attr. John Reading,
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. John Rutter,
'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', harm. Dr Charles Wood,
'Personent Hodie', arr. Holst,
'O Come, O Come, Immanuel', arr. John Rutter,
'Gipsy Airs', Sarasate,
'On Wings of Song', Mendelssohn,
'Jesus Christ,Super Star', Lloyd-Webber,
'Zither Carol', arr. Sargent,
'Balulaow', Peter Warlock,
'A Hymn to the Virgin, Britten,
'Welcome,Yule!', arr. Parry,
'Lullaby', Faure,
'Fantasy on Themes from Gilbert and Sullivan', Sullivan,
'Good King Wenceslas'
INTERVAL
'Hawaiian Lullaby', arr. Sargent,
'Sans Day Carol', arr. John Rutter,
'Little David, Play On Yo' Harp', arr. Sargent,
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', arr. David Willcocks,
'Christmas Song', Michael Praetorius,
'Unto Us Is Born a Son', arr. David Willcocks,
'I Saw Three Ships', arr. John Rutter,
'Tuba Tune', Norman Cocker,
'Toccata' (5th Symphony), Widor,
'Stille Nacht', Franz Gruber, arr. Rutter,
'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, adap. William H Cummings
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1972/217),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1972/10)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1972/217Royal Choral Society Christmas Carols16 December 1972
RAHE/6/1972/10Royal Choral Society 1972-1973 Season - Christmas Carols16-18 December 1972
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/12110Rostal & Schaefer (fl 1960s-1980s)
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/9075Davies; (Albert) Meredith (1922-2005); British conductor
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