Past Concerts

December 13th 2009 2.00pm

Belvoir Castle

Christmas songs and carols for Belvoir Castle

On Sunday 13th December 2009, a bleak, cold day that threatened and delivered rain, about 60 members of the Mansfield Choral Society (together with David Wilson and Stephen Hunt, our accompanist) took the trail by bus and car to Belvoir Castle. There, we were to sing our carols in the Ballroom to the admiring throng.

Well, nearly. When we arrived, we found that the piano had disappeared from the ballroom into the grand Dining Room for a later ‘Dine with a Diva’ concert – we were now to sing on the 40-acre Landing. This was relayed to us by a friendly, if slightly emotional Welsh lady, our steward for the day, as we crowded into the ‘dungeon’ that was our changing room.

Before and after our ‘spots’, we wandered through the mock-Gothic passages and halls, together with the crowds of visitors. And the other choirs, groups and bands – school girls from Leicester and a choral society from Stamford which sang from the same landing; a local recorder group marooned on another nearby landing, battered from all sides by far louder choirs; a folk band playing I’m not sure what in a reception room; two small singing groups in the Ballroom harmonising gently.

All very pleasant. Then it was our turn – two sessions we had – to sing the carols from the concert. We filled the landing and launched into our repertoire. By all accounts we sang well – unbiased spectators thought we were excellent, praising the choice of carols and the sound. To be honest, we were better off singing from the landing as we overlooked the entrance hall and the sound carried up to the next floor.

Of course, there were difficulties – we could hardly see the music in the gloom, David beat time and entries from memory and Stephen played in the odd flashes of light, occasionally busking when darkness fell around him.

But it was fun – a new experience, a new public to impress and a chance to sing the carols again.

Then home, tired but satisfied. Our thanks to Jean for organising the trip, to David and to Stephen – and to ourselves.

December 2007
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Antony Clare

Magnificat - John Rutter
Noël Nouvelet - Stephen Jackson
Lucy Hall – soprano
A spotless rose - Herbert Howells
Soloist - Philip Smart
Carols

June 2007
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

Opera choruses - Giuseppe Verdi arr Rutter
Gilbert and Sullivan songs arr Gritton
Londonderry Air - arr Bob Chilcott
The Goslings - Frederick Bridge
The Teddy Bears Picnic - John Bratton arr Carter
Captain Noah and his floating zoo - Michael Flanders
& Joseph Horovitz
Ben Hewlett Davies - drums
Piano pieces:
Soloist: Julian Clef
Songs:
Soloist: Victoria Gray
John Ogden Award Winner 2006
Accompanist: David Wilson

March 2007
Southwell Minster

Conductor: David Wilson

Messe Solennelle - Jean Langlais
Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Soloist: Jeremy Leaman baritone
Lo, the full, final sacrifice - Gerald Finzi
Soloists: Fiona Astbury, Harriet Astbury,
Katherine Hall, Rebecca Place,
Greg Place, David Wright
Requiem - Gabriel Faure
Soloists:
Jeremy Leaman - baritone
Lucy Hall – soprano
Organ Concert No 13 in F - Georg Friedrich Händel
Soloist: Simon Bell
Roger Bryan - harpsichord
Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 2006
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

In terra pax - Gerald Finzi
The little road to Bethlehem - Michael Head
Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Soloists:
Rebecca Gresson - soprano
Jason Darnell - tenor
Blest pair of sirens - Hubert Parry
Sing Lullaby - Herbert Howells
Star Carol - John Rutter
Carols
Soloists: Rebecca Place, Kathryn Hall
All Saints’ RC School Choir
Various carols

April 2006
Southwell Minster

Conductor: David Wilson

Requiem – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rebecca Gresson – soprano
Louise Collett – contralto
Jason Darnell – tenor
Neil Howlett – baritone
I was glad - Hubert Parry
Gloria – John Rutter
Rebecca Gresson – soprano
Rebecca Place – soprano
Louise Collett – contralto
Organ Concerto in G Minor - Francis Poulenc
Soloist: Roger Bryan

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 2005
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

Christmas Cantata - Geoffrey Bush
Soloists: Harriet Astbury
Ceremony of Carols - John Rutter
Soloists: Rebecca Place, Greg Place, Sally Dodds
Hymne à la Vierge - Pierre Villette
The three kings - Peter Cornelius
Soloist - Greg Place
Carols
All Saint’s RC School Senior Choir - Eight carols

July 2005
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

Highlights from ‘Porgy & Bess’ - George Gershwin
Five Bagatelles, Opus 23 - Gerald Finzi (Clarinet Solo)
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin (Piano Duet)
Choral Medley from ‘West Side Story’ - Leonard Bernstein
(arranged by Len Thomas)  
Feel the Spirit, A Cycle of Spirituals - John Rutter

Amanda Hitch - clarinet
Emily Smith - piano
Louise Collett - mezzo-soprano
David Wilson - piano

April 2005
Southwell Minster

Conductor: David Wilson
David Butterworth - Organ

Requiem - Maurice Duruflé
Prelude & Fugue in G (BWV 541) - J S Bach (Organ solo)
Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi
Laurie Ashworth - soprano
Elizabeth Key - mezzo-Soprano
Louise Collett - contralto

The Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 2004
Queen Elizabeth's School, Mansfield

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

Coronation Anthems - Georg Friedrich Händel
Zadok the Priest
The King Shall Rejoice
From the Bavarian Highlands - Edward Elgar
Selection of Christmas Carols

All Saints School Choir

June 2004
Queen Elizabeth's School, Mansfield

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

Five Childhood Lyrics - John Rutter
Songs of the Fleet - Charles Villiers Stanford
Selection of English Romantic Part Songs
Jeremy Morris – bass

March 2004
The Dome, Kelham Hall

Conductor: David Wilson
John Rose - Organ

Messiah - Georg Friedrich Händel
Gillian Ramm - soprano
Louise Collett - contralto
Robert Gardiner - tenor
Jonathan Pugley - bass

The Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 2003
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

The Music Makers - Edward Elgar
Christmas Fantasia - Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Selection of Christmas Carols

All Saints School Choir

December 2003
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

June 2003
Queen Elizabeth’s School

‘Music for a Midsummer Evening’

Conductor: David Wilson
Accompanist: Neville Ward

Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
A selection of English Part Songs

Recital by Freya Irons, soprano
2002 John Ogdon Scholarship Award Winner

December 2002
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

December 2002
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: David Wilson

Rio Grande – Leonard Constant Lambert
Serenade to Music – Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Other Carols and Christmas Music

All Saints School Choir

July 2002
Southwell Minster

Conductor: David Wilson
Roger Bryan - organ

Majestic Moods
Concert performed by the County Performers
of Nottinghamshire Education, in partnership
with Mansfield Choral Society. (Two performances, one in the afternoon with
an audience mainly of schoolchildren, and another in the evening.)

Cuban Overture - George Gershwin
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré
Tuba Tune - C.S. Lang (Organ Solo)
Two pieces performed by Nottinghamshire Electric Red:
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Wind beneath my Wings - Henley & Silbar
Missa Luba - Guido Hassan
Adiemus 11 Cantata Mundi - Karl Jenkins

Notts Education Symphony Orchestra,
Notts Education Choir and Soloists
  

April 2002
The Dome, Kelham Hall

New Musical Director: David Wilson

Gloria - Francis Poulenc
Requiem - Gabriel Fauré

Leeds University Union Symphony Orchestra

December 2001
Clumber Chapel

Conductor: Martin Pickering
Service of Nine Lessons and Carols for the National Trust

June 2001
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

‘A Night at the Opera’
Favourite Operatic Choruses & Arias
Daniela Hursthouse - soprano

March 2001
Southwell Minster

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Tragic Overture - Johannes Brahms
Five Negro Spirituals from ‘A Child of Our Time’ - Michael Tippett
A German Requiem – Johannes Brahms

Ann Irons - soprano
Gavin Watts - bass/baritone
Jason Darnell – tenor
Leeds University Union Symphony Orchestra

December 2000
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
For the National Trust

December 2000
St. Philip Neri Church, Mansfield

Conductor: Martin Pickering

MDC Civic Carol Service
The Lamb - John Taverner
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - John Gardner
Hymn à la Vierge - Pierre Villette
O Little One Sweet - German arr. Bach
Nativity Carol- John Rutter

December 2000
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

St. Nicolas - Benjamin Britten
St. Nicholas Mass - Joseph Haydn

Cantamus Training Choir
Ann Irons - soprano
Ann Barrett - contralto
Norbert Meyn - tenor
Jeremy Morris – bass

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

July 2000
Grimsby Parish Church (St. James)

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Beatus Vir – Claudio Monteverdi
St. Nicolas – Benjamin Britten

Norbert Meyn - Tenor
Choristers of Grimsby Parish Church
St. James Festival Orchestra

June 2000
Palace Theatre, Mansfield

Conductor: Martin Pickering

‘Midsummer Magic’
Organised by Mansfield Polish Catholic Association
Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Selection from ‘Cats’ – Andrew Lloyd-Webber

June 2000
Palace Theatre, Mansfield
Presentation of proceeds from Carols CD to:
BBC Children in Need
Portland College
Mansfield Arts Association

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Exultate - A Musical Celebration
Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
5 English Folk Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Selection from ‘Cats’ - Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Hallelujah Chorus - Georg Friedrich Händel
Solo items by:
Daniela Hursthouse - soprano
(John Ogdon Award 1998)
Andrew Skelton - piano
(John Ogdon Award 1999)
Tim Baker - clarinet
(John Ogdon Award 2000)

June 2000
Wedding at Penistone Church, Yorkshire

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
Hallelujah Chorus - Georg Friedrich Händel

March 2000
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

Millennium Concert organised by Nottingham Youth Orchestra

Conductor: Derek Williams

‘I Was Glad’ - Hubert Parry
Belshazzar’s Feast - William Walton

Johannesburg Festival Overture - William Walton
Bolero - Maurice Ravel
Concierto de Aranjuez (Harp) - Joaquin Rodrigo

Mansfield Choral Society
The Sinfonia Chorale
Nottinghamshire Chorale
Bluecoat School Choir

Jeremy Hagan - baritone
Eleanor Turner - harp

December 1999
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
for the National Trust

December 1999
Carols in the Four Seasons Shopping Centre

November 1999
Mansfield Leisure Centre
Celebration Concert to launch the Mansfield Millennium Carol
Celebration CD, joint project involving 11 choirs from Mansfield Area.

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Mansfield Choral Society
Mansfield Co-operative Ladies Choir
Mansfield Male Voice Choir
The Malcolm Lees Ladies Choir
Newstead Abbey Singers
Sempre Ensemble
St. Philip Neri Church Choir
Civic Brass

November 1999
St. Philip Neri Church, Mansfield

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Requiem - Gabriel Fauré
Mass - Igor Stravinsky
Motets -  Anton Bruckner

Daniela Hursthouse - soprano
Louise Collett - contralto
David Stanley - tenor
Jeremy Morris - bass

Solo items:
Philip Rushforth - organ
Daniela Hursthouse - soprano

July 1999
Grimsby Parish Church (St. James)

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Four Motets - Anton Bruckner
The Passion/ The Pilgrimage - Patrick Hawes
Great is the Lord - Edward Elgar
Shakespeare Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five English Folk Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Selection from ‘Cats’ - Andrew Lloyd-Webber

June 1999
Mansfield Civic Centre Council Chamber

Recording Sessions for Millennium Carol CD

March 1999
Southwell Minster
25th Anniversary Concert

Conductor: Martin Pickering

The Creation - Joseph Haydn
Daniela Hursthouse - soprano
(John Ogdon Award Winner 1998)
Jonathan Job - tenor
James Robinson – bass

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 1998
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
for the National Trust

December 1998
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Family Christmas Concert
Queen Elizabeth’s School Ensemble
Wonderbrass (Nottingham University)
‘Martin’s Minis’

November 1998
Mansfield Leisure Centre
Concert promoted by Notts County Council

Conductors: Mervyn Cooke
and Jonathan Tilbrook

War Requiem - Benjamin Britten

Mansfield Choral Society
Cantamus Training Choir
Rita Cullis - soprano
Christopher Gillett - tenor
Alan Opie - baritone

East of England Orchestra
Nottingham University Philharmonia

June 1998
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

‘Horrortorio’ – Joseph Horovitz
English Folk Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Shakespeare Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Solo items:
Ruth Buxton - Clarinet
(John Ogdon Award Winner 1997)

March 1998
Southwell Minster

Conductor: Martin Pickering

St John Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach

Jonathon Job - Evangelist
Daniel Jordan - Christ
Sinéad Pratchke - soprano
Wilfrid Swansborough - alto
Paul Thompson - tenor
Jonathan Brown – bass

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 1997
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
for the National Trust

December 1997
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Family Christmas Concert
Pentium Brass

November 1997
Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Messiah - Georg Friedrich Händel

Rebecca Von Lipinski - soprano
Jenny Cheeseman - contralto
Jason Darnell - tenor
Timothy Mirfin – bass

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

June 1997

Queen Elizabeth’s School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Gloria - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Mass in G - Franz Schubert
Concerto for 2 oboes - Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Rebecca Von Lipinski - soprano
(John Ogdon Award Winner 1996)
Samantha Lewis - soprano
Jenny Cheeseman - contralto
Kirill Kudryashov - tenor
Paul Martin - bass  
Terry Gill / Catherine Clayton – oboes

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

April 1997
St. John’s Church, Mansfield

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Judas Maccabaeus - Georg Friedrich Händel

Sarah Fox - soprano
Lawrence Zazzo - counter tenor
James Oxley - tenor
Timothy Mirfin – bass

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 1996
Mansfield Leisure Centre
Music in the Community

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Coventry Carol
Sans Day Carol
Myn Liking
Mary’s Boy Child
Here we come a-wassailing

December 1996
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
for the National Trust

December 1996
Mansfield Leisure Centre

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Christmas Concert with All Saints’ School Choir
All Saints’ School Band

