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Season date composer piece soloists Orchestra and
instrumentalists location Conductor and any
additional choirs 1938/39 Rehearsals only Ursula Nettleship
1939/40 23rd March 1940
Handel Messiah Winifred Bury, Mervyn Saunders, Ifor Hughes,
Haileybury College Orchestra Eric Bravington (trumpet)
Haileybury Combined choirs inc. HCS Dr Reginald Johnson, Haileybury
1940/41 22nd March 1941 Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Haileybury HCS and Haileybury College Choir
10th May 1941 Brahms How lovely is thy dwelling place
Hertford Orchestra Shire Hall Frank Greenfield
Pinsuti arr. Greenfield
A Spring Song There is a lady sweet and kind
Stanford The Blue Bird Corydon, Arise!
1940/41 July 1941 Repertoire unknown Bishops Stortford Music Festival
Frank Greenfield
1942/43 12th December 1942
Brahms The Serenade Hertford Orchestra Shire Hall, Hertford
Hector McCurrach
Stanford
The Revenge
Weelkes Like two proud armies
27th May 1943 Handel Messiah Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), Eileen Pilcher (alto), Peter Pears (tenor), Henry Cummings, bass)
Leader: Dorothy Loynes W J Comley (organ) Hector McCurrach (continuo)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Reginald Jacques (combined choirs of Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Hertford, Hertford Free Churches, Haileybury, Much Hadham, Thundridge, Ware)
1943/44 Date unknown Haydn The Creation unknown unknown Hertford Music Club concert with Hertford and other choirs
1944/45
7th December 1944
Bach Christmas Oratorio Kathleen Willson (contralto), Elster Kay (tenor), W R Lloyd (bass)
Orchestra of wood wind and strings Harold Makinson (piano)
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Hector McCurrach with Haileybury Madrigal Society
10th March 1945 Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony unknown unknown Haileybury School Hector McCurrach with massed choirs
1945/46 18th May 1946 Handel Acis and Galatea Margaret Bissett (contralto), Harry Abbott (tenor)
Hertford Music Club String Orchestra Nancy Cordery (accompanist)
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Harry Stubbs
Holst
Two psalms Folk Songs
Farmer Playford
Fair Phyllis I saw Great Tom is Cast
1946/47 14th December 1946
Stanford Songs of the Fleet Robert Irwin (baritone)
Hertford Music Club Orchestra Leader: Ruth Fourmy Nancy Cordery (Piano)
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
William (Bill) Snowdon
Vaughan Williams Parry Davies
In Windsor Forest Part songs Part songs
20th March 1947 Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Arthur Sykes (tenor) Hertford Music Club Orchestra Leader: Ruth Fourmy E. Philpott (piano)
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
William (Bill) Snowdon
Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
1947/48 21st December 1947
Christmas concert Friends’ Meeting House, Hertford
Stephen Wilkinson
6th March 1948 Britten Hymn to St Cecilia Joyce Gow (soprano), Anthea Guillaume (soprano), Jean Austin Dobson (contralto), Wilfrid Brown (tenor), John Carol Case (bass), Marcus Dods (bass)
Hertford Orchestra Leader: Ruth Fourmy J H Makinson (piano)
Hertford Grammar Schoool (Richard Hale School)
Stephen Wilkinson
Purcell The Masque in Dioclesian
1948/49 16th December 1948
Vaughan Williams Cornelius Howells
Fantasia on Christmas Carols The Three Kings A Spotless Rose
Myra Virden (contralto), Geoffrey Winsor (baritone)
small orchestra Alison Moss (piano)
Shire Hall Stephen Wilkinson and Margaret Squires (Combined Choirs of Hertford & Hoddesdon Music Clubs)
19th December 1948
Vaughan Williams Cornelius Howells
Fantasia on Christmas Carols The Three Kings A Spotless Rose
small orchestra Alison Moss (piano)
Friends’ Meeting House, Hertford
Stephen Wilkinson
11th June 1949 Bach Jesu, Priceless Treasure Myra Virden (contralto)
String Orchestra Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Stephen Wilkinson
Debussy Gibbons Pearsall
Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans Madrigals Madrigals
10th July 1949 Debussy Pearsall Gibbons
Mixed songs Madrigals Madrigals
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Stephen Wilkinson (The Hertfordshire Singers and The Hertford Choir)
1949/50 25th March 1950 Scarlatti Stabat Mater Joyce Gow (soprano), Alison Purves (soprano)
String Band Ivor Davies (organ), Sheila Stuart Scott (violin), Frederick Knight (cello)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Stephen Wilkinson
Buxtehude Missa Brevis Couperin Troisième Lecon de
Ténèbres
6th July 1950 Scarlatti Buxtehude Couperin
Stabat Mater Missa Brevis Troisième Lecon de Ténèbres
Joyce Gow (soprano), Alison Purves (soprano)
Sheila Stuart Scott (violin), Ivor Davies (Organ)
St Paul's Church, Bedford
Stephen Wilkinson
1950/51 30th September 1950
Scarlatti Buxtehude Couperin
Stabat Mater Missa Brevis Troisième Lecon de Ténèbres
Joyce Gow (soprano), Alison Purves (soprano)
Harry Gabb (organ - organist at St Paul's Cathedral)
St Nicholas’ Church, Stevenage
Stephen Wilkinson
18th November 1950
Royal Albert Hall
Sir Adrian Boult (Rural Music Schools Festival Concert, celebrating 21st anniversary of 1st HRMS in Hertfordshire)
2nd July 1951 Handel Italian Duets and Trios Mary Potts (harpsichord) Christ’s Hospital School, Hertford
Stephen Wilkinson
5th July 1951 Brahms Sacred Music motets Choral Preludes
Beryl Matthews (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Stephen Wilkinson
7th July 1951 Hopkins Cutty Sark (world première)
Corn Exchange, Hertford
Antony Hopkins
1951/52
11th December 1951
Christmas Concert Elsie Warner, Violin with The Hertford Orchestra
All Saints’ Church
17th June 1952 Purcell
Benedicte omnia opera
Nell Lloyd, Alex Macpherson, Jessie Pettengell (soprano), Ama Maynard (contralto), Myra Virden (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), David Martin (bass)
Beryl Matthews (organ) St Andrew's Church, Stanstead Abbots
Stephen Wilkinson
Kodály Wesley
Missa Brevis Carmen Funèbre
19th June 1952 Purcell Benedicite omnia opera Nell Lloyd, Alex Macpherson, Jessie Pettengell (soprano), Ama Maynard (contralto), Myra Virden (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), David Martin (bass)
Beryl Matthews (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Stephen Wilkinson
Kodály Missa Brevis
Wesley Carmen Funèbre
1952/53
28th March 1953 Bach St. Matthew Passion Andrew Gold (tenor) Ilse Wolf (soprano), Peter Currell (tenor), Evelyn Cuthill (contralto), Kenneth Jones (baritone), George Parker (baritone)
Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society, Girls of Christ's Hospital School
St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Stephen Wilkinson
1953/54 6th March 1954 Schütz The Seven Last Words Sheila Boglace (soprano), Bridget Strong (contralto), Edmund Weston (tenor), Owen Grundy (bass)
Orchestra of the Hitchin and District Music Society
St Andrew’s Church, Hertford
Derek Clare
Mozart Requiem
3rd July 1954 Hertford Corn Exchange
Evelyn Webb (Silver Jubilee Founder's Day concert)
1954/55
16th December 1954
Da Vittoria O Quam Gloriosum Est Regnum
String Ensemble St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
Bach Jesu, Priceless Treasure
Kodály Jesus, and the Traders
14th May 1955 Bach Easter Cantata No. 4 St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
Beethoven Mass in C
1955/56 25th February 1956
Bach Fauré
Cantata No. 150 Jean Burrow (soprano), Ama Maynard (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), Robin Oldham (baritone)
Bertram Orsman (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
Requiem
1956/57
24th March 1956 Beethoven Mass in C Marjorie Barrow (soprano), Kathleen Stanyon (contralto), Peter Currell (tenor), John Heathfield (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society Leader: Vera Charlwood
St Mary's Church Hitchin
Evelyn Webb (joint with Choir and orchestra of the Hitchin and District Musical Society)
8th December 1956
Handel Messiah Anne Denyar (soprano), Winifred Leaper (contralto), Derek Rodgers (tenor), David Read (bass)
Leader: Stuart Foord Bertram Orsman (Organ), Derek Clare (Harpsichord)
St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
30th March 1957 Schütz Franck
Ponder My Words, O Lord Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
Adrienne Cole (soprano), Philip Hattey (baritone)
Bertram Orsman (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
Brahms A German Requiem
1957/58
11th January 1958 Bach Christmas Oratorio Gwen Honeychurch (soprano), Anne Ashton-Channon (alto), Peter Currell (tenor), Noel Morton (tenor), Philip Hattey (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society Leader: Vera Charlwood Bertram Orsman (organ), Derek Clare (harpsichord)
St Andrew’s Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
Buxtehude Magnificat
Gibbons See, the Word is incarnate
Scarlatti Christmas Cantata
22nd March 1958 Brahms A German Requiem Gwen Honeychurch (soprano), George Parker (baritone)
Hitchin Choir and Orchestra
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Evelyn Webb
14th June 1958 Part Songs (Founder's Day - Hertfordshire Rural Music School)
Hitchin Town Hall Evelyn Webb
1958/59
20th December 1958
Purcell O Sing unto the Lord Anne Denyar (soprano), Winifred Leaper (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), Gordon Farrell (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society Leader: Vera Charlwood George Smith (organ)
St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
Handel Chandos Anthem No. 5
Haydn Sixteenth Mass
25th April 1959 Scarlatti Stabat Mater (ten parts) Noel Morton (tenor) George Smith (Organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Evelyn Webb
Bach Chorale prelude
Schütz St Matthew Passion
13th June 1959 Founders Day Concert Hitchin Town Hall Evelyn Webb
1959/60
19th December 1959
Finzi Christmas Scene Anne Denyar (soprano), Maureen Lehane (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor)
String and Piano accompaniment
St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Ronald Burrow
Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Sweelinck Hodie Christus Natus Est
Vivaldi Gloria
2nd April 1960 Bach St John Passion Jean Burrow (soprano), Celia Piercey (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), David Read (bass)
Small String Orchestra Leader: David Thompson
St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Ronald Burrow
1960/61
11th February 1961
Monteverdi The Mass 'of 1651' Noelle Barker (soprano), Zena Ford (contralto), Philip Todd (tenor), Philip Hattey (bass)
Small String Orchestra Leader: David Thompson
St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Dvorák Stabat Mater
6th May 1961 Gibbons The Cryes of London parts 1 and 2
Frederick McArdell (tenor), Robin Oldham (bass)
Small string orchestra Leader: David Thompson Clifton Kelynack (organ)
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Clifton Kelynack
Moeran Choral Suite - Phyllida and Corydon
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
1961/62
18th November 1961
Purcell Ode on St Cecilia's Day Nell Lloyd (soprano), Peter Boggis (counter-tenor), Geoffrey Mitchell (counter-tenor), Frederick McArdell (tenor), David Price-Smith (bass),
Small String orchestra Leader: David Thompson Audrey Sunderland (piano), Jennifer Roberts (piano)
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Clifton Kelynack
Britten St Nicolas
14th April 1962 Schütz St Luke Passion Elizabeth Sewell (soprano), Noel Morton (tenor), Robin Oldham (baritone)
Margaret Weaver (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Fauré Requiem
1962/63
26th January 1963 Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Anne Keynes (soprano), Noel Morton (tenor)
Leader: David Thompson Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Clifton Kelynack
Brahms Liebeslieder
Rootham Brown Earth
Wilbye, Pearsall German
Madrigals Orpheus with his lute
Bliss Pastoral (Lie strewn the white flocks)
25th May 1963 Verdi Stabat Mater Adrienne Cole (soprano), Lesley Wood (contralto), Frederick McCardell (tenor), Philip Hattey (bass)
Leader: David Thompson St Andrew's Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Verdi Te Deum
Schubert Mass in A-flat major No. 5
1963/64
21st March 1964 Bach St Matthew Passion Fredereck McArdell, Ann Dowdall, Leslie Wood, Laurence Richard, Eric Barnes J McKay Martin
Amateur String Orchestra with some professional players Leader: John L Clement with choir of Much Hadham Musical Society Pamela Hinde O'Malley (Continuo)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
30th May 1964 Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Noel Morton (tenor) Hertford Orchestra Leader: Leslie Halton (concert organised by Hertford Orchestra)
Hertford Grammar Schiool (Richard Hale School)
Clifton Kelynack
Finzi Intimations of Immortality
1964/65
27th March 1965 Bach Mass in B minor Noelle Barker (soprano), Maureen Lehane (contralto), Gerald English (tenor), Roy Tattersall (bass)
Much Hadham Musical Society Leader: Jack McDougal Audrey Sunderland and Pamela Hinde O'Malley (continuo)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
29th May 1965 Handel Chandos Anthem No. 6 Jessie Hopkins (soprano), Noel Moreton (tenor), William Shiri (bass)
Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Clifton Kelynack
Jacob Songs
1965/66
12th March 1966 Buxtehude Missa Brevis Barbara Yates (soprano), Sylvia Swan (alto), John Steel (tenor), Peter Leeming (bass)
Leader: Jack McDougal All Saints' Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Verdi Requiem
18th June 1966 Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest The Hertford Orchestra Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Clifton Kelynack
1966/67
11th March 1967 Byrd Mass for Four Voices Hazel Holt (soprano), Sylvia Rowlands (mezzo-soprano), Eric Barnes (tenor), John McKenzie (bass)
Leader: Jack McDougal All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Mozart Mass in C minor
6th May 1967 Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord The Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright Jack Hindmarsh (Piano)
Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)
Clifton Kelynack
Tate Hampstead Heath
Lambert The Rio Grande
1967/68
23rd March 1968 Scarlatti Stabat Mater Patricia Hooper (soprano), Michael Rippon (baritone)
Leader: Jack McDougal Jack Hindmarsh (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Brahms A German Requiem
11th May 1968 Bach Cantata No.150 The Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright
Richard Hale School, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Vaughan Williams English Folk Songs
Jacob Old Wine in New Bottles
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
1968/69
15th March 1969 Bach Magnificat in D Angela Beale (soprano), Peggy Castle (contralto), Edgar Thomas (tenor), Christopher Field (bass)
Leader: J Bransby Roberts All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Haydn Harmoniemesse
17th May 1969 Britten Hymn to St Cecilia The Hertford Orchestra All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
1969/70
7th March 1970 Beethoven Mass in C major Margaret Morrell (soprano), Gwyneth Griffiths (contralto), John Dudley (tenor), John King (bass)
Leader: J Bransby Roberts All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Mozart Requiem
