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Performance TitleRoyal School of Church Music - Rejoice A Service to Celebrate the Jubilee of The Royal School of Church Music 1927-1977
Performance Date30 June 1977
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersArchbishop of Canterbury,
The Precentor of Coventry,
The Bishop of London,
The Bishop of Ely,
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster,
Rev. Dr Erik Routley,
The Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council - speakers

David Willcocks
Francis Jackson,
Arthur Wills,
Martin How - organ
Orchestra or BandRoyal College of Music Orchestra
ChoirsChoir of 750 Voices:
Addington Palace,Chapel of St. Nicholas Choir,
Addiscombe, St. Mildred Choir,
Aldershot, St. Augustine Choir,
Ascot, All Saints Choir,
Ashbourne, St. Oswald Choir,
Ashtead, St. George Choir,
Ashton-On-Mersey, St. Mary Magdalene Choir,
Bakewell, All Saints Choir,
Balham, St.Mary Choir,
Bangor Cathedral Choir,
Bath Abbey Choir,
Beaconsfield, St. Mary Choir,
Beckenham,Christ Church Choir,
Belfast Cathedral Choir,
Bemerton, St. John Choir,
Beverley Minster Choir,
Beverley, St. Mary Choir,
Birmingham, Blue Coat School Choir,
Birmingham, St. Martin Choir,
Bispham, All Hallows Choir,
Blackburn Cathedral Choir,
Bournemouth, St. Peter Choir,
Bowdon, St.Mary Choir,
Bradford Cathedral Choir,
Bramhall, St. Michael and All Angels Choir,
Brecon Cathedral Choir,
Brighton, Good Shepherd Choir,
Brighton, Roedean School Choir,
Brighton, St. Peter Choir,
Brockham Green, Christ Church Choir,
Broughton, St. John Baptist Choir,
Brownedge, St. Mary Choir,
Bury, St. John Choir,
Cambridge, St. Andrew,Chesterton Choir,
Cambridge, St. John Evangelist Choir,
Catherham Valley, St. John Choir,
Caversham, Queen Anne's School Choir,
Chapel-En-Le-Frith, St. Thomas Becket Choir,
Chelmsford Cathedral Choir,
Cheshunt, St. Mary Choir,
Chester, Holy Trinity,Blacon Choir,
Chingford, St. Peter and St. Paul Choir,
Chipping Barnet, St. John Baptist Choir,
Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, St. Werburgh Choir,
Coventry Cathedral Choir,
Croydon, St. John Baptist Choir,
Croydon, St. Michael and All Angels Choir,
Croydon, Trinity School Choir,
Darley Abbey, St. Matthew Choir,
Derby, St. Mark Choir,
Dorridge, St. Philip Choir,
Dover College Junior School Choir,
Dunstable, St. Peter Choir,
Dursley, St. James Choir,
East Sheen United Reformed Church Choir,
Eccleshill, St. Luke Choir,
Edmonton, All Saints Choir,
Enfield, St. Andrew Choir,
Exeter Cathedral Choir,
Farnborough Abbey Choir,
Gateshead, Christ Church Choir,
Grantham, St. Wulfram Choir,
Great Grimsby, St. James Choir,
Halifax, St. Jude Choir,
Harrogate, St. Wilfrid Choir,
Hereford Cathedral Choir,
High Wycombe, All Saints Choir,
Hounslow, Holy Trinity Choir,
Ingatestone, St. Edmund and St. Mary Choir,
Ipswich, St. Mary-At-Stoke Choir,
Ipswich, St. Mary-Le-Tower Choir,
Ipswich,Tacket Street United Reformed Church Choir,
Kemsing, St. Mary Choir,
Kingston-Upon-Thames, All Saints Choir,
Kirkby, St. Joseph The Worker Choir,
Kirkby Malham, St. Michael Archangel Choir,
Leeds Grammar School Choir,
Leeds, St. Edmund, Roundhay Choir,
Leeds, St. Peter Choir,
Leicester, St. James Greater Choir,
Leicester, St. Nicholas Choir,
Leicester, St. Thomas, Wigston,
Leytonstone,St. Andrew Choir,
Liverpool, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Choir,
Lowton, St. Luke Choir,
Maghull, St. Andrew Choir,
Malden, St. James Choir,
Manchester Cathedral Choir,
Mansfield, St. Peter and St. Paul Choir,
Marple, St. Martin Choir,
Newcastle Cathedral Choir,
New York, St. John's Cathedral Choir,
Norbury, St. Philip Choir Choir,
Northampton, All Saints Choir,
North Harrow, St. Alban Choir,
Norton, St. George Choir,
Norwich Cathedral Choir,
Norwich, St. Peter Mancroft Choir,
Oakham School Choir,
Orrell, St. Luke Choir,
Over, St. John Choir,
Ovingham, St. Mary Choir,
Plympton, St. Mary Choir,
Portsea, St. Mark Choir,
Prestbury, St. Peter Choir,
Purley, Downside School Choir,
Ranmoor, St. John Choir,
Redcliffe, St. Mary Choir,
Reigate Grammar School Choir,
Rottingdean, St. Margaret Choir,
St. Albans School Choir,
St. Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir,
Salisbury, St. Thomas and St. Edmund Choir,
Sanderstead, St. Mary Choir,
Sanderstead, All Saints Choir,
Selsdon, St. John the Divine Choir,
Shirley Methodist Church Choir,
Shirley, St. John Choir,
Sittingbourne, St. Michael Choir,
Solihull, St. Alphege Choir,
Squirrels Heath, All Saints,
Stockport School Choir,
Stockport, St. George Choir,
Stoke-On-Trent, St. Peter Ad Vincula Choir,
Stoneleigh, St. John Baptist Choir,
Stourbridge, St. Thomas Choir,
Sutton, St. Nicholas Choir,
Tewkesbury Abbey Choir,
Tewkesbury, The Abbey School Choir,
Trowbridge, St. James Choir,
Truro School Choir,
Upper Norwood, St. John Choir,
Waltham, All Saints Choir,
Warwick, St. Mary Choir,
Wellington, All Saints Choir,
Wetherby, St. James Choir,
Wigan, All Saints Choir,
Windsor, St. John Baptist Choir,
Wolverhampton, St. Peter Choir,
Wylde Green United Reformed Church Choir,
Wymondham Abbey Choir,
York, Holy Trinity, Micklegate Choir
ConductorsLionel Dakers,
John Cooke - assistant conductor
Set List'Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532', Bach (Arthur Wills),
'Fantasia and Fugue on Bach', Liszt (Arthur Wills),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'Psalm 24 - Domini Est Terr',
'All People That on Earth Do Dwell',
'Anthem', Parry (Choir, Orchestra)
'Christ is Made the Sure Foundation', Purcell,
'Anthem', Byrd (Semi-Chorus),
'Anthem', Elgar (Choir, Orchestra),
'O Praise Ye the Lord!', Parry,
'Far-Shining Names From Age to Age', Sir Sydney Nicholson (Choir),
'The Old 100th',
'Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones', desc. C Gower (Whole Company),
'Symphony No.4 in F', W Boyce,
'Anthem', Vaughan Williams, (Choir),
'Let All The World in Every Corner Sing', B Harwood,
'The True Glory for Mixed Voices and Organ', P Aston (Choir, Orchestra),
'Psalm 121 (Short Requiem)', Walford Davies (Semi-Chorus),
'Anthem', Henry G Ley (Semi-Chorus),
'Anthem', Arthur Wills (Full Choir),
'The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended', C C Scholefield,
'Crown Imperial Coronation March 1937', Walton
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Performance NotesWorld premiere of 'The True Glory for Mixed Voices and Organ' by Peter Aston whichc was composed for the event.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1977/104)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/P-6PMrPOV.nwP
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1977/104Royal School of Church Music - Rejoice A Service to Celebrate the Jubilee of The Royal School of Church Music 1927-197730 June 1977
RAHE/8/7/1977/0The Royal School of Church Music, Festival Service schedule30 June 1977
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Yharooraiz_XionRoyal School of Church Music - Rejoice A Service to Celebrate the Jubilee of The Royal School of Church Music 1927-19771
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/13581Coggan; Frederick Donald (1909-2000); Baron Coggan; English Archbishop of Canterbury
DS/UK/10926Ellison; Gerald (1910-1992); English anglcan clergy and bishop
DS/UK/10362Roberts; Edward (1908-2001); English Anglican priest | Bishop of Ely 1964 - 1977
DS/UK/16057Hume; Basil (1923-1999); OSB, OM; British Catholic priest and Archbishop of Westminster
DS/UK/10004Jackson CBE; Francis Alan (1917-2022); British organist, composer
DS/UK/17088Wills; Arthur (1926-); English musician, composer, and professor
DS/UK/10132How; Martin J.R (1931-); MBE; British composer, organist
DS/UK/17089Routley; Erik (1917-1982); English Congregational minister, composer and musicologist
DS/UK/13279Royal College of Music Orchestra; 1880s-; British orchestra
DS/UK/17090Dakers; Lionel Frederick (1924-2003); English cathedral organist, who served in Ripon Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral
DS/UK/5468Willcocks; Sir; David (30 December 1919-17 September 2015); CBE MC; British conductor, organist and composer
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