November 1996
Louth Parish Church: Choral Evensong

Collegium Regale - Herbert Howells
Great is the Lord - Edward Elgar

June 1996
Joseph Whitaker School

Conductor: Martin Pickering

‘Music with a Jazz Influence’
Chichester Psalms – Leonard Bernstein
Rio Grande Suite – Leonard Constant Lambert
Jane Frost - soprano
Paul Stephenson - piano

March 1996
Southwell Minster

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Rejoice in the Lamb – Benjamin Britten
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ian Bromley - organ
Sarah Vivian - soprano
Caroline Stormer - contralto
Eugene Ginty - tenor
Robert Macdonald - bass

December 1995
Clumber Chapel

National Trust Service: Nine Lessons and Carols

December 1995
Mansfield Leisure Centre

Conductor: Martin Pickering

A Celebration of Christmas Carols
The Reluctant Dragon – John Rutter
All Saints’ School Choir
Bestwood Black Diamonds Band
Nick Thorpe - soprano
Duncan Lloyd - counter tenor
Martin Pickering – tenor
October 1995
Civic Theatre, Mansfield

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Songs of the Sea – Charles Villiers Stanford
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré

Shortnin’ Bread
Pick a Bale O’Cotton
Mansfield Male Voice Choir

June 1995
West Notts College

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Beatus Vir - Claudio Monteverdi
Acis and Galatea - Georg Friedrich Händel
Items by John Ogdon Scholarship winners:
Rebecca Ram - recorder
Ruth Buxton – clarinet

Mansfield Handel Orchestra

May 1995
Mansfield Leisure Centre

V E Day Concert

April 1995 Royal
Concert Hall, Nottingham

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff

Nottingham Youth Orchestra

December 1994
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
for the National Trust
December 1994
Nottingham Road Methodist Church
Family Christmas Concert

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Laud to the Nativity - Ottorino Respighi
Wind in the Willows - John Rutter
All Saints’ School Choir
Anne Richards
Paul Thompson
Nick Thorpe
David Spencer
Martin Pickering

October 1994
Mansfield Leisure Centre
Hallelujah for Hospices

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Messiah - Georg Friedrich Händel
Joy Nichol - soprano
Rebecca Hazard - alto
Jason Darnell - tenor
John Heighway - bass

The Mansfield Handel Orchestra

July 1994
The Chapel, Charterhouse School
Concert in Aid of World Wide Fund for Nature

Conductor: David Wright

The Wedding at Cana - Patrick Hawes
Also:
Trumpet Voluntary - arr. Henry Wood
Serenade Opus 22 - Derek Bourgeois
Deux Danses pour Harpe et Orchestre – Claude Debussy
Toccata from Symphony No. 5 - Charles-Marie Widor
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Georg Friedrich Händel
Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn
Mansfield Choral Society
& The Occasional Chorus
Musarum Amici (leader - Andrew Bernardi)
Janice Watson - soprano
Philip Langridge - tenor
Hugh Webb - harp

June 1994
Albert Hall, Nottingham

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Te Deum - Edward Elgar
The Wedding at Cana - Patrick Hawes
Also (instrumental):
Overture, The Marriage of Figaro – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Toccata from Symphony No. 5 – Charles-Marie Widor
An Orkney Wedding at Sunrise - Peter Maxwell Davies
Roger Judd - organ
Anne Richards - soprano
Paul Badley - tenor

The Mansfield Handel Orchestra

March 1994
West Notts College
Spring Concert

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Liebeslieder Waltzer – Johannes Brahms
From the Bavarian Highlands – Edward Elgar
Mike Neaum
Hilary Ward

December 1993
St Mary’s, Edwinstowe

Carols for the National Trust

November 1993
West Notts College

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Music for Royal Occasions
Zadok the Priest - Georg Friedrich Händel
Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
King Arthur (two choruses) - Henry Purcell
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened - Georg Friedrich Händel
My Heart is Inditing - Georg Friedrich Händel
Rebecca Hazard - mezzo-soprano

June 1993
West Notts College

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Light Operatic Gems
Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) - Giuseppe Verdi
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) - Giuseppe Verdi
Dido’s Lament - Henry Purcell
Easter Hymn - Pietro Mascagni
Summertime (Porgy & Bess) - George Gershwin
Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan
Soloists: Ed Compton Estelle Ellis
Charles Ferrar Brian Kemp
Hilary Lindley Greg Place
Diane Smeed

March 1993
Southwell Minster
Concert of French Choral Music

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Gloria - Francis Poulenc
Requiem - Maurice Duruflé
Anne Richards - soprano
Mansfield Handel Orchestra

December 1992
St Peter’s Church, Mansfield

Civic Carol Service

December 1992
Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
for the National Trust

December 1992
Mansfield Leisure Centre

Conductor: Martin Pickering

A Christmas Celebration
Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten
Other Carols
All Saints’ School Choir
West Notts Concert Band
October 1992
Mansfield Leisure Centre

