Record

Performance TitleSalvation Army - National Songster Festival
Performance Date3 June 1961
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time18:30
Main PerformersWilfred Kitching,
Commissioner Erik Wickberg,
Commissioner Edgar Grinsted,
Lt.-Commissioner William Leed - speakers

George F Crooks,
Kathleen Norwood,
Lawrence Mallyon,
Maureen Davey,
Julie Wiggins - vocals,
Michael Clack - organ,
Marjorie Ringham,
Mavis Walkden - pianos,
Captain Leslie Condon - tuba
Orchestra or BandInternational Staff Band,
Stockholm Temple String Band
ChoirsUnited Songsters,
Aberdeen Citadel Songster Brigade,
National Songsters
ConductorsLt.-Colonel Bernard Adams,
Mrs Lt.-Colonel Ingrid Salomonson,
Captain Dean Goffin
Set List'The Swedish National Anthem',
'God is With Us' (Based on Joseph Haydn),
'The Whole Armour of God', Eric Ball,
Chorale - 'Praise to the Lord, the Almighty', Joachim Neander, Catherine Winkworth (Aberdeen Citadel Songster Brigade),
'Sing Aloud the Songs of Praise', arr. Sven Benzein (Stockholm Temple String Band),
'Sonata in D Major' (First movement), Mozart (Mrs Marjorie Ringham, Mavis Walkden),
'Marching We Come', Charles Skinner, Miriam Richards (National Songsters),
'Themes from the Italian Symphony', Mendelssohn, arr. Dean Goffin (International Staff Band),
'He Remembers Sins No More', General Wilfred Kitching, General Albert Orsborn (Kathleen Norwood, Lawrence Mallyon, United Songsters),
'Soldier, Rouse Thee', Colonel Bramwell Coles (String Band),
'We Believe in God', Thorsten Kjall (Stockholm Temple String Band),
Aria - 'Why Do the Nations ?' from Messiah, Handel (Lawrence Mallyon),
'The Omnipresent God' (Psalm 139), Hector Main (Aberdeen Citadel Songster Brigade),
E Flat Bass Tuba Solo - 'Celestial Morn', Leslie Condon (Leslie Condon),
Transcription - 'A Prayer', Schubert, arr. Brindley Boon (National Songsters, Mrs Maureen Davey),
'That Beautiful Land', Robert Harkness, arr. Eric Ball, F A F White (International Staff Band, Male Chorus),
Elocution - 'William Booth Enters Heaven', Vachell Lindsay (Julie Wiggins),
'The Lord is my Shepherd - Psalm 23', George Marshall (United Songsters, International Staff Band, Michael Clack)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1961/72)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1961/72Salvation Army - National Songster Festival3 June 1961
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwsiokoixuriepeamSalvation Army - National Songster Festival 1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/12167Kitching; Wilfred (1893-1977); CBE; 7th general of the Salvation Army
DS/UK/10342Wickberg; Erik (1904-1996); Swedish Salvation Army general
DS/UK/9311Clack; Michael (fl 1960s-2010s); British composer, arranger, organist
DS/UK/6665Salvation Army; International Staff Band (ISB); 1891-; International brass band
DS/UK/12831Adams; Bernard (fl.1940s); Colonel; British bandmaster
DS/UK/12235Goffin; Sir; Dean (1916-1984); New Zealand composer, conductor
DS/UK/12848Salvation Army; Aberdeen Citadel Songster Brigade; fl 1961; Scottish choir
DS/UK/12849Salomonson; Ingrid (fl 1961); Swedish conductor
DS/UK/12847Condon; Leslie (fl 1960s); British conductor, tuba player
DS/UK/12846Walden; Mavis (fl 1961); British pianist
DS/UK/12845Ringham; Marjorie (fl 1960s); British pianist
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