UPDATE - Issue 12 - September 2002
Jubilee Concert
The fifty years since The Queen's Accession was celebrated with a magnificent concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 2nd June. The performance took place in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and was held in aid of Prostate Research Campaign UK
The principal choral item of the evening was Carl Orff's dramatic Carmina Burana but this was preceded by Dove's In Praise of London, Walton's evocative Coronation Te Deum, Elgar's Crown of India Suite and the wonderful anthem I Was Glad. Guildford Choral Society and the City of London choir were supported by the Children of HM Chapel Royal, St James's Palace and Tonbridge School. Hilary Davan Wetton conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra. The concert was recorded and broadcast a few days later on BBC radio.
Our thanks go out to Felicia Pheasant and all those who worked hard to make the event such a success.