Let the People Sing (contest) explained

Let the People Sing was a choir contest run and broadcast by BBC Radio from 1950s to 1980s.[1] [2] The contest also led to new choral works being commissioned.[3]

In 1959 The Fenland Singers, conducted by Catherine M. Baxter, won the mixed voice competition. In 1958 they had come second when Agnes Duncan's choir had won the children's and the youth class.[4] Both the 1958 and 1959 finals were held in the Royal Festival Hall.[5] In 1961 Agnes Duncan's choir again won the children's and the youth class.

Notes and References

  1. [Radio Times]
  2. BBC Annual Report and Handbook - Page 29 1981 for Radio 3. Three Midland choirs were highly successful in the annual Let The People Sing contest.
  3. The Musical Times - Volume 101 - Page 11 1960 and also Armstrong Gibbs's Suite of Songs from the British Isles (for s.a.t.b. choir). This last was originally a B.B.C. commission for the 1959 'Let The People Sing' contest.
  4. Web site: Agnes Duncan . 2022-08-26 . HeraldScotland . en.
  5. Book: A Canner's Life. Michael John Smedley. Michael John Smedley. 2009.

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