Record

Performance TitleCarols for Save the Children
Performance Date18 December 1986
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersDusty the Snowman,
The Snow Queen,
Father Christmas,
Frances Tomalty,
Genevieve Roberts,
Ivy Rosmond,
David Williams,
David Frost,
Geoffrey Pratley
Secondary PerformersChristopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ,
Gary Hind - piano
Orchestra or BandIncantation (Forbes Henderson, Tony Hinnigan, Mike Taylor, Mauricio Venegos, Claudia Figueroa, Sergio Avilo)
ChoirsGoldsmiths Choral Union,
Sussex West Girl Guides Choir
ConductorsBrian Wright
Set List'O Come All Ye Faithful' (Choir, Audience),
'O Were You There?', P Skellern (Choir),
'Why Not Buy An Extra Present', M Sammes (Choir),
'Little Donkey', E Boswell (Children),
'Rocking' (Children),
'Good King Wenceslas', arr. Jacques (Choir, Audience),
Scene (Dusty the Snowman, The Snow Queen, Father Christmas, Frances Tomalty, Genevieve Roberts, Ivy Rosmond, David Williams, Gary Hind),
'Personet Hodie', arr. Rutter (Sussex West Girl Guides Choir),
'Philippine Carol', L Celerio (Sussex West Girl Guides Choir),
'While Shepherds Watched', N Tate, (Choir, Audience),
Appeal (David Frost),
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks (Choir, Audience)
INTERVAL
'Once in Royal David's City', C F Alexander, H J Gauntlett (Choir, Audience),
'I Saw Three Ships', arr. J Rutter (Choir, Audience),
'The Star Carol', arr. J Rutter (Sussex West Girl Guides Choir),
'In the Bleak Mid-Winter' (Choir, Audience),
'Away in a Manger', W J Kirkpatrick (Children),
'A Christmas Hymn for the Hungry' (Choir, Audience),
'Stille Nacht', F Gruber (Choir),
'Cowboy Carol', C Broadhurst, arr. Sargent (Choir, Audience),
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn (Choir, Audience),
'A Merry Christmas', arr. A Warrell (Choir),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Anne
Performance NotesMr Malcolm Wallace was in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1986/174),
Digital Photographs
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/H3EH831H37RBq
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1986/174Carols for Save the Children18 December 1986
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Yzaroovif_LomCarols for Save the Children - in aid of Save the Children1
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/13918Frost; Sir; David (7 April 1939-31 August 2013); OBE; English television host, journalist and writer
DS/UK/1756Save the Children Fund; 1919-; International NGO
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