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PERFORMANCES BY HALIFAX CHORAL SOCIETY
FROM 1957 ONWARDS
Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday21 March 1957
Faust: H Berlioz Marion LoweAlfred HalletTrevor AnthonyFrank Barron
The Lemare OrchestraInterim guest conductor: John Hopkins (BBC)Melville Cook left HCS in late 1957 to become organist at Hereford Cathedral
Thursday21 November 1957
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Norma ProcterAndrew Gold
Trevor Anthony
The Lemare OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt (1st concert as new conductor of HCS)Organist: Stewart Dennett
Thursday19 December 1957
Handel: Messiah Honor SheppardMarion Hayes
Cyril HornbyBryan Drake
Northern Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett
Thursday20 March 1958
Dyson: Canterbury PilgrimsBorodin: Prince Igor
Ena MitchellWilliam Herbert
Owen Brannigan
The: Lemare OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett
Thursday20 November 1958
Puccini: Missa di GloriaVaughan Williams: Hodie
Joan GrayJohn Mitchinson
Norman Tattersall
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday18 December 1958
Handel: Messiah Pamela WoolmoreMargaret Ledsham
Andrew GoldJohn Lawrenson
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett
Thursday19 March 1959
Bach: St Matthew Passion David GalliverJohn Carol CaseHonor Sheppard
Pamela BowdenHarold BarnesRoger Stalman
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday30 April 1959In Halifax Parish Church, with the church choir
Haydn: Creation Doris AndertonHerbert Squire
Kenneth Dixon
Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Shackleton Pollard
Thursday19 November 1959
Handel: Ode to St Cecilia’s DayHowells: Hymnus ParadisiHandel: Organ Concerto in F
Heather HarperWilliam Herbert
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Herbert Byard
Thursday17 December 1959
Handel: Messiah Ena MitchellCelia Moran
Michael Griffith-JonesHervey Alan
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: John Moore-Bridger
Thursday7 April 1960
Beethoven: Misa Solemnis in DMozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Jennifer VyvyanJean Grayston
Gerald EnglishMaurice Bevan
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: John Moore-Bridger
Tuesday10 May 1960(Halifax Parish Church)
Mendelssohn: Elijah Olive BakerMary King
Herbert SquireFrank Barron
Conductor: Herbert ByardOrganist: Donald Hunt
Thursday15 December 1960
Walton: Belshazzar’s FeastWalton: Te DeumBrahms: Song of Destiny
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Geraint Evans RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Herbert Byard
Thursday22 December 1960
Handel: Messiah Elizabeth SimonJanet Baker
Wilfred BrownJohn Cameron
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Ronald Frost
2
Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday23 March 1961
Elgar: The Kingdom Ena MitchellNancy Thomas
David GalliverNorman Tattersall
RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt (last concert in the old Victoria Hall before alterations to multi-purpose venue)
Thursday27 April 1961(Halifax Parish Church)
Mendelssohn: Hymn of PraiseParry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Ada ReynoldsBarbara EddyshawHerbert Squire
Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Dr H Sumsion
Thursday30 November 1961(Halifax Parish Church)
Britten: St NicolasBach: Sleepers WakeBach: Sing ye to the Lord
Jeannette GoddardJohn Wheelerwith Sowerby Bridge Grammar School girls’ choir
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Francis Jackson
Wednesday1 December 1961(Halifax Parish Church)
Handel: Messiah Ann DowdallBarbara Rowbottom
Philip ToddHervey Alan
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Ronald Frost
Friday2 March 1962(Halifax Parish Church)
Faure: RequiemBeethoven: Mount of OlivesHandel: Zadok the Priest
Jennifer VyvyanGerald EnglishNorman Tattersall
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Francis Jackson
Thursday22 November 1962(Halifax Parish Church)
Puccini: Messa di GloriaVaughan Williams: Five Mystical SongsFinzi: Dies NatalisVaughan Williams: One Hundredth Psalm (Jubilate)
David GalliverHervey Alan
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Ronald Frost
Thursday20 December 1962(Halifax Parish Church)
Handel: Messiah Ann DowdallDelia Woolford
Stephen MantonRichard Standen
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Ronald Frost
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday21 March 1963(Halifax Parish Church)
Bach: St Matthew Passion Gerald EnglishJohn Carol CaseHonor Sheppard
Maurice BevanJanet Baker
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganists: Francis Jackson/Ronald Frost
Thursday21 November 1963(Halifax Parish Church)
Vaughan Williams: Pilgrims JourneyBerlioz: Childhood of Christ (Parts 2 & 3)
Ann DowdallDavid Galliver
Norman TattersallJohn Wheeler
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall Orchestra
Thursday19 December 1963(Halifax Parish Church)
Handel: Messiah Rae WoodlandBarbara Rowbottom
Duncan RobertsonRoger Stalman
Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Herbert Sumsion
Thursday30 April 1964(First concert in the refurbished Victoria Hall)
Dyson: AgincourtElgar: Enigma VariationsHandel: Messiah SelectionsWalton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Donald Bell RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday19 November 1964(in Halifax Parish Church)
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus Noelle BarkerChristine Garforth
Robert TearJohn Holmes
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Robert Smith
Thursday17 December 1964
Handle: Messiah Honor SheppardMaureen Lehane
Wilfred BrownJohn Shirley Quirk
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster
Wednesday23 December 1963
Carol Concert (the first of what was to become a Halifax tradition)
Schoolchildren of Halifax
Hervey Alan: bass soloist
Conductors: Donald Hunt & Donald Maxwell-Timmins (music organiser for Halifax Borough schools)Donald Webster & Ralph Garside: organists
Thursday29 April 1965
Verdi: Stabat MaterVerdi: Requiem
Rae WoodlandHelen Watts
Ronald DowdRoger Stalman
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Dr Melville Cook
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday18 November 1965
with Clare Hall Secondary School choir
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince IgorFaure: Pavanne
Lambert: The Rio GrandeBizet: Carmen
Irene PalmerPatricia HamiltonSybil Michelow
Brian CaseyDouglas Stark
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntPiano: Keith Swallow
Thursday16 December 1965
Handel: Messiah Elizabeth HarwoodLesley Wood
Robert TearNorman Tattersall
Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster
Thursday23 December 1965
Carol Concert Osian Ellis : harpSecondary Schools Choir
Conductor: Donald Maxwell-Timmins/Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster
Wednesday6 April 1966
Bach: Mass in B minor Honor SheppardMaureen Lehane
Wilfred BrownChristopher Keyte
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Donald Webster
Thursday17 November 1966
Mendelssohn: Elijah Patricia HamiltonSybil Michelow
Carl DugganJohn Hedale Nash
Conductor: Douglas HallOrganist: Donald Webster
Monday5 December 1966
Handel: Messiah Barbara ElsyShirley Minty
Gerald EnglishRoger Stalman
Conductor: Douglas HallOrganist: Donald Webster
Thursday22 December 1966
Carol Concert Owen BranniganSecondary Schools Choir
Conductor:Organist: Donald Webster
Thursday2 March 1967
Bernstein: Chichester PsalmsPoulenc: Organ Concerto
Britten: Cantata MisericordiumBritten: St Nicolas
Kenneth BowenChristopher KeyteRobert Denton
Conductor: Douglas HallOrganist: Francis Jackson
5
Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday25 November 1967
Verdi: Aida Rae WoodlandMonica SinclairRonald Dowd
Raimund HerinexVictor Godfrey
RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday14 December 1967
Handel: Messiah Sheila ArmstrongBarbara Robotham
David GalliverJohn Holmes
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Donald Webster
Thursday21 December 1967
Carol Concert Owen BranniganSecondary Schools Choir
Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster
Saturday9 March 1968
Hunt: Music of the SpheresElgar: Dream of Gerontius
Marjorie ThomasKenneth Bowen
Roger Stalman
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Donald Webster
Saturday18 May 1968(HCS 150th season celebration concert)
Glinka: Overture: Russlan & LudmillaDvorak: Te DeumTchaikovsky: Piano ConcertoJoubert: The Choir Invisible
Thomas HemsleyPatricia HamiltonEric Harrison: piano soloist
RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt/John Joubert (the composer) for The Choir Invisible with Donald Hunt as organist for this piece
Saturday16 November 1968
Elgar: The Music MakersMahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden
Brahms: Songs of Destiny Brahms: RhapsodyParry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Janet Baker Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Anthony Cooke
Thursday12 December 1968
Handel: Messiah Caroline CrawshawElisabeth Holden
Robert TearRaimund Herinex
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Anthony Cooke
Thursday19 December 1968
Carol Concert Thomas RoondSecondary Schools Choir
Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Cooke
Saturday29 March 1969
Dvorak: St Ludmilla Rae WoodlandJean Allister
Edgar FleetRaimund Herinex
RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday17 May 1969
Viennese EveningOverture: Marriage of Figaro; Haydn: Come Gentle Spring; Arias from marriage of Figaro; Haydn: Toy Symphony; Schubert Songs; Pizzicato Polka; Tales of the Vienna Forest; Die Fledermaus
Marie HaywardHazel HoltAlan WardJohn Wheeler
Kenneth RobertshawIvo RichardsonGordon Normanton
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall Orchestra
Thursday20 November 1969
Janacek: Glagolitic MassBossi: Organ ConcertoProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Elizabeth SimonElisabeth Holden
John MitchinsonMichael Rippon
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Francis Jackson
Thursday11 December 1969
Handel: Messiah Sheila ArmstrongMarjorie Thomas
Peter BamberChristopher Keyte
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Keith Rhodes
Thursday18 December 1969
Carol Concert Ian WallaceSecondary Schools Choir
Conductor:Organist: Anthony Cooke
Monday22 December 1969
Carol Concert Crossley & Porter School Choir Black Dyke Mills BandConductor:
Saturday14 March 1970
Haydn: Creation Margaret priceKenneth BowenRaimund Herinex
RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday7 May 1970
Gilbert & Sullivan EveningIolanthe & GondoliersSoloists from Choir:Doris Standring, Brenda Priestley; Audrey Earnshaw; Jean Carey, Ivo Richardson, Frank Barron, Keith Worsman, James Garnett
(Hazel Holt)Delia FletcherJean Allister
Edmund BohanJohn Hedale Nash
Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall Orchestra
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday21 November 1970
Beethoven ConcertHallelujah (Mount of Olives); Symphony No. 8 in F;Adelaide; Choral Fantasia; Mass in C
Sally le SageJean AllisterDavid Galliver
Roger StalmanKeith Swallow
Northern Concert OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday10 December 1970
Handel: Messiah Hazel HoltOriel Sutherland
Gerald EnglishColin Wheatley
Manchester Mozart OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Cooke
Thursday17 December 1970
Carol Concert Paul DuttonLeeds Parish Church Choir
Conductor: Anthony CookeOrganist: Anthony Langford
Monday21 December 1970
Carol Concert Raimund Herinex Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Anthony Cooke
Saturday13 March 1971
Handel: Samson Elizabeth SimonMargaret Cable
Kenneth BowenMichael Rippon
Northern Concert OrchestraConductor: Keith Rhodes
Saturday1 May 1971
Popular ConcertBizet: Carmen selections; Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lambert: Rio Grande; Walton: Façade Suite No. 1; Borodin: Choral Dance
Keith SwallowMargaret Cable
Northern Concert OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
Saturday6 November 1971
Mendelssohn: Hymn of PraiseMichael Head: Daphne & Apollo
Janet PriceKenneth Bowen
John Carol CaseDoris Standring
Northern Concert OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday9 December 1971
Handel: Messiah Eiddwen HarrhyMargaret Cable
Kurt WestRoger Stalman
Manchester Mozart OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcMonday20 December 1971
Carol Concert John Heddle Nash Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Peter Williams
Saturday18 March 1972(Live Broadcast)
Vaughan Williams Centenary ConcertBenedicite; 5 Mystical Songs; Sea Symphony
April CanteloRaimund Herinex
BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford
Saturday18 November 1972(BBC Recording)
Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims Elizabeth SimonKenneth BowenMichael Rippon
BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday14 December 1972
Handel: Messiah Jane ManningPamela Bowden
Nigel RogersRaimund Herinex
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
Monday18 December 1972
Carol Concert Rita MorrisKeith Swallow
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
Saturday23 March 1973
Hunt: Te DeumBrahms: RequiemBrahms: Academic Festival Overture
Janet PriceMichael Rippon
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford
Saturday24 November 1973(BBC Recording)
Mendelssohn: St Paul Janet PriceMarjorie Thomas
Neil JenkinsThomas Hemsley
BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford
Thursday13 December 1973
Handel: Messiah Angela BealePaul Esswood
Adrian de PeyerJohn Noble
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
Monday17 December 1973
Carol Concert Patrick McGuiganKeith Swallow
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
Saturday16 March 1974
Bach: Mass in B Minor Sally le SageJean Allister
Martyn HillPeter Knapp
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday23 November 1974
Haydn: Te DeumHaydn: London SymphonyMozart: Requiem
Susan GartonElsa Kendal
Gordon PullinJohn Macleod
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford
Thursday12 December 1974
Handel: Messiah Angela BealePaul Esswood
Ian PartridgeRaimund Herinex
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
Thursday19 December 1974
Carol Concert Rita MorrisKeith Swallow
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
Saturday23 March 1975(Live Broadcast)
Poulenc: GloriaTippett: A Child of Our Time
Janet PriceAlfreda Hodgson
Neil JenkinsJohn Noble
BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
Saturday8 November 1975
Mendelssohn: Elijah Elizabeth SimonElisabeth Holden
Neil JenkinsRodney Macann
City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Thursday11 December 1975
Handel: Messiah Anne ConoleyMargaret Cable
Martyn HillJohn Noble
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte
Thursday18 December 1975
Carol Concert Rita Morris Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon Lindley
Thursday25 March 1976
Elgar: Give Unto the LordParry: Songs of FarewellStainer: Crucifixion
Peter BamberNigel Wickens
Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Saturday24 April 1976
Verdi: Requiem Rae WoodlandAnne Collins
Ian CaleyRaimund Herinex
RLPOConductor: Sir Charles Groves
Saturday27 November 1976
Elgar: From the Bavarian HighlandsElgar: Enigma VariationsRichard Rodney Bennett: Spells
Jane Manning City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
10
Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday16 December 1976
Handel: Messiah Meryl DrowerJean Allister
Neil JenkinsRodney Macann
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Saturday18 December 1976
Carol Concerts (Two) Rita MorrisJohn Heddle Nash
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Michael Baker
Saturday26 March 1977
Verdi: Four sacred PiecesRossini: Stabat Mater
Jill GomezAnne Collins
John MitchinsonRaimund Herinex
City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt
Saturday26 November 1977
Beethoven: Prometheus OvertureBeethoven: Choral FantasiaHaydn: Creation (Part 1)(Replaced Carmina Burana due to MU strike)
Wendy EathorneKenneth Bowen
John LawrensonKeith Swallow (Piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Thursday15 December 1977
Handel: Messiah Meryl DrowerAnn Murray
Martyn HillRichard Jackson
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Wednesday & Thursday21 & 22 December 1977
Carol Concerts Raimund Herinex Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield
Thursday16 March 1978
Bach: St Matthew Passion Joyce RogersMargaret CableIan Partridge
Christopher KeyteStuart HornerAlan Fairs
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Saturday18 November 1978
Elgar: Cockaigne OvertureFinzi: For St CeciliaOrff: Carmina Burana
Sally le SageKenneth BowenPeter Knapp
RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt
11
Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday14 December 1978
Handel: Messiah Felicity LottMargaret Cable
Adrian ThompsonDavid Thomas
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Wednesday & Thursday20 & 21 December 1978
Carol Concerts John Lawrenson Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Peter Williams
Saturday24 March 1979
Beethoven: Hallelujah ChorusMendelssohn: Organ Sonata No. 3Mendelssohn: Hear My PrayerFanshawe: African Sanctus
Valerie HillDoris StandringDavid Fanshawe (Tapes)
Conductor: Donald HuntPianist: Keith SwallowOrganist: Paul TreptPercussion & Guitars
Thursday15 November 1979
Handel: Israel in Egypt Susan CampbellPenelope Price-JonesKeith Davis
Alastair ThompsonTimothy JonesAlan Fairs
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Thursday13 December 1979
Handel: Messiah Helen WalkerElizabeth Stokes
Peter BamberDavid Thomas
Conductor: Donald HuntYorkshire SinfonietaOrganist: Simon Lindley
Wednesday & Thursday19 & 20 December 1979
Carol Concerts Sandra Dugdale Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Peter Williams
Saturday19 April 1980
Concert of English Music:Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for StringsIreland: These Things Shall BeAnthony Milner: The Water & The Fire
Wendy EathorneMartyn HillNorman Welsby
City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday2 November 1980
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Susan KesslerRichard LewisRodney Macann
RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Thursday18 December 1980
Handel: Messiah Helen WalkerElizabeth StokerNeil MackieRaimund Herinex
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford
Monday & Tuesday22 & 23 December 1980
Carol Concerts Thurstone Bell OrchestraKeith Swallow
