Performance History | Buxton Musical Society

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As part of our 75th Anniversary celebrations, we are trying to create a performance history of the Society since its founding in 1944. If you are a long time supporter of the Buxton Musical Society, plese spend some time looking through the information below and see if you can fill in any gaps. There is a particular shortage of information between 1951 and 1962. If you spot anything you can help with, please get in touch with us via our contact page, or speak to any member of the society.

Date	Composer	Work	Soloists	Notes
03 December 1944	Handel	Messiah	Elena Danieli, Gladys Ripley, Walter Glynne, Joseph Farrington	The first concert of the newly formed Society “failing Gladys Ripley it was suggested that Kathleen Ferrier be approached”
18 February 1945	Edward German	Merrie England		“a few members of the Society hav[e] intimated that they would not take part in a performance … if it were given on a Sunday”
01 April 1945	Mendelssohn	Hymn of Praise
	Handel	Messiah Pts 2 & 3
11 May 1945	Buxton Musical Festival		(entry continued in most years that follow)
22 May 1945	Parry	Blest pair of sirens
V-Williams	5 English folksongs		(Heddle Nash not being available “The services of Henry Wendon or, failing him, Webster Booth”
Coleridge Taylor	Hiawatha’s Wedding
24 November 1945	Bizet	Carmen
16 December 1945	Handel	Messiah		(shortened version at Devonshire Royal Hospital)
23 December 1945	Handel	Messiah	Owen Brannigan	(Pavilion Gardens)
31 March 1946	Elgar	King Olaf, etc
17 November 1946	Edward German	Tom Jones
22 December 1946	Handel	Messiah
12 February 1947	Mendelssohn	Elijah		(Postponed because of weather – anyone remember 1947?)
06 April 1947		Varied prog		BMS hired to perform at Pavilion Gardens
20 April 1947		Varied prog		by BMS on own account
27 September 1947	Mendelssohn	Elijah,	soloists from BMS	Bakewell
21 December 1947	Handel	Messiah		(“substantial loss on this performance”)
07 March 1948	Bach	Peasant Cantata
	A. Rowley	The River
	Handel	Occasional Overture
05 December 1948		‘Musical evening’ (light music)		in Pavilion Café
19 December 1948	Handel	Judas Maccabeus		“The Society would like a change from Messiah for Christmas owing to the numerous performances, wireless and otherwise”
03 April 1949	German	Merrie England		“Miss Doris Gambell of BBC fame” at 20 guineas
18 December 1949	Handel	Messiah		“failing Miss Alsop, Miss Isobel Baillie”
05 March 1950	Elgar	Dream of Gerontius		(Yvonne Burton, Heddle Nash)
20 May 1950	Handel	Messiah		At Tideswell, for their 600th anniversary
12 January 1951	Haydn	Creation		(Isobel Baillie / Joan Hammond not av.), Doris Gumbell
11 March 1951	Smetana	Bartered Bride
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08 April 1962	Smetana	Bartered Bride	cond Charles Lockett	Pav Gdns
16 December 1962	Handel	Messiah	Alfreda Hodgson cond. Fred Parnell	St John’s (memorial concert for Charles Lockett)
28 February 1963	Gordon Jacob	Highways		date of this concert recorded as 31.2.63 Pav Gdns
	Brahms	How lovely are Thy dwellings
	Parry	Blest pair of sirens
