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