Record

Performance TitleChristmas Festival 1997 - The Glory of Christmas
Performance Date24 December 1997
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersMichael Fenton Stevens - speaker,
Adrian Thompson - vocal,
Crispian Steele-Perkins - trumpet
Orchestra or BandLondon Concert Orchestra
ChoirsThomas Tallis Choir,
Trinity Boys Choir
ConductorsPhilip Simms
Set List'Masters in This Hall', arr. Willcocks,
'Infant Holy, Infant Lowly', arr. Willcocks,
'Comfort Ye', 'Ev'ry Valley' and 'For Unto Us a Child is Born' from The Messiah, Handel,
'Canon', Pachelbel,
'Trumpet Suite', Clarke,
'Trumpet Voluntary', Stanley,
'Air on the G String', Bach (accompanies a reading from 'A Christmas Carol' - Dickens),
'Sheep May Safely Graze', Bach,
'Panis Angelicus', Franck,
'Ave Maria', Bach, Gounod,
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks
INTERVAL
'Once in Royal David's City', Gauntlett, Mann,
'Shepherds' Farewell', Berlioz,
'Agnus Dei', Bizet,
'The Holy City', Adams,
'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring', Bach,
'Christmas Concerto', Corelli (accompanies a reading from 'The Birth of the Infant Jesus'),
'Worthy is the Lamb' from The Messiah, Handel,
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', arr. Willcocks,
'Away in a Manger', arr. Willcocks,
'Sussex Carol', arr. Willcocks,
'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/5170The Tallis Scholars (1973-)
DS/UK/3554Trinity School of John Whitgift; Trinity Boys Choir; c1960s-; English school choir
DS/UK/9735Simms; Philip (fl 1970s-); English conductor, organist, bass player, harpsichordist
DS/UK/3304Perkins; Crispian Steele- (1944-); English classical trumpeter
DS/UK/10420Thompson; Adrian (1955-); English tenor
DS/UK/10602Stevens; Michael Fenton (1958-); British actor, comedian
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