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield
Saturday14 March 1981
Bernstein: Chichester PsalmsHonegger: King David
Valery HillShirley MintyMartyn HillRichard Baker
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon LindleyPianist: Keith Swallow
Saturday28 November 1981
Handel: Ode on St Cecilia’s DayBritten: St Nicolas
Heather KeensHenry Howell
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon LindleyPianists: Keith Swallow & Margaret Williams
Thursday17 December 1981
Handel: Messiah Theresa ListerShirley MintyAlastair ThompsonRichard Wigmore
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford
Tuesday & Wednesday22 & 23 December 1981
Carol Concerts James BladesKeith Swallow
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield
Saturday27 March 1982
Verdi: Requiem Malmfrid SandFiona KimmJohn MitchinsonRaymond Herinckx
RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt
13
Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday15 May 1982
Gilbert & Sullivan Concert Choir MembersHalifax Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyPianist: Margaret Williams
Wednesday13 October 1982
‘Stuart Burrows Sings’ (actually to a rather small audience, despite his fame at the time and his regular BBC TV slot)
Stuart Burrows performing a programme of his own choice with his own personal accompanist
Soloist was performing free under the terms of an out of court settlement for his cancellation of an appearance with HCS because of a dispute over the chosen repertoire
Saturday27 November 1982
Beethoven: Egmont OvertureBruckner: Te DeumLiszt: Missa Solemnis
Helen WalkerElizabeth Stoker
Adrian ThompsonMichael George
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley
Thursday16 December 1982
Handel: Messiah Julie KennardSusan Tyrrell
James GriffettJohn Noble
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield
Tuesday & Wednesday21 & 22 December 1982
Carol Concerts Keith Swallow Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald Hunt/Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield
Saturday23 March 1983
Elgar: Great is the LordKodaly: Missa BrevisFaure: Requiem
Heather KeensThomas Huntplus HCS members
Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley
Saturday26 November 1983
Dyson: Canterbury PilgrimsTabard Inn Overture
Elizabeth HarwoodWynford DaviesMichael Rippon
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor:
Thursday15 December 1983
Handel: Messiah (Prout) Kathleen LivingstoneShirley Minty
Mark CurtisBrian Rayner Cook
Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcTuesday & Wednesday20 & 21 December 1983
Carol Concerts Rita Morris Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield
Saturday31 March 1984
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle Heather KeensJennifer Higgins
Roger HemingwayTom Hunt
Conductor:Organist: Simon LindleyPianist: Keith Swallow
Saturday17 November 1984with guest singers from the Worcester Choral Society
Elgar: The Music MakersDelius: Songs of FarewellElgar: Sea PicturesElgar: Pomp & Circumstance No. 1 in D
Sandra Browne Orchestra da CamerataConductor:
Thursday13 December 1984
Handel: Messiah (Prout) Julie KennardCath Wyn-Rogers
Neil MackieMichael George
Yorkshire SinfoniaConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield
Wednesday & Thursday19 & 20 December 1984
Carol Concerts Rita MorrisKeith Swallow
Conductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield
Saturday20 April 1985
Bach: Mass in B Minor Theresa ListerChristine Bates
Robin DovetonChristopher Keyte
Conductor:Organ: Simon LindleyHarpsichord: Roger Bullivant
Saturday30 November 1985
Vaughan Williams: Sea SymphonyWalton: Portsmouth Point OvertureStanford: Songs of the Sea
Suzanne MurphyBrian Rayner Cook
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: Donald Hunt
Thursday12 December 1985
Handel: Messiah (Prout) Kathleen LivingstoneElizabeth Stokes
Neil MackieBrian Rayner Cook
Yorkshire SinfoniaConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcTuesday & Wednesday17 & 18 December 1985
Carol Concerts Keith SwallowMoulds Brothers
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield
Saturday22 March 1986
A. Lloyd-Webber: RequiemCopland: Fanfare for Common ManBernstein: Chichester PsalmsGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Tobias EdwardsArthur DaviesCathryn Pope(Soprano soloist should have been Sarah Brightman, Lloyd-Webber’s then wife, but she was ‘unwell’ and did not sing, sending a substitute in her place)
Birmingham SinfoniaConductor: Donald Hunt
Saturday22 November 1986
Verdi: Aida Janice CairnsLinda FinnieKeith LathamJohn TranterKenneth Woolam
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones (first occasion conducting HCS as guest)
Thursday11 December 1986
Handel: Messiah Jane ManningPaul EsswoodWynford EvansBrian Rayner Cook
Orchestra da CamerataConductor:
Wednesday & Thursday17 & 18 December 1986
Carol Concerts Keith SwallowMoulds BrothersChristine McPhail
Black Dyke Mills BandConductor:Organist: T. Corfield
Saturday14 March 1987
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast(In conjunction with the Arts Council)Holst: Ballet Suite: Perfect FoolElgar: Cello ConcertoBritten: National Anthem
Julian Lloyd WeberPeter Knapp
RLPOConductor: Owen Arwel Hughes
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcApril 1987 Stainer: Crucifixion
John Ireland: Vexilla RegisBairstow: Variations on Pane Lingua
John NobleKenneth Bowen
Conductor:Organist: Simon Lindley
Saturday21 November 1987
Mendelssohn: Elijah Purlam BowenSally Burgess
Martyn HillStephen Roberts
Orchestra da CamerataConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley
Thursday10 December 1987
Handel: Messiah Alison PearceLinda Finnie
Justin LavenderAlan Fairs
Orchestra da CamerataConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley
Wednesday & Thursday16 & 17 December 1987
Carol Concerts Keith SwallowMoulds Brothers
Conductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Saturday26 March 1988
Fanshawe: African SanctusDyson: 3 Choral HymnsWilliamson: Procession of Psalms
Valery HillKeith Swallow (Piano)Percussion & Guitars
Conductor: Donald Hunt
Saturday21 May 1988
“The Warmed Heart”: a 250th celebration by Halifax Methodist Churches of John Wesley’s religious experience
Frank Topping: compere Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley
Thursday24 November 1988
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Dame Janet BakerRobert TearBrian Rayner Cook
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt (his final farewell concert)
December 1988 Handel: Messiah Hilary ThomasPenny Walker
Maldwyn DaviesMatthew Best
Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones (first official concert as new conductor of HCS)Organist: Simon Lindley
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcDecember 1988 Carol Concerts Jane Harrison
Keith Swallow (Piano)Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: John Pryce-Jones
March 1989 Dvorak: Requiem Rita CullisLinda Finnie
Ken WoolamDavid Marsh
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday18 November 1989
Haydn: Nelson MassBeethoven: Symphony No. 1Beethoven: Choral Fantasia
Faith ElliottJoan EdwardsBarry Banks
John RathAnthony Goldstone (Piano)
Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Tom Corfield
Thursday14 December 1989
Handel: Messiah Eiddwen HarrayLouise Winter
Nigel RobsonJason Howard
Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley
Wednesday & Thursday20 & 21 December 1989
Carol Concerts Graeme BroadbentKeith Swallow (Piano)
John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Kevin Bolton (Wed)/David King (Thu)Organist: Darius Battiwalla
Sunday1 April 1990
Verdi: Requiem Valerie PopoyaElizabeth Vaughan
Jorge Antonio PitaDavid Marsh
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday9 June 1990
1st Summer PromVintner: The Trumpets
John TranterMurray Greig (Trumpet)
Grimethorpe Colliery BandIMI Yorkshire Imperial BandConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley
Saturday17 November 1990
Elgar: The Apostles Patricia McMahonPenelope WalkerNigel Robson
Jason HowardGeorge MosleySteven page
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon LindleySemi Chorus: Crossley Heath School Girls Choir
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday13 December 1990
Handel: Messiah Patricia McMahonElizabeth Harley
Neil MackieDavid Marsh
Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley
Wednesday & Thursday19 & 20 December 1990
Carol Concerts Graeme BroadbentKeith Swallow (Piano)
John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones David James (Wednesday) David King (Thursday)Organist: Simon Lindley
Saturday23 March 1991
Celebration of MozartHandel: Zadok The PriestHandel: Let Thine Hand Be StrengthenedMozart: Piano Concerto in A Major K488Mozart: Mass in C Minor
Lorna AndersonEiddwen HarrayJohn Michael Mulroy
Matthew BroadbentErnest Hall (Piano)
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley
Saturday8 June 1991
2nd Summer PromFantasia on North Country Tunes – specially arranged by Ernest Tomlinson
Featuring Margaret Williams – Farewell performance after 17 years as accompanist
John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & David King
Saturday16 November 1991
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije SuitePoulenc: GloriaProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Lorna AndersonPatricia Bardon
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday15 December 1991
Handel: Messiah (Authentic Version) Lynne DawsonFiona Kimm
Andrew Murgatroyd (for Joseph Cornwell)Michael George
Hanover BandConductor: John Pryce-JonesChamber Organ: Darius BattiwallaHarpsichord: John Langdon
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcWednesday & Thursday18 & 19 December 1991
Carol Concerts John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & David KingOrganist: Darius Battiwalla / Simon Lindley
Sunday9 March 1992
Brahms: Eine Deutches RequiemBerlioz: Overture: Les Francs JugesR Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Hilary ThomasSimon Keenly SideDavid Greed (Violin)
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Saturday17 June 1992
Summer Prom (3rd)Rep. Of Fantasia on North Country Tunes (Tomlinson)
Combined Choirs of:Crossley Heath SchoolNorth Halifax High SchoolHipperholme Grammar School
John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Jim ScottAccompanist: Stewart Death
Sunday28 June 1992(Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale)
Yorkshire Brass and VoicesTo celebrate the first National Music DaySpirituals, Tomlinson, etc
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Leslie Beevers
Sunday11 October 1992
Walton: Te DeumWalton: Violin ConcertoElgar: The Music Makersin the Presence of Lady Susanna Walton
Gyorgy Pauk: solo violinSally BurgessNorth Halifax High School Choir
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Sunday3 December 1992
Handel: MessiahIn the ‘style’ of Sir Thomas Beecham (arranged by Sir Eugene Goossens, but orchestral parts not obtainable – in library of Sheffield University)
Anne DawsonPatricia Bardon
David FieldsendGidon Saks
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcWednesday & Thursday16 & 17 December 1992
Carols & Brass Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Stephen Williams
John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & John AndersonOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Saturday27 March 1993
‘Great Italian Choral Music’:Verdi: Four Sacred PiecesRossini: Stabat Mater
Elizabeth ConnellElizabeth Vaughan
Justine LavenderGudjon Oskarsson
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday26 June 1993
Gala Opera Night Dennis O’Neill English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday21 November 1993
Haydn: Te DeumMozart: Symphony 41 (Jupiter)Mozart: Requiem
Sarah VivianJudith Tonner
John MarsdenDean Robinson
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday12 December 1993
Handel: Messiah (almost Prout!)Wonderful performance & amazingly small audience size due to heavy snow
Eldrydd Cynan-JonesAlice Coote
Andrew MurgatroydGidon Saks
Northern Ballet Theatre Concert Orchestra (first use of this orchestra, later to evolve into the North of England..….Orchestra)Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Wednesday & Thursday15 & 16 December 1993
Carols & BrassChristmas Fantasia (Gavin Sutherland)
Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Stephen Williams
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Jeremy Wise
Saturday5 March 1994(Leeds Town Hall)
Weber: Overture “Oberon”Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in GVaughan Williams: A Sea SymphonyJoint with Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Leon McCauley (Piano)Joan RogersAlan Opie
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday25 June 1994
Summer PromIncluding: Gavin Sutherland Commission: “Summertime Special” Tomlinson: Fantasia on Old Country Tunes
Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Stephen Williams
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Jeremy WiseAccompanist: Darius Battiwalla
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday21 October 1994(St George’s Hall, Bradford)
Elgar: Dream of GerontiusJoint with Bradford Festival Chorus
Patricia BardonJustin LavenderJohn Rath
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: David Lloyd-Jones
Sunday20 November 1994
Elgar: Dream of GerontiusJoint with Bradford Festival Chorus
Alice CooteJohn MitchinsonDavid Gwynne
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday11 December 1994
Handel: Messiah Miriam BowenAlice Coote
Andrew Slater(for Stephen Gadd)Ian Thompson
Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Wednesday & Thursday14 & 15 December 1994
Carols & BrassIncluding: Gavin Sutherland Commission: “Christmas Fantasia”
Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Philip White
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones David Hirst
Sunday26 March 1995
McCunn: Overture “The Mountain and The Flood”Stanford: Songs of the FleetOrff: Carmina Burana
Donald MaxwellColin McKerracherCarla Maney
Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday24 June 1995
Summer Prom Soloists from Britannia Building Society Band
Britannia Building Society BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday19 November 1995
Essential Choral ClassicsExcerpts from: Bach: Christmas OratorioHandel: Acis and Galatea Handel: SamsonMendelssohn: Elijah Mozart: Ave VerumHaydn: Creation Brahms: Deutches RequiemPoulenc: Gloria Walton: Te Deum
Carole WilsonJames Oxley
Gidon SaksHCSYS
Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductors: John Pryce-Jones Lynn Hudson
Sunday10 December 1995
Handel: Messiah Catrin Wyn-DaviesCarole Wilson
James OxleyStephen Gadd
Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductors: John Pryce-Jones
Wednesday & Thursday13 & 14 December 1995
Carols & BrassIncluding special arrangements by G. Sutherland & D. Battiwalla
Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Lynn Hudson
Britannia Building Society BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs
Sunday24 March 1996
Bruckner: Te DeumVerdi: Requiem
Mary Lloyd-DaviesCarole Wilson
Paul Charles ClarkStephen Richardson (Replacing John Connell)
Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday30 March 1996(Leeds Town Hall)
Bruckner: Te DeumVerdi: RequiemJoint with Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Mary Lloyd-DaviesCarole Wilson
Paul Charles ClarkStephen Richardson (Replacing John Connell)
Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday15 June 1996
Songs and PraisesPre recording concert for NaxosMiscellaneous hymns and anthems
Michael Thompson(Winner of Top Treble Competition – Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer)
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc
Sunday17 November 1996
Music of Genius:Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2J. S. Bach: MagnificatHaydn: Harmonie Messe
Lynne DawsonCollette Ruddy
Nicholas SearsGraeme Broadbent
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday8 December 1996
Handel: Messiah Catherine BottCarole Wilson
Nigel RobsonAndrew Slater
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Tuesday & Thursday10 & 12 December 1996
Carols & Brass HCSYS Conductor: Lynn HudsonNOEL Children’s Choir Conductor: Alison Pryce-Jones
Britannia Building Society BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Philip McCannOrganist: Simon Lindley / Darius Battiwalla
Sunday23 March 1997
Faure: RequiemBeethoven: Mass in CSaint-Saens: Cello Concerto in A Minor
Camilla JohansenColette RuddyDavid Fieldsend
Stephen GaddSasha Volpov (Cello)
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Sunday22 June 1997
Orff: Carmina BuranaG&S: Iolanthe: Lord Chancellor’s Nightmare SongG&S: Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes; Dance a Cachucha; Finale to Act 2G&S: Pirates of Penzance: Oh is there not one maiden fair; Poor Wandering OneWood: Excerpts: Fantasia on British Sea SongsElgar: Land of Hope and GloryParry: Jerusalem
Donald MaxwellHarry NicollJudith Howarth(Replacing Linda Kitchen at 24hrs notice)
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Sunday23 November 1997
Elgar: The Kingdom Susannah GlanvilleCarole Wilson
Nigel RobsonAlan Opie
North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday7 December 1997
Handel: Messiah Margaret RichardsonSally Burchell
Jeffrey Lloyd RobertsClive Bayley
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thursday & Friday11 & 12 December 1997
Carols & Brass HCSYS Conductor: Lynn HudsonNOEL Children’s Choir Conductor: Alison Pryce-Jones
Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Saturday21 March 1998(Leeds Town Hall)
Czech ContrastsDvorak: Te DeumSmetana: Ma VlastJanacek: Glagolitic Mass
Joint Production with Leeds Philharmonic. Also, joined by member of Brno Philharmonic Choir of the Czech republic for whom the piece was written.
Helen FieldCarole Wilson
John MitchinsonClive Bayley
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday21 June 1998
Gilbert & Sullivan at The PromsSelections from Iolanthe, Pirates, & the Mikado. Plus “I was Glad”, Lux Aeterna (Nimrod) & prom favourites
Gail PearsonCarole WilsonHarry Nicoll
Eric RobertsNOEL Children’s Choir
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductors: John Pryce-Jones Alison Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc15 July 1998(Tewkesbury Abbey: Cheltenham Festival – Radio Broadcast)
Czech ContrastsDvorak: Te DeumSmetana: Ma VlastJanacek: Glagolitic Mass
Joint Production with Leeds Philharmonic. Also, joined by member of Brno Philharmonic Choir of the Czech republic for whom the piece was written.
Helen FieldCarole Wilson
John MitchinsonClive Bayley
English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday19 September 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Opera Gala NightItems from Carmen, Nabucco, La Traviata, Polovtsian Dances, Faust & Turandot
Mary HegartyMarcia Bellamy
Julian GavinDavid Barrell
Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Andrew Greenwood
Wednesday28 October 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Great Choral ClassicsExcerpts from Mozart, Verdi & Faure requiems; Zadok, Carmina, Jerusalem, Panis Angelicus, etc
Julia Melinek Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Richard Cooke
Sunday22 November 1998
Handel: Samson Gail PearsonAlice Coote
Julian GavinGidon Saks
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday6 December 1998
Handel: Messiah Rebecca CaineCarole Wilson
Maldwyn DaviesMatthew Hargreaves
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcWednesday & Thursday9 & 10 December 1998
Carols & Brass HCSYS Conductor: Lynn HudsonNOEL Children’s Choir Conductor: Alison Pryce-Jones
Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Wednesday16 December 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
BT Charity Carol Concert Angela RipponClaire Rutter
Justin Lavender Manchester Concert OrchestraBT BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Graham O’Connor
Monday21 December 1998(Guild Hall, Preston - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Handel: Messiah Angela TunstallMarcia Bellamy
Aled HallRichard Angas
Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Tuesday22 December 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Handel: Messiah Angela TunstallMarcia Bellamy
Aled HallRichard Angas
Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Monday28 December 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Opera Gala NightItems from Carmen, Nabucco, La Traviata, Polovtsian Dances, Faust & Turandot
Susan BullockJean RigbyBonaventura Bottone
Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Andrew Greenwood
Sunday28 March 1999
J S Bach: Suite in G for Solo CelloBruckner: Mass No. 2 in E MinorHandel (arr. John Longstaff): Musick for the Royal FireworksStravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Sasha Volpov North of England Chamber OrchestraWind and Brass sections of the Yorkshire Youth OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday20 June 1999
Summer Prom Concert- Fantasia on North Coutry Tunes (Tomlinson)- Lux Aeterna (Elgar: Nimrod – arr. Cameron)- Deep River (traditional)- Finlandia (Sibelius)- Polovtsian Dances (Borodin - arr.)- Hallelujah Chorus (Handel: Messiah)- Land of Hope and Glory (Elgar)- Jerusalem (Parry)
NOEL Children’s Choir Brighouse & Rastrick BandConductors: John Pryce- Jones David Hirst Alison Pryce Jones
Sunday17 October 1999(4 weeks earlier than usual)
Mendelssohn: Elijah Claire RutterCarole Wilson
Ivan SharpeAlan Opie
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Sunday5 December 1999
Handel: Messiah Claire RutterCarole Wilson
Aled HallClive Bayley
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesHarpsichord: Darius BattiwallaOrganist: John Longstaff
Wednesday & Thursday8 & 9 December 1999
Carols & Brass HCSYS Conductors: Lynn Hudson (Wed) Stephen Bradnum (Thurs) With Thom Meredith
Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Darius Battiwalla
Sunday19 December 1999(Church of Latter Day Saints, Hudds)
Handel: Messiah Ailsa MooneyJoyce Tyndsley
Michael BennettRichard Strivens
Conductor: Darius BattiwallaOrganist: Graham EcclesTrumpet: Anthony Thompson
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcWednesday22 March 2000(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Last Night of The Proms
- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Verdi: Nabucco)- Easter Hymn (Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana)- Hallelujah Chorus (Handel: Messiah)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Land of Hope and Glory (Elgar)Plus Orchestra & solo items
Mary Hegarty Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday26 March 2000
Haydn: The Creation Mary Hegarty (for Rebecca Caine)
Joseph CornwellClive Bayley
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Friday14 April 2000(Halifax Parish Church)
Concert in aid of the Restoration Fund: Passion Music
- I was Glad (Parry)- Hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the Height- Faure: Requiem- Let all the world (R. V. Williams)- Hymn: O Sacred Head- Stanford: Organ Fantasia & Toccata- Hymn: When I Survey- Lux Aeterna (Elgar: Nimrod – arr. Cameron)- Parry: Organ Chorale Prelude on Rockingham- Stainer: God so loved the world- Elgar: Give unto the Lord
Timothy YatesDavid HallJonathan Lilley
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Jonathan Lilley
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday17 June 2000
Summer Prom Concert
- Summertime Special (Sutherland)- Grand March (Verdi: Aida)- Finlandia (Sibelius)- Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Sutherland)- Lux Aeterna (Elgar: Nimrod – arr. Cameron)- Ol’ Ark’s a Moverin’ (Traditional American Spiritual)- Va Pensiero (Verdi: Nabucco)- Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 (Elgar)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Band Items
NOEL Singing For Fun Group Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs Alison Pryce-Jones
Sunday17 September 2000(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Opera Gala Night- Brindisi (Verdi: La Traviata)- Anvil Chorus (Verdi: La Traviata)- Easter Hymn (Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana)- Toreador (Bizet: Carmen)- Nessun Dorma (Puccini: Turandot)
Sandra FordChristine Rice
Bonaventura BottoneMark Stone
Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Robin Stapleton
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday8 October 2000
Verdi: Nabucco- Overture- Aria: Gli arredi festivi giu cadano infranti- Chorus: Va PensieroPuccini: Manon Lescaut- Aria: Donna non vidi maiPuccini: Madam Butterfly- Humming ChorusVerdi: Don Carlos- Aria: Ella giammai m’amoVerdi: Macbeth- Chorus: Patria OppressaPuccini: Turnadot- Aria & chorus: Nessun DormaPuccini: Messa di Gloria
Jeffrey StewartClive Bayley
North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday14 October 2000(Huddersfield Town Hall)
Voices for HospicesHandel: MessiahWith Huddersfield & Holmfirth Choral Societies
Eleanor DoodeyCarole Wilson
Andrew MurgatroydAndrew Slater
RNCM SinfoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Gordon Stewart
Thursday9 November 2000
Victoria Theatre Promotion: Classical ExtravaganzaPopular operatic and oratorio choruses and orchestral works
Carole Wilson North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday3 December 2000
Handel: Messiah Mary HegartyCarole Wilson
Andrew MurgatroydClive Bayley
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesHarpsichord: Darius BattiwallaOrganist: John Longstaff
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcWednesday & Thursday6 & 7 December 2000
Carols & Brass HCSYS Conductor: Lynn HudsonNOEL Children’s Choir Conductor: Alison Pryce-Jones
Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Bryan HurdleyOrgan & Piano: Jonathan Lilley
Saturday16 December 2000(Church of Latter Day Saints, Hudds)
Handel: Messiah Eleanor DoodeyJoyce Tindsley
Matthew MinterSimon Deller
Conductor: Gordon StewartOrganist: Jonathan LilleyTrumpet: Neil Fulton
Wednesday27 December 2000(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Opera Gala Night- Toreador (Bizet: Carmen)- Soldiers Chorus (Faust)- Miserere (Il Trovatore)- Grand March (Verdi: Aida)- Humming Chorus (Puccini: Madam Butterfly)- Nessun Dorma (Puccini: Turandot)- Brindisi (Verdi: La Traviata)
Tamsin DivesJustin LavenderKeith Latham
Manchester Concert OrchestraFanfare of Trumpets of the Prince of Wales DivisionConductor: Andrew Greenwood
Saturday10 February 2001
Victoria Theatre Centenary Concert- Overture (Wagner: Tannhauser)- Funeral March (Beethoven: Symphony No. 3)- Blest Pair of Sirens (Parry)- Overture (Wagner: Meistersingers)- Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
Halle OrchestraConductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcFriday9 March 2001(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)
Last Night of the Spring Proms- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Verdi: Nabucco)- Zadok the Priest (Handel)- Easter Hymn (Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana)- O Fortuna (Orff: Carmina Burana)- Hallelujah Chorus (Handel: Messiah)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Rule Britannia (Arne)- Land of Hope and Glory (Elgar)
Janis Kelly Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Robin Stapleton
Sunday25 March 2001
Vivalidi: Gloria in DBoccherini: Cello Concerto in BbSchubert: Mass in Ab
Eleanor DoodeyKathryn TurpinMartin HindmarshJohn BromleySasha Volpov (Cello)
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday23 June 2001
Summer Prom Concert- Zadok the priest (Handel)- Overture – La Corsair (Berlioz)- Largo al factum (Rossini)- Battle of Trafalgar (Darwin)- Polovtsian Dances (Borodin)- The memory of all that (Porter/Kern)- The way you look tonight- Let’s do it- Anything goes- Every time we say goodbye- Ground Force March (Parker)- I’m getting sentimental (Gershwin)- River Dance (Whelan)- New York New York (Kander)- It don’t mean a thing (Ellington)- Fantasy on British Sea Songs (Wood)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Pomp & Circumstance No.1 (Elgar)
Joseph Cows ( Tuba)Matthew Routley (Narrator)Alison Hervey (Soprano)
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesBlack Dyke BandConductor: Nicholas ChildsNoel Singing For Fun GroupConductor: Alison Pryce-Jones
Sunday21 October 2001
“Profound Harmony”Poulenc: Stabat MaterVerdi: Requiem
Susannah Glanville(for Claire Rutter at 24hrs notice)Carole WilsonGeraint DoddIain Paterson
North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday2 December 2001
Handel: Messiah Mary HeggartyAnne-Marie GibbonsAled HallAndrew Slater
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: John LongstaffContinuo: Darius Battiwalla
Wednesday & Thursday5 & 6 December 2001
Carols & Brass NOEL Children’s ChoirConductor: Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday27 December 2001(Bridgewater Hall)
Opera Gala Night- Va pensiero (Verdi: Nabucco)- Toreador (Bizet: Carmen)- Grand March (Verdi: Aida)- Madrigal (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)- Nessun Dorma (Puccini: Turandot)- Humming Chorus (Puccini: Madam Butterfly)
Judith HowarthJustin LavenderStephen Page
Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Andrew Greenwood
Thursday7 March 2002(Bridgewater Hall - BBC live broadcast)
Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th anniversary of the October revolution(HCS guests of the Hallé Choir)
Gerard McBurney (Speaker) Hallé Choir and Orchestra
Conductor: Mark Elder
Sunday24 March 2002
Springtime serenadeHandel: Zadok the priestVerdi: Anvil ChorusBorodin: Polovtsian dancesHandel: Messiah (Easter music)Orff: Carmina Burana (choruses)Band items
Noel Singing For Fun GroupConductor: Alison Pryce-JonesBlack Dyke Band soloists
Black Dyke BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs
Sunday23 June 2002
Handel/Mozart: Judas MaccabaeusFirst performance of the newly discovered orchestration attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sponsored by Halifax plc and televised by Anglia Television for BBC Digital 4, introduced by Stephen Fry.