20th May 1970 An evening in May: an evening of Music and Verse
Jean Taverner and James Judd (organ) Maurice Champ (accompanist)
Christ's Hospital School, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Gibbons The Cryes of London
Madrigals
Jacob
Highways
1970/71
20th March 1971 Bach St Matthew Passion Noelle Barker (soprano), Gwyneth Griffiths (contralto), James Griffett (tenor), Edmund Bohan (tenor), Rodney Macann (bass)
Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jack Hindmarsh (continuo harpsichord), Dugald Stewart (continuo cello),
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
1971/72
18th March 1972 Haydn Nelson Mass Audrey Attwood (soprano), Margaret Hallworth (contralto), John Bantick (tenor), Robert Carpenter Turner (bass)
Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jean Taverner (organ)
Christ's Hospital School, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Fauré Requiem
6th May 1972 Beethoven Choral Fantasia The Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright Jack Hindmarsh (piano)
Richard Hale School, Hertford
Clifton Kelynack
Madrigals
1972/73 10th March 1973 Handel Samson Suzanne Green (soprano), Gloria Doubleday (contralto), Edmund Bohan (tenor), James O'Neil (bass)
A small orchestra Leader: J Bransby Roberts
Christ's Hospital School, Hertford
Edwin Willson
26th May 1973 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Jean Allister (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Woollam (tenor), John Carol-Case (bass)
Barbican Orchestra Leader: John Bacon
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Edwin Willson (guest Choirs: East Herts Choral Society and The Choir of Christs Hospital School)
1973/74 9th March 1974 Bach Mass in B minor Wendy Eathorne (soprano), Janet Edmunds (Mezzo-soprano), Peter Bamber (tenor), Brian Raynor Cook (bass baritone), Jean Taverner (organ)
Leader: John Bacon (Barbican Orchestra)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Edwin Willson
22nd May 1974 Bach The joy of our heart has ceased
Elizabeth Lincoln (soprano), Julia Hastings (mezzo-contralto), Peter Wall (tenor), Alfonso Noto (treble)
Thelma Tillaney (narrator), Harold Baynes (narrator), Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Edwin Willson
Peeters Lied to the Sun
Honegger King David
1974/75
13th December 1974
Christmas Concert Jean Taverner (accompanist)
Brass Ensemble (members of the East Herts Show Band and Ware Town Band)
East Herts College, Turnford
Edwin Willson (mixed choirs – HCS, East Herts Choral Society and Beaumont Chorale (conductor: David Felstead)
22nd February 1975
Handel Dixit Dominus Elizabeth Lincoln (soprano), Eileen Mangan (soprano) Tay Cheng-Jim (Counter-tenor), Victor Forsyth (tenor) John Heddle Nash (baritone)
A small orchestra Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jean Taverner and Nancy Cordery (piano), Roger Pope and Jean Taverner (keyboard continuo)
Christ's Hospital School, Hertford
Edwin Willson
Orff Carmina Burana
23rd February 1975
Handel Dixit Dominus Elizabeth Lincoln (soprano), Eileen Mangan (soprano) Tay Cheng-Jim (Counter-tenor), Victor Forsyth (tenor), Patrick McCarthy (baritone)
Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jean Taverner and Nancy Cordery (piano), Roger Pope and Jean Taverner (keyboard continuo)
Christ's Hospital School, Hertford
Edwin Willson
Orff Carmina Burana
3rd May 1975 Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 Mary Beverley (soprano), Nancy Long (mezzo-soprano), David James (counter tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Michael Morton (baritone), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Paul Hillier (baritone)
Ars Nova Ensemble and members of the London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble
St Andrew’s Church, Hertford
Edwin Willson and Ars Nova Consort of Voices
1975/76
29th November 1975
Handel Messiah Delia Jones (soprano), Lucy Coleby (contralto), Duncan Robertson (tenor), John Oakman (bass)
Leader: Stuart Deeks Jean Taverner (organ), Roger Pope (harpsichord continuo) and Dugald Stewart (cello continuo)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Edwin Willson
19th December 1975
Christmas Concert Contemporary Saxophone Quartet
East Herts College, Turnford
Edwin Willson (with East Herts Choral and Beaumont Chorale)
8th May 1976 Verdi Requiem Gwendoline Ross (soprano), Laura Sarti (mezzo-soprano), Ian Thompson (tenor), Graham Titus (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Jean Taverner (accompanist)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Edwin Willson
1976/77 10th December 1976
Christmas Concert Hester Brown (soprano), Jessie Hopkins (soprano), Eileen Little (contralto), Paul Shipman (tenor), Brian Martin (bass baritone)
East Herts College Edwin Willson (with East Herts Choral and Beaumont Chorale)
Charpentier Messe de Minuit
12th February 1977
Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Wendy Eathorne (soprano), Phyllis Aver (contralto), Stephen Hill (tenor), Glyn Davenport (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Edwin Willson
Brahms A German Requiem
14th May 1977 Bernstein Chichester Psalms Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), Miriam Bowen (soprano), Cherith Milburn-Fryer (alto), Gareth Roberts (tenor), Jonathan Robarts (bass)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: John Phillips Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Howard Williams
Haydn Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War)
1977/78
17th December 1977
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Iain Sutherland
4th February 1978 Bach St John Passion Kate Flowers (soprano), Patricia Price (contralto), David Johnston (Evangelist), Graham Titus (Christus), Anthony Fry (Pilate)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader:Roy Jones Raymond Greenlees (cello continuo), Andrew Teague (harpsichord continuo) Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
7th April 1978 Verdi Requiem Wendy Eathorne (soprano), Anne Collins (alto), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Raimund Herincx (bass)
Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra Leader: Clare Thompson
Royal Albert Hall Meredith Davies (Mixed Choirs - Vellore Concert)
10th June 1978 Schubert Mass in A-flat major No. 5 Olive Duncan (soprano), Penelope Walker (contralto), Peter Jeffes (tenor), Malcolm Arthur (bass)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: John Phillips
Castle Hall, Hertford
Derek Harrison
1978/79
16th December 1978
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Handel Excerpts from Messiah
24th February 1979
Handel Coronation Anthems (The King Shall Rejoice and Let They Hand Be Strengthened)
Helen Walker (soprano), Jean Allister (contralto), Stuart Kale (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass)
Hatfield Philharmonic Leader: Jennifer Nickson Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Tippett A Child of Our Time
12th May 1979 Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Rosemary Harrison (soprano), Anne Gall (alto), Leslie Baker (tenor), David Ireson (bass)
Hertford Brass Ensemble Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Gabrieli Canzoni
Parry I was Glad
Monteverdi Deus in Adjutorium
Gabrieli In Ecclesis Magnificat
arr. Vaughan Williams The Old Hundredth
1979/80
15th December 1979
Handel Bernstein
Excerpts from Messiah Chichester Psalms
Marion Rowlatt (soprano), Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), Simon Berridge (tenor)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Iain Sutherland
23rd February 1980
