Tuesday 12th December
A Victorian Musical Evening
The Leicester Music Society joins forces with the Leicester Victorian Society in a celebration of fine Victorian music and readings in Bishop Street Methodist Church, Town Hall Square. There will be readers, singers, and organ music too.
Programme
| Piece | Title | Author or Composer | Performer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ | Postlude in C | Henry Smart (1813-1879) | TK |
| Solos | Home, Sweet Home | Henry Bishop (1787-1855) | EA, MB, HN |
| Reading | Christmas | John Betjeman (1906-1984) | RG |
| Solo | Drei Könige | Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) | HN, DF |
| Organ | O Holy Night | Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) arr. T Tertius Noble | TK |
| Reading | Christmas 1870 (extract) | R Francis Kilvert (1840-1879) | NC |
| Trio | Stille Nacht | Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) arr. David Fisher | EA, MB, HN |
| Carol | O come, all ye faithful | Arr. John Francis Wade (1711-1786) | ALL |
| Reading | from A School Story | M R James (1862-1936) | RG |
| Solo | The Broken Slate | Bateman / Airlie Dix (1862-1911) | MB, DF |
| Organ | Toccata (Symphony No. 5) | Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937) | TK |
| INTERVAL | |||
| Organ | Fantasy on Christmas Carols | Hugo Blair (1864-1932) | TK |
| Reading | The Oxen | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | RG |
| Solo | Winter Evergreens | Stephen Glover (1813-1870) | EA, HN |
| Organ | Cradle Song | Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) | TK |
| Solo | Now I’ve Got No Daddy | Thomas Widdicombe (T W Connor) (1865-1936) | HN, DF |
| Reading | A Winter Night | Robert Burns (1759-1796) | RM |
| Solo | Mary’s Song | Colin McAlpin (1870-1942) | EA, TK |
| Carol | Hark! the Herald Angels Sing! | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | ALL |
| Reading | from A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens (1812-1870) | RG |
| Solo | The Lost Chord | Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | HN, TK |
| Organ | Sortie in B flat | Louis-James Alfred Lefebure-Wely (1817-1869) | TK |
PERFORMERS:
| NC | Neil Crutchley |
| DF | David Fisher |
| RG | Richard Gill |
| TK | Tom Keogh |
| EA | Esther Ahrens |
| MB | Maggie Bateman |
| HN | Harvey Nightingale |
| RM | Ron Mitchell |
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