Conductor: Martin Pickering

An Evening with Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus
Coronation Mass
Solemn Vespers

Kerrie Sheppard - soprano
Susanna Spicer - mezzo-soprano
David Lowe - tenor
Michael Morton – bass

June 1992
Rufford Abbey

Conductor: Martin Pickering

‘Music for a Summer’s Evening’
Captain Noah’s Floating Zoo - Michael Flanders/ Joseph Horowitz
Negro Spirituals - Michael Tippett
Folk Songs

March 1992
Ellesmere College, Cheshire

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Messiah - Georg Friedrich Händel

March 1992
Southwell Minster

Conductor: Martin Pickering

Messiah - Georg Friedrich Händel
Mansfield Handel Orchestra
Ellesmere College Choir
Catherine Gibson - Soprano
Brian Gordon - Alto
David Lowe - Tenor
Mark Wildman - Bass

Dec 1991 Clumber Chapel

Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
for the National Trust

Dec 1991
Mansfield Leisure Centre

New Musical Director: Martin Pickering

Mass in C Major (K258) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Simon Birchall – bass
Nottingham Youth Orchestra

July 1991

Conductor: David Chamberlain

‘Last Night’
Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi
She Was Beautiful
Soloists: Helen Hill, Joan Vale, Hilary Lindley, Janet Fairhurst, Estelle Ellis

July 1991

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Concert with West Notts Concert Band
Various items from the previous concert

June 1991
Nottingham Road Methodist Church
David Chamberlain’s Farewell Concert

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Music Makers (excerpt) – Edward Elgar
Hostias (Requiem) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chichester Psalms (excerpts) – Leonard Bernstein
Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Plus many more of David’s favourites
Soloists: Joan Vale, Hilary Lindley, Barrie Fairhurst, Elaine Baker

May 1991
Southwell Minster
Mansfield Hospice Thanksgiving Service

Conductor: David Chamberlain

I Was Glad - Parry
Cantique de Jean Racine - Fauré
Charles Harrison - Organ
March 1991
Mansfield Leisure Centre
In aid of King’s Mill Welcome Fund (£5,000 raised)

Conductor: Derek Williams

‘Last Night of the Proms’
Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
John Hudson - tenor
Elaine Hazelwood – contralto

Nottingham Youth Orchestra

February 1991
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

Conductor: Derek Williams

I Was Glad - Hubert Parry
Te Deum - Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra performed:
Candide - Leonard Bernstein
Piano Concerto No .1 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Young Person’s Guide - Benjamin Britten
Aled Jones - Narrator
Anthony Goldstone - piano

Nottingham Youth Orchestra

December 1990
Clumber Chapel

Carols for the National Trust

November 1990
All Saints’ Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

‘Sugar and Spite’
Libretto - David Addison
Music - David Chamberlain
Cliff Knight - Piano

Brian Kemp, Stuart Bullick, Irene Law, Margaret Orton
Greg Place, Elaine Baker, Sally Edwards, Charles Ferrar
Richard Place, Kate Gilbert, Helen Hill, Marlene Shrive
Joyce Clay, Dorothy Jones, Harry Foster

October 1990
Quarrydale School

Conductor: David Ince

’Vocal Score’ sung at
Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday Concert
For the Children’s Society
West Notts Concert Band

June 1990
Mansfield Baptist Centre

Various songs
Janet Nabarro, Philip Robinson, Elaine Baker
Joan Vale, Hilary Lindley

May 1990
Civic Theatre
John Ogdon Memorial Concert

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Christus – Franz Liszt
Brenda Lucas – piano

Soloists: Therese Wilson, Geraldine McGreevy,
Robert Forbes, Ian Jervis

December 1989
St Peter’s Church, Mansfield

Civic Carol Service

December 1989
Clumber Chapel

Carols for the National Trust
Soloists: Hilary Lindley, Barrie Fairhurst

December 1989
Concert with West Notts Concert Band

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Two Motets:
Vexilla Regis – Anton Bruckner
Christus Factus Est – Anton Bruckner
The Three Kings
Various Carols
Soloists: Hilary Lindley, Barrie Fairhurst

West Notts Concert Band

April 1989

St James’ Church, Barlborough
St Peter’s Church, Ravenshead
All Saints’ Church, Clipstone

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Nelson Mass - Joseph Haydn
Songs from Porgy & Bess - George Gershwin
Excerpts from Fauré Requiem
Soloists: Joan Vale, Helen Fairhurst, Hilary Lindley,
Greg Place, Barrie Fairhurst, Sandy Barber, Brian Kemp

June 1989
Mansfield Baptist Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Peasant Cantata – Johann Sebastian Bach
Wilmott (boy soloists)

October 1989
Mansfield Leisure Centre

Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro

Messiah - Georg Friedrich Händel
Michael Overbury - continuo

Soloists: Amanda Ballard, Jo Dwyer,
Robert Forbes, Darron Moore

East of England Orchestra

October 1989
Civic Theatre, Mansfield

‘Vocal Score’ sang with Heiligenhaus
Accordion Orchestra - Various songs

November 1989
All Saints’ Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Marble Guest - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Soloists: Phil Robinson, Barrie Fairhurst, Joan Vale,
Greg Place, Stuart Bullick, David Jones, Marlene Shrive

December 1988
Harlow Wood Hospital

Carols

December 1988
Concert with West Notts Concert Band
£300 raised for Hospice Appeal

Conductor: David Ince

Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré
Slaves’ Chorus (Nabucco) - Giuseppe Verdi
Easter Hymn - Pietro Mascagni
Carols
Soloist: Elaine Baker

West Notts Concert Band

December 1988
Clumber Chapel

Carols for the National Trust

December 1988
Nottingham Road Methodist Church
In aid of the Hospice Appeal

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
Michael Overbury - Organ
Soloists: Andrea Holmes, Pamela Cooke, Trevor Fearn
Cyril Grice, Nick Sharratt
Additional singers:
Joan Vale, Hilary Lindlay. Elaine Baker, Sandy Barber
Estelle Ellis, Margaret Cooke

October 1988
Derby Assembly Rooms

Conductor: Tony Morgan

Lament from ‘Dido & Aeneas’ – Henry Purcell
Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Slaves’ Chorus (Nabucco) – Giuseppe Verdi
Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) – Georg Friedrich Händel
Polovtsian Dances – Alexander Borodin
Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) – Giuseppe Verdi
Easter Hymn – Pietro Mascagni
Ryton Chorale
Soloists: Andrea Holmes, Robert Forbes

East of England Orchestra

August 1988
Mansfield Show Berry Hill Park

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Laudate Dominum - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tu Es Petrus (Christus) - Franz Liszt
Song selection
Cliff Knight - Piano
Hilary Lindley
(with accompaniment of Police sirens, explosions,
barking dogs, booming PA and generators etc!)
Song selection Jim Hinchliff
Brian Kemp

June 1988
Dallas Street

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Concert for ‘Moonlight Club’
Song selection and solos
Soloists: Joan Vale, Hilary Lindley, Margaret Cooke
Jim Hinchliff, Brian Kemp

May 1988
Mansfield Music Festival
(MCS won the Co-op Shield and the Music Club Shield)

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Ave Verum - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Achieved is the Glorious Work - Franz Joseph Haydn

March 1988
Nottingham Road Methodist Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Creation - Franz Joseph Haydn
Michael Overbury - Organ
Soloists: Andrea Holmes, Jeffrey Blewitt, Cyril Grice

December 1987
The Park Hospital

The Good Old Days - shorter version

December 1987
All Saints’ School

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Good Old Days
Jeff Noble – Chairman
Cliff Knight - Piano

Barrie Fairhurst, Jim Hinchliff, Margaret Orton,
Greg Place, Stuart Bullick, Trevor Duckett,
Hilary Lindley, Joan Vale, Brian Kemp,
Elaine Baker, Ed Compton, Margaret Cooke
Small Group

October 1987
Last Night of the Proms

Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro

The Revenge - Charles Villiers Stanford
Keith Berry - narrator
Rachel Holt - flute
Susan Pearce - contralto

East of England Orchestra

October 1987
John Ogdon 50th Birthday Recital

John Ogden presented with a Miner’s Lamp by
Phil Robinson (chairman).
(Lamp donated by Meryl Chambers)

October 1987
Civic Centre

Small Group (20 members) sang
Victorian Part-Songs
Soloist: Trevor Duckett

June 1987
Mansfield Library Theatre
Joint Concert with ‘The Four Folk’

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Merrie England (excerpts) – Edward German
Hostias – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Forever - Simon Chamberlain
With You on My Mind

May 1987
St Michael’s Church, Sutton

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Highlights from ‘Messiah’
Cliff Knight - Organ
Soloists: Elaine Baker, Hilary Lindley,
Trevor Duckett, Barrie Fairhurst

April 1987
St Peter’s Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Messiah - Georg Friedrich Händel
Anthony Harrod - Organ
Soloists: Joy Rayner, Pauline Wales,
Trevor Fearn, Richard Howarth

December 1986
Concert with West Notts Concert Band

Conductors - David Ince & Terry Holt

December 1986
Harlow Wood Hospital

Carols
Soloists: Joan Vale, Hilary Lindley, Barrie Fairhurst

December 1986

Conductor: David Chamberlain

‘A Christmas Cracker’
Libretto - Jim Hinchliff
Cliff Knight - Piano
Soloists: Joan Vale, Hilary Lindley,
Elaine Baker, Barrie Fairhurst

October 1986
St John’s Church, Mansfield

Conductor: Meryl Chambers

Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
David Chamberlain - organ
Soloists: Joan Vale, Kevin Barden

June 1986
Bassetlaw Centre, Worksop

Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro

A German Requiem - Johannes Brahms
Ryton Chorale
Soloists: Bryan Rayner-Cooke, Una Barry

East of England Orchestra

May 1986
Mansfield Music Festival
(MCS won the Co-op Shield)

Conductor: David Chamberlain

How Lovely are Thy Dwellings - Johannes Brahms
Bienvenue Chorus (Pearl Fishers) - Georges Bizet

May 1986
Bridgeway O.A.P’s Centre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Light Songs
Soloist: Elaine Baker

March 1986
St Michael’s Church, Sutton

Conductor: David Chamberlain

A German Requiem - Johannes Brahms
Cliff Knight - organ
Michael Slack - timpani
Soloists: Elaine Baker, Clive Hudson
Jack Wakefield, Geoff Neale

March 1986
The Dome, Kelham Hall
Recital for Ollerton Organ Society
In aid of Cancer Relief

Conductor: David Chamberlain
How Lovely are Thy Dwellings - Johannes Brahms
Songs from:
Thanks for the Memory - Leo Robin ad Ralph Rainger

May 1986
Clowne Church
Concert for Christian Aid Week

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Songs
Drama from Anne Jones’s children
Irene Law & Ed Compton - recorders
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Georg Friedrich Händel
with fortepiano

December 1985
All Saints’ Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Iolanthe - Gilbert & Sullivan
Cliff Knight - piano
Stuart Bullick, Phil Robinson, Clive Hudson,
Jeff Noble, Brian Kemp, Margaret Cooke,
Marlene Shrive, Joan Vale, Hilary Lindley,
Dorothy Jones, Elaine Baker

April 1985
Kaye Hall

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Concert for OAP’s
Songs from:
Thanks for the Memory - Leo Robin ad Ralph Rainger
plus solos

May 1985
Mansfield Leisure Centre

Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro

Elijah for All - Felix Mendelssohn

St. Peter’s Boys Choir
Soloists: Bryan Rayner-Cooke, Alan Duffield,
Elizabeth Heatherington, Pamela Cooke

East of England Orchestra

June 1985
Kaye Hall

Short Concert for T.W.G
October 1985

conducted by Malcolm Nabarro

Last Night of the Proms

Zadok the Priest - Georg Friedrich Händel
Grand March (Aida) - Giuseppe Verdi
Susan Mason
David Jacobs

East of England Orchestra

December 1984
All Saints’ Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Thanks for the Memory - Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
Soloists: Stuart Bullick, Harry Foster, Margaret Cooke
Elaine Baker, Liz Baker, Brian Kemp, Marlene Shrive, Joan Vale

October 1984
Civic Theatre

Group of choir members took part in Tosca

October 1984
Grand Hall, Spa, Scarborough

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Rotary Club Conference Service
Lacrymosa - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tu es Petrus - Franz Liszt
All in the April Evening – Hugh Roberton
Building a Wall

June 1984
Nottingham Forest Football Ground

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Southwell Minster 100th Anniversary Service
with the Archbishop of Canterbury

June 1984
Library Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Cancer Relief Concert

Carmina Burana (excerpts) - Carl Orff
Popular Songs
Elaine Baker
Irene Law - recorder
Edith Clixby

May 1984
Mansfield Music Festival
(MCS won the Co-op Shield and the Music Club Shield)

Conductor: David Chamberlain

2 Choruses from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach
Soloists: Helen Fairhurst, Hilary Lindley, Jeff Noble
Ralph Meadows, Irene Law

April 1984
Mansfield Leisure Centre

Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro

Messiah for All - Georg Friedrich Händel
Mike Neaum - continuo
Soloists: Angela Kazimierczuk, Louise Jackson,
Bryn Jones, Robert Turner

East of England Orchestra

December 1983
All Saints’ Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

To Court a Lady
Libretto - David Addison
Music - David Chamberlain

June 1983
St Peter’s Church, Mansfield

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Songs of Praise
Lacrymosa – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tu es Petrus – Franz Liszt
Bridge over Troubled Waters – Paul Simon
Building a Wall / Goin Home

May 1983
Mansfield Music Festival
(Won the Co-op Shield)

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Old Woman - Hugh Roberton
Tu es Petrus (Christus) – Franz Liszt

April 1983
Civic Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Christus - Franz Liszt
John Ogdon – piano
Soloists: Jeanette Christian, Kym Cooper,
Richard Priest, Robert Turner

December 1982
All Saints’ Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Sugar and Spite
Libretto - David Addison
Music - David Chamberlain

June 1982
All Saints’ School

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Songs from ‘The Good Old Days’
Folk Songs
Polovtsian Dances - Alexander Borodin
Czuplak Ukrainian Dance Co.

