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PERFORMANCES BY HALIFAX CHORAL SOCIETY

FROM 1957 ONWARDS

Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday21 March 1957

Faust: H Berlioz Marion LoweAlfred HalletTrevor AnthonyFrank Barron

The Lemare OrchestraInterim guest conductor: John Hopkins (BBC)Melville Cook left HCS in late 1957 to become organist at Hereford Cathedral

Thursday21 November 1957

Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Norma ProcterAndrew Gold

Trevor Anthony

The Lemare OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt (1st concert as new conductor of HCS)Organist: Stewart Dennett

Thursday19 December 1957

Handel: Messiah Honor SheppardMarion Hayes

Cyril HornbyBryan Drake

Northern Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett

Thursday20 March 1958

Dyson: Canterbury PilgrimsBorodin: Prince Igor

Ena MitchellWilliam Herbert

Owen Brannigan

The: Lemare OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett


Puccini: Missa di GloriaVaughan Williams: Hodie

Joan GrayJohn Mitchinson

Norman Tattersall

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt


Handel: Messiah Pamela WoolmoreMargaret Ledsham

Andrew GoldJohn Lawrenson

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett


Bach: St Matthew Passion David GalliverJohn Carol CaseHonor Sheppard

Pamela BowdenHarold BarnesRoger Stalman

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Stewart Dennett

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday30 April 1959In Halifax Parish Church, with the church choir

Haydn: Creation Doris AndertonHerbert Squire

Kenneth Dixon

Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Shackleton Pollard


Handel: Ode to St Cecilia’s DayHowells: Hymnus ParadisiHandel: Organ Concerto in F

Heather HarperWilliam Herbert

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Herbert Byard


Handel: Messiah Ena MitchellCelia Moran

Michael Griffith-JonesHervey Alan

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: John Moore-Bridger

Thursday7 April 1960

Beethoven: Misa Solemnis in DMozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor

Jennifer VyvyanJean Grayston

Gerald EnglishMaurice Bevan

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: John Moore-Bridger

Tuesday10 May 1960(Halifax Parish Church)

Mendelssohn: Elijah Olive BakerMary King

Herbert SquireFrank Barron

Conductor: Herbert ByardOrganist: Donald Hunt


Walton: Belshazzar’s FeastWalton: Te DeumBrahms: Song of Destiny

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Geraint Evans RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Herbert Byard


Handel: Messiah Elizabeth SimonJanet Baker

Wilfred BrownJohn Cameron

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Ronald Frost

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday23 March 1961

Elgar: The Kingdom Ena MitchellNancy Thomas

David GalliverNorman Tattersall

RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt (last concert in the old Victoria Hall before alterations to multi-purpose venue)

Thursday27 April 1961(Halifax Parish Church)

Mendelssohn: Hymn of PraiseParry: Blest Pair of Sirens

Ada ReynoldsBarbara EddyshawHerbert Squire

Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Dr H Sumsion

Thursday30 November 1961(Halifax Parish Church)

Britten: St NicolasBach: Sleepers WakeBach: Sing ye to the Lord

Jeannette GoddardJohn Wheelerwith Sowerby Bridge Grammar School girls’ choir

Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Francis Jackson

Wednesday1 December 1961(Halifax Parish Church)

Handel: Messiah Ann DowdallBarbara Rowbottom

Philip ToddHervey Alan

Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Ronald Frost

Friday2 March 1962(Halifax Parish Church)

Faure: RequiemBeethoven: Mount of OlivesHandel: Zadok the Priest

Jennifer VyvyanGerald EnglishNorman Tattersall

Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Francis Jackson


Puccini: Messa di GloriaVaughan Williams: Five Mystical SongsFinzi: Dies NatalisVaughan Williams: One Hundredth Psalm (Jubilate)

David GalliverHervey Alan


Thursday20 December 1962(Halifax Parish Church)

Handel: Messiah Ann DowdallDelia Woolford

Stephen MantonRichard Standen


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday21 March 1963(Halifax Parish Church)

Bach: St Matthew Passion Gerald EnglishJohn Carol CaseHonor Sheppard

Maurice BevanJanet Baker

Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganists: Francis Jackson/Ronald Frost


Vaughan Williams: Pilgrims JourneyBerlioz: Childhood of Christ (Parts 2 & 3)

Ann DowdallDavid Galliver

Norman TattersallJohn Wheeler

Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall Orchestra

Thursday19 December 1963(Halifax Parish Church)

Handel: Messiah Rae WoodlandBarbara Rowbottom

Duncan RobertsonRoger Stalman

Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Herbert Sumsion

Thursday30 April 1964(First concert in the refurbished Victoria Hall)

Dyson: AgincourtElgar: Enigma VariationsHandel: Messiah SelectionsWalton: Belshazzar’s Feast

Donald Bell RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt

Thursday19 November 1964(in Halifax Parish Church)

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus Noelle BarkerChristine Garforth

Robert TearJohn Holmes

Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Robert Smith


Handle: Messiah Honor SheppardMaureen Lehane

Wilfred BrownJohn Shirley Quirk

Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster

Wednesday23 December 1963

Carol Concert (the first of what was to become a Halifax tradition)

Schoolchildren of Halifax

Hervey Alan: bass soloist

Conductors: Donald Hunt & Donald Maxwell-Timmins (music organiser for Halifax Borough schools)Donald Webster & Ralph Garside: organists

Thursday29 April 1965

Verdi: Stabat MaterVerdi: Requiem

Rae WoodlandHelen Watts

Ronald DowdRoger Stalman

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Dr Melville Cook

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday18 November 1965

with Clare Hall Secondary School choir

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince IgorFaure: Pavanne

Lambert: The Rio GrandeBizet: Carmen

Irene PalmerPatricia HamiltonSybil Michelow

Brian CaseyDouglas Stark

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntPiano: Keith Swallow


Handel: Messiah Elizabeth HarwoodLesley Wood

Robert TearNorman Tattersall

Douglas Hall OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster


Carol Concert Osian Ellis : harpSecondary Schools Choir

Conductor: Donald Maxwell-Timmins/Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster

Wednesday6 April 1966

Bach: Mass in B minor Honor SheppardMaureen Lehane

Wilfred BrownChristopher Keyte

Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Donald Webster


Mendelssohn: Elijah Patricia HamiltonSybil Michelow

Carl DugganJohn Hedale Nash

Conductor: Douglas HallOrganist: Donald Webster

Monday5 December 1966

Handel: Messiah Barbara ElsyShirley Minty

Gerald EnglishRoger Stalman

Conductor: Douglas HallOrganist: Donald Webster


Carol Concert Owen BranniganSecondary Schools Choir

Conductor:Organist: Donald Webster


Bernstein: Chichester PsalmsPoulenc: Organ Concerto

Britten: Cantata MisericordiumBritten: St Nicolas

Kenneth BowenChristopher KeyteRobert Denton

Conductor: Douglas HallOrganist: Francis Jackson

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday25 November 1967

Verdi: Aida Rae WoodlandMonica SinclairRonald Dowd

Raimund HerinexVictor Godfrey

RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt


Handel: Messiah Sheila ArmstrongBarbara Robotham

David GalliverJohn Holmes



Carol Concert Owen BranniganSecondary Schools Choir

Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Donald Webster

Saturday9 March 1968

Hunt: Music of the SpheresElgar: Dream of Gerontius

Marjorie ThomasKenneth Bowen

Roger Stalman


Saturday18 May 1968(HCS 150th season celebration concert)

Glinka: Overture: Russlan & LudmillaDvorak: Te DeumTchaikovsky: Piano ConcertoJoubert: The Choir Invisible

Thomas HemsleyPatricia HamiltonEric Harrison: piano soloist

RLPOConductor: Donald Hunt/John Joubert (the composer) for The Choir Invisible with Donald Hunt as organist for this piece

Saturday16 November 1968

Elgar: The Music MakersMahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden

Brahms: Songs of Destiny Brahms: RhapsodyParry: Blest Pair of Sirens

Janet Baker Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Anthony Cooke


Handel: Messiah Caroline CrawshawElisabeth Holden

Robert TearRaimund Herinex

Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Anthony Cooke


Carol Concert Thomas RoondSecondary Schools Choir

Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Cooke


Dvorak: St Ludmilla Rae WoodlandJean Allister

Edgar FleetRaimund Herinex


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday17 May 1969

Viennese EveningOverture: Marriage of Figaro; Haydn: Come Gentle Spring; Arias from marriage of Figaro; Haydn: Toy Symphony; Schubert Songs; Pizzicato Polka; Tales of the Vienna Forest; Die Fledermaus

Marie HaywardHazel HoltAlan WardJohn Wheeler

Kenneth RobertshawIvo RichardsonGordon Normanton



Janacek: Glagolitic MassBossi: Organ ConcertoProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky

Elizabeth SimonElisabeth Holden

John MitchinsonMichael Rippon

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Francis Jackson


Handel: Messiah Sheila ArmstrongMarjorie Thomas

Peter BamberChristopher Keyte

Conductor: Donald HuntDouglas Hall OrchestraOrganist: Keith Rhodes


Carol Concert Ian WallaceSecondary Schools Choir

Conductor:Organist: Anthony Cooke


Carol Concert Crossley & Porter School Choir Black Dyke Mills BandConductor:


Haydn: Creation Margaret priceKenneth BowenRaimund Herinex


Thursday7 May 1970

Gilbert & Sullivan EveningIolanthe & GondoliersSoloists from Choir:Doris Standring, Brenda Priestley; Audrey Earnshaw; Jean Carey, Ivo Richardson, Frank Barron, Keith Worsman, James Garnett

(Hazel Holt)Delia FletcherJean Allister

Edmund BohanJohn Hedale Nash


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Beethoven ConcertHallelujah (Mount of Olives); Symphony No. 8 in F;Adelaide; Choral Fantasia; Mass in C

Sally le SageJean AllisterDavid Galliver

Roger StalmanKeith Swallow

Northern Concert OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt


Handel: Messiah Hazel HoltOriel Sutherland

Gerald EnglishColin Wheatley

Manchester Mozart OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Cooke


Carol Concert Paul DuttonLeeds Parish Church Choir

Conductor: Anthony CookeOrganist: Anthony Langford


Carol Concert Raimund Herinex Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Anthony Cooke


Handel: Samson Elizabeth SimonMargaret Cable

Kenneth BowenMichael Rippon

Northern Concert OrchestraConductor: Keith Rhodes

Saturday1 May 1971

Popular ConcertBizet: Carmen selections; Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lambert: Rio Grande; Walton: Façade Suite No. 1; Borodin: Choral Dance

Keith SwallowMargaret Cable



Mendelssohn: Hymn of PraiseMichael Head: Daphne & Apollo

Janet PriceKenneth Bowen

John Carol CaseDoris Standring



Handel: Messiah Eiddwen HarrhyMargaret Cable

Kurt WestRoger Stalman

Manchester Mozart OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcMonday20 December 1971

Carol Concert John Heddle Nash Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Peter Williams

Saturday18 March 1972(Live Broadcast)

Vaughan Williams Centenary ConcertBenedicite; 5 Mystical Songs; Sea Symphony

April CanteloRaimund Herinex

BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford

Saturday18 November 1972(BBC Recording)

Dyson: Canterbury Pilgrims Elizabeth SimonKenneth BowenMichael Rippon

BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt


Handel: Messiah Jane ManningPamela Bowden

Nigel RogersRaimund Herinex

Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte


Carol Concert Rita MorrisKeith Swallow

Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Paul Trepte


Hunt: Te DeumBrahms: RequiemBrahms: Academic Festival Overture

Janet PriceMichael Rippon

Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford

Saturday24 November 1973(BBC Recording)

Mendelssohn: St Paul Janet PriceMarjorie Thomas

Neil JenkinsThomas Hemsley

BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Anthony Langford


Handel: Messiah Angela BealePaul Esswood

Adrian de PeyerJohn Noble



Carol Concert Patrick McGuiganKeith Swallow



Bach: Mass in B Minor Sally le SageJean Allister

Martyn HillPeter Knapp


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Haydn: Te DeumHaydn: London SymphonyMozart: Requiem

Susan GartonElsa Kendal

Gordon PullinJohn Macleod



Handel: Messiah Angela BealePaul Esswood

Ian PartridgeRaimund Herinex



Carol Concert Rita MorrisKeith Swallow


Saturday23 March 1975(Live Broadcast)

Poulenc: GloriaTippett: A Child of Our Time

Janet PriceAlfreda Hodgson

Neil JenkinsJohn Noble

BBC Northern Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt


Mendelssohn: Elijah Elizabeth SimonElisabeth Holden

Neil JenkinsRodney Macann

City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley


Handel: Messiah Anne ConoleyMargaret Cable

Martyn HillJohn Noble



Carol Concert Rita Morris Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon Lindley


Elgar: Give Unto the LordParry: Songs of FarewellStainer: Crucifixion

Peter BamberNigel Wickens

Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley

Saturday24 April 1976

Verdi: Requiem Rae WoodlandAnne Collins

Ian CaleyRaimund Herinex

RLPOConductor: Sir Charles Groves


Elgar: From the Bavarian HighlandsElgar: Enigma VariationsRichard Rodney Bennett: Spells

Jane Manning City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday16 December 1976

Handel: Messiah Meryl DrowerJean Allister

Neil JenkinsRodney Macann

Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley

Saturday18 December 1976

Carol Concerts (Two) Rita MorrisJohn Heddle Nash

Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Michael Baker


Verdi: Four sacred PiecesRossini: Stabat Mater

Jill GomezAnne Collins

John MitchinsonRaimund Herinex

City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt


Beethoven: Prometheus OvertureBeethoven: Choral FantasiaHaydn: Creation (Part 1)(Replaced Carmina Burana due to MU strike)

Wendy EathorneKenneth Bowen

John LawrensonKeith Swallow (Piano)



Handel: Messiah Meryl DrowerAnn Murray

Martyn HillRichard Jackson


Wednesday & Thursday21 & 22 December 1977

Carol Concerts Raimund Herinex Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield


Bach: St Matthew Passion Joyce RogersMargaret CableIan Partridge

Christopher KeyteStuart HornerAlan Fairs



Elgar: Cockaigne OvertureFinzi: For St CeciliaOrff: Carmina Burana

Sally le SageKenneth BowenPeter Knapp


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Handel: Messiah Felicity LottMargaret Cable

Adrian ThompsonDavid Thomas



Carol Concerts John Lawrenson Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Peter Williams


Beethoven: Hallelujah ChorusMendelssohn: Organ Sonata No. 3Mendelssohn: Hear My PrayerFanshawe: African Sanctus

Valerie HillDoris StandringDavid Fanshawe (Tapes)

Conductor: Donald HuntPianist: Keith SwallowOrganist: Paul TreptPercussion & Guitars


Handel: Israel in Egypt Susan CampbellPenelope Price-JonesKeith Davis

Alastair ThompsonTimothy JonesAlan Fairs

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley


Handel: Messiah Helen WalkerElizabeth Stokes

Peter BamberDavid Thomas

Conductor: Donald HuntYorkshire SinfonietaOrganist: Simon Lindley


Carol Concerts Sandra Dugdale Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Peter Williams


Concert of English Music:Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for StringsIreland: These Things Shall BeAnthony Milner: The Water & The Fire

Wendy EathorneMartyn HillNorman Welsby


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Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Susan KesslerRichard LewisRodney Macann

RLPOConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley


Handel: Messiah Helen WalkerElizabeth StokerNeil MackieRaimund Herinex


Monday & Tuesday22 & 23 December 1980

Carol Concerts Thurstone Bell OrchestraKeith Swallow

Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield


Bernstein: Chichester PsalmsHonegger: King David

Valery HillShirley MintyMartyn HillRichard Baker

Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon LindleyPianist: Keith Swallow


Handel: Ode on St Cecilia’s DayBritten: St Nicolas

Heather KeensHenry Howell

Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon LindleyPianists: Keith Swallow & Margaret Williams


Handel: Messiah Theresa ListerShirley MintyAlastair ThompsonRichard Wigmore


Tuesday & Wednesday22 & 23 December 1981

Carol Concerts James BladesKeith Swallow

Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield


Verdi: Requiem Malmfrid SandFiona KimmJohn MitchinsonRaymond Herinckx


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday15 May 1982

Gilbert & Sullivan Concert Choir MembersHalifax Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyPianist: Margaret Williams

Wednesday13 October 1982

‘Stuart Burrows Sings’ (actually to a rather small audience, despite his fame at the time and his regular BBC TV slot)

Stuart Burrows performing a programme of his own choice with his own personal accompanist

Soloist was performing free under the terms of an out of court settlement for his cancellation of an appearance with HCS because of a dispute over the chosen repertoire


