Past Diary of Events 2005

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January 2005

Saturday 22nd January 2005

Group: Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: The Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, RG1 1QH
Times: Not advised
Programme: Westwood Preluminance (World Première); Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending; Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Saturday 22nd January 2005

Group: Bromley Symphony Orchestra
Venue: The Great Hall, Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EH
Times: 2.15pm rehearsal, 7.45pm concert
Programme: Walton Overture ‘Scapino’; Bliss Checkmate - Suite; Elgar Falstaff

Saturday 22nd January 2005

Group: Canterbury Choral Society
Venue: Canterbury Cathedral, The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Elgar The Apostles

Saturday 22nd January 2005

Group: Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.Paul’s Covent Garden, Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
Times: 8.00pm concert
Programme: Mozart Symphony No.31 ‘Paris’; Dvořák Czech Suite; R.Strauss Metamorphosen

Friday 28th January 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Grieg Peer Gynt - Suite No.1; Sibelius Violin Concerto; Brahms Symphony No.1

Saturday 29th January 2005

Group: Allegri Singers
Venue: St.Mark’s Church, Westmoreland Road, Bromley BR2 0TB
Times: Not advised
Programme: Pärt Seven Magnificat Antiphons; Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

Saturday 29th January 2005

Group: Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bartók Romanian Folk Dances; Schubert Symphony No. 5; Vivaldi The Four Seasons

February 2005

Saturday 5th February 2005

Group: Brentwood Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School, Queens’ Road, Brentwood CM14 4EX
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Rossini Semiramide - Overture; Bruch Violin Concerto No.1; Shostakovich Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two); Kalinnikov Symphony No.1

Saturday 12th February 2005

Group: Croydon Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG
Times: 8.00pm concert
Programme: Debussy La Mer; Fauré Pavane; Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2; Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

March 2005

Saturday 5th March 2005

Group: Cantate Choir
Venue: St.Nicholas’ Church, Rectory Lane, Sevenoaks, TN13 1JA
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Renaissance Revealed: Frescobaldi Praeambulum; G.Gabrieli Jubilate Deo; Arcadelt Ave Maria; G.Gabrieli Canzon Prima a 5; Monteverdi O Magnum Mysterium a 8; G.Gabrieli Miserere a 4; Allegri Miserere; Lotti Crucifixus in 8 Parts; Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli - Credo a 6; G.Gabrieli Magnificat a 8 - with the Sweelinck Ensemble

Saturday 5th March 2005

Group: Concordia Voices
Venue: St.James’ Church, St.James’ Road, Hampton Hill TW12 1DQ
Times: Not advised
Programme: Music, Old and New, for Lent MacMillan A New Song; Tallis Lamentations of Jeremiah - Excerpts; Byrd Ave Verum Corpus; Weelkes When David Heard; J.Rathbone Absolon, My Son; Dove Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars; Duruflé Four Motets on Gregorian Themes; Hakim Messe Solennelle

Saturday 5th March 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Bartók Divertimento; Mozart Exsultate Jubilate; Poulenc Aubade for Piano and Orchestra; Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite

Saturday 5th March 2005

Group: Croydon Philharmonic Choir, New London Sinfonia
Venue: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG
Times: 8.00pm concert
Programme: Vaughan Williams Symphony No.1 ‘Sea’; Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending; Rutter Gloria

Saturday 5th March 2005

Group: de Merc Chamber Choir, Crofton Singers
Venue: Barnardo’s Church, Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Essex IG6 1QG
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Sing Joyfully - A concert of English Choral Music

Saturday 5th March 2005

Group: Finchley Choral Society, Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
Times: Not advised
Programme: Haydn The Creation

Saturday 12th March 2005

Group: Allegri Singers
Venue: St.Mark’s Church, Westmoreland Road, Bromley BR2 0TB
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bernstein Chichester Psalms; Elgar Great is the Lord; Gibbons O Clap your Hands; Handel Nisi Dominus; Monteverdi Selva Morale e Spirituale - Beatus Vir; Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes; Schubert Psalm 23; Schütz Alleluia, Lobet den Herren

