Saturday 18 November 2023 | Conductor: Cathal Garvey |
The Great Hall, University of Reading | Continuo: George de Voil |
BEETHOVEN: OPFERLIED | Soprano: Charlotte Shaw |
MOZART: SYMPHONY NO.39 | Mezzo-soprano: Cathy Bell |
HAYDN: MARIA THERESA MASS | Tenor: Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks |
Bass/Baritone: David Ireland | |
London Ulysses Orchestra | |
Saturday 17 June 2023 | Conductor: Cathal Garvey |
All Saints Church, Wokingham | Organ & Piano: George de Voil |
OPERA CHORUSES and MUSICALS | Soprano: Anita Watson |
Donizetti: Chorus of Wedding Guests from Lucia di Lammermoor | |
Mozart Voyagers' Chorus from Idomeneo | |
Bizet: Habanera from Carmen | |
Verdi: Anvil Chorus from Il Travatore | |
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor | |
Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schcchi | |
Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco | |
Verdi: Brindisi from La Traviata | |
Mascagni: Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana | |
Lionel Bart: Oliver! selection | |
Sondheim: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd from Sweeney Todd | |
Rrogers & Hammerstein: Carousel selection | |
Brecht/Weill; Blitstein/Robinson: Mack the Knife from The Threepeny Opera | |
Gershwin: Summertime from Porgy & Bess | |
Rogers & Hammerstein: South Pacific selection | |
Coleman/Fields arr. Barnes: Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity | |
Harnicck/Baker/Vignoles: Someone's Been sending me Flowers from Shoestring Revue | |
Carly Simon: Let the River Run from the film Working Girl | |
Saturday 18 March 2023 | Conductor: Cathal Garvey |
The Great Hall, University of Reading | Chamber Organ & Continuo: George de Voil |
PERGOLESI: STABAT MATER | Soprano: Chalotte Shaw |
VIVALDI: GLORIA | Mezzo-soprano: Cathy Bell |
MONTEVERDI: BEATUS VIR | Hampstead Chamber Orchestra |
Saturday 17 December 2022 | Conductor: George de Voil |
The Carnival Hub, Wokingham | Pianist: James Brown |
FAMILY CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT | |
Saturday 19 November 2022 | Conductor: Laurel Neighbour |
The Great Hall, University of Reading | Chamber Organ & Continuo: George de Voil |
BRAHMS: SCHICKSALSLIED | Soprano: Hazel Neighbour |
MENDELSSOHN: FUGUE FROM ORGAN SONATA IN C MINOR, PO.65 | Baritone: Jacob Phillips |
PURCEL: FUNERAL SENTENCES | Hampstead Chamber Orchestra |
BRAHMS: GERMAN REQUIEM | |
Saturday 25 June 2022 - for WCS's 70th Anniversary Season | Conductor: James Morley Potter |
The Great Hall, University of Reading | Continuo: Benedict Lewis-Smith |
JS BACH’S B-MINOR MASS | Soprano: Helena Moore |
Mezzo-soprano: Catherine Backhouse | |
Tenor: Edward Woodhouse | |
Bass/Baritone: Greg Skidmore | |
Orchestra: Instruments of Time & Truth | |
Saturday 19 March 2022 | Organ: Benedict Lewis-Smith |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham | Conductor: James Morley Potter |
G FAURE: REQUIEM | Soprano: Alice Harberd |
L BERNSTEIN: CHICHESTER PSALMS | Baritone: Michael Hickman |
R VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 5 MYSTICAL SONGS | |
Saturday 11 December 2021 | Benedict Lewis-Smith, organ/piano. |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham | Conductor: James Morley Potter |
CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT | |
Saturday 13 November 2021 | Benedict Lewis-Smith, Continuo |
The Great Hall, University of Reading | Conductor: James Morley Potter |
G F HANDEL: MESSIAH | Helena Moore, Soprano |
Francis Gush, Counter Tenor | |
Robin Horgan, Tenor | |
Johannes Moore, Bass | |
OWING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE FOLLOWING CONCERTS WERE CANCELLED | |
Concert – June 2021 | |
Concert – March 2021 | |
Christmas Concert – December 2020 | |
OWING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THIS CONCERT WAS CANCELLED | Benedict Lewis-Smith, piano. Conductor: James Morley Potter. |
Saturday 14th November, 2020 | |
Great Hall, University of Reading Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), Op.54 Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden Duruflé: Requiem | |
OWING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THIS CONCERT WAS CANCELLED | Benedict Lewis-Smith, piano. Conductor: James Morley Potter. |
Saturday 20th June, 2020 | |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Edward Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands American Folk Songs, arr. James Morley Potter Gabriel Fauré: Pavanne Op.50 Michael Tippett: Spirituals from ‘A Child of Our Time’ | |
OWING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THIS CONCERT WAS CANCELLED | Lauren Lodge-Campbell, soprano |
Saturday 28th March, 2020 | Anne-Sofie Søby Jensen, mezzo-soprano |
Great Hall, University of Reading | Peter Harris, tenor |
Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri | Thomas Lowen, bass |
Hampstead Chamber Orchestra | |
and Benedict Lewis-Smith, continuo. Conductor: James Morley Potter. | |
Saturday 14th December, 2019 | With Benedict Lewis-Smith, piano and organ. Conductor: James Morley Potter There was a retiring collection in aid of: The choir’s chosen charity for this year: Sebastian’s Action Trust The Wokingham Town Mayor’s chosen charity: Diana Brimblecome Animal Rescue Centre |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Family Christmas Carol Concert In addition to traditional carols, the concert included: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night (arr. Dudley Buck) | |
Saturday 16th November, 2019 | Robyn Parton, soprano |
Great Hall, | Harry Ross, tenor |
University of Reading | Christopher Foster, bass |
Joseph Haydn: The Creation | Hampstead Chamber Orchestra |
and Benedict Lewis-Smith, continuo. Conductor: James Morley Potter. | |
Saturday 22nd June, 2019 | With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Piano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham ‘Songs of Travel’ Bob Chilcott: Irish Blessing Anon, arr. Andrew Carter: I wonder as I wander Percy Grainger: Arrival Platform Humlet (piano) Paul Burke: The Didcot Haiku Stephen Paulus: The Road Home Moses Hogan: Deep River Richard Wagner: Flight of the Valkyries (piano duet) Vaughan Williams, arr. James Morley Potter: Songs of Travel | Conductor: James Morley Potter There was a retiring collection in aid of the choir’s chosen charity for this year: There was a retiring collection in aid of the choir’s chosen charity for this year: |
Saturday 23rd March, 2019 | Robyn Parton, soprano |
Great Hall, | Claire Barnett-Jones, mezzo soprano |
University of Reading Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater | William Blake, tenor |
Giles Underwood, bass | |
Hampstead Chamber Orchestra | |
(leader Thomas Leate), | |
and Benedict Lewis-Smith, organ. Conductor: James Morley Potter. | |
Saturday 15th December, 2018 | With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Organ & Piano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Christmas Carol Concert 2018 In addition to traditional carols, the concert featured: Leontovich: Carol of the Bells Bob Chilcott: Twelve Days of Christmas | plus several soloists from the choir. Conductor: James Morley Potter |
Saturday 10th November, 2018 | Aileen Thomson, Soprano. |
Great Hall, | Lila Chrisp, Alto. |
University of Reading Gjeilo: Serenity | Peter Harris, Tenor. |
Mozart: Divertimento in D major K136 | James Geidt, Bass. |
Mozart: Laudate Dominum from Vespera solenelle de confessore K339 | Hampstead Chamber Orchestra |
Mozart: Ave verum corpus | (leader Hailey Willington), |
Mozart: Requiem | and Benedict Lewis-Smith, continuo. Conductor: James Morley Potter. |
Saturday 23rd June, 2018 | With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Piano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Summer Concert Music Down in My Soul – Moses Hogan Amazing Grace – John Newton arr. Kristen Allred. (Ben Lewis-Smith, piano solo) ‘Feel the Spirit’, Cycle of Spirituals – John Rutter Love is meant to make us glad – Edward German Barcarolle – Offenbach Brightly dawns our wedding day – Gilbert & Sullivan When the foeman bears his steel – Gilbert & Sullivan With cat-like tread – Gilbert & Sullivan In a doleful train – Gilbert & Sullivan HMS Pinafore Overture – Gilbert & Sullivan arr. Berthold Tours. (Ben Lewis-Smith, piano solo) Now to the banquet we press – Gilbert & Sullivan Tripping hither, tripping thither – Gilbert & Sullivan With Strephon for your foe – Gilbert & Sullivan Welcome, gentry – Gilbert & Sullivan Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero – Gilbert & Sullivan | plus soloists from the choir. Conductor: Patrick Allies |
Saturday 24th March, 2018 | Soprano: Christine Buras |
Great Hall, | Mezzo soprano: Jess Dandy (note change) |
University of Reading Handel: Messiah | Tenor: William Wallace |
Bass: Michael Mofidian | |
Hampstead Chamber Orchestra With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Continuo. | |
Conductor: Patrick Allies | |
Saturday 16th December, 2017 | Soprano: Sofia Larsson |
Great Hall, | Mezzo-Soprano: Beth Moxon |
University of Reading Bach: Christmas Oratorio | Tenor: Hiroshi Amako |
Bass-Baritone: Johnny Herford | |
Hampstead Chamber Orchestra With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Continuo. | |
Conductor: Patrick Allies | |
Saturday 11th November, 2017 | Benedict Lewis-Smith, Piano & Organ |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Remembrance Concert Parry – My soul, there is a country Brahms – Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (from Deutsche Requiem) Allegri – Miserere ‘In Flanders Fields’, read by Robin Eaglen Fauré – In paradisum (from Requiem) Todd – Remembrance (Included in the booklet, with permission) Howells – Nunc dimittis (Gloucester Service) Tavener – Exhortation and Kohima INTERVAL Mozart – Ave verum corpus Ireland – Greater love hath no man ‘My Boy Jack’, read by Paddy Haycocks Elgar – Nimrod (Organ) Karl Jenkins – Armed Man Choral Suite: | Conductor: Patrick Allies |
Saturday 17th June, 2017 | With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Piano & Organ |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham ‘Sure on this shining night’ Save us O Lord – Bairstow Bogorodyitse Dyevo – Rachmaninov Magnificat (Gloucester Service) – Herbert Howells Seek him that maketh the seven stars – Jonathan Dove Hail gladdening light – Charles Wood Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner Sure on this shining night – Morten Lauridsen Calme des nuits – Saint Saëns The evening primrose – Britten Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre How calmly the evening – Elgar The evening watch – Holst Lullaby – Elgar Download the concert poster. | Conductor: Patrick Allies |
Sunday 2nd April, 2017 | Sophie Gallagher, Soprano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Bach: St. John Passion | Tristram Cooke, Countertenor |
Nathan Vale, Tenor (Evangelist) | |
Peter Harris, Tenor | |
Malachy Frame, Baritone (Pilate) | |
Michael Mofidian, Bass-Baritone | |
Hampstead Chamber Orchestra | |
(Leader: Katie Holmes) | |
Benedict Lewis-Smith, Piano & Organ | |
Conductor: Patrick Allies | |
Saturday 4th March, 2017 | Christine Buras, Soprano |
Great Hall, | Claire Barnett-Jones, Mezzo-soprano |
University of Reading Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art | Patrick Terry, Countertenor |
Purcell: Funeral Sentences | Dan D’Souza, Baritone |
Purcell: DIDO AND ÆNEAS | |
Hampstead Chamber Orchestra | |
(Leader: Katie Holmes) With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Continuo. | |
Conductor: Patrick Allies | |
Saturday 17th December, 2016 | Benedict Lewis-Smith, Piano & Organ |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham Christmas Carols Concert 2016 | Conductor: Patrick Allies |
Saturday 12th November, 2016 | Nia Coleman, Soprano |
Great Hall, | Amy Lyddon, Mezzo-Soprano |
University of Reading Mozart: Magic Flute Overture | Bradley Smith, Tenor |
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae | Michael Mofidian, Bass |
Mozart: Ave verum corpus | |
Haydn: Te Deum No. 2 in C | Hampstead Chamber Orchestra |
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 | (Leader: Katie Holmes) With Benedict Lewis-Smith, Organ. |
Conductor: Patrick Allies | |
Saturday 18th June, 2016 | Benedict Lewis-Smith, Piano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham ‘Heroes and Villains’: Choruses from Opera and Musicals Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) Mozart: Voyagers’ Chorus (Idomeneo) Tchaikovsky: Chorus of the Peasant Girls (Eugene Onegin) Beethoven: Prisoners’ Chorus (Fidelio) Verdi: Witches’ Chorus (Macbeth) Gounod: Soldiers’ Chorus (Faust) Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) Bernstein: Make our Garden Grow (Candide) Gershwin: Choral selection (Porgy and Bess) Loesser: Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat (Guys and Dolls) Bernstein: The Plank Round (Peter Pan) Sondheim: Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd) Coleman: Rhythm of Life (Sweet Charity) Weill: Mack the Knife (The Threepenny Opera) Sondheim: Sunday (Sunday in the Park) | Conductor: Patrick Allies |
Saturday 2nd April, 2016 | Nika Gorič, soprano (Note change of soloist) |
Great Hall, | Sinead O’Kelly, soprano |
University of Reading Vivaldi: Gloria | Katie Coventry, mezzo-Soprano |
Mozart: Solemn Vespers K339 | Oliver Johnston, tenor |
Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen | Tristan Hambleton, bass With Solistes de Musique Ancienne |
Handel: Dixit Dominus | and Benedict Lewis-Smith, Organ. Conductor: Patrick Allies |
Saturday 19th December, 2015 | Benedict Lewis-Smith, Organ & Piano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Christmas Carol Concert 2015 | Conductor: Patrick Allies |
Saturday 21st November, 2015 | Alice Privett, Soprano |
Great Hall, | Michelle Daly, Mezzo-soprano |
University of Reading Mendelssohn: Elijah | William Morgan, Tenor |
Edward Grint, Baritone as Elijah | |
and Zoë Farrow from the choir | |
With Orchestra Vitae | |
Richard Pinel, Organ | |
Conductor: Patrick Allies | |
Saturday 13th June, 2015 | Conductor: Ben Lewis-Smith |
Sindlesham Court, Sindlesham, Wokingham Summer Concert of Sacred & Secular Music Including George Shearer’s ‘Songs and Sonnets’ and pieces by Bach, Palestrina, Victoria, Viadana, Elgar, Fauré, Bruckner, Franck, Rheinberger. | Organ, piano: Richard Pinel |
Double bass: Alice Kent | |
Saturday 21st March, 2015 | Laura Hudson, Soprano |
Great Hall, | Jemma Brown, Mezzo Soprano |
University of Reading Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle Rossini: Salve Regina | Alberto Sousa, Tenor |
Stuart Pendred, Bass | |
William Vann, Piano | |
Benedict Lewis-Smith, Harmonium | |
Conductor: Benjamin Woodward | |
Saturday 13th December, 2014 | Conductor: Alexander Chaplin |
Sindlesham Court, Sindlesham, Wokingham Christmas Carol Concert 2014 | Organ, piano: Benjamin Woodward |
Saturday 8th November, 2014 | Maggie Caswell, soprano |
Great Hall, | Matthew Sprange, baritone |
University of Reading Autumn 2014 Concert: | Luckley House School Choir (Director: Eve Bull) |
Howard Goodall Eternal Light: A Requiem | Brandenburg Sinfonia |
John Rutter Mass of the Children | Conductor: Alexander Chaplin |
Carrie Rosita Ha Comrades (First performance) | |
Zoë Farrow Peace of Mind (First performance) | |
Saturday 28th June, 2014 | Laura Hudson, soprano |
Great Hall, | Marie Elliot, contralto |
University of Reading Summer 2014 Concert: | Paul Curievici, tenor |
Verdi: Requiem | Callum Thorpe, bass |
Conductor: Alexander Chaplin | |
Saturday 22nd March, 2014 | Lorna Perry, Mezzo Soprano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Spring 2014 Concert: | Daniel Joy, Tenor |
Rachmaninov: Vespers | Conductor: Alexander Chaplin |
Saturday 21st December, 2013 | Soloists from the choir: Caroline Newton (Soprano), Christine Davies (Soprano), Nigel Mellor (Baritone) & a semi-chorus from the choir |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Christmas Concert: | Conductor: Alexander Chaplin |
A Celebration of Christmas Carols & Music Traditional Christmas music, and extracts from | Organ, piano: Benjamin Woodward |
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols | Brass Quintet |
Saturday 16th November, 2013 | Joanna Marie Skillett, Soprano |
Great Hall, | Anna Gillingham, Soprano |
University of Reading Autumn 2013 Concert: | Glenn Kesby, Counter Tenor |
Bach: Mass in B minor Review in Wokingham Times View the concert poster. | Stuart Laing, Tenor |
Edward Grint, Baritone | |
With Charivari Agréable (Kah Ming Ng, Continuo) | |
Conductor: Alexander Chaplin | |
Saturday 15th June, 2013 | Jenny Stafford (Soprano) |
Great Hall, | Conductors: Alexander Chaplin & Jo McNally |
University of Reading Summer 2013 Concert: | Benjamin Woodward, Piano & Andrew McKenna, Piano |
African Sanctus A joint concert with Wokingham Choral Academy | With London Productions Orchestra (Percussion). Soloists from WCS: Nigel Mellor (Bass) & Bob Jenkins (Bass). |
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music | |
Bob Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass (with WCA) | |
David Fanshawe: African Sanctus (with WCA) | |
Saturday 9th March, 2013 | Emily Vine, soprano |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham Spring 2013 Concert: | Samuel Pantcheff, baritone |
Fauré: Requiem Howells: Magnificat | Conductor: Alexander Chaplin |
Stanford: Nunc Dimittis in G | Organ: Benjamin Woodward |
Howells: Te Deum | |
Piccolo: Venite | |
Dove: Missa Brevis | |
Fauré: Requiem | |
Saturday 22nd December, 2012 | Soloists from the choir: Louise Blight (Soprano), Cheryl Slater (Soprano), Sarah Burrell (Soprano), Helen Belcher (Tenor) |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham Christmas Concert: | Conductor: Alexander Chaplin |
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Traditional Christmas music, and two pieces from | Organ, piano: Benjamin Woodward |
Rachmaninov: Vespers | Brass Quintet |
Saturday 24th November, 2012 | Rhiannon Llewellyn, soprano |
Great Hall, University of Reading Mozart: Requiem | Kate Howden, mezzo-soprano |
Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai (St. Nicholas Mass) | Oliver Johnston, tenor |
Bach: Suite No 3 in D BWV 1068 | Lancelot Nomura, bass |
Brandenburg Sinfonia | |
Conductor: Alexander Chaplin | |
Continuo: Benjamin Woodward | |
Saturday 16th June, 2012 | Alexander Chaplin: Conductor, WCS |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Diamond Jubilee Prom: ‘Vivat Regina!’ | Benjamin Woodward: Organ, Piano |
(A joint concert with Wokingham Choral Academy) CHH Parry: I was glad | Jo McNally: Conductor, WCA |
Morley: Now is the month of maying | Andrew McKenna: Piano |
Gibbons: The silver swan | Soloists from WCS: Claire Aldridge (Soprano), Matt Warren (Bass) |
Bennett: All creatures now | |
Grainger (arr.): Londonderry Air | |
Rutter (arr.): O waly, waly | |
Handel: Zadok the Priest | |
Holst (arr.): My sweetheart’s like Venus | |
Willcocks (arr.): Bobby Shaftoe | |
Arne: Rule Britannia | |
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March 1 | |
Emerson (arr.): All You Need is Love | |
Parry: Jerusalem | |
Britten (arr.): National Anthem | |
Saturday 31st March, 2012 | Emily Vine, Soprano |
Great Hall, University of Reading Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 | Jenny Stafford, Soprano |
Thomas Elwin, Tenor | |
Samuel Furness, Tenor | |
Alistair Ollerenshaw, Bass | |
Gareth John, Bass | |
Alexander Chaplin, Conductor | |
Charivari Agréable Simfonie | |
Saturday 10th December 2011 | Alexander Chaplin: Conductor, WCS |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ | Jo McNally: Conductor, WCA |
Carols for choir and audience. | Andrew McKenna: Piano |
(A joint concert with Wokingham Choral Academy) | The Brass Quintet |
Saturday 19th November, 2011 | Fiona Scott MacArthur, Contralto |
Great Hall, University of Reading Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace | Soloists from WCS: Cheryl Slater (Soprano), Robert Grindley (Tenor), Nigel Mellor (Bass) |
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Clap Your Hands | Dominic John, Piano |
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant-for-truth | Alexander Chaplin, Conductor |
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region | The Brandenburg Sinfonia |
Saturday 18th June 2011 | Helen Bailey: Soprano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Verdi: Anvil Chorus Il trovatore | Sam Furness: Tenor |
Bizet: Habanera Carmen | Adam Marsden: Bass |
Verdi: Brindisi La Traviata | Christopher Cromar: Piano |
Rossini: Overture The Barber of Seville (piano duet) | Alexander Chaplin: Conductor, WCS |
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Prince Igor | Jo McNally: Conductor, WCA |
Bizet: Au fond du temple saint The Pearl Fishers (duet) | Andrew McKenna: Piano, WCA |
Tchaikovsky: Waltz Scene Eugene Onegin | |
Rodgers and Hammerstein on Broadway (WCA) | |
Sondheim! A choral celebration (WCA) | |
Verdi: Son io mio Carlo and Per me giunto Don Carlo (solo) | |
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima L’Elisir d’Amore (solo) Mascagni: Easter Hymn Cavalleria rusticana | |
Verdi: Chorus of Hebrew Slaves Nabucco (WCS and WCA) | |
Donizetti: Quando rapido in estasi Lucia di Lammermoor (solo) | |
Verdi: Triumphal Scene Aida | |
Sunday 10th April 2011 | Helena Dix: Soprano |
Bearwood College Theatre Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem | Matthew Sprange: Baritone |
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs | Christopher Cromar: Piano |
Cecilia McDowall: On Angel’s Wing | Dominic John: Piano |
Brahms: Four Hungarian Dances (piano duet) | Alexander Chaplin: Conductor |
Saturday December 11th 2010 | Peter Hunt: Conductor |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘Child in a Manger’ | Christopher Cromar, Organ |
A Family Christmas celebration | Berkshire Young Voices |
Saturday 20th November 2010 | Louise Lloyd: Soprano |
Wellington College Newsome Sports Hall Haydn: Creation | Oliver Johnston: Tenor |
John-Owen Miley-Read: Bass | |
Alexander Chaplin:Conductor | |
The Brandenburg Sinfonia | |
Saturday June 19th 2010 | Alexander Chaplin, Conductor and Piano |
All Saints Church, Wokingham Great Choral Classics | Christopher Cromar, Organ and Piano |
Sing into Summer singers Conductor: Andrew Phillips | |
Sunday March 21st 2010 | Ruth Jenkins, Soprano |
Reading University Great Hall Parry: I was Glad | Catherine King, Mezzo soprano |
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 | Joseph Cornwell replaced an indisposed |
Tippett: A Child of Our Time | Michael Bracegirdle to sing the Tenor role |
Simon Thorpe, Baritone | |
Joseph Spooner , Cello | |
Alexander Chaplin, Conductor | |
Chameleon Arts Orchestra | |
Saturday December 12th 2009 | Alexander Chaplin, Conductor and piano |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ | Christopher Cromar, Organ and piano |
Carols for Choir and Audience | Berkshire Young Voices Conductor: Peter Hunt |
Saturday November 14th 2009 | Hannah Bradbury, Soprano |
Reading University Great Hall Handel: Messiah | Roderick Morris, Counter-tenor |
Sam Furness: Tenor | |
Thomas Faulkner, Bass | |
Alexander Chaplin, Conductor | |
with the Excelsis Chamber Orchestra | |
Saturday June 13th 2009 | Alexander Chaplin, Conductor and Piano |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘SUMMERTIME….’ Music for a summer’s evening | Christopher Cromar, Organ and Piano |
A celebration of music and readings. | |
Saturday March 21st 2009 | John Bowley: Tenor (Evangelist) |
Reading University Great Hall J. S. Bach: St John Passion BWV 245 | Paul Carey Jones, Baritone (Christus) |
Sarah Redgwick, Soprano | |
James Laing, Counter-tenor | |
James Edwards, Tenor | |
Jonathan Gunthorpe: Baritone | |
Alexander Chaplin, Conductor | |
with the Excelsis Chamber Orchestra | |
Saturday December 13th 2008 | Keep Hatch Primary School Choir |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘On Christmas night’ | Christopher Cromar, Organ |
Carols for Choir and Audience | Alexander Chaplin, Conductor |
Saturday November 22nd 2008 | Amanda Forbes, Soprano |
Reading University Great Hall Mozart: Mass in C Minor KV 427 | Sally Harrison, Soprano |
Handel: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day (1739) | Joseph Cornwell,Tenor |
Wyn Pencarreg, Baritone | |
Alexander Chaplin, Conductor | |
with the Excelsis Chamber Orchestra | |
Saturday June 14th 2008 | Alexander Chaplin, Conductor and Piano |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘A Summer Celebration of Love’ | Christopher Cromar, Piano and Organ |
A celebration of music and readings. | |
Saturday March 29th 2008 | Helen Massey, Soprano |
Eton College School Hall ’20TH CENTURY CHORAL SPECTACULAR’ | Robin Tyson, Counter-tenor |
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana | Grant Doyle, Baritone |
Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year | Eileen Broster, Piano |
Haydn: Te Deum for the Empress Maria Therese | Christopher Cromar, Piano |
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite | Malcolm Ball, Principle Percussion |
Edvard Grieg: Choral Suite | With Spelthorne Young Voices. |
Alexander Chaplin, Conductor | |
Saturday December 15th 2007 | Christopher Hodges, Baritone |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘Of the Father’s Heart Begotten’ | Olivia Russell, Cello |
Seasonal Music for Choir and Audience | Edward Batting, Organ |
Alexander Chaplin, Conductor | |
Saturday November 17th 2007 | Amy Moore, Soprano |
Reading University Great Hall ‘MUSIC FIT FOR A KING’ | Carris Jones, Mezzo Soprano |
Handel: Coronation Anthem ‘My heart is inditing’ | Christopher Bowen, Tenor |
Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate K165 | Michael Bundy, Bass |
Haydn: Te Deum for the Empress Maria Therese | Christopher Cromar, Organ |
Mozart: Epistle Sonata K263 | Alexander Chaplin, Conductor |
Mozart: Coronation Mass K317 | with the Excelsis Chamber Orchestra |
Saturday June 2nd 2007 | Aidan Oliver, Conductor and Narrator |
All Saints Church, Wokingham Elgar Anniversary Prom | Christopher Cromar, Piano and Organ |
The story of Elgar’s remarkable rise to fame and a selection of his best-loved choral and instrumental works. | David Brodowski, Violin |
Saturday March 24th 2007 | Katherine Manley, Soprano |
Eton College School Hall Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem | Rodney Clarke, Baritone |
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, St Anthony Chorale | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Saturday December 16th 2006 | Keep Hatch Primary School Choir |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘Christmas around the World’ | Christopher Cromar, Organ |
Carols for Choir and Audience | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
Saturday November 18th 2006 | Julie Cooper, Soprano |
Reading University Great Hall Albinoni: Adagio for organ and strings | Anna Stéphany, Mezzo Soprano |
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 | Daniel Auchincloss, Tenor |
Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass) | Samuel Evans, Bass |
Christopher Cromar, Organ | |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
with the Southern Pro Musica | |
Saturday June 17th 2006 | Bruce Alexander: Narrator |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘Pilgrims Progress’ | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
John Bunyan’s classic tale in a dramatic sequence of words and music. | Christopher Cromar, Organ |
Saturday March 25th 2006 | Andrew Foster-Williams, Bass as Elijah |
Eton College School Hall Mendelssohn: Elijah | Sam Landman, Treble |
Rachel Nicholls, Soprano | |
Doreen Curran, Mezzo Soprano | |
Daniel Norman, Tenor | |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
with the Brandenburg Sinfonia | |
Saturday December 17th 2006 | Keep Hatch Primary School Choir |
All Saints Church, Wokingham ‘A Maiden Most Gentle’ | Christopher Cromar, Organ |
Carols for Choir and Audience | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
Sunday November 20th 2005 | Claire Booth, Soprano |
The Hexagon Reading Lest we forget ………….1945 – 2005 | Caitlin Hulcup, Mezzo-Soprano |
A concert to commemorate the end of the second World War | Andrew Staples, Tenor |
Jenkins: The Armed Man, a Mass for Peace (concert suite) | Matthew Rose, Baritone |
Mozart: Requiem | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
With Reading Festival Chorus | with the Brandenburg Sinfonia |
Guests Berkshire Youth Choir and Tamesis Chamber Choir | |
Saturday June 25th 2005 | Susan Atherton, Mezzo-soprano |
All Saints Church, Wokingham Maurice Duruflé: Requiem | Julian Empett, Baritone |
César Franck: Psalm 150 | Rosie Biss, Cello |
César Franck:Panis Angelicus | Denny Lyster, Organ |
Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve (cello solo) | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane | |
J.S.Bach arr. Charles Gounod: Ave Maria | |
(Mezzo-soprano solo) | |
Gabriel Fauré:Cantique de Jean Racine | |
Charles-Marie Widor arr. David Willcocks:Sing! | |
Saturday 19th March 2005 | Laurie Brock, Treble |
Reading University Great Hall Handel: Messiah | Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, Soprano |
James Bowman, Countertenor | |
Thomas Walker, Tenor | |
Edward Price, Bass | |
Denny Lyster, Organ | |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
with Chimera Baroque Orchestra | |
Saturday 18th December 2004 | Emmbrook Junior School Choir |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham A Wokingham Wassail | Denny Lyster, Organ and Accompanist |
featuring the World Premier of A Wokingham Wassail | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
by Simon Wright | |
Saturday 27th November 2004 | Katie Van Kooten, Soprano |
Eton College School Hall Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition | Daniel Auchincloss, Tenor |
Orff: Carmina Burana | Owen Gilhooly, Baritone |
With Choristers of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster | Denny Lyster and Richard Pearce, |
Pianists | |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
with the Brandenburg Sinfonia | |
Saturday 19th June 2004 | Bene’t Coldstream, Tenor |
All Saints Church, Wokingham Summer Concert | Laurie Brock, Treble |
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms | Denny Lyster, Organ |
Bob Chilcott: Jubilate | Lucy Wakeford, Harp |
Haydn: Te Deum for Empress Marie Theresa | James Turner, Percussion |
Finzi: Movements from Dies Natalis | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
Britten: Movements from Suite for Harp Review in Wokingham Times | |
Saturday 27th March 2004 | Claire Ormshaw, Soprano |
Leighton Park School Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle | Trine Bastrup Møller, Mezzo-Soprano |
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn (St Anthony Chorale) | Thomas Walker, Tenor |
Review in Reading Chronicle | Adam Green, Baritone |
Review in Wokingham Times | Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore, Pianists |
Denny Lyster, Harmonium | |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
Saturday 20th December 2003 | Paddy Haycocks, Reader |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham Carols for Choir and Audience | St. Paul’s Junior School Choir, |
Denny Lyster, Organ and Accompanist | |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
Saturday 6th December 2003 | Huw Rhys-Evans, Tenor |
Guildford Cathedral Hector Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts | Aidan Oliver,Conductor |
With Windsor & Eton Choral Society | with Eton Festival Orchestra & Brass |
Saturday 14th June 2003 | Malcolm Creese, Double Bass |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham A Shakespearean Evening | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Traditional English madrigals | Paddy Haycocks, Reader |
Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
George Shearing: Music to Hear | |
John Rutter: Birthday Madrigals | |
Sunday 30th March 2003 | Sarah Fox, Soprano |
Eton College School Hall Baroque Extravaganza | Ruth Massey, Mezzo-Soprano |
Vivaldi: Gloria | Andrew Kennedy, Tenor |
Handel: Coronation Anthems (including Zadok the Priest) | Aidan Oliver, Conductor |
Handel: Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day | with the Sinfonia Britannica |
Saturday 15th February 2003 | Claire Weston, Soprano |
Guildford Cathedral Verdi: Requiem | Jean Rigby, Mezzo-soprano |
With Guildford Philharmonic Choir | William Kendall, Tenor |
D’Arcy Bleiker, Bass-baritone | |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Saturday 14th December 2002 | Paddy Haycocks, Reader |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham Fanfare for Christmas | St. Paul’s Junior School Choir, |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
with the Burnished Brass | |
Sunday 24th November 2002 | Claire Booth, Soprano |
Eton College School Hall Haydn: Creation | Matthew Beale, Tenor |
Robert Rice, Bass | |
Aidan Oliver, Conductor | |
with the Sinfonia Britannica | |
Saturday 22nd June 2002 | Cecilia Osmond, Soprano |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Summer Concert | Justin Luke, Organ |
Rutter: Requiem | Stephen Nash, Cello |
Rutter: I will lift up mine eyes | Denny Lyster, Conductor |
Parry: I was glad when they said unto me | |
Sunday 24th March 2002 | Gillian Keith, Soprano |
Eton College Chapel J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor | Stephanie Marshall, Mezzo Soprano |
William Towers, Alto | |
Andrew Kennedy, Tenor | |
Jonathan Brown, Bass-Baritone | |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Chimera Baroque Orchestra | |
Saturday 15th December 2001 | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Christmas Concert | Edward Gardner, Conductor |
Sunday 25th November 2001 | Giselle Allen, Soprano |
Eton College, School Hall Verdi: Requiem | Louise Mott, Mezzo-Soprano |
Review in Wokingham Times | Richard Coxon, Tenor |
James Rutherford, Baritone | |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Saturday 2nd June 2001 | Matthew Beale, Tenor |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert | Adam Green, Baritone |
Vaughan Williams | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Elgar | Edward Gardner, Conductor |
Finzi | |
Saturday 31st March 2001 | Sarah Fox, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Szymanowski: Stabat Mater | Anna Burford, Mezzo-Soprano |
Beethoven: Choral Symphony (No. 9) | Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks, Tenor |
Colin Campbell, Bass | |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Chimera Orchestra | |
Saturday 16th December 2000 | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Christmas Concert | Edward Gardner, Conductor |
Sunday 26th November 2000 | Sarah Fox, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Tippett: A Child of our Time | Stephanie Marshall, Mezzo Soprano |
Rachmaninov: Second Piano Concerto | Matthew Beale, Tenor |
Review in Wokingham Times | Jonathan Brown, Bass-Baritone |
Anna Markland, Piano | |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Saturday 14th October 2000 | Natalie Raybould, Soprano |
All Saints’ Church Handel: Excerpts from Messiah | Eamonn Dougan, Baritone |
Tippett: Spirituals from A Child of our Time | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Fauré: Requiem | Edward Gardner, Conductor |
Review in Wokingham Times | with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra |
This concert was specially arranged to mark the opening of the Wokingham Arts Festival | |
Saturday 10th June 2000 | Julie Cooper, Soprano |
All Saints Church, Wokingham Millenium Summer Celebration | Thomas Guthrie, Baritone |
Fauré: Requiem | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
Saturday 1st April 2000 | James Oxley, Tenor |
Eton College, School Hall Elgar: Dream of Gerontius | Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-Soprano |
Review in Wokingham Times | Riccardo Simonetti, Baritone |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
Saturday 27th November 1999 | Emma Bell, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Handel: Messiah | William Towers, Alto |
Review in Wokingham Times | Daniel Norman, Tenor |
Review in Reading Chronicle | Thomas Guthrie, Baritone |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Caroline Balding | |
Sunday 28th March 1999 | Jeni Bern, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Mozart: C Minor Mass | Emma Bell, Soprano |
Mozart: Symphony No 38 (Prague) | Matthew Beale, Tenor |
Review in Wokingham Times | Thomas Guthrie, Baritone |
Felicity Hammond had to withdraw from the concert due to illness. Her place was taken at short notice by Jeni Bern. | Felicity Hammond, Soprano |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Chameleon Arts Orchestra led by Andrew Smith | |
Saturday 12th December 1998 | Paddy Haycocks, Reader |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham A Christmas Celebration | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Review in Wokingham Times | Edward Gardner, Conductor |
with the Chameleon Arts Orchestra led by Andrew Smith | |
Saturday 28th November 1998 | Emma Bell, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Brahms: Deutsches Requiem | Mark Stone, Baritone |
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Review in Wokingham Times | Edward Gardner, Conductor |
with the Chameleon Arts Orchestra led by Andrew Smith | |
Saturday 6th June 1998 | Thomas Guthrie, Baritone |
All Saints Wokingham Summer Serenade | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs | Edward Gardner, Conductor |
A selection of English Partsongs | |
A selection of English Folk Songs | |
Saturday 21st March 1998 | Sarah Fox, Soprano |
Eton College Chapel Bach: St John Passion | William Towns, Alto |
Daniel Norman, Tenor | |
Matthew Beale, Tenor | |
Christopher Dixon, Bass | |
Robert Rice, Bass | |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 13th December 1997 | with the Sebastian Wokingham Band |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Fanfare for Christmas | |
Sunday 2nd November 1997 | Giselle Allen, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Beethoven: Missa Solemnis | Anna Burford, Mezzo-Soprano |
Daniel Norman, Tenor | |
James Rutherford, Bass | |
Robert Rice, Bass | |
Edward Gardner, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 7th June 1997 | Libby Crabtree, Soprano |
All Saints’ Church Andrew Carter: Benedicite | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
A selection of English Romantic Part Songs | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
A recital of Songs from the Shows | with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer |
Saturday 5th April 1997 | Libby Crabtree, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Handel: Israel in Egypt | Julie Cooper, Soprano |
Patrick Craig, Alto | |
With the WCS Youth Choir | Mark Milhofer, Tenor |
Laurence Whitehead, Bass | |
Robert Rice, Bass | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Sunday 15th December 1996 | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Fanfare for Christmas | with the Friary Guildford Brass Ensemble |
With the WCS Youth Choir | |
Saturday 23th November 1996 | Lesley-Jane Rogers, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Carl Orff: Carmina Burana | Quentin Hayes, Baritone |
Tchaikowsky: Violin Concerto | Richard Barclay, Tenor |
Simon Fischer, Violin | |
With the WCS Youth Choir | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
with the Sirius Orchestra | |
Saturday 8th June 1996 | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
St.Paul’s Church, Wokingham Summer Serenade | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
Rutter: Festival Te Deum | |
Rutter: Jubilate Deo | |
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine | |
A Selection of English Romantic Partsongs | |
With the choirs of Emmbrook Junior, Keephatch, and St. Crispin’s Schools | |
Saturday 23th March 1996 | Lesley-Jane Rogers, Soprano |
The School Hall, Eton College Elgar: The Apostles | Anne Mason, Contralto |
Justin Lavender, Tenor | |
Laurence Whitehead, Bass | |
Thomas Guthrie, Bass | |
Quentin Hayes, Bass | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 9th December 1995 | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Fanfare for Christmas | with the Friary Guildford Brass Ensemble |
Saturday 25th November 1995 | Jane Webster, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Janacek: Glagolitic Mass | Lesley-Jane Rogers, Soprano |
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms | Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-Soprano |
Gorecki: 2nd movement from Symphony No. 3 | Louise Mo H, Soprano |
Julian Gavin, Tenor | |
Jane Webster and Sarah Connolly were indisposed, and their parts were taken at short notice by Lesley-Jane Rogers and Louise M.. | Gavin Carr, Baritone |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 10th June 1995 | Rebecca Outram, Soprano |
St.Paul’s Church, Wokingham Music for Purcell’s Tercentenary | Robin Blaze, Alto |
Te Deum | Patrick Craig, Alto |
Rejoice in the Lord Alway | Robert Rice, Bass |
Trumpet Tune, Zadok the Priest | Denny Lyster, Accompanist |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Ensemble | |
Saturday 29th April 1995 | Stephen Roberts, Baritone |
Guildford Cathedral Walton: Suite from Henry V | Andrew Millington, Organ |
Delius: Sea Drift | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast | with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra led by Hugh Bean |
A joint concert with the Bracknell Choral Society and the Holst Singers | |
Saturday 10th December 1994 | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Fanfare for Christmas | with the Friary Guildford Brass Group |
Saturday 26th November 1994 | Libby Crabtree, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Bach: B Minor Mass | Robin Tyson, Counter-Tenor |
James Gilchrist, Tenor | |
Gavin Carr, Baritone | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 4th June 1994 | Maggie Caswell, Soprano |
All Saints’ Church Rutter: Requiem | James Morgan, Organ |
Parry | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
Vaughan-Williams | with the Sirius Ensemble |
Saturday 12th March 1994 | Alison Pearce, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Elgar: The Kingdom | Fiona Kimm, Mezzo-Soprano |
Maldwyn Davies, Tenor | |
David Mattinson, Baritone | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 18th December 1993 | James Morgan, Organ |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Fanfare for Christmas | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
Saturday 27th November 1993 | Janice Watson, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Verdi: Requiem | Tamsin Dives, Contralto |
Adrian Thompson, Tenor | |
Matthew Best, Bass | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 5th June 1993 | Libby Crabtree, Soprano |
Bearwood College Theatre Rutter: Magnificat | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms | Peter Barley, Organ |
Songs from the Shows (Libby Crabtree) | Miriam Keogh, Harp |
Pete Hamburger, Percussion | |
Nicholas Ormrod, Percussion | |
Saturday 13th March 1993 | Marina Lapina, Soprano |
Guildford Cathedral Britten: War Requiem | Maldwyn Davies, Tenor |
Alan Opie, Baritone | |
Joint Concert with Bracknell Choral Society | Choristers of Guildford Cathedral, Guest Choir |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
Andrew Millington, Conductor | |
with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Saturday 19th December 1992 | David Harrison, Organ |
All Saints’ Church, Wokingham Fanfare for Christmas | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
with the Ranelagh School Brass Ensemble | |
Saturday 21st November 1992 | Susan Gritton, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Mendelssohn: Elijah | Maggie Caswell, Soprano (The Youth) |
Susanna Spicer, Contralto | |
Huw Rhys Evans, Tenor | |
Stephen Gadd, Bass | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 13th June 1992 | David Harrison, Accompanist |
St Paul’s Church, Wokingham Tippett: Five Negro Spirituals | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
Copland: Old American Songs | |
Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands | |
Saturday 4th April 1992 | Rogers Covey-Crump, Evangelist |
Eton College Chapel Bach: St. Matthew Passion | Stephen Gadd, Jesus |
Lucy Bowen, Soprano | |
with the Choristers of Southwark Cathedral | David James, Alto |
James Gilchrist, Tenor | |
David Mattinson, Bass | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 30th November 1991 | Bethan Dudley, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Mozart: Requiem | Tasmin Davies, Mezzo-Soprano |
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 | Huw Rhys-Evans, Tenor |
Lawrence Whitehead, Baritone | |
Stephen Layton, Conductor | |
with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer | |
Saturday 8th June 1991 | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
St. Paul’s Church, Wokingham Stravinsky: Mass | with the Sirius Ensemble |
Mozart: Wind Serenade in E flat minor | |
Bruckner: Mass in E minor | |
Saturday 9th March 1991 | Alison Pearce, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Vaughan-Williams: Serenade to Music | Peter Savidge, Baritone |
Vaughan-Williams: Sea Symphony | Stephen Layton, Conductor |
Walton: Prelude to Richard III | with the Sirius Orchestra led by Simon Fischer |
Saturday 17th November 1990 | Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Contralto) |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Elgar: Dream of Gerontius | William Kendal (Tenor) |
David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone) | |
With the Sirius Orchestra conducted by Stephen Layton | |
Sunday 12th March 1989 | Francoise Pollet, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Mozart: Symphony No. 40 | Thomas Hemsley, Baritone |
Brahms: German Requiem | Simon Phipps, Conductor |
with the Amadeus Orchestra | |
Sunday 13th November 1988 | Neill Archer, Narrator |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Berlioz: The Childhood of Christ (L’enfance du Christ) | Anne-Marie Durens, Mary |
Martin Shaw, Joseph | |
with the Queen Anne’s School Choir | John Connell, Herod |
Mark Granville, Polydomus | |
John Forsyth, Centurion | |
Simon Phipps, Conductor | |
with the Amadeus Orchestra | |
Sunday 5th June 1988 | Joan Rodgers, Soprano |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Mozart: Coronation Mass (KV317) | Wendy Verco, Mezz-Soprano |
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Choral) | Barry Banks, Tenor |
Alistair Miles, Bass | |
Paul Daniel, Conductor | |
with the Akademeia Orchestra | |
Sunday 27th March 1988 | Joan Rodgers, Soprano |
The Hexagon, Reading Haydn: The Seasons | Paul Harrhy, Tenor |
Clive Bayley, Bass | |
Paul Daniel, Conductor | |
with the London Mozart Players led by Luigi de Filippi | |
Sunday 6th December 1987 | William Shimell, Baritone |
Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Borodin: Polovtsian Dances | Brian Wright, Conductor |
Ravel: Bolero | with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra led by Brendan O’Brien |
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast | |
plus Paco Peno, Flamenco Guitar | |
Mar-87 | Paul Daniel, Conductor |
Unknown (?) Berlioz: Te Deum | |
Mar-86 | Paul Daniel, Conductor |
Unknown (?) Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (? Uncertain) | |
Nov-85 | Paul Daniel, Conductor |
Eton School Hall (?) Beethoven: Mass in C | |
13th July 1985 | Nelly Miricioiu |
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge Verdi: Requiem | Penelope Walker |
Keith Lewis | |
Matthew Best | |
With Cambridge Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra | |
conducted by Graeme Jenkins | |
9th June 1985 | Penelope Mackay |
Eton School Hall Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Concert version) | Peter Savage |
Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest | With The National Centre for Orchestral Studies, |
Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo | conducted by Graeme Jenkins |
14th April 1985 | Patricia Rozario |
Hexagon, Reading Bach: Mass in B minor | Elisabeth Priday |
Michael Chance | |
John Graham-Hall | |
Henry Herford | |
With City of London Sinfonia, | |
conducted by Graeme Jenkins | |
24th November 1984 | Anne Richards (Sop) |
St.Crispins, Wokingham Haydn: Symphony 94 | Melanie Marshall (Mezzo) |
Constant Lambert: Rio Grande | Charles Daniels (Tenor) |
Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse) | Peter Harvey (Bass) |
With Stephen Gutman (Piano) and Chimera Orchestra | |
conducted by Graeme Jenkins | |
16th June 1984 | Alison Charlton-West |
St Crispin’s Centre, Wokingham Handel: Messiah | Michael Chance |
John Graham-Hall | |
Mark Wildman | |
With the Chimera Orchestra conducted by Graeme Jenkins | |
15th April 1984 | Nelly Miricioiu |
The Hexagon, Reading Verdi: Requiem Joint concert with Bracknell Choral Society | Penelope Walker |
Keith Lewis | |
Matthew Best | |
With the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | |
conducted by Graeme Jenkins | |
26th November 1983 | Maria Moll (Soprano) |
St Crispin’s Centre, Wokingham Elgar: Cockaigne Overture | Peter Gliddon-Harvey (Baritone) |
Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra | With the Chimera Orchestra conducted by Graeme Jenkins |
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony | |
21st May 1983 | Helen Kucharek (Soprano) |
Sonning Parish Church Parry: I was glad | Noel Mann (Bass) |
Faure: Requiem | With Jane Watts (Organ), conducted by Graeme Jenkins |
Madrigals | |
June 1982Part Songs (Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams) | Christopher Hand, Conductor |
April 1982Haydn: Te Deum in C | Christopher Hand, Conductor |
Haydn: Nelson Mass | |
November, 1981Handel: Messiah | Christopher Hand, Conductor |
June, 1981Brahms: Nanie | Richard Barnes, Conductor |
Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle | |
March, 1981Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae | Richard Barnes, Conductor |
Mozart: Mass in C Minor | |
November, 1980Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Brahms: German Requiem | |
May, 1980Brahms: Song of Destiny | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens | |
Haydn: Creation (part 1) | |
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances | |
March, 1980Bach: St John Passion | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
November, 1979Lambert: Rio Grande | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms | |
May, 1979Monteverdi: Beatur Vir | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Purcell: The Bell Anthem | |
Bruckner: Mass no. 2 in E Minor | |
March, 1979Elgar: Dream of Gerontius | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
November, 1978Mozart: Ave Verum | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Mozart: Requiem | |
National Anthem: Britten | |
May, 1978Handel: My Heart is Inditing | Purcell Orchestra |
Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Vivaldi: Gloria | |
April, 1978Faué: Pavanne | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs | |
Poulenc: Gloria | |
February, 1978Britten: Festival Te Deum | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Fauré: Requiem | |
Madrigals | |
November, 1977Handel: Messiah | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
May, 1977Mozart: Ave Verum | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Orff: Carmina Burana | |
March, 1977Britten: Festival Te Deum | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Fauré: Requiem | |
Madrigals | |
November, 1976Handel: Zadok the Priest | Keith Pusey, Conductor |
Haydn: Nelson Mass | |
May, 1976Bernstien: Chichester Psalms | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Coleridge Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast | |
March, 1976Vivaldi: Gloria | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Pergolesi: Magnificat | |
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens | |
November, 1975Handel: 8th Chandos Anthem | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Britten: St Nicholas | |
1975Purcell: Chaconne | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Tchaikovsky: The Crown of Thorns | |
Kodály: Jesus and the Traders | |
Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway | |
Randall Thompson: Alleluia | |
Stanford: The Bluebird | |
Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea | |
Seiber: Three Hungarian Folksongs | |
Bruckner: Three Graduals for the Church Year | |
November, 1974Handel: Messiah | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
May, 1974Kodály: Missa Brevis | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
March, 1974Bruckner: Three Graduals for the Church Year | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Haydn: St Cecilia Mass | |
November, 1973Bach: Cantatas 140 (Jesu, Joy) & 147 (Sleepers Wake) | The Wokingham Cantata Orchestra |
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
May, 1973‘Music Through the Ages’ (Bach, Monteverdi, Mozart, Williamson) | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Taylor: Magnificat | |
Randall Thompson: Alleluia | |
March, 1973Verdi: Requiem | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
November, 1972Vaughan Williams: Towards the Unknown Region | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Kodály: Missa Brevis | |
March, 1972Mendelssohn: Elijah | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
1971Haydn: Creation | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Mozart: Requiem | |
Handel: Zadok the Priest | |
1970Stainer: The Crucifixion | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Sullivan: Trial by Jury | |
Britten: St Nicholas | |
Pergolesi: Magnificat | |
1969Brahms: German Requiem | Brian Fawcett, Conductor |
Handel: Messiah | |
1968Bach: Ascension Cantata | Robin White, Conductor |
Mozart: Coronation Mass | |
Haydn: Autumn (The Seasons) | |
Handel: Messiah | |
1967Haydn: Creation | Robin White, Conductor |
1966Bach: St John Passion | Robin White, Conductor |
Handel: Messiah | |
1965Fauré: Requiem | Robin White, Conductor |
1964Haydn: The Seasons | David Urquart-Jones, Conductor |
Handel: Messiah | |
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia of Christmas Carols | |
1963Bach: Christmas Oratorio | David Urquart-Jones, Conductor |
Handel: Messiah | |
1962Mendelssohn: Elijah | David Urquart-Jones, Conductor |
1961Handel: Acis and Galatea | David Urquart-Jones, Conductor |
Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest | |
1960Handel: Messiah | David Urquart-Jones, Conductor |
1959Haydn: Creation | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus | |
1958Rossini: Stabat Mater | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
1958Mendelssohn: Elijah | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
1957Handel: Messiah | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
1955Haydn: Creation | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
‘The Passion of Our Lord’ (Bach, Stainer, Handel, Mozart) | |
1954Sullivan: Strange Adventure | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
German: Love is Meant to Make Us Glad | |
Robertson: The Old Woman | |
Sullivan: Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day | |
Purcell: How Blest Are Shepherds | |
Elgar: Songs from ‘The Bavarian Highlands’ | |
Mozart: Ave Verum | |
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | |
Schubert: The Lord is My Shepherd | |
Handel: Messiah | |
1953Haydn: The Passion | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
1952Handel: Messiah | Robert Noble (uncertain), Conductor |
Handel: Acis and Galatea | |
Robertson: The Old Woman | |
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas | |
1951Farrant: Lord for Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake | |
Quilter: Non Nobis Domine | |
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens | |
Holst: Turn Back O Man |