Beethoven: Egmont OvertureBruckner: Te DeumLiszt: Missa Solemnis

Helen WalkerElizabeth Stoker

Adrian ThompsonMichael George

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley


Handel: Messiah Julie KennardSusan Tyrrell

James GriffettJohn Noble

Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield

Tuesday & Wednesday21 & 22 December 1982

Carol Concerts Keith Swallow Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Donald Hunt/Simon LindleyOrganist: Tom Corfield


Elgar: Great is the LordKodaly: Missa BrevisFaure: Requiem

Heather KeensThomas Huntplus HCS members

Conductor: Donald HuntOrganist: Simon Lindley


Dyson: Canterbury PilgrimsTabard Inn Overture

Elizabeth HarwoodWynford DaviesMichael Rippon

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor:


Handel: Messiah (Prout) Kathleen LivingstoneShirley Minty

Mark CurtisBrian Rayner Cook

Yorkshire SinfonietaConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcTuesday & Wednesday20 & 21 December 1983

Carol Concerts Rita Morris Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield


Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle Heather KeensJennifer Higgins

Roger HemingwayTom Hunt

Conductor:Organist: Simon LindleyPianist: Keith Swallow

Saturday17 November 1984with guest singers from the Worcester Choral Society

Elgar: The Music MakersDelius: Songs of FarewellElgar: Sea PicturesElgar: Pomp & Circumstance No. 1 in D

Sandra Browne Orchestra da CamerataConductor:


Handel: Messiah (Prout) Julie KennardCath Wyn-Rogers

Neil MackieMichael George

Yorkshire SinfoniaConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield


Carol Concerts Rita MorrisKeith Swallow

Conductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield


Bach: Mass in B Minor Theresa ListerChristine Bates

Robin DovetonChristopher Keyte

Conductor:Organ: Simon LindleyHarpsichord: Roger Bullivant


Vaughan Williams: Sea SymphonyWalton: Portsmouth Point OvertureStanford: Songs of the Sea

Suzanne MurphyBrian Rayner Cook

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: Donald Hunt


Handel: Messiah (Prout) Kathleen LivingstoneElizabeth Stokes

Neil MackieBrian Rayner Cook

Yorkshire SinfoniaConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcTuesday & Wednesday17 & 18 December 1985

Carol Concerts Keith SwallowMoulds Brothers

Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: T. Corfield


A. Lloyd-Webber: RequiemCopland: Fanfare for Common ManBernstein: Chichester PsalmsGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Tobias EdwardsArthur DaviesCathryn Pope(Soprano soloist should have been Sarah Brightman, Lloyd-Webber’s then wife, but she was ‘unwell’ and did not sing, sending a substitute in her place)

Birmingham SinfoniaConductor: Donald Hunt


Verdi: Aida Janice CairnsLinda FinnieKeith LathamJohn TranterKenneth Woolam

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones (first occasion conducting HCS as guest)


Handel: Messiah Jane ManningPaul EsswoodWynford EvansBrian Rayner Cook

Orchestra da CamerataConductor:


Carol Concerts Keith SwallowMoulds BrothersChristine McPhail

Black Dyke Mills BandConductor:Organist: T. Corfield


Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast(In conjunction with the Arts Council)Holst: Ballet Suite: Perfect FoolElgar: Cello ConcertoBritten: National Anthem

Julian Lloyd WeberPeter Knapp

RLPOConductor: Owen Arwel Hughes

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcApril 1987 Stainer: Crucifixion

John Ireland: Vexilla RegisBairstow: Variations on Pane Lingua

John NobleKenneth Bowen

Conductor:Organist: Simon Lindley


Mendelssohn: Elijah Purlam BowenSally Burgess

Martyn HillStephen Roberts

Orchestra da CamerataConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley


Handel: Messiah Alison PearceLinda Finnie

Justin LavenderAlan Fairs

Orchestra da CamerataConductor:Organist: Simon Lindley


Carol Concerts Keith SwallowMoulds Brothers

Conductor: Simon LindleyOrganist: Darius Battiwalla


Fanshawe: African SanctusDyson: 3 Choral HymnsWilliamson: Procession of Psalms

Valery HillKeith Swallow (Piano)Percussion & Guitars

Conductor: Donald Hunt

Saturday21 May 1988

“The Warmed Heart”: a 250th celebration by Halifax Methodist Churches of John Wesley’s religious experience

Frank Topping: compere Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley


Elgar: Dream of Gerontius Dame Janet BakerRobert TearBrian Rayner Cook

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Donald Hunt (his final farewell concert)

December 1988 Handel: Messiah Hilary ThomasPenny Walker

Maldwyn DaviesMatthew Best

Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones (first official concert as new conductor of HCS)Organist: Simon Lindley

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcDecember 1988 Carol Concerts Jane Harrison

Keith Swallow (Piano)Black Dyke Mills BandConductor: John Pryce-Jones

March 1989 Dvorak: Requiem Rita CullisLinda Finnie

Ken WoolamDavid Marsh

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones


Haydn: Nelson MassBeethoven: Symphony No. 1Beethoven: Choral Fantasia

Faith ElliottJoan EdwardsBarry Banks

John RathAnthony Goldstone (Piano)

Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Tom Corfield


Handel: Messiah Eiddwen HarrayLouise Winter

Nigel RobsonJason Howard

Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley


Carol Concerts Graeme BroadbentKeith Swallow (Piano)

John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Kevin Bolton (Wed)/David King (Thu)Organist: Darius Battiwalla

Sunday1 April 1990

Verdi: Requiem Valerie PopoyaElizabeth Vaughan

Jorge Antonio PitaDavid Marsh


Saturday9 June 1990

1st Summer PromVintner: The Trumpets

John TranterMurray Greig (Trumpet)

Grimethorpe Colliery BandIMI Yorkshire Imperial BandConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley


Elgar: The Apostles Patricia McMahonPenelope WalkerNigel Robson

Jason HowardGeorge MosleySteven page

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon LindleySemi Chorus: Crossley Heath School Girls Choir

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Handel: Messiah Patricia McMahonElizabeth Harley

Neil MackieDavid Marsh

Manchester Camerata OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley


Carol Concerts Graeme BroadbentKeith Swallow (Piano)

John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones David James (Wednesday) David King (Thursday)Organist: Simon Lindley


Celebration of MozartHandel: Zadok The PriestHandel: Let Thine Hand Be StrengthenedMozart: Piano Concerto in A Major K488Mozart: Mass in C Minor

Lorna AndersonEiddwen HarrayJohn Michael Mulroy

Matthew BroadbentErnest Hall (Piano)

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Simon Lindley

Saturday8 June 1991

2nd Summer PromFantasia on North Country Tunes – specially arranged by Ernest Tomlinson

Featuring Margaret Williams – Farewell performance after 17 years as accompanist

John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & David King


Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije SuitePoulenc: GloriaProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky

Lorna AndersonPatricia Bardon


Sunday15 December 1991

Handel: Messiah (Authentic Version) Lynne DawsonFiona Kimm

Andrew Murgatroyd (for Joseph Cornwell)Michael George

Hanover BandConductor: John Pryce-JonesChamber Organ: Darius BattiwallaHarpsichord: John Langdon

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcWednesday & Thursday18 & 19 December 1991

Carol Concerts John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & David KingOrganist: Darius Battiwalla / Simon Lindley

Sunday9 March 1992

Brahms: Eine Deutches RequiemBerlioz: Overture: Les Francs JugesR Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

Hilary ThomasSimon Keenly SideDavid Greed (Violin)

English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla

Saturday17 June 1992

Summer Prom (3rd)Rep. Of Fantasia on North Country Tunes (Tomlinson)

Combined Choirs of:Crossley Heath SchoolNorth Halifax High SchoolHipperholme Grammar School

John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Jim ScottAccompanist: Stewart Death

Sunday28 June 1992(Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale)

Yorkshire Brass and VoicesTo celebrate the first National Music DaySpirituals, Tomlinson, etc

Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Leslie Beevers

Sunday11 October 1992

Walton: Te DeumWalton: Violin ConcertoElgar: The Music Makersin the Presence of Lady Susanna Walton

Gyorgy Pauk: solo violinSally BurgessNorth Halifax High School Choir



Handel: MessiahIn the ‘style’ of Sir Thomas Beecham (arranged by Sir Eugene Goossens, but orchestral parts not obtainable – in library of Sheffield University)

Anne DawsonPatricia Bardon

David FieldsendGidon Saks


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Carols & Brass Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Stephen Williams

John Foster’s Black Dyke Mills BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & John AndersonOrganist: Darius Battiwalla


‘Great Italian Choral Music’:Verdi: Four Sacred PiecesRossini: Stabat Mater

Elizabeth ConnellElizabeth Vaughan

Justine LavenderGudjon Oskarsson



Gala Opera Night Dennis O’Neill English Northern PhilharmoniaConductor: John Pryce-Jones

Sunday21 November 1993

Haydn: Te DeumMozart: Symphony 41 (Jupiter)Mozart: Requiem

Sarah VivianJudith Tonner

John MarsdenDean Robinson



Handel: Messiah (almost Prout!)Wonderful performance & amazingly small audience size due to heavy snow

Eldrydd Cynan-JonesAlice Coote

Andrew MurgatroydGidon Saks

Northern Ballet Theatre Concert Orchestra (first use of this orchestra, later to evolve into the North of England..….Orchestra)Conductor: John Pryce-Jones


Carols & BrassChristmas Fantasia (Gavin Sutherland)

Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Stephen Williams

Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Jeremy Wise

Saturday5 March 1994(Leeds Town Hall)

Weber: Overture “Oberon”Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in GVaughan Williams: A Sea SymphonyJoint with Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Leon McCauley (Piano)Joan RogersAlan Opie

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones


Summer PromIncluding: Gavin Sutherland Commission: “Summertime Special” Tomlinson: Fantasia on Old Country Tunes

Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Stephen Williams

Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Jeremy WiseAccompanist: Darius Battiwalla

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday21 October 1994(St George’s Hall, Bradford)

Elgar: Dream of GerontiusJoint with Bradford Festival Chorus

Patricia BardonJustin LavenderJohn Rath

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: David Lloyd-Jones


Elgar: Dream of GerontiusJoint with Bradford Festival Chorus

Alice CooteJohn MitchinsonDavid Gwynne



Handel: Messiah Miriam BowenAlice Coote

Andrew Slater(for Stephen Gadd)Ian Thompson

Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones


Carols & BrassIncluding: Gavin Sutherland Commission: “Christmas Fantasia”

Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Philip White

Brighouse and Rastrick Brass BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones David Hirst

Sunday26 March 1995

McCunn: Overture “The Mountain and The Flood”Stanford: Songs of the FleetOrff: Carmina Burana

Donald MaxwellColin McKerracherCarla Maney



Summer Prom Soloists from Britannia Building Society Band

Britannia Building Society BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday19 November 1995

Essential Choral ClassicsExcerpts from: Bach: Christmas OratorioHandel: Acis and Galatea Handel: SamsonMendelssohn: Elijah Mozart: Ave VerumHaydn: Creation Brahms: Deutches RequiemPoulenc: Gloria Walton: Te Deum

Carole WilsonJames Oxley

Gidon SaksHCSYS

Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductors: John Pryce-Jones Lynn Hudson


Handel: Messiah Catrin Wyn-DaviesCarole Wilson

James OxleyStephen Gadd

Northern Ballet Theatre Concert OrchestraConductors: John Pryce-Jones


Carols & BrassIncluding special arrangements by G. Sutherland & D. Battiwalla

Halifax Choral Society Young Singers Conductor: Lynn Hudson

Britannia Building Society BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs

Sunday24 March 1996

Bruckner: Te DeumVerdi: Requiem

Mary Lloyd-DaviesCarole Wilson

Paul Charles ClarkStephen Richardson (Replacing John Connell)



Bruckner: Te DeumVerdi: RequiemJoint with Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Mary Lloyd-DaviesCarole Wilson

Paul Charles ClarkStephen Richardson (Replacing John Connell)



Songs and PraisesPre recording concert for NaxosMiscellaneous hymns and anthems

Michael Thompson(Winner of Top Treble Competition – Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer)

North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc


Music of Genius:Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2J. S. Bach: MagnificatHaydn: Harmonie Messe

Lynne DawsonCollette Ruddy

Nicholas SearsGraeme Broadbent



Handel: Messiah Catherine BottCarole Wilson

Nigel RobsonAndrew Slater


Tuesday & Thursday10 & 12 December 1996

Carols & Brass HCSYS Conductor: Lynn HudsonNOEL Children’s Choir Conductor: Alison Pryce-Jones

Britannia Building Society BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Philip McCannOrganist: Simon Lindley / Darius Battiwalla

Sunday23 March 1997

Faure: RequiemBeethoven: Mass in CSaint-Saens: Cello Concerto in A Minor

Camilla JohansenColette RuddyDavid Fieldsend

Stephen GaddSasha Volpov (Cello)

North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Darius Battiwalla

Sunday22 June 1997

Orff: Carmina BuranaG&S: Iolanthe: Lord Chancellor’s Nightmare SongG&S: Gondoliers: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes; Dance a Cachucha; Finale to Act 2G&S: Pirates of Penzance: Oh is there not one maiden fair; Poor Wandering OneWood: Excerpts: Fantasia on British Sea SongsElgar: Land of Hope and GloryParry: Jerusalem

Donald MaxwellHarry NicollJudith Howarth(Replacing Linda Kitchen at 24hrs notice)



Elgar: The Kingdom Susannah GlanvilleCarole Wilson

Nigel RobsonAlan Opie

North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday7 December 1997

Handel: Messiah Margaret RichardsonSally Burchell

Jeffrey Lloyd RobertsClive Bayley


Thursday & Friday11 & 12 December 1997


Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones & Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Darius Battiwalla


Czech ContrastsDvorak: Te DeumSmetana: Ma VlastJanacek: Glagolitic Mass

Joint Production with Leeds Philharmonic. Also, joined by member of Brno Philharmonic Choir of the Czech republic for whom the piece was written.

Helen FieldCarole Wilson

John MitchinsonClive Bayley


Sunday21 June 1998

Gilbert & Sullivan at The PromsSelections from Iolanthe, Pirates, & the Mikado. Plus “I was Glad”, Lux Aeterna (Nimrod) & prom favourites

Gail PearsonCarole WilsonHarry Nicoll

Eric RobertsNOEL Children’s Choir

North of England Chamber OrchestraConductors: John Pryce-Jones Alison Pryce-Jones

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc15 July 1998(Tewkesbury Abbey: Cheltenham Festival – Radio Broadcast)

Czech ContrastsDvorak: Te DeumSmetana: Ma VlastJanacek: Glagolitic Mass

Joint Production with Leeds Philharmonic. Also, joined by member of Brno Philharmonic Choir of the Czech republic for whom the piece was written.

Helen FieldCarole Wilson

John MitchinsonClive Bayley


Saturday19 September 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Opera Gala NightItems from Carmen, Nabucco, La Traviata, Polovtsian Dances, Faust & Turandot

Mary HegartyMarcia Bellamy

Julian GavinDavid Barrell

Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Andrew Greenwood

Wednesday28 October 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Great Choral ClassicsExcerpts from Mozart, Verdi & Faure requiems; Zadok, Carmina, Jerusalem, Panis Angelicus, etc

Julia Melinek Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Richard Cooke


Handel: Samson Gail PearsonAlice Coote

Julian GavinGidon Saks



Handel: Messiah Rebecca CaineCarole Wilson

Maldwyn DaviesMatthew Hargreaves


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Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Darius Battiwalla

Wednesday16 December 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

BT Charity Carol Concert Angela RipponClaire Rutter

Justin Lavender Manchester Concert OrchestraBT BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Graham O’Connor

Monday21 December 1998(Guild Hall, Preston - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Handel: Messiah Angela TunstallMarcia Bellamy

Aled HallRichard Angas

Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones

Tuesday22 December 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Handel: Messiah Angela TunstallMarcia Bellamy

Aled HallRichard Angas

Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones

Monday28 December 1998(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Opera Gala NightItems from Carmen, Nabucco, La Traviata, Polovtsian Dances, Faust & Turandot

Susan BullockJean RigbyBonaventura Bottone


Sunday28 March 1999

J S Bach: Suite in G for Solo CelloBruckner: Mass No. 2 in E MinorHandel (arr. John Longstaff): Musick for the Royal FireworksStravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Sasha Volpov North of England Chamber OrchestraWind and Brass sections of the Yorkshire Youth OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday20 June 1999

Summer Prom Concert- Fantasia on North Coutry Tunes (Tomlinson)- Lux Aeterna (Elgar: Nimrod – arr. Cameron)- Deep River (traditional)- Finlandia (Sibelius)- Polovtsian Dances (Borodin - arr.)- Hallelujah Chorus (Handel: Messiah)- Land of Hope and Glory (Elgar)- Jerusalem (Parry)

