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  <dc:title>London concerts</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Three concert programmes:
* One programme for a concert held at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, London on 5 March 1977, of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius by the Croydon Philharmonic Society (leader: Barry Griffiths ; organist: Ian Le Grice ; conductor: James Gaddarn).
* One programme for a concert held at St. Mark’s Church, Mitcham, London, on 8 May 1977. The production involved the Mitcham Choral Society and Orchestra -- Treble Choir of Kings College School, Wimbledon (conductor: Richard Halsey ; organ: Michael Newton). The performance comprised ‘20th Century Choral Music’, namely: Serenade to music / Vaughan Williams -- Choral dances ("Gloriana") / Britten -- Two Latin motets / Arthur Willis -- Missa voces choristanum (series 3 text) / Bernard Rose -- Veni, Sancte Spiritus / Patrick Harrex -- The death of the Bishop of Brindisi / Menotti. Note, the programme also has 2 extra leaftlefts, one details information on each individual piece in the Choral Music, as well as some song lyrics; the second leaflet is an application form to become  a member of the festival.
* One programme for a concert held at St. Mark’s Church, Mitcham, London, on 6 May (the year is not specified). The production involved the Mitcham Choral Society and Orchestra (conductor: Andrew Charity) -- City Lit Sinfonia (director: Denis East). The performance entailed ‘choral and orchestral English music’, namely: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli / Sir Michael Tippet -- Veni, Sancti Spiritus / Patrick Harrex -- Dido Ani Aenras / Henry Purcell.
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  <dc:date>1977</dc:date>
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