Saturday 12th March 2005

Group: All Saints’ Festival Choir (Orpington)
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Bark Hart Road, Orpington, BR6 0QD
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Haydn The Creation

Saturday 12th March 2005

Group: Benson Choral Society
Venue: Dorchester Abbey, High Street, Dorchester on Thames, OX10 7HH
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bach St.Matthew Passion

Saturday 12th March 2005

Group: Camden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: Emmanuel Church, Lyncroft Gardens, West Hampstead, London NW6 1JU
Times: Not advised
Programme: Beethoven Violin Concerto; Hancock Lucky Star Suite; Walton Henry V - Music from the Film

Saturday 12th March 2005

Group: Camden Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, NW3 3DJ
Times: Not advised
Programme: Haydn Mass No. 7 ‘Little Organ Mass’; Gluck De Profundis; Bruckner Virga Jesse; Bruckner Vexilla Regis; Bruckner Pange Lingua; Bruckner Christus Factus Est; Brahms Mass

Saturday 12th March 2005

Group: Canterbury Choral Society, Canterbury Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Canterbury Cathedral, The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Sibelius Symphony No.5; Brahms Requiem

Saturday 12th March 2005

Group: Chandos Chamber Choir
Venue: All Saints’ Church, 7 Margaret Street, London W1W 8JG
Times: 7.45pm concert
Programme: Allegri Miserere; Anerio Christus Factus Est; Lotti Crucifixus in 8 Parts; Bairstow The Lamentation; Howells Out of the Deep have I called unto Thee, O Lord; Leighton Crucifixus pro nobis

Thursday 17th March 2005

Group: Dartford Choral Society
Venue: St.Anselm’s Catholic Church, West Hill, Dartford DA1 2HJ
Times: Not advised
Programme: Ireland Greater Love; Mendelssohn Symphony No.2 ‘Lobgesang’ - Choral Finale; Palestrina Stabat Mater; Rutter A Prayer of St.Patrick

Saturday 19th March 2005

Group: Barnes Choir, Camerata of London
Venue: Queen Charlotte Hall, Parkshot Centre, Parkshot, Richmond TW9 2RE
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Beethoven The Ruins of Athens - Overture; Beethoven Concert Aria ‘Ah Perfido!’; Beethoven Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt; Beethoven Mass in C

Saturday 19th March 2005

Group: Bearsted Choral Society
Venue: Holy Cross Church, Church Lane, Bearsted ME14 4EE
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Haydn Mass No.11 ‘Nelson Mass’; Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs - Antiphon ‘Let all the world’; Handel Coronation Anthems - Zadok the Priest; Handel Evening Hymn (ed.Lethbridge)

Saturday 19th March 2005

Group: Billingshurst Choral Society
Venue: Weald School Hall, Station Road, Billingshurst RH14 9RY
Times: Not advised
Programme: Fauré Pavane; Carter Benedicite; Rutter Mass of the Children

Saturday 19th March 2005

Group: Bromley Symphony Orchestra
Venue: The Great Hall, Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EH
Times: 2.15pm rehearsal, 7.45pm concert
Programme: Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla - Overture; Tippett Ritual Dances from A Midsummer Marriage; Schubert Symphony No. 9 ‘Great C Major’

Saturday 19th March 2005

Group: Chiltern Camerata
Venue: Not advised
Times: Not advised
Programme: Geminiani Concerto Grosso in C Minor Op.2 No.2; Shostakovich Chamber Symphony Op.110a (arr.Barshai); Lambros Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra

Saturday 19th March 2005

Group: Crowborough Choral Society
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Chapel Green, Crowborough TN6 1ED
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Monteverdi Cantate Domino; Byrd Mass for Four Voices; Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 - Magnificat; Monteverdi Adoramus te, Christe

Saturday 19th March 2005

Group: Islington Choral Society, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.Augustine’s Church, 108 Highbury New Park, Highbury East, London N5 2DR
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Fauré Requiem; Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine; Godfrey I Waited Patiently for the Lord plus a selection of motets by Bruckner

April 2005

Friday 1st April 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 8.00pm concert
Programme: Bruch Violin Concerto No.1; Brahms Symphony No.1

Saturday 2nd April 2005

Group: Chichester Symphony Orchestra
Venue: St.Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester PO19 6FT
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Beethoven Overture ‘King Stephen’; Bizet Symphony in C; Dvořák Violin Concerto

Saturday 9th April 2005

Group: Bromley Philharmonic Choir
Venue: Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley BR1 3AQ
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Beethoven Christ on the Mount of Olives; Schumann Requiem

Saturday 9th April 2005

Group: Croydon Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Film Classics: Williams E.T. The Extra Terrestrial - Flying Theme; Lloyd-Webber Evita - Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina; Williams Harry Potter - Music from the Films; Williams Star Wars - Music from the Films; Shore Lord of the Rings - Music from the Films; Mozart Clarinet Concerto - 2nd movement; Barber Adagio for Strings; Williams Jurassic Park - Suite; Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; Goodwin 633 Squadron; Ravel Boléro; Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Williams Raiders of the Lost Ark - Music from the Film; Barry Goldfinger - Music from the Film

Saturday 9th April 2005

Group: Danesborough Chorus, Linsdale Singers
Venue: Not advised
Times: Not advised
Programme: Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

Sunday 10th April 2005

Group: Canterbury Orchestra
Venue: Theatre Royal, Addington Street, Margate CT9 1PW
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Rossini La Gazza Ladra - Overture; Lalo Cello Concerto in D Minor; Dvořák Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’

Saturday 16th April 2005

Group: Cappella Singers of Upminster
Venue: Langton’s Lakeside, Billet Lane, Hornchurch RM11 1XJ
Times: Not advised
Programme: Voices in Spring: Pergolesi Stabat Mater; Bennet All Creatures Now; Stanford Heraclitus; Pearsall Lay a Garland; Dowland Can she excuse my wrongs; Delius To be sung of a Summer Night on the Water; Wilbye Draw on, sweet night; Finzi Seven Poems of Robert Bridges - My Spirit Sang All Day

Saturday 23rd April 2005

Group: Burgess Hill Choral Society
Venue: St.Andrew’s Church, Junction Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0LG
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bach St.John Passion

Saturday 23rd April 2005

Group: Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.Paul’s Covent Garden, Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
Times: 8.00pm concert
Programme: Prokofiev Symphony No.1 ‘Classical’; Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1; Mozart Symphony No.38 ‘Prague’

Saturday 30th April 2005

Group: Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Way Hall, Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning Lane, Reading RG4 6SU
Times: Not advised
Programme: Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture; Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3; Schumann Symphony No.1 ‘Spring’

Saturday 30th April 2005

Group: Chiltern Choir, Harrow Choral Society
Venue: St.Albans Cathedral, St.Albans AL1 1BY
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Stanford Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Mozart Exsultate Jubilate; Brahms Requiem

May 2005

Saturday 7th May 2005

Group: Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
Times: Not advised
Programme: Mozart Don Giovanni - Overture; Voříšek Symphony in D Major Op.24; Beethoven Violin Concerto

Friday 13th May 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Rachmaninov Vocalise for Cello and Orchestra; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2; Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’

Saturday 14th May 2005

Group: Bromley Symphony Orchestra
Venue: The Great Hall, Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EH
Times: 2.15pm rehearsal, 7.45pm concert
Programme: Berlioz Overture ‘Le Corsaire’; Brahms Violin Concerto; Prokofiev Symphony No.5

Saturday 14th May 2005

Group: Croydon Philharmonic Choir, New London Sinfonia
Venue: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG
Times: 8.00pm concert
Programme: A Feast of Gilbert and Sullivan

Saturday 21st May 2005

Group: Burgess Hill Symphony Orchestra
Venue: St.Andrew’s Church, Junction Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0LG
Times: Not advised
Programme: Rossini La Scala di Seta - Overture; Sullivan Pineapple Poll (arr.Mackerras); Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.4; Fauré Pavane; Mahler Symphony No. 4

Saturday 21st May 2005

Group: de Merc Chamber Choir
Venue: St.Mary at Latton Church, The Gowers, Harlow CM20 2JP
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Music for the Blessed Virgin Mary - to include works by Byrd

June 2005

Saturday 4th June 2005

Group: de Merc Chamber Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Gilston Park, Harlow CM20 2RJ
Times: 7.00pm concert
Programme: Music for the Blessed Virgin Mary - to include works by Byrd

Saturday 11th June 2005

Group: Camden Choir, Ware Choral Society
Venue: Drill Hall, 17 Amwell End, Ware SG12 9HP
Times: Not advised
Programme: Elgar The Apostles

Saturday 11th June 2005

Group: Cantate Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Platt TN15 8NE
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: A Summer Romance: Elgar The Spirit of the Lord is Upon me; Glinka Cherubic Hymn; Grieg Ave Maris Stella; Mendelssohn Three Psalms Op.78 - Psalm 43 ‘Richte mich, Gott’; Brahms Requiem - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen; Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer; Rheinberger Abendlied; Parry Blest Pair of Sirens

Saturday 11th June 2005

Group: Canterbury Orchestra
Venue: King’s Hall Theatre, Beacon Hill, Herne Bay CT6 6BA
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Mozart Die Zauberflöte - Overture; Liszt Piano Concerto No.1; Schumann Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’

Friday 17th June 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Mozart Symphony No.25; Mozart Oboe Concerto K314; Britten Sinfonietta Op.1; Haydn Symphony No. 60 ‘Il Distratto’

Saturday 18th June 2005

Group: Allegri Singers
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, College Road, Bromley BR1 3QG
Times: Not advised
Programme: Berlin Blue Skies (arr.Roberts); Britten Five Flower Songs; Byrd This Sweet and Merry Month of May; Gershwin Porgy and Bess - Summertime (arr.Roberts); Sampson Stompin’ at the Savoy (arr.Roberts); Jobim La Garita da Ipanema (arr.Roberts); Morley Now is the Month of Maying; Porter Night and Day (arr.Roberts); Seiber Three Nonsense Songs; Seiber Yugoslav Folksongs; Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare; Vautor Sweet Suffolk Owl; Ward Come Sable Night; Wilbye Sweet Honey-sucking Bees

Saturday 18th June 2005

Group: Barnes Choir
Venue: All Saints’ Church, 63 East Sheen Avenue, London SW14 8AX
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Bach Magnificat in D; Bach Cantata No. 51 ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen’; Handel Dixit Dominus

Saturday 18th June 2005

Group: Benson Choral Society
Venue: Dorchester Abbey, High Street, Dorchester on Thames, OX10 7HH
Times: Not advised
Programme: Brahms Song of Destiny; Puccini Messa di Gloria

Saturday 18th June 2005

Group: Camden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.Paul’s Covent Garden, Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
Times: Not advised
Programme: Mozart Così fan Tutte (Concert Performance)

Saturday 18th June 2005

Group: Canterbury Choral Society
Venue: Canterbury Cathedral, The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Mendelssohn Elijah

Saturday 18th June 2005

Group: Dartford Choral Society
Venue: Stone House Hospital Chapel, Bow Arrow Lane, Stone, Dartford DA2 6BP
Times: Not advised
Programme: Elgar The Music Makers; Parry Blest Pair of Sirens

Sunday 19th June 2005

Group: City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, 3 The Square, Chilham, Canterbury CT4 8BY
Times: Not advised
Programme: To include McDowall Lonely Hearts (World Première)

Saturday 25th June 2005

Group: Billingshurst Choral Society
Venue: Weald School Hall, Station Road, Billingshurst RH14 9RY
Times: Not advised
Programme: Great Oratorio Choruses

Saturday 25th June 2005

Group: Bromley Philharmonic Choir
Venue: West Wickham Methodist Church, Hawes Lane, BR4 9AA
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: To include Britten Five Flower Songs; Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music and arrangements of folk songs and Beatles numbers.

Saturday 25th June 2005

Group: Chiltern Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Church Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1JB
Times: Not advised
Programme: Maxwell Davies The Kestrel Road; Horder Four Songs; R.Rodgers South Pacific - Choral Selection; Campling Get on the Bus; Campling Blue, Black, Gold; Swann A Word in your Ear; Schonberg Les Misérables - Selection; Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana - Easter Hymn

Saturday 25th June 2005

Group: Danesborough Chorus
Venue: Not advised
Times: Not advised
Programme: Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore; Haydn Mass No.11 ‘Nelson Mass’

July 2005

Friday 1st July 2005

Group: Chichester Symphony Orchestra
Venue: St.Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester PO19 6FT
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Beethoven Fidelio - Overture; Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1; Beethoven Symphony No.2

Saturday 2nd July 2005

Group: All Saints’ Festival Choir (Orpington)
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Bark Hart Road, Orpington, BR6 0QD
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Schubert Mass in G; Schubert Rosamunde Incidental Music - Entr’acte; Handel Coronation Anthems - Zadok the Priest; Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine; Fauré Suite ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’ - Prelude and Sicilienne; Finzi For St.Cecilia

Saturday 2nd July 2005

Group: Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
Times: Not advised
Programme: Janáček Lachian Dances; Rawsthorne Piano Concerto No.2; Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain; Stravinsky The Firebird - Suite (1919)

Saturday 2nd July 2005

Group: Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.Paul’s Covent Garden, Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Kodály Summer Evening; Haydn Sinfonia Concertante; Haydn Symphony No.104 ‘London’; Kodály Peacock Variations

Sunday 3rd July 2005

Group: Chichester Singers, Southern Pro Musica
Venue: Chichester Cathedral, The Royal Chantry, Cathedral Cloisters, Chichester PO19 1PX
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Elgar The Apostles

Sunday 3rd July 2005

Group: Chiltern Camerata
Venue: Not advised
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bach Keyboard Concerto in F Minor; Mozart Violin Concerto No.5; Schubert Symphony No. 8 ‘Unfinished’

Saturday 9th July 2005

Group: Concordia Voices
Venue: St.John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Times: Not advised
Programme: Songs and Dances for a Summer’s Evening: Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes; Elgar As Torrents in Summer; Stanford The Blue Bird; Pearsall Lay a Garland; Britten Gloriana - Choral Dances; Traditional Early One Morning (arr.Salter); Traditional O Waly Waly (arr.Salter); Brahms Hungarian Dances - Selection; Finzi Seven Poems of Robert Bridges - I Praise the Tender Flower; Finzi Seven Poems of Robert Bridges - My Spirit Sang All Day - with the Kesh Piano Duet

Saturday 9th July 2005

Group: de Merc Chamber Choir
Venue: St.Mary the Virgin Church Elsenham, Bishop’s Stortford CM22 6DP
Times:
Programme: Music for the Blessed Virgin Mary - to include works by Byrd

Friday 15th July 2005

Group: Concordia Voices
Venue: Bushy House, Teddington TW11 0EB
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bruckner Locus Iste; Bruckner Os Justi; Duruflé Four Motets on Gregorian Themes; Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers) - Bogoroditse Dyevo; Stanford Three Motets; Britten Gloriana - Choral Dances; Traditional Early One Morning (arr.Salter); Traditional O Waly Waly (arr.Salter); Elgar As Torrents in Summer; Stanford The Blue Bird; Pearsall Lay a Garland; Finzi Seven Poems of Robert Bridges - I Praise the Tender Flower; Finzi Seven Poems of Robert Bridges - My Spirit Sang All Day

Saturday 16th July 2005

Group: Bearsted Choral Society
Venue: Holy Cross Church, Church Lane, Bearsted ME14 4EE
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

Saturday 16th July 2005

Group: Brentwood Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Rd, Brentwood CM15 9NN
Times: 7.00pm concert
Programme: Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves; Arnold Little Suite for Orchestra No.1; Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 - Excerpts; Dvořák Rusalka - Song to the Moon; Verdi Rigoletto - Caro nome; Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro - Dove Sono; J.Strauss (II) Die Fledermaus - Adele’s Laughing Song; Mozart Symphony No.40 - Excerpt; Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Nocturne; Mendelssohn Overture ‘Ruy Blas’; Tchaikovsky Overture ‘1812’; Porter Kiss Me Kate - Excerpts; Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1; Sir T.Arne Rule Britannia