	Stanford	Sea Songs (all cond Bernard Smith)
Dec-66	Handel	Messiah		Exact date not recorded
Apr-67	Brahms	Requiem	+ Oriana Singers cond D. Anson	Exact date not recorded
	Grieg	Piano Concerto	D Anson cond. M. Williams
10 December 1967	Haydn	Nelson Mass	cond M. Williams
	“	Trumpet concerto	D. Haines cond D. Anson
	V-Williams	Fantasia on Christmas Carols
31 March 1968	Mendelssohn	Elijah (shortened)	+Oriana Singers cond D. Anson
15 December 1968	Bach	Christmas oratorio Pts 1, 2, 3
	Beethoven	Piano Conc No 4	David Anson, cond M. Williams
13 April 1969	Smetana	Bartered Bride
	Brahms	Song of Destiny
14 December 1969	Handel	Messiah	Joan Bletcher, Yvonne Newton, N Jenkins, P Ravenscroft, cond Michael Williams
04 January 1971	Mozart	Requiem	Janet Holleworth, Pamela Hadfield, Mr Garrett, John King
06 December 1970	Handel	Judas Maccabeus	Eidwenn Hurrhy, Gaynor Williams, N Jenkins, P Ravenscroft
18 April 1971	Schubert	Mass in A flat
	Mendelssohn	Violin concerto	Peter Mountain	(Iona Brown not available)
11 July 1971	Handel	The King shall rejoice		Pav Gdns (Christian Aid concert)
	Bach	Brandenburg No 2
	Beethoven	Violin Conc	Iona Brown
	Haydn	Te Deum in C
12 December 1971	Mozart	Overture Don Giovanni
	Vivaldi	Gloria	Hazel Holt, Margaret Cable
	V-Williams	Benedicite
	Schumann	Piano Concerto	Steaurt Bedford
16 April 1972	Bach	Magnificat, Ascension Oratorio		Pav Gdns
	Purcell	Come ye sons of Art
	Mozart	Horn Concerto	John Bimson
16 July 1972	Vaughan Williams	In Windsor Forest		Pav Gdns
	Mozart	Clarinet Conc	Janet Hilton
	Schubert	Symphony No 3
10 December 1972	Handel	Messiah	David Johnson, Caroline Crawshaw, et al	Pav Gdns
Easter 73	Fauré	Requiem
	Elgar	Cello concerto	Julian Lloyd Webber
Summer 73	Schubert	Mass in G major
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25 November 1973	Haydn	Creation		Pav Gdns
31 March 1974	Elgar	Gerontius	Elizabeth Muir, Richard Lewis, Roger Stalman	Pav Gdns
14 July 1974	Beethoven	Overture Prometheus		Pav Gdns
	Mozart	Piano conc 24 in C Minor	Anthony Peebles
	Bruckner	Three motets
	Mendelssohn	Italian Symphony
24 November 1974	Poulenc	Gloria	Sue Gorton	Pav Gdns
Bruch	Violin Conc	Iona Brown
	Bruckner	Te Deum	Sue Gorton, Malcolm Knowles
23 March 1975	Bach	St John Passion	Malcolm Knowles	Pav Gdns
22 June 1975	Vivaldi	Gloria		(in Northern Chamber Orchestra concert)
13 July 1975	Bach	Brandenburg Conc No 4		Pav Gdns
Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante
	Brahms	Leibeslieder Waltzes	Jane Watkin, Blair Forster
	Beethoven	Symphony No 1
09 November 1975	Schubert	Rosamunde		Pav Gdns
Bach	Violin concerto in E major	Philip Sutton
	Beethoven	Mass in C
14 December 1975	Handel	Messiah		Pav Gdns
11 April 1976	Vaughan Williams	Serenade to Music		Pav Gdns
Strauss	Horn Conc No 1	John Butterworth
	Tippett	Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Lambert	The Rio Grande	Jane Watkin, Gillian Morton
Stanford	Songs of the Sea
11 July 1976	Monteverdi	Beatus Vir		Pav Gdns
Mozart	Piano Conc No 23	Richard Walsh
	Beethoven	Symphony No 3 Eroica
05 December 1976	Handel	Chandos Anthem
	Haydn	Harmoniemesse
	Beethoven	Piano concerto No 4	Ian Brown
27 March 1977	Dvorak	Serenade in D Minor for wind instruments		Pav Gdns
