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Reigate & Redhill Proms Celebration
Handel: Zadok the Priest; Goodall: Lead, Kindly Light; Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine; Quartel: 'Hope' is the thing with feathers; Paulus: The Water is Wide; Lauridsen: Sure on this Shining Night; Schwartz, Arr. Huff: Medley from Wicked; Parry: I was glad; Arr. Chilcott: Ar Hyd y Nos (All through the night), O Danny boy, The Skye Boat Song; Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory; Arne: Rule, Britannia! (Soprano: Amelia Baker); Parry: Jerusalem; Arr. Britten: The National Anthem; Trad: Auld Lang Syne
Cole Bendall (conductor), Robert Patterson (organ and piano)
Saturday 12th July 2025 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Tour 2025 - Paris & Brunoy
Programmes taken from:- Handel: Zadok the Priest; Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Gibbons: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears; Tallis: If You Love Me; Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Djevo; Goodall: Lead, Kindly Light; Chillcott: Be Thou My Vision; Bruckner: Locus Iste; Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine; Duruflé: Notre Père; Lotti: Missa Brevis
Cole Bendall (conductor), Charles Thompson (organ and piano)
Saturday 24 – Monday 26 May 2025 at Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, l’Eglise St Pierre, Brunoy, and La Madeleine, Paris
Britten: St Nicolas; Tippett: Five Spirituals from ‘A Child of Our Time’; Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
David Walsh (Tenor), Alan Jones (Horn), Bethany Marks, Grace Wright & Holly Wright (Pickled Boys), Holly Wright (Young Nicolas), Helena Raeburn, Suzie Purkis & Victoria Mulley (semi-chorus), Charles Thomson (conductor), Cole Bendall (conductor: Serenade and St Nicolas semi-chorus). Accompanied by Surrey ProMusica
Saturday 22nd March 2025 at St Mary's Church, Reigate
Christmas Concert and Social Evening
Once in Royal David’s city; Polish trad, arr Willcocks: Infant holy, infant lowly; John Rutter: Nativity carol; See amid the winter’s snow; 15th Century English, arr Shaw: Coventry carol; Pachelbel: Prelude on Von himmel hoch (Organ); Burtonwood: Variations on Noel Nouvelet (Organ); O come all ye faithful; Rutter: What sweeter music; Hark the herald angels sing; Trad, arr Arthur Warrell: We wish you a merry Christmas
Naomi Butcher (conductor), Charles Thompson (organ and piano)
Tuesday 17th December 2024 at Redhill URC Church
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Madeline Boreham (soprano), Angharad Rowlands (Mezzo-soprano), Matthew Sotillo-Cooke (tenor), Johannes Moore (bass), Naomi Butcher (conductor). Accompanied by Surrey ProMusica
Saturday 16th November 2024 at St Mary's Church, Reigate
Opera Gala
Rossini: Overture (The Barber of Seville) (arr. Daryl Runswick, for The King’s Singers); Bizet: Habanera & March of the toreadors (Carmen); Mozart: Priest’s chorus (The Magic Flute); Verdi: Anvil chorus (Il trovatore); Tchaikovsky: Chorus of the peasant girls (Eugene Onegin); Purcell: Dido’s lament and final chorus (Dido & Aeneas); Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew slaves (Nabucco); Puccini: Humming chorus (Madama Butterfly); Verdi: Caro Nome (Rigoletto); Leoncavallo: Bell chorus (Pagliacci); Humperdinck: Wo bin ich (Hansel and Gretel); Sullivan: Dance a cachucha (The Gondoliers); Lloyd Webber: Phantom of the Opera - Medley
Chloe Todd (soprano), Naomi Butcher (conductor). Accompanied by Charles Thompson
Saturday 6 July 2024 at St. John's Church, Redhill
Tour 2024 - East Anglia
Stanford: The Blue Bird; Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo; Bruckner: Locus Iste; Holst: Folk Songs; Tippett: Spirituals; Gjeilo: The Rose; Alwood: Unclouded Day
Naomi Butcher (conductor). Accompanied by Charles Thompson
Saturday 4 – Sunday 5 May 2024 at The Minster, King's Lynn and St Mary's Church, Safron Walden
Tallis: If ye love me; Goodall: The Lord is my Shepherd; Mozart: Ave Verum; Sheppard: Song of Mary; Dom Gregory Murray: A New People's Mass
Naomi Butcher (conductor). Accompanied by Charles Thompson
Sunday 5 May 2024 at St Edmund's Church, Downham Market
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Hannah McKay (soprano), Karima El Demerdasch (Mezzo-soprano), Dominic Lee (tenor), Alaric Green (bass), Naomi Butcher (conductor). Accompanied by Surrey ProMusica
Saturday 16th March 2024 at St Mary's Church, Reigate
Christmas Concert and Social Evening
O come all ye faithful; Benjamin Britten: Wolcum Yole, There is No Rose, As Dew in Aprille, This Little Babe (from Ceremony of Carols); Nicolas Lebègue: Noël "Puer nobis nascitur" (Unto us a boy is born) (Organ); Harold Darke: In the bleak midwinter; O little town of Bethlehem; The holly & the ivy (arr. Walford Davies); Hark the herald angels sing
Naomi Butcher (conductor), Charles Thompson (organ and piano)
Tuesday 12th December 2023 at Redhill URC Church
Elgar: The Music Makers; Holst: Six Choral Folk Songs; Ravel: Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé
Alexandra Pouta (Mezzo-soprano), Naomi Butcher (conductor). Accompanied by Surrey ProMusica with Edward Picton-Turbervill (piano)
Friday 17th November 2023 at St Mary's Church, Reigate
Workshop in conjunction with the Royal Philharmonic Society
Elgar: The Music Makers
Led by RRCS Musical Director Naomi Butcher and Mezzo Soprano Kathryn Rudge
Saturday 7th October 2023 at Reigate Park Church
A Celebration of 500 years of Choral Music
Thomas Morley: Now is the Month of Maying; Michael Praetorius: Psallite; Mozart: Ave Verum; Rheinberger: Abendlied; Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Devo; Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; Ross Parker and Hughie Charles: We’ll Meet Again; Richard Rogers: Edelweiss; A Gershwin Portrait; J. K. Alwood: Unclouded Day; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story (selection); Morten Lauridsen: Sure on this Shining Night; Eric Whitacre: Seal Lullaby; Grayston Ives: Name That Tune
Naomi Butcher (conductor). Accompanied by Charles Thompson
Sunday 9th July 2023 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Handel: Messiah (Part 2); Lotti: Crucifixus; Tallis: If ye love me; Haydn: Symphony No. 26; Finzi: Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Madeline Boreham (Soprano), Samuel Kibble (Tenor), Daniel Barrett (Baritone), Naomi Butcher (conductor). Surrey ProMusica and Charles Thompson (organ)
Saturday 1st April 2023 at St Mary's Church, Reigate
Christmas Carols and Social Evening
Once in Royal David’s City; Benjamin Britten: A New Year Carol; Harold Darke: In the bleak midwinter; God rest you merry, gentlemen; Charles Thompson: The God-given child; John Rutter: Nativity Carol; O come, all ye faithful; Charles Thompson: On a hillside cold; O little town of Bethlehem; We wish you a merry Christmas (arr. Warrell); Hark the herald angels sing
Charles Thompson (conductor), Robert Cooper (organ)
Tuesday 13th December 2022 at Redhill URC Church
From Vaughan Williams to Dvořák
Parry: My soul, there is a country; Boyce: I have surely built Thee an house; Beach: Three Choral Responses; Vaughan Williams: Prelude on Rhosymedre (Organ Solo), O Clap Your Hands; Dvořák: Mass in D
Eleri Gwilym (Soprano), Claire Filer (Mezzo Soprano), Andrew Friedhoff (Tenor), Sam Hancock (Bass), Penelope Jane Homer (conductor), Charles Thompson (organ and piano)
Saturday 26th November 2022 at St John’s Church, Redhill
80th Anniversary Concert
Morley: Arise awake; Gibbons: Drop, drop, slow tears; Elgar: As torrents in summer; Ireland: The Hills; Bain: Brother James’ Air; Coleridge-Taylor: The lee shore, Summer is gone; Dacey: Miracles of Beauty (World Premiere performance); Stainer: God so loved the world; Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth; The National Anthem (arr. Britten); John Rutter: Requiem
Anna Gould (Soprano), Penelope Jane Homer (conductor). Accompanied by Surrey ProMusica
Saturday 9th July 2022 at St Mary's Church, Reigate - 80th Anniversary Concert
Passion, Peace and Puccini
Paul Carr: Stabat Mater; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Violin: Andrew Laing); Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Ryan Vaughan Davies (Tenor), Ross Fettes (Bass-Baritone), Penelope Jane Homer (conductor). Accompanied by Surrey ProMusica
Saturday 23rd April 2022 at Holy Trinity Church, Redhill
Advent Concert
Pitoni: Cantate Domino; Durante: Magnificat; Vivaldi: Gloria; Palestrina: Matin Responsory; Mathias: A Babe is Born; Darke: In the Bleak Mid-Winter; Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Sussex Carol (arr: David Willcocks); Good King Wenceslas (arr: Willcocks); Of the Father’s Heart Begotten (arr: Willcocks); J.S. Bach: O Little One Sweet; Arthur Sullivan: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Jordan Theis (conductor). Accompanied by Surrey ProMusica and Charles Thompson (organ)
Saturday 11th December 2021 at St John’s Church, Redhill. This was our first concert after the Covid lockdowns
Candlemas Choral Evensong
Tarney: Come Lord Jesus; Radcliffe: Preces & Responses; Dyson: Evening Service in C; McDowall: A Prayer of St Columba; Jolliffe: May the road rise up to meet you; various hymns
Peter Farrant (conductor). Charles Thompson (organ)
Saturday 1st February 2020 at St John’s Church, Redhill
1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s
Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Biebl: Ave Maria; Fauré: Messe Basse; Various: Carols for all
Natasha Jones (soprano), Alice Welby-Everard (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Accompanied by Charles Thompson.
Saturday 7th December 2019 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Mozart Requiem; Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, Exsulatate Jubilate, Ave Verum Corpus, Symphony No. 35 (Haffner)
Natasha Page (soprano), Judith Le Breuilly (contralto), Matthew Keighley (tenor), James Atkinson (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 9 November 2019 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Duruflé: Requiem; Parry: I Was Glad; Hummel: Mass in Bb; Vaughan Williams: Antiphon; Gjeilo: The Ground (from Sunrise Mass); Chilcott: Ariel Taught Me How to Play; A selection of Old & New Spirituals; Mendelssohn: Sonata VI
Peter Farrant (conductor), Rupert Jeffcoat (organ).
Saturday 13 July 2019 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Tour 2019 - Leamington Spa, Warwick & Lichfield
Hummel: Mass in Bb; Parry: I Was Glad; Vaughan Williams: Antiphon; Gjeilo: The Ground (from Sunrise Mass); Chilcott: Ariel Taught Me How to Play; Duruflé: Requiem; A selection of Old & New Spirituals
Peter Farrant (conductor), Charles Thompson (organ).
Saturday 25 – Monday 27 May 2019 at All Saints’ Church, Royal Leamington Spa; Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick; Lichfield Cathedral
Hummel: Mass in Bb; Parry: I Was Glad; Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs; Gjeilo: The Ground (from Sunrise Mass); Chilcott: Ariel Taught Me How to Play; A selection of spirituals
Saturday 11th May 2019 at St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton as part of Brighton Festival. James Atkinson (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor), Charles Thompson (organ).
Duruflé: Requiem; Vaughan-Williams: Five Mystical Songs; Gjeilo: The Ground (from Sunrise Mass).
Saturday 30th March 2019 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Samuel Ali (organ), Hugo Herman-Wilson (bass),
Holly-Marie Bingham (mezzo soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Rutter: Magnificat; Chilcott: On Christmas Night; Carter: A Maiden Most Gentle; Britten: A New Year Carol; Rutter: Nativity Carol; The Twelve Days of Christmas
Saturday 8th December 2018 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Catriona Hewitson (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Samuel Ali (organ).
Jenkins: The Peacemakers; Williams: Schindler’s List, Angela’s Ashes, Hymn to the Fallen
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor), Surrey ProMusica & Redhill Sinfonia Strings, Sandcross School Choir.
Saturday 10th November 2018 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Beth Moxon (Dido), Hugo Herman-Wilson (Aeneas), Charlotte Bowden (Belinda), Lauren Morris (Sorceress), Dominic Beaven (Sailor), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 7 July 2018 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Tour 2018 - Belgium
Haydn: Te Deum; Hawes: Christian Soldiers; Anthems Throughout the Ages (Various); Chilcott: Passion Hymns; Todd: Remembrance; Tavener: Mother of God; Todd: No More Sorrow; Jenkins: Sacred Songs; Bernstein: West Side Story (Medley)
Saturday 5 – Monday 7 May 2018 at Ypres & Bruges Cathedrals and Menin Gate
Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Haydn: Te Deum; Hawes: Christian Soldiers; Anthems Throughout the Ages (Various); Chilcott: Passion Hymns; Todd: Remembrance; Tavener: Mother of God; Todd: No More Sorrow; Jenkins: Sacred Songs; Bernstein: West Side Story (Medley)
Sunday 22nd April 2018 at The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Haydn: Te Deum; Hawes: Christian Soldiers; Anthems Throughout the Ages (Various); Chilcott: assion Hymns; Todd: Remembrance; Tavener: Mother of God; Todd: No More Sorrow; Jenkins: Sacred Songs; Bernstein: West Side Story (Medley)
Saturday 10th March 2018 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Handel: Messiah (Excerpts); Woods: This Joyous Night; McDowall: Christus Natus Est
Saturday 9th December 2017 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate. Eleanor Sanderson-Nash (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Rutter: Requiem, The Sprig of Thyme
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 11th November 2017 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Saturday 8 July 2017 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Eleanor Sanderson-Nash (Soprano), Rosanna Cooper (Mezzo soprano) Ben Smith (Tenor), Hugo Herman-Wilson (Baritone), Peter Farrant (Conductor). Ray Maulkin (Organ).
Tour 2017 - Stratford & Worcester
Carr: Prayer of Saint Francis; Chilcott: Passion Hymns; Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Monday 29 May 2017 at Worcester Cathedral. Peter Farrant (Conductor), Ray Maulkin (Organ)
Haydn: Creation
Patricia Rozario OBE (soprano), Hugo Herman-Wilson (baritone), Benjamin Durrant (tenor), Peter Farrant (conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 25th March 2017 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill. This concert formed part of the 2017 Surrey Choral Festival. Special guests included The Chamber Choir from the Nonsuch High School for Girls.
Carr: Prayer of Saint Francis; Vivaldi: Nulla in Mundo Pax, Magnificat, Gloria; Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Saturday 10 December 2016 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Kirsty McClean (Soprano), Emily Gray (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Ray Maulkin (Organ)
Jenkins: The Armed Man; Elgar: Enigma Variations; Carr: Prayer of St Francis (World Première in the presence of the composer)
Sunday 13 November 2016 at Dorking Halls for a 75th Anniversary Gala Concert. Josephine Goddard (Soprano), Tim Edlin (Baritone), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Redhill Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Poulenc: Gloria; Gounod: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile; Widor: Toccata from Symphony No.5; Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine; Boëllmann: Prière à Notre-Dame
Saturday 2 July 2016 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Josephine Goddard (Soprano), Thomas Erlank (Tenor), Timothy Edlin (bass), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Ray Maulkin (Organ)
Chilcott: Requiem, Jubilate; Walton: Crown Imperial; Elgar: Nimrod
Saturday 14 May 2016 at St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton as part of Brighton Festival. Sinead O’Kelly (Soprano), Peter Aisher (Tenor), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Surrey ProMusica
Tour 2016 - Reims & Laon, France
Chilcott: Requiem, Jubilate, Little Jazz Mass, Face of Peace; Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Saturday 30 April – 3 May 2016 at Reims Cathedral (Sun 1 May), Laon Cathedral (Mon 2 May). Kathryn Sargent (Soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Chilcott: Requiem, Jubilate, Little Jazz Mass, Face of Peace
Catriona Hewitson (soprano), Peter Aisher (tenor), Peter Farrant (conductor),
Saturday 19th March 2016 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Handel: Messiah
Rowan Pierce (soprano), Polly Leech (contralto), Benjamin Durrant (tenor), Julien Van Mellaerts (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 12th December 2015 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Fauré: Requiem; Chilcott: Passion Hymns; Wilberg: Requiem (Excerpts) / O Light of Life
Josephine Goddard (soprano), Nicholas Morton (Baritone), Peter Farrant (Conductor).
Saturday 7 November 2015 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Brahms: German Requiem; Mahler: Adagietto (Symphony No.5); Holst: Brook Green Suite
Josephine Goddard (soprano), Timothy Nelson (bass) Peter Farrant (conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 4 July 2015 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Tour 2015 - Wells
Handel: Zadok the Priest; Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Brahms: German Requiem (excerpts); Walton: Crown Imperial
Josephine Goddard (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Monday 25 May 2015 at Wells Cathedral.
Haydn: Nelson Mass; Mozart: Symphony No.29; Handel: Zadok the Priest; Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Sinead O’Kelly (soprano), Amy Williamson (contralto), Thomas Erlank (tenor), Matthew Buswell (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 9 May 2015 at St Bartholomews Church, Brighton, this concert formed part of the 2015 Brighton Fringe Festival. Special guests included Health & Wellbeing Choirs formed by Music Director, Peter Farrant, from East Surrey Hospital, The Children’s Trust (Tadworth) and Legal & General’s offices in Kingswood and South East Cancer Help Centre (Purley).
Haydn: Nelson Mass; Mozart: Symphony No.29; Handel: Zadok the Priest; Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Patricia Rozario OBE (soprano), Polly Leech (contralto), Thomas Erlank (tenor), Roderick Earle (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 21st March 2015 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, this concert formed part of the 2015 Surrey Choral Festival. Special guests included Health & Wellbeing Choirs formed by Music Director, Peter Farrant, from East Surrey Hospital, The Children’s Trust (Tadworth) and Legal & General’s offices in Kingswood and South East Cancer Help Centre (Purley).
Carr: Requiem for an Angel (UK Premiere of Chamber Version in presence of Composer); Carter: Hodie Christus Natus Est; Tavener: Mother of God; Bach: O Little One Sweet; Whitacre: Seal Lullaby; Chilcott: On Christmas Night
Iris Korfker (Soprano), Julien Van Mellaerts (Baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 6 December 2014 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Special guests included Health & Wellbeing Choirs formed by Music Director, Peter Farrant, from East Surrey Hospital, The Children’s Trust (Tadworth) and Legal & General’s offices in Kingswood & Hove as well as South East Cancer Help Centre (Purley).
