St Albans Choral Society: Concerts, Works Performed and Performers

St Albans Choral Society: Concerts, works performed and performers

Date & Venue / Works Performed / Performers
17.12.1944
Spicer StChurch / John E West: Story of Bethlehem / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Mrs Alec Moore, S J Aries, F West
A J Kime, Mrs Paterson
25.03.1945
Spicer StChurch / Handel: Messiah Parts I & II / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Doris Kruger, Alice Battison, Leslie Chapman, Walter Ayre
A J Kime, Bessie Patterson
29.03.1945
Dagnall Street / Handel: Messiah Parts I & II / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Doris Kruger, Doris Daniel, Kenneth Faulkner, Walter Ayre
Leonard Robson
11.10.1945
Spicer Street / Eric H Thiman: “A New Choir” The Parables
L C F Robson: Festival Te Deum (conducted by composer) / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Jen Richardson, William C Worth
A J Kime
13.10.1945
Dagnall Street / Eric H Thiman: “A New Choir” The Parables
L C F Robson: Festival Te Deum (conducted by composer) / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Jen Richardson, William C Worth
A J Kime
07.12.1945
Spicer Street / Christmas concert (no details) / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
F West, K Curtis, Jen Richardson
02.03.1946
Dagnall Street / Handel: Messiah Parts I, II and III / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Mary Blyth, Essie Ackland,
Bradbridge White, Norman Lumsden
A J Kime, A S Cox
26.06.1946
Town Hall / Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast
Sullivan – Brightly Dawns our Wedding Day
Hugh S Roberton: The Old Woman
Songs by Bamfield Cooper / Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner
Bamfield Cooper, A J Kime
15.11.1946
Dagnall Street / Mendelssohn: Elijah / Conductor: George Hurdman
Estelle Applin, Joan Gray,
Bradbridge White, Hervey Alan,
A J Kime
28.03.1947
Dagnall Street / Stainer: Crucifixion / No details
29.11.1947
Drill Hall, Harpenden / Montague E Phillips: Rebel Maid / Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Alfred Howard etc
Dorothy Ilston, Foster, Edwina M Gleaver
24.12.1947
Drill Hall, Harpenden / Carol recital / Anne Duthie, Ellen Howard, Mary Ryan, Fred West, Alfred Howard
Dorothy Ilston Foster, Edwina M Gleaver
10.04.1948
St Saviours / Haydn: Creation / Conductor: George Hurdman
Ceinwen Rowlands, Alec John, Hervey Alan, Dorothy Foster
22.11.1948
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Handel: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day / Conductor: Meredith Davies
Anne Duthie, Wendford Sandel, Dr Osborne M Peasgood
St Albans Choral Society, St Albans United Choir, Bach Choir,
Watford Philharmonic, St Albans Orchestral Society, St Albans Cathedral Choir, etc
20.12.1948
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
St Leonard’s Handbell Ringers
Eric Anderson, Dorothy Ilston Foster
25.02.1949
BeaumontSchool / Edward German: Merrie England / Conductor: George Hurdman
Ena Goodyear, Anne Duthie, Mary Ryan,etc.
Dorothy Foster, Eric Anderson
30.04.1949
Marlborough Road / Handel: Messiah / Conductor: George Hurdman
Marjorie Shires, Betty Sagan,
Hervey Alan, Stephen Manton
Eric Anderson
25.11.1949
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Stanford: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Magnificat
Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim, Coronation Anthem, Hallelujah Chorus
Weelkes, Wesley, Howells, Elgar, Jacobs / Conductor: Meredith Davies
No details of performers
19.12.1949
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Dr R Gordon Booth, Nelson Morris
Dr R Gordon Booth,
11.03.1950
St Saviours / Brahms: Requiem / Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Antony Paull
W Briginshaw
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
06.05.1950
Marlborough Road / Mendelssohn: Elijah / Conductor: George Hurdman
Anne Duthie, Mary Ryan
William Hatt, Hervey Alan
Eric Anderson, Dorothy Ilston Foster
30.11.1950
Tabernacle Parish Church St Albans / Handel: Messiah
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, O Peaceful England from Merrie England / No details
21.12.1950
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
Mary Dudley, Victor Bowden
Eric Anerson, Dorothy Ilston Foster
24.04.1951
Conservative Hall / Music by British Composers incl
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs
Elgar: Banner of St George / Conductor: George Hurdman
John Probyn
June 1951
St Albans Abbey / Festival of Britain Concert / Bach Choir
St Albans Orchestral Society
20.12.1951
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
17.11.1951
Marlborough Road / Handel: Judas Maccabeus / Conductor: George Hurdman
Beryl Hatt, Nora Carstairs
Bradbridge White, Robert Easter
17.04.1952
Conservative Hall / Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands,
Alec Rowley 0 Lark in Clear Air
Theiman – I wandered lonely as a cloud
Greensleeves / Conductor: George HUrdman
John Probyn
Eric Anderson, Richard Penna
04.10.1952
Marlborough Road / Oratorio Favourites - Handel, Haydn etc / Conductor: George Hurdman
Hervey Alan, Eric Anderson
15.11.1952
Marlborough Road / Mendelssohn: Elijah / Conductor: George Hurdman
Doreen Watts, Yvonne Anderson
Terence Conoley, Hervey Alan
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
18.12.1952
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
30.04.1953
02.05.1953 / Edward German: Merrie England / Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
22-27 June 1953
St Albans Pageant / A Masque of the Queens / No details
14.11.1953
St Saviours / Dvorak – Stabat Mater (at the Foot of the Cross) / Conductor: George Hurdman
Edith Osler, Nora Carstairs,
Alfred Hepworth, Gordon Clinton
Eric Anderson
21 & 22.12.1953
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
24.04.1954
Marlborough Road / Bach: Bide with us
Ireland: These things shall be
Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise / Conductor: George Hurdman
Patricia Hockey, Dennis Stephenson
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
13.11.1954
Marlborough Road / Vaughan Williams: Benedicite
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Stanford: Bible Songs, Mozard: Ave Verum
Bach: Jesu Joy; Sullivan: O Gladsome Light; Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord is Upon me; Walford-Davies: O Sons & Daughters let us sing; Holst: Psalm 148 / Conductor: George Hurdman
Hervey Alan
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
21.12.1954
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
07.05.1955
St Albans Girls’ Grammar School / Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs
Parry: Pied Piper of Hammelin / Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
26.11.1955
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Handel: Messiah / Conductor: Dr Reginald Jacques
Bach Choir, St Albans Orchestral Society
Jennifer Vyvyan, Joan Gray, Wilfred Brown, Gordon Clinton, CPP Burton
19.12.1955
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: George Hurdman
Eric Anderson
24.04 1956
St AlbansGirlsGrammar School / Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet / Conductor: George Hurdman
Marjorie Shires, John Probyn
10.11.1956
St Saviours / Brahms: Requiem / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Anne Duthie, Anthony Paull
Victor Bowden, David Lapthorn
20.12.1956
Marlborough Road / Christmas Carols / Conductor: Eric Anderson
R Gordon Booth, Victor Bowden
18.05.1957
Marlborough Road / Handel: Messiah / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Elizabeth Hall, Patricia Wilkins
Derrick Phoenix, Richard Standon
Victor Bowden
23.11.1957
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Handel: Messiah / Conductor: Meredith Davies
Margaret Ritchie, Sheila Young
Duncan Robertson, Hervey Alan
19.12.1957
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Victor Bowden
03.05.1958
St AlbansGirlsGrammar School / Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Joyce Gartside, John Kentish
Victor Bowden, Andrew Hayden
18.12.1958
No details / Christmas Music / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Patricia Wilkins, Derrick Phoenix
Victor Bowden
25.04.1959
Marlborough Road / Mendelssohn: St Paul / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Margaret Gregson, John Kentish
Richard Standen, Victor Bowden
21.11.1959
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Gabrieli: Sonata; Handel; 6th Chando
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis; Purcell: A morning hymn;
Humphrey: A Hymne to God the Father;
J S Bach: Cantata No 11 / Conductor: Peter Hurford, Eric Anderson, Robert Lindsay
Diana Cowan, Marjorie Wardle, Duncan Robertson, Peter Boggis, Richard Standen
17.12.1959
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Victor Bowden
30.04.1960
St AlbansGirlsGrammar School / German: Merrie England / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Beryl Phillips and Victor Bowden
12.11.1960
St Saviours / Dvorak: Stabat Mater / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Beryl Hatt, Marjorie Biggar,
Alfred Hepworth, Richard Standen
Victor Bowden
15.12.1960
No details / Carol Concert / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Victor Bowden
29.09.1961
No details / Parry: Pied Piper of Hamelin
18.11.1961
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Vivaldi: Magnificat
Vaughan Williams: Passacaglia
Brahms: German Requiem / Conductors: Peter Hurford, Eric Anderson, Robert Lindsay
Valerie Cardwell, Patricia Williams, John Marvin, John Noble
21.12.1961
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / No details
20.12.1962
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: Eric Anderson
23.11.1963
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Beethoven: Mass in C
Elgar: Part of Dream of Gerontius / Conductor: Eric Anderson
Marion Millford, Jean Allister,
David Galliver, Richard Standen
19.12.1963
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: Eric Anderson
20.06.1964
St Albans Festival
College of FE / Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance / Conductors: Robert Lindsay, Aylmer Buesst, Eric Anderson
ST Albans Orchestral Society
Ursula Connors, Edward Darling
Frank Lafitte
17.12.1964
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: Eric Anderson
06.05.1965
Park Street
20.05.1965
Flamstead / Handel: End part of Messiah
3 part songs
Mendelssohn: End part of Elijah / No details
20.11.1965
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Handel: 5th Chandos Anthem
Oh Come Let us Sing Unto the Lord
Holst: Hymn of Jesus / Conductor: No details
Angela Beale, David Lennox
16.12.1965
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert / Conductor: Eric Anderson
31.03.1966
St Saviours / Handel: Messiah Parts II & III / Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Joan Passmore, Rose-Ann Creffield, Peter Knapp, Duncan Reece
15.12.1966
Marlborough Road / Carol Concert
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols / Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
David Ireson
Rogers Covey-Crump
Richard Bond
17.03.1967
St Saviours / Mozart: Requiem Mass / Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
St Albans Chamber Orchestra
Hazel Holt, Doreen Walker
Patrick Halstead, John Huw Davies
21.06.1967
St Columbas College / Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Paul Taylor
Richard Sallers
25.11.1967
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Berger: Prazilian Psalm / No details
21.12.1967
St Saviours / Christmas Carols / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Edward Clough
16.03.1968
St Saviours / Handel: Chandos Anthem O Praise the Lord
Haydn: Nelson Mass / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Mary Evans
Derrick Phoenix, Rupert Oliver Forbes
Philip Pickering, David Munden
Edward Clough
21.06.1968
St Albans Festival
St Columbas Col / Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Paul Taylor
Richard Sallers
17.12.1968
City Hall / Carol Concert
Gordon Jacob: Cantata; Buxtehude: Cantata; Corelli: Christmas Concerto / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
29.04.1969
City Hall / Mendelssohn: Elijah / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Margaret Lewis-Davis
John Dethick, Rogers Covey-Crump
22.11.1969
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey? / Parry: I was Glad
Mozart: Vesperae Solemnes
Bruckner: Te Deum / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Bach Choir, etc
Hazel Holt, Hilary Crouch, Rogers Covey-Crump, Roger Clevedon
16.12.1969
No details / Christmas music:
Handel: Messiah Part I / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatum, Rogers Covey-Crump
Margaret Lewis Davies, Ken Gough
29.04.1970
City Hall / Bliss: Pastoral
Bach: Four Seasons / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Derek Bird
Edward Clough
30.05.1970
St Pauls / Haydn: Nelson Mass
Purcel: Man that is born of a woman / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Ruth Chilton, Jacqueline Berry
Geoffrey Ward, Derek Bird
Edward Clough
16.12.1970
City Hall / Christmas Music:
Geoffrey Bush: Christmas Cantata / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
05.05.1971
City Hall / Brahms: Requiem
Beethoven: Egmont Overture / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Elizabeth Booth, Brian Kay
20.11.1971
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey? / Handel: Zadok the Priest
Berlioz: Te Deum / No details
15.12.1971 / Christmas Music:
Vivaldi: Gloria / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Jennifer Tatam, Hilary Crouch
Edward Clough
19.04.1972
No details / Vaughan Williams Centenary Concert:
English Folk Songs Suite; Seventeen come Sunday; Intermezzo; My Bonny Boy; Folk Songs from Somerset; Flos Campi; A Sea Symphony / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Harlow Symphony Orchestra
Hilary Crouch, Peter Knapp
John White
20.05.1972
St Albans Festival
St Albans Abbey / Elgar: Dream of Gerontius / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Bach Choir, St Albans Chamber Choir, BBC Training Orchestra
Marjorie Thomas, Bryan Drake,
John Mitchison, Simon Lindley
13.12.1972
City Hall / Handel: Messiah / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Hilary Crouch, Kathleen Joyce
Jack Cornwell, Peter Knapp
12.05.1973
City Hall / Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims / Conductor: Keith Swanwich
Hazel Holt, Derrick Phoenix
Bryan Drake
Nov 1973
St Albans Abbey / Berlioz: Te Deum / No details
12.12.1973
City Hall / Christmas Music / Conductor: Harry Gibson
06.05.1974
City Hall / Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Requiem / Conductor: Harry Gibson
Hazel Holt, Pauline Stevens
Charles Cerp(?), Michael Rippon
19.10.1974
St Saviours / Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Conductor: No details
Marion Rowlatt, Delyth Thomas
Derrick Phoenix, Derek Bird
Christopher Muhley, Harvey Dagul
Dec 1974
No details / Christmas Concert
Handel: Messiah Part I and Carols / Conductor: Peter Clulow
10.05.1975
City Hall / Haydn: Creation / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Jennifer Price Jones, Derrick Phoenix, Eric Garrett
22.11.1975
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region
Handel: Let thy Hand be Strengthened
Holst: Hymn of Jesus / Conductor: No details
10.12.1975
City Hall / Christmas Concert
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Finzi: In Terra Pax / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Ann Gall, Derrick Phoenix,
Fred Partington
13.03.1976
City Hall / Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, German Requiem / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Ann Gall, Malcolm Singer
13.05.1976
St Peters / Bach: Be Not Afraid
Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus; Mass for Five Voices
Gabrieli: In Ecclesias / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Bond
08.12.1976
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: No details
Richard Baker
12.03.1977
City Hall / Beethoven: Concert arias
Bruckner: Mass No 3 in F minor / Conductor: No details
Ann Gall, Derrick Phoenix
Malcolm Singer
02.06.1977
St Peters / Britten: Choral Dances Gloriana
Handel: Zadok the Priest; The King Shall Rejoice
Purcell: O Sing Unto the Lord
Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See
Parry: I was Glad / Conductor: No details
19.11.1977
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Parry: I was glad
Verdi: Auattra Pezzi Sacri / Conductor: Peter Clulow
14.12.1977
City Hall / Christmas Music / Conductor: Peter Clulow
David Kossoff
11.03.1978
City Hall / Handel: Solomon / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Marion ROwlatt, Penelope Price Jones, Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer, Jenny Parry
08.07.1978
Royal Albert Hall / Verdi: Requiem / Conductor: Leslie Head
Various choirs
Rita Hunter, Elizabeth Connell
Kenneth Collins, John Tomlinson
02.11.1978
St AlbansCollege / Dyson: Four Songs for Sailors
Bartok: Four Slovak Folk Songs
Stanford: Songs of the Sea / Conductor: No details
Aske Chamber Singers
Ann Gall, Ron Taylor
13.12.1978
City Hall / Christmas Music / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Whitmore
Brass Ensemble, Keith Fairbairn
17.02.1979
City Hall / Handel: Messiah / Conductor: No details
Marion Rowlatt, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer
John Rose
24.05.1979
High St Methodist, Harpenden / Fauré: Requiem
Kelly: Missa Brevis / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Christopher Muhley
24.11.1979
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Bizet: Te Deum
Britten: St Nicolas / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Catherine Hope, Herbert Howells
12.12.1979
City Hall / Christmas Music / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Richard Baker
Brass Ensemble; Keith Fairbairn
01.03.1980
City Hall / Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum Corpus; Sancta Maria / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Marion Rowlatt, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, David Ireson
21.05.1980
St Peters / Liszt: Missa Choralis
Byrd: Justorum Animae; Laudibus in Sanctis / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Orchestral Society Wind Ensemble
Christopher Muhley
18.10.1980
City Hall / Borodin: Polotsvian Dances / Conductor: Geoffrey Barker
St Albans Symphony Orhcestra
10.12.1980
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Philip Madoc
14.03.1981
City Hall / Beethoven; Symphony No 2 in D Major;
Mass in C Major / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Grace Dives, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, David Ireson
21.05.1981
St Peters / Rossini: La Carita; Schubert: Miriam’s Victory Song; Barber: Adagio; Under the Willow; Folk Songs / Conductor: Peter Clulow
Christine Bunning, Kelvin Grout
Jenny Parry
21.11.1981
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Britten: Cantata academica; Carmen brasilianse
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens / Conductor: No details
09.12.1981
City Hall / Christmas concert / Conductor: No details
Richard Whitmore
13.03.1982
City Hall / Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Elgar: National Anthem
Brahms: 2nd Symphony / Conductor: No details
27.05.1982
St Saviours / Madrigals / Conductor: No details
23.10.1982
City Hall / Haydn Te Deum / Conductor: No details
St Albans Orchestral Society
08.12.1982
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: No details
12.03.1983
City Hall / Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony / Conductor: No details
19.05.1983
Music Festival
City Hall / Seiber, Mozart, Handel / Conductor: No details
14.12.1983
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: No details
Richard Baker
10.03.1984
City Hall / Mendelssohn: Elijah / Conductor: Peter Clulow (choir) and
Geoffrey Barker (orchestra)
Christine Bunning, Margaret Davies
Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer
05.05.1984
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Beethoven: Choral Symphony / Conductor: No details
12.12.1984
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: No details
Patricia Hughes
16.03.1985
City Hall / Gounod: Messe Solennelle a St Cecile
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Conductor: No details
Christine Bunningh, Ann Gall
Derrick Phoenix, Peter Harvey
16.05.1985
City Hall / Choral Festival / Conductor: No details
18.12.1985
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: No details
John Timpson
01.03.1986
City Hall / Nelson Mass / Conductor: No details
10.05.1986
St Cecilia Festival / Vaughan Williams and Elgar / Conductor: No details
01.11.1986
No details / Hallowe’en for Abbey Gateway Orchestra / Conductor: No details
17.12.1986
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: No details
14.03.1987
City Hall / Carmen / Conductor: No details
14.05.1987
Choral Festival
Hemel Pavilion / Opera Choruses / Conductor: No details
22.10.1987
NapsburyHospital / No details / Conductor: No details
16.12.1987
City Hall / Christmas Concert / Conductor: No details
Trafalgar Brass
12.03.1988
City Hall / Haydn: Creation / Conductor: No details
Abbey Gateway Orchestra
Mary Ritch, Derrick Phoenix, Martin Wright
21.05.1988
St Cecilia Festival
St Albans Abbey / Elgar: Dream of Gerontius / Conductor: No details
20.10.1988
NapsburyHospital / Various popular part songs / No details – for League of Friends
10.12.1988
City Hall (Arena) / Christmas music / Conductor: Peter Clulow