St Albans Choral Society: Concerts, works performed and performers
Date & Venue
17.12.1944
Spicer St Church
Works Performed
John E West: Story of Bethlehem
25.03.1945
Spicer St Church
Handel: Messiah Parts I & II
29.03.1945
Dagnall Street
Handel: Messiah Parts I & II
11.10.1945
Spicer Street
Eric H Thiman: “A New Choir” The Parables
L C F Robson: Festival Te Deum
(conducted by composer)
Eric H Thiman: “A New Choir” The Parables
L C F Robson: Festival Te Deum
(conducted by composer)
Christmas concert (no details)
13.10.1945
Dagnall Street
07.12.1945
Spicer Street
02.03.1946
Dagnall Street
26.06.1946
Town Hall
15.11.1946
Dagnall Street
Handel: Messiah Parts I, II and III
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding
Feast
Sullivan – Brightly Dawns our Wedding Day
Hugh S Roberton: The Old Woman
Songs by Bamfield Cooper
Mendelssohn: Elijah
28.03.1947
Dagnall Street
29.11.1947
Drill Hall,
Harpenden
Stainer: Crucifixion
24.12.1947
Drill Hall,
Harpenden
Carol recital
10.04.1948
St Saviours
Haydn: Creation
22.11.1948
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Handel: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day
Montague E Phillips: Rebel Maid
Performers
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Mrs Alec Moore, S J Aries, F West
A J Kime, Mrs Paterson
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Doris Kruger, Alice Battison, Leslie
Chapman, Walter Ayre
A J Kime, Bessie Patterson
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Doris Kruger, Doris Daniel, Kenneth
Faulkner, Walter Ayre
Leonard Robson
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Jen Richardson, William C Worth
A J Kime
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Jen Richardson, William C Worth
A J Kime
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
F West, K Curtis, Jen Richardson
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Mary Blyth, Essie Ackland,
Bradbridge White, Norman Lumsden
A J Kime, A S Cox
Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Bamfield Cooper, A J Kime
Conductor: George Hurdman
Estelle Applin, Joan Gray,
Bradbridge White, Hervey Alan,
A J Kime
No details
Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Alfred Howard etc
Dorothy Ilston, Foster, Edwina M
Gleaver
Anne Duthie, Ellen Howard, Mary
Ryan, Fred West, Alfred Howard
Dorothy Ilston Foster, Edwina M
Gleaver
Conductor: George Hurdman
Ceinwen Rowlands, Alec John,
Hervey Alan, Dorothy Foster
Conductor: Meredith Davies
Anne Duthie, Wendford Sandel, Dr
Osborne M Peasgood
St Albans Choral Society, St Albans
United Choir, Bach Choir,
Watford Philharmonic, St Albans
Orchestral Society, St Albans
Cathedral Choir, etc
20.12.1948
Marlborough Road
Carol Concert
25.02.1949
Beaumont School
Edward German: Merrie England
30.04.1949
Marlborough Road
Handel: Messiah
25.11.1949
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Stanford: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem,
Magnificat
Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim,
Coronation Anthem, Hallelujah Chorus
Weelkes, Wesley, Howells, Elgar, Jacobs
Carol Concert
19.12.1949
Marlborough Road
11.03.1950
St Saviours
Brahms: Requiem
06.05.1950
Marlborough Road
Mendelssohn: Elijah
30.11.1950
Tabernacle Parish
Church St Albans
21.12.1950
Marlborough Road
Handel: Messiah
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, O Peaceful
England from Merrie England
Carol Concert
24.04.1951
Conservative Hall
Music by British Composers incl
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs
Elgar: Banner of St George
Festival of Britain Concert
June 1951
St Albans Abbey
20.12.1951
Marlborough Road
17.11.1951
Marlborough Road
17.04.1952
Conservative Hall
04.10.1952
Marlborough Road
15.11.1952
Marlborough Road
Carol Concert
Handel: Judas Maccabeus
Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands,
Alec Rowley 0 Lark in Clear Air
Theiman – I wandered lonely as a cloud
Greensleeves
Oratorio Favourites - Handel, Haydn etc
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Conductor: George Hurdman
St Leonard’s Handbell Ringers
Eric Anderson, Dorothy Ilston Foster
Conductor: George Hurdman
Ena Goodyear, Anne Duthie, Mary
Ryan,etc.
Dorothy Foster, Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Marjorie Shires, Betty Sagan,
Hervey Alan, Stephen Manton
Eric Anderson
Conductor: Meredith Davies
No details of performers
Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Dr R Gordon Booth,
Nelson Morris
Dr R Gordon Booth,
Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Antony Paull
W Briginshaw
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Mary Ryan
William Hatt, Hervey Alan
Eric Anderson, Dorothy Ilston Foster
No details
Conductor: George Hurdman
Mary Dudley, Victor Bowden
Eric Anerson, Dorothy Ilston Foster
Conductor: George Hurdman
John Probyn
Bach Choir
St Albans Orchestral Society
Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Beryl Hatt, Nora Carstairs
Bradbridge White, Robert Easter
Conductor: George HUrdman
John Probyn
Eric Anderson, Richard Penna
Conductor: George Hurdman
Hervey Alan, Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Doreen Watts, Yvonne Anderson
Terence Conoley, Hervey Alan
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
18.12.1952
Marlborough Road
30.04.1953
02.05.1953
22-27 June 1953
St Albans Pageant
14.11.1953
St Saviours
Carol Concert
21 & 22.12.1953
Marlborough Road
24.04.1954
Marlborough Road
Carol Concert
13.11.1954
Marlborough Road
21.12.1954
Marlborough Road
07.05.1955
St Albans Girls’
Grammar School
26.11.1955
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Edward German: Merrie England
A Masque of the Queens
Dvorak – Stabat Mater (at the Foot of the
Cross)
Bach: Bide with us
Ireland: These things shall be
Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise
Vaughan Williams: Benedicite
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Stanford: Bible Songs, Mozard: Ave Verum
Bach: Jesu Joy; Sullivan: O Gladsome
Light; Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord is Upon
me; Walford-Davies: O Sons & Daughters
let us sing; Holst: Psalm 148
Carol Concert
Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs
Parry: Pied Piper of Hammelin
Handel: Messiah
19.12.1955
Marlborough Road
24.04 1956
St Albans Girls
Grammar School
10.11.1956
St Saviours
Carol Concert
20.12.1956
Marlborough Road
18.05.1957
Marlborough Road
Christmas Carols
23.11.1957
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
19.12.1957
Marlborough Road
03.05.1958
St Albans Girls
Grammar School
Handel: Messiah
Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet
Brahms: Requiem
Handel: Messiah
Carol Concert
Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance
Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
No details
Conductor: George Hurdman
Edith Osler, Nora Carstairs,
Alfred Hepworth, Gordon Clinton
Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Patricia Hockey, Dennis Stephenson
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
Conductor: George Hurdman
Hervey Alan
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
Conductor: Dr Reginald Jacques
Bach Choir, St Albans Orchestral
Society
Jennifer Vyvyan, Joan Gray, Wilfred
Brown, Gordon Clinton, CPP Burton
Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
Conductor: George Hurdman
Marjorie Shires, John Probyn
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Anne Duthie, Anthony Paull
Victor Bowden, David Lapthorn
Conductor: Eric Anderson
R Gordon Booth, Victor Bowden
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Elizabeth Hall, Patricia Wilkins
Derrick Phoenix, Richard Standon
Victor Bowden
Conductor: Meredith Davies
Margaret Ritchie, Sheila Young
Duncan Robertson, Hervey Alan
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Victor Bowden
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Joyce Gartside, John Kentish
Victor Bowden, Andrew Hayden
18.12.1958
No details
Christmas Music
25.04.1959
Marlborough Road
Mendelssohn: St Paul
21.11.1959
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Gabrieli: Sonata; Handel; 6th Chando
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of
Thomas Tallis; Purcell: A morning hymn;
Humphrey: A Hymne to God the Father;
J S Bach: Cantata No 11
Carol Concert
17.12.1959
Marlborough Road
30.04.1960
St Albans Girls
Grammar School
12.11.1960
St Saviours
German: Merrie England
Dvorak: Stabat Mater
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Patricia Wilkins, Derrick Phoenix
Victor Bowden
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Margaret Gregson, John Kentish
Richard Standen, Victor Bowden
Conductor: Peter Hurford, Eric
Anderson, Robert Lindsay
Diana Cowan, Marjorie Wardle,
Duncan Robertson, Peter Boggis,
Richard Standen
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Victor Bowden
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Beryl Phillips and Victor Bowden
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Beryl Hatt, Marjorie Biggar,
Alfred Hepworth, Richard Standen
Victor Bowden
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Victor Bowden
15.12.1960
No details
29.09.1961
No details
18.11.1961
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Carol Concert
21.12.1961
Marlborough Road
20.12.1962
Marlborough Road
23.11.1963
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
19.12.1963
Marlborough Road
20.06.1964
St Albans Festival
College of FE
Carol Concert
Conductors: Peter Hurford, Eric
Anderson, Robert Lindsay
Valerie Cardwell, Patricia Williams,
John Marvin, John Noble
No details
Carol Concert
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Beethoven: Mass in C
Elgar: Part of Dream of Gerontius
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Marion Millford, Jean Allister,
David Galliver, Richard Standen
Conductor: Eric Anderson
17.12.1964
Marlborough Road
06.05.1965
Park Street
20.05.1965
Flamstead
20.11.1965
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
16.12.1965
Marlborough Road
31.03.1966
St Saviours
Carol Concert
Parry: Pied Piper of Hamelin
Vivaldi: Magnificat
Vaughan Williams: Passacaglia
Brahms: German Requiem
Carol Concert
Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance
Conductors: Robert Lindsay, Aylmer
Buesst, Eric Anderson
ST Albans Orchestral Society
Ursula Connors, Edward Darling
Frank Lafitte
Conductor: Eric Anderson
Handel: End part of Messiah
3 part songs
Mendelssohn: End part of Elijah
No details
Handel: 5th Chandos Anthem
Oh Come Let us Sing Unto the Lord
Holst: Hymn of Jesus
Carol Concert
Conductor: No details
Angela Beale, David Lennox
Handel: Messiah Parts II & III
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Joan Passmore, Rose-Ann Creffield,
Peter Knapp, Duncan Reece
Conductor: Eric Anderson
15.12.1966
Marlborough Road
Carol Concert
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas
Carols
17.03.1967
St Saviours
Mozart: Requiem Mass
21.06.1967
St Columbas
College
25.11.1967
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
21.12.1967
St Saviours
16.03.1968
St Saviours
Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
21.06.1968
St Albans Festival
St Columbas Col
17.12.1968
City Hall
Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
29.04.1969
City Hall
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Berger: Prazilian Psalm
Christmas Carols
Handel: Chandos Anthem O Praise the
Lord
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Carol Concert
Gordon Jacob: Cantata; Buxtehude:
Cantata; Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Mendelssohn: Elijah
22.11.1969
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey?
