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Performance TitleBoys' Brigade Brass Band Festival Concert
Performance Date14 January 1956
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSir Francis Low - speaker,
Private Gethyn Davies (29th London Company),
Private Roy Stephens (2nd Grays Company) - vocals,
Maisie Ringham,
Staff/Sgt. Michael Dodd - trombones,
Lance Corporal Denis Biggs - euphonium,
Lance Corporal Edward Scarfe - cornet,
Lance Corporal Ray Dulieu - b-flat bass,
Marjorie Brown - piano
Orchestra or Band200 Boys of The Massed Bands of The London District:
41st London Company,
88th London Company,
2nd Enfield Company,
4th Mid-Surrey Company,
1st New Barnet Company,
2nd South Essex Company,
6th South Essex Company,
1st Slough Company,
5th Hendon Company,
99th London Company,
9th Thames Valley Company,
1st Watford Company,
3rd East Surrey Company
ConductorsFrank Wright
Set List'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
'Trumpet Voluntary', Jeremiah Clarke (Massed Bands),
'Minuet', from Berenice, Handel (Massed Bands),
Song - 'The Farmer's Boy' (Private Gethyn Davies),
Encore - 'Serenade', Mozart (Private Gethyn Davies),
'Chorale' from St. Matthew Passion, Bach (Massed Bands),
'St. Anthony Chorale', Haydn (Massed Bands),
'Rondo', Haydn (Massed Bands),
'Silent Worship', Handel (Staff/Sgt. Michael Dodd),
'Tom Bowling', Dibden (Lance Corporal Denis Biggs),
'Santa Lucia' (Lance Corporal Edward Scarfe),
'German Bass Tune' (Lance Corporal Ray Dulieu),
Fantasia - 'Sailors' Songs', Frank Wright (Massed Bands):
'Ye Mariners of England',
'Shenandoah',
'Spanish Ladies',
'Red, White and Blue',
'A-Roving',
'Heart of Oak',
'Occasional March', from Occasional Oratorio, Handel (Massed Bands),
Song - 'The Holy City', Adams (Pte. Roy Stephens),
ENCORE
'The Lass of Richmond Hill' (Pte. Roy Stephens)

'Largo' from Xerxes, Handel (Massed Bands),
'Loves Enchantment', Arthur Pryor (Ringham, Brown),
'The Acrobat', Arthur Greenwood (Ringham, Brown),
'Sinfonietta' from Almira, Handel (Massed Bands),
'Intermezzo' from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni (Massed Bands),
Hymn - 'Now Thank We All Our God', Cruger (Massed Bands),
Finale - 'March', Gluck (Massed Bands)
ENCORE
'Sussex By The Sea', W Eard Higgs (Massed Bands)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1956/8)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1956/8The Boys' Brigade Brass Band Festival Concert14 January 1956
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oodaniobip_SerBoys' Brigade Brass Band Festival Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/162Boys' Brigade (BB); 1883-; British Christian youth organisation
DS/UK/11703Low; Sir; Francis (1893-1972); British newspaper editor
DS/UK/10274Engelmann; Henry Franklin (1908-1972); British radio personality
DS/UK/7376Wright; Frank (fl 1950s-1960s); British organist, conductor
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