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Performance TitleHandel's 'Messiah'
Performance Date26 November 1963
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersElizabeth Simon,
Janet Baker,
John Wakefield,
John Lawrenson - vocals,
John Birch,
Peter Hurford,
Hubert Dawkes - organ
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsMassed Henry Wood Festival Choir:
Alexandra Choir,
Board of Trade Choir,
Chingford United Choir,
City of London Choir,
City of London Police Male Voice Choir,
Epping Forest Choral Society,
Harrow Choral Society,
Ilford Choral Society,
London Orpheus Choir,
Royal Choral Society,
South West London Choral Society,
Teddington Choral Society,
Trevor Owen Singers,
Wallington Philharmonic Society,
Watford Philharmonic Society,
Wembley Philharmonic Society,
Westminster Choral Society
ConductorsMeredith Davies
Set List'Messiah', Handel (Elizabeth Simon, Janet Baker, John Wakefield, John Lawrenson, Henry Wood Festival Choir, London Symphony Orchestra)
Performance NotesJohn Birch's debut Royal Albert Hall performance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1963/179)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1963/179Handel's 'Messiah'26 November 1963
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YboinafoikexenHandel's 'Messiah'1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/11767Simon; Elizabeth (fl 1950s-1960s); British soprano
DS/UK/9573Baker; Dame; Janet Abbott (21 August 1933); CH DBE FRSA; English mezzo-soprano singer
DS/UK/12590Wakefield; John (fl 1960s); British tenor
DS/UK/13946Lawrenson; John (1932-1993); British baritone
DS/UK/10458Hurford; Peter (1930-); OBE; British organist and composer
DS/UK/6599Dawkes; Hubert Arthur (1916-2012); English pianist, organist, harpsichordist, academic
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/9075Davies; (Albert) Meredith (1922-2005); British conductor
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/9830Whitehall Choir; 1943-; British choir
DS/UK/10664Harrow Choral Society; 1937-; English choir
DS/UK/9947Ilford Choral Society; 1941-2012; British choir
DS/UK/9950London Orpheus Choir; 1945-; British choir
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/13028Teddington Choral Society; fl 1960s-; English choir
DS/UK/6651Watford Philharmonic Society; 1935-; English amateur choral societies
DS/UK/8921Wembley Philharmonic Society; fl 1940s-1960s; English choral society
DS/UK/1818Westminster Choral Society; fl 1920-1960s; English choir
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