NOEL Children’s Choir Brighouse & Rastrick BandConductors: John Pryce- Jones David Hirst Alison Pryce Jones

Sunday17 October 1999(4 weeks earlier than usual)

Mendelssohn: Elijah Claire RutterCarole Wilson

Ivan SharpeAlan Opie



Handel: Messiah Claire RutterCarole Wilson

Aled HallClive Bayley

North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesHarpsichord: Darius BattiwallaOrganist: John Longstaff


Carols & Brass HCSYS Conductors: Lynn Hudson (Wed) Stephen Bradnum (Thurs) With Thom Meredith

Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Darius Battiwalla

Sunday19 December 1999(Church of Latter Day Saints, Hudds)

Handel: Messiah Ailsa MooneyJoyce Tyndsley

Michael BennettRichard Strivens

Conductor: Darius BattiwallaOrganist: Graham EcclesTrumpet: Anthony Thompson

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcWednesday22 March 2000(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Last Night of The Proms

- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Verdi: Nabucco)- Easter Hymn (Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana)- Hallelujah Chorus (Handel: Messiah)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Land of Hope and Glory (Elgar)Plus Orchestra & solo items

Mary Hegarty Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones

Sunday26 March 2000

Haydn: The Creation Mary Hegarty (for Rebecca Caine)

Joseph CornwellClive Bayley


Friday14 April 2000(Halifax Parish Church)

Concert in aid of the Restoration Fund: Passion Music

- I was Glad (Parry)- Hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the Height- Faure: Requiem- Let all the world (R. V. Williams)- Hymn: O Sacred Head- Stanford: Organ Fantasia & Toccata- Hymn: When I Survey- Lux Aeterna (Elgar: Nimrod – arr. Cameron)- Parry: Organ Chorale Prelude on Rockingham- Stainer: God so loved the world- Elgar: Give unto the Lord

Timothy YatesDavid HallJonathan Lilley

Conductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Jonathan Lilley

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday17 June 2000

Summer Prom Concert

- Summertime Special (Sutherland)- Grand March (Verdi: Aida)- Finlandia (Sibelius)- Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Sutherland)- Lux Aeterna (Elgar: Nimrod – arr. Cameron)- Ol’ Ark’s a Moverin’ (Traditional American Spiritual)- Va Pensiero (Verdi: Nabucco)- Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 (Elgar)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Band Items

NOEL Singing For Fun Group Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs Alison Pryce-Jones

Sunday17 September 2000(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Opera Gala Night- Brindisi (Verdi: La Traviata)- Anvil Chorus (Verdi: La Traviata)- Easter Hymn (Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana)- Toreador (Bizet: Carmen)- Nessun Dorma (Puccini: Turandot)

Sandra FordChristine Rice

Bonaventura BottoneMark Stone

Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Robin Stapleton

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday8 October 2000

Verdi: Nabucco- Overture- Aria: Gli arredi festivi giu cadano infranti- Chorus: Va PensieroPuccini: Manon Lescaut- Aria: Donna non vidi maiPuccini: Madam Butterfly- Humming ChorusVerdi: Don Carlos- Aria: Ella giammai m’amoVerdi: Macbeth- Chorus: Patria OppressaPuccini: Turnadot- Aria & chorus: Nessun DormaPuccini: Messa di Gloria

Jeffrey StewartClive Bayley


Saturday14 October 2000(Huddersfield Town Hall)

Voices for HospicesHandel: MessiahWith Huddersfield & Holmfirth Choral Societies

Eleanor DoodeyCarole Wilson

Andrew MurgatroydAndrew Slater

RNCM SinfoniaConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Gordon Stewart


Victoria Theatre Promotion: Classical ExtravaganzaPopular operatic and oratorio choruses and orchestral works

Carole Wilson North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones


Handel: Messiah Mary HegartyCarole Wilson

Andrew MurgatroydClive Bayley

North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesHarpsichord: Darius BattiwallaOrganist: John Longstaff

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Fodens (Courtois) BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Bryan HurdleyOrgan & Piano: Jonathan Lilley

Saturday16 December 2000(Church of Latter Day Saints, Hudds)

Handel: Messiah Eleanor DoodeyJoyce Tindsley

Matthew MinterSimon Deller

Conductor: Gordon StewartOrganist: Jonathan LilleyTrumpet: Neil Fulton

Wednesday27 December 2000(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Opera Gala Night- Toreador (Bizet: Carmen)- Soldiers Chorus (Faust)- Miserere (Il Trovatore)- Grand March (Verdi: Aida)- Humming Chorus (Puccini: Madam Butterfly)- Nessun Dorma (Puccini: Turandot)- Brindisi (Verdi: La Traviata)

Tamsin DivesJustin LavenderKeith Latham

Manchester Concert OrchestraFanfare of Trumpets of the Prince of Wales DivisionConductor: Andrew Greenwood

Saturday10 February 2001

Victoria Theatre Centenary Concert- Overture (Wagner: Tannhauser)- Funeral March (Beethoven: Symphony No. 3)- Blest Pair of Sirens (Parry)- Overture (Wagner: Meistersingers)- Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

Halle OrchestraConductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcFriday9 March 2001(Bridgewater Hall - Raymond Gubbay concert)

Last Night of the Spring Proms- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Verdi: Nabucco)- Zadok the Priest (Handel)- Easter Hymn (Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana)- O Fortuna (Orff: Carmina Burana)- Hallelujah Chorus (Handel: Messiah)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Rule Britannia (Arne)- Land of Hope and Glory (Elgar)

Janis Kelly Manchester Concert OrchestraConductor: Robin Stapleton

Sunday25 March 2001

Vivalidi: Gloria in DBoccherini: Cello Concerto in BbSchubert: Mass in Ab

Eleanor DoodeyKathryn TurpinMartin HindmarshJohn BromleySasha Volpov (Cello)


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday23 June 2001

Summer Prom Concert- Zadok the priest (Handel)- Overture – La Corsair (Berlioz)- Largo al factum (Rossini)- Battle of Trafalgar (Darwin)- Polovtsian Dances (Borodin)- The memory of all that (Porter/Kern)- The way you look tonight- Let’s do it- Anything goes- Every time we say goodbye- Ground Force March (Parker)- I’m getting sentimental (Gershwin)- River Dance (Whelan)- New York New York (Kander)- It don’t mean a thing (Ellington)- Fantasy on British Sea Songs (Wood)- Jerusalem (Parry)- Pomp & Circumstance No.1 (Elgar)

Joseph Cows ( Tuba)Matthew Routley (Narrator)Alison Hervey (Soprano)

Conductor: John Pryce-JonesBlack Dyke BandConductor: Nicholas ChildsNoel Singing For Fun GroupConductor: Alison Pryce-Jones

Sunday21 October 2001

“Profound Harmony”Poulenc: Stabat MaterVerdi: Requiem

Susannah Glanville(for Claire Rutter at 24hrs notice)Carole WilsonGeraint DoddIain Paterson



Handel: Messiah Mary HeggartyAnne-Marie GibbonsAled HallAndrew Slater

North of England Chamber OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: John LongstaffContinuo: Darius Battiwalla


Carols & Brass NOEL Children’s ChoirConductor: Alison Pryce-Jones

Black Dyke BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday27 December 2001(Bridgewater Hall)

Opera Gala Night- Va pensiero (Verdi: Nabucco)- Toreador (Bizet: Carmen)- Grand March (Verdi: Aida)- Madrigal (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)- Nessun Dorma (Puccini: Turandot)- Humming Chorus (Puccini: Madam Butterfly)

Judith HowarthJustin LavenderStephen Page


Thursday7 March 2002(Bridgewater Hall - BBC live broadcast)

Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th anniversary of the October revolution(HCS guests of the Hallé Choir)

Gerard McBurney (Speaker) Hallé Choir and Orchestra

Conductor: Mark Elder

Sunday24 March 2002

Springtime serenadeHandel: Zadok the priestVerdi: Anvil ChorusBorodin: Polovtsian dancesHandel: Messiah (Easter music)Orff: Carmina Burana (choruses)Band items

Noel Singing For Fun GroupConductor: Alison Pryce-JonesBlack Dyke Band soloists

Black Dyke BandConductors: John Pryce-Jones Nicholas Childs

Sunday23 June 2002

Handel/Mozart: Judas MaccabaeusFirst performance of the newly discovered orchestration attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sponsored by Halifax plc and televised by Anglia Television for BBC Digital 4, introduced by Stephen Fry.