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man
Katie Coventry (Mezzo-Soprano), Nicholas Morton (Baritone), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 8 November 2014 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. Marking 100 years since the start of WW1 (1914) andf Jenkins’ 70th Birthday.
Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Elgar: Ave Verum Corpus; Copland: Appalachian Spring
Andrew Laing (violin), Gyula Rab (tenor), Timothy Nelson (baritone), Morgan Pearse (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor), Surrey ProMusica Orchestra.
Saturday 5 July 2014 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate.
Rutter: Requiem, For the beauty of the earth, A Clare Benediction, Look at the World
Saturday 10 May 2014 at St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton with Sussex Voicworks as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. With special guests Patricia Rozario OBE (Soprano) and the combined Workplace Choirs supported by Legal & General. Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ), Surrey Pro Musica Ensemble.
Tour 2014 - Belgium
Haydn: Little Organ Mass; Goodall: Lead Kindly Light, Drop Drop Slow Tears, Love Divine; Rutter: All things bright & beautiful, A Clare benediction, For the beauty of the earth, The Lord bless you and keep you, Look at the world, Requiem
Saturday 3 – 5 May 2014 at The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels (Sun 4), St George’s Memorial Church, Ypres (Sun 4) and Cathedral of St Michael & Gudula, Brussels (Mon 5) as part of an Overseas Tour. Kathryn Sargent (Soprano), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Ray Maulkin (Piano/Organ).
Haydn: Little Organ Mass; Rutter: Requiem, All things bright & beautiful, A Clare benediction, For the beauty of the earth, The Lord bless you and keep you, Look at the world; Goodall: Lead Kindly Light, Drop Drop Slow Tears, Love Divine;
Saturday 29 March 2014 at St Martin’s Church, Dorking. With special guests Annah Rajah (Soprano) and the Legal & General Workplace Choirs. Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey Pro Musica.
An exclusive Recital by Patricia Rozario OBE with French pianist Thomas Besnard.
To celebrate the new appointment of world renowned Soprano Patricia Rozario OBE as President of Reigate & Redhill Choral Society, she presented an exclusive recital with the highly gifted French pianist Thomas Besnard in the wonderful Palladian Mansion Ballroom of Dunottar School.
Wednesday 29 January 2014. The wonderfully varied programme included songs by Britten, Poulenc, Fauré, Hahn, Puccini, Liszt, Schubert, Strauss, Walton, Flanders & Swan, Rodrigo and Gershwin.
On the morning of Wednesday 29 January Patricia Rozario OBE also worked with gifted and talented students from Dunottar School as part of Reigate & Redhill Choral Society’s Community Development Programme (supported by Legal & General).
Bach: Magnificat in D; Paul Carr: Magnificat (Version for choir & organ); Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons; Finzi: In Terra Pax (A Christmas Scene); Copland: Quiet City
Katy Cooper (Soprano), Sarah Dacey (Soprano), Christopher Field (Countertenor), Robin Whitehouse (Tenor), James Sherwood (Baritone), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Andrew Laing (Violin), Katie Hodges (Trumpet), Clare Hoskins (Cor Anglais), Surrey Pro Musica.
Saturday 7 December 2013 at St Martin’s Church, Dorking. With special guests Paul Carr and the Legal & General Workplace Choirs.
Karl Jenkins: Peacemakers; Paul Carr: Magnificat (World Premiere performance of RRCS 2013 Commission – version for choir, brass, percussion & organ)
Anna Rajah (Soprano), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Tim Kipling (Flutes), Andrew Laing (Violin Solo), Surrey ProMusica (Orchestra).
Saturday 6 July 2013 at St Martin’s Church, Dorking. Special guest was the British composer Paul Carr.
Tour 2013 - Portsmouth & Christchurch
Karl Jenkins: Peacemakers; Paul Carr: Magnificat (World Premiere performance of RRCS 2013 Commission – version for choir & organ); Mozart: Ave Verum; Walton; Crown Imperial
Katherine Crompton (Soprano), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Ray Maulkin (Organ).
Monday 27 May 2013 at Christchurch Priory.
Mozart: Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus
Louise Alder (soprano), Maria Ostroukhova (contralto), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Bradley Travis (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor), Surrey Pro Musica, Sussex Voiceworks.
Saturday 11th May 2013 at St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Special guests, Legal & General Workplace Choirs.
Mozart: Requiem, Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, Exsulatate Jubilate, Ave Verum Corpus, Symphony No. 35 (Haffner)
Patricia Rozario OBE (soprano), Angela Simkin (contralto), Peter Kirk (tenor), Roderick Earle (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 23rd March 2013 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, this concert formed part of the 2013 Surrey Choral Festival. Special guests included four Workplace Choirs newly formed by Music Director, Peter Farrant, from East Surrey Hospital, The Children’s Trust (Tadworth) and Legal & General’s offices in Kingswood and Hove.
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; Schubert: Mass in G; Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets; Rutter: Wells Jubilate
Nicola Wookey (Dido), Ben Beurklian-Carter (Aeneas), Katy Cooper (Belinda), Ben Breakwell (Sailor), Harriet Webb (Sorceress), Dunottar Chamber Choir (2nd Woman / Witches / Spirit), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 1 December 2012 at Holy Trinity Church, Redhill.
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Nicola Wookey (Dido), Ben Beurklian-Carter (Aeneas), Katy Cooper (Belinda), Ben Breakwell (Sailor), Harriet Webb (Sorceress), Dunottar Chamber Choir (2nd Woman / Witches / Spirit), Peter Farrant (Conductor), Surrey ProMusica.
Sunday 28 October 2012 at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden.
Haydn: The Creation
Katherine Crompton (soprano), Matthew Long (tenor), Edward Grint (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Sunday 8th July 2012 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill.
Tour 2012 - Belgium
Shephard: Song of Mary; Bob Chilcott: Requiem; Handel: Zadok the Priest; John Rutter: Excerpts from Sprig of Thyme (Antwerp only); Gounod: Messe Brève (Ghent only); Isom: King of all Ages
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), Robin Whitehouse (tenor), Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Sunday 3rd June 2012 at St. Paul’s Church, Antwerp, and Monday 4th June 2012 at St Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent.
Bob Chilcott: Requiem; William Walton: Crown Imperial; John Rutter: Excerpts from Sprig of Thyme; Handel: Zadok the Priest
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), Robin Whitehouse (tenor), Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ), Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 12th May 2012 at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Bob Chilcott: Requiem; William Walton: Crown Imperial; John Rutter: Sprig of Thyme; Handel: Zadok the Priest
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), Robin Whitehouse (tenor), Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ), Surrey ProMusica. RRCS were joined by Who Dares Sings.
Saturday 24th March 2012 at St. Martin’s Church, Dorking
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (parts 1 & 3); John Rutter: Donkey Carol, Jesus Child; Alan Woods: This Joyous Night
Rachael Johnson (soprano), Katherine Cooper (mezzo-soprano), Robin Whitehouse (tenor), Thomas West (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 3rd December 2011 at St. Martin’s Church, Dorking
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Parry: Jerusalem; Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Alison Pearce (soprano), Jozik Koc (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). This joint concert with Redhill Sinfonia also featured “Who Dares Sings” from Warwick School.
2nd July 2011 at Dorking Halls, Dorking.
Tour 2011 - Cambridge
Fauré: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
Katy Cooper (soprano), James Sherwood (baritone), Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Monday 30th May 2011 at Great St. Mary’s Church, Cambridge.
Fauré: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
Peter Farrant (conductor).
Saturday 7th May 2011 at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances; Fauré: Pavane, Cantique de Jean Racine, Requiem; Franck: Panis Angelicus; Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte, Le tombeau de Couperin
Alison Pearce (soprano), Jozik Koc (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica. RRCS were joined by dancers from St. Bede’s School and the “Who Dares Sings” choir from Warwick School, as well as many other guest singers for the 2011 Surrey Choral Festival.
2nd April 2011 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill.
Vivaldi: Magnificat, Gloria; , Nulla in mundo pax, Handel: Zadok the Priest; Mozart: Ave Verum *; Bruckner: Locus Iste *; Finzi: God is Gone Up *
Katy Cooper (soprano), Fiona Challacombe (soprano), Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor). Items marked * were performed by Polyphony (Reigate Grammar School’s chamber choir).
Sunday 31st October 2010 at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London.
Duruflé: Requiem; Blackford: Mirror of Perfection
Alison Pearce (soprano), Jozik Koc (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 3rd July 2010 at St Martin’s Church, Dorking.
Tour 2010 - Paris
Movements from Hummel: Mass in B Flat; Gounod: Mess Breve; Carter: Te Deum; Carter: Trumpet Tune
Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Concerts: Sunday 2nd May 2010 at Saint Germain-des-Prés and Monday 3rd May at Notre Dame. Service: Saturday 1st May at Saint-Eustache
Hummel: Mass in B Flat; Gounod: Mess Breve; Carter: Te Deum; Carter: Trumpet Tune
Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor). RRCS were joined by the children’s choir New Voices for the Carter Te Deum. New Voices also had their own solo slot, as did Slide (St Bede’s School swing band).
Saturday 24th April 2010 at St Martin’s Church, Dorking.
1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s
Handel: Messiah
Helen Withers (soprano), Charlotte Collier (contralto), Gavin Sayers (tenor), Leandros Taliotis (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 5th December 2009 at Holy Trinity Church, Redhill
Dvořák: Te Deum; Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Gounod: St Cecilia Mass; Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture: Saint-Saëns: Finale from Symphony No. 3
Monica Bancos (soprano), Tyler Clarke (tenor), Vojtech Safarik (bass), Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 4th July 2009 at The Harlequin, Redhill.
Tour 209 - Bath
Haydn: Te Deum; Karl Jenkins: Requiem
Elizabeth Roberts (soprano), Sidonie Winter (soprano), Nicola Beckley (mezzo-soprano), Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Monday 25th May 2009 at Bath Abbey, Bath.
Karl Jenkins: Requiem; Ireland: Elegy
Elizabeth Roberts (soprano), Sidonie Winter (soprano), Nicola Beckley (mezzo-soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 16th May 2009 at St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival.
Haydn: Te Deum, Trumpet Concerto, Symphony No. 104 "Paukenmesse"
Alison Pearce (soprano), Ameral Gunson (contralto), Ian Kennedy (tenor), Richard Jackson (bass), Edwards Maxwell (trumpet), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 21st March 2009 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, this concert formed part of the 2009 Surrey Choral Festival
Rutter: Candelight Carol, Angel’s Carol, Gloria; Jonathan Willcocks: Magnificat
Nicola Wookey (soprano), Ray Maulkin (organ), Mardi Brass, Peter Farrant (conductor).
Saturday 6th December 2008 at Holy Trinity Church, Redhill
Jenkins: Requiem; Ireland: Downland Suite; Blake: Songs of Truth and Glory; Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Christopher Foster (baritone), Elizabeth Roberts (soprano), Sidonie Winter (mezzo-soprano), Nicola Beckley (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Kipling (shakuhatchi), Gabriella Dall’Olio (harp), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 28th June 2008 at Dorking Halls, Dorking
Tour 2008 - Rouen, France
Stanford: Te Deum; Finzi: It was a lover and his lass; Chilcott: Be Thou my Vision; Tallis: If Ye love me; Shephard: Song of Mary; Fauré: Après un rêve; Jenkins: Pie Jesu; Tavener: Mother of God; Isom: King of all Ages; Fauré: Mandoline; Poulenc: Gloria (excerpts); Gershwin: Summertime; Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass; various Spirituals
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), Ray Maulkin (piano and organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Sunday 4th May 2008 at Rouen Cathedral and Monday 5th May at Ste. Jeanne d’Arc, Rouen
Poulenc: Gloria; Stanford: Te Deum; Jenkins: Pie Jesu; Tavener: Mother of God; Isom: King of all Ages; Chilcott: Be Thou my Vision, A Little Jazz Mass; Tallis: If Ye love me; Shephard: Song of Mary; various Spirituals; songs by Gurney, Finzi, Fauré, Vaughan Williams and Gershwin
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), St Bede’s Choir, Ray Maulkin (piano and organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Saturday 26th April 2008 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate.
Rutter: Magnificat; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; McDowell: Christus Natus Est
Sadhbh Dennedy (soprano), St Bede’s Choir, Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Sunday 9th December 2007 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Elgar: Music Makers, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Ave Verum; Parry: Jerusalem, I was Glad; Rachmaninov: Adagio from Symphony No. 2; Walton: Crown Imperial
Rosie Aldridge (mezzo-soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 30th June 2007 at The Harlequin, Redhill.
Tour 2007 - Bristol
Fauré: Requiem
Sophie Bevan (soprano), Vojtech Safarik (bass), Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Monday 28th May 2007 at Bristol Cathedral
Fauré: Requiem
Sophie Bevan (soprano), Vojtech Safarik (bass), Ray Maulkin (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Saturday 19th May 2007 at St Peter’s Church, Brighton, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival
Mozart: Coronation Mass; Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Elgar: Ave Verum; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Haydn: The Heavens are Telling; Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Alison Pearce (soprano), Ameral Gunson (contralto), Ian Kennedy (tenor), Richard Jackson (bass), Christine Roberts (clarinet), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 24th March 2007 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, this concert formed part of the 2007 Surrey Choral Festival
Chilcott: The Face of Peace; Bach: Cantata BWV140 "Sleepers wake", Concerto in D minor for two violins; Charpentier: Messe de Minuit
Colette Bushell and Stephanie Edwards (sopranos), Christopher Ainslie (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), James Williams Oldfield (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 2nd December 2006 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Mozart: Requiem; Arnold: Serenade; Mozart: Ave Verum; Chilcott: The Face of Peace; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4
Sadhbh Dennedy (soprano), Stephanie Lewis (mezzo-soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Vojtech Safarik (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica. This concert, which included the official world premiere of The Face of Peace (which was introduced by the composer).
Saturday 1st July 2006 at Dorking Halls, Dorking
Haydn: Little Organ Mass; trad. arr. Rutter: Excerpts from A Sprig of Thyme; anthems by Bach, Mozart, Farrant, Wesley, Shephard, Lole, Isom, Goodall and Chilcott
Nicola Wookey (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Saturday 20th May 2006 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Tour 2006 - Lille & Brugge
Haydn: Little Organ Mass; trad. arr. Rutter: Excerpts from A Sprig of Thyme; anthems by Bach, Mozart, Farrant, Wesley, Shephard, Lole, Isom, Goodall and Chilcott
Peter Farrant (conductor), Ray Maulkin (organ).
Sunday 30th April 2006 at Notre Dame de la Treille, Lille, France and Monday 1st May 2006 at Sint Salvator, Brugge, Belgium
Vivaldi: Gloria RV589; Morton Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium; trad. arr. Willcocks: Sussex Carol; Handel: Dixit Dominus; Warlock: Capriol Suite
Nicola Wookey and Anna Ramwell (sopranos), Christina Astin (alto), Simon Wookey (tenor), Matthew Swann (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 3rd December 2005 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man; Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Katherine Bond (soprano), Ivana Dimitrijevic (mezzo-soprano), Paul Thompson (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Camerata of London.
Saturday 2nd July 2005 at Dorking Halls, Dorking
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), Ivana Dimitrijevic (mezzo-soprano), Paul Thompson (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 21st May 2005 at St Peter’s Church, Brighton, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival
Brahms: German Requiem; Parry: Jerusalem; Sibelius: Finlandia; Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations; Verdi: Grand March from Aida
Alison Pearce (soprano), Richard Jackson (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 9th March 2005 at The Harlequin, Redhill. This concert formed part of the 2005 Surrey Choral Festival
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (parts 1 & 3); John Rutter: Donkey Carol, Jesus Child; Alan Woods: This Joyous Night
Katherine Bond (soprano), Maria Kontra (mezzo-soprano), Ross Buddie (Tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 4th December 2004 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; Vivaldi: Gloria RV588, Magnificat
Kishani Jayasinghe (soprano Dido), Katherine Bond * (soprano Belinda), Asa Sellman * (soprano First Witch/Spirit), Helen Massey * (soprano Second Woman/Second Witch), Maria Kontra * (mezzo-soprano Sorceress), Paul Thompson * (tenor Sailor), Joakim Schuster * (baritone Aeneas), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica. Soloists marked * also appeared as soloists in the Vivaldi works in this concert.
Saturday 3rd July 2004 at St Martin’s Church, Dorking
Tour 2004 - Belgium
A selection of anthems by composers including Tallis, Bach, Wesley, Rutter, Chilcott and others
Nicola Wenman (soprano), Ray Maulkin (piano and organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Sint Antoniuskerk, Aalst on Sunday 2nd May 2004, and the Cathedral of St Michel and St Gudule, Brussels on Monday 3rd May 2004
A selection of anthems by composers including Tallis, Bach, Wesley, Rutter, Chilcott and others
Nicola Wenman (soprano), Ray Maulkin (piano and organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Saturday 20th March 2004 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Handel: Messiah (Part 1); J. Willcocks: Regina Caeli; Copland: Quiet City; Finzi: In Terra Pax; Traditional Carols for all
Katherine Bond (soprano), Maria Kontra (mezzo-soprano), Ross Buddie (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Edward Maxwell (trumpet), Jessica Mogridge (cor anglais), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 6th December 2003 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Rutter: Anthems, Suite Antique, Requiem
Katherine Bond (soprano), Timothy Kipling (flute), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 21st June 2003 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Haydn: “Nelson” Mass; Handel: Zadok the Priest; Mozart: Symphony No 29, Laudate Dominum; Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Trumpets
Alison Pearce (soprano), Ameral Gunson (contralto), Ian Kennedy (tenor), Richard Jackson (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 4th April 2003 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, this concert formed part of the 2003 Surrey Choral Festival
J. Willcocks: Come Rejoicing; Chilcott: Jubilate; J. Willcocks; Magnificat; Traditional Carols
Katherine Bond (soprano), Frederick Harrison (readings), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 7th December 2002 at St Martin’s Church, Dorking, as part of Jonathan Willcocks’ 50th birthday celebrations
Lambert: The Rio Grande; trad arr. Burton: Nobody Knows; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor; Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (concert version)
Katherine Bond (soprano), John Hancorn (baritone), Christopher Willis (piano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 22nd June 2002 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Tour 2002 - Paris & Brunoy
Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Fauré: Requiem
Sunday 5th May 2002 at l’Eglise St Pierre, Brunoy. This concert in our French twin town included the French premiere of Mirror of Perfection
Fauré: Requiem
Monday 6th May 2002 at La Madeleine, Paris
Tracie Penwarden (soprano), William Berger (baritone), Charles Thompson (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Fauré: Requiem
Tracie Penwarden (soprano), William Berger (baritone), Robert Jones (organ), Peter Farrant (conductor).
Saturday 13th April 2002 at St James’s Church, Piccadilly
Andrew Carter: Hodie Christus Natus Est; Albinoni: Adagio for Strings; Vivaldi: Gloria RV588; Tavener: The Lamb; Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op 8 No 6; Bach: Magnificat
Elisabeth Weisberg (soprano), Katherine Bond (soprano), David Bates (countertenor), Paul Thompson (tenor), William Berger (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 1st December 2001 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Diamond Jubilee Gala Concert
Malcolm Arnold: Water Music; Andrew Carter: Horizons; Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Songs of the Fleet
Tracie Penwarden (soprano), William Berger (baritone), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica. This gala was presented by our vice-president, John Bird.
Saturday 23rd June 2001 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, Exsulatate Jubilate, Ave Verum Corpus, Symphony No. 35 "Haffner", Requiem
Alison Pearce (soprano), Ameral Gunson (contralto), Ian Kennedy (tenor), Richard Jackson (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 10th March 2001 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, this concert formed part of the 2001 Surrey Choral Festival
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (parts 1 and 3); Handel: Zadok the Priest; Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons; Carols for All
Susan Gilmour Bailey (soprano), Matilda Paulsson (mezzo-soprano), Mark Dobell (tenor), Scott Belluz (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 2nd December 2000 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Fauré: Requiem
Tracie Penwarden (soprano), William Berger (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 10th June 2000 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate, in the presence of Richard Blackford
Poulenc: Gloria; Duruflé: Requiem
Tracie Penwarden (soprano), Nigel Cassidy (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Simon Dinsdale (organ).
Saturday 18th March 2000 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s
Purcell: Music for Queen Mary; Rutter: Gloria; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Katie Horton (soprano), Susannah Budden (soprano), Sara Rajeswaran (contralto), Charles Thompson (tenor), Anthony Sales (bass), Tom Baker (treble), Peter Farrant (conductor). Premier Brass.
Saturday 4th December 1999 at Reigate Park Church, Reigate
Andrew Carter: Te Deum; Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi; Andrew Carter: Toccata; Rutter: Magnificat
Tracie Penwarden (soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Elizabeth Davies (viola) Surrey ProMusica.
Saturday 5th June 1999 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
The National Anthem (arr Britten); Vaughan Williams: Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs; Bizet: Orchestral Suite from Carmen; Parry: Jerusalem; Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
Sarah-Jane Dale (soprano), Ameral Gunson (mezzo-soprano), Mark Curtis (tenor), Michael Pearce (bass), Peter Farrant (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 27th March 1999 at Donyngs Recreation Centre, Redhill. This concert formed part of the 1999 Surrey Choral Festival
Górecki: Totus Tuus; Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Debussy: Danses Sacrée et Profane; Vivaldi: Gloria
Nicola Bawcutt (soprano), Judi Weaver (mezzo-soprano), Peter Farrant (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 5th December 1998 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Songs from the Shows – music from Les Misérables, The Sound of Music, Porgy & Bess, Phantom of the Opera
Stephanie Walker (soprano), Jenny Curnow (soprano), Felicity Forrest (alto), Gareth Jones (tenor), Peter West (bass), Marian Holmes and David Everett (conductors), Simon Dinsdale (piano). RRCS were joined by St. Mary’s Preparatory School Choir for this concert.
Saturday 13th June 1998 at St Bede’s School, Redhill
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae, Te Deum in C; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Haydn: Seven Last Words from the Cross
Paula O’Sullivan (soprano), Der-Shin Hwang (mezzo-soprano), Kevin McLean-Mair (tenor), Rodney Gibson (baritone), David Everett (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 4th April 1998 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Britten: St Nicolas, Jubilate Deo, Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Simon Biazeck (tenor), David Everett (conductor). Richard Berry (horn), Simon Dinsdale (organ), unnamed orchestra. RRCS were joined by Dunottar Chamber Choir (music director Charles Thompson) and Boys from Hazelwood School (music director Michael Barton) for this concert, .
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Saturday 22nd November 1997 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Handel: Coronation Anthems; Mozart: Coronation Mass
Sarah Fox (soprano), James Huw Jefferies (countertenor), Mark Anderson (tenor), Steven Faughey (baritone), David Everett (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 7th June 1997 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Rutter: Requiem; Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs; Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Ian Mahacek (treble), Martin Oxenham (baritone), David Everett (conductor), Graham Walker (oboe), Simon Dinsdale (organ).
Saturday 15th March 1997 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Dvořák: Requiem
Elizabeth Lil (soprano), Elizabeth Vass (mezzo-soprano), Mark Anderson (tenor), Paul Keohone (bass), David Everett (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 30th November 1996 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Lianne-Marie Skriniar (soprano), Ruti Halvani (mezzo-soprano), Marwan Shamiyeh (tenor), Lawrence Richard (bass), Christopher Fifield (conductor). Janet Haney (piano), Charles Thompson (harmonium).
Saturday 1st June 1996 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Fauré: Requiem; Gounod: St Cecilia Mass
Paula O’Sullivan (soprano), Marwan Shamiyeh (tenor), Carl Murray (baritone), Charles Thompson (organ), Christopher Fifield (conductor). Redhill Sinfonia.
Saturday 9th March 1996 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Stanford: The Revenge; Elgar: The Black Knight
Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Lambeth Orchestra.
Saturday 2nd December 1995 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Schubert: Mass in G; Mozart: Divertimento K136, Requiem
Lianne-Marie Skriniar (soprano), Teresa Shaw (mezzo-soprano), Jeffrey Stewart (tenor), Stephen Holloway (bass), Christopher Fifield (conductor). RRCS were joined by the Choir of Dunottar School for this concert.
Saturday 20th May 1995 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Haydn: The Creation
Talitha Theobald (soprano), Philip Creasy (tenor), Matthew Hargreaves (bass), Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Lambeth Orchestra.
Saturday 11th March 1995 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, Stabat Mater
Adele Paxton (soprano), Ameral Gunson (contralto), Andrew Forbes-Lane (tenor), Gerard O’Connor (bass), Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Lambeth Orchestra.
Sunday 20th November 1994 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Opera Gala Night – choruses, arias, scenes and orchestral excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Nabucco, La Bohéme, I Pagliacci, Macbeth, Manon Lescaut,; La Traviata, Hansel & Gretel, Lohengrin, Rusalka, Turandot, Il Trovatore, Cavalleria Rusticana, Madama Butterfly and Aida
Ida-Maria Turri (soprano), Andrew Forbes-Lane (tenor), Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Lambeth Orchestra.
Saturday 21st May 1994 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Bach: Mass in B minor
Jennifer Akhurst (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo soprano), Michael Hart-Davis (tenor), Richard Lloyd Morgan (baritone), Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Lambeth Orchestra.
Saturday 12th March 1994 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Bruckner: Te Deum; Brahms: German Requiem
Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano), Teresa Rose Dutton (mezzo soprano), Michael Hart-Davis (tenor), Jeremy White (bass baritone), Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Jubilee Orchestra.
Saturday 14th November 1993 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Dvořák: Mass in D; Duruflé: Requiem
Jane Highfield (soprano), Maria Jagusz (mezzo soprano), Hugh Legg (tenor), Laurence Whitehead (baritone), Charles Thompson (organ), Christopher Fifield (conductor). RRCS were joined by the choristers of Reigate St Mary’s Choir school for this concert.
Saturday 5th June 1993 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Bach: Magnificat; Beethoven: Mass in C
Jenny Wollerman (soprano), Teresa Rose Dutton (mezzo soprano), Charlotte Collier (contralto), Nicholas Buxton (tenor), Glenville Hargreaves (baritone), Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Lambeth Orchestra.
Saturday 6th March 1993 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Elgar: The Kingdom
Elizabeth Nash (soprano), Joy Robinson (mezzo soprano), Lynton Atkinson (tenor), Glenville Hargreaves (baritone), Christopher Fifield (conductor). The Jubilee Orchestra.
Sunday 22nd November 1992 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Handel: Messiah
Carol Hunt (soprano), Charlotte Collier (contralto), Stephen Tudor (tenor), Jeremy Blumire (bass), Charles Thompson (organ), Christopher Fifield (conductor).
Saturday 6th June 1992 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Susan Gritton (soprano), Joy Robinson (mezzo-soprano), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Nicholas Sears (baritone), Michael Freyhan and Susan Heath-Downey (piano), Charles Thompson (harmonium), Andrew Fardell (conductor).
Saturday 29th February 1992 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Bliss: Pastoral; Haydn: St Cecilia Mass
Louise Hillier (soprano), Helen Knight (mezzo soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Christopher Foster (bass-baritone), Jennifer Stinton (flute), Andrew Fardell (conductor). The Jubilee Orchestra.
Saturday 23rd November 1991 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
The National Anthem (arr. Britten); Finzi: Magnificat; Dyson: In Honour of the City; Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Charles Johnston (baritone), Andrew Fardell (conductor). RRCS were joined by The Singers of London and The Jubilee Orchestra for this, our Golden Jubilee concert.