Mendelssohn Elijah Helen Walker (soprano), Wendy Verco (mezzo-soprano), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Teresa Pople
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
7th June 1980 Lambert Vaughan Williams Stanford Elgar Brahms
The Rio Grande Serenade to Music The Bluebird Three part songs Liebeslieder Waltzes
Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Andrew Laing Peter Wallfisch (piano), Mark Hooper (piano), Jean Taverner (piano)
Broxbourne Civic Hall
Derek Harrison
1980/81
21st September 1980
Handel Coronation Anthems (The King Shall Rejoice and Let They Hand Be Strengthened) Evron twinning celebration
Castle Hall, Hertford
Derek Harrison
15th November 1980
Handel Dettingen Te Deum Poppy Holden (soprano), Mary Nichols (contralto), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (bass) (all soloists are members of Consorte of Musicke Ensemble)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
13th December 1980
Monteverdi Magnificat Marion Rowlatt (soprano), Tamsin Dives (soprano), Ann Gall (contralto), Leslie Baker (tenor), Graham Trew (bass), Clive Constance (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Charpentier Messe de Minuet
28th March 1981 Haydn The Seasons Lola Biagioni (soprano), Elizabeth Shelley (contralto), David Young (tenor), Gordon Farrall (baritone)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Fauré Requiem
Kodály Budavári Te Deum
27th June 1981 Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest Robert Carpenter Turner
Serenata Notturna Jean Taverner (piano)
Broxbourne Civic Hall
Derek Harrison
Britten Choral Dances from Gloriana
Jacob Highways
1981/82
12th December 1981
Berlioz Handel
The Shepherds’ Farewell Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Iain Sutherland
18th December 1981
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Alan Haverson (organ)
Royal Festival Hall
Howard Williams
6th February 1982 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Mary Lloyd-Davies (contralto), David Johnston (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Plus De Merc Chamber Choir and members of the choir of Clare College, Cambridge
18th April 1982 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Vellore Charity Concert)
Penelope Walker (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass)
Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall Meredith Davies
14th May 1982 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Penelope Walker (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Alan Haverson (organ)
Royal Festival Hall
Julian Williamson
22nd May 1982 Carissimi Britten
Jephte Saint Nicolas
Gail Mortley (soprano), Wilfrid Swansborough (alto), Richard Morton (tenor), Geoffrey Dalton (bass) Trebles from St Alban’s School; Mark Johnson (young Nicolas), Thomas Bending, Glyn Hughes and Jonathan Westwell (3 pickled boys)
Hertfordshire Schools' Sinfonia Jean Taverner (organ), Roger Pope and Paul Rooke (piano)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
1982/83
6th November 1982
Mozart Requiem Susan Bullock (soprano), Ann Gall (alto), Nigel Robson (tenor), Lawrence Wallington (bass)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
18th December 1982
Christmas Concert
Company of Players (COPs)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
20th December 1982
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Howard Williams
19th March 1983 Handel Messiah Lesley Garrett (soprano), Charles Brett (contralto), Paul Elliott (tenor), David Thomas (bass)
Guildhall String Ensemble and players from the Guildhall School of Music
All Saints’ Church Derek Harrison
19th June 1983 David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
David Owen Norris and Jean Taverner (piano)
Broxbourne Civic Hall
Derek Harrison
Vaughan Williams English Folk Songs
Finzi Two Poems of Robert Bridges
Stanford Songs of the Fleet
Britten Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Delius To be Sung of a Summer's Night on the Water
Bernstein Songs from West Side Story
1983/84
29th October 1983 Haydn Harmoniemesse Fiona Dobie (soprano), Susan Tyrrell (alto), Christoper Gillett (tenor), Martin Nelson (bass)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
17th December 1983
Christmas concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
19th December 1983
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Howard Williams
7th April 1984 Dvorák Te Deum Wendy Eathorne (soprano), John Hancorn (baritone)
London Mozart Players Leader: John Glickman
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Brahms A German Requiem
26th May 1984 Arr. Vaughan Williams The Old Hundredth Mary Hitch (soprano), Richard Morton (tenor), Ian Reid (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble Michael Frith (organist)
Basilique d'Evron, France
Derek Harrison
Byrd Ave Verum
Elgar Ave Verum
Parry I Was Glad
Fauré Requiem
23rd June 1984 Purcell Dido and Aeneas Stephanie Allmann, Eleanor Forbes, Mary Hitch, Fiona Lamont, Linda Mcleod (soprano), Noel Morton, Marion Rowlatt, Graham Trew
Chamber Orchestra Leader: Peter Pople John Toll (harpsichord continuo)
Balls Park College, Hertford
Derek Harrison
1984/85
20th October 1984 Handel Let God Arise Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Vivaldi Gloria
15th December 1984
Frith Voices of Innocence carols
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Jean Taverner (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
17th December 1984
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Howard Williams
30th March 1985 Bach Mass in B minor Jennifer Adams (soprano), Mary Lloyd-Davies (mezzo-soprano), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
London Bach Orchestra Leader: Nona Liddell
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
23rd June 1985 Seiber Hurd Orff
Yugoslav Folk Songs Mrs Beeton's Book Carmina Burana
Tracey Chadwell (soprano), Derek Harrison (alto), Peter Sidhom (baritone)
Patricia Gane and Michael Frith (piano) Ione Holbourne (narrator) Percussion
Broxbourne Civic Hall
Derek Harrison and David White
1985/86
26th October 1985 Handel Coronation Anthem (My Heart is Inditing)
Caroline Fforde (mezzo-soprano)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Howard Williams
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Bliss Pastoral (Lie strewn the white flocks)
14th December 1985
Christmas Concert
John Bantick (tenor) Boys of All Saints’ Church Choir
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
16th December 1985
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Howard Williams
22nd March 1986 Verdi Requiem Jennifer Adams (soprano), Mary Lloyd-Davies (mezzo-soprano), Kim Begley (tenor), John Hancorn (bass)
London Mozart Players Leader: Barry Wilde
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
22nd June 1986 Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle Sandra Hall (soprano), Sidonie Winter (contralto), Huw Rhys-Evans (tenor), Andrew Mayor (bass)
Catherine Riley and Michael Wise (piano), Michael Frith (harmonium)
Broxbourne Civic Hall
Derek Harrison and Nicholas Wilks
Palestrina O beata et gloriosa Trinitas Adoramus te
1986/87
13th December 1986
Finzi In Terra Pax carols
Rosemary Harrison (soprano), Graham Trew (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
18th December 1986
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Howard Williams
7th February 1987 Haydn Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War)
Tracey Chadwell (soprano), Alison Alexander (contralto), Philip Salmon (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Maurice Brett
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Michael Berkeley Or Shall We Die?
