Concerts 2010-2019

Christmas Through The Ages - December 2019

Friday 20 December 2019 in the Family Chapel of Stoneleigh Abbey

A lighthearted look at Christmas through the ages reflecting the history of Stoneleigh Abbey since its foundation in the 12th century. Music and readings spanning 800 years performed by carollers from the Coventry Philharmonic Choir

Soloists: from the choir

Musical Director: Matthew Sandy

Christmas with the Phil - December 2019

Saturday 14 December 2019 in King Henry VIII School Concert Hall, Coventry

Excerpts from Handel “Messiah” Part 1 and carols

Soloists: Jane Pudsey, Margaret Parker & Robin Jeffreys

Organist: Charles Matthew

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Goodall “Eternal Light” & Orff “Carmina Burana” - November 2019

Saturday 16 November 2019 at King Henry VIII School Concert Hall, Coventry

Orff “Carmina Burana” & Goodall “Eternal Light” (excerpts)

Soloists: Shimona Rose, Matthew Sandy & Sam Oram

Pianists: Hamish Brown & Keval Shah

Children's choirs: King Henry VIII & Ravensdale Schools

Percussion: King Henry VIII percussion group with Julian Walton

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Mozart “Requiem” & Haydn “Nelson Mass” - May 2019

Saturday 18 May 2019 at Collegiate Church of St Mary's, Warwick

Mozart “Requiem” & Haydn “Nelson Mass”

Soloists: Imogen Russell, Tim Travers-Brown, Christopher Turner & Daniel Tate

Musical and Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Gounod “Saint Cecilia Mass” - January 2019

Saturday 19 January 2019 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Amnesty International Concert

Gounod “St Cecilia Mass”

Soloists: Laura Wolki-Lewanowicz, Sam Oram & Wesley Biggs

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Antoine Mitchell

Back Home For Christmas - December 2018

Friday 21 December 2018 in the Family Chapel of Stoneleigh Abbey

Christmas and WWI music with readings themed around the end of the Great War performed by a small group of choir members

Soloists: members of the Choir

Conducted by Matthew Sandy

Christmas with the Phil - December 2018

Saturday 15 December 2018 in the Concert Hall of King Henry VIII School, Coventry

Christmas music

Soloists from the choir

Midland Brass Ensemble

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Handel “Messiah” - November 2018

Saturday 3 November 2018 at The Civic Hall, Bedworth

Handel “Messiah”

Concert for Zoë's Place

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Antoine Mitchell

Mendelssohn “Elijah” - September 2018

Saturday 22 September 2018 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Mendelssohn “Elijah”

Soloists: Imogen Russell, Debbie Rumbsby, Alison York, Matthew Sandy, Andrew Randall, Ben Adams, Jane Pusey, Elizabeth Yardley, Margaret Parker & John Atkins

Organist: Mark Swinton

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Bach “St Matthew Passion” - March 2018

Saturday 10 March 2018 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Bach “St Matthew Passion”

Soloists: Imogen Russell, Wendy Whyte, Margaret Parker, Edward Button, Nathan Vale, Ed Valenti, Peter Lidbetter & Andrew Randall

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Celebration of Christmas Past - December 2017

Friday 22 December 2017 in the Family Chapel of Stoneleigh Abbey

This was the inaugural concert at the Abbey and was performed by a small group of choir members. Music and readings were themed around Jane Austen

Conducted by Matthew Sandy

Christmas with the Phil - December 2017

Saturday 16 December 2017 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Handel “Messiah Pt I” & Christmas Music

Soloists: Imogen Russell, Margaret Parker, Ed Valenti & Robin Jeffreys

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Steven Russell

Puccini “Messe di Gloria” & Opera Choruses - May 2017

Saturday 13 May 2017 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Puccini “Messe di Gloria” & Opera Choruses

Soloists: Augusta Hebbert, Andrew Kennedy & Edward Price

Coventry Philharmonic Players conducted by Matthew Sandy

Verdi “Requiem” - January 2017

Saturday 21 January 2017 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Verdi “Requiem” & Berlioz “Chasse Royale et Orage”

Amnesty International concert

Soloists: Laura Wolk-Lewanowicz-Mullinger, Rose Rowley, Richard Lloyd Owen & Benjamin Kevin Lewis

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Antoine Mitchell

Fauré & Hahn - November 2016

Saturday 1 October 2016 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Fauré “Requiem” & Hahn “Etudes Latines”

Soloists: Zoe Fox, Wendy Whyte, Debbie Rumsby, Margaret Parker & Edmund Saddington

Coventry Philharmonic Players conducted by Matthew Sandy

Vivaldi “Gloria” & Haydn “Missa Brevis Sancti” - May 2016

Saturday 14 May 2016 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Vivaldi “Gloria” & Haydn “Missa Brevis Sancti”

Soloists: Imogen Russell & Judy Brown

Coventry Philharmonic Players conducted by Matthew Sandy

Schubert “Mass in E flat major” - January 2016

Saturday 16 January 2016 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Schubert “Mass in E flat major”

Amnesty International concert

Soloists: Rose Rowley, Richard Lloyd Owen, Matthew Sandy & Wesley Biggs

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Antoine Mitchell

Rutter “Magnificat” & Jenkins “The Armed Man” - November 2015

Saturday 28 November 2015 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Rutter “Magnificat” & Jenkins “The Armed Man”

Soloist: Debbie Rumsby

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Matthew Sandy

Handel “Samson” - May 2015

Saturday 16 May 2015 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Handel “Samson”

Soloists: Matthew Sandy, Wendy Whyte, Tim Travers-Brown, Colin Simmons, Julian Empett, Imogen Russell, Rachel Ambrose Evans, Barbara Marsh, Zoe Fox, Helen Daniels & Cameron Richardson-Eames

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Christmas Concert - December 2014

Thursday 11 December 2014 at St John the Baptist Church, Coventry

Christmas concert featuring soloists from the Choir

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Great War Centenary Concert - November 2014

Saturday 8 November 2014 at The Civic Hall, Bedworth

Great War 1914-2014 Centenary Concert

Handel “Messiah (excerpts)”, Williams “Hymn to the Fallen” & Goodall “Eternal Light”

Soloists: Wendy Whyte, Robin Jeffreys, Wynne Mitchell & Colin Simmons

Alto Arias & Choruses - September 2014

Saturday 27 September 2014 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

A Programme of well-known countertenor solos & choruses featuring music by Bach, Gluck, Handel & Vivaldi

Soloists: Tim Travers-Brown, Zoe Fox & Wendy Whyte

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Mozart “Requiem” - June 2014

Saturday 14 June 2014 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Mozart “Requiem”, Parry “I Was Glad” & Fauré “Cantique”

Joined by Collegium for 70th Anniversary Concert

Soloists: Mary Plazas, Helen Johnson, Richard Lloyd Owen & Julian Empett

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Steven Russell

Verdi “Requiem” - January 2014

Saturday 11 January 2014 at Collegiate Church of Saint Mary, Warwick

Amnesty International concert

Soloists: Felicity Wright, Tamsin Dalley, Richard Lloyd Owen & Roderick Williams

Oriflamme Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Antoine Mitchell

Christmas with the Phil - December 2013

Thursday 5 December 2013 at St John the Baptist Church, Coventry

Advent & Christmas Carols including Messiah Pt I

Soloists: Wendy Whyte, Rita Mitchell, Margaret Parker, Robert Forbes & Wynne Mitchell

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Bach, Handel & Haydn - May 2013

Saturday 11 May 2013 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Handel "Ode For The Birthday of Queen Anne", Haydn “St Cecilia Mass, Bach "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" & Music from Handel "Messiah"

Soloists: Emily Van Evera, Timothy Travers-Brown, Mark Wilde & Colin Campbell

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Christmas with the Phil - December 2012

Thursday 20 December 2012 at Church of St John the Baptist, Coventry

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Brahms & Vaughan Williams - October 2012

Saturday 13 October 2012 at Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick

Brahms “German Requiem” & Vaughan Williams “Five Mystical Songs”

Soloists: Erika Mädi Jones & Mark Stanley

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Fauré, Handel & Haydn - March 2012

Saturday 24 March 2012 at Warwick Road URC, Coventry

Fauré “Requiem”, Handel “Messiah Pt III” & Haydn “Little Organ Mass”

Soloists: Wendy Russell, William Berger, Wendy Whyte, Nikki Bawcutt, Margaret Parker & Steven Russell

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Christmas with the Phil - December 2011

Thursday 15 December 2011 at Warwick Road URC, Coventry

Christmas Concert including Pergolesi “Magnificat”

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Goodall “Eternal Light” & Orff “Carmina Burana” - November 2011

Saturday 26 November 2011 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Soloists: Barbara Rodway, Robert Forbes & William Berger
Ritmatic Percussion Ensemble

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Haydn & Handel - July 2011

Saturday 2 July 2011 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Haydn “Nelson Mass”, Handel “Messiah Pt II” & Haydn “Te Deum Laudamus”

Soloists: Nikki Bawcutt, Helen Daniels, Matthew Sandy, Wynne Mitchell, Wendy Whyte, Rita Mitchell, Margaret Parker & Colin Simmons

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Christmas with the Phil - December 2010

Thursday 16 December 2010 at Warwick Road URC, Coventry

Christmas concert

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Elgar & Rutter - November 2010

Saturday 13 November 2010 at Warwick Road URC, Coventry

Rutter “Sprig of Thyme” & Elgar “Songs From the Bavarian Highlands”

Soloists: Wendy Whyte & Giles Urwin

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Vivaldi “Gloria” - June 2010

Saturday 12 June 2010 in Lower Precinct Shopping Centre, Coventry

Free concert

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Bach “St John Passion” - March 2010

Saturday 13 March 2010 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Bach “St John Passion”

Soloists: Samir Savant, Richard Parker, Peter Robertson, Wendy Whyte, Helen Daniels, Margaret Parker & Dave Clark

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell