| Main Performers | Isobel Baillie,
Elsie Suddaby,
Astra Desmond,
Keith Falkner,
Mary Jarred,
Robert Easton,
Walter Widdop - vocals
Dykes Bower,
Dr Henry Ley,
Sir Walter Alcock - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | Royal Military School of Music Trumpeters |
| Choirs | Massed Choir of 2,000 voices:
The BBC Singers,
Edinburgh Royal Choral Union,
Belfast Philharmonic Society,
Eisteddfodau |
| Conductors | Malcolm Sargent,
Sir Hugh Allen,
Sir Henry Wood,
Greenhouse Allt,
Godfrey Brown,
Bumford Griffith,
W R Allen |
| Set List | Organ Soli: 'Minuet in D', Maurice Green (Dykes Bower),
'Allegro in D', Arne (Dykes Bower),
'Prelude in D Minor', Stanford (Dr Henry Ley),
'Trumpet Tune and Air', Purcell (Dr Henry Ley),
'Andante in D', Hollins (Sir Walter Alcock),
Trumpet Fanfares (Sir Granville Bantock, Royal Military School of Music Trumpeters),
Dr Ernest Bullock (Royal Military School of Music Trumpeters),
Major Adkins (Royal Military School of Music Trumpeters),
'God Save the King',
Air: 'To Heart-Easing Mirth', Purcell (Isobel Baillie, Elsie Suddaby, Astra Desmond),
Chorus: 'Soul of The World', Purcell,
'Sumer is Icumen in',
'Agincourt Song',
Ayre in Foure Parts: 'Never Weather-Beaten Sail', Campion (Keith Falkner),
Ballet: 'Welcome, Sweet Pleasure', Weelkes (BBC Singers),
Madrigal: 'All Creatures Now Are Merry-Minded', Benet,
Overture: 'The Beggar's Opera', Pepusch,
Glee: 'The Cloud-Capt Towers', Stevens,
Part-Song: 'Over Hill, Over Dale', Hatton,
Psalm CL: Dyson,
Two Orchestral Pieces: 'Puck's Minuet', Howells,
'A Hornpipe', Murrill,
Three Scottish Airs: 'Scots Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled' (Edinburgh Royal Choral Union),
'Ca' The Yowes Tae The Knowes' (Astra Desmond),
'Wi' A Hundred Pipers An A' (Edinburgh Royal Choral Union),
Choral Song: 'England', Hubert Parry,
'The Bells', Byrd, arr. Gordon Jacob,
Choral Song: 'In Praise of Neptune', Ireland,
Two Irish Airs And Part-Song: 'Heraclitus', Stanford (Belfast Philharmonic Society),
'The Unseen Comrade' (Mary Jarred),
'The Ould Lammas Fair', Macaulay (Belfast Philharmonic Society),
Imperial March: Elgar,
Part-Song For Double Choir: 'Sir Patrick Spens', Pearsall,
Three Welsh Melodies: 'Hunting The Hare', Eisteddfodau,
'Y Bore Glas' (Margaret Rees),
'Llanfair' (Eisteddfodau),
Motet: 'O Spiritual Pilgrim', Holst (Elsie Suddaby),
Two Orchestral Pieces: 'La Calinda', Delius,
'Paen', Bax,
Three English Folk-Songs: 'The Sailor From Sea' (Keith Falkner, Isobel Baillie, Robert Easton),
'The Crystal Spring' (Keith Falkner, Isobel Baillie, Robert Easton),
'Twankydillo' (Keith Falkner, Isobel Baillie, Robert Easton),
'Everyone Sang', W H Harris (Walter Widdop),
Finale: Cantata 'Dona Nobis Pacem', Vaughan Williams (Elsie Suddaby, Keith Falkner),
'Jerusalem', Parry,
National Anthem: 'God Save the King' |
| Royal Presence | HM King George VI,
HM Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1938/50) |