Parry: I was Glad
Mozart: Vesperae Solemnes
Bruckner: Te Deum
16.12.1969
No details
Christmas music:
Handel: Messiah Part I
29.04.1970
City Hall
Bliss: Pastoral
Bach: Four Seasons
30.05.1970
St Pauls
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Purcel: Man that is born of a woman
16.12.1970
City Hall
05.05.1971
City Hall
20.11.1971
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey?
15.12.1971
Christmas Music:
Geoffrey Bush: Christmas Cantata
Brahms: Requiem
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Berlioz: Te Deum
Christmas Music:
Vivaldi: Gloria
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
David Ireson
Rogers Covey-Crump
Richard Bond
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
St Albans Chamber Orchestra
Hazel Holt, Doreen Walker
Patrick Halstead, John Huw Davies
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Paul Taylor
Richard Sallers
No details
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Edward Clough
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Mary Evans
Derrick Phoenix, Rupert Oliver Forbes
Philip Pickering, David Munden
Edward Clough
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Paul Taylor
Richard Sallers
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Margaret Lewis-Davis
John Dethick, Rogers Covey-Crump
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Bach Choir, etc
Hazel Holt, Hilary Crouch, Rogers
Covey-Crump, Roger Clevedon
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatum, Rogers Covey-Crump
Margaret Lewis Davies, Ken Gough
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Derek Bird
Edward Clough
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Ruth Chilton, Jacqueline Berry
Geoffrey Ward, Derek Bird
Edward Clough
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Elizabeth Booth, Brian Kay
No details
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Hilary Crouch
Edward Clough
19.04.1972
No details
20.05.1972
St Albans Festival
St Albans Abbey
Vaughan Williams Centenary Concert:
English Folk Songs Suite; Seventeen come
Sunday; Intermezzo; My Bonny Boy; Folk
Songs from Somerset; Flos Campi; A Sea
Symphony
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Harlow Symphony Orchestra
Hilary Crouch, Peter Knapp
John White
13.12.1972
City Hall
Handel: Messiah
12.05.1973
City Hall
Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
Nov 1973
St Albans Abbey
12.12.1973
City Hall
06.05.1974
City Hall
Berlioz: Te Deum
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Bach Choir, St Albans Chamber
Choir, BBC Training Orchestra
Marjorie Thomas, Bryan Drake,
John Mitchison, Simon Lindley
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Hilary Crouch, Kathleen Joyce
Jack Cornwell, Peter Knapp
Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Hazel Holt, Derrick Phoenix
Bryan Drake
No details
Christmas Music
Conductor: Harry Gibson
Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Requiem
19.10.1974
St Saviours
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Dec 1974
No details
10.05.1975
City Hall
Christmas Concert
Handel: Messiah Part I and Carols
Haydn: Creation
Conductor: Harry Gibson
Hazel Holt, Pauline Stevens
Charles Cerp(?), Michael Rippon
Conductor: No details
Marion Rowlatt, Delyth Thomas
Derrick Phoenix, Derek Bird
Christopher Muhley, Harvey Dagul
Conductor: Peter Clulow
22.11.1975
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown
Region
Handel: Let thy Hand be Strengthened
Holst: Hymn of Jesus
Christmas Concert
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Finzi: In Terra Pax
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture,
German Requiem
Bach: Be Not Afraid
Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus; Mass for Five
Voices
Gabrieli: In Ecclesias
Christmas Concert
10.12.1975
City Hall
13.03.1976
City Hall
13.05.1976
St Peters
08.12.1976
City Hall
12.03.1977
City Hall
02.06.1977
St Peters
Beethoven: Concert arias
Bruckner: Mass No 3 in F minor
Britten: Choral Dances Gloriana
Handel: Zadok the Priest; The King Shall
Rejoice
Purcell: O Sing Unto the Lord
Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See
Parry: I was Glad
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Jennifer Price Jones, Derrick Phoenix,
Eric Garrett
Conductor: No details
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Ann Gall, Derrick Phoenix,
Fred Partington
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Ann Gall, Malcolm Singer
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Bond
Conductor: No details
Richard Baker
Conductor: No details
Ann Gall, Derrick Phoenix
Malcolm Singer
Conductor: No details
19.11.1977
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
14.12.1977
City Hall
11.03.1978
City Hall
Parry: I was glad
Verdi: Auattra Pezzi Sacri
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Christmas Music
08.07.1978
Royal Albert Hall
Verdi: Requiem
