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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society (Ninety-Ninth Season 1968-1969) - Sir Malcolm Sargent Memorial Concert - Commemorating the First Anniversary of his death, in aid of Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children
Performance Date22 October 1968
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMartina Arroyo,
Yvonne Minton,
Richard Cassilly,
Joseph Rouleau - vocals,
John Birch - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society,
Leeds Philharmonic Society Choir
ConductorsGeorg Solti
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. E Elgar,
'Requiem', Verdi (Martina Arroyo, Yvonne Minton, Richard Cassilli, Joseph Rouleau, Royal Choral Society, John Birch, London Symphony Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH Duke of Kent,
HRH Duchess of Kent
Performance NotesLt-Cdr Richard Buckley RN, and Miss Fiona Pilkington were in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1968/157),
Framed Textile (RAHE/8/3/23)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1968/157Royal Choral Society - Sir Malcolm Sargent Memorial Concert - Commemorating the First Anniversary of his death, in aid of Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children22 October 1968
RAHE/1/1968/155Royal Choral Society - Sir Malcolm Sargent Memorial Concert - Commemorating the First Anniversary of his death, in aid of Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children22 October 1968
RAHE/8/3/23Commemorative textile for a Memorial Concert to Pay Tribute to the Late Sir Malcolm Sargent - Verdi's 'Requiem'22 October 1968
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
dqjdoqjmRoyal Choral Society (Ninety-Ninth Season 1968-1969)9
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/9446Arroyo; Martina (2 February 1936); American operatic soprano singer
DS/UK/10669Minton; Yvonne (1938-); Australian soprano
DS/UK/11364Cassilly; Richard (1927-1998); American operatic tenor
DS/UK/13206Rouleau; Joseph Alfred Pierre (1929-); French-Canadian bass
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/11757Leeds Philharmonic Chorus; 1870-; English choir
DS/UK/10593Solti; Sir; Georg (21 October 1912-5 September 1997); KBE; Hungarian-born British conductor
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