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PREVIOUS CONCERTS/EVENTS

2011


Saturday 3rd December 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
St. Andrew and St. Georges, Stevenage, Herts

Programme was:

Torches

John Joubert

O come all ye faithful

Trad. arr. David Willcocks

Reading:

The Oxen by Thomas Hardy

Midnight Mass (Messe de minuit)
Four movements -
     Kyrie, Gloria,Sanctus, Agnus Dei

Charpentier

Reading:

Christmas by John Betjeman

Children's Choir:
    Silent Night
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer
    Believe

 
Franz Gruber
Johnny Marks
Lin Marsh

It came upon the midnight clear

Words: E.H. Sears,
Music: Trad adapted by Arthur Sullivan
Descant by David Willcocks

Organ piece:
Dance Variations on
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
    Rumba
    Hurdy-Gurdy Waltz
    Viennese Waltz
    Hornpipe
    Rock and Roll

Clifton Hughes

O little town of Bethlehem

Words: Bishop Philips Brooks,
Music: Trad adapted by Vaughan Williams
Descant by Thomas Armstrong

Sussex Carol

Traditional English arr. by David Willcocks

Still, Still, Still

Traditional German - arr. Bob Chilcott

Reading:

Peace by Henry Vaughan

Children's Choir:
    Little Donkey
    White Christmas

 
Eric Boswell
Irving Berlin

Sans Day Carol

Cornish Trad. arr. by John Rutter

Personent Hodie

Trad German tune arr. by Gustav Holst

Hark! The herals angels sing

Words: C. Wesley, T. Whitefield, M. Madan and others
Music: Felix Mendelssohn, descant by David Willcocks


Readers:

 

 

Heather Newstead

(Thomas Hardy poem)

(SCS Member)

Sheila Soothil

(Henry Vaughan poem)

(SCS Member)

Colin Lee

(John Betjeman poem)

(SCS Member)


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Justin Thomas
Organist : Clifton Hughes

Shephalbury Meadow Federation Children's Choir
Musical Directors : Lizzie Shackelford, Natalie Botazzi, Jan Tothill 


Saturday 25th June 2011 at 7:45 p.m.
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, Herts
(Part of Stevenage Festival 2011)

Programme was:

Elijah

Felix Medelssohn

 

 

Soloists:

 

Emily Creed

Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (SCS Member)

Emma Sproat

Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (SCS Member)

Christine Vincent

Soprano (SCS Member)

Heather Newstead

Soprano (SCS Member)

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley

Stevenage Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : Philip Brunton


Saturday 9th April 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage, Herts


Programme was:

Gavottes No. 1 and 2
   from Suite No. 3 in D

J.S.Bach

Rhosymedre

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Dick's Maggot

Ernest Tomlinson

The Lord is my Shepherd
   written for the TV series The Vicar of Dibley

Howard Goodall

It's all about Love

George Gershwin

Ain't Misbehavin'

Fats Waller

There is sweet music here
   from Musick's Jubilee

Andrew Carter

Fiddle Faddle

Leroy Anderson

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Hans Zimmer

Requiem

John Rutter

 

 

Soloists:

 

Emily Creed

Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (SCS Member)
- Lord is my shepherd

Emma Sproat

Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (SCS Member)
- There is sweet music here

Roz Davies

Soprano (SCS Member)
- Rutter - Pie Jesu

Christine Vincent

Soprano (SCS Member)
- Rutter - Pie Jesu, Lux Eterena

Stephanie Sproat

Soprano (SCS Member)
- Rutter - Lux Eterena

Heather Newstead

Soprano (SCS Member)
- Rutter - Lux Eterena

David Cole

Solo Cello (EHYO Member)
- Rutter - Out of the Deep

Amy Clark

Solo Oboe (EHYO Member)
- Rutter - The Lord is My shepherd

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley

East Herts Youth Orchestra
Conductor : David Boarder


2010


Saturday 20th November 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage, Herts


Programme was:

Petite Messe Solonnelle

Giacchino Rossini

 

 

Soloists:

 

Emily Creed

Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (SCS Member)

Emma Sproat

Mezzo Soprano/Soprano (SCS Member)

Gareth Huw John

Tenor

Christopher Wright

Bass/Baritone


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley(Saturday)
Piano Accompanist: Graham Pointon
Harmonium Accompanist: Derek Harrison


Saturday 19/20th June 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
The Rose Weekend, Hatfield House, Hatfield


Programme included:

Chorus of Wedding Guests
    From Lucia Di Lammermoor

Gaetano Donizetti

Anvil Chorus
    From Il Travatore

Giuseppe Verdi

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
    From Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi

Bell Chorus
    From I Pagliacci

Ruggero Leoncavello

Una Furtiva Lagrima
    From Lucia di Lammermoor

Gaetano Donizetti

Easter Hymn
    From Cavalleria Rusticana

Pietro Mascagni

Pescator Dell'Onda

Trad. arr by Jeremy Jackman

 

 

Soloists:

 

Anthony Zerillo

Tenor (SCS Member) - Chorus of Wedding Guests,
Una Furtiva Lagrima

Christine Vincent

Soprano (SCS Member) - Easter Hymn


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley(Saturday) / Anthony Zerillo(Sunday)
Accompanist (Piano/Organ/Harpsichord): Graham Pointon


Saturday 12th June 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
The Nobel School, Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage


Programme (in order of performance):

Amor Vittorioso

Giovanni Gastoldi

Scaldava il Sol

Luca Marenzio

Ohimè se tanto amate

Claudio Monteverdi

Granada

Isaac Albeniz

Chorus of Wedding Guests
    From Lucia Di Lammermoor

Gaetano Donizetti

Latin American Suite No. 1

Mike Cornick

Anvil Chorus
    From Il Travatore

Giuseppe Verdi

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
    From Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi

Humming Chorus
    From Madame Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini

Bell Chorus
    From I Pagliacci

Ruggero Leoncavello

Una Furtiva Lagrima
    From Lucia di Lammermoor

Gaetano Donizetti

Andaluza

Enrique Granados

Requiem

Giacomo Puccini

Easter Hymn
    From Cavalleria Rusticana

Pietro Mascagni

Pescator Dell'Onda

Trad. arr by Jeremy Jackman

 

 

Soloists:

 

Graham Pointon

Piano - Granada, Latin American Suite, Andaluza

Anthony Zerillo

Tenor (SCS Member) - Chorus of Wedding Guests,
Una Furtiva Lagrima

Christine Vincent

Soprano (SCS Member) - Easter Hymn

Robin Osterly

Piano - Latin American Suite

Heather Heritage

Percussion (Anvil) - Anvil Chorus


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist (Piano/Organ/Harpsichord): Graham Pointon


Sunday 21st March 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
St. Hilda's Church, Hydean Way, Stevenage


Programme (in order of performance):

Festival Toccata

Percy E. Fletcher

Sonatine pour Harpe, Op. 30

Tournier

Aesop's Fables

Bob Chilcott

Variations on "America"

Charles Ives

Crown Imperial

William Walton

Chichester Psalms

Leonard Bernstein

 

 

Soloists:

 

Tom Jackman

Counter Tenor - Chichester Psalms

Emily Creed

Soprano (SCS Member) - Chichester Psalms

Emma Sproat (SCS Member)

Alto (SCS Member) - Chichester Psalms

Robert Toll

Bass (Chichester Psalms)

Clifton Hughes

Organ

Daniel de-Frey

Harp

Steve Long

Percussion


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist: Graham Pointon - Aesop's Fables


2009


Saturday 19th Dec. 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
SCS Family Carol Concert
Church of St. Hugh and St. John, Chells, Stevenage -
***** CANCELLED DUE TO POOR WEATHER *****


Programme (in order of performance):

Gaudete

Bob Chilcott

Sir Christémas

Words: Anon, Music: William Mathias

Sans Day Carol

Cornish Trad. carol arr. John Rutter

Shepherds Pipe Carol

John Rutter

 

 


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist/Organist: Graham Pointon


Saturday 14th Nov. 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
SCS Autumn Concert
St. Andrews and St. Georges Church, Stevenage


Programme (in order of performance):

Cantique de Jean Racine

Gabriel Fauré

Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5)

Gustav Mahler

Motets:
    Locus iste
    Ave Maria
    Os Justi
    Virga Jesse

Anton Bruckner

Requiem

Gabriel Fauré

 

 

Soloists:

 

Emma Sproat

Soprano (SCS member) - Requiem

David Smith

Baritone - Requiem


Brandenburg Sinfonia
Artist Director: Robert Porter

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist (for rehearsals): Graham Pointon
Organist: Derek Harrison


Saturday 27th Jun. 2009 at 7:45 p.m.
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Last Night of the Proms (Part of Stevenage Festival)


Programme included:

Little Suite

Malcolm Arnold

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Trad. arr Ralph Vaughan Williams

Zadok the Priest

George Frederick Handel

Early one morning

Trad. arr. Higginbottom

Down by the Sally Gardens

Trad. arr. Higginbottom

James Bond Theme

John Barry

Engima Variations

Edward Elgar

Hallelujah Chorus
(From the Messiah)

George Frederick Handel

Jerusalem

Parry

Rule Britannia

Thomas Arne

Pomp and Circumstance No. 1
(includes Land of Hope and Glory)

Edward Elgar

 

 

Soloists:

 

Emma Sproat

Soprano (SCS member) - Rule Britannia

Christine Vincent

Soprano (SCS member) - Early one morning


North Herts Youth Orchestra
Conductor: Meirion Williams

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist (for rehearsals): Graham Pointon


Saturday 13th Jun. 2009 at 7:45 p.m.
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
"The Armed Man"


Programme included:

The Armed Man

Karl Jenkins

Suite L'Arlesiénne

Georges Bizet

Finlandia

Jean Sibelius

 

 

Soloists:

 

Ali Sherrif

Muezzin (performed Adhaan - Call to Prayer)

Christine Vincent
Emily Creed
Emma Sproat

Soprano (SCS members)

Veronica Carolan

Alto (SCS member)

Anthony Zerillo

Tenor (SCS member)

Philip Waite

Bass


Stevenage Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Philip Brunton
Leader: Pam Davies

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist (for rehearsals): Graham Pointon


Saturday 21st Mar. 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin
"Bring and Sing Messiah"


Programme included:

Messiah

Handel.


This was the evening Concert. In the afternoon (1-4 p.m.) we held a rehearsal in which other people joined in with the choir and then joined us also for the evening performance. Members of the Choir (including our MD) sang some of the air and recitative sections.


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist : Graham Pointon



2008


Sunday 14th Dec. 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews and St. Georges Church, Stevenage


Programme included:

Away in a Manger

Lyrics: 19th C Anon.
Music: W.J.Kirkpatrick arr. Bob Chilcott

O Come all ye faithfull

Composer unknown arr. D. Willcocks

Gaudete

Piae Cantiones arr. Bob Chilcott

Jesus, Jesus,rest your head

American traditional arr. Bob Chilcott

Unto us is born a son

Tune from Piae Cantiones arr. Willcocks

Winter Nights**

Lin Marsh

Riding High and Low***

Roger Jones

This Child***

Graham Kendrick

Il est ne, le divin enfant

French trad arr. Bob Chilcott

Jingle Bells

Lyrics and Music: J. Pierpont arr. Bob Chilcott

God rest ye merry Gentlemen

Trad English arr. Willcocks

Coventry Carol

Lyrics: From the Pageant of Shearman and Trawlers (15th Century)
Music: English Trad. arr. Bob Chilcott

Master in this Hall

Lyrics: William Morris
Music: French trad carol arr. Willcocks

Just another star***

Karl Jenkins/Carol Barrat

Gaudete***

Traditional

Winter Wonderland***

Lyrics: Richard B. Smith
Music: Felix Bernard arr. Lin Marsh

New Year Carol

Lyrics: Anon- From "Tom Tiddlers Ground" anthology by Walter de La Mare
Music: Benjamin Britten

Personent Hodie

Lyrics: From Piae Cantiones (1582)
Music: German (1360) arr. Holst

Rocking**

Czech Carol arr. Willcocks

Sans Day Carol**

Cornish Trad carol arr. Rutter

Hark the Herald Angels sing

Lyrics: C Wesley, T. Whitefield and M. Madan and others
Music: Mendelssohn arr. Willcocks

Encore: We wish you a merry Christmas

Trad. West Cornish carol arr. Bob Chilcott

 

 

Key to above songs;
*** Stevenage Music Centre Young Singers only
**   Stevenage Music Centre Young Singers and SCS


Stevenage Music Centre Young Singers
Conductor : Deena Day
Accompanist : Rebecca Hughes

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist : Graham Pointon




Saturday 15th Nov. 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews and St. Georges Church
Stevenage


Programme included:

Divertimento in D, KV 136

Mozart

Rondo in A, D.438

Schubert

Serenade for strings

Edward Elgar

Theresien Masse

Haydn


Pro Arte Orchestra
Stevenage Choral Society

Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist : Graham Pointon



Saturday 20th Sept. 2008 at 3 p.m.
Community Arts Centre,
Roaring Meg, Stevenage


Programme included:

TBA

TBA

Someone to watch over me

Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Music: George Gershwin

Michael Finnegan

Trad. arr. Anthony Zerrilo

Our Love is here to stay

Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Music: George Gershwin

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

Verdi (Nabucco)

Down by The Riverside

Trad. American arr. J Rutter


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist : Graham Pointon



Sunday 27th April 2008 at 7.30 pm
St. Hildas Church, Stevenage


Programme included:

Slavonic Dances 1-4

Antonin Dvorak

A German Requiem

Johannes Brahms


Soloists :

Rebecca Naomi Watson :

Soprano

Simon Thorpe :

Baritone



Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist : Graham Pointon
Accompanist : Clifton Hughes



2007


Saturday 8th December 2007 at 7.00 pm
Christmas Concert - Watton at Stone Parish Church


Programme included:

Ceremony of Carols

Benjamin Britten

O Come all ye faithfull

Trad. Arr. Wilcocks

Masters in this hall

Trad. Arr. Wilcocks

The Nativity Carol

John Rutter

Infant Holy

Trad. Arr. Wilcocks

Good King Wenceslas

Trad. Arr. Wilcocks

Torches

John Joubert

New Year Carol

Benjamin Britten

Personent Hodie

German Traditional arr. Holst

Hark the herald angels sing

Felix Mendelssohn

Twelve days of Christmas

Arr. John Rutter

????? A mystery carol??????

Hector Berlioz


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley
Accompanist : Graham Pointon
Harp : Rhian Hanson



Sunday 5th November 2007 at 7.30 pm

Royal Albert Hall, London

Concert was for British Council for the Prevention of Blindness (BCPB)

Programme included:

Grande Messe Des Morts

Hector Berlioz

Blast

Daniel Basford


Soloist :

Justin Lavender :

Tenor (Berlioz - Sanctus)


Westminster Philharmonia Orchestra
Herts County Youth Brass (4 bands)
Joint Herts Choirs comprising:

  • Barnet Choral Society
  • Bishops Stortford Choral Society
  • Chiltern Chamber Choir
  • The Chiltern Choir
  • Chipperfield Choral Society
  • Harpenden Choral Society
  • Hertford Choral Society
  • North Herts Guild of Singers
  • QC Chamber Choir
  • St. Albans Choral Society
  • Stevenage Choral Society
  • Tring Choral Society
  • Ware Choral Society
  • Watford Philharmonic Society
  • Welwyn Garden Music Society

Musical Director/Conductor : Derek Harrison


Sunday 1st July 2007 at 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Stevenage Arts Pavilion, Roaring Meg

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Saturday 19th May 2007 at 7.30 pm

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage

Concert was part of Elgar-in-Hertfordshire Festival May - Nov 2007


Programme included:

Coronation March Op. 65

Edward Elgar

The Spirit of England (Cantata - Op. 80)

Edward Elgar

Part Songs
The Fountain Op. 71/2
The Shower Op 71/1
My Love dwelt in a Northern Land Op. 18/3

Edward Elgar

Falstaff (Symphonic Study - Op 68)

Edward Elgar


Soloist :

Sara Jonsson :

Soprano (Spirit of England)


Organist: : Graham Pointon

Hitchin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : Paul Adrian Rooke

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


Saturday 24th February 2007 at 7.30 pm

Christ Church, Watford, Herts


Programme included:

Tilbury Point

Nigel Clarke

Porgy and Bess

George Gershwin, arr. James Barnes

Jubilate

Bob Chilcott

Musical for a Festival

Philip Sparke

The Sorceror's Apprentice

Paul Dukas, arr. Frank Winterbottom

Gloria

John Rutter


Soloists (All are Choir Members):

Emma Sproat :

Soprano (Jubilate)

Christine Vincent :

Soprano (Gloria)

Jo Dekkers :

Soprano (Gloria)

Heather Heritage :

Soprano (Gloria)

Sheila Soothill :

Alto (Gloria)

Christine Vincent :

Alto (Gloria)


Organist: Clifton Hughes
Pianist : Graham Pointon

Phoenix Concert Band
Conductor : Chris McGinity

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


2006


Saturday 16th December 2006 at 7.30 pm

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage

Christmas Concert


Programme :

O come all ye faithful

Trad arr. David Willcocks

All this time

Words 16th Century -
Music: William Walton

What Cheer

Words 16th Century -
Music: William Walton

Unto us is born a Son

Tune from Piae Cantiones(1582)
arr. Willcocks

Si Si

Traditional Congolese

Yellow, Orange and Brown

Lin Marsh

Hibernation

Chris Hazell

A boy was born

Words 16th Century -
Music: Benjamin Britten

Masters in this Hall

Trad arr. Willcocks

God rest ye merry Gentlemen

Trad. arr. Willcocks

The Child that Mary bore

Paul Adrian Rooke

The Nativity Carol

John Rutter

Good Time Christmas

Victy Silva

Shepherds Rock

Bill Ready/Tate

New Year Carol

Benjamin Britten

Personent Hodie

German trad. arr. Holst

Rocking

Czech arr. Willcocks

Walking in the air

Howard Blake arr. D. Boarder

Noel Nouvelet

Trad French Carol translated by Wendy Marvin
  Arr. by Peter Hurford

Hark the Herald Angels sing

Mendelssohn

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Warrell


Soloists :

Emma Sproat :

Soprano


Keyboard : Rebecca Hughes
Keyboard/Organist : Graham Pointon

Stevenage Young Singers
Conductor : Deena Day

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


Saturday 11th November 2006 at 7.30 pm

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Stevenage 60th Anniversary Concert

Programme included:

Skyrider

Philip Sparke

Harry Potter and the Philsophers Stone

John Williams

Jubilate

Bob Chilcott

Lord of the Rings

Howard Shore and Fran Walsh

Guys and Dolls

Frank Loesser

Gloria

John Rutter


Soloists (All are Choir Members):

Emma Sproat :

Soprano (Jubilate)

Christine Vincent :

Soprano (Gloria)

Jo Dekkers :

Soprano (Gloria)

Heather Heritage :

Soprano (Gloria)

Sheila Soothill :

Alto (Gloria)

Christine Vincent :

Alto (Gloria)


Organist: Clifton Hughes
Pianist : Graham Pointon

Phoenix Concert Band
Conductor : Chris McGinity

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


18th June 2006

Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage


Programme:

Oom Pah Pah

Lionel Bart

Themes from Harry Potter

John Williams

Scooby Doo, where are you?

David Mook and Ben Raleigh

Match of the Day

Rhet Stoller

Sousa

Sousa themes arr. Warren Barker

Blues on the Slide

Stuart johnson

My Fair Lady

Frederick Loewe (selections)

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

trad arr. Barry Forgie

Dance of the Comedians
(from the Opera - The Bartered Bride - Act 3)

Smetana

Jamaican Rock

Stuart Johnson

Taquila

Chuck Rio

Carmina Burana

Carl Orff


Soloists:

Donna Bateman :

Soprano

Daniel Auchinloss :

Tenor

Keel Watson :

Bass-Baritone

Clifton Hughes and Graham Pointon :

Pianos

Simon Archer :

Timpani

Donna Maria Landowski,
Robert Ball,
Patricia Allardyce,
Donal O'Neal:

Percussion


Kingshott Concert Band
Hitchin Concert Band
Conductor : Alison Eales

Kingshott School Chamber Choir
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


2005


17th December 2005

Elizabeth Poston Centenary Concert

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Programme:

O come all ye faithful

Trad. arr. David Willcocks

The Nativity

Elizabeth Poston

Serenade for Strings

William Lloyd Webber

Away in a Manger

W.J. Kirkpartick

Unto us is born a son

Tune from Pies Cantiones arr. David Willcocks

Sweet was the song

Paul Adrian Rooke

The Child that Mary bore

Paul Adrian Rooke

God rest ye merry gentlemen

Trad. arr. David Willcocks

All this time

William Walton

What Cheer

William Walton

It came upon the midnight clear

trad. arr. Arthur Sullivan

Jesus Christ the apple tree

Elizabeth Poston

The blessed son of God

Ralph Vaughn Williams

No sad thought

Ralph Vaughn Williams

Boars Head Carol

Trad. arr. Elizabeth Poston

Hark the Herald Angels sing

Felix Mendelssohn


Hitchin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : Paul Adrian Rooke

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


15th Ocober 2005

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Programme:

Overture - Lucio Silla

W.A. Mozart

Ave Verum Corpus

W.A. Mozart

Symphony No. 5 in B flat D.485

Franz Schubert

Magnificat in D, BVW 243

J.S. Bach


Soloists:

Helen Meyerhoff :

Soprano

Jennifer Higgins :

Contralto

Nicholas Mulroy :

Tenor

Christopher Foster :

Bass-Baritone


London Pro Arte Orchestra
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


16th April 2005

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Programme:

Concerto in G minor

G.F. Handel

Mass in F (Deutsche Messe)

F. Schubert

Finale from Symphony No. 1

Louis Vierne

The Kestrel Road

Peter Maxwell Davies

Ad nos salutem undam (Organ Fugue)

F. Litzt

Songs of Sailors and of the Sea

Eric Thiman


Soloists:

Malcom Hicks :

Organ

Graham Pointon :

Piano


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


2004


4th December 2004

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Programme:

Zadok the Priest

G.F. Handel

Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

Haydn

Messa Di Gloria

Puccini


Soloists:

Mark Chaundy :

Tenor

Robert Anderson :

Baritone


English Sinfonia
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


2 October 2004

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Programme:

Overture to "Egmont" - Opus 84

Ludwig van Beethoven

"Karelia" suite - Opus 11

Jean Sibelius

Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Opus 125 ("Choral")

Ludwig van Beethoven


Soloists:

Alice Bishop :

Soprano

Jennifer Higgins :

Mezzo Soprano

Vincent Mears :

Tenor

Terry Saunders :

Baritone


Hertfordshire Philharmonia
Stevenage Choral Society
Stevenage Male Voice Choir
Conductor : Patrick Bailey


23rd May 2004

Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage


Programme:

Jonny's Boots

Chris Pettit

Blues Connection

Bruce Fraser

King of the Road

Roger Miller

Thank you for the Music

"ABBA"

Lions Pride
from "The Zoo Ball"

Keith Strachan

Celtic Suite

Gavin Whitlock

La Bamba

Trad. arr. Richie Valens

The magnificent Seven

Elmer Bernstein

swinging Safari

Bert Kaempfert

Tequilla

Chuck Rio

Mancini Magic

Henry Mancini arr. Brubaker

Petite Recreation

Andre Waignein

Battledore

Richard Sisson


Baldock Junior Windband
Conductor : Tim Welch

Baldock Intermediate Windband
Conductor : Tim Welch

Royston Junior Windband
Conductor : Terry Veasey

Hitchin Junior Windband
Conductor : Steve Jenner

Hitchin Intermediate Windband
Conductor : John Lavelle

Stevenage Junior Windband
Conductor : Lynda Harrison

Stevenage Intermediate Windband
Conductor : Andrea Lee

Barnwell School Choir
Stevenage Young Singers
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


7th February 2004

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Programme:

Canticle of Fire

Malcolm Williamson

Rhosymedre

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Chorale in A minor

Gabriel Faure

Rejoice in the Lamb

Benjamin Britten

O Magnum Mysterium

Morten Laudrisen

Berceuse

Louis Vierne

Carillon-Sortie

Henri Mulet

Magnificat

Gerald Finzi


Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


2003


Saturday 5th July 2003

"An American in Watton"

Concert in Watton at Stone Parish Church


Programme: American music suitable for all ages

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley


29th March 2003

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage


Programme:

Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major
Opus 55 "Eroica"

Ludwig van Beethoven

Requiem

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Hitchin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : Paul Adrian Rooke

Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Robin Osterley