Sunday 17th July 2005

Group: Camden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: Kenwood House, Hampstead Lane, Highgate, London NW3 7JR
Times: Not advised
Programme: Rossini Il Signor Bruschino - Overture; Schubert Symphony No. 5; Mozart Serenade No.10 for 13 Wind Instruments ‘Gran Partita’ - Adagio; Mozart Serenade No.10 for 13 Wind Instruments ‘Gran Partita’ - Romance; Elgar Serenade for Strings; Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro - Soprano Arias: Selection; Offenbach Les Contes d’Hoffmann - Barcarolle; Bizet Jeux d’Enfants - Suite: Excerpts; Sullivan Patience - Overture

September 2005

Saturday 17th September 2005

Group: Concordia Voices
Venue: St.John’s Church, Camphill Road, West Byfleet KT14 6EH
Times: Not advised
Programme: Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore - Laudate Dominum; Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers) - Bogoroditse Dyevo; Allegri Miserere; Traditional Early One Morning (arr.Salter); Traditional O Waly Waly (arr.Salter); Stanford The Blue Bird; Finzi Seven Poems of Robert Bridges - My Spirit Sang All Day

Saturday 17th September 2005

Group: Croydon Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Last Night of the Proms:

Saturday 24th September 2005

Group: All Saints’ Festival Choir (Orpington)
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Bark Hart Road, Orpington, BR6 0QD
Times: Not advised
Programme: Gilbert and Sullivan Workshop on The Yeoman of the Guard

October 2005

Saturday 1st October 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture; Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4; Warlock Capriol Suite; Mozart Symphony No.40

Saturday 1st October 2005

Group: de Merc Chamber Choir
Venue: St.Mary the Virgin Church, Quicksie Hill, Arkesden, Saffron Walden CB11 4HB
Times: 7.00pm concert
Programme: Not advised

Saturday 8th October 2005

Group: Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Way Hall, Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning Lane, Reading RG4 6SU
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5; Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn ‘St.Antoni’; Beethoven Symphony No.8

Friday 14th October 2005

Group: Brentwood Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School, Queens’ Road, Brentwood CM14 4EX
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen - Suite; Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso

Saturday 15th October 2005

Group: Canterbury Choral Society, Canterbury Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Canterbury Cathedral, The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw; R.Strauss Tod und Verklärung; Tippett A Child of our Time

Saturday 15th October 2005

Group: Kent Chamber Choir, Dartford Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Mick Jagger Centre, Shepherds Lane, Dartford DA1 2JZ
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Weelkes Gloria; Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine; Poulenc Salve Regina; Villette Hymne à la Vierge; Finzi Seven Poems of Robert Bridges - My Spirit Sang All Day; Handel Solomon - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Walton Henry V - Passacaglia; Walton Henry V - The Death of Falstaff; Handel Water Music - Excerpts; Haydn Mass No. 9 ‘Heiligmesse’

Saturday 22nd October 2005

Group: Cantate Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Kippington Road, Sevenoaks TN13 2LL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Parry Blest Pair of Sirens; G.Gabrieli O Magnum Mysterium; G.Gabrieli Jubilate Deo; Handel Coronation Anthems - Zadok the Priest; Purcell Elegy upon the death of Queen Mary; Bach Cantata No.118 ‘O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht’; Brahms Requiem - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen; Bennet All Creatures Now; Dowland Weep you no more, sad fountains; Farmer Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone; Howells Under the Greenwood Tree; Sullivan The Dicky Bird and the Owl; Traditional Fair Lisa (arr.Hoddinott); Traditional The Lazy Wife (arr.Hoddinott)

Saturday 29th October 2005

Group: Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.Paul’s Covent Garden, Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Beethoven Symphony No.1; Copland Quiet City; Copland Rodeo - Saturday Night Waltz; Copland Rodeo - Hoe-Down; Copland Appalachian Spring

Saturday 29th October 2005

Group: Crowborough Choral Society
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Chapel Green, Crowborough TN6 1ED
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Handel Messiah

Saturday 29th October 2005

Group: Croydon Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Trinity School Concert Hall, Shirley Park, Croydon CR9 7AT
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture; Bruch Violin Concerto No.1; Lalo Deux Aubades - Excerpts; Brahms Serenade No.1

November 2005

Saturday 5th November 2005

Group: Bromley Philharmonic Choir
Venue: Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley BR1 3AQ
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Fauré Requiem; Duruflé Requiem

Saturday 12th November 2005

Group: Allegri Singers
Venue: St.Francis of Assisi Church, Ravenswood Avenue, West Wickham BR4 0PW
Times: 7.45pm concert
Programme: Tallis Dum Transisset; Tye Omnes Gentes; J.Sheppard Sacris Solemniis; Parsons Ave Maria; Whyte Christe qui Lux es; Tallis If Ye Love Me; Tallis Loquebantur Variis Linguis; Tallis O Sacrum Convivium; Clemens non Papa Ego Flos Campi; Lassus Ave Verum; Palestrina Tu es Petrus; Guerrero Ave Virgo Sanctissima; Handl Pater Noster; Byrd Laudibus in Sanctis; Tallis Suscipe Quaeso Domine

Saturday 12th November 2005

Group: Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
Times: Not advised
Programme: Elgar Overture ‘Froissart’; Sibelius Violin Concerto; Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5

Saturday 12th November 2005

Group: Chiltern Camerata
Venue: Not advised
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3; Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor RV531; Vivaldi Concerto for Viola in C Minor (arr. from Cello Concerto); Vivaldi Sonata No.3 for Cello and Orchestra

Saturday 12th November 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 6.00pm concert
Programme: Mozart Die Zauberflöte - Overture; Elgar Cello Concerto; Beethoven Symphony No.5

Sunday 13th November 2005

Group: Concordia Voices
Venue: Christ Church, Commercial Street, London E1 6LY
Times: Not advised
Programme: Handel Messiah

Saturday 19th November 2005

Group: All Saints’ Festival Choir (Orpington)
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Bark Hart Road, Orpington, BR6 0QD
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Bach Mass in B Minor

Saturday 19th November 2005

Group: Bromley Symphony Orchestra
Venue: The Great Hall, Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EH
Times: 2.15pm rehearsal, 7.45pm concert
Programme: Mahler Symphony No. 3

Saturday 19th November 2005

Group: Burgess Hill Symphony Orchestra
Venue: St.Andrew’s Church, Junction Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0LG
Times: Not advised
Programme: Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture; Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op.46 - No.1; Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op.46 - No.2; Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op.46 - No.3; Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op.46 - No.4; Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre; Dvořák Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’

Saturday 19th November 2005

Group: Camden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: Emmanuel Church, Lyncroft Gardens, West Hampstead, London NW6 1JU
Times: Not advised
Programme: Bartók Romanian Folk Dances; Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2; Beethoven Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’

Saturday 19th November 2005

Group: Camden Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, NW3 3DJ
Times: Not advised
Programme: Byrd The Great Service

Saturday 19th November 2005

Group: Canterbury Orchestra
Venue: St.Peter’s Methodist Church, St.Peter’s Street, Canterbury CT1 2BE
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Mozart Idomeneo - Overture; Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp; Mozart Symphony No.39

Saturday 19th November 2005

Group: Croydon Philharmonic Choir, New London Sinfonia
Venue: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG
Times: 8.00pm concert
Programme: Bach Christmas Oratorio

Sunday 20th November 2005

Group: Danesborough Chorus, Milton Keynes Chorale
Venue: Not advised
Times: Not advised
Programme: Elgar King Olaf

Saturday 26th November 2005

Group: Dartford Choral Society
Venue: Stone House Hospital Chapel, Bow Arrow Lane, Stone, Dartford DA2 6BP
Times: Not advised
Programme: Brahms Requiem; Pärt The Beatitudes

Sunday 27th November 2005

Group: Billingshurst Choral Society
Venue: Arundel Cathedral, London Road, Arundel BN18 9AY
Times: Not advised
Programme: Walton Belshazzar’s Feast; Jenkins The Armed Man

December 2005

Saturday 3rd December 2005

Group: Barnes Choir
Venue: All Saints’ Church, 63 East Sheen Avenue, London SW14 8AX
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Honegger Une Cantate de Noël; Bizet Te Deum; Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noël; Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium

Saturday 3rd December 2005

Group: Burgess Hill Choral Society
Venue: St.Andrew’s Church, Junction Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0LG
Times: Not advised
Programme: Beethoven Mass in C; Haydn Mass No.12 ‘Theresienmesse’

Saturday 3rd December 2005

Group: Chandos Chamber Choir
Venue: St.Paul’s Church, 32a Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, SW1X 8SH
Times: 7.00pm concert
Programme: Handel Messiah - with Orpheus Britannicus

Friday 9th December 2005

Group: Camden Choir
Venue: Parish Church of St.John-at-Hampstead, Church Row, London NW3 6UU
Times: Not advised
Programme: Carol Concert

Friday 9th December 2005

Group: Corinthian Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.James’ Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Fauré Suite ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’; Mozart Bassoon Concerto; Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves; Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’

Saturday 10th December 2005

Group: Bearsted Choral Society
Venue: Holy Cross Church, Church Lane, Bearsted ME14 4EE
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Rutter Arise, Shine and excerpts from the Novello Book of Carols

Saturday 10th December 2005

Group: Billingshurst Choral Society
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, 12 East Street, Billingshurst RH14 9PY
Times: Not advised
Programme: Christmas Carol Concert

Saturday 10th December 2005

Group: Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA
Times: Not advised
Programme: Christmas Festival Concert

Saturday 10th December 2005

Group: Cantate Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Platt TN15 8NE
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Christmas with Cantate: Bach Christmas Oratorio - Jauchzet, frohlocket; Gauntlett Once in Royal David’s City (arr.Mann); Anon. There is no Rose (ed.Stevens); Leuner The Shepherds’ Cradle Song (arr.Macpherson); Tucapsky Koleda; Traditional In Dulci Jubilo (arr.Pearsall); Traditional It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (arr.Sullivan); Traditional Rejoice and be Merry (arr.Jacques); Traditional Star in the South; Mendelssohn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr.Willcocks); Traditional Deck the Hall (arr.Willcocks); Traditional O Tannenbaum; Traditional A Merry Christmas (arr.Warrell)

Saturday 10th December 2005

Group: Chiltern Choir
Venue: St.Mary’s Church, Church Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1JB
Times: Not advised
Programme: Haydn Mass No.12 ‘Theresienmesse’; Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers) - Bogoroditse Dyevo; Bach Christmas Oratorio - Part 1; Adam O Holy Night

Saturday 10th December 2005

Group: Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
Venue: St.Cyprian’s Church, Glentworth Street, London NW1 6AX
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn ‘St.Antoni’; Elgar Cello Concerto; Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5

Sunday 11th December 2005

Group: Canterbury Orchestra
Venue: United Reformed Church, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone CT20 2QL
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Christmas Concert, including Anderson Sleigh Ride; Blake The Snowman - Walking in the Air; Myhill Oboe Concerto and community carols.

Monday 12th December 2005

Group: Concordia Voices
Venue: St.Mary Magdalene Church, Church Walk, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1SN
Times: Not advised
Programme: Handel Messiah

Saturday 17th December 2005

Group: Bromley Philharmonic Choir
Venue: St.John’s United Reformed Church, Lynwood Grove, Orpington BR6 0BG
Times: 7.30pm concert
Programme: Christmas Concert, to include Britten A Ceremony of Carols and carols for choir and audience

Saturday 17th December 2005

Group: Concordia Voices
Venue: Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington TW11 9NN
Times: Not advised
Programme: Carols by Candlelight, to include Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium; Rutter Gloria - with Surrey Brass

Tuesday 20th December 2005

Group: Dartford Choral Society
Venue: Stone House Hospital Chapel, Bow Arrow Lane, Stone, Dartford DA2 6BP
Times: Not advised
Programme: Christmas Carols for Choir and Audience


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