St Albans Choral Society: Concerts, works performed and performers
Date & Venue Works Performed Performers 17.12.1944 John E West: Story of Bethlehem Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Spicer St Church Mrs Alec Moore, S J Aries, F West A J Kime, Mrs Paterson 25.03.1945 Handel: Messiah Parts I & II Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Spicer St Church Doris Kruger, Alice Battison, Leslie Chapman, Walter Ayre A J Kime, Bessie Patterson 29.03.1945 Handel: Messiah Parts I & II Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Dagnall Street Doris Kruger, Doris Daniel, Kenneth Faulkner, Walter Ayre Leonard Robson 11.10.1945 Eric H Thiman: “A New Choir” The Parables Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Spicer Street L C F Robson: Festival Te Deum Jen Richardson, William C Worth (conducted by composer) A J Kime 13.10.1945 Eric H Thiman: “A New Choir” The Parables Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Dagnall Street L C F Robson: Festival Te Deum Jen Richardson, William C Worth (conducted by composer) A J Kime 07.12.1945 Christmas concert (no details) Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Spicer Street F West, K Curtis, Jen Richardson 02.03.1946 Handel: Messiah Parts I, II and III Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Dagnall Street Mary Blyth, Essie Ackland, Bradbridge White, Norman Lumsden A J Kime, A S Cox 26.06.1946 Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Conductor: Kenneth Faulkner Town Hall Feast Bamfield Cooper, A J Kime Sullivan – Brightly Dawns our Wedding Day Hugh S Roberton: The Old Woman Songs by Bamfield Cooper 15.11.1946 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conductor: George Hurdman Dagnall Street Estelle Applin, Joan Gray, Bradbridge White, Hervey Alan, A J Kime 28.03.1947 Stainer: Crucifixion No details Dagnall Street 29.11.1947 Montague E Phillips: Rebel Maid Conductor: George Hurdman Drill Hall, Anne Duthie, Alfred Howard etc Harpenden Dorothy Ilston, Foster, Edwina M Gleaver 24.12.1947 Carol recital Anne Duthie, Ellen Howard, Mary Drill Hall, Ryan, Fred West, Alfred Howard Harpenden Dorothy Ilston Foster, Edwina M Gleaver 10.04.1948 Haydn: Creation Conductor: George Hurdman St Saviours Ceinwen Rowlands, Alec John, Hervey Alan, Dorothy Foster 22.11.1948 Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Conductor: Meredith Davies St Cecilia Festival Handel: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day Anne Duthie, Wendford Sandel, Dr St Albans Abbey 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 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road St Leonard’s Handbell Ringers Eric Anderson, Dorothy Ilston Foster 25.02.1949 Edward German: Merrie England Conductor: George Hurdman Beaumont School Ena Goodyear, Anne Duthie, Mary Ryan,etc. Dorothy Foster, Eric Anderson 30.04.1949 Handel: Messiah Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Marjorie Shires, Betty Sagan, Hervey Alan, Stephen Manton Eric Anderson 25.11.1949 Stanford: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Conductor: Meredith Davies St Cecilia Festival Magnificat No details of performers St Albans Abbey Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim, Coronation Anthem, Hallelujah Chorus Weelkes, Wesley, Howells, Elgar, Jacobs 19.12.1949 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Anne Duthie, Dr R Gordon Booth, Nelson Morris Dr R Gordon Booth, 11.03.1950 Brahms: Requiem Conductor: George Hurdman St Saviours Anne Duthie, Antony Paull W Briginshaw Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden 06.05.1950 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Anne Duthie, Mary Ryan William Hatt, Hervey Alan Eric Anderson, Dorothy Ilston Foster 30.11.1950 Handel: Messiah No details Tabernacle Parish Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, O Peaceful Church St Albans England from Merrie England 21.12.1950 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Mary Dudley, Victor Bowden Eric Anerson, Dorothy Ilston Foster 24.04.1951 Music by British Composers incl Conductor: George Hurdman Conservative Hall Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs John Probyn Elgar: Banner of St George June 1951 Festival of Britain Concert Bach Choir St Albans Abbey St Albans Orchestral Society 20.12.1951 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Eric Anderson 17.11.1951 Handel: Judas Maccabeus Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Beryl Hatt, Nora Carstairs Bradbridge White, Robert Easter 17.04.1952 Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands, Conductor: George HUrdman Conservative Hall Alec Rowley 0 Lark in Clear Air John Probyn Theiman – I wandered lonely as a cloud Eric Anderson, Richard Penna Greensleeves 04.10.1952 Oratorio Favourites - Handel, Haydn etc Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Hervey Alan, Eric Anderson 15.11.1952 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Doreen Watts, Yvonne Anderson Terence Conoley, Hervey Alan Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden
18.12.1952 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Eric Anderson 30.04.1953 Edward German: Merrie England Conductor: George Hurdman 02.05.1953 Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden 22-27 June 1953 A Masque of the Queens No details St Albans Pageant 14.11.1953 Dvorak – Stabat Mater (at the Foot of the Conductor: George Hurdman St Saviours Cross) Edith Osler, Nora Carstairs, Alfred Hepworth, Gordon Clinton Eric Anderson 21 & 22.12.1953 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Eric Anderson 24.04.1954 Bach: Bide with us Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Ireland: These things shall be Patricia Hockey, Dennis Stephenson Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden 13.11.1954 Vaughan Williams: Benedicite Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Hervey Alan Stanford: Bible Songs, Mozard: Ave Verum Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden 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 21.12.1954 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Eric Anderson 07.05.1955 Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands Conductor: George Hurdman St Albans Girls’ Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs Eric Anderson, Victor Bowden Grammar School Parry: Pied Piper of Hammelin 26.11.1955 Handel: Messiah Conductor: Dr Reginald Jacques St Cecilia Festival Bach Choir, St Albans Orchestral St Albans Abbey Society Jennifer Vyvyan, Joan Gray, Wilfred Brown, Gordon Clinton, CPP Burton 19.12.1955 Carol Concert Conductor: George Hurdman Marlborough Road Eric Anderson 24.04 1956 Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony Conductor: George Hurdman St Albans Girls Stanford: Songs of the Fleet Marjorie Shires, John Probyn Grammar School 10.11.1956 Brahms: Requiem Conductor: Eric Anderson St Saviours Anne Duthie, Anthony Paull Victor Bowden, David Lapthorn 20.12.1956 Christmas Carols Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road R Gordon Booth, Victor Bowden 18.05.1957 Handel: Messiah Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road Elizabeth Hall, Patricia Wilkins Derrick Phoenix, Richard Standon Victor Bowden 23.11.1957 Handel: Messiah Conductor: Meredith Davies St Cecilia Festival Margaret Ritchie, Sheila Young St Albans Abbey Duncan Robertson, Hervey Alan 19.12.1957 Carol Concert Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road Victor Bowden 03.05.1958 Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance Conductor: Eric Anderson St Albans Girls Joyce Gartside, John Kentish Grammar School Victor Bowden, Andrew Hayden
18.12.1958 Christmas Music Conductor: Eric Anderson No details Patricia Wilkins, Derrick Phoenix Victor Bowden 25.04.1959 Mendelssohn: St Paul Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road Margaret Gregson, John Kentish Richard Standen, Victor Bowden 21.11.1959 Gabrieli: Sonata; Handel; 6th Chando Conductor: Peter Hurford, Eric St Cecilia Festival Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Anderson, Robert Lindsay St Albans Abbey Thomas Tallis; Purcell: A morning hymn; Diana Cowan, Marjorie Wardle, Humphrey: A Hymne to God the Father; Duncan Robertson, Peter Boggis, J S Bach: Cantata No 11 Richard Standen 17.12.1959 Carol Concert Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road Victor Bowden 30.04.1960 German: Merrie England Conductor: Eric Anderson St Albans Girls Beryl Phillips and Victor Bowden Grammar School 12.11.1960 Dvorak: Stabat Mater Conductor: Eric Anderson St Saviours Beryl Hatt, Marjorie Biggar, Alfred Hepworth, Richard Standen Victor Bowden 15.12.1960 Carol Concert Conductor: Eric Anderson No details Victor Bowden 29.09.1961 Parry: Pied Piper of Hamelin No details 18.11.1961 Vivaldi: Magnificat Conductors: Peter Hurford, Eric St Cecilia Festival Vaughan Williams: Passacaglia Anderson, Robert Lindsay St Albans Abbey Brahms: German Requiem Valerie Cardwell, Patricia Williams, John Marvin, John Noble 21.12.1961 Carol Concert No details Marlborough Road 20.12.1962 Carol Concert Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road 23.11.1963 Beethoven: Mass in C Conductor: Eric Anderson St Cecilia Festival Elgar: Part of Dream of Gerontius Marion Millford, Jean Allister, St Albans Abbey David Galliver, Richard Standen 19.12.1963 Carol Concert Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road 20.06.1964 Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance Conductors: Robert Lindsay, Aylmer St Albans Festival Buesst, Eric Anderson College of FE ST Albans Orchestral Society Ursula Connors, Edward Darling Frank Lafitte 17.12.1964 Carol Concert Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road 06.05.1965 Handel: End part of Messiah No details Park Street 3 part songs 20.05.1965 Mendelssohn: End part of Elijah Flamstead 20.11.1965 Handel: 5th Chandos Anthem Conductor: No details St Cecilia Festival Oh Come Let us Sing Unto the Lord Angela Beale, David Lennox St Albans Abbey Holst: Hymn of Jesus 16.12.1965 Carol Concert Conductor: Eric Anderson Marlborough Road 31.03.1966 Handel: Messiah Parts II & III Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton St Saviours Joan Passmore, Rose-Ann Creffield, Peter Knapp, Duncan Reece 15.12.1966 Carol Concert Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton Marlborough Road Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas David Ireson Carols Rogers Covey-Crump Richard Bond 17.03.1967 Mozart: Requiem Mass Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton St Saviours St Albans Chamber Orchestra Hazel Holt, Doreen Walker Patrick Halstead, John Huw Davies 21.06.1967 Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims Conductor: Keith Swanwich St Columbas Jennifer Tatam, Paul Taylor College Richard Sallers 25.11.1967 Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs No details St Cecilia Festival Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens St Albans Abbey Berger: Prazilian Psalm 21.12.1967 Christmas Carols Conductor: Keith Swanwich St Saviours Edward Clough 16.03.1968 Handel: Chandos Anthem O Praise the Conductor: Keith Swanwich St Saviours Lord Jennifer Tatam, Mary Evans Haydn: Nelson Mass Derrick Phoenix, Rupert Oliver Forbes Philip Pickering, David Munden Edward Clough 21.06.1968 Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims Conductor: Keith Swanwich St Albans Festival Jennifer Tatam, Paul Taylor St Columbas Col Richard Sallers 17.12.1968 Carol Concert Conductor: Keith Swanwich City Hall Gordon Jacob: Cantata; Buxtehude: Cantata; Corelli: Christmas Concerto 29.04.1969 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conductor: Keith Swanwich City Hall Jennifer Tatam, Margaret Lewis-Davis John Dethick, Rogers Covey-Crump 22.11.1969 Parry: I was Glad Conductor: Keith Swanwich St Cecilia Festival Mozart: Vesperae Solemnes Bach Choir, etc St Albans Abbey? Bruckner: Te Deum Hazel Holt, Hilary Crouch, Rogers Covey-Crump, Roger Clevedon 16.12.1969 Christmas music: Conductor: Keith Swanwich No details Handel: Messiah Part I Jennifer Tatum, Rogers Covey-Crump Margaret Lewis Davies, Ken Gough 29.04.1970 Bliss: Pastoral Conductor: Keith Swanwich City Hall Bach: Four Seasons Jennifer Tatam, Derek Bird Edward Clough 30.05.1970 Haydn: Nelson Mass Conductor: Keith Swanwich St Pauls Purcel: Man that is born of a woman Ruth Chilton, Jacqueline Berry Geoffrey Ward, Derek Bird Edward Clough 16.12.1970 Christmas Music: Conductor: Keith Swanwich City Hall Geoffrey Bush: Christmas Cantata 05.05.1971 Brahms: Requiem Conductor: Keith Swanwich City Hall Beethoven: Egmont Overture Elizabeth Booth, Brian Kay 20.11.1971 Handel: Zadok the Priest No details St Cecilia Festival Berlioz: Te Deum St Albans Abbey? 15.12.1971 Christmas Music: Conductor: Keith Swanwich Vivaldi: Gloria Jennifer Tatam, Hilary Crouch Edward Clough
19.04.1972 Vaughan Williams Centenary Concert: Conductor: Keith Swanwich No details English Folk Songs Suite; Seventeen come Harlow Symphony Orchestra Sunday; Intermezzo; My Bonny Boy; Folk Hilary Crouch, Peter Knapp Songs from Somerset; Flos Campi; A Sea John White Symphony 20.05.1972 Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Conductor: Keith Swanwich St Albans Festival Bach Choir, St Albans Chamber St Albans Abbey Choir, BBC Training Orchestra Marjorie Thomas, Bryan Drake, John Mitchison, Simon Lindley 13.12.1972 Handel: Messiah Conductor: Keith Swanwich City Hall Hilary Crouch, Kathleen Joyce Jack Cornwell, Peter Knapp 12.05.1973 Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims Conductor: Keith Swanwich City Hall Hazel Holt, Derrick Phoenix Bryan Drake Nov 1973 Berlioz: Te Deum No details St Albans Abbey 12.12.1973 Christmas Music Conductor: Harry Gibson City Hall 06.05.1974 Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore Conductor: Harry Gibson City Hall Requiem Hazel Holt, Pauline Stevens Charles Cerp(?), Michael Rippon 19.10.1974 Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle Conductor: No details St Saviours Marion Rowlatt, Delyth Thomas Derrick Phoenix, Derek Bird Christopher Muhley, Harvey Dagul Dec 1974 Christmas Concert Conductor: Peter Clulow No details Handel: Messiah Part I and Carols 10.05.1975 Haydn: Creation Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Jennifer Price Jones, Derrick Phoenix, Eric Garrett 22.11.1975 Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Conductor: No details St Cecilia Festival Region St Albans Abbey Handel: Let thy Hand be Strengthened Holst: Hymn of Jesus 10.12.1975 Christmas Concert Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Bach: Christmas Oratorio Ann Gall, Derrick Phoenix, Finzi: In Terra Pax Fred Partington 13.03.1976 Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall German Requiem Ann Gall, Malcolm Singer 13.05.1976 Bach: Be Not Afraid Conductor: Peter Clulow St Peters Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus; Mass for Five Richard Bond Voices Gabrieli: In Ecclesias 08.12.1976 Christmas Concert Conductor: No details City Hall Richard Baker 12.03.1977 Beethoven: Concert arias Conductor: No details City Hall Bruckner: Mass No 3 in F minor Ann Gall, Derrick Phoenix Malcolm Singer 02.06.1977 Britten: Choral Dances Gloriana Conductor: No details St Peters Handel: Zadok the Priest; The King Shall Rejoice Purcell: O Sing Unto the Lord Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See Parry: I was Glad 19.11.1977 Parry: I was glad Conductor: Peter Clulow St Cecilia Festival Verdi: Auattra Pezzi Sacri St Albans Abbey 14.12.1977 Christmas Music Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall David Kossoff 11.03.1978 Handel: Solomon Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Marion Rowlatt, Penelope Price Jones, Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer, Jenny Parry 08.07.1978 Verdi: Requiem Conductor: Leslie Head Royal Albert Hall Various choirs Rita Hunter, Elizabeth Connell Kenneth Collins, John Tomlinson 02.11.1978 Dyson: Four Songs for Sailors Conductor: No details St Albans College Bartok: Four Slovak Folk Songs Aske Chamber Singers Stanford: Songs of the Sea Ann Gall, Ron Taylor 13.12.1978 Christmas Music Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Richard Whitmore Brass Ensemble, Keith Fairbairn 17.02.1979 Handel: Messiah Conductor: No details City Hall Marion Rowlatt, Ann Gall Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer John Rose 24.05.1979 Fauré: Requiem Conductor: Peter Clulow High St Methodist, Kelly: Missa Brevis Christopher Muhley Harpenden 24.11.1979 Bizet: Te Deum Conductor: Peter Clulow St Cecilia Festival Britten: St Nicolas Catherine Hope, Herbert Howells St Albans Abbey 12.12.1979 Christmas Music Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Richard Baker Brass Ensemble; Keith Fairbairn 01.03.1980 Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum Corpus; Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Sancta Maria Marion Rowlatt, Ann Gall Derrick Phoenix, David Ireson 21.05.1980 Liszt: Missa Choralis Conductor: Peter Clulow St Peters Byrd: Justorum Animae; Laudibus in Orchestral Society Wind Ensemble Sanctis Christopher Muhley 18.10.1980 Borodin: Polotsvian Dances Conductor: Geoffrey Barker City Hall St Albans Symphony Orhcestra 10.12.1980 Christmas Concert Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Philip Madoc 14.03.1981 Beethoven; Symphony No 2 in D Major; Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Mass in C Major Grace Dives, Ann Gall Derrick Phoenix, David Ireson 21.05.1981 Rossini: La Carita; Schubert: Miriam’s Conductor: Peter Clulow St Peters Victory Song; Barber: Adagio; Under the Christine Bunning, Kelvin Grout Willow; Folk Songs Jenny Parry 21.11.1981 Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Conductor: No details St Cecilia Festival Britten: Cantata academica; Carmen St Albans Abbey brasilianse Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens 09.12.1981 Christmas concert Conductor: No details City Hall Richard Whitmore
13.03.1982 Puccini: Messa di Gloria Conductor: No details City Hall Elgar: National Anthem Brahms: 2nd Symphony 27.05.1982 Madrigals Conductor: No details St Saviours 23.10.1982 Haydn Te Deum Conductor: No details City Hall St Albans Orchestral Society 08.12.1982 Christmas Concert Conductor: No details City Hall 12.03.1983 Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony Conductor: No details City Hall 19.05.1983 Seiber, Mozart, Handel Conductor: No details Music Festival City Hall 14.12.1983 Christmas Concert Conductor: No details City Hall Richard Baker 10.03.1984 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conductor: Peter Clulow (choir) and City Hall Geoffrey Barker (orchestra) Christine Bunning, Margaret Davies Derrick Phoenix, Malcolm Singer 05.05.1984 Beethoven: Choral Symphony Conductor: No details St Cecilia Festival St Albans Abbey 12.12.1984 Christmas Concert Conductor: No details City Hall Patricia Hughes 16.03.1985 Gounod: Messe Solennelle a St Cecile Conductor: No details City Hall Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle Christine Bunningh, Ann Gall Derrick Phoenix, Peter Harvey 16.05.1985 Choral Festival Conductor: No details City Hall 18.12.1985 Christmas Concert Conductor: No details City Hall John Timpson 01.03.1986 Nelson Mass Conductor: No details City Hall 10.05.1986 Vaughan Williams and Elgar Conductor: No details St Cecilia Festival 01.11.1986 Hallowe’en for Abbey Gateway Orchestra Conductor: No details No details 17.12.1986 Christmas Concert Conductor: No details City Hall 14.03.1987 Carmen Conductor: No details City Hall 14.05.1987 Opera Choruses Conductor: No details Choral Festival Hemel Pavilion 22.10.1987 No details Conductor: No details Napsbury Hospital 16.12.1987 Christmas Concert Conductor: No details City Hall Trafalgar Brass 12.03.1988 Haydn: Creation Conductor: No details City Hall Abbey Gateway Orchestra Mary Ritch, Derrick Phoenix, Martin Wright 21.05.1988 Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Conductor: No details St Cecilia Festival St Albans Abbey 20.10.1988 Various popular part songs No details – for League of Friends Napsbury Hospital 10.12.1988 Christmas music Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall (Arena) Gordon Honeycombe Trafalgar Brass 11.03.1989 Edward German: Merrie England Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Abbey Gateway Orchestra Mary Hitch, Ann Gall Derrick Phoenix, Martin Wright 27.04.1989 Choral Festival Conductor: Andrew Parnell Habs School Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Mozart & Byrd: Ave Verum; Merrie England 19.10.1989 Works by: Byrd, Guilmant, Mozart, Conductor: Peter Clulow St Saviours Buxtehude, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Nicholas Robinson Franck, Handel 09.12.1989 Christmas music Conductor: Peter Clulow City Hall Alan Titchmarsh Trafalgar Brass 17.03.1989 Brahms: Requiem Conductors: Peter Clulow, Andrew City Hall Parnell St Albans Symphony Orchestra Nicola-Jane Kemp, Peter Harvey 12.05.1990 Britten: War Requiem Conductor: Andrew Parnell St Cecilia Festival St Albans Cathedral Choristers, Bach St Albans Abbey Choir, Chamber Choir, Carillon, St Albans Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra Elizabeth Lane, Andrew Murgatroyd, Jeremy White; Sean Farrell 08.12.1990 Christmas music Conductor: Peter Clulow Alban Arena Richard Baker Trafalgar Brass 09.03.1991 Mozart: Requiem; Solemn Vespers Conductor: Peter Clulow Alban Arena Nicola-Jane Kemp, Ann Gall, Vernon Kirk, David Ireson 16.05.1991 Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Conductor: Barry Rose and Peter Choral Festival Seiber: Yugoslav Folk Songs Clulow St Saviours 05.10.1991 Voices for Hospices Conductor: David Ireson St Albans Abbey Haydn: Creation 07.12.1991 Christmas music Conductor: Peter Clulow Arena Richard Whitmore Trafalgar Brass 14.03.1992 Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony Conductor: Peter Clulow Arena Haydn: Clock Symphony Bushey Symphony Orchestra Nicola-Jane Kemp, Kevin O’Donnell 13.06.1992 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conductor: Geoffrey Mitchell St Cecilia Festival Julie Moffat, Sarah Connolly St Albans Abbey Vernon Kirk, Michael George Oct 1992 Part Songs etc Conductor: No details Napsbury Hospital 05.12.1992 Christmas music Conductor: Peter Clulow Arena Richard Baker Trafalgar Brass
20.03.1993 Smetana: The Bartered Bride Conductor: Peter Clulow Arena Bushey Symphony Orchestra Dominique Thiébaud, Ian Wicks, Kevin O’Donnell 13.05.1993 Choral Festival Conductor: David Ireson St Teresa B’wood John Winter 21.10.1993 Combined concert with St Saviours Choir Conductor: Peter Clulow St Saviours Geraint Jones 04.12.1993 Christmas music Conductor: Peter Clulow Arena Gavin Campbell Trafalgar Brass 19.03.1994 50th Anniversary Concert: Conductor: Peter Clulow Arena Handel: music from Messiah, Firework Bushey Symphony Orchestra Music, Samson, Water Music, Xerxes, Katherine Fuge Berenice, Coronation Anthem Zadok 1994 Carmina Burana Conductor: No details St Cecilia Festival St Columbas 1994 Voices for Hospices Conductor: No details St Albans Abbey 03.12.1994 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena Richard Whitmore Trafalgar Brass 25.03.1995 Haydn: Creation Conductor: George Vass Arena Dartford Sinfonia Julia Dewhurst, Neil MacKenzie, Peter Napier-Burrows 18.05.1995 Items by Rutter, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Walmsley and Parry Christopher Betts Tony Eldridge St Saviours Church Choir Conductor: Geraint Jones, Jonathan Cox