Brahms	German Requiem		(with Macclesfield Oriana Choir)
29 May 1977	Handel	Organ concerto No 1	Andrew Parnell	St John’s
Britten	St Nicholas	Malcolm Knowles
10 July 1977	Haydn	Sinfonia Concertante in B Flat		Pav Gdns
Brahms	Zigeunerlieder
Mendelssohn	Symphony No 3, Scottish
04 December 1977	Handel	Utrecht Te Deum		Pav Gdns
Bach	Brandenburg Conc No 1
	Mozart	Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
15 December 1977	Handel	Messiah		Come & Sing (for Samaritans)
16 April 1978	Rachmaninov	Piano Conc No 2	Steuart Bedford	Pav Gdns
Britten	Abraham and Isaac	Robert Johnston, David Johnston, Steuart Bedford
	Hadley	The Hills	Sue Gorton, David Johnston, Roger Stalman
13 May 1978	Bruckner	Graduals
	Vaughan Williams	Valiant for Truth & 100^th Psalm
	Monteverdi	Beatus Vir
05 November 1978	Schubert	Symphony No 8, Unfinished		Pav Gdns
Brahms	Song of Destiny, Haydn Variations
	Dvorak	Te Deum
10 December 1978	Handel	Messiah		Pav Gdns
01 April 1979	Walton	Crown Imperial
Britten	Six Choral Dances from Gloriana
Vaughan Williams	The Lark ascending	Alyson Zuntz
Parry	I was glad
Elgar	The Music Makers	Margaret Cable
01 July 1979	Gala Opening of the Opera House	– National Anthem		Day not specified – from the Gods (very hot!)
02 December 1979	Bach	Christmas Oratorio	Malcolm Knowles	Opera Hse (First in restored Opera House)
06 December 1979	Handel	Messiah		– Come & Sing (for Opera House funds)
23 March 1980	Haydn	Paukenmesse		Opera Hse
Brahms	Violin Conc	Iona Brown
18 May 1980	Parry	Songs of Farewell
Tippett	Child of Our Time spirituals
Scott Joplin
01 July 1980	Schubert	Mass in G,		St John’s Festival Mass
04 December 1980	Vauhgan Williams	Fantasia on Xmas carols,	Christopher Underwood
	Vauhgan Williams	Hodie	Susan Gorton, Malcolm Knowles,Buxton Girls’ School
	Prokofiev	Peter & the Wolf	John Wood
21 March 1981	Strauss	Die Fledermaus overture
Bruch	Violin concerto in G Minor	Clare McFarlane
	Elgar, Delius, Wood, Arne	Last night of the Proms selection
29 March 1981	Verdi	Requiem	Alison Harper, Margaret McDonald, Alexander Young, Michael Rippon	Pav Gdns
09 August 1981	Mozart	Missa Brevis in D major K194,		Festival Mass St John’s
Summer 81	Strauss	Die Fledermaus overture		exact date not given – Pav Gdns
Bruch	Violin concerto in G Minor	Clare McFarlane
	Elgar, Delius, Wood, Arne	Last night of the Proms selection
22 November 1981	Mozart	Symphony No 39		Pav Gdns
Britten	Hymn to St Cecilia
	Strauss	Oboe Concerto	Margaret Gilchrist
	Haydn	Te Deum
20 December 1981	Handel	Messiah		(postponed till 7.3.82, because of SNOW) Pav Gdns
27 March 1982	Mahler	Symphony No2 – ‘Resurrection’	with Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra	Stockport Town Hall
03 April 1982	Brahms	Academic Festival Overture
	Mozart	Piano concerto No 23 K488	Steuart Bedford
	Elgar, Delius, Wood, Arne	Last night of the Proms selection
04 April 1982	Rachmaninov	Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini	Steuart Bedford	Pav Gdns
Fauré	Requiem	Sheila Morten, Christopher Underwood
	Wagner	Overture The Mastersingers
11 July 1982	Vaughan Williams	Serenade to Music		Pav Gdns, Christian Aid
	Walton, Bruch, Dvorak	???
01 August 1982	Haydn	Nelson Mass		Festival Mass
12 December 1982	Mozart	Flute Concerto	Julian Hall	Opera Hse
Mozart	Mass in C Minor
19 December 1982		Carols		(St Mary’s Ch)
27 February 1983	Berlioz	Childhood of Christ	Malcolm Knowles	Pav Gdns
Mozart	Mass in C minor
27 March 1983	Beethoven	Symphony No9	with Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra,	Stockport Town Hall
08 May 1983	Vivaldi	Gloria	Sheila Morten, Gillian Morton	St John’s
Bach	Suite No 2 in B Minor	Richard McNicol
	Bach	Jesu Priceless Treasure	David Francis, organ
	Bach	Concerto in D Minor, Violin & Oboe	Ray Sidebottom, Margaret Gilchrist
	Handel	Let Thy Hand be Strengthened Coronation anthem

10 July 1983	Wagner	Overture Tannhauser		Pav Gdns, Christian Aid
Brahms	Liebeslieder Waltzes	Wendy Barber, Richard Walsh, piano
	Tchaikovsky	Symphony No5 in E minor
01 August 1983	Schubert	Mass in C		Festival Mass St John ‘s
11 December 1983	Vaughan Williams	In Windsor Forest		Pav Gdns
Debussy	Petite Suite
	arr Rutter, Jacques	Carols
	Britten	Ceremony of Carols
	Copland	Clarinet Conc	Michael Palin
08 April 1984	Bach	St Matthew Passion	Malcolm Knowles, Christopher Underwood, etc	St John’s
08 July 1984	Elgar	In the South		Pav Gdns
Elgar	Four English part songs,
Parry, Finzi
	Brahms	Symphony No 1
05 August 1984	Beethoven	Mass in C		Festival Mass St John’s
11 November 1984	Brahms	Concerto for Violin & Cello	Tom Bangbala Stephen Threlfall	Pav Gdns
Elgar	Spirit of England	Sue Gorton
16 December 1984	Handel	Messiah	Sandra Dugdale, Malcolm Knowles
14 April 1985	Beethoven	Piano Conc No 5	Ian Brown	Pav Gdns
Mozart	Requiem	Janet Byers, Gillian Morton, John Mark Ainsley, Philip Judge
09 June 1985	Elgar, Britten, Stanford, Ireland, Vaughan Williams	English choral programme
07 July 1985	R Strauss, Rimsky-K, Schubert, Walton	???		Pav Gdns (no choir)
04 August 1985	Haydn	Maria Theresa Mass, Festival Mass
17 November 1985	Bach	Brandenburg Conc No 5		St John’s
Bach	Motet Lobet den Herrn
	Bach	Concerto for 2 Violins	Raymond Sidebottom, Alyson Zuntz
	Handel	Dixit Dominus	Delia Fletcher, Sue Gorton
05 December 1985		Carol concert,	Harpur Hill Junior choir	Opera Hse
No date	Tchaikovsky	Fantasy overture Romeo & Juliet		?Prom?