Mary NelsonVictoria SimmondsGlenn Kesby (Counter tenor)Peter Hoare(for Julian Gavin at 4 days notice)Andrew Foster-Williams
North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 20 October 2002; 7.30pm
English Classics:In Honour of the City of London: W. WaltonFlos Campi: R Vaughan-WilliamsThe Hymn of Jesus: G HolstOrb & Septre march: W Walton (orchestra)
Yorkshire Youth Choir and Rastrick High School choirsRosalyn Cabot: viola soloist
North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
? November 2002 A Taste of the Proms (Victoria Theatre promotion)Overture Die FledermausPiano Concertos RahmaninovPopular opera chorusesLast Night of the Proms items
Martin Roscoe: piano soloist North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 1 December 2002: 7.30pmm
Messiah; G F Handel Marie ArnetCarole WilsonPeter HaoreAndrew Foster-Williams
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
4 & 5 December 2002: 7.30 pm
Carols & Brass NOEL Children’s Choirs with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildsConductor: John Pryce-Jones
27 December 2002
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Raymond Gubbay: Opera Gala Night Manchester oncert Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
Sunday 23 March 2003: 7.30pm
Music of the MastersSolemn Vespers: W A MozrtMagnificat in D major: J S BachClarinet Concerto in A mjor: W A Mozart (orchestra)
Rachel Oakes : soprano (Bach)Simone Sauphanor: sopranoKathryn Turpin: mezzoMartin Hindmarsh: tenorJohn Ramsdin: bass
North of England Chamber Orchstra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 29 March 2003
St Mark’s Church, Sheffield (paid engagement)
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra with Men’s Chorus: Busoni
(Recorded live for CD)
Piano soloist: Sir Ernest Hall Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Longstaff
Sunday 20 April 2003
Birmingham Symphony Hall (paid engagement)
Messiah: G F Handel
Dr Denis Wright arrangement for brass accompaniment
Marie ArnetCarole WilsonAled HallAndrew Foster-Williams
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 23 June 2003: 7.30pm
Summer Prom NOEL Singing for Fun Children’s Choirs conducted by Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesThursday 16 October 2003: 7.30pm(Concert promotion by Calderdale Council)
A Taste of the ClassicsOverture: The Hebrides: F Mendelssohn (orchestra)Va Pensiero: G VerdiSoldiers’ Chorus: GounodSiuite from Swan Lake: P TchaikovskyNimrod and Pomp & Circumstance march No 1: E Elgar
Jonathan Scott: Piano soloist North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 16 November 2003: 7.30pm
A German Requiem; J BrahmsFive Mystical Songs: R Vaughan-WilliamsOverture to The Magic Flute: W A Mozart (orchestra)
Sir Thomas Allen: baritoneJanis Kelly: Soprano
North of England Concert Orrchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Wednesday 2 & Thursday 3 December 2003: 7.30 pm
Carols & Brass NOEL singing for Fun Children’s Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesTom Moore: organist
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 7 December 2003: 7..30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Marie ArnetCarole WilsonPeter HoareAndrew Foster-Williams
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 14 March 2004: 7.30pm
The Seasons: F J Haydn Janis Kelly sopranoPeter Hoare: tenorAndrew Foster-Williams: bass
Orchestra of Opera North
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSaturday 26 June 2004: 7.30pm
Summer Prom NOEL Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesGuest piano soloist: Richard Uttley
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 14 November 2004: 7.30pm
Sea Drift: Frederick DeliusCarmina Burana: Carl Orff
Mary Nelson: sopranoJohn Graham-Hall: tenorMark Stone; bass
North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesWednesday 1 & Thursday 2 December 2004: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass NOEL Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesDarius Battiwalla: organist
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 5 December 2004: 7.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Janis Kelly: sopranoGlenn Kesby: counter-tenorIain Paton: tenorAndrew Foster-Williams: bass
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 20 March 2005: 7.30 pm
Mass in B minor: J S Bach Marie Arnet: sopranoMichael Chance: counter-tenorRobert Murray: tenorRoderick Williams: baritone
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 18 June 2005: 7.30pm
Summer Prom NOEL Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesYoung musician Martyn Jackson: solo violin
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 13 November 2005: 7.30pm
The Dream of Gerontius: Edward Elgar(sung as memorial tribute to long-term supporter Betty Helliwell)
Carole Wilson: mezzoJohn Daszak: tenorIain Paterson; bass
The Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Friday 2 & Saturday 3 December 2005: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Noel Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildsConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 4 December 2005: 7.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Mary NelsonJean RigbyJoseph CornwellAndrew Foster-Williams
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 9 April 2006: 7.30pm
The Armed Man: Karl JenkinsMisa Criolla: Ariel RamirezThree Sacred Motets: A Bruckner
Rachel Oakes: sopranoPeter Hoare: tenorMatloob Hussain: muezzin
North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesBack projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)
Friday 23 June 2006: 7.30pm
Summer Prom Noel Singing for Fun Groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesYoung musician soloist: Matthew Shaw: cornet
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 5 November 2006 7.30pm
Christ on the Mount of Olives: L V BeethovenNelson Mass in D minor; F J Haydn
Judith HowarthAlexandra GibsonPeter HoareMichael Parle
North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 3 December 2007: 7.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Joanne Dexter: sopranoMichael Chance: counter-tenorJoshua Ellicott: tenorMichael George: bass
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 December 2006; 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Noel Singing for Fun Children’s Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Christopher McElroyConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 1 April 2007: 7.30pm
St Matthew Passion: J S Bach Joanne Dexter sopranoGlenn Kesby counter-tenorJoshua Ellicott: EvangelistMatthew Minter tenorMark Rowlinson bassOliver Dunn: Christus
The Hanover Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 23 June 2007: 7.30pm
Summer Prom ConcertIncluding extracts from Carmina Burana: Carl Orff
Noel Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesYoung musician Carl Schofield: piano soloist
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 21 October 2007: 7.30pm
Choral Classics:Gloria: A VivaldiRequiem: W A Mozart
Gillene HerbertRebecca CurrierChristopher TurnerJohn Dempsey
North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 2 December 2007: 7.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Joanne DexterCarole WilsonJoshua EllicottOliver Dunn
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6 December 2007: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Noel Singing for Fun Choir and Rastrick High School Junior Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 8 December 2007
MEN Arena, Manchester (paid engagement)
Raymond Gubbay promotion: Classical Spectacular
HCS augmented by invited singers from other Hx area choirs
Paul O’Neill: tenorMark Holland: baritoneDavid Garrett: solo violin
Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: Robin Stapleton
Friday 28 December 2007
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (paid engagement)
Raymond Gubbay promotion:Gala Opera Night
Janis Kelly sopranoPeter Auty tenorDavid Kempster baritone
Manchester Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Robin Stapleton
Saturday 26 January 2008in Bethesda Methodist Church, Elland
Open rehearsal: (an open recruitment event for HCS)Introduction to Fauré’s Requiem
Organist: David Houlder Led by John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 18 April 2008: 7.30pm
Halifax Parish Church
French Choral MusicRequiem in C minor: L CherubiniRequiem: Fauré
Organist: David HoulderOliver Binns: trebleJohn Filsak: bass
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 25 May 2008in Carlow Cathedral with HCS as guests of the Carlow Choral Society
Repeat of the HCS concert above on 18 April 2008,
Marese Bailey; sopranoJohn Filsak: bass
Orchestra of St Cecilia
Conductor: Blanniard Murphy
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday 5 June 2008Halifax Parish Church
Funeral Service for Mrs Shirley Whitehead (former administrator of HCS for many years)Kyrie from ‘Dream of Gerontius’ Elgar, plus Fauré Requiem ‘In Paradisium’ Organ solo as cortege moved out of the church: ‘The Angel’s Farewell’ from Elgar’s Gerontius
Organist: Darius Battiwalla Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 7 June 2008Paid engagement for Harrogate Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Hall, Harrogate
Opera SelectionsNinth Symphony: L V Beethoven
Anne Williams-KingMonica Brett-CrowtherDominic NatoliDavid Kempster
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Bryan Western
Saturday 21 June 2008 Summer Prom‘The Armed Man’: K Jenkins (first half of concert)
With special guest choir: Bradford Festival Choral SocietySoloists: Sarah Killian (sop) Colin Powell (tenor) Richard Williams (bass) Muezzin: Daniel Nazir
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 26 October 2008: 7.30pm
The Kingdom: E Elgar Linda RichardsonJane IrwinJeffrey Lloyd RobertsChristopher Purves
North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thursday 4 & Friday 5 December 2008
Carols & Brass concerts Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 7 December 2008: 7.30 pm
Messiah: G F Handel Joanne DexterCarole WilsonJoshua EllicottWilliam Allenby
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 26 April 2009: 7.30pmin the Albion Church, Ashton under Lyne (Paid engagement as part of the Tameside Music Festival)
A Poet’s Hymn: George DysonRequiem: G FaurePlus Zadok the Priest, Fanshawe Lord’s Prayer, Dyson’s Valour, All in the April Evening, Dyson’s Praise, I was glad, Hallelujah Chorus
Victoria Barraclough: soprano soloistSolo organ piece: Overture to St Paul: Mendelssohn
Organist for concert: Darius Battiwalla
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 20 June 2009: 7.30pmwith guest singers from the Bradford Festival Choral Society
Summer Concert:Carmina Burana; C Orff (first half)
Amanda Forbes: sopranoDaniel Norman: tenorDawid Kimberg: baritone
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Friday 13 November 2009
Halifax Parish Church
‘The Power and the Glory’Requiem: DuruflléOrgan Mass: C M WidorCantique de Jean Racine: G FaureOrgan solo: Toccata in F: C M Widor
Soloist: Christine Quirk Organists: David Houlder and Philip Tordoff
Sunday 22 November 2009
in Halifax Minster
Minster-Making celebrations with local dignitariesHCS contributions:I was glad: C H ParryTe Deum in Bb: C V Stanford
Organist: Philip Tordoff
Guest Brass ensemble
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday 3 & Friday 4 December 2009
Carols & Brass Thurs guest: actor Barrie RutterFri guests: Parkinson Lane Primary School choir
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 6 December 2009
Messiah: G F Handel Joanne DexterCatherine KingJoshua EllicottNeil Baker
North of England Chamber Orchestra
Sunday 27 December 2009paid engagement in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Raymond Gubbay: Opera Gala Night Compere: Jenni Bond Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
Sunday 28 March 2010
with invited guest choir: Edinburgh Royal Choral Union
Requiem: G VerdiHymn of Jesus: G HolstInvocation: Holst
Sasha Volpov: cello soloistCalire RutterMadeleine Shaw,John HudsonGidon Saks
North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 18 April 2010
in Symphony Hall, Birmingham as guests of Black Dyke Band
with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Soloists from HCS: Victoria Barraclough soprano, Christine Quirk mezzo, Colin Powell baritone
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Back projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)
Sunday 30 May 2010
in Usher Hall, Edinburgh, as guests of ERCU
Organ Mass: C M WidorMissa Brevis: Z KodalyFive Mystical Songs: R Vaughan-WilliamsAve Maria: A Bruckner
Organist: Morley Whitehead Conductor: Michael Bawtree
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 20 June 2010 ‘Transatlantic’ Summer Prom Rastrick High School choirs and City
of Leeds Youth Choirs with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesFriday 29 October 2010
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester(paid engagement)
Raymond Gubbay organization promotion :‘Friday Fright Night’
Organist: Jonathan Scott Manchester Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 30 October 2010
‘Spooktacula’ Hallowe’en concert for young people which included: excerpt from Ruddigore and The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (both specially arranged for choir and band)
Organist: David Houlder Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 14 November 2010
in Halifax Minster
‘Lest we forget’ theme for Remembrance Day 2010Messe Solonnelle: VierneTe Deum: Henry Gadsby‘The Spirit of England’: E Elgar
Tenor soloist: Roy Sykes (HCS) Organist: David Houlder
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thursday 2 & Friday 3 December 2010: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Thursday young musician soloists: Lydia Wyatt (flute) & Rene Horvath (violin)Friday: Greetland Primary School Choir
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 5 December 2010: 7.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Rachel NichollsCarole WilsonDavid ShawStephen Gadd
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce--Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 11 December 2010
HCS invited to take part in the Halifax Minster event organised by the Community Foundation for Calderdale
Christmas-time Celebration
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (paid engagement)
Messiah: G F Handel Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 17 April 2011: 7.30pm
St John Passion: J S Bach Sarah-Jane BrandonMadeleine ShawJoshua EllicottDarren Jefferyplus members of HCS for minor solos
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 18 June 2011: 7.30pm
‘Round-Europe’ Summer Prom School choirs from Parkinson Lane, Halifax & West Vale Primary
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 29 October 2011: 7.30pm
Elijah: F Mendelssohn
with youth choir from Rastrick and North Halifax High Schools, leader: Alison Pryce-Jones
Judith HowarthAnna BurfordDavid ShawAndrew Foster-WilliamsMatthew Wilson (treble)
Northern Sinfonia
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday 1 & Friday 2 December 2011: 7.30pm
Carols and Brass Thursday guest: poet Ian McMillanFriday guests: West Vale Primary School Happy Songsters
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 4 December 2011: 7.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Fflur WynMadeline ShawJames OxleyDarren Jeffery
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 1 April 2012: 7.30pm]with guest choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Festmusik der Stadt Wien: R Strauss (band only)A Bronte Mass: Philip WilbyChoral Motets: A BrucknerEnigma Variations (2 movements): E Elgar (‘Nimrod’ for unaacompanied choirs)Finale from Organ Symphony: C Saint-SaensGreek Dance – Zeibekikos: P Wilby (band only)
Euphonium soloist: Gary Curtin
Organ soloist: David Houlder
William Allenby (baritone soloist)
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 28 April 2012: 7.00pmIn Sheffield City Hallas guests of Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
A Bronte Mass: Philip WilbyThe Armed Man: Karl Jenkins‘Revelation’: Philip Wilby (band only)
Soloists: William Allenby (baritone) plus members of SPC‘Armed Man’ muezzin: Qamar Zaman
Black Dyke Band: conducted by Darius Battiwalla for the 2 choral pieces, Nicholas Childs for the band itemBackground projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)
Saturday 16 June 2012: 7.30pm
Right Royal Prom (to commemorate HM the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations)
Rastrick High School Choirs conducted by Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 21 October 2012: 4.00pm
Mass in C minor: W A MozartFantasia in C minor for pinao, chorus and orchestra: L V BeethovenOverture to ‘The Magic Flute’: W A Mozart
Gillian RammCatherine CarbyJoshua EllicottJames OldfieldPiano soloist: Grant Green
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 2 December 2012: v7.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Ruby HughesCatherine CarbyJoshua EllicottRobert Winslade Anderson ( at short notice)
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thursday 6 & Friday 7 December 2012; 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Thurs guest: poet Ian McMillanFri guests: Shibden Head Primary School Choir with conductor Lee Spink
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 15 December 2012
In Leeds Town Hall as guests of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Messiah: G F Handel
(Dr Denis Wright Adaptation for brass)
Keri FugeKatie BrayPeter DavorenAlexander Ashworth
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: David Hill
Sunday 24 March 2013: 4.00pm
Symphony of Psalms: I StravinskyMass in E minor: A BrucknerMusic for the Royal Fireworks: G F Handel & Serenade for Winds and Strings (1st movement): A Dvorák (orchestra)
No soloists North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcFriday 7 June 2013: 7.30pm
Summer Prom: ‘Singin’ in the Yorkshire Rain’
Smithy Bridge Primary School Senior Band (Littleborough)Conductor: Lee Rigg
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 27 October 2013: 4.00pm
Requiem: G FaureGloria: F PulencBailero from Songs of the Auvergne: J Canteloube
Giselle AllenDean RobinsonCatrin Pryce-Jones (Fauré)
North of England Concert Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 1 December 2013:7.30 pm
Messiah: G F Handel Jeni BernCarole WilsonAlexander SpragueRobert Winslade Anderson
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thursday 5 and Friday 6 December 2013: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass concerts Pupils from Wood Band Special School, Luddenden ( Thurs)All Saints Primary School Junior Choir (Fri)
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: David Houlder
Sunday 30 March 2014: 4.00 pm
A German Requiem: J. Brahms (sung in English)
Variations on Theme by Haydn: J Brahms (orchestral item)
Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk: J Brahms (unaccompanied)
Gillian Ramm (soprano)Brian McBride (bass)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 14 June 2014: 7.30pm
Stage & Screen Prom concert Young local soloist: Stephen Gott (piano)
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 8 November 2014: 7.30pm
in Halifax Minster with the Minster choirs
1914- 2014 Lest we Forget: commemoration, remembrance and reconciliationRequiem: Gabriel FauréPoetry and prose from WW1The Spirit of England: E. Elgar
Fauré soloists: Will Frost (bass) and Minster choir membersElgar soloist: Roy Sykes (tenor)
Fauré conductor: Chris BrownOrganist: Graham Gribbens
Elgar conductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Chris Brown
Saturday 29 Novemberas guests of Foden’s BandManchester Cathedral
Gloria: John Rutter Foden’s Band
Conductor for Gloria: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 30 November 2014:4.00 pm
Messiah: G F Handel Hazel McBainPenelope CouslandJoshua Owen MillsBrian McBride
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thursday 4 and Saturday 6 December 2014: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass concerts Thurs: Rastrick High School Senior Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesFri: Lindley Junior School Choir with conductor Alison North
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 19 April 2015: 4.00 p.m
Nelson Mass: F J HaydnWachet Auf: J S BachMy heart is inditing: G F HandelSonata for trumpet: H. Purcell (solo trumpet and orchestra)
Catrin Pryce-JonesClaire PascoeNicholas WattsDominic BarberiSolo trumpet: Tracey Redfern
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 13 June 2015: 7.30pm
Summer Prom Guest soprano soloist: Catrin Pryce-Jones (replacing Rachel Harrison at last minute)
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc Saturday 17 October 2015: 7.30pm
in Halifax Minster
Autumn Choral ConcertFantasia and Ground Bass: George Dyson (organ solo)Mass in G: Franz SchubertMissa Brevis: Zoltan Kodály
Catrin Pryce-Jones: sopranoColin Powell: tenorGraham McCluster: bass
Organist: David Houlder
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 29 November: 4.00pm
Messiah: G F Handel Peyee ChenSarah DenbeeJoshua EllicottAlexander Robin Baker
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 December 2015: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Fri: Birstall Primary Academy Choir with conductor: Emma OffordOrganist: David Houlder
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones Sunday 17 April 2016: 4.00p.m.
Requiem Mass in D minor: W A Mozart
Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte Cécile: C. Gounod
Elin PritchardRebecca Afonwy-JonesJoshua EllicottPaul D. Grant
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 11 June 2016: 7.30pm
Summer Prom(with a nautical/patriotic flavour)
Guest folk group:Kimber’s Men, performing sea shanties and sea songs
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Sunday 16 October 2016: 4.00pmwith the Yorkshire Youth Choir as HCS’ guests
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace: Karl Jenkins,(arranged for brass accompaniment by Andrew Wainwright and Duncan Gibbs)Festive Overture: Shostakovitch,Gloria: John Rutter
Muezzin: Ghulam MujtabaKatie Grady sop,Christine Quirk mezzo,Bertie Yates tenor,Richard Buxton bass
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Back projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 27 November 2016 6.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Charlotte La ThropeFiona JoiceJoshua EllicottPaul D Grant
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Thurs 1 December 2016: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Guest choir from Parkinson Lane Primary School, Halifax with leaders Daniel Bath and Sahbaz Hussain
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 19 March 2017: 4.00pm
with Ipswich Choral Society as HCS’ guests
Elijah: Felix Mendelssohn Catrin Pryce-JonesEmma StannardPeter HarrisPaul D Grant
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Saturday 29 April 2017: 7.30pm
Snape Maltings as guests of the Ipswich Choral Society
Elijah: Felix Mendelssohn Conductor: Robin Walker
June and July 2017(two sessions)Huddersfield Town Hall
CD recording of The Holy Face: Philip Wilbywith guest choirs: Yorkshire Youth Choir and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Catrin Pryce-JonesEmma StannardPeter HarrisJerome Knox
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc Sunday 15 October 2017: 7.30pm
with the Yorkshire Youth Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
The Holy Face: Philip Wilby (world premiere of this new work composed as an HCs commission to commemorate the choir’s bicentenary);When Israel out of Egypt Came (Ps 114) : Felix Mendelssohn (dedicated to HCS by the composer); Te Deum: Anton Bruckner
Catrin Pryce-JonesEmma StannardPeter HarrisJerome Knox
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 26 November 2017: 6.30pmwith guest singers from the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and the Carlow Choral Society
Messiah: G F Handel
using Dr Denis Wright’s adaptation for brass band accompaniment
Elin PritchardPenelope CouslandAled HallSam Carl
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Wednesday 6 December: 7.30pm
Carols & Brass Guest choir: Rastrick High School Chamber Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Monday 15 April 2017: 6.30pmBi-centenary season closing performance
F J Haydn: The CreationConcert to re-create the first ever HCS performance in the Old Court House, Halifax on Monday 9 February 1818
Catrin Pryce-JonesHiroshi AmakoSamuel Carl
The Hanover Band
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc Choral at the MinsterSaturday 30 June 2018: 7:30pmin Halifax Minster
Vierne: Messe Solonnelle, plus sacred music:Zadok the Priest, Hear My Prayer, When Israel out of Egypt Came, The Lord’s Prayer, Thou will keep him in perfect peace, Lift up your heart, Hallelujah Chorus
Organist: David Houlder Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 1 July 2018: 7.a.m.
Halifax Minster
BBC Radio 4 Sunday worship, celebrating the launch of a new Methodist hymn book and featuring some of the lesser known hymns of Charles Wesley, with a new anthem composed for the service: Lift up your heart: John Longstaff
Organist: David Houlder Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 28 October 2018: 6.30pm
Autumn Classics:Gabrieli: In EcclesiisVivaldi: GloriaMozart: Solemn Vespers
Charlotte La ThropeEmma StannardBertie YatesDavid Hall
North of England Classical OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 25 November 2018
Messiah: G F Handel Catrin Pryce-JonesKatie StevensonHiroshi AmakoSamule Carl
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 2 December 2018
Carols & Brass Bradshaw Primary School ChoirConductor: Julia Baker
Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: David Houlder
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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 8 December 2018 7.30pmIn Leeds Town Hallas guests of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus along with members of Dortmund Philharmonic Choir
Messiah: G F Handel Fflur WynCaitlin HulcupJoshua EllicottBen McActeer
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: David Hill
Saturday 11 May 2019: 6.30pm
in Brighouse Central Methodist Church
St John Passion: J S Bach Catrin Pryce JonesHelen CharlstonRuairi BowenWill Frost
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 13 October 2019 6.30pm
with guest singers from the Bearsden Choir, Glasgow
Requiem: Giuseppe VerdiTe Deum: Anton Bruckner
The farewell appearance of John Pryce-Jones as conductor of HCS after 31 years in post
Judith Howarth for Verdi Requiem & Catrin-PryceJones for Bruckner Te Deum ((at short notice) sopranosYvonne Howard: mezzoElgan Llyr Thomas (at short notice): tenorGidon Saks; bass
North of England Classical Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Sunday 1 December 2019 6.30pm
Carols & Brass Bradshaw Primary School ChoirConductor: Julia Baker
Black Dyke BandConductors: Darius Battiwalla (guest of HCS) Nicholas Childs
Sunday 1 March 2020 6.30pm
Messiah: G F Handel Christina Birchall-SampsonBeth MackayWarren GillespieBrian McBride
North of England Classical OrchestraConductor: Philip Collin (his 1st concert with HCS, as guest conductor)
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