Saturday 8th June 1991 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice; Williamson: A Pilgrim Liturgy; Mozart: Requiem
Fiammetta Doria (soprano), Helen Knight (contralto), Andrew King (tenor), Ashley Thorburn (bass). The conductors were Jonathan Butcher (Handel), Andrew Fardell (Williamson) and Robin Gritton (Mozart). The Jubilee Orchestra.
Saturday 2nd March 1991 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Patterson: Te Deum
Margaret Field (soprano), Nicholas Sears (baritone), Andrew Fardell (conductor). The Jubilee Orchestra. RRCS were joined by the Choristors of Reigate St. Mary’s Choir School for this concert.
Saturday 1st December 1990 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Mendelssoh: Elijah
Gillian Webster (soprano), Alison Mary Sutton (contralto), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Steven Page (baritone), Andrew Fardell (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 9th June 1990 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Verdi: Requiem
Julie Kennard (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano), Anthony Roden (tenor), Paul Hudson (bass), Andrew Fardell (conductor). RRCS performed with Atherstone Choral Society, St Cecilia Choral Society, The Waltham Singers and Essex Youth Orchestra in this concert.
Sunday 22nd April 1990 at The Fairfield Halls, Croydon, and repeated on Sunday 29th April at Bedworth Civic Hall
Mozart: Regina Coeli, Loretine Litany K195, Solemn Vespers K339; Stravinsky: Mass
Caroline Ashton (soprano), Susanna Spicer (contralto), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Charles Gibbs (bass), Andrew Fardell (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 24th February 1990 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s
Honegger: King David; Poulenc: Les Biches, Gloria
Fiammetta Doria (soprano), Alison Mary Sutton (mezzo soprano), Angus Smith (tenor), Sylvia Weatherald (Witch of Endor), Frederick Harrison (narrator), Andrew Fardell (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 25th November 1989 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; Winters: Elegy for a Countryside; Vaughan Willians: Flos Campi; Elgar: The Music Makers
Wendy Verco (mezzo-soprano), Martin Outram (viola), Andrew Fardell (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 10th June 1989 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir, Audi Caelum, Dixit Dominus; Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata Pian E Forte, Jubilate Deo; Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Ashley Thornburn (bass), Andrew Fardell (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 25th February 1989 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Belinda Yates (soprano), Joy Robinson (contralto), Simon Davies (tenor), Jonathan Robarts (bass), Andrew Fardell (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 26th November 1988 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Dvořák: Carnival Overture; Haydn: Nelson Mass; Richard Rodney Bennett: Spells
Paula Bott (soprano), Joy Robinson (contralto), Philip Sheffield (tenor), Richard Campbell (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 11th June 1988 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Handel ed. Mozart: Messiah
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), Linda Hibberd (alto), Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), Paul Parfitt (bass), Johnathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 27th February 1988 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Stanford: Songs of the Sea; Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Susan McCulloch (soprano), Richard Suart (baritone), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 28th November 1987 at Donyngs Recreation Centre, Redhill
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Dvořák: Song to the Moon; Borodin: Polovtsienne Dance; Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Maria Bovino (soprano), Peter Bronder (tenor), Gregory Fullelove (treble), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 6th June 1987 at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
Bach: St. John Passion
John Hancorn (Christus) (baritone), Nicolas Chisholm (Evangalist) (tenor), Diana Hart (soprano), Helen Watkins (contralto), Simon Davies (tenor), Paul Osborne (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 7th March 1987 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Mussorgsky orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; Finzi: Dies Natalis; Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Kathryn Sargent (soprano), David Johnston (tenor), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra.
Saturday 29th November 1986 at Dorking Halls, Dorking
Verdi: Requiem
Christine Teare (soprano), Wendy Verco (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Steven Page (baritone), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra, but RRCS were joined by Banstead Musical Society for this concert.
Saturday 4th October 1986 at Donyngs Recreation Centre, Redhill
Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Lambert: The Rio Grande; Orff: Carmina Burana
Susan Bisatt (soprano), Philip Curtis (tenor), Randall Staley (baritone), Angus Morrison (piano), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 7th June 1986 at St John’s Church, Redhill. Special note should be made of the pianist for this concert. The pianist originally booked withdrew a few days before the performance, and we were delighted that Angus Morrison, the pianist in the first performance of The Rio Grande, was both willing and able to perform with us.
Verdi: Requiem
Jo Ann Pickens (soprano), Elizabeth Castle (mezzo-soprano), David Johnston (tenor), John Noble (bass), Richard Stangroom (conductor). RRCS joined Banstead Musical Society, Stadtische Musikgesellschaft e.V. and Kirchenchor St. Marien Duren und Chorgemeinschaft 1924 Duren-Ost for this concert.
Saturday 5th April 1986 at Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Bach: Mass in B minor
Louisa Kennedy (soprano), Alison Mary Sutton (contralto), Robert Wilson (tenor), Christopher Thornton-Holmes (bass) Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 22nd February 1986 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Brahms: Tragic Overture; Vaughan Williams: Benedicite; Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Philippa Dames-Longworth (soprano), Noel Mann (baritone), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 30th November 1985 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Handel: Samson
Andrée Back (soprano), Michael Lees (countertenor), Nicolas Chisholm (tenor), Lawrence Reed (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 8th June 1985 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs; Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Russell Smythe (baritone), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 9th March 1985 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Holst: Psalms 86 and 148; Delius: Songs of Sunset; Elgar: King Olaf
Julia Dewhurst (soprano), Paul Wilson (tenor), Malcolm Singer (baritone), Johnathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 24th November 1984 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Justin Hayward (treble), Christine Beaumont (soprano), Catherine Wyn Rogers (contralto), Andrew King (tenor), Steward Buchanan (baritone), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 2nd June 1984 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Rossini: Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers; Holst: Fugal Concerto; Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy; Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli
Christine Armstrong (soprano), Helen Watkins (mezzo-soprano), Philip Curtis (tenor), Robert Fardell (bass), Frederick Harrison (speaker), Clare Holmes (oboe), Ian McLaughlan (flute), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 25th February 1984 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Britten: War Requiem
Helen Walker (soprano), Mark Curtis (tenor), John Hancorn (baritone), Johnathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra. RRCS were joined by Trinity Boys’ Choir (director – David Squibbs) for this concert.
Saturday 26th November 1983 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Elgar: Caractacus
Helena Kewish (soprano), Alan Rankin-Crooks (tenor), Stuart Buchanan (baritone), Richard Suart (baritone), Johnathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed Orchestra.
Saturday 4th June 1983 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Britten: Sinfonietta, Rejoice in the Lamb; Mozart: Requiem
Heather Keens (soprano); Mary Hart (contralto), David Knowles (tenor), Martin Oxenham (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 26th February 1983 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Handel: O Come, Let us Sing unto the Lord; Howard Blake: Benedictus
Alison Cooper (soprano), Alastair Thompson (tenor), Frederick Harrison (speaker), Johnathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra. This concert, which included the second performance of Howard Blake’s Benedictus.
Saturday 27th November 1982 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
J. Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary; G. Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo, In Ecclesiis; Stravinsky: Pater Noster, Credo, Ave Maria; P. Whitlock: Folk Tune, Scherzo; Bruckner: Offertorium, Ecce Sacerdos; Vaughan Williams: O Clap Your Hands; de Haan: Suite; Howells: Antiphon; Mathias: Let the People Praise Thee, O God; Rutter: Gloria
Robert Husson (organ), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed brass group.
Saturday 12th June 1982 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus; Schubert: Mass in E Flat
Virginia Stone (soprano), Michael Lees (countertenor), Andrew King (tenor), Stephen Medland (tenor), Robert Fardell (bass), Johnathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 27th February 1982 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Handel: Dixit Dominus; Tippett: A Child Of Our Time
Ann Meza (soprano), Virginia Stone (soprano), Jennifer Higgins (mezzo-soprano), Andrew King (tenor), Richard Lloyd-Morgan (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 28th November 1981 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Catherine Denley (contralto), David Johnston (tenor), Randall Staley (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 6th June 1981 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
Alison Cooper (soprano), Edgar Thomas (tenor), Tag Caisley (baritone), Angela Barker (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 7th March 1981 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Mozart: Mass in C K115; David Fanshawe: African Sanctus
Sally Burgess (soprano), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 22nd November 1980 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Christine Boulton (soprano), Margaret Williams (soprano), Julian Clarkson (countertenor), Stephen Hill (tenor), David DeVan (bass), Lawrence Reed (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 31st May 1980 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Verdi: Overture: La Forza del Destino; Finzi: I Praise the Tender Flower; Beethoven: O What Delight; Kodaly: Ladybird; Morley: Sing we and Chant it; Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs; Elgar: The Music Makers
Jane Powell (contralto), Robin Gritton (baritone), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 8th March 1980 at St John’s Church, Redhill
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Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Rupert Damerell (treble), Helena Kewish (soprano), Clare Moll (contralto), David Knowles (tenor), Duncan Smith (bass), Edgar Thomas (Evangalist), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 1st December 1979 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Overture in D minor; Bach: Cantata No. 51 "Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen"; Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Christine Aldridge (soprano), Edgar Thomas (tenor), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 9th June 1979 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Alison Cooper (soprano), Mary Hodges (contralto), Stephen Hill (tenor), Andrew Golder (bass), Robert Keeley (piano), Charles Thompson (harmonium), Jonathan Butcher (conductor).
Saturday 7th April 1979 at Holy Trinity Church, Hurstpierpoint
Beethoven: Choral Fantasia, Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Margaret Williams (soprano), Diana Crompton (alto), J. Stuart Stones (tenor), Stewart Paul (bass), Hilary Punshon (piano), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). The North Downs Music Group.
Saturday 10th February 1979 at Warlingham County Secondary School, Warlingham
Verdi: Requiem
Helena Kewish (soprano), Sally Presant (mezzo-soprano), David Knowles (tenor), Peter Hall (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 25th November 1978 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Finzi: Lo, The Full Final Sacrifice; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, A Sea Symphony
Janette Buqué (soprano), Lawrence Reed (bass), Robert Pool (violin), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 10th June 1978 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Handel: Messiah
Lorna Washington (soprano), Christopher Carpmael (treble), Catherine Denley (contralto), Julian Clarkson (countertenor), Paul Gyton (tenor), Richard Suart (bass), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 18th February 1978 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Britten: Saint Nicolas; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K364; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Robert Ramus (tenor), Penelope Howard (violin), Robin Morrish (viola), Jonathan Butcher (conductor). Unnamed orchestra. Gallery choir sung by the Chapel Choir of Highfield Preparatory School, Liphook.
November 1977 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Patricia Richards (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Robert Gibbs (tenor), Richard Suart (bass), Anthony Hill (piano), Christopher Findlay (harmonium), Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 14th May 1977 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill. This performance was given just before the Society’s tour to Holland, where two performances of the Petite Messe Solennelle were given, on 4th and 5th June 1977
Handel: Jephtha
Patricia Schreiber (soprano), Caroline Bazalgette (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), David James (countertenor), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Steven Page (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 27th November 1976 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
David Johnston (tenor), Shelagh Molyneux (mezzo-soprano), William Mason (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 8th May 1976 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Eric Gritton: The Holy Child
Peter Gritton (treble), Margaret Hughes (soprano), Gillian Jarvis (contralto), Nigel Roberts (tenor), Darwell Charlton (bass), George Manning (narrator), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Wednesday 17th December 1975 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate. This concert was the first performance of the new version of this work, with a full orchestral accompaniment. RRCS were joined by the Choristers of St Mary Magdelene, Reigate (director: Cecil Nuttall)
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; E. Gritton: The Holy Child (excerpts); music for Solo Harp; Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Peter Gritton (treble), Gillian Jarvis (contralto), Nigel Roberts (tenor), Colin Bignall (bass), Susan Drake (harp), Peter Moorse (organ), Anthony Maloney (percussion), Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 29th November 1975 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Palestrina: Missa Brevis; Bruckner: Mass in E minor
Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 22nd February 1975 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Holst: Psalms 86 and 148, St Paul’s Suite; carols and songs; Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, Verklarte Nacht
Joan Rivers (soprano), Dennis Whitehead (tenor), Robin Gritton (conductor). The Carl Lewis String Sextet.
Saturday 30th November 1974 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Anthems and motets by Whyte, Purcell, Wesley, Stanford, Vaughan Williams and Mathias; Fauré: Requiem
Doreen Runciman (soprano), Colin Bignall (baritone), Peter Moorse (organ), Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 8th June 1974 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Beethoven: Egmont Overture (2nd May only); Bruckner: Overture in G minor (4th May only), Six Motets; Brahms: German Requiem
RRCS joined forces with The Chandos Choir of Purley, and the concert was given twice. The “away” concert was on Thursday 2nd May 1974 at The Fairfield Hall, Croydon, with Valerie Hill (soprano), Geoffrey Shaw (baritone), Andrew Pearmain (conductor) and The Chandos Orchestra, whereas the “home” concert was given on Saturday 4th May 1974 at The Dorking Halls, Dorking, with Elaine Barry (soprano), Graham Titus (baritone), Robin Gritton (conductor) and The Verona Orchestra.
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Doreen Price (soprano), Margaret Hallworth (contralto), Neil Mackie (tenor), Robert Carpenter-Turner (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 16th February 1974 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Anthems and motets by Joubert, Stanford, Giovanni Gabrieli, Mathias, Bruckner and Schutz; Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary II
Robin Gritton (conductor), The Hill Brass Ensemble.
Saturday 24th November 1973 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Honegger: King David
Elaine Barry (soprano), Annabel Hunt (contralto), Peter Hall (tenor), Frederick Harrison (narrator), Sylvia Weatherald (Witch of Endor), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 12th May 1973 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Teleman: Die Tageszeiten; Haydn: Mass in C "Paukenmesse"
Caroline Friend (soprano), Annabel Hunt (contralto), Julian Pike (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Robin Gritton (conductor). Croydon Pro Musica.
Saturday 17th February 1973 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia; Traditional Carols for All
Elaine Naylor (soloist), Brian Henry (organ), Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 2nd December 1972 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Valiant-for-truth, The Hundredth Psalm, Nothing is Here for Tears, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Five English Folk Songs, Benedicite
Margaret Hieatt (soprano), Anthony Hill (piano and organ), Robin Gritton (conductor). Erato Chamber Orchestra.
Saturday 29th April 1972 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Mozart: Vesperae Solennis de confessore; Stainer: The Crucifixion
Patricia Garnham (soprano), Charles Thompson (countertenor), Anthony Johnson (tenor), Darwell Charlton (bass), Peter Moorse (organ), Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 19th February 1972 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Buxtehude: Das Neugebor’ne Kindelein; Britten: A Simple Symphony, Saint Nicolas
Paul Taylor (tenor), Robin Gritton (conductor). Gallery Chorus sung by the girls of the choir of Reigate County School. Erato Chamber Orchestra.
Saturday 4th December 1971 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Randall Thompson: Alleluia; Rubbra: Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici; John Stanley: Concerto No. 1 for Organ, Welcome Death; Fauré: Requiem
Paul Reynolds (treble), Brian Kay (baritone), Peter Moorse (organ), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 1st May 1971 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Madrigals and Part Songs; Elgar: Serenade for String Orchestra (in the composer’s own arrangement for piano duet), From the Bavarian Highlands; Liszt: Concerto Pathetique; Lambert: The Rio Grande
Maureen Eckersall (contralto), Patsy Gritton, Helen Chambers, Joan Havill and Anthony Hill (piano), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 20th February 1971 at Redstone School Hall, Redhill
Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims
Janette Holt (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anthony Holt (baritone), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 21st November 1970 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Messiah
Christina Pound (soprano), Elizabeth Castle (contralto), John Dudley (tenor), Anthony Holt (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Erato Chamber Orchestra.
Saturday 25th April 1970 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Bruckner: Locus Iste, Os Justi; Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Poulenc: Gloria, organ music by César Franck
Norma Burrowes (soprano), Peter Moorse (organ), Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 21st February 1970 at St John’s Church, Redhill
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Verdi: Requiem
Anita Marvin (soprano), Oriel Sutherland (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Kale (tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 22nd November 1969 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Bach: Jesu, Priceless Treasure, Cantatas 12 and 161 (Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen and Komm, du Susse Todesstunde)
Annabel Hunt (contralto), John Elwes (tenor), Darwell Charlton (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Erato Chamber Orchestra.
Saturday 19th April 1969 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Mass in C
Beryl Johnson (soprano), Rosemary Greenhalgh (contralto), Michael Goldthorpe (tenor), Ian Caddy (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Erato Chamber Orchestra.
Saturday 22nd February 1969 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Suzanne Green (soprano), Helen Attfield (contralto), Dermod Gloster (tenor), James Atkins (bass), Nina Walker (piano), Denis Loveland (organ), Robin Gritton (conductor).
Saturday 30th November 1968 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Mozart: Requiem; Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Doreen Price (soprano), Janet O’Shae (contralto), Paul Taylor (tenor), Brian Holmes (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Erato Chamber Orchestra.
Saturday 27th April 1968 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Saul
Elaine Naylor (soprano), Margaret Hieatt (soprano), Annabel Hunt (contralto), Charles Corp (tenor), David Knowles (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), Frederich Harrison (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 24th February 1968 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Berlioz: The Childhood of Christ
Madge Stephens (soprano), Paul Taylor (tenor), John Gibbs (baritone), Richard Van Allan (bass), Nicholas Palmer (tenor), Michael Macdonald (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 2nd December 1967 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Shirley Minty (mezzo-soprano), Carl Duggan (tenor), Frank Olegario (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 22nd April 1967 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Vivaldi: Gloria; Britten: Saint Nicolas
Elma Loveland (soprano), Margaret Hieatt (mezzo-soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Robin Gritton (conductor). Gallery Chorus sung by the girls of the choir of Reigate County School. The Erato Orchestra.
Saturday 26th November 1966 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Palestrina: In divers tongues spoke the Apostles; Purcell: Soul of the World; Vaughan Williams: Psalm 100; Hindemith: Five Pieces for string orchestra; Fauré: Requiem
Margaret Johnson (soprano), Neil Howlett (baritone), Robin Gritton (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 12th March 1966 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Doreen Price (soprano), Peggy Castle (contralto), Francis Egerton (tenor), Peter Leeming (bass), Robin Gritton (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 6th November 1965 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Haydn: The Creation
Doreen Price (soprano), James Griffett (tenor), Kenneth Tudor (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 10th April 1965 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Messiah
Doreen Price (soprano), Shirley Minty (contralto), Roger Norrington (tenor), Peter Leeming (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 31st October 1964 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Bach: St. John Passion
Rae Woodland (soprano), Sybil Michelow (contralto), Kenneth Woollam (tenor), John Lawrenson (baritone), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 14th March 1964 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Kenneth V. Jones: O Light Invisible; Vaughan Williams: Hodie
Nancy Evans (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Recitative chorus sung by the choir of Reigate County School for Girls. Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 23rd November 1963 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Belshazzar
Valerie Cardnell (soprano), Joseph Beachus (tenor), Kenneth Tudor (bass-baritone), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 6th April 1963 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Bach: Magnificat; Brahms: Requiem
Eileen Poulter (soprano), Barbara Robotham (contralto), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), John Carol Case (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 24th November 1962 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (abridged version)
Rae Woodland (soprano), Sybil Michelow (contralto), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), John Shirley Quirk (bass), Gordon Farrall (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Ripieno sung by the choir of Reigate County School for Girls. Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 31st March 1962 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Messiah
Elisabeth Robinson (soprano), Janet Coster (contralto), Leslie Fyson (tenor), David Read (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 28th October 1961 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Bach: Mass in B minor
Heather Harper (soprano), Janet Coster (contralto), Leslie Fyson (tenor), George Pizzey (baritone), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 25th March 1961 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Benedicite; Handel: Organ Concerto in G minor; Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Rae Woodland (soprano), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 26th November 1960 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Verdi: Requiem
Rae Woodland (soprano), Rosemary Phillips (mezzo-soprano), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Gordon Farrall (baritone), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 26th March 1960 at St Mark’s Church, Reigate
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Mendelssohn: Elijah
Jessie Cash (soprano), Lesley Reid (contralto), Bernard Baboulene (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 21st November 1959 at St John’s Church, Redhill
Bach: St. John Passion
Mary Thomas (soprano), Lesley Reid (contralto), Philip Todd (tenor), Gordon Clinton (bass), Gordon Farrell (bass) Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 18th April 1959 at St Matthew’s Church, Redhill
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Sibyl Michelow (contralto), Duncan Robertson (tenor), Gordon Farrell (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 13th December 1958 at St Mary’s Church, Reigate
Handel: Messiah
Stella Hichens (soprano), Sibyl Michelow (contralto), Duncan Robertson (tenor), Roger Stalman (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 19th April 1958 at Central Hall, Redhill
Haydn: The Seasons
Stella Hichens (soprano), Edward Darling (tenor), Norman Tattersall (baritone), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 26th October 1957 at Central Hall, Redhill
Mozart: C Minor Mass
April Cantelo (soprano), Catherine Lawson (contralto), Leslie Fyson (tenor), William Brown (bass), Kenneth V. Jones (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 27th April 1957 at Central Hall, Redhill
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Ilse Wolf (soprano), Catherine Lawson (contralto), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Roger Stalman (bass), Colin Davis (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 27th October 1956 at Central Hall, Redhill
Haydn: The Creation
April Cantelo (soprano), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Peter Newton (bass), Colin Davis (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 7th April 1956 at Central Hall, Redhill
Bach: Cantata No. 68 (God so loved the world); Brahms: Requiem
Jean Carrol (soprano), Cecil Cope (baritone), Sir Ernest Bullock (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 29th October 1955 at Central Hall, Redhill
Verdi: Requiem
Jean Carrol (soprano), Pamela Jennings (mezzo-soprano), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Donald Bell (bass), Sir Percy Hull (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 16th April 1955 at Central Hall, Redhill
Montague Phillips: The Rebel Maid
Thelma Godfrey (soprano), Pamela Bowden (contralto), Lawrence Watts (tenor), Peter Newton (baritone), Harry Hay (baritone), Yorke Hancock (baritone), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Orchestra from the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 23rd October 1954 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Acis & Galatea; Rossini: Stabat Mater
Belva Boroditsky (soprano), Pamela Bowden (contralto), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Geoffrey Walls (bass), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Orchestra by arrangement with the Redhill Society of Instrumentalists.
Saturday 10th April 1954 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Messiah
Thelma Godfrey (soprano), Kathleen Willson (contralto), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Gordon Clinton (bass), Sir Percy Hull (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 24th October 1953 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Zadok the Priest; Stanford: Songs of the Fleet
RRCS were joined by The Redhill Society of Instrumentalists and The Redhill Madrigal Singers for a combined concert to celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our contribution also included Parry’s Jerusalem and The National Anthem. RRCS’s contributions were conducted by Geoffrey Tankard.
Saturday 13th June 1953 at Central Hall, Redhill
Mozart: Requiem; Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise
Thelma Godfrey (soprano), Pamela Bowden (contralto), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Cecil Cope (bass), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 11th April 1953 at Central Hall, Redhill
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha (parts I and II)
Iris Kells (soprano), Leslie Fyson (tenor), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 25th October 1952 at Central Hall, Redhill
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Jean Woods (soprano), Elisabeth Robinson (contralto), Thomas Wallington (tenor), John Probyn (bass), Sir Percy Hull (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 26th April 1952 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Samson
Elsie Morison (soprano), Sylvia Beamish (contralto), Eric Barnes (tenor), Owen Grundy (baritone), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 27th October 1951 at Central Hall, Redhill
Verdi: Requiem
Rosina Raisbeck (soprano), Kathleen Willson (contralto), Alfred Hallett (tenor), Kenneth Stevenson (bass), Sir Percy Hull (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 14th April 1951 at Central Hall, Redhill
German: Tom Jones
Audrey Geldard (Sophia) (soprano), Joan Gray (Honour, Hostess) (contralto), Owen Grundy (Tom) (baritone), John Clear (Squire Western) (bass), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 4th November 1950 at Central Hall, Redhill
Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Elsie Morison (soprano), Kathleen Willson (contralto), Alfred Hallett (tenor), Richard Bowen (bass), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 15th April 1950 at Central Hall, Redhill
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German: Merrie England
Stella Hichens (Bessie) (soprano), Joan Gray (Elizabeth, Jill) (contralto), Alfred Hallett (Raleigh) (tenor), John Probyn (Essex) (baritone), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 29th October 1949 at Central Hall, Redhill
Brahms: Requiem
Stella Hichens (soprano), Richard Bowen (baritone), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 9th April 1949 at Central Hall, Redhill
Balfe: The Bohemian Girl
Elsie Morison (Arline) (soprano), Monica McDearmid (Queen of Gipsies) (soprano), Alwyn Brown (Thaddeus, Florestein) (tenor), John Probyn (Count Arnheim) (baritone), Harry Hay (Devilshoof, the Gipsy Chief) (bass), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 23rd October 1948 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Messiah
Iris Kells (soprano), Margaret McArthur (contralto), Lawrence Watts (tenor), Norman Lumsden (bass), Sydney Watson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 17th April 1948 at Central Hall, Redhill
Bizet: Carmen
Margaret McArthur (Carmen) (contralto), Tudor Davies (Don José) (tenor), John Probyn (Escamillo) (baritone), Monica McDearmid (Micaela) (soprano), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 1st November 1947 at Central Hall, Redhill
Bach: St. John Passion
Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), Joan Gray (contralto), René Soames (tenor), Tom Williams (bass), James Frisken (bass), Sydney Watson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Wednesday 2nd April 1947 at Central Hall, Redhill
Christmas Carols; Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise
Megan Foster (soprano), Sarah Frisken (contralto), Arthur Johnson (tenor), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 21st December 1946 at Central Hall, Redhill
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Mary Hamlin (soprano), Joan Gray (contralto), Jan van der Gucht (tenor), William Parsons (bass), Geoffrey Tankard (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 26th October 1946 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Mary Hamlin (soprano), Joan Gray (contralto), Parry Jones (tenor), Norman Lumsden (bass), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 6th April 1946 at Central Hall, Redhill
Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims
Mary Hamlin (soprano), Eric Greene (tenor), William Parsons (bass), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Orchestra of students of the Royal College of Music.
Saturday 13th October 1945 at Central Hall, Redhill
Haydn: The Creation
Elisabeth Abercrombie (soprano), Parry Jones (tenor), Norman Lumsden (bass), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 17th March 1945 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Acis & Galatea; Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast
Joan Stirrup (Galatea) (soprano), Jan van der Gucht (Acis) (tenor), Thomas Clasby (Daman) (tenor), unknown bass (substitute for Norman Walker) (Polypheme), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 14th October 1944 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Messiah
Estelle Applin (soprano), Gladys Ripley (contralto), Trefor Jones (tenor), Tom Williams (bass), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 1st April 1944 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat Major No. 2; Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims
Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Jan van der Gucht (tenor), Tom Williams (bass), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Orchestra of students of the Royal College of Music.
Saturday 16th October 1943 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Messiah
Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Muriel Brunskill (contralto), Henry Wendon (tenor), William Parsons (bass), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 17th April 1943 at Central Hall, Redhill
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Isobel Baillie (soprano), Mary Jarred (contralto), Jan van der Gucht (tenor), William Parsons (bass), Sir George Dyson (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 31st October 1942 at Central Hall, Redhill
Handel: Messiah
Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Astra Desmond (contralto), Parry Jones (tenor), Victor Harding (bass), Eric Gritton (organ), E. Wiggins (trumpet), W. H. Reid (conductor). Unnamed orchestra.
Saturday 10th April 1942 at Central Hall, Redhill
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