Dvorak	Serenade in D Minor
	Rimsky Korsakov	Scheherezade
13 April 1986	Dvorak	Stabat Mater		Pav gdns
Mozart	Wind Serenade in Eb K388
06 July 1986	Brahms	Motet ‘Make thou in me O God’		Pav Gdns Christian Aid
Berlioz	Nuits d’été
	Beethoven	Symph 3, Eroica
03 August 1986	Mozart	Coronation Mass		St John’s, Fest.
16 November 1986	Haydn	Creation
14 December 1986	Carol concert	Buxton Junior Sch		Opera Hse
05 April 1987	V-Williams	Sancta Civitas		Pav Gdns
Parry	Blest pair of sirens
	Elgar	Cello concerto	Stephen Threlfall
02 August 1987	Haydn	Paukenmesse		St John’s, Fest
08 November 1987	Beethoven	Symphony No 8		St John’s
Schubert	Mass in Eb
13 December 1987	Handel	Messiah		Pav Gdns
19 December 1987	Carol concert	Brass / Madrigal Singers / Whaley Bridge School	Opera Hse
24 April 1988	Elgar	The Kingdom	Sarah Fulgoni, Sue Gorton, Malcolm Knowles, C Underwood	Pav Gdns
31 July 1988	Haydn	Harmoniemesse		St John’s, Fest
20 November 1988	Borodin	Overture Prince Igor		Pav Gdns
Dvorak	Mass in D
	Seiber	Yugoslav folksongs
Bartok	Romanian dances
Kodaly	Psalmus Hungaricus
11 December 1988	Carols	St Anne’s School, Buxton		Opera Hse
19 March 1989	Bach	St John Passion	Malcolm Knowles, John Powell, et al	St John’s
02 April 1989	Songs of Praise			St John’s
23 April 1989	Opera Gala	Sandra Dugdale, Linda Ormiston, Donald Maxwell, Adrian Thompson	Opera Hse
27 April 1989	Handel	Messiah		– Come & Sing Meth. Church
02 July 1989	Dvorak	??
	Brahms	Haydn Variations
	Tchaikovsky	Symphony No 6
06 August 1989	Mozart	Mass in Bb K275 (Missa Brevis)		St John’s, Fest
26 November 1989	Schubert	Symph 8, Unfinished
	Brahms	Requiem	Linda Richardson, Christopher Underwood
17 December 1989	Carols	Fairfield Endowed Junior School	Opera Hse
22 April 1990	Wagner	Overture ‘Flying Dutchman’		Pav Gdns
Parry	Songs of farewell
	Constant Lambert	Rio Grande	Gillian Morton, Brenda Walker piano
	R Strauss	Overture Don Juan
Vaughan Williams	Toward the unknown region
01 July 1990	Beethoven	Coriolan		Christian Aid
Beethoven	Piano concerto No4	Anthony Goldstone
	Beethoven	Symphony No7
05 August 1990	Schubert	Mass in C		St John’s, Fest
14 October 1990	Handel	My heart is inditing		St John’s
Purcell	Te Deum
	Bach	Magnificat
	Bach	Brandenburg No 4
09 December 1990	Handel	Messiah CANCELLED OWING TO SNOW		Pav Gdns
16 December 1990	Carol concert	Buxton Buskers, Burbage Primary School
17 March 1991	Opera Gala		Sandra Dugdale, Linda Ormiston, Donald Maxwell, Adrian Thompson	Opera Hse
14 April 1991	Handel	Messiah, postponed from 9.12.90 see above		Pav Gdns
11 May 1991	Duruflé	Requiem	Organ accompaniment, & recital, James Lancelot Durham Cathedral	St John’s
04 August 1991	Mozart	Mass in C K337		St John’s, Fest
Mozart	Sancta Maria
11 August 1991	various	Festival Fireworks Finale, with Camerata, Cholmondeley Castle
27 October 1991	Verdi	Requiem	inc Joanne Grillo, Jeffrey Talbot, John Hudson	Opera Hse
08 December 1991	Carol Concert	New Mills Primary School	Opera Hse
29 March 1992	Elgar	Dream of Gerontius	Margaret Macdonald, Adrian Thompson, John Rath	Pav Gardens
05 July 1992	Beethoven	Piano Concerto No 3	Brenda Walker	St John’s, Christian Aid
Mendelssohn	Italian Symphony
07 June 1992	Opera Gala	Sandra Dugdale, Linda Ormiston, Donald Maxwell, Adrian Thompson	Opera Hse
26 July 1992	Haydn	Heiligemesse		St John’s, Fest
15 November 1992	Handel	Jephtha	Malcolm Knowles, David \|Gould, Kathryn Noble	St John’s
13 December 1992	Carols	St Anne’s RC Primary School	Opera Hse
28 March 1993	Weber	Overture Oberon		Pav Gdns
Brahms	Alto Rhapsody	Susannah Spicer
	Verdi	Four Sacred Pieces
	Rossini	Stabat Mater
22 May 1993	Tippett, Elgar, Vaughan Williams	English choral & orchestral music		St John’s
Jul-93	Beethoven	Violin concerto	Shelagh Diack	date not specified
	Beethoven	Symphony No 4
25 July 1993	Haydn	Nelson Mass		St John’s, Fest
07 November 1993	Brahms	Song of Destiny
	Bruckner	Psalm 150
	Dvorak	Symph 8
05 December 1993	Handel	Messiah
12 December 1993	Carols	Kinder Choir	Opera Hse & SNOW
27 March 1994	Elgar	Sea Pictures	Margaret Macdonald
	Elgar	Music Makers	Margaret Macdonald
	Elgar	Overture Froissart
08 May 1994	Opera Gala		Sandra Dugdale, Linda Ormiston, Donald Maxwell, Adrian Thompson
24 July 1994	Beethoven	Mass in C		St John’s, Fest
13 November 1994	Cherubini	Requiem		St John’s
Beethoven	Pastoral symph 6
18 December 1994	Carols	Harpur Hill Primary School	Opera Hse
02 April 1995	Mendelssohn	Elijah	Kathryn Noble, John Powell	Opera Hse
25 June 1995	GOLDEN Jubilee Concert			Pav Gdns
Elgar	Spirit of the Lord
	Mozart	Sinfonia concertante violin & viola	Eleanor & Alison Gilchrist
	Parry	Blest pair of sirens
	Seiber	Yugoslav folksongs
	Strauss	Suite Der Rosenkavalier
23 July 1995	Mozart	Coronation Mass		St John’s, Fest
19 November 1995	Handel	Samson	Helen Groves, James Gilchrist	St John’s
18 December 1995	Carols	Furness Vale School	Opera Hse
31 March 1996	Fauré	Cantique de Jean Racine		Pav Gdns
Chausson	Poème de l’amour at de la mer
	Poulenc	Gloria
	Saint Saens	Two unaccompanied songs
21 July 1996	Haydn	Theresienmesse		St John’s, Fest
10 November 1996	V-Williams	Dona Nobis Pacem
	Dvorak	Symph 7
15 December 1996	Carol concert	Williams Fairey Band.	Opera Hse BMS pieces all unaccompanied.
16 March 1997	Brahms	Requiem	Christopher Underwood	St John’s
	Vaughan Wiliiams	Five Mystical Songs	Christopher Underwood
20 July 1997	Haydn	Creation Mass		St John’s, Fest
26 October 1997	Fauré	Requiem	cond. Michael Palin	St John’s
Mendelssohn	Scottish symphony	“
	Beethoven	Overture Egmont “
07 December 1997	Handel	Messiah
14 December 1997	Carols	Williams Fairey Band	Opera Hse
29 March 1998	Elgar	Apostles	with Bollington Festival Choir Sue Gorton et al	Pav Gdns
14 June 1998	Opera Gala		Sandra Dugdale, Linda Ormiston, Donald Maxwell, Adrian Thompson	Opera Hse
19 July 1998	Weber	Mass in Eb		St John’s, Fest
15 November 1998	Handel	Solomon	Helen Groves, Carys Lane, Susannah Spicer, James Gilchrist,	St John’s
12 January 1900	Carols	Thornton’s Band
21 March 1999	Elgar	Banner of St George		Pav Gdns
Britten	Hymn to St Cecilia
01 July 1999	Britten	Missa Brevis		St John’s, Fest – date not specified
17 October 1999	Mozart	Requiem		St John’s
Beethoven	Symph 5
05 December 1999	Berlioz	L’Enfance du Christ
12 December 1999	Carols	Thornton’s Band		Opera Hse
09 April 2000	Bach	St Matthew Passion	Kinder Choir Malcolm Knowles, Christopher Underwood	St John’s
16 July 2000	Schubert	Mass in Bb		St John’s, Fest
15 October 2000	Poulenc	Organ concerto	James Lancelