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Famous people who have performed with the choir |
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The choir has over the years enjoyed the performing company of many famous individuals and just for your interest we list some of them below. The list is not exhaustive. See how many you recognise.
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Owen Brannigan (4 times)
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Bass
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Margaret Brooks
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Soprano
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Annette Wilson
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Contralto
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John Stoddart (twice)
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Tenor
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Gordon Stanley
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Organ
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Anwen Jones
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Contralto
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Alexander Young
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Tenor
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John Cameron
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Bass
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Arthur Lord (8 times)
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Organ
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Elise Morison
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Soprano
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Albert Gonnella
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Tenor
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Robert Bateman (3 times)
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Baritone
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Kathleen Dunne Davis
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Piano
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Sir Donald Wolfit
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Actor. Introduction
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Mariona Studholme
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Soprano
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John Williams
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Guitar
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Mary Wells
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Soprano
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David Stannard
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Organ
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John Waters
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Cembalo
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Max Jaffa (twice)
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Violin
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Steve Race
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Jazz musician and DJ. Introduction
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Richard Attenborough (3 times)
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Actor. Introduction
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Cy Grant
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Baritone
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Terry Scott
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Actor and Comedian. Introduction
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Cynthia Glover
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Soprano
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Jean Allister
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Contralto
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Rowland Jones
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Tenor
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Edmund Hockeridge
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Bass
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Hattie Jacques
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Actress and comedienne. Introduction
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John Gregson
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Actor. Introduction
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David Hughes (twice)
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Baritone
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June Barton
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Soprano
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Audrey Brice
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Contralto
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Kenneth MacDonald (twice)
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Tenor
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Raimund Herinck (twice)
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Baritone
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Larry Adler
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Harmonica
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Barbara Kelly
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TV Personality. Introduction
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Michael McStay (“No hiding Place”)
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Actor. Introduction
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Ivor Emanuel (twice)
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Baritone
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Pamela Woolmore
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Soprano
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David Winmore
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Baritone
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Anne Howells
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Mezzo Soprano
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Ryland Davies (twice)
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Tenor
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David Jacobs
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DJ, TV personality. Introduction
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John Snagge
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Broadcaster. Introduction
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Elizabeth Tippet
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Soprano
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Meriel Dickinson
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Contralto
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Richard van Allan
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Bass
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Sylvia Syms
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Actress. Introduction
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Marcosignori
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Accordion
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Peter Purves (Blue Peter)
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Introduction
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Russ Conway (3 times)
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Appeal
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John Hanson (twice)
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Bass
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Vera Lynn (twice)
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Vera Lynn! Can you say more?
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Percy Edwards
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Animal Impersonator
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Norma Proctor
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Soprano
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Ronald Dowd
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Tenor
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Brian Rayner Cook
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Bass
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The newly formed Concordia Orchestra of London
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62 players!!!
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Les Reed
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Songwriter and avid supporter
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HRH The Duchess of Kent (at the Royal Festival Hall)
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Just being there!
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Leslie Crowther
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Introduction. Actor
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Moira Anderson
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Mezzo Soprano
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Ron Goodwin
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Composer and Conductor
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Ralph Reader
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Producer of the first ever “Gang Show”
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Norrie Paramor
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Record producer/ Composer/ arranger
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Dickie Henderson
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Actor. Introduction
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Sir John Gielgud
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Actor. Introduction
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David Jacobs
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DJ / TV personality
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David Kossoff
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Introduction. Actor
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Jack Howarth (Albert Tatlock of Corination Street)
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Introduction. Actor
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John Boulter
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Introduction. Actor
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Warren Mitchell (Alf Garnett)
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Introduction. Actor
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Hazel Scmidt
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Soprano
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Antionette Norman
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Mezzo-Soprano
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John Kitchener
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Bass
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Tony Hart
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BBC Cartoonist
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Ann Howard
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(Mezzo-Soprano) Sadler Wells opera singer
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Rupert Davies
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Introduction. Actor
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Val Doonican
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Singer
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Eve Boswell
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Singer
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Muriel Pavlow
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Introduction. Actress
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John Laurie
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Introduction. Actor
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Geoff Love
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Musician, remember Manuel & The Music of The Mountains?
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Robert Dougall
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Newscaster
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Evadne Price
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British freelance journalist, columnist, author, playwright, actor, television presenter, screenwriter, and astrologer
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Rae Woodland
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Soprano
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Helen Attfield
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Contralto
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Neil McCallum
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Actor. Introduction
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Marisa Robles
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Harpist
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Tony Brandon and Frankie Stevens`
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BBC Presenters
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Jacqueline Delman
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Soprano
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Wilfred Pickles
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“Wireless” personality
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Bernard Braden
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Actor / comedian Introduction
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Dame Cicely Courtneidge
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Actress
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Judith Chalmers
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TV personality
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Kenneth McKellar
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Tenor
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Rita Morris
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TV Broadcaster
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on 24-04-2010 at 19:30