May 1982
Clumber Chapel

Whit Sunday Service
with Creswell Church Choir

April 1982
Clipstone Church
Edwinstowe Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Dettingen Te Deum - Georg Friedrich Händel
Gloria – Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Old 100th – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Creswell Church Choir (Gloria)
Ruth Kirk & Stuart Hind - trumpet
Soloists: Liz Baker, Barrie Fairhurst, Joan Vale,
Margaret Cooke, Elaine Baker, Janet Fairhurst

March 1982
Creswell Church

As above

December 1981
Sutton Centre Theatre

The Good Old Days

June 1981
St John’s Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Tercentenary Celebrations
Rejoice in the Lamb – Benjamin Britten
Popular songs

April 1981
St John’s School

St John’s School Concert

March 1981
St Paulinus Church, Ollerton
Clipstone Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Joan Vale, Brian Kemp, Stuart Bullick
Elaine Baker, Gilbert Cowper, Margaret Cooke
Janet Fairhurst, Norman Wood, John Gilding
Irene Law, Liz Baker

March 1981
Bolsover Church

Soloists: Barrie Fairhurst, Geoff Neale

March 1981
Shirebrook Methodist Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Crucifixion - John Stainer
Soloists: Len Springthorpe, Margaret Dean

December 1980
Sutton Centre Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Orpheus in the Underworld – Jacques Offenbach

September 1980
Creswell Colliery Disaster
30th Anniversary Memorial Service

June 1980
St Peter’s Church, Mansfield

Conductor: David Chamberlain

St Peter’s 800th Anniversary
Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
Soloists: May Gray, Barrie Fairhurst
Mike Neaum - organ

June 1980
Scarcliffe Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Flower Festival Concert
Popular songs
Soloists: Margaret Cooke, May Gray, Barrie Fairhurst

May 1980
West Notts College

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Popular songs
Czuplak Ukrainian Dance Co.

April 1980
Cresswell Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
With Cresswell Church Choir

April 1980
St Lawrence’s Church

as above

March 1980
Bolsover Parish Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Mass in G - Franz Schubert
Ave Verum – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
All in the April Evening – Hugh Roberton

March 1980
Scarcliffe Church

February 1980
Shirebrook Methodist Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Popular songs
Soloist: Ruth Kirk,
Nigel & Elizabeth Holling - brass
Sara Ashby - flute

November 1979
All Saints’ School

Conductor: David Chamberlain

H.M.S.Pinafore – Gilbert and Sullivan

April 1979
Bolsover Parish Church
Ladybrook Church
St Lawrence’s Church

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
Soloists: May Gray, Barrie Fairhurst
Mike Neaum - organ

March 1979
Mansfield Baptist Centre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
Soloists: May Gray, Barrie Fairhurst
Mike Neaum - organ

December 1978
Sutton Centre: Civic Centre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Music Makers - Edward Elgar
Songs
Soloists: Margaret Cooke, Kate Steele

June 1978

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Music Makers - Edward Elgar
Songs
Soloists: Margaret Cooke, Kate Steele

June 1978
Clipstone Welfare

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Music Makers - Edward Elgar
Songs
Soloists: Margaret Cooke, Kate Steele
Plus Clipstone Colliery Band

March 1978

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
St John’s Choir
West Notts Band

December 1977
Library Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Gypsy Baron – Johann Strauss

May 1977
Civic Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Music in May
with Cantamus 2
The Turning Year - Armstrong Gibb
Porgy & Bess - George Gershwin
Jubilee Hymn - David Addison

January 1977
St Mark’s Church &
St Peter’s Ravenshead

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Requiem – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloists: Ann Wilson, Pamela Cooke
Melvyn Osborne, Cyril Grice

July 1976
Mrs Winchcombe’s Presentation

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Songs
Madrigals Mrs Winchcombe’s Junior Choir
Two soloists from Southwell Choral Society
Paul Bostock
The Sequins

March 1976

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Chichester Psalms – Leonard Bernstein
Carmen - Georges Bizet
Die Fledermaus – Johann Strauss
Songs - The Sequins

December 1975

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Carol Concert
Carol Competition won by David Addison
Ceremony of Carols – Benjamin Britten
West Notts Concert Band

May 1975

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
Songs:
Barrie Fairhurst, Margaret Glyn
Hunto Steel Band

January 1975

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Seasons - Joseph Haydn

May 1974

Conductor: David Chamberlain

Gloria - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Songs

February 1974
Inaugural Concert Civic Theatre

Conductor: David Chamberlain

The Bartered Bride – Bedrich Smetana

September 1973
Formation of Mansfield Choral Society

Musical Director: David Chamberlain
Accompanist: Cliff Knight