Concerts 2000-2009

Christmas Concert - December 2009

Thursday 17 December 2009 at Warwick Road URC, Coventry

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Handel “Messiah Pt I” & Goodall “Eternal Light” - October 2009

Saturday 17 October 2009 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Goodall “Eternal Light” & Handel “Messiah Pt 1”

Soloists: Mary Plazas, Rita Mitchell, Mark Stanley & William Berger

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Mozart “Requiem Mass” & “Coronation Mass” - May 2009

Saturday 16 May 2009 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Mozart “Requiem” & “Coronation Mass”

Soloists: Nikki Bawcutt, Margaret Parker, Mark Stanley & Frazer Scott

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Britten “A Ceremony of Carols” - December 2008

Thursday 18 December 2008 Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Britten “A Ceremony of Carols” & favourite audience carols

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Jenkins “The Armed Man” & Orff “Carmina Burana” - November 2008

Saturday 15 November 2008 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Jenkins “The Armed Man” & Orff “Carmina Burana”

Soloists: Susan Young, Robert Forbes & Mark Stone

Ritmatic Percussion

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Gluck & Mozart - May 2008

Saturday 10 May 2008 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Glück “Orfeo ed Euridice” & Mozart “Ave Verum Corpus” “Tantum Ergo” “Laudate Dominum”

Soloists: Timothy Travers Brown, Emily Van Evera, Matthew Sandy & Imogen Russell

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Music for Christmas - December 2007

Saturday 15 December 2007 at Warwick Road URC, Coventry

Christmas Concert including Pergolesi “Magnificat” & Joyous Christmas Carols”

Soloists: Nikki Bawcutt, Wendy Whyte, Margaret Parker, Matthew Sandy & Wynne Mitchell

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Handel “Samson” - November 2007

Saturday 3 November 2007 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Handel “Samson”

Soloists: Deborah Norman, Timothy Travers Brown, Mark Stanley, Matthew Sandy & James Oldfield

Rutter “Requiem” & “Sprig of Thyme” - March 2007

Saturday 24 March 2007 in Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

Rutter “Requiem” & “Sprig of Thyme”

Soloist: Wendy Russell

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Advent Concert - December 2006

Friday 1 December 2006 in Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

Vivaldi “Magnificat”, Handel “Foundling Hospital Anthem”, Bach “Christmas Oratorio” & Vaughan Williams “Fantasia on Christmas Carols”

Soloists: Nikki Bawcutt, Elizabeth Yardley, Margaret Parker, Matthew Sandy & Wynne Mitchell

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Fauré “Requiem” & Stanford “Magnificat in G” - November 2006

Saturday 11 November 2006 in Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

Fauré “Requiem” & Stanford “Magnificat in G”

Soloists: Michael Druiett & Wendy Russell

Joint concert with Holy Trinity Choirs conducted by Steven Russell

Monteverdi “Vespers” - June 2006

Saturday 10 June 2006 in Coventry Cathedral

Monteverdi “Venetian Vespers 1610”

Soloists: Mark Chambers, Nicholas Clapton, Timothy Travers-Brown, Andrew King, Matthew Vine, Matthew Brook & Giles Underwood

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Vivaldi, Bach & Handel - March 2006

Sunday 4 March 2006 at Warwick Road URC, Coventry

Vivaldi “Gloria” & Arias by Handel & Bach

Soloists: Nikki Bawcutt, Margaret Parkinson, Margaret Parker & Matthew Sandy

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Christmas Concert - December 2005

Saturday 17 December 2005 at St Thomas More RC School, Styvechale, Coventry
&
Tuesday 20 December 2005 at Quinton Park Baptist Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry

Soloist: Matthew Sandy

Musical Director: Steven Russell

1945-2005 Concert - November 2005

Saturday 12 November 2005 in Coventry Cathedral

1945-2005 Sixtieth Anniversary of the End of WWII Concert including Jenkins “The Armed Man” & Williams “Hymn to the Fallen”

Joint concert with St Michael's Singers

Soloists: Amy Wood, Rachael Mohomed, Jacqueline Fox, Luke Gaspar, Matthew Minter & Marcus Farnsworth

English Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Leddington Wright

Voices in Harmony - October 2005

Saturday 8 October 2005 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Concert in aid of Coventry Myton Hospice & Myton Hospice

Excerpts from Jenkins “The Armed Man”, excerpts from Purcell “Dido & Aeneas” & Music by Mendelssohn & Quodlibet

Musical Director:: Steven Russell

International Concert - July 2005

Saturday 2 July 2005 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

International Concert including Stanford “Stabat Mater” & works by French composers

Joint concert with Chorale Arioso of Caen conducted by Steven Russell & Strohgau-Sinfonieorchester Schwieberdingen conducted by Dr Manfred Nonnenmann

Soloists: Mary Plazas, Alison Duiguid, Brendan MacBride & Paul Parfitt

Stainer “Crucifixion” - March 2005

Sunday 20 March 2005 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
&
Tuesday 22 March 2005 at St Thomas More RC School, Styvechale, Coventry

Soloists: Mark Stanley & Robin Leonard

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Purcell “Dido & Aeneas” - March 2005

Saturday 5 March 2005 at West Orchards URC, Styvechale, Coventry

Purcell “Dido & Aeneas”

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

Mendelssohn “Elijah” - November 2004

Saturday 20 November 2004 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Mendelssohn “Elijah” joint concert with Finham Choral Society conducted by Ladi Merriman Johnson

Soloists: Patricia Garnham, Josephine Mesa Bandres, Jonathan Matthews, Andrew Bell & Colin Druce

Handel & Purcell - July 2004

Saturday 3 July 2004 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Purcell "Come Come Ye Sons of Art", Handel "The King Shall Rejoice" & Handel "Birthday Ode to Queen Anne"

Soloists: Samantha Binnie, William Towers, Timothy Kenworthy-Brown & Colin Campbell

Musical & Amicable Society conducted by Steven Russell

FIRST REGIONAL PERFORMANCE - APRIL 2004

Saturday 3 April 2004 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Jenkins “The Armed Man” & Rutter “Magnificat”

First regional performance of The Armed Man

Soloist: Mary Plaza & Yvonne Howard

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Christmas Concert - December 2003

Saturday 13 December 2003 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Christmas music

Soloists: Wendy Russell, Laura-Jane Johnson & Keir Butterwick

Coventry Salvation Army Band conducted by Steven Russell

Fauré “Requiem” - October 2003

Saturday 18 October 2003 at West Orchard URC, Styvechale, Coventry

Fauré “Requiem”, Mendelssohn “Hear My Prayer” & Elgar “Great is the Lord”

Soloists: Sophie Polhill, Robin Leonard & Wendy Russell

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Voices in Harmony - October 2003

Saturday 4 October 2003 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Concert in aid of Coventry Myton Hospice, Myton Hospice & Mary Ann Evans Hospice

“Gloria in Excelsis” & “Domini Fili Unigenite” from Vivaldi “Gloria”
“Offertory” from Fauré “Requiem”
“The Lord's Prayer” from Fanshawe “African Sanctus”
Fauré “Cantique de Jean Racine”
“Villagers Chorus” from Rossini “Guillaume Tell”

Guest conductor: Elizabeth Yardley

Mendelssohn “Elias (Elijah)” - May 2003

Friday 30 May 2003 at Eglise Notre-Dame de la Gloriette, Caen and Saturday 31 May 2003 at Eglise Saint-Samson, Ouistreham

Mendelssohn “Elias (Elijah)” extracts

Joint concert with Chorale Arioso of Caen & Strohgau-Sinfonieorchester Schwieberdingen conducted by Dr Manfred Nonnenmann

Soloists: Stephanie Maier & David Pichlmaier

Durufle & Vaughan Williams - May 2003

Saturday 10 May 2003 at Coventry Cathedral

Durufle “Requiem” & Vaughan Williams “Five Mystical Songs”

Soloists: Wendy Russell, Sophie Polhill & Mark Stanley

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Carol Concert - December 2002

Friday 13 December 2002 at St James' Church, Styvechale, Coventry

Musical Director: Steven Russell

Pergolesi & Vivaldi - October 2002

Saturday 19 October 2002 at Bablake School, Coventry

Pergolesi “Magnificat” & Vivaldi “Gloria” & Music by Monteverdi & Scarlatti

Soloists: Wendy Russell, Sophie Polhill, Philip Formstone & Samuel Smith

Musical Director: Steven Russell

A Night at the Opera - June 2002

Friday 27 June 2002 at Bablake School, Coventry

Soloist: Ian Caddy

Musical Director: John Dowding

Carter & Haydn - March 2002

Saturday 16 March 2002 at Bablake School, Coventry

Carter “Musick's Jubilee” & Haydn “Paukenmesse”

Soloists: Nicola-Jane Kemp, Harriet Goodwin, John Bowley & Neil Baker

Leamington Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Dowding

Rejoice & Be Glad - December 2001

Friday 7 December 2001 at St Barbara's Church, Earlsdon, Coventry

“Rejoice & Be Glad - a Concert of Motets & Carols”

Musical Director: John Dowding

Handel “Messiah” - October 2001

Saturday 13 October 2001 at Bablake School, Coventry

Handel “Messiah”

Soloists: Celilia Osmond, Kathryn Woodruff, Richard Ireland & Neil Baker

Leamington Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Dowding

A Night at the Opera - June 2001

Thursday 21 June 2001 at Bablake School, Coventry

Soloist: Patricia Garnham

Musical Director: John Dowding

Bullard “Canticle of Freedom” - April 2001

Saturday 7 April 2001 at Bablake School, Coventry

The Midland Premiere of Bullard “Canticle of Freedom”

Soloists: Joanne Dexter & Grenville Hargreaves

With Bablake Chorale

Cotswold Sinfonietta conducted by John Dowding

Winter Concert - December 2000

Friday 1 December 2000 at St James Church, Styvechale, Coventry

Music by Bach, Vivaldi, Rutter & Milford

Haydn “The Creation” - November 2000

Saturday 18 November 2000 at Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Haydn “The Creation” free concert

Soloists: Joanne Dexter, Robin Green & Christopher Goldsack

Cotswold Sinfonietta conducted by John Dowding

Summer Concert - July 2000

Friday 7 July 2000 at St James Church, Styvechale, Coventry

Concert of poetry & music conducted by John Dowding

Handel “Acis & Galatea” - May 2000

Thursday 25 May 2000 at Quinton Park Baptist Church, Coventry

Handel “Acis & Galatea”

Soloist: Patricia Garnham

Musical Director: John Dowding

Vaughan Williams “A Sea Symphony” - May 2000

Saturday 20 May 2000 at Coventry Cathedral

Three Simultaneous Performance in Coventry, Lichfield & Worcester Cathedrals

Soloists: Emma Bell & William Dazeley

Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guy Woolfenden