02.11.1978
St Albans College
Dyson: Four Songs for Sailors
Bartok: Four Slovak Folk Songs
Stanford: Songs of the Sea
Christmas Music
17.02.1979
City Hall
Handel: Messiah
24.05.1979
High St Methodist,
Harpenden
24.11.1979
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
12.12.1979
City Hall
Fauré: Requiem
Kelly: Missa Brevis
Conductor: Peter Clulow
David Kossoff
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Marion ROwlatt, Penelope Price
Jones, Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm
Singer, Jenny Parry
Conductor: Leslie Head
Various choirs
Rita Hunter, Elizabeth Connell
Kenneth Collins, John Tomlinson
Conductor: No details
Aske Chamber Singers
Ann Gall, Ron Taylor
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Whitmore
Brass Ensemble, Keith Fairbairn
Conductor: No details
Marion Rowlatt, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer
John Rose
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Christopher Muhley
Bizet: Te Deum
Britten: St Nicolas
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Catherine Hope, Herbert Howells
Christmas Music
01.03.1980
City Hall
Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum Corpus;
Sancta Maria
21.05.1980
St Peters
Liszt: Missa Choralis
Byrd: Justorum Animae; Laudibus in
Sanctis
Borodin: Polotsvian Dances
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Baker
Brass Ensemble; Keith Fairbairn
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Marion Rowlatt, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, David Ireson
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Orchestral Society Wind Ensemble
Christopher Muhley
Conductor: Geoffrey Barker
St Albans Symphony Orhcestra
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Philip Madoc
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Grace Dives, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, David Ireson
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Christine Bunning, Kelvin Grout
Jenny Parry
Conductor: No details
13.12.1978
City Hall
18.10.1980
City Hall
10.12.1980
City Hall
14.03.1981
City Hall
21.05.1981
St Peters
21.11.1981
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
09.12.1981
City Hall
Handel: Solomon
Christmas Concert
Beethoven; Symphony No 2 in D Major;
Mass in C Major
Rossini: La Carita; Schubert: Miriam’s
Victory Song; Barber: Adagio; Under the
Willow; Folk Songs
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Britten: Cantata academica; Carmen
brasilianse
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Christmas concert
Conductor: No details
Richard Whitmore
13.03.1982
City Hall
27.05.1982
St Saviours
23.10.1982
City Hall
08.12.1982
City Hall
12.03.1983
City Hall
19.05.1983
Music Festival
City Hall
14.12.1983
City Hall
10.03.1984
City Hall
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Elgar: National Anthem
Brahms: 2nd Symphony
Madrigals
Conductor: No details
Haydn Te Deum
Christmas Concert
Conductor: No details
St Albans Orchestral Society
Conductor: No details
Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
Conductor: No details
Seiber, Mozart, Handel
Conductor: No details
Christmas Concert
Conductor: No details
Richard Baker
Conductor: No details
Christine Bunning, Margaret Davies
Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer
Conductor: No details
Mendelssohn: Elijah
05.05.1984
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
12.12.1984
City Hall
16.03.1985
City Hall
Beethoven: Choral Symphony
16.05.1985
City Hall
18.12.1985
City Hall
01.03.1986
City Hall
10.05.1986
St Cecilia Festival
01.11.1986
No details
17.12.1986
City Hall
14.03.1987
City Hall
14.05.1987
Choral Festival
Hemel Pavilion
22.10.1987
Napsbury Hospital
16.12.1987
City Hall
12.03.1988
City Hall
Choral Festival
21.05.1988
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius
Christmas Concert
Gounod: Messe Solennelle a St Cecile
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Christmas Concert
Conductor: No details
Conductor: No details
Patricia Hughes
Conductor: No details
Christine Bunningh, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, Peter Harvey
Conductor: No details
Nelson Mass
Conductor: No details
John Timpson
Conductor: No details
Vaughan Williams and Elgar
Conductor: No details
Hallowe’en for Abbey Gateway Orchestra
Conductor: No details
Christmas Concert
Conductor: No details
Carmen
Conductor: No details
Opera Choruses
Conductor: No details
No details
Conductor: No details
Christmas Concert
Conductor: No details
Trafalgar Brass
Conductor: No details
Abbey Gateway Orchestra
Mary Ritch, Derrick Phoenix, Martin
Wright
Conductor: No details
Haydn: Creation
20.10.1988
Napsbury Hospital
10.12.1988
City Hall (Arena)
Various popular part songs
No details – for League of Friends
Christmas music
11.03.1989
City Hall
Edward German: Merrie England
27.04.1989
Habs School
Choral Festival
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Mozart &
Byrd: Ave Verum; Merrie England
Works by: Byrd, Guilmant, Mozart,
Buxtehude, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Fauré,
Franck, Handel
Christmas music
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Gordon Honeycombe
Trafalgar Brass
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Abbey Gateway Orchestra
Mary Hitch, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, Martin Wright
Conductor: Andrew Parnell
19.10.1989
St Saviours
09.12.1989
City Hall
17.03.1989
City Hall
Brahms: Requiem
12.05.1990
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Britten: War Requiem
08.12.1990
Alban Arena
Christmas music
09.03.1991
Alban Arena
Mozart: Requiem; Solemn Vespers
16.05.1991
Choral Festival
St Saviours
05.10.1991
St Albans Abbey
07.12.1991
Arena
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Seiber: Yugoslav Folk Songs
14.03.1992
Arena
Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
Haydn: Clock Symphony
13.06.1992
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Oct 1992
Napsbury Hospital
05.12.1992
Arena
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Voices for Hospices
Haydn: Creation
Christmas music
Part Songs etc
Christmas music
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Nicholas Robinson
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Alan Titchmarsh
Trafalgar Brass
Conductors: Peter Clulow, Andrew
Parnell
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
Nicola-Jane Kemp, Peter Harvey
Conductor: Andrew Parnell
St Albans Cathedral Choristers, Bach
Choir, Chamber Choir, Carillon, St
Albans Symphony Orchestra and
Chamber Orchestra
Elizabeth Lane, Andrew Murgatroyd,
Jeremy White; Sean Farrell
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Baker
Trafalgar Brass
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Nicola-Jane Kemp, Ann Gall, Vernon
Kirk, David Ireson
Conductor: Barry Rose and Peter
Clulow
Conductor: David Ireson
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Whitmore
Trafalgar Brass
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Nicola-Jane Kemp, Kevin O’Donnell
Conductor: Geoffrey Mitchell
Julie Moffat, Sarah Connolly
Vernon Kirk, Michael George
Conductor: No details
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Baker
Trafalgar Brass
20.03.1993
Arena
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
13.05.1993
St Teresa B’wood
21.10.1993
St Saviours
04.12.1993
Arena
Choral Festival
19.03.1994
Arena
50th Anniversary Concert:
Handel: music from Messiah, Firework
Music, Samson, Water Music, Xerxes,
Berenice, Coronation Anthem Zadok
Carmina Burana
1994
St Cecilia Festival
St Columbas
1994
St Albans Abbey
03.12.1994
Arena
Combined concert with St Saviours Choir
Christmas music
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Dominique Thiébaud,
Ian Wicks, Kevin O’Donnell
Conductor: David Ireson
John Winter
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Geraint Jones
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Gavin Campbell
Trafalgar Brass
Conductor: Peter Clulow
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Fuge
Conductor: No details
Voices for Hospices
Conductor: No details
Christmas music
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Whitmore
Trafalgar Brass
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia
Julia Dewhurst, Neil MacKenzie,
Peter Napier-Burrows
Conductor: George Vass
Christopher Betts
Tony Eldridge
St Saviours Church Choir
Conductor: Geraint Jones, Jonathan
Cox
25.03.1995
Arena
Haydn: Creation
18.05.1995
St Saviours
Items by Rutter, Elgar, Vaughan Williams,
Walmsley and Parry
21.10.1995
St Peters
Charity concert
Faure: Requiem, Walton: Jubilate Deo;
Ireland: Vexilla Regis; Vaughan Williams:
Five Mystical Songs
Conductor: George Vass
Christine Moore, Tony Eldridge,
Christopher Muhley
09.12.1995
Arena
09.12.1995
Arena
Christmas music
30.03.1996
Arena
Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Mass in C
Nielsen: Springtime on Funen
29.06.1996
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
Verdi: Requiem
19.10.1996
Charity Concert
Vivaldi: Gloria in D
Haydn: Little Organ Mass
Conductor: George Vass
St Albans High School Junior Choir
Conductor: George Vass
Verulam Brass Ensemble, Susan Blair
Alan Titchmarsh
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia, St Albans High
School Junior House Choir
Luise Horrocks, Alison Renvoize,
Robert Johnston, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
St Albans Choral Society, St Albans
Chamber Choir, Hardynge Choir
St Albans Symphony Orhcestra
Judith Buckle, Sussanah Self,
Donald Stephenson, Mark Wildman
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata of London
Christmas music
St Peters Church
Handel: Let thy hand be strengthened
07.12.1996
Arena 3.30 & 8pm
Teddy Bears Christmas
Glory of Christmas
22.03.1997
Arena
Handel: Messiah
21.06.1997
?
27.06.1997
Dagnall Street
08.11.1997
St Peters
Charity concert
Dartford Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniv
English music
Parry 150th Anniversary Concert
06.12.1997
Arena
Christmas music
06.12.1997
Arena
Christmas music
28.03.1998
Arena
Mozart: Requiem, Exultat Jubilate,
Symphony No 34 in C, Ave Verum Corpus
27.06.1998
No details
10.10.1998
St Cecilia Concert
St Albans Abbey
Dyson Two Songs of Praise
05.12.1998
Arena
05.12.1998
Arena
Christmas music
27.03.1999
Arena
Haydn: Theresienmesse
Handel: Zadok & The King Shall Rejoice
Vivaldi: Magnificat
26.06.1999
St Saviours
Charity Concert
Handel: Acis & Galatea
30.10.1999
St Peters
Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Purcell, Chilcott,
Ireland, Stanford, Salzedo, Rutter
05.12.1999
Arena
Rutter: Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
Christmas music
Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle
Beethoven: Symphony No 5
Berlioz: Te Deum Laudamus
Christmas music
Louise Hemmings, Christine Moore,
James Huw Jeffries, Susan HeathDowney
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Baker
Dartford Sinfonia
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata of London
Alison Smart, Jeanette Ager,
Neil McKenzie, Simon Preece
Conductor: George Vass
Conductor: George Vass
Tony Eldridge, Alistair Young
Conductor: George Vass
Julia Dewhurst, Alison Renvoize
Darren Abrahams, Christopher
Russell, Susan Heath-Downey &
Philip Sunderland
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia
Fleetville Junior School Choir
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia
Louise Hemmings; Gavin Campbell
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia
Mary Nelson, Katharine Lewis,
Andrew Burden, Stephen Holloway
Conductor: Andrew Parnell
St Albans Symphony Orchestra, St
Albans Choral Society, St Albans
Chamber Choir, Hardynge Choir
Andrew Murgatroyd, Andrew Lucas
Conductor: George Vass
St John Fisher RC JMI School Choir
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia,
Tony Eldridge, Jennie Linden
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata of London
Jeni Bern, Alison Renvoize,
Robert Johnston, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata of London
Christine Moore, Darren Abrahams,
Kevin McLean-Mair, John Bernays
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata of London Brass
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia, Richard Baker
08.04.2000
Arena
17.06.2000
St Saviours
Millennnium Concert
Haydn: Te Deum
J S Bach: Ich habe genug
Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor
Rutter, Newton, Debussy, Holst, Britten
16.09.2000
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey
03.12.2000
Arena 3.30 & 7.30
Poulenc: Gloria
Parry: I was Glad; Blest Pair of Sirens
25.03.2001
Arena
Orff: Carmina Burana
Chilcott: Singing by Numbers
McDowall: On Angel’s Wing
30.06.2001
St Pauls
Finzi Centenary Concert
God is Gone Up, Three Bagatelles, In Terra
Pax, Let us Garlands Bring
Rutter: Requiem
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Bach: Suite No 1 in C
Handel: Laudate Pueri Dominum
Vivaldi: Gloria in D
Christmas music
Gardner: Cantata for Christmas Op 82
20.10.2001
Homewood Road
02.12.2001
Arena 3.30 & 7.30
Christmas music
Handel: Messiah Choruses
23.03.2002
Arena
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de confessore,
Divertimento in F
29.06.2002
St Peters
British Anthems by Walton, Rutter, Chilcott,
and Vaughan Williams
19.10.2002
Homewood Road
Schubert: Mass in G
JS Bach: Cantata No 73
Mc Dowall: Ave Maris Stella
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Vivaldi: Spring from The Four Seasons
Boyce: Symphony No 2
Christmas Music
Chilcott: Jubilate
McDowall: Christus natus est
08.12.2002
Arena
29.03.2003
Arena
A Night at the Opera: music from Bizet,
Borodin, Dvorák, Mozart, Rossini,
Tchaikovsky and Verdi
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata of London
Emma Bell, Mary Nelson
Philip Slane, Adrian Clarke
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata of London Ensemble
Julia Thornton
Conductor: David Hansell
Hardynge Choir, Chamber Choir
Louise Hemmings
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia
Oakwood Junior School Choir
Peter Stearn
Conductor: George Vass
St Albans Choral Society, Finchley
Choral Society, Concordia of
Parmiter’s School, Camerata
Percussion Ensemble
Donna Bateman, Simon Gay,
Benjamin Mevan, Johnathan Ayerst,
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia
Louise Hemmings, John Bernays
Ben Woodgate, Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata Orchestra
Joanne Lunn, Alexandra Gibson
Zoe French
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Sinfonia
St Hilda’s School Choir
Jennie Linden
Conductor: George Vass
Camerata Orchestra
Alison Smart, Frances Bourne,
Declan Kelly, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Stefanie Heichelheim, Mervin Collins,
Simon Preece
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova Brass
St Hilda’s School Choir
St Albans Girls High School readers
Abigail Smith
Conductor: George Vass
Dartford Symphony Orchestra
Judith Buckle, Christopher Saunders,
Michael Bundy, Bryan Rycroft
28.06.2003
St Peters
25.10.2003
St Albans Abbey
06.12.2003
Alban Arena
03.04.2004
Homewood Road
19.06.2004
St Peters
23.10.2004
St Pauls
12.12.2004
Marlborough Road
Duruflé: Requiem
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden
Bruckner: Locus Iste
Faure: Cantique to Jean Racine
Elgar: Great is the Lord
Handel: Messiah
Preludes by Cecilia McDowall,
John McCabe and David Matthews
Christmas music: incl Tavener: The Lamb,
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on
Greensleeves,
Gorecki: Totus Tuus;
Haydn: Stabat Mater
J S Bach: Mass in G
Handel: Let thy hand be strengthened
Newton: Five English Folksongs
Tournier: Au Matin
Kodaly: Panga Lingua
McDowall: A Fancy of Folksongs
Diamond Jubilee Concert
J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Cecilia McDowall: Stabat Mater
Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat
Fauré: Requiem
Christmas music
Thomas Hyde: Veni, Emmanuel
Mathias: Ave Rex
19.03.2005
Arena
Gilbert & Sullivan Gala
25.06.2005
St Saviours
Music by: Parry, Debussy, Delgado, Elgar,
Alain, McDowall, Howells, Honegger,
Martin, Dupre
Haydn: The Creation
22.10.2005
St Albans Abbey
11.12.2005
Marlborough Road
11.03/2006
Bushey Hall School
17.06.2006
St Peters
Christmas music: incl Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Gorecki:
Totus Tuus; Tippett: Three Spirituals
Sullivan: Overture Macbeth
Elgar: Variations on an original theme
Finzi: Ode: Intimations of Immortality
Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Vivaldi: Motet: Nulla in mundo pax
Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Vasks: Dona nobis pacem
Vivald: Gloria in D
Conductor: George Vass
Julian Hubbard
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Rachel Nicholls, Vaughan Howells,
Andrew Carwood, Simon Preece
Alison Balsom
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
St Albans High School readers
St Albans Young Singers
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Alison Smart, Marie Elliott,
Mervyn Collins, Andrew Slater
Conductor: George Vass
Edward Lyon
Jean Kelly
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Parmiter’s Senior Singers
Katy Chant, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
St Albans High School readers
St Hilda’s School Choir
William Cooper, Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Allison Bell, Susan Dilworth, Judith
Buckle, Nicholas Sales, Andrew
Mayor, Bryan Rycroft
Conductor: George Vass
Kathryn Thomas
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Marianne Cotterill, Nicholas Mulroy,
Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Fleetville Primary School Choir
Julian Hubbard, Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Carwood
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Naomi Watson, Frances Bourne
Heidi Sutcliffe
21.10.2006
St Peters
Mozart: Symphony No 13 in F, Litaniae
Laurentanae, Exsultate jubilate
Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai
10.12.2006
Marlborough Road
Christmas music:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est,
Rutter: Magnificat (extracts)
Brahms: Leibeslieder Waltzer
Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
17.03.2007
St Peters
01.06.2007
Onze Lieve
Vrouwekerk,
Brugge
02.06.2007
Sint
Baafskathedraal,
Ghent
23.06.2007
St Peters
20.10.2007
St Saviours
09.12.2007
Marlborough Road
12.04.2008
St Albans Abbey
28.06.2008
Bushey Hall School
18.10.2008
St Peters
07.12.2008
Marlborough Road
14.03.2009
Bushey Hall School
Fauré: Requiem
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Charlotte Mobbs, Lucie Spickova,
Mark Dobell, Eamonn Doughan
Conductor: George Vass
Grove School Choir
Rebecca Rudge, Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Marianne Cotterill, Frances Bourne,
Christopher Steele, Michael Bundy
Gretel Dowdeswell, Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Harvey
Fauré: Requiem
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Harvey
Vivaldi: Credo
Marcello: Oboe Concerto
Buxtehude: Magnificat
JS Bach: Cantata Ich bin vergnugt
Richard Harvey: Echo
Elgar: Serenade in E minor
Vaughan Williams: Benedicite
Handel: Zadok the Priest; Ode for the
Birthday of Queen Anne
Boyce: Symphony in A
Haydn: Missa Cellensis in C (Mariazeller)
Christmas music:
Mathias: Ave Rex
Tavener: The Lamb
Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
Schubert: Magnificat in C
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Cecilia McDowall: Laudate
Mozart: Requiem in D minor
Arnold: Four English Dances
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Walton: Henry V Suite
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
Poulenc: Gloria
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Britten: Suite for Harp
Chilcott: Canticles of Light
Holst: Hymns of the Rig Veda
Ireland: Greater love hath no man
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Christmas music:
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas
Carols
Geoffrey Cottrell: Festa Dies (World Prem)
Elgar: The Music Makers
Ireland: A London Overture
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Dyson: In Honour of the City
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Pippa Goss, Ilid Jones
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Grace Davidson, Lucie Špičková
Graham Neal, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Abbey Primary School Choir
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Charlotte Mobbs, Frances Bourne,
Mark Dobell, Christopher Foster
Conductor: George Vass
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Rachel Nicholls, Lorna Perry
Colin Fleming, Tony Eldridge
Conductor: George Vass
St Catherine Singers (Habs Girls)
Emma Clarke, Simon Preece,
Roderick Morris
Sally Pryce, Nigel Shipway
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Park Street School Choir
Oliver Dunn, Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Susannah Self
20.06.2009
St Saviours
Mozart: Divertimento in D; Vesperae
solennes di confessore
Haydn: Miss in D Minor (Nelson Mass)
30.10.2009
Brecon Cathedral
McDowall: Ad lucem – A Canticle of Light
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, Laudate
Dominum
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
Vasks: Dona nobis pacem
Haydn: Missa Brevis (Little Organ Mass)
McDowall: Ad lucem – A Canticle of Light
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, Laudate
Dominum
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
Vasks: Dona nobis pacem
Haydn: Missa Brevis (Little Organ Mass)
Mozart: Divertimento in F
McDowall: Ad lucem – A Canticle of Light
Haydn: Missa Brevis in B flat (Little Organ
Mass)
Vasks: Dona nobis pacem
Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane
Finzi: In terra pax
Christmas music: incl:
Richard Harvey: This Endris Night
Geoffrey Cottrell: Coventry Carol (World
Premiere)
Haydn: Te Deum in C
JS Bach: Magnificat
Mozart: Mass in C minor
31.10.2009
St Andrews Church
Presteigne
24.10.09
St Saviours
06.12.2009
Marlborough Road
17.04.2010
St Albans Abbey
26.06.2010
St Peters
23.10.2010
St Saviours
12.12.2010
Marlborough Road
Duruflé: Requiem
Elgar: Give Unto the Lord, Great is the Lord
Chilcott: Peace Mass
Vivaldi: Gloria
McDowal: Magnificat
Britten: Simple Symphony
Messiah Choruses
Bruckner: Motets
Christmas carols
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Rebecca Rudge, Margaret Rapacioli
Mark Dobell, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Rebecca Rudge
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Rebecca Rudge
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Rebecca Rudge, Andrew Rupp
Suzanne Willison-Kawalec
Conductor: George Vass
Fleetville Junior School Choir
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Pippa Goss, Clare McCaldin
William Purefoy, Jeremy Budd,
Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Lorna Perry, Christopher Foster
Richard Harvey
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Harvey
Maple Junior School Choir
02.04.2011
St Pauls
Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Tarik O’Regan: Triptych
Haydn: Mass in B flat (Maria Theresa)
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Helen-Jane Howells, Lucie Špičková,
Matthew Long, Jonathan Saunders
02.07.2011
Bushey Academy
Verdi: Requiem
15.10.2011
Homewood Road
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Haydn: Ave Regina in A
McDowall: Ave Maris Stella
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden
Schubert: Mass in G
Conductor: George Vass
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Claire Seaton, Susie Self,
Paul Bradley, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Marianne Cotterill,
Oliver Johnston, Frederick Long
11.12.2011
Marlborough Road
Christmas music
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est
21.04.2012
St Albans Abbey
Handel: Messiah
30.06.2012
StPeter’s
Rutter: Te Deum
Howells: Like as the Hart
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Parry: Jerusalem
Rutter: Requiem
Chilcott: Canticles of Light
L’Estrange: And the stones sing
Christmas music incl
Richard Harvey: This Endris Night
Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Chilcott: So Fair and Bright
J S Bach: St John Passion BWV245
27.10.2012
St Paul’s
09.12.2012
Marlborough Road
20.04.2013
St Albans Abbey
06.07.2013
Bushey Academy
J Brahms: Schicksalslied Op 54
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Harvey
St Albans High School Junior Choir
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Pippa Goss, William Purefoy,
Mark Dobell, Michael Bundy
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Harvey
Orchestra Nova Ensemble
Alexandra Kidgell, Christopher Bowen
Conductor: George Vass
Orchestra Nova
Conductor: George Vass
Richard Harvey
Cunningham Hill Junior School Choir
Conductor: George Vass
Mark Dobell, Charles Gibbs, HelenJane Howells, Clare McCaldin,
Christopher Bowen, Michael Bundy
Orchestra Nova
Conductor: George Vass
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Mary Nelson, Jeannette Agar, Andrew
Mackenzie-Wicks, Stephen Holloway