Record

Performance TitleChristmas Festival 1997 - Royal Choral Society Christmas Carols
Performance Date19 December 1997
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJohn Birch - organ
Orchestra or BandFanfare Trumpeters of the Band of the Grenadier Guards,
London Concert Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsRichard Cooke
Set List'Sussex Carol', arr. Willcocks,
'Once in Royal David's City', Gauntlett, arr. Mann,
'From Out of a Wood Did a Cuckoo Fly', arr. Hickox,
'Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day', Gardner,
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams,
'On This Day Earth Shall Ring', Hylton Stewart,
'Trumpet Voluntary', Clarke, arr. Henry,
'In Dulci Jubilo', H Praetorius,
'Away in a Manger', arr. Willcocks,
'Bogoroditse Dyevo, Radulssya', Part,
'Bogoroditse Dyevo, Radulssya', Rachmaninoff,
'A Celebration Alleluia', Gareth Wood,
'Jesus Christ the Apple Tree', Poston,
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks
INTERVAL
'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen', arr. Willcocks,
'The Snow', Elgar,
'See Amid the Winter's Snow', Goss, arr. Willcocks,
'Ave Maria', Ragnarsson,
'Clair de Lune', Debussy, arr. Caplet,
'Here We Come A-Wassailing', arr. Rutter,
'Stille Nacht', Gruber, arr. Rutter,
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', arr. Willcocks,
'Cowboy Carol', Broadhurst, arr. Sargent,
'We Need a Little Christmas', arr. McCarthy,
'Corpus Christi Carol', Britten,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1997/174),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1997/45),
Poster (RAHE/2/1997/37)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1997/174Christmas Festival 199718-24 December 1997
RAHE/6/1997/45Christmas Festival18-24 December 1997
RAHE/2/1997/37Raymond Gubbay's Christmas Festival18-24 December 1997
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cdovcnoix_VaibChristmas Festival 199711
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/783London Concert Orchestra; 1972-; English orchestra
DS/UK/562Cooke; Richard (fl 1982-); Dr.; British musical Director of the Royal Choral Society (1995-)
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
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