Main Performers | Emily Shepherd, Kirkby Lunn, Alfred Heather, Frederick Ranalow - vocals, H L Balfour - organ Avalon Collard - bells |
Choirs | Royal Choral Society (Choir of 1000) |
Set List | Christmas Cantata: 'The Cradle of Christ', Sir Frederick Bridge (Kirkby Lunn, Frederick Ranalow), Quartet and Chorus: 'In Dulco Jubilo', XIVth century Pearsall (Emily Shepherd, Kirkby Lunn, Alfred Heather, Frederick Ranalow), Festival Carol: 'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher (Avalon Collard), Carols: 'When Christ Was Born', Dr Josef C Bridge, 'From the Cradle', XVth century carol (Alfred Heather) Aria: 'Wings, White in the Dawn', adpt. to Handels 'Largo' Bridge, Chorus, 'Ring Out! With Jocund Chime', Sir Frederick Bridge (Avalon Collard), Solo and Chorus: 'Silent Night', Gruber arr. West (Emily Shepherd), Song: 'A Christmas Song', Sir Frederick Bridge (Alfred Heather), Carols: 'God Rest You Merry, gentlemen', trad., 'The First Nowell', trad. INTERVAL Quartet and Chorus: 'Marching Song of Peace' (War and Peace), Sir C Hubert H Parry (Emily Shepherd, Kirkby Lunn, Alfred Heather, Frederick Ranalow), Solo: 'Sound an Alarm' from Judas Maccabaeus, Handel (Alfred Heather), Chorus: 'The Comrades' Song of Hope' (Les Enfans de Paris), Adolphe Adam, arr. Fletcher, Song and Chorus: 'The King's Way', Elgar (Kirkby Lunn), Chorus: 'Follow the Colours' (Marching Song for Soldiers), Elgar, Solo and Chorus: 'A Call to Arms', Emily Lady Tennyson, arr. Bridge (Frederick Ranalow), Song and Chorus: 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Kirkby Lunn), 'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1914/58), Handbill |