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Performance TitleA Sargent Christmas Cracker - A Hospitals Christmas Choral Festival
Performance Date15 December 2000
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersBillie Piper,
Stephen Gately,
Bibi Heal - vocals,
Julian Lloyd Webber - cello,
Ian Curror - organ,
Rebecca Woolcock - piano,
Ieuan Jones - harp,
Charles Fullbrook,
Richard Fullbrook,
Christopher Brannick - percussion
Orchestra or BandManchester Police Trumpeters,
The Band of the Royal Corps of Signals,
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Corps of Signals
ChoirsLondon Hospitals' Choir,
Cambridge Combined Hospitals' Choir,
Manchester Hospitals' Choir,
Midlands Hospitals' Choir,
Welsh Hospitals' Choir
ConductorsJonathan Willcocks,
Charles Farncombe,
David Lawrence,
Hilary Davan Wetton
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Charles Farncombe, brass arr. - John Birch,
'National Anthem of Wales', arr. Charles Farncombe, brass arr. - John Birch,
'O Come All Ye Faithful', brass arr. John Birch (Choir, Audience),
'Torches', John Joubert,
The Bell Carol', William Mathias,
'A Merry Little Christmas',
'Jingle Bells', arr. Goff Richards,
'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas', Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane,
'Winter Wonderland', Bernard, Dick Smith,
'Let it Snow', Julie Styne, Sammy Cahn,
'White Christmas', Berlin,
'Adagio in G', Bach (Julian Lloyd Webber, Ieuan Jones, Rebecca Woolcock),
'Scherzetto', Frank Bridge (Julian Lloyd Webber, Ieuan Jones, Rebecca Woolcock),
'Le Cygne', Saint-Saens (Julian Lloyd Webber, Ieuan Jones, Rebecca Woolcock),
'The First Nowell', arr. John Birch (Choir, Audience),
'Shepherd's Pipe Carol', John Rutter,
'The Boar's Head Carol', arr. Sargent,
'In The Bleak Midwinter', Darke (Bibi Heal),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', arr. Eric H Thiman (Choir, Audience)
INTERVAL
'Fanfare'
Speech (Leslie Ash),
Invitation to the children to come onto the stage,
'Once in Royal David's City', Gauntlett, John Birch (Choir, Audience),
'Sir Christemas', Mathias
'Lamp Carols - We Light a Thousand Candles', arr. Charles Farncombe
'Silent Night', Sargent
'A Spotless Rose', arr. Jonathan Willcocks, quoting 'Cradle Song', W J Kirkpatrick,
'A Hymrn to the Virgin, Jesukin', Rubbra (Julian Lloyd Webber, Ieuan Jones, Rebecca Woolcock),
'Jackie's Song', Julian Lloyd Webber (Julian Lloyd Webber, Ieuan Jones, Rebecca Woolcock),
'Nocturne', William Lloyd Webber (Julian Lloyd Webber, Ieuan Jones, Rebecca Woolcock),
'Variation 23', Andrew Lloyd Webber (Julian Lloyd Webber, Ieuan Jones, Rebecca Woolcock),
'Good King Wenceslas', arr. Reginald Jacques (Choir, Audience),
'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher,
'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrell
Performance NotesThe evening featured the massed hospital's choirs from across England and Wales with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Corps of Signals.

Guests include Cheir Blair QC, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2000/196),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2000/65),
Poster (RAHE/2/2000/34)
Ticket Prices£7.50-£24.50
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2000/196A Sargent Christmas Cracker15 December 2000
RAHE/6/2000/65A Sargent Christmas Cracker - A Hospitals Christmas Choral Festival15 December 2000
RAHE/2/2000/34A Sargent Christmas Cracker - A Hospitals Christmas Choral Festival15 December 2000
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_Tomoisior_T_HA Sargent Christmas Cracker - A Hospitals Christmas Choral Festival1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4987The Band of the Royal Corps of Signals (1938)
DS/UK/7600Gately; Stephen (1976-2009); Irish singer-songwriter, actor, dancer
DS/UK/18367Curror; Ian (fl 1970s-); English organist, teacher, examiner, choral director, accompanist
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