21st March 1987 Hurd Mrs Beeton's Book Haileybury Derek Harrison
Weelkes, Bennett
Madrigals
Toch Geographical Fugue
Brahms Gypsy songs
11th April 1987 Handel Bring and Sing Messiah Anne Gentry (soprano), Mary Hitch (soprano), Mary Pick (soprano), Janet Ollier (soprano), Christine Ratcliff (alto), Julia Hastings (alto), Ian Storey (tenor), Ken Burgess (bass)
Tim Clarke (trumpet), Michael Frith (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
13th June 1987 Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest)
Gillian Fisher (soprano), Timothy Penrose (Counter-tenor), Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), Simon Birchall (bass)
The London Bach Orchestra Leader: Nona Liddell
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Handel Utrecht Te Deum
Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm
Bach Cantata No. 191
1987/88
24th October 1987 Haydn The Creation Lucinda Houghton (soprano), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (bass)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
12th December 1987
Handel Excerpts from Messiah carols
John Bantick (tenor) Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Peter Cousins (organist)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
19th December 1987
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Leader: Madeleine Whitelaw Alan Haverson (organ)
Royal Festival Hall
Noel Long
26th March 1988 Bach St Matthew Passion Gillian Fisher (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Peter Harvey (bass), Rogers Covey-Crump (Evangelist), Brian Kay (Christus)
Tilford Bach Festival Orchestra Leaders: Peter Stevens Juliet Davey Martin Loveday (continuo) Richard Coulson (organ) Members of the North Herts Youth Choir
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
1st April 1988 Handel Messiah Alison Pearce (soprano), Rachel Cooper (alto), Peter Banber (tenor), Stuart Fordyce (bass)
Haringey Symphony Orchestra Finchley Chamber Orchestra Haringey Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra John Winter (organ)
Alexandra Palace David Lardi BCBP Mixed choirs of 1000 voices
April 1988 To add St Brieuc/Malo
17th May 1988 Handel Coronation Anthems (Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened and Zadok the Priest)
Harlow Youth Orchestra Michael Frith (organ)
Harlow Sports Centre
Derek Harrison
19th June 1988 Palestrina Mass: Aeterna Christi Munera
Pat Forbes (soprano) Barbican Percussion with Oliver Hitch (Sound Engineer)
Broxbourne Civic Hall Peter Cousins (piano)
Derek Harrison
Fanshawe African Sanctus
1988/89
22nd October 1988 Mozart Coronation Mass Donna Deam (soprano), Susan Mason (contralto), Paul Badley (tenor), Charles Potts (bass)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Derek Williams
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Rutter Requiem
17th December 1988
Christmas Concert carols
Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
19th December 1988
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Derek Harrison/Howard Williams
18th March 1989 Elgar The Music Makers Tracey Chadwell (soprano), Wendy Verco (mezzo soprano)
Young Musicians' Symphony Orchestra Leader: Sarah Ewins
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Poulenc Gloria
24th June 1989 Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes
David Martin-Smith, David Ireson
London Mozart Players Wind Ensemble
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Andrea Quinn
Wesley Ascribe unto the Lord
Bruckner Mass in E minor
1989/90
11th November 1989
Handel Samson Helen Kucharek (soprano), Nicholas Clapton (counter-tenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor and Samson), Robert Johnston (tenor), Gordon Jones (bass)
Tilford Bach Festival Orchestra Leader: Diana Cummings Shuna Wilson (continuo cello), John Toll (continuo harpsichord)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
4th December 1989
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Peter Stark and Noel Long
16th December 1989
Christmas Concert carols
Kevin O'Donnell (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Peter Cousins (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
7th April 1990 Bruckner Te Deum Julie Kennard (soprano), Mary King (mezzo-soprano), Paul McCann (tenor), Christopher Keyte (bass baritone)
Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Jeffrey Wakefield
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Tippett A Child of Our Time
30th June 1990 Purcell & Quilter A Shakespeare Sequence
Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown Iain Ledingham (Piano)
Broxbourne Civic Hall
Derek Harrison
Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest
Bush Twelfth Night
1990/91
3rd November 1990
Brahms Song of Destiny Alto Rhapsody
Diane Mansfield (soprano), Kathleen Smales (contralto), James Anderson (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Stevenage Male Voice Choir
Rossini Stabat Mater
15th December 1990
Handel Excerpts from Messiah carols
Carolyn Cook (soprano), Ann Gall (alto), Andrew Ashford (tenor)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
16th December 1990
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Noel Long
8th April 1991 Orff
Carmina Burana Hertfordshire Choirs Maureen Braithwaite (soprano), Timothy Wilson, Robert Poulton
Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall Meredith Davies BCBP
27th April 1991 Haydn Nelson Mass Bronwen Mills (soprano), Charles Brett (counter tenor), Lynton Atkinson (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone)
The Wren Orchestra of London Leader: Maurice Brett
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
15th June 1991 Mozart Bring and Sing Requiem
St Andrew’s Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
29th-30th June 1991 HCS recording Choral Celebration
1991/92
9th November1991 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Catrin Ley (soprano), Harriet Roberts (mezzo-soprano), Jason Balla (tenor), Andrew Mayor (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Mark Shanahan (Derek Harrison)
14th December 1991
Bach Christmas Oratorio Gillian Fisher (soprano), David James (counter-tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)
London Bach Orchestra Leader: John Trusler
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
11th April 1992 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Neil Jenkins (tenor), Michael George (bass), Margaret McDonald (contralto), Carillon (semi-chorus)
City of London Sinfonia Leader: Andrew Watkinson
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
27th June 1992 Ghislaine Morgan (soprano), Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)
Andrew Parnell (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Stanford Te Deum
Three Motets
Durufflé Requiem
Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
1992/93 3rd October 1992 Handel Chandos Anthem No 9 Anabella Tysall, Derek Harrison, Ralf Grössler, Paul Woodmansterne
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison (with Ralf Grössler Kantorei of the Alexanderkirche, Wildeshausen)
Stanford Two Motets
Haydn Excerpt from The Creation
Handel Excerpt from Messiah
Bach Excerpt from St Matthew Passion
1992/93
7th November 1992
Mozart Requiem Juliet Schiemann (soprano), Morag Boyle (alto), Michael Sanderson (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
11th December 1992
Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall
Noel Long
19th December 1992
Christmas Concert Ann Lockett (soprano)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Michael Frith (organ/piano)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
3rd April 1993 Bach St John Passion Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Huw Jeffries (counter-tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Michael Bundy (bass), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)
London Bach Orchestra Leader: John Trusler
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
24th April 1993 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius The Aeolian Singers with members of HCS Martyn Hill (tenor), Ameral Gunson (mezzo-soprano), Brian Rayner-Cook (baritone)
Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Leader: John Crawford
St Albans Abbey Ian Butler
26th June 1993 Bizet Carmen Shiley Pilgrim (Micaela), Timothy Evans-Jones (Don Jose), David Stephenson (Zuniga), Jennifer Higgins (Carmen), David Stephenson (Escamillo)
Opera East Howard Burrell (narrator) Children’s chorus, Hertingfordbury School
Civic Hall, Broxbourne
Derek Harrison
1993/94
6th November 1993
Schütz Magnificat Deborah York (soprano), Susanna Spicer (mezzo-soprano), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Wei Kat Ong (baritone)
Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry Michael Frith (Continuo)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
CPE Bach Magnificat
Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes
18th December 1993
Christmas Concert carols
Kevin O'Donnell (bass)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Michael Frith (organ),
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Children of Hertingfordbury School
16th April 1994 Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony Kate Flowers (soprano), Graham Titus baritone) members of the Aeolian Singers
Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra Leader: Kathryn Greenhalgh
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
29th May 1994 Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
Castle Hall, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest)
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Jacob Hertford Suite
Sibelius Finlandia
Verdi and Gounod Three opera choruses
Elgar Chanson de Matin
1994/95
13th November 1994
Britten War Requiem Alison Pearce (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Combined Hertfordshire Choirs
Symphony Orchestra (Westminster Philharmonic) and Chamber orchestra (Lambeth Orchestra) Leaders: Jillian Warburton and Louise Rowling. John Winter (organist for boys’ choir), Alan Harverson (organist)
Royal Albert Hall Derek Harrison (symphony orch) together with the main choir and soprano soloist. Andrew Parnell (conducting Boys’ Choir Hertfordshire Schools) Jonathan Butcher for Lambeth Orchestra (the chamber orchestra)
Brahms Song of Destiny
17th December 1994
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Michael Frith (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
1st April 1995 Bach Magnificat in D Janet Fairlie (soprano), Carys Lane (contralto), Ricard Bordas (counter-tenor), Lynton Atkinson (tenor), Paul Robinson (bass)
London Bach Orchestra Leader: Malcolm Layfield
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Handel Dixit Dominus
29th April 1995 Handel Messiah (Bring and Sing) Louise Hemmings (soprano), Jeremy Burrows (alto), Roger Laurence (tenor), David Ireson (bass)
Michael Frith (organ), Allan Robinson (trumpet), Francis Beuttler (percussion)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
24th June 1995 Sarah Miles (soprano)
Buccinate Brass Ensemble Leader: Allan Robinson Richard Tanner (Organ) Naomi Rudoe (Harp)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Parry I Was Glad
Bruckner Three Motets
Janácek Otcenás
Gorecki Totus Tuus
Rutter Gloria
1995/96
4th November 1995
Schubert Mass in G Margaret Crossland (soprano), Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), Ralf Grossler (tenor), Andrew Ashford (tenor), Kevin O'Donnell (bass), Simon Gaunt (bass)
Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry
All Saints' Church Hertford
Derek Harrison with Ralf Grössler HCS with Kantorei from Wildeshausen
Purcell Anthems
16th December 1995
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Maria Noakes (Flute), Michael Frith (organ), Simon Balle School Harmonics
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
30th March 1996 Barber Prayers of Kierkegaard Lisa Tyrrell (soprano), Colin Campbell (baritone)
Hatfield Sinfonia Leader: Jeffrey Wakefield
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Brahms A German Requiem
19th May 1996 Come and Sing - folk songs, opera choruses and traditional choral music (performed as part of the Hertford Music Festival)
The lawn of Hertford Castle
Derek Harrison
29th-30th JUNE 1996
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1996/97
26th October 1996 Dvorák Stabat Mater Kantoreiplus Dagmar Hesse (soprano), Gritt Gnauck (alto), Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass)
Brandenburger Sinfoniker Alexanderkirche, Wildeshausen, Germany
Derek Harrison with Ralf Grössler HCS with Kantorei from Wildeshausen
9th November 1996
Dvorák Stabat Mater Elizabeth Woollett (soprano), Margaret McDonald (alto), Andrew Burden (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)
Hertfordshire Philharmonia Leader: Stuart Walker
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
14th December 1996
Christmas Concert carols
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
3rd May 1997 Walton Belshazzar's Feast Matthew Beale (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
Milton Keynes City Orchestra Leader: Diana Cummings
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Finzi Intimations of Immortality
21st June 1997 Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)
Iain Ledingham and Yoriko Wakabayashi (piano)
Broxbourne Civic Hall
Derek Harrison and Mark Robinson
Elgar, Schubert Brahms Stanford
Part songs Neue Liebeslieder Songs of the Sea
1997/98
8th November 1997
Vivaldi Gloria Philippa Hyde (soprano), Jeremy Burrows (Counter tenor), Ian Wicks (tenor), David Ireson (bass)
Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Haydn Theresienmesse
13th December 1997
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Eleanor Lovegrove (trumpet)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Britten A Ceremony of Carols and carols
4th April 1998 Bach Mass in B minor Jenny Saunders (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (alto), Simon Berridge (tenor), Michael Pearce (bass)
Britten Sinfonia Leader: Pauline Lowbury
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
27th June 1998 Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle Sarah Colligan (soprano), Susan Marrs (alto), David Morris (tenor), Kevin O'Donnell (bass)
Iain Ledingham (piano), Michael Frith (harmonium)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Anthony Weedon
Tchaikovsky Cherubic Hymn
Khvalitye Gospoda
1998/99
7th November 1998
Britten Saint Nicolas Robert Johnson (tenor)
Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Tavener Song for Athene
12th December 1998
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Mark Robinson (trumpet) David Senton (narrator)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Rutter Brother Heinrich's Christmas
Tchaikovsky Two Motets
27th March 1999 Verdi Requiem Christine Bunning (soprano), Kate McCarney (Mezzo soprano), David Newman (tenor), Stephen Holloway (bass)
English Sinfonia Associate Leader: Sarah Ewins
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
1999/2000
15th October 1999 Mahler Symphony No. 8 Morag Atchison (soprano), Alison Pearce (soprano), Susan Stacey (mezzo-soprano), Susan Bickley, (mezzo-soprano) Ameral Gunson (mezzo-soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Stephen Richardson (bass)
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Jillian Warburton Andrew Parnell (organist)
Royal Albert Hall Derek Harrison
11th December 1999
Christmas Concert Alexander Ward (baritone)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Honneger Christmas Cantata
8th April 2000 Mendelssohn Elijah Jane Webster (soprano), Kathleen Wilkinson (mezzo soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Ashley Willmott De-Win (treble)
English Sinfonia Leader: Janice Graham
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
24th June 2000 Kenneth Burgess (baritone)
Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Peter Jenkins
Thompson Alleluia!
Wesley Ascribe unto the Lord
Pärt The Beatitudes
Mozart Ave verum corpus
Haydn Insanae et vanae curae Achieved is the glorious work (The Creation)
2000/01
4th November 2000
Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore
Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Helen Withers (alto), Philip Pooley (tenor), Eamon Dougan (bass)
Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry Anila Milaj (Violin)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Schubert Mass No. 3 in B-flat
16th December 2000
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Christopher Benham (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison (with Andrew Morley)
31st March 2001 Bach St Matthew Passion Rogers Covey-Crump, Jeremy White, Katy Tansey (soprano), Charles Humphries (counter-tenor), Geraint Roberts (tenor), Michael Bundy (bass)
London Bach Orchestra Leader: Jonathan Carney Josephine Knight (continuo cello), Harold Lester (organ)
The Drill Hall, Ware
Derek Harrison Boys from All Saints' Church Choir, Hertford,
23rd June 2001 Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Yorkshire Building Society Band
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Andrew Morley Derek Broadbent for YBS Band
Kelly Out of the Deep
Sibelius Finlandia
Brewer Oremi - Nigerian Highlife
Bullard Cantate Gloria
Bernstein Songs from West Side Story
Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Verdi Va, pensiero (Nabucco)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
2001/02
3rd November 2001
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Laura Mitchell (soprano), Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), William Allenby (baritone)
St Cecilia Orchestra Peter Jaekel and Jonathan Newell (Piano)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Jason Burcham
Orff Carmina Burana
15th December 2001
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Peter Jaekel (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
23rd March 2002 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Julian Gavin (Gerontius), Ruby Philogene (mezzo-soprano), Jiulian Empett (baritone).
English Sinfonia Leader: Sarah Ewins
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Angelicals and semi-chorus from St Catharine's and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge
22nd June 2002 Posy Walton (soprano)
Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Ralf Grössler HCS with Kantorei from Wildeshausen, Germany
Britten Jubilate Deo
Haydn Little Organ Mass
Lotti Crucifixus
Stanford Te Deum in B-flat
Rutter God be in My Head
Walton Coronation Mass
Schütz Lobe den Herren, meine Seele
2002/03
16th November 2002
Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry Gail Hennessy (oboe), Peter Jaekel (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Handel Coronation Anthems (Zadok the Priest, My heart is Inditing, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened and The King Shall Rejoice)
Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
14th December 2002
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Roy Archer (Reader), Christopher Benham (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Duncombe School Choir
12th April 2003 Ferguson Amore Langueo Philip Salmon (tenor), Julian Empett (baritone)
Britten Sinfonia Leader: Julian Tear
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Puccini Messa di Gloria
28th June 2003 Schubert Three songs Peter Jaekel and Nicholas Robinson (piano)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands
arr. Ken Burton Four gospel choruses
Chilcott Songs and Cries of London Town
2003/04
16th November 2003
Verdi Requiem Alison Pearce (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Westminster Philharmonic Leader: Gillian Warburton
Royal Albert Hall Derek Harrison
13th December 2003
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Michael Frith (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
3rd April 2004 Beethoven Mass in C Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Hannah Mason (mezzo soprano), Julian Alexander Smith (tenor), Timothy Dawkins (bass)
English Sinfonia Leader: Janice Graham
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Mozart Mass in C minor
26th June 2004 Coombes Summer Serenade (world première)
New London Orchestra Leader: Julian Leaper
All Saints’ Church Derek Harrison
Pärt Berliner Messe
2004/05
13th November 2004
Dvorák Te Deum Fiona Louise Campbell (soprano), Anne Wright (soprano), Bradley Daley (tenor), David Campbell (bass)
English Sinfonia Leader: Sarah Ewins
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2
11th December 2004
Christmas Concert Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison St Andrew CE Primary School Choir
19th March 2005 Handel Messiah Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (Counter-tenor), Warren Albers (tenor), Timothy Dawkins (bass),
Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry Peter Jaekel (Organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
28th May 2005 Tippett A Child of Our Time Dominique Thiebaud (soprano), Christine Botes (mezzo-soprano), Philip Salmon (tenor), Julian Empett (bass)
Ely Festival Orchestra Leader: Helen Medlock
Ely Cathedral Derek Harrison and Andrew Parnell (with Ely Choral Society)
Jenkins Suite from The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace
2005/06
8th October 2005 Haydn Bring and Sing The Creation
Penelope Martin-Smith (soprano), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Ken Burgess (bass)
Martin Penny (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
19th November 2005
Bernstein Chichester Psalms Philippa Hyde (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Thomas Blunt (bass),
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown Katherine Denton (Cello)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Haydn Nelson Mass
17th December 2005
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holder
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
8th April 2006 Elgar The Kingdom Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Margaret McDonald (alto), Philip Salmon (tenor), Julian Empett (bass)
English Sinfonia Leader: Helena Wood
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
15th July 2006 Poulenc Gloria Dominique Thiebaud (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
New London Orchestra Leader: Julian Leaper
St Albans Abbey Derek Harrison
Brahms A German Requiem
2006/07
4th November 2006
Mozart Requiem Mary Bevan (soprano), Lucy Taylor (Mezzo-soprano), Mark Chaundy (tenor), William Townend (bass)
Milton Keynes City Orchestra Leader: Diana Cummings
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Mendelssohn Psalm 95
16th December 2006
Christmas Concert Christopher Benham (Keyboard)
Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison (with Adam Balkwill) Mill Mead Primary School Choir
31st March 2007 Handel Laudate Pueri Dominum Julia Doyle (soprano), Alice Gribben (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Jonathan Brown (bass)
London Pro Arte Baroque Orchestra Leader: Theresa Caudle
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Bach Cantata No. 191
Cantata No. 156
Magnificat in D
23rd June 2007 Tavener Song for Athene Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Harwood O How Glorious
Michael Berkeley Love is Strong as Death
Elgar Give Unto the Lord
Mendelssohn Jauchzet dem Herrn
Bullard Cantate Gloria
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Stanford The Revenge
2007/08
4th November 2007
Berlioz Grande Messe de Morts Justin Lavender (tenor)
Westminster Philharmonic Leader: Jillian Warburton Herts County Youth Brass
Royal Albert Hall Derek Harrison
15th December 2007
Hertford Symphiny Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Simon Balle Saxidentals Director: Clare Taylor) Christopher Benham (keyboard)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Chaplin The Mystery of Christmas (world première)
Harrold A Merry Christmas (world première)
15th March 2008 Haydn The Creation Elizabeth Weisburg (soprano), Richard Rowntree (tenor), Philip Tebb (bass)
London Pro Arte Orchestra Leader: Robert Salter
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
21st June 2008 Yorkshire Building Society Brass band
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Morgan Griffiths
Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest)
Puccini Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly)
Verdi Grand March from Aida
Arr. Brewer Mangwani mpulele (Sotho children's song)
Mascagni The Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Simon and Kaplan Harmony
Sibelius Finlandia
Parry Jerusalem
2008/09
15th November 2008
Purcell Welcome to All the Pleasures
Rebecca Outram (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Stuart Young (bass)
Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Come Ye Sons of Art
Handel Dettingen Te Deum
13th December 2008
Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Bengeo School Chamber Choir
4th April 2009 Elgar The Music Makers Janet Shell (mezzo soprano), Andrew Mayor (baritone)
London Pro Arte Orchestra Guest Leader: John Bradbury
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Duruflé Requiem
27th June 2009 John Langley Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
arr. Shepherd Three folksongs (Sweet Nightingale, Sally Gardens, Dashing Away)
Basford Two folk songs (The Rose, Stars trembling o’er us) (world première)
Coombes Summer Serenade
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Selection of songs
Abrens/Flaherty New Music
Burks and Gardner Misty
2009/10
19th October and 8th November
HCS recording New Music
12th December 2009
Christmas Concert Eleanor Lovegrove (trumpet), Peter Jaekel (organ and piano) Bob Harding-Jones (cómpère)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Morgans Primary School Choir
27th March 2010 Bach St John Passion Emilia Hughes (soprano), Jeremy Budd (tenor; Evangelist), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Christopher Adams (bass, Christ), Robert Rice (bass, Pilate)
Brandenburg Sinfonia Leader: Susanna Candlin Julia Desbrulais (cello continuo), Peter Jaekel (organ continuo)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
26th June 2010 Shearing Puccini Bach Mendelssohn Handel Jobim trad. Fanshawe Marley trad. calypso trad. calypso
Steel Band and Voices Together Songs and sonnets Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly) Jesu, joy of man’s desiring For He shall give His angels (Elijah) Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) The Girl from Ipanema Scarborough Fair Lord’s Prayer (Afrian Sanctus) No Woman, No Cry Linstead Market Mango Walk
Blue Steel Band Derek Harrison Mark Cherrie, Blue Steel Band
2010/11
13th November 2010
Rutter Requiem Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Jeremy Burrows (alto), James Featherstone (tenor), Stephen Pledger Jones (bass)
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Jonathan Peter Eyre (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore
11th December 2010
Natasha Page (soprano)
Helen Twomey (electric violin), Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Mill Mead Primary School Choir
Mendelssohn Handel
There Shall a Star Excerpts from Messiah
Dorling/Harrison/Charpentier
Merrily the angels sing!
2nd April 2011 Dyson Agincourt Katie Bray (mezzo- soprano)
Brandenburg Sinfonia Leader: Mihkel Kerem Peter Jaekel (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Jenkins Stabat Mater
25th June 2011 National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Nigel Wood
Elgar From The Bavarian Highlands
Lauridson Dirait-on (Les Chansons des Roses)
Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest)
Elgar The Spirit of the Lord
Orff O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
Lotti Crucifixus
Villa-Lobos Bachiana Brasileiras No. 5
Chilcott Singing by Numbers
Bernstein Songs from West Side Story
2011/12
12th November 2011
Rutter Gloria Kate Symonds-Joy (soprano)
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Elizabeth Shepherd (Piano), Peter Jaekel (Organ)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Lambert Rio Grande
Bruckner Ecce Sacerdos
Gastoldi A suite of Renaissance songs and dances
10th December 2011
Nicholas Robinson (piano and organ), Paul Mayes (trumpet), Roger Mullis (cómpère)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Choir of Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School
Rutter Down in Yon Forest
Mathias Sir Christèmas
Shaw Fanfare (Gloria in Excelsis)
Ord Adam Lay Ybounden
Scheidt A Child is Born
Hewitt/Bloor The Ragtime Carol
31st March 2012 Handel Israel in Egypt Capucine Daumas (soprano), Bryony Soothill (soprano), Isabel Biggs (alto), Oliver Martin-Smith (tenor), Robert Clark (bass), Jevan McAuley (bass)
The Brandenburg Sinfonia Leader:Mihkel Kerem Peterr Twitchin (keyboard continuo)
All Saints Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
23rd June 2012 Andrew Parnell (Organ)
Hammonds Saltaire Band Andrew Parnell (organ)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison with Morgan Griffiths
Parry I Was Glad
Elgar Great is the Lord
Walton Coronation Te Deum
Verdi Opera choruses
Trad. British Sea Songs
Holst I Vow to Thee My Country (Jupiter, Planet Suite)
Harwood O How Glorious is the Kingdom
Williamson Jubiliee Hymn
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Parry Jerusalem
2012/13
10th November 2012
Blackford Mirror of Perfection Emma Tring (soprano), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone)
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Peter Ruffles (reader)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Fauré Requiem
15th December 2012
Paul Mayes (Trumpet), Natasha Page (soprano),
Christopher Benham (organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison The Bengeo School Choir
Fletcher Ring out wild bells
Blackford A Lullaby of the Nativity
Chaplin In the Bleak Midwinter
Handel Choruses from Samson
23rd March 2013 Mendelssohn Elijah Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Hannah Mason (mezzo soprano), Nicholas Sharratt (tenor), William O'Brien (treble), Michael Pearce (bass)
Bartholdy Chamber Orchestra Leader: ???? Peter Jaekel (Organ)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
22nd June 2013 Sounds Aloud Percussion Ensemble Graham Instrall, Daniella Ganeva, Emily Gunton, Derek Scurll Sue Graham-Smith (piano)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Pachabel/Dorling Canon
Bach Excerpt from St John Passion
Gounod/Bach Ave Maria
Shaw Six Shakespeare Songs
Instrall Chasm
Bach Bourrée
Britten Down by the Salley Gardens
Backer, Cook & Greenaway
I'd like to teach the world to sing
Lennon & McCartney Beatles’ numbers
Orff Excerpts from Carmina Burana
2013/14
9th November 2013
Britten St Nicolas Philip Salmon (tenor), Dominique Thiébaud (soprano), William O'Brien (boy Nicolas), Michael Pachman-Bates, Hugh Reid and Stephen Curley (pickled boys)
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Leader: Jennifer Wigram Simon Haynes and John Reid (piano), Peter Jaekel (organ)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Haydn Little Organ Mass
14th December 2013
Catherine Evison (saxophone), Christopher Benham (organ and piano), Roger Mullis (cómpère)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison The Bax Choir, Heath Mount School
Sweelinck Hodie
Willcocks In excelsis gloria Birthday Carol
Todd My Lord has Come
Bortniansky Christmas Canticle
5th April 2014 Bach Mass in B minor Grace Davidson (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (alto), Nick Madden (tenor), Colin Campbell (bass)
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
28th June 2014 Sarah Dacey (soprano)
Chris Eldred (Piano), Loz Garratt (bass), Dave Elliott (drums)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Todd Mass in Blue
arr. Chilcott Jazz Folk Songs
2014/15
8th November 2014
Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Leandros Taliotis (baritone)
Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Ireland Greater love hath no man than this
Tavener Song for Athene
Stanford Evening Canticles in G major
13th December 2014
Howells, Willcocks Hewitt/Bloor trad. Charpentier /Harrison/ Dorling
Here is the little door Resonemus laudibus The Ragtime Carol Gaudete Merrily the angels sing!
Roger Mullis (Compere), Nicholas Robinson (organ and piano),
Broxbourne Handbell Ringers (conductor: John Thompson) Sally Quatrille (flute)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Duncombe School Choir
28th March 2015 Brahms A German Requiem Claire Seaton (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone)
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs
All Saints’ Church Derek Harrison
Schubert Stabat Mater
20th June 2015 Accordion5 Director: Ian Watson Director Sue Graham Smith (piano)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Bizet Toreador Song (Carmen)
Monnot Hymne à l'amour
Trenet La Mer
Rutter A Sprig of Thyme
Instrall Bless the Lord
Mozart Ave Verum (Requiem)
Dies Irae (Requiem)
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Langlais Sanctus, Benedictus (Messe Solennelle)
Gershwin Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Porter Night and Day
Gershwin I got plenty o’ nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess)
Schönberg Do you hear the people sing? (Les Miserables)
Flowers/Cook/ Greenaway
Bannerman
Piazzolla Libertango
2015/16 7th November 2015
Handel Messiah Natasha Page (soprano), Ian Aitkenhead (counter-tenor), Mark Chaundy (tenor), James Gower (bass)
Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry Sue Graham Smith (organ continuo)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
12th December 2015
Britten A Ceremony of Carols Elizabeth bass (harp), Christopher Muhley (piano and organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Mill Mead Primary School Choir
Kauffman African Noel
19th March 2016 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Adrian Thompson (tenor, Gerontius), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (mezzo soprano, Angel), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone, Priest and Angel of the Agony),
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs
All Saints' Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison Voix de Vivre semi chorus
25th-26th June 2016 HCS recording Their sound is gone out
2016/17 5th November 2016 Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle Katherine Crompton (soprano), Kate Symonds-Joy (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Joy (tenor), Edward Grint (bass)
Sue Graham smith (piano), Anne Page (harmonium)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
10th December 2016
Linwood Fletcher Coombes Bortniansky
Glad Tidings Ring out, wild bells Nova, nova Glory to God in the highest
James Gower (bass) Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison St Joseph's In the Park School Choir
1st April 2017 Haydn Nelson Mass Te Deum in C Insanae et vanae curae
Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Lucy Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Caspar Singh (tenor), Julian Godlee (bass)
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Paul Mayes (trumpet),
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
24th June 2017 Black Dyke Band Principal Conductor: Professor Nicholas Childs
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest)
Thompson Alleluia
Copland Simple Gifts Long Time Ago Ching-a-Ring Chaw
Parry I Was Glad
Jenkins Sanctus (The Armed Man)
Chilcott The Same Sun Shine The Lily and the Rose
Verdi Va, pensiero (Nabucco)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
2017/18 10th November 2017
McDowall Mozart
Magnificat Requiem
Katy Hill (soprano), Clare McCaldin (mezzo), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass)
London Mozart Players Leader: Simon Blendis
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
16th December 2017
Wells Pearsall, Westbrook Moore Ord trad., arr. Austin Humphries Mendelssohn Handel Corp arr. Althouse
Rejoice and be glad In dulci jubilo Lady I sing to thee Adam Lay Ybounden The twelve days of Christmas Rejoice and be glad Joy to the World Excerpts from A Christmas Mass Merry Christmas, Mozart
Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère) Dagmara Jones (French horn)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
24th March 2018 Bernstein Janácek Rutter
Chichester Psalms Otcenás Requiem
Natasha Page (soprano), Dominic Bevan (tenor),
Peter Jaekel (organ), Alex Rider (harp), Graham Instrall (percussion)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
9th June 2018 Vaughan Williams Sumsion
A Sea Symphony They that go down to the sea in ships
Sarah Fox (soprano), Robert Gildon (baritone),
Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Sue Graham Smith (piano) Marnus Greyling (organ)
St Albans Cathedral
Derek Harrison
2018/19 3rd November 2018 Handel Messiah Alexandra Kidgell (soprano), Clare McCaldin (alto), Oliver White (tenor), James Cleverton (bass)
Camerata of London All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison
15th December 2018
Kauffman Gardner Pettman Harold Chaplin Harold Chaplin Cornelius Vaughan Williams Mathias
Sing a joyful song of Christmas Tomorrow shall be my dancing day I saw a maiden sitten and sing Simple Babe The Holly and the ivy Three Kings Fantasia on Christmas Carols Sir Christèmas
James Gower (bass) Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)
All Saints’ Church, Hertford
Derek Harrison