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Performance TitleRoyal Choral Society - Traditional Family Carol Concerts
Performance Date18 December 1982
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersStephane Grappelli - violin,
John Birch - organ,
John Alley - piano
Orchestra or BandStephane Grappelli's Musicians (Diz Disley, Peter Ind, Martin Taylor),
Fanfare Trumpeters from the Band of the Grenadier Guards
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsMeredith Davies
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Gordon Jacobs,
'While Shepherds Watched',
'Unto Us is Born a Son', arr. Willcocks,
'I Wonder As I Wander', arr. Andrew Carter,
'Wassail Carol', William Mathias,
'The Infant King', Basque Noel
'Here We Come A-Wassailing',
'Good King Wenceslas', arr. Jacques,
'A Maiden Most Gentle', arr. Andrew Carter,
'Personent Hodie',
'Adam Lay Ybounden', Boris Ord,
'Welcome, Yule',
INTERVAL
'O Come, All Ye Faithful', arr. Willcocks,
'The Holly and the Ivy', trad.,
'See Amid the Winter's Snow', John Goss, arr. Willcocks,
'In the Bleak Mid-Winter', Harold Darke,
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks,
'Ding Dong! Merrily on High', harm. Charles Wood,
'Stille Nacht', Franz Gruber, arr. John Rutter,
'Jerusalem, Parry,
'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks,
'Fanfare Carol', arr. John Birch
Performance NotesPeter Ind replaced Jack Sewing.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1982/194)
B&W photograph (RAHE/3/1982/17)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/w2dw28Yw2BJ4nZ
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1982/194Royal Choral Society - Traditional Family Carol Concerts18 December 1982
RAHE/3/1982/17Photograph of the Royal Choral Society - Traditional Family Carol Concerts18 December 1982
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Egafiebur_GoomRoyal Choral Society - Traditional Family Carol Concerts3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2937Birch; John (9 July 1929-28 April 2012); British organist and choral director
DS/UK/11873Grappelli; Stephane (26 January 1908-1 December 1997); French-born Italian jazz violinist
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/9075Davies; (Albert) Meredith (1922-2005); British conductor
DS/UK/11874Alley; John (fl 1980s); English pianist and keyboardist
DS/UK/11512Disley; William Charles "Diz" (1931-2010); Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist, graphic designer
DS/UK/23562Ind; Peter (1928-2021); British jazz double-bassist, record producer
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