MUSIC SOCIETY CONCERTS 2018 -2000

2018 12th May Walton Belshazzar’s Feast The Victoria Hall, Bolton Louis Hurst Elgar Overture Cockaigne Bolton Symphony Orchestra Bolton Catholic Musical and Choral Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March no 4. Society Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves Walton Spitfire Prelude and Fugue 24th June Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands Various Excerpts from choral works 10th November Jenkins The Armed Man Blackburn Sibelius Finlandia Blackburn and Darwen Brass Band 1st December Handel Blackburn Cathedral 2017 18th March Elgar Dream of Gerontius Blackburn Cathedral Emily Howard Cobley, Benjamin Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra Sweeney, Thomas D. Hopkinson 11th June Summer Gala Concert Excerpts from opera and musicals East Hospice Piano – Joy Fielding 21st October Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass Croston Theatre, Westholme Heather Highway, Dominic Stewart Goodall Eternal Light Piano – Joy Fielding St Wilfred’s Academy Dancers Trish Ferrarin Breaking Jazz Trio Cellist 2nd December Handel Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Charlotte Hoather, Helen Ann Gregory, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Alexander Granger, Matthew Mannion 2016 12th March Orff Carmina Burana Blackburn Cathedral Heather Heighway, Joseph Buckmaster, Borodin Polovtsian Dances Piano duet - Joy Fielding and Samuel Tom Asher (replacing Thomas D. Hudson, Helen Davis Percussion Hopkinson) St Christopher’s C. of. E High Ensemble School Choir 12th June Various “Songs of Summer” – Contemporary Pleasington Priory choral music Piano – Joy Fielding 19th November Duruflé Requiem Blackburn Cathedral Hanna-Liisa Kirchin, Benjamin Sweeney, Poulenc Gloria Organ - Samuel Hudson Thomas Asher Duruflé Four Motets 3rd December Handel Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Jennie Marsden, Emma Stanard, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Alexander Grainger, Louis Hurst 2015 28th March Britten Four Sea Interludes Croston Theatre Westholme Lauren Lea Fielder, Thomas D. Ravel Bolero Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra Hopkinson Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony 13th June Vivaldi Gloria Blackburn Cathedral; Laura Lenaughan, Timothy Braithwaite, Tedesco Romancero Gitano Organ - Samuel Hudson Daniel Adams, Tom Young, Rachel Hoyle, Guitar solos Guitar - Jamie MacRae Amy Venables 24th October Mendelssohn Elijah Blackburn Cathedral Fflur Wyn, Amy Williamson, Nicky Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra Spence, Lukas Jakobsk In association with the Kathleen Ferrier Society 5th December Handel Messiah Blackburn Cathedral; Lancashire Lorna Rushton, Emma Stannard, Chamber Orchestra Lawrence Thackeray, Louis Hurst 2014 22nd March Schumann Nachtlied, opus 108 Blackburn Cathedral; Bach Cantata no 4 Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn Symphony no. 2 ‘Lobgesang’ 15th June Various, including “Music for a Summer’s Afternoon” Pleasington Priory; Handel, Vaughan Organ - David Scott Thomas and Williams, Parry trumpeters 9th November Fauré Requiem Pleasington Priory Organ - David Scott Thomas 15th November Fauré Requiem Blackburn Cathedral; Mark Rowlinson Mellor A Darwen Tragedy Northern Chamber Orchestra 23rd November Fauré Requiem St Alban’s Church Blackburn Organ – William Fielding 6th December Handel Messiah Blackburn Cathedral; Lancashire Philippa Hyde, Joyce Tindsley (not Emma Chamber Orchestra Stannard), Louis Hurst, Lawrence Thackeray 2013 4th March Haydn St. Nicholas Mass Blackburn Cathedral Jennie Marsden, Emma Stannard, Tom Mozart Requiem Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Morss, Louis Hurst 11th May Various “Spring Serenade” Leamington Road Baptist Church; Gemma Christie, Brian Healey, Darren Piano - Joy Fielding Clarke 9th November Various including “80th Season Opera Gala” King George’s Hall Margaret Preece, Aaron Cawley, David Verdi The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves Orchestral Ensemble. Palmer, Central Youth Choir, Ribble Puccini, The Te Deum from Tosca Valley Dancers Bizet, Excerpts from Carmen Verdi Brindisi from La Traviata Strauss The Watch Duet from Die Fledermaus Sondheim Sunday Lloyd Webber Phantom of the Opera arrangement and Masquerade Rogers & Hammerstein Climb Ev’ry Mountain 7th December Handel Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Tanya Hurst, Emma Stannard, Timothy Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Langston, Louis Hurst 2012 April Conductor James Davy 21st April Britten God Save the Queen Blackburn Cathedral Eleanor Garside, Lucilla Graham, Bo Rutter Gloria Northern Brass Ensemble Wang, Matthew Kellett Fauré Requiem Organ - Samuel Hudson Dvorak Mass in D Major 3rd November Various “From Broadway to Hollywood” King George’s Hall Richard Pollock, Bolton Choral Union Blackburn and Darwen Band Conductor - Michael Greenhalgh 8th December Handel Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Fflur Wyn, Sarah-Jane Lewis, Nicky Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Spence, Roger Barlow In association Conductor - Samuel Hudson with the Kathleen Ferrier Society. 2011 14th May Mendelssohn Elijah Blackburn Cathedral Claire Day, Sophie Goldrick, Timothy Hill, Blackburn Symphony Orchestra, Mark Rowlandson, Blackburn Cathedral Girls’ Choir Rutter Gloria Victoria Hall, Bolton Jenkins The Armed Man Bolton Choral Union (arranged) James Davey Second World War Songs Blackburn and Darwen Band Conductors - James Davy and Michael Greenhalgh Bolton Choral Union Conductor Blackburn and Darwen Band Borodin Polovtsian Dances Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 3rd December Handel Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Fiona Scott, Emma Stannard, Richard Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Dowling, Ben Weaver 2010 27th March Orff Carmina Burana Victoria Hall Bolton Hannah Bradbury, Rupert Charles worth, [Arranged for Brass Blackburn and Darwen Band, Jonathan McGovern, Hannah Bradbury, Band by Roy Newsome] Piano - Ruth Webb Rupert Charleswort, Bolton Choral Webber and Hart Excerpts from Phantom of the Opera Conductor Michael Greenhalgh Union, Bolton Youth Choir Schönberg) Excerpts from Les Miserables 16th October Rutter Birthday Madrigals Westholme Theatre Salesbury School Choir and Lantern Carter Benedicite Piano - Joy Fielding Voices and others December Christmas Words and Music Samlesbury Hall Piano - Joy Fielding

December Handel Messiah Lancashire Chamber Orchestra 2009 25th April Mendelssohn Lauda Sion Blackburn Cathedral Cressida van Gordon, Louise Booker, Mozart Requiem Mass in D Minor Blackburn Symphony Orchestra Richard Pollock, Olive Dunn November Walton Belshazzar's Feast Bridgewater Hall Bolton Choirs Bolton Symphony Orchestra 19th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Nadine Livingston, Heather Lupton, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Matthew Moss, John Bispham 2008 19th April Strauss Lieder Westholme Theatre Nadine Livingstone, Alastair McCall Schumann &Schubert Lieder Piano - Daniel Holden Brahms German Requiem 15th November Schubert Mass in G Major Blackburn Cathedral Cressida van Gordon, Alexander Wall, Mozart Ave Verum Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Oliver Dunn, Timothy Ferguson, Mozart Laudate Dominum Blackburn Cathedral Choristers Bach Wachet Auf 20th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral; Lancashire Emma Johnston, Helen Jarmany, Chamber Orchestra AlexanderWall, Alastair McCall 2007 29th April Orff Carmina Burana Bridgewater Hall Simon Keenlyside, Amy Freston, Barry Wagner Wach’ Auf Chorus Orchestra of the North Banks, Altrincham Choral Society, Parry I Was Glad Conductor - James Eastham’s final Keighley Vocal Union, Salford Choral concert. Society, Nelson Arion Male Voice Choir, Trebles of Oldham Hulme Grammar School for Boys Choir June “Summer Serenade” Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Rutter Sprig of Thyme Piano - Joy Fielding Rutter Birthday Madrigals Various Romantic part songs Mozart Laudate Dominum 10th November Elgar The Music Makers Blackburn Cathedral; Nicola Semple Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands Northern Chamber Orchestra Organ - David Scott-Thomas James Davey’s first concert 8th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Ella Kirkpatrick, Georgina Murray, John Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Pierce, Alistair McCall On the occasion of the retirement of James Eastham. 2006 29th April Jenkins The Armed Man Westholme Theatre Ann Hacking Brahms Liebeslieder Piano - Joy Fielding and Roderick Barrand Mixed Metals Percussion Ensemble 18th November Rutter Requiem Blackburn Cathedral Ann Hacking Gloria Organ - James Davey. Intrada Brass 9th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Nadine Livingstone, Victoria McLean, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra John Pierce, Philip Smith 2005 30th April Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony Royal Northern College of Music Gillian Ramm, Daniel Chadwick, Salford Northern Chamber Orchestra Choral Society

12th November Tippett A Child of Our Time Blackburn Cathedral Michaela Bloom, Charlotte Stephenson, Parry I Was Glad Organ - Jonathan Scott Nick Hardy, Daniel Chadwick Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Walton Crown Imperial 10th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedrap Michaela Bloom, Anna Burford, Robert Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Gardner, D’Arcy Bleiker 2004 24th April Haydn The Creation Blackburn Cathedral Katherine Broderick, Christopher Turner, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Pugsley 27th November Puccini Messa di Gloria Blackburn Cathedral Simon Buttle, Mario Solimene Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Organ - Darius Battiwalla Parry I Was Glad 11th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Rachael Russell, Helen Jarmany, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Christopher Turner, Jonathan Pugsley 2003 5th April Verdi Requiem King George’s Hall Kateriana Fenech, Kathleen Wilkinson, Northern Symphony Orchestra Jeffrey Lawton, Darren Jeffrey (replacing D’Arcy Bleiker) 25th October Bach, Gluck, Vaughan- Kathleen Ferrier Anniversary Concert Blackburn Cathedral Stephanie Marshall, Fflur Wyn, Nicky Williams, Parry, Handel, Musical excerpts associated with Organ - Jonathan Scott Spence, Jean-Pascal Heynemand Kathleen Ferrier 16th November Verdi Requiem Bridgewater Hall Jayne Carpenter, Anna Burford, Jeffrey Northern Symphony Orchestra Lawton, D’Arcy Bleiker, Salford Choral Society, Keighley Vocal Union, Nelson Arion Male Voice Choir, Oldham Choral Society 13th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Rachael Russell, Karina Lucas, Alexander Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Groves, Daniel Chadwick April Schubert Mass in G Blackburn Cathedral Kateriana Fenech, Olivia Ray, Robert Haydn Mozart Nelson Mass Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Davies, Richart Wiegold Ave Verum April Fauré Requiem King George’s Hall Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor - Libor Pesek 30th November Handel Four Coronation Anthems Blackburn Cathedral Phillipa Hyde Walton Coronation Te Deum Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Mozart The Coronation Mass (part) Organ - Jonathan Scott 14th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Claire Groom, Anne Marie Gibbon, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Alexander Groves, Robinson 2001 24th March Elgar The Music Makers Blackburn Cathedral Sarah Cox, Kateriana Fenech Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Northern Chamber Orchestra Strauss The Four Last Songs 9th June Various “Musical Masquerade from La Scala to Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Serenna Wagner, Brian Healey Broadway” Piano Joy Fielding 24th November Mendelssohn Elijah Blackburn Cathedral Merryn Gamba, Anne Marie Gibbons, Northern Philharmonic Orchestra Sean Kerr, Mark Saberton, Daniel Adams December 8 Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral; Lancashire Meriel Andrew, Sarah Cox, John Chamber Orchestra Christodoulou, Mark Ashmore 2000 April Verdi, Wagner, Opera Classics King George’s Hall Royal Liverpool Mascagni, Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Edward - Warren May Rotary Club Millennium Concert Westholme Theatre Sarah Tynan, Jennifer Westwood Handel Zadok the Priest Blackburn Symphony Orchestra Vivaldi Gloria 11thNovember Handel Zadok the Priest Blackburn Cathedral Sarah Estill, Judith Barker, Mark Kendall, Fauré Requiem Northern Chamber Orchestra Melvyn Bailey Haydn Mass in Time of War 9th December Handel The Messiah Blackburn Cathedral Gemma Christie, Fiona MacDonald, Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Martin Toal, Frank Church