Record

Performance TitleThe Daily Telegraph Christmas Festival 1993 - BT Christmas Carol Concert
Performance Date22 December 1993
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersEsther Rantzen - speaker,
John Rawnsley - vocal,
Malcolm Hicks - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Concert Orchestra,
The BT Band
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society,
New London Children's Choir
ConductorsLaszlo Heltay
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacobs,
'The Boar's Head Carol', arr. Sargent,
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', arr. Willcocks,
'Gabriel's Message', arr. Baring Gould,
Spiritual - 'Mary Had a Baby', arr. Sargent,
'Good King Wenceslas', arr. Jacques,
Solo Item (John Rawnsley, New London Children's Choir),
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', arr. Willcocks,
'I Can Tell the World', trad. Spiritual,
'O Come, O Come, Emmanuel', arr. Willcocks,
'Sans Day Carol', arr. Rutter,
Special Appeal on behalf of the National Deaf Children's Society,
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams
INTERVAL
'Once in Royal David's City', Gauntlett, harm. Mann,
'In the Bleak Mid-Winter', Holst (The BT Band),
'Away in a Manger', arr. Willcocks,
'Rocking', arr. Willcocks,
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Rutter,
'Stille Nacht', Gruber, arr. Rutter,
'London Waits', Llwellyn,
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks,
'I Wonder as I Wander', arr. Carter,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, desc. arr. Willcocks,
'We Wish You A Merry Christmas', arr. Warrell
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1993/152),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1993/33)
Ticket Prices£10-£30
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1993 /152The Daily Telegraph Christmas Festival 1993 - Hooked on Christmas17-24 December 1993
RAHE/6/1993/33Royal Choral Society 123rd Season21 December 1993 - 1 April 1994
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ysabierob_ZowtThe Daily Telegraph Christmas Festival 199311
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/16745Rawnsley; John (fl 1960s-); British actor, opera singer
DS/UK/4874The Daily Telegraph; 1855-; British broadsheet newspaper
DS/UK/16177Rantzen; Esther Louise (1940-); CBE; British journalist, televison presenter
DS/UK/5316Hicks; Malcolm (fl 1980s-2010s); English pianist, conductor
DS/UK/11679Hardy; Robert (1925-2017); CBE, FSA; English actor
DS/UK/783London Concert Orchestra; 1972-; English orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/13483Heltay; Laszlo (fl 1960s-); Hungarian-British conductor and founder of Schola Cantorum of Oxford
DS/UK/5134New London Children's Choir (1991-)
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