21.10.1995 Faure: Requiem, Walton: Jubilate Deo; Conductor: George Vass St Peters Ireland: Vexilla Regis; Vaughan Williams: Christine Moore, Tony Eldridge, Charity concert Five Mystical Songs Christopher Muhley
09.12.1995 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena St Albans High School Junior Choir 09.12.1995 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena Verulam Brass Ensemble, Susan Blair Alan Titchmarsh 30.03.1996 Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Mass in C Conductor: George Vass Arena Nielsen: Springtime on Funen Dartford Sinfonia, St Albans High School Junior House Choir Luise Horrocks, Alison Renvoize, Robert Johnston, Michael Bundy 29.06.1996 Verdi: Requiem Conductor: George Vass St Cecilia Festival St Albans Choral Society, St Albans St Albans Abbey Chamber Choir, Hardynge Choir St Albans Symphony Orhcestra Judith Buckle, Sussanah Self, Donald Stephenson, Mark Wildman 19.10.1996 Vivaldi: Gloria in D Conductor: George Vass Charity Concert Haydn: Little Organ Mass Camerata of London St Peters Church Handel: Let thy hand be strengthened Louise Hemmings, Christine Moore, James Huw Jeffries, Susan Heath- Downey 07.12.1996 Teddy Bears Christmas Conductor: George Vass Arena 3.30 & 8pm Glory of Christmas Richard Baker Dartford Sinfonia 22.03.1997 Handel: Messiah Conductor: George Vass Arena Camerata of London Alison Smart, Jeanette Ager, Neil McKenzie, Simon Preece 21.06.1997 Dartford Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniv Conductor: George Vass ? English music 27.06.1997 Parry 150th Anniversary Concert Conductor: George Vass Dagnall Street Tony Eldridge, Alistair Young 08.11.1997 Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle Conductor: George Vass St Peters Julia Dewhurst, Alison Renvoize Charity concert Darren Abrahams, Christopher Russell, Susan Heath-Downey & Philip Sunderland 06.12.1997 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena Dartford Sinfonia Fleetville Junior School Choir 06.12.1997 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena Dartford Sinfonia Louise Hemmings; Gavin Campbell 28.03.1998 Mozart: Requiem, Exultat Jubilate, Conductor: George Vass Arena Symphony No 34 in C, Ave Verum Corpus Dartford Sinfonia Mary Nelson, Katharine Lewis, Andrew Burden, Stephen Holloway 27.06.1998 Dyson Two Songs of Praise No details 10.10.1998 Beethoven: Symphony No 5 Conductor: Andrew Parnell St Cecilia Concert Berlioz: Te Deum Laudamus St Albans Symphony Orchestra, St St Albans Abbey Albans Choral Society, St Albans Chamber Choir, Hardynge Choir Andrew Murgatroyd, Andrew Lucas 05.12.1998 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena St John Fisher RC JMI School Choir 05.12.1998 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena Dartford Sinfonia, Tony Eldridge, Jennie Linden
27.03.1999 Haydn: Theresienmesse Conductor: George Vass Arena Handel: Zadok & The King Shall Rejoice Camerata of London Vivaldi: Magnificat Jeni Bern, Alison Renvoize, Robert Johnston, Michael Bundy 26.06.1999 Handel: Acis & Galatea Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Camerata of London Charity Concert Christine Moore, Darren Abrahams, Kevin McLean-Mair, John Bernays 30.10.1999 Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Purcell, Chilcott, Conductor: George Vass St Peters Ireland, Stanford, Salzedo, Rutter Camerata of London Brass Richard Harvey 05.12.1999 Rutter: Brother Heinrich’s Christmas Conductor: George Vass Arena Christmas music Dartford Sinfonia, Richard Baker
08.04.2000 Millennnium Concert Conductor: George Vass Arena Haydn: Te Deum Camerata of London J S Bach: Ich habe genug Emma Bell, Mary Nelson Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor Philip Slane, Adrian Clarke 17.06.2000 Rutter, Newton, Debussy, Holst, Britten Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Camerata of London Ensemble Julia Thornton 16.09.2000 Poulenc: Gloria Conductor: David Hansell St Cecilia Festival Parry: I was Glad; Blest Pair of Sirens Hardynge Choir, Chamber Choir St Albans Abbey Louise Hemmings 03.12.2000 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena 3.30 & 7.30 Handel: Messiah Choruses Dartford Sinfonia Oakwood Junior School Choir Peter Stearn 25.03.2001 Orff: Carmina Burana Conductor: George Vass Arena Chilcott: Singing by Numbers St Albans Choral Society, Finchley McDowall: On Angel’s Wing Choral Society, Concordia of Parmiter’s School, Camerata Percussion Ensemble Donna Bateman, Simon Gay, Benjamin Mevan, Johnathan Ayerst, Richard Harvey 30.06.2001 Finzi Centenary Concert Conductor: George Vass St Pauls God is Gone Up, Three Bagatelles, In Terra Dartford Sinfonia Pax, Let us Garlands Bring Louise Hemmings, John Bernays Rutter: Requiem Ben Woodgate, Richard Harvey 20.10.2001 Vivaldi: Four Seasons Conductor: George Vass Homewood Road Bach: Suite No 1 in C Camerata Orchestra Handel: Laudate Pueri Dominum Joanne Lunn, Alexandra Gibson Vivaldi: Gloria in D Zoe French 02.12.2001 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Arena 3.30 & 7.30 Gardner: Cantata for Christmas Op 82 Dartford Sinfonia St Hilda’s School Choir Jennie Linden 23.03.2002 Haydn: Nelson Mass Conductor: George Vass Arena Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de confessore, Camerata Orchestra Divertimento in F Alison Smart, Frances Bourne, Declan Kelly, Michael Bundy 29.06.2002 British Anthems by Walton, Rutter, Chilcott, Conductor: George Vass St Peters and Vaughan Williams Richard Harvey
