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Performance TitleAlexandra Choir and London Symphony Orchestra - Carol Concert
Performance Date19 December 1954
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersHervey Alan - vocal,
Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsAlexandra Choir
ConductorsCharles Proctor
Set List'Fanfare for Christmas Day', Martin Shaw,
'Christmas is Coming', arr. Walford Davies (Alexandra Choir),
Czech Carol - 'Four Folk Song Carols' (Alexandra Choir),
Burgundian Carol - 'Patapan' (Alexandra Choir),
Irish Carol - 'Christmas Day is Come' (Alexandra Choir),
German Carol - 'Song of The Crib', arr. Vaughan Williams (Alexandra Choir),
'The Shepherd's Song', Vaughan Williams (Alan),
'A Virgin Mother', arr. Gerald Cockshott (Alan),
'He Is Born, The Child Divine', arr. Gerald Cockshott (Alan),
Encore - 'The Clown Song', D McMahon (Alan),
Unison Song - 'A Song for Christmas', King Charles I ,arr. Maurice Jacobson (Alexandra Choir),
French Carol - 'Waking Time', arr. Proctor (Alexandra Choir),
Sussex Carol - 'On Christmas Night', arr. Vaughan Williams (Alexandra Choir),
Epiphany Carol - 'The Kings', Cornelius, arr. Proctor (Alexandra Choir),
Traditional Carol - 'I Saw Three Ships', arr. Charles Kennedy Scott (Alexandra Choir),
Choral Prelude - 'Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen', Brahms, arr. Proctor (London Symphony Orchestra),
Northumbrian Tune - 'Hush! My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber', arr. Martin Shaw (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'Good King Wenceslas' (Alexandra Choir),
Motet - 'An Endless Alleluia', C S Lang (Alexandra Choir),
Two Legends - 'The Miraculous Harvest', Vaughan Williams (Alexandra Choir),
'The Crown of Roses', Tchaikovsky (Alexandra Choir),
Traditional Carol - 'Chanticleer', arr. Martin Shaw (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Frederick Austin (Alexandra Choir),
Carol - 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen' (Alexandra Choir),
Songs - 'Come, Gentle Shepherds', arr. Henry G Ley (Alan),
'Star Candles', Michael Head (Alan),
'The Oxen', C Armstrong Gibbs (Alan),
'King Herod And The Cock', arr. Cecil J.Sharp (Alan),
Carol - 'Past Three O'Clock', arr. Charles Wood (Alexandra Choir),
Choral Song - 'Zion's Children', arr. Ley (Alexandra Choir),
'Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones', arr. Oldroyd (Alexandra Choir)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/183)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/183Carol Concert - The Alexandra Choir and London Symphony Orchestra19 December 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ypomihiep_BugCarol Concert - The Alexandra Choir and London Symphony Orchestra1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/2065Alan; Hervey (1910-1982); English operatic bass singer
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
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