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Walton, Prokofiev & Stanford - October 1949
Walton, Prokofiev & Stanford - October 1949
Saturday 29 October 1949 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Walton “Belshazzar's Feast”, Prokofiev “Peter & the Wolf” & Stanford “Songs of the Sea”
Soloist: Dennis Noble. Narrator: Alvar Liddell
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Saturday 29 October 1949 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Walton “Belshazzar's Feast”, Prokofiev “Peter & the Wolf” & Stanford “Songs of the Sea”
Soloist: Dennis Noble. Narrator: Alvar Liddell
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Verdi “Requiem” - February 1949
Verdi “Requiem” - February 1949
Saturday 26 February 1949 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Verdi “Requiem”
Soloists: Victoria Sladen, Heddle Nash, Margaret McArthur & Tom Williams
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Saturday 26 February 1949 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Verdi “Requiem”
Soloists: Victoria Sladen, Heddle Nash, Margaret McArthur & Tom Williams
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Handel “Messiah” - November 1948
Handel “Messiah” - November 1948
Tuesday 30 November 1948 at Fillongley Parish Church
Handel “Messiah”
Soloists: Muriel Thornton, Margaret Lowe, Dennis Diehl & Arthur Duffield
Coventry Co-operative Society Orchestra conducted by Thomas Garratt
Tuesday 30 November 1948 at Fillongley Parish Church
Handel “Messiah”
Soloists: Muriel Thornton, Margaret Lowe, Dennis Diehl & Arthur Duffield
Coventry Co-operative Society Orchestra conducted by Thomas Garratt
Borodin, Holst & German - October 1948
Borodin, Holst & German - October 1948
Saturday 30 October 1948 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Holst “Hymn of Jesus”, Borodin “Prince Igor Dances” & German “Kipling's Just So Songs”
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Saturday 30 October 1948 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Holst “Hymn of Jesus”, Borodin “Prince Igor Dances” & German “Kipling's Just So Songs”
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Elgar “The Dream of Gerontius” - February 1948
Elgar “The Dream of Gerontius” - February 1948
Saturday 14 February 1948 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Elgar “ The Dream of Gerontius”
Soloists: Jan Van Der Gucht, Gladys Ripley & Ronald Stear
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Saturday 14 February 1948 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Elgar “ The Dream of Gerontius”
Soloists: Jan Van Der Gucht, Gladys Ripley & Ronald Stear
Midland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Mendelssohn “Elijah” - April 1947
Mendelssohn “Elijah” - April 1947
Sunday 20 April 1947 at the Hippodrome, Coventry
Mendelssohn “Elijah”
Soloists: Elsie Suddaby, Janet Howe, Ronald Bristol & Robert Cummings
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Sunday 20 April 1947 at the Hippodrome, Coventry
Mendelssohn “Elijah”
Soloists: Elsie Suddaby, Janet Howe, Ronald Bristol & Robert Cummings
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER - NOVEMBER 1946
CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER - NOVEMBER 1946
Saturday 30 November 1946 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Tippett “A Child Of Our Time” was completed in 1941 and this performance was conducted for the first time in the Midlands by the composer himself
Soloists: Margaret Ritchie, Margaret McArthur, Peter Pears & Owen Brannigan
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Tippett
Saturday 30 November 1946 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Tippett “A Child Of Our Time” was completed in 1941 and this performance was conducted for the first time in the Midlands by the composer himself
Soloists: Margaret Ritchie, Margaret McArthur, Peter Pears & Owen Brannigan
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Tippett
Coleridge-Taylor “Song of Hiawatha” - September 1946
Coleridge-Taylor “Song of Hiawatha” - September 1946
Saturday 14 September 1946 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Coleridge Taylor “The Song of Hiawatha”
Soloists: Elsie Suddaby, Bradbridge White & William Parsons
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Saturday 14 September 1946 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Coleridge Taylor “The Song of Hiawatha”
Soloists: Elsie Suddaby, Bradbridge White & William Parsons
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Handel “Messiah” - March 1946
Handel “Messiah” - March 1946
Sunday 17 March 1946 at the Hippodrome, Coventry
Handel “Messiah”
Soloists: Noel Eadie, Mary Jarred, Eric Greene & Henry Cummings
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Sunday 17 March 1946 at the Hippodrome, Coventry
Handel “Messiah”
Soloists: Noel Eadie, Mary Jarred, Eric Greene & Henry Cummings
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Stanford & Constance Lambert - October 1945
Stanford & Constance Lambert - October 1945
Saturday 20 October 1945 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Stanford “God and the Universe”, Constance Lambert “The Rio Grande” & Stanford “Songs of the Sea”
Soloists: Helsby Blair & Dorothy R. Rice
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Saturday 20 October 1945 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Stanford “God and the Universe”, Constance Lambert “The Rio Grande” & Stanford “Songs of the Sea”
Soloists: Helsby Blair & Dorothy R. Rice
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Coleridge-Taylor & Parry - January 1945
Coleridge-Taylor & Parry - January 1945
Saturday 6 January 1945 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Coleridge-Taylor “Hiawatha's Wedding Feast” & Parry “The Pied Pier of Hamelin”
Soloists: Jan Van Der Gucht & Joseph Farrington
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
Saturday 6 January 1945 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Coleridge-Taylor “Hiawatha's Wedding Feast” & Parry “The Pied Pier of Hamelin”
Soloists: Jan Van Der Gucht & Joseph Farrington
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Fleming
First Choral & Orchestral Concert - April 1944
First Choral & Orchestral Concert - April 1944
Saturday 29 April 1944 in Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Stanford “The Revenge” & Elgar unaccompanied part-song
The Choir's first public performance
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dr. W. K. Stanton
Saturday 29 April 1944 in Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Stanford “The Revenge” & Elgar unaccompanied part-song
The Choir's first public performance
Coventry Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dr. W. K. Stanton