19.10.2002 Schubert: Mass in G Conductor: George Vass Homewood Road JS Bach: Cantata No 73 Orchestra Nova Mc Dowall: Ave Maris Stella Stefanie Heichelheim, Mervin Collins, Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Simon Preece Vivaldi: Spring from The Four Seasons Boyce: Symphony No 2 08.12.2002 Christmas Music Conductor: George Vass Arena Chilcott: Jubilate Orchestra Nova Brass McDowall: Christus natus est St Hilda’s School Choir St Albans Girls High School readers Abigail Smith 29.03.2003 A Night at the Opera: music from Bizet, Conductor: George Vass Arena Borodin, Dvorák, Mozart, Rossini, Dartford Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky and Verdi Judith Buckle, Christopher Saunders, Michael Bundy, Bryan Rycroft
28.06.2003 Duruflé: Requiem Conductor: George Vass St Peters Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden Julian Hubbard Bruckner: Locus Iste Richard Harvey Faure: Cantique to Jean Racine Elgar: Great is the Lord 25.10.2003 Handel: Messiah Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Preludes by Cecilia McDowall, Orchestra Nova John McCabe and David Matthews Rachel Nicholls, Vaughan Howells, Andrew Carwood, Simon Preece Alison Balsom 06.12.2003 Christmas music: incl Tavener: The Lamb, Conductor: George Vass Alban Arena Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Orchestra Nova Greensleeves, St Albans High School readers Gorecki: Totus Tuus; St Albans Young Singers 03.04.2004 Haydn: Stabat Mater Conductor: George Vass Homewood Road J S Bach: Mass in G Orchestra Nova Handel: Let thy hand be strengthened Alison Smart, Marie Elliott, Mervyn Collins, Andrew Slater 19.06.2004 Newton: Five English Folksongs Conductor: George Vass St Peters Tournier: Au Matin Edward Lyon Kodaly: Panga Lingua Jean Kelly McDowall: A Fancy of Folksongs Richard Harvey 23.10.2004 Diamond Jubilee Concert Conductor: George Vass St Pauls J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Orchestra Nova Cecilia McDowall: Stabat Mater Parmiter’s Senior Singers Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat Katy Chant, Michael Bundy Fauré: Requiem 12.12.2004 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Thomas Hyde: Veni, Emmanuel St Albans High School readers Mathias: Ave Rex St Hilda’s School Choir William Cooper, Richard Harvey
19.03.2005 Gilbert & Sullivan Gala Conductor: George Vass Arena Orchestra Nova Allison Bell, Susan Dilworth, Judith Buckle, Nicholas Sales, Andrew Mayor, Bryan Rycroft 25.06.2005 Music by: Parry, Debussy, Delgado, Elgar, Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Alain, McDowall, Howells, Honegger, Kathryn Thomas Martin, Dupre Richard Harvey 22.10.2005 Haydn: The Creation Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Orchestra Nova Marianne Cotterill, Nicholas Mulroy, Michael Bundy 11.12.2005 Christmas music: incl Vaughan Williams: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Gorecki: Fleetville Primary School Choir Totus Tuus; Tippett: Three Spirituals Julian Hubbard, Richard Harvey 11.03/2006 Sullivan: Overture Macbeth Conductor: George Vass Bushey Hall School Elgar: Variations on an original theme Bushey Symphony Orchestra Finzi: Ode: Intimations of Immortality Andrew Carwood 17.06.2006 Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D Conductor: George Vass St Peters Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Orchestra Nova Vivaldi: Motet: Nulla in mundo pax Naomi Watson, Frances Bourne Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo Heidi Sutcliffe Vasks: Dona nobis pacem Vivald: Gloria in D
21.10.2006 Mozart: Symphony No 13 in F, Litaniae Conductor: George Vass St Peters Laurentanae, Exsultate jubilate Orchestra Nova Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai Charlotte Mobbs, Lucie Špičková, Mark Dobell, Eamonn Doughan 10.12.2006 Christmas music: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est, Grove School Choir Rutter: Magnificat (extracts) Rebecca Rudge, Richard Harvey 17.03.2007 Brahms: Leibeslieder Waltzer Conductor: George Vass St Peters Rossini: Petite messe solennelle Marianne Cotterill, Frances Bourne, Christopher Steele, Michael Bundy Gretel Dowdeswell, Richard Harvey 01.06.2007 Fauré: Requiem Conductor: George Vass Onze Lieve Richard Harvey Vrouwekerk, Brugge 02.06.2007 Fauré: Requiem Conductor: George Vass Sint Richard Harvey Baafskathedraal, Ghent 23.06.2007 Vivaldi: Credo Conductor: George Vass St Peters Marcello: Oboe Concerto Orchestra Nova Buxtehude: Magnificat Pippa Goss, Ilid Jones JS Bach: Cantata Ich bin vergnugt Richard Harvey Richard Harvey: Echo Elgar: Serenade in E minor Vaughan Williams: Benedicite 20.10.2007 Handel: Zadok the Priest; Ode for the Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Birthday of Queen Anne Orchestra Nova Boyce: Symphony in A Grace Davidson, Lucie Špičková Haydn: Missa Cellensis in C (Mariazeller) Graham Neal, Michael Bundy 09.12.2007 Christmas music: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Mathias: Ave Rex Abbey Primary School Choir Tavener: The Lamb Richard Harvey Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium 12.04.2008 Schubert: Magnificat in C Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Arvo Pärt: Fratres Orchestra Nova Cecilia McDowall: Laudate Charlotte Mobbs, Frances Bourne, Mozart: Requiem in D minor Mark Dobell, Christopher Foster 28.06.2008 Arnold: Four English Dances Conductor: George Vass Bushey Hall School Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Bushey Symphony Orchestra Walton: Henry V Suite Rachel Nicholls, Lorna Perry Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques Colin Fleming, Tony Eldridge Poulenc: Gloria 18.10.2008 Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs Conductor: George Vass St Peters Britten: Suite for Harp St Catherine Singers (Habs Girls) Chilcott: Canticles of Light Emma Clarke, Simon Preece, Holst: Hymns of the Rig Veda Roderick Morris Ireland: Greater love hath no man Sally Pryce, Nigel Shipway Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Richard Harvey 07.12.2008 Christmas music: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Park Street School Choir Carols Oliver Dunn, Richard Harvey Geoffrey Cottrell: Festa Dies (World Prem) 14.03.2009 Elgar: The Music Makers Conductor: George Vass Bushey Hall School Ireland: A London Overture Bushey Symphony Orchestra Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Susannah Self Dyson: In Honour of the City 20.06.2009 Mozart: Divertimento in D; Vesperae Conductor: George Vass St Saviours solennes di confessore Orchestra Nova Haydn: Miss in D Minor (Nelson Mass) Rebecca Rudge, Margaret Rapacioli Mark Dobell, Michael Bundy 30.10.2009 McDowall: Ad lucem – A Canticle of Light Conductor: George Vass Brecon Cathedral Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, Laudate Rebecca Rudge Dominum Richard Harvey Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer Vasks: Dona nobis pacem Haydn: Missa Brevis (Little Organ Mass) 31.10.2009 McDowall: Ad lucem – A Canticle of Light Conductor: George Vass St Andrews Church Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, Laudate Rebecca Rudge Presteigne Dominum Richard Harvey Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer Vasks: Dona nobis pacem Haydn: Missa Brevis (Little Organ Mass) 24.10.09 Mozart: Divertimento in F Conductor: George Vass St Saviours McDowall: Ad lucem – A Canticle of Light Orchestra Nova Haydn: Missa Brevis in B flat (Little Organ Rebecca Rudge, Andrew Rupp Mass) Suzanne Willison-Kawalec Vasks: Dona nobis pacem Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane Finzi: In terra pax 06.12.2009 Christmas music: incl: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Richard Harvey: This Endris Night Fleetville Junior School Choir Geoffrey Cottrell: Coventry Carol (World Richard Harvey Premiere) 17.04.2010 Haydn: Te Deum in C Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey JS Bach: Magnificat Orchestra Nova Mozart: Mass in C minor Pippa Goss, Clare McCaldin William Purefoy, Jeremy Budd, Michael Bundy 26.06.2010 Duruflé: Requiem Conductor: George Vass St Peters Elgar: Give Unto the Lord, Great is the Lord Lorna Perry, Christopher Foster Chilcott: Peace Mass Richard Harvey 23.10.2010 Vivaldi: Gloria Conductor: George Vass St Saviours McDowall: Magnificat Orchestra Nova Britten: Simple Symphony 12.12.2010 Messiah Choruses Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Bruckner: Motets Richard Harvey Christmas carols Maple Junior School Choir
02.04.2011 Holst: St Paul’s Suite Conductor: George Vass St Pauls Tarik O’Regan: Triptych Orchestra Nova Haydn: Mass in B flat (Maria Theresa) Helen-Jane Howells, Lucie Špičková, Matthew Long, Jonathan Saunders
02.07.2011 Verdi: Requiem Conductor: George Vass Bushey Academy Bushey Symphony Orchestra Claire Seaton, Susie Self, Paul Bradley, Michael Bundy 15.10.2011 Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Conductor: George Vass Homewood Road Haydn: Ave Regina in A Orchestra Nova McDowall: Ave Maris Stella Marianne Cotterill, Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden Oliver Johnston, Frederick Long Schubert: Mass in G
11.12.2011 Christmas music Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est Richard Harvey St Albans High School Junior Choir 21.04.2012 Handel: Messiah Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Orchestra Nova Pippa Goss, William Purefoy, Mark Dobell, Michael Bundy 30.06.2012 Rutter: Te Deum Conductor: George Vass St Peter’s Howells: Like as the Hart Richard Harvey Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Orchestra Nova Ensemble Parry: Jerusalem Alexandra Kidgell, Christopher Bowen 27.10.2012 Rutter: Requiem Conductor: George Vass St Paul’s Chilcott: Canticles of Light Orchestra Nova L’Estrange: And the stones sing 09.12.2012 Christmas music including: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Richard Harvey: This Endris Night Richard Harvey Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium Cunningham Hill Junior School Choir Chilcott: So Fair and Bright 20.04.2013 J S Bach: St John Passion BWV245 Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Mark Dobell, Charles Gibbs, Helen- Jane Howells, Clare McCaldin, Christopher Bowen, Michael Bundy Orchestra Nova 06.07.2013 J Brahms: Schicksalslied Op 54 Conductor: George Vass Bushey Academy Rossini: Stabat Mater Bushey Symphony Orchestra Mary Nelson, Jeannette Ager, Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks, Stephen Holloway 09.11.2013 Fauré: Requiem Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine Orchestra Nova Richard James Harvey: Vespers (World Kirsty Hopkins, Michael Burke Premiere, commission) 15.12.2013 Christmas music including: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Henry Manning Carols Fleetville Junior School Choir Britten: Hymn to the Virgin Richard Harvey Poulenc: Christus natus est 22.03.2014 Britten: The Company of Heaven Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Mozart: Requiem Eleanor Bron/Christopher Good Marianne Cotterill, Marta Fontanals- Simmons, Greg Tassell, Christopher Foster Orchestra Nova 05.07.2014 Rossini: Petite messe solennelle Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Cecilia McDowall: Northlight; A Blessing Mary Nelson, Louise Winter, Bob Chilcott: The Lily and the Rose; Skye Christopher Bowen, Michael Bundy Boat Song Timothy End, Richard Harvey 08.11.2014 Gabriel Jackson: Countless and Wonderful Conductor: George Vass St Saviours are the ways to praise God Ross Ramgobin James Francis Brown: The Most Fortunate Choir of Parmiter's School,Garston Generations (new arrangement premiere) Orchestra Nova Will Todd: The Lord is my Shepherd Cecilia MacDowall: Stabat Mater 14.12.2014 Christmas music including: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Matthias: Ave Rex Skyswood Primary School Choir Bruckner: Ave Maria, Virgo Jesse floruit 01.03.2015 Songs of Praise for St David's Day Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Wood: O thou the central Orb Organ: Richard Harvey Howells: Like as the Hart Byrd: Ave verum corpus Tippett: Spirituals from A Child of our Time Purcell: Hear my prayer Wesley: Wash me throughly Stanford: Beauti quorum via Will Todd: The Lord is my Shepherd Various Hymns 09.05.2015 Handel: Four Coronation Anthems Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Haydn: Mass in D Minor 'Nelson Mass' Pippa Goss, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Christopher Bowen, Alexander Ashworth Orchestra Nova 12.07.2015 Tippett: Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Conductor: George Vass Weston Auditorium Time Michael Bundy Hatfield Liz Lane: The Story of St Alban - Premiere Andy Rashleigh (narrator & librettist) performances of new commission cantata Nova Music Ensemble Children from: St Bernadette Catholic Primary School, London Colney; Bowmansgreen Primary School, London Colney Fleetville Junior School 07.11.2015 Toby Young: Love and Harmony Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Cecilia McDowall: Some corner of a foreign Martha McLorinan field Greg Tassell Handel: Dettingen Te Deum Simon Preece 13.12.2015 Cecilia McDowall: A Winter's Night Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road James MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn Organ: Richard Harvey Richard Harvey: Chanticleer + Christmas carols 30.04.2016 Haydn: Te Deum in C Hob XXIIIc2 Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus (without scores) Daisy Brown, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Beethoven: Mass in C Op 86 Ben Alden, Michael Bundy Orchestra Nova 09.07.2016 Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 in B flat, Conductor: George Vass Bushey Academy Op52 'Lobgesang' Pippa Goss, Aine Cook, Christopher Bowen Bushey Symphony Orchestra 12.11.2016 Fauré: Requiem Conductor: George Vass St Saviours James Francis Brown: The Heavens and Sophie Edwards, Edward Kay the Heart Orchestra Nova Sally Beamish: Showings David Matthews: The Lord is my Shepherd 11.12.2016 Jonathan Dove: Seek Him that maketh the Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Seven Stars Organ: Richard Harvey Mendelssohn: Frohlocket, ihr Völker Tavener: Today the Virgin + Christmas carols 25.03.2017 Brahms: Schicksalslied Op 54 Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Mozart: Mass in C minor Daisy Brown, Elizabeth Cragg, Bradley Smith, Dominic Sedgwick Orchestra Nova
08.07.2017 Orff: Carmina Burana Concert cancelled by venue 6 weeks Weston Auditorium, Cecilia McDowall: A Time for All Seasons before event; not possible to find University of Herts Bob Chilcott: Love - Even Such is Time; another venue in time. CANCELLED Like a Singing Bird; Irish Blessing 11.11.2017 Maurice Durufle: Requiem Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Joseph Rheinberger: Stabat Mater in C Min Leilani Barratt, Angus McPhee Tarik O'Regan: Triptych Organ: Richard Harvey Orchestra Nova 10.12.2017 Alexander L'Estrange: Hodie! Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Christopher Gunning: Come, let us gather Organ: Richard Harvey (World Premiere, composer present) John Tavener: The Lamb Richard James Harvey: Chanticleer 04.02.2018 Hymns & Anthems: Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road C H H Parry: I was Glad Organ: Richard Harvey William Bird: Ave Verum Corpus Thomas Tallis: If ye love me John Ireland: Greater love hath no man C V Stanford: Justorum animae C H H Parry: Blest pair of sirens 21.04.2018 G F Handel: Messiah Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Orchestra Nova Helen-Jane Howells; William Purefoy; Christopher Bowen; Alexander Ashworth; Heidi Bennett (Trumpet) 30.06.2018 Cecilia McDowall: A Fancy of Folksongs; A Conductor: George Vass Jubilee Hall, Time for All Seasons Piano: Richard Harvey St Albans High James MacMillan: The Gallant Weaver (not Sophie Edwards School Performed) Beaumont School Vocal Ensemble Bob Chilcott: Irish Blessing; Like a Singing Director: Hanh Doan Bird John Rutter: The Spring of Thyme 10.11.2018 Benjamin Britten: St Nicholas Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Peteris Vasks: Pater noster; Dona nobis St Albans High School for Girls Senir pacem Chamber Choir Jean Sibelius: Rakastava for string Orchestra Nova orchestra Op 14 Bradley Smith Nathan Beetlestone; Henry Lawrenson; John-Ellis Wallace 09.12.2018 Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road Cecilia McDowall: Cradle Song Richard Harvey J P Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est 23.03.2019 J S Bach: St John Passion BWV245 Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Mark Dobell; Edward Grint; Kirsty Hopkins; Rebecca Afonwy-Jones; Greg Tassell; Felix Kemp. Christian Wilson; Katherine Jenkinson Orchestra Nova 22.06.2019 Vivaldi: Gloria Conductor: George Vass St Saviours Mozart: Misericordias Domini, K222 Elenor Bowers-Jolly, Olivia Haydn: Little Organ Mass Warburton, Heidi Bennett McDowall: Ave maris stella Orchestra Nova 23.11.2019 Liz Lane: The Story of St Alban (Composer Conductor: George Vass St Albans Abbey Present) Claire Seaton; Michael Burke; Carl Richard James Harvey: The Martyr's Call: A Heap Cantata in Stone (World Premiere; St Albans High School Junior Composer present) Chamber Choir John Rutter: Gloria Choir of Alban City School Orchestra Nova Brass and Ensemble Marko Server - Organ 14.12.2019 James Frances Brown: There is no Rose Conductor: George Vass Marlborough Road (World Premiere; Composer present) Richard Harvey Christopher Gunning: Come Let Us Gather (Composer present) Cecelia McDowall: Lo, he slumbers in his manger (World Premiere; Composer present) Poulenc: Hodie, Christus natus est James MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn