Record

Performance TitleCarols for Save the Children
Performance Date21 December 1983
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersAnthony Andrews - Father Christmas,
Roger Whittaker - vocal, guitar,
Julian Lloyd Webber - cello,
Roger Vignoles,
Antony Saunders - pianos,
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ,
Robert Howe - percussion
ChoirsGoldsmiths Choral Union,
Wimbledon High School for Girls Choir
ConductorsBrian Wright
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear', E H Sears, arr. Sullivan (Choir, Audience),
'Silent Night', Joseph Mohr, arr. Bowers-Broadbent (Choir Ladies),
'The Little Drummer Boy', H Simeone, H Honorati, K K Davies (Choir),
'Unto Us a Boy is Born' (Choir, Audience), (
'Fum Fum Fum', arr. Marion Vree (Wimbledon High School for Girls Choir),
'Quem Pastores Aludavere', arr. Imogen Holst (Wimbledon High School for Girls Choir),
'Torches', John Joubert (Wimbledon High School for Girls Choir),
'Rocking', Percy Dearmer (Children),
'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', harm. Charles Wood (Choir, Audience, Julian Lloyd Webber),
'The Holly and the Ivy', J Gardner (Choir, Audience),
Appeal (Anthony Andrews),
'See Amid the Winter's Snow', J Goss (Choir, Audience)
INTERVAL
'Good King Wenceslas', arr. Jacques (Choir, Audience),
'We Three Kings', J H Hopkins, arr. A C D Choir (Men),
'Here We Come A-wassailing', arr. John Rutter, (Choir),
'While Shepherds Watched', N Tate (Choir, Audience),
'Little Bull' (Children),
'Away in a Manger', W J Kirkpatrick (Children, Roger Whittaker),
'Adeste Fideles' (Choir, Audience),
'The Shepherd's Farewell' L'enfance du Christ, Op.25, Berlioz (Choir),
'There'll Be a New World' The Cowboy Christmas, C Broadhurst, arr. Sargent (Choir),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn (Choir, Audience),
'Merry Christmas', arr. A Warrell (Choir)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Anne The Princess Royal
Performance NotesMiss Victoria Legge Bourke was in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1983/205)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/hsh_fzh___N7z
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1983/205Carols for Save the Children21 December 1983
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ykoz_Feam_GonCarols for Save the Children in aid of Save the Children Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1532Goldsmiths; Goldsmiths Choral Union (GCU); 1932-; English amateur choir
DS/UK/2903Wright; Brian (c.1950s-); British conductor
DS/UK/936Andrews; Anthony (12 January 1948); English actor
DS/UK/59Webber; Julian Lloyd (14 April 1951); British cellist
DS/UK/11176Vignoles; Roger (1945-); British pianist and accompanist
DS/UK/9682Broadbent; Christopher Bowers- (fl 1970s-2000s); English organist, composer
DS/UK/11939Whittaker; Roger (22 March 1936-13 September 2023); British singer-songwriter and musician
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