Mary NelsonVictoria SimmondsGlenn Kesby (Counter tenor)Peter Hoare(for Julian Gavin at 4 days notice)Andrew Foster-Williams


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 20 October 2002; 7.30pm

English Classics:In Honour of the City of London: W. WaltonFlos Campi: R Vaughan-WilliamsThe Hymn of Jesus: G HolstOrb & Septre march: W Walton (orchestra)

Yorkshire Youth Choir and Rastrick High School choirsRosalyn Cabot: viola soloist

North of England Concert Orchestra

Conductor: John Pryce-Jones

? November 2002 A Taste of the Proms (Victoria Theatre promotion)Overture Die FledermausPiano Concertos RahmaninovPopular opera chorusesLast Night of the Proms items

Martin Roscoe: piano soloist North of England Chamber Orchestra


Sunday 1 December 2002: 7.30pmm

Messiah; G F Handel Marie ArnetCarole WilsonPeter HaoreAndrew Foster-Williams

North of England Chamber Orchestra


4 & 5 December 2002: 7.30 pm

Carols & Brass NOEL Children’s Choirs with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones

Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildsConductor: John Pryce-Jones

27 December 2002

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Raymond Gubbay: Opera Gala Night Manchester oncert Orchestra

Conductor: Andrew Greenwood

Sunday 23 March 2003: 7.30pm

Music of the MastersSolemn Vespers: W A MozrtMagnificat in D major: J S BachClarinet Concerto in A mjor: W A Mozart (orchestra)

Rachel Oakes : soprano (Bach)Simone Sauphanor: sopranoKathryn Turpin: mezzoMartin Hindmarsh: tenorJohn Ramsdin: bass

North of England Chamber Orchstra


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 29 March 2003

St Mark’s Church, Sheffield (paid engagement)

Concerto for Piano & Orchestra with Men’s Chorus: Busoni

(Recorded live for CD)

Piano soloist: Sir Ernest Hall Sheffield Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Longstaff

Sunday 20 April 2003

Birmingham Symphony Hall (paid engagement)

Messiah: G F Handel

Dr Denis Wright arrangement for brass accompaniment

Marie ArnetCarole WilsonAled HallAndrew Foster-Williams

Black Dyke Band


Saturday 23 June 2003: 7.30pm

Summer Prom NOEL Singing for Fun Children’s Choirs conducted by Alison Pryce-Jones

Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs

Conductor: John Pryce-JonesThursday 16 October 2003: 7.30pm(Concert promotion by Calderdale Council)

A Taste of the ClassicsOverture: The Hebrides: F Mendelssohn (orchestra)Va Pensiero: G VerdiSoldiers’ Chorus: GounodSiuite from Swan Lake: P TchaikovskyNimrod and Pomp & Circumstance march No 1: E Elgar

Jonathan Scott: Piano soloist North of England Concert Orchestra


Sunday 16 November 2003: 7.30pm

A German Requiem; J BrahmsFive Mystical Songs: R Vaughan-WilliamsOverture to The Magic Flute: W A Mozart (orchestra)

Sir Thomas Allen: baritoneJanis Kelly: Soprano

North of England Concert Orrchestra


Wednesday 2 & Thursday 3 December 2003: 7.30 pm

Carols & Brass NOEL singing for Fun Children’s Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesTom Moore: organist



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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 7 December 2003: 7..30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Marie ArnetCarole WilsonPeter HoareAndrew Foster-Williams




The Seasons: F J Haydn Janis Kelly sopranoPeter Hoare: tenorAndrew Foster-Williams: bass

Orchestra of Opera North

Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSaturday 26 June 2004: 7.30pm

Summer Prom NOEL Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesGuest piano soloist: Richard Uttley


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 14 November 2004: 7.30pm

Sea Drift: Frederick DeliusCarmina Burana: Carl Orff

Mary Nelson: sopranoJohn Graham-Hall: tenorMark Stone; bass


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesWednesday 1 & Thursday 2 December 2004: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass NOEL Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesDarius Battiwalla: organist


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 5 December 2004: 7.30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Janis Kelly: sopranoGlenn Kesby: counter-tenorIain Paton: tenorAndrew Foster-Williams: bass



Sunday 20 March 2005: 7.30 pm

Mass in B minor: J S Bach Marie Arnet: sopranoMichael Chance: counter-tenorRobert Murray: tenorRoderick Williams: baritone



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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 18 June 2005: 7.30pm

Summer Prom NOEL Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesYoung musician Martyn Jackson: solo violin


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 13 November 2005: 7.30pm

The Dream of Gerontius: Edward Elgar(sung as memorial tribute to long-term supporter Betty Helliwell)

Carole Wilson: mezzoJohn Daszak: tenorIain Paterson; bass

The Hallé Orchestra


Friday 2 & Saturday 3 December 2005: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Noel Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones

Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildsConductor: John Pryce-Jones

Sunday 4 December 2005: 7.30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Mary NelsonJean RigbyJoseph CornwellAndrew Foster-Williams



Sunday 9 April 2006: 7.30pm

The Armed Man: Karl JenkinsMisa Criolla: Ariel RamirezThree Sacred Motets: A Bruckner

Rachel Oakes: sopranoPeter Hoare: tenorMatloob Hussain: muezzin

North of England Concert OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-JonesBack projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)

Friday 23 June 2006: 7.30pm

Summer Prom Noel Singing for Fun Groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesYoung musician soloist: Matthew Shaw: cornet



Sunday 5 November 2006 7.30pm

Christ on the Mount of Olives: L V BeethovenNelson Mass in D minor; F J Haydn

Judith HowarthAlexandra GibsonPeter HoareMichael Parle



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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 3 December 2007: 7.30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Joanne Dexter: sopranoMichael Chance: counter-tenorJoshua Ellicott: tenorMichael George: bass



Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 December 2006; 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Noel Singing for Fun Children’s Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones

Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildsOrganist: Christopher McElroyConductor: John Pryce-Jones


St Matthew Passion: J S Bach Joanne Dexter sopranoGlenn Kesby counter-tenorJoshua Ellicott: EvangelistMatthew Minter tenorMark Rowlinson bassOliver Dunn: Christus

The Hanover Band



Summer Prom ConcertIncluding extracts from Carmina Burana: Carl Orff

Noel Singing for Fun groups with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesYoung musician Carl Schofield: piano soloist


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 21 October 2007: 7.30pm

Choral Classics:Gloria: A VivaldiRequiem: W A Mozart

Gillene HerbertRebecca CurrierChristopher TurnerJohn Dempsey




Messiah: G F Handel Joanne DexterCarole WilsonJoshua EllicottOliver Dunn



Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6 December 2007: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Noel Singing for Fun Choir and Rastrick High School Junior Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones



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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 8 December 2007

MEN Arena, Manchester (paid engagement)

Raymond Gubbay promotion: Classical Spectacular

HCS augmented by invited singers from other Hx area choirs

Paul O’Neill: tenorMark Holland: baritoneDavid Garrett: solo violin

Hallé Orchestra

Conductor: Robin Stapleton

Friday 28 December 2007

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (paid engagement)

Raymond Gubbay promotion:Gala Opera Night

Janis Kelly sopranoPeter Auty tenorDavid Kempster baritone

Manchester Concert Orchestra

Conductor: Robin Stapleton

Saturday 26 January 2008in Bethesda Methodist Church, Elland

Open rehearsal: (an open recruitment event for HCS)Introduction to Fauré’s Requiem

Organist: David Houlder Led by John Pryce-Jones


Halifax Parish Church

French Choral MusicRequiem in C minor: L CherubiniRequiem: Fauré

Organist: David HoulderOliver Binns: trebleJohn Filsak: bass


Sunday 25 May 2008in Carlow Cathedral with HCS as guests of the Carlow Choral Society

Repeat of the HCS concert above on 18 April 2008,

Marese Bailey; sopranoJohn Filsak: bass

Orchestra of St Cecilia

Conductor: Blanniard Murphy

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday 5 June 2008Halifax Parish Church

Funeral Service for Mrs Shirley Whitehead (former administrator of HCS for many years)Kyrie from ‘Dream of Gerontius’ Elgar, plus Fauré Requiem ‘In Paradisium’ Organ solo as cortege moved out of the church: ‘The Angel’s Farewell’ from Elgar’s Gerontius

Organist: Darius Battiwalla Conductor: John Pryce-Jones

Saturday 7 June 2008Paid engagement for Harrogate Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Hall, Harrogate

Opera SelectionsNinth Symphony: L V Beethoven

Anne Williams-KingMonica Brett-CrowtherDominic NatoliDavid Kempster

Harrogate Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Bryan Western

Saturday 21 June 2008 Summer Prom‘The Armed Man’: K Jenkins (first half of concert)

With special guest choir: Bradford Festival Choral SocietySoloists: Sarah Killian (sop) Colin Powell (tenor) Richard Williams (bass) Muezzin: Daniel Nazir



Sunday 26 October 2008: 7.30pm

The Kingdom: E Elgar Linda RichardsonJane IrwinJeffrey Lloyd RobertsChristopher Purves



Thursday 4 & Friday 5 December 2008

Carols & Brass concerts Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 7 December 2008: 7.30 pm

Messiah: G F Handel Joanne DexterCarole WilsonJoshua EllicottWilliam Allenby



Sunday 26 April 2009: 7.30pmin the Albion Church, Ashton under Lyne (Paid engagement as part of the Tameside Music Festival)

A Poet’s Hymn: George DysonRequiem: G FaurePlus Zadok the Priest, Fanshawe Lord’s Prayer, Dyson’s Valour, All in the April Evening, Dyson’s Praise, I was glad, Hallelujah Chorus

Victoria Barraclough: soprano soloistSolo organ piece: Overture to St Paul: Mendelssohn

Organist for concert: Darius Battiwalla


Saturday 20 June 2009: 7.30pmwith guest singers from the Bradford Festival Choral Society

Summer Concert:Carmina Burana; C Orff (first half)

Amanda Forbes: sopranoDaniel Norman: tenorDawid Kimberg: baritone

Black Dyke Band


Friday 13 November 2009

Halifax Parish Church

‘The Power and the Glory’Requiem: DuruflléOrgan Mass: C M WidorCantique de Jean Racine: G FaureOrgan solo: Toccata in F: C M Widor

Soloist: Christine Quirk Organists: David Houlder and Philip Tordoff

Sunday 22 November 2009

in Halifax Minster

Minster-Making celebrations with local dignitariesHCS contributions:I was glad: C H ParryTe Deum in Bb: C V Stanford

Organist: Philip Tordoff

Guest Brass ensemble


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday 3 & Friday 4 December 2009

Carols & Brass Thurs guest: actor Barrie RutterFri guests: Parkinson Lane Primary School choir


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 6 December 2009

Messiah: G F Handel Joanne DexterCatherine KingJoshua EllicottNeil Baker


Sunday 27 December 2009paid engagement in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Raymond Gubbay: Opera Gala Night Compere: Jenni Bond Conductor: Andrew Greenwood

Sunday 28 March 2010

with invited guest choir: Edinburgh Royal Choral Union

Requiem: G VerdiHymn of Jesus: G HolstInvocation: Holst

Sasha Volpov: cello soloistCalire RutterMadeleine Shaw,John HudsonGidon Saks



Sunday 18 April 2010

in Symphony Hall, Birmingham as guests of Black Dyke Band

with Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Soloists from HCS: Victoria Barraclough soprano, Christine Quirk mezzo, Colin Powell baritone

Black Dyke Band


Back projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)

Sunday 30 May 2010

in Usher Hall, Edinburgh, as guests of ERCU

Organ Mass: C M WidorMissa Brevis: Z KodalyFive Mystical Songs: R Vaughan-WilliamsAve Maria: A Bruckner

Organist: Morley Whitehead Conductor: Michael Bawtree

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 20 June 2010 ‘Transatlantic’ Summer Prom Rastrick High School choirs and City

of Leeds Youth Choirs with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesFriday 29 October 2010

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester(paid engagement)

Raymond Gubbay organization promotion :‘Friday Fright Night’

Organist: Jonathan Scott Manchester Concert Orchestra


Saturday 30 October 2010

‘Spooktacula’ Hallowe’en concert for young people which included: excerpt from Ruddigore and The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (both specially arranged for choir and band)

Organist: David Houlder Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas Childs



in Halifax Minster

‘Lest we forget’ theme for Remembrance Day 2010Messe Solonnelle: VierneTe Deum: Henry Gadsby‘The Spirit of England’: E Elgar

Tenor soloist: Roy Sykes (HCS) Organist: David Houlder


Thursday 2 & Friday 3 December 2010: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Thursday young musician soloists: Lydia Wyatt (flute) & Rene Horvath (violin)Friday: Greetland Primary School Choir




Messiah: G F Handel Rachel NichollsCarole WilsonDavid ShawStephen Gadd

North of England Classical Orchestra

Conductor: John Pryce--Jones

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 11 December 2010

HCS invited to take part in the Halifax Minster event organised by the Community Foundation for Calderdale

Christmas-time Celebration

Wednesday 15 December 2010

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (paid engagement)

Messiah: G F Handel Black Dyke Band



St John Passion: J S Bach Sarah-Jane BrandonMadeleine ShawJoshua EllicottDarren Jefferyplus members of HCS for minor solos




‘Round-Europe’ Summer Prom School choirs from Parkinson Lane, Halifax & West Vale Primary



Elijah: F Mendelssohn

with youth choir from Rastrick and North Halifax High Schools, leader: Alison Pryce-Jones

Judith HowarthAnna BurfordDavid ShawAndrew Foster-WilliamsMatthew Wilson (treble)

Northern Sinfonia


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcThursday 1 & Friday 2 December 2011: 7.30pm

Carols and Brass Thursday guest: poet Ian McMillanFriday guests: West Vale Primary School Happy Songsters


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesSunday 4 December 2011: 7.30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Fflur WynMadeline ShawJames OxleyDarren Jeffery



Sunday 1 April 2012: 7.30pm]with guest choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Festmusik der Stadt Wien: R Strauss (band only)A Bronte Mass: Philip WilbyChoral Motets: A BrucknerEnigma Variations (2 movements): E Elgar (‘Nimrod’ for unaacompanied choirs)Finale from Organ Symphony: C Saint-SaensGreek Dance – Zeibekikos: P Wilby (band only)

Euphonium soloist: Gary Curtin

Organ soloist: David Houlder

William Allenby (baritone soloist)

Black Dyke Band


Saturday 28 April 2012: 7.00pmIn Sheffield City Hallas guests of Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

A Bronte Mass: Philip WilbyThe Armed Man: Karl Jenkins‘Revelation’: Philip Wilby (band only)

Soloists: William Allenby (baritone) plus members of SPC‘Armed Man’ muezzin: Qamar Zaman

Black Dyke Band: conducted by Darius Battiwalla for the 2 choral pieces, Nicholas Childs for the band itemBackground projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)


Right Royal Prom (to commemorate HM the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations)

Rastrick High School Choirs conducted by Alison Pryce-Jones



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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 21 October 2012: 4.00pm

Mass in C minor: W A MozartFantasia in C minor for pinao, chorus and orchestra: L V BeethovenOverture to ‘The Magic Flute’: W A Mozart

Gillian RammCatherine CarbyJoshua EllicottJames OldfieldPiano soloist: Grant Green



Sunday 2 December 2012: v7.30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Ruby HughesCatherine CarbyJoshua EllicottRobert Winslade Anderson ( at short notice)



Thursday 6 & Friday 7 December 2012; 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Thurs guest: poet Ian McMillanFri guests: Shibden Head Primary School Choir with conductor Lee Spink



Sunday 15 December 2012

In Leeds Town Hall as guests of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Messiah: G F Handel

(Dr Denis Wright Adaptation for brass)

Keri FugeKatie BrayPeter DavorenAlexander Ashworth

Black Dyke Band

Conductor: David Hill


Symphony of Psalms: I StravinskyMass in E minor: A BrucknerMusic for the Royal Fireworks: G F Handel & Serenade for Winds and Strings (1st movement): A Dvorák (orchestra)

No soloists North of England Concert Orchestra


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcFriday 7 June 2013: 7.30pm

Summer Prom: ‘Singin’ in the Yorkshire Rain’

Smithy Bridge Primary School Senior Band (Littleborough)Conductor: Lee Rigg



Requiem: G FaureGloria: F PulencBailero from Songs of the Auvergne: J Canteloube

Giselle AllenDean RobinsonCatrin Pryce-Jones (Fauré)



Sunday 1 December 2013:7.30 pm

Messiah: G F Handel Jeni BernCarole WilsonAlexander SpragueRobert Winslade Anderson



Thursday 5 and Friday 6 December 2013: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass concerts Pupils from Wood Band Special School, Luddenden ( Thurs)All Saints Primary School Junior Choir (Fri)


Conductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: David Houlder

Sunday 30 March 2014: 4.00 pm

A German Requiem: J. Brahms (sung in English)

Variations on Theme by Haydn: J Brahms (orchestral item)

Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk: J Brahms (unaccompanied)

Gillian Ramm (soprano)Brian McBride (bass)

Royal Northern Sinfonia



Stage & Screen Prom concert Young local soloist: Stephen Gott (piano)



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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 8 November 2014: 7.30pm

in Halifax Minster with the Minster choirs

1914- 2014 Lest we Forget: commemoration, remembrance and reconciliationRequiem: Gabriel FauréPoetry and prose from WW1The Spirit of England: E. Elgar

Fauré soloists: Will Frost (bass) and Minster choir membersElgar soloist: Roy Sykes (tenor)

Fauré conductor: Chris BrownOrganist: Graham Gribbens

Elgar conductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: Chris Brown

Saturday 29 Novemberas guests of Foden’s BandManchester Cathedral

Gloria: John Rutter Foden’s Band

Conductor for Gloria: John Pryce-Jones

Sunday 30 November 2014:4.00 pm

Messiah: G F Handel Hazel McBainPenelope CouslandJoshua Owen MillsBrian McBride



Thursday 4 and Saturday 6 December 2014: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass concerts Thurs: Rastrick High School Senior Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-JonesFri: Lindley Junior School Choir with conductor Alison North



Sunday 19 April 2015: 4.00 p.m

Nelson Mass: F J HaydnWachet Auf: J S BachMy heart is inditing: G F HandelSonata for trumpet: H. Purcell (solo trumpet and orchestra)

Catrin Pryce-JonesClaire PascoeNicholas WattsDominic BarberiSolo trumpet: Tracey Redfern




Summer Prom Guest soprano soloist: Catrin Pryce-Jones (replacing Rachel Harrison at last minute)



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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc Saturday 17 October 2015: 7.30pm

in Halifax Minster

Autumn Choral ConcertFantasia and Ground Bass: George Dyson (organ solo)Mass in G: Franz SchubertMissa Brevis: Zoltan Kodály

Catrin Pryce-Jones: sopranoColin Powell: tenorGraham McCluster: bass

Organist: David Houlder


Sunday 29 November: 4.00pm

Messiah: G F Handel Peyee ChenSarah DenbeeJoshua EllicottAlexander Robin Baker



Thursday 3 & Friday 4 December 2015: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Fri: Birstall Primary Academy Choir with conductor: Emma OffordOrganist: David Houlder


Conductor: John Pryce-Jones Sunday 17 April 2016: 4.00p.m.

Requiem Mass in D minor: W A Mozart

Messe solennelle en l’honneur de Sainte Cécile: C. Gounod

Elin PritchardRebecca Afonwy-JonesJoshua EllicottPaul D. Grant




Summer Prom(with a nautical/patriotic flavour)

Guest folk group:Kimber’s Men, performing sea shanties and sea songs


Sunday 16 October 2016: 4.00pmwith the Yorkshire Youth Choir as HCS’ guests

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace: Karl Jenkins,(arranged for brass accompaniment by Andrew Wainwright and Duncan Gibbs)Festive Overture: Shostakovitch,Gloria: John Rutter

Muezzin: Ghulam MujtabaKatie Grady sop,Christine Quirk mezzo,Bertie Yates tenor,Richard Buxton bass

Black Dyke Band


Back projection: Nigel Castledine (HCS)

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSunday 27 November 2016 6.30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Charlotte La ThropeFiona JoiceJoshua EllicottPaul D Grant



Thurs 1 December 2016: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Guest choir from Parkinson Lane Primary School, Halifax with leaders Daniel Bath and Sahbaz Hussain




with Ipswich Choral Society as HCS’ guests

Elijah: Felix Mendelssohn Catrin Pryce-JonesEmma StannardPeter HarrisPaul D Grant



Saturday 29 April 2017: 7.30pm

Snape Maltings as guests of the Ipswich Choral Society

Elijah: Felix Mendelssohn Conductor: Robin Walker

June and July 2017(two sessions)Huddersfield Town Hall

CD recording of The Holy Face: Philip Wilbywith guest choirs: Yorkshire Youth Choir and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Catrin Pryce-JonesEmma StannardPeter HarrisJerome Knox

Black Dyke Band


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc Sunday 15 October 2017: 7.30pm

with the Yorkshire Youth Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

The Holy Face: Philip Wilby (world premiere of this new work composed as an HCs commission to commemorate the choir’s bicentenary);When Israel out of Egypt Came (Ps 114) : Felix Mendelssohn (dedicated to HCS by the composer); Te Deum: Anton Bruckner

Catrin Pryce-JonesEmma StannardPeter HarrisJerome Knox



Sunday 26 November 2017: 6.30pmwith guest singers from the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and the Carlow Choral Society

Messiah: G F Handel

using Dr Denis Wright’s adaptation for brass band accompaniment

Elin PritchardPenelope CouslandAled HallSam Carl

Black Dyke Band


Wednesday 6 December: 7.30pm

Carols & Brass Guest choir: Rastrick High School Chamber Choir with conductor Alison Pryce-Jones



Monday 15 April 2017: 6.30pmBi-centenary season closing performance

F J Haydn: The CreationConcert to re-create the first ever HCS performance in the Old Court House, Halifax on Monday 9 February 1818

Catrin Pryce-JonesHiroshi AmakoSamuel Carl

The Hanover Band


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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etc Choral at the MinsterSaturday 30 June 2018: 7:30pmin Halifax Minster

Vierne: Messe Solonnelle, plus sacred music:Zadok the Priest, Hear My Prayer, When Israel out of Egypt Came, The Lord’s Prayer, Thou will keep him in perfect peace, Lift up your heart, Hallelujah Chorus

Organist: David Houlder Conductor: John Pryce-Jones

Sunday 1 July 2018: 7.a.m.

Halifax Minster

BBC Radio 4 Sunday worship, celebrating the launch of a new Methodist hymn book and featuring some of the lesser known hymns of Charles Wesley, with a new anthem composed for the service: Lift up your heart: John Longstaff

Organist: David Houlder Conductor: John Pryce-Jones

Sunday 28 October 2018: 6.30pm

Autumn Classics:Gabrieli: In EcclesiisVivaldi: GloriaMozart: Solemn Vespers

Charlotte La ThropeEmma StannardBertie YatesDavid Hall

North of England Classical OrchestraConductor: John Pryce-Jones


Messiah: G F Handel Catrin Pryce-JonesKatie StevensonHiroshi AmakoSamule Carl



Sunday 2 December 2018

Carols & Brass Bradshaw Primary School ChoirConductor: Julia Baker

Black Dyke Band with conductor Nicholas ChildConductor: John Pryce-JonesOrganist: David Houlder

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Date and extra details Works performed Soloists Orchestra, ensemble, conductor etcSaturday 8 December 2018 7.30pmIn Leeds Town Hallas guests of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus along with members of Dortmund Philharmonic Choir

Messiah: G F Handel Fflur WynCaitlin HulcupJoshua EllicottBen McActeer

Black Dyke Band

Conductor: David Hill

Saturday 11 May 2019: 6.30pm

in Brighouse Central Methodist Church

St John Passion: J S Bach Catrin Pryce JonesHelen CharlstonRuairi BowenWill Frost



Sunday 13 October 2019 6.30pm

with guest singers from the Bearsden Choir, Glasgow

Requiem: Giuseppe VerdiTe Deum: Anton Bruckner

The farewell appearance of John Pryce-Jones as conductor of HCS after 31 years in post

Judith Howarth for Verdi Requiem & Catrin-PryceJones for Bruckner Te Deum ((at short notice) sopranosYvonne Howard: mezzoElgan Llyr Thomas (at short notice): tenorGidon Saks; bass



Sunday 1 December 2019 6.30pm

Carols & Brass Bradshaw Primary School ChoirConductor: Julia Baker

Black Dyke BandConductors: Darius Battiwalla (guest of HCS) Nicholas Childs

Sunday 1 March 2020 6.30pm

Messiah: G F Handel Christina Birchall-SampsonBeth MackayWarren GillespieBrian McBride

North of England Classical OrchestraConductor: Philip Collin (his 1st concert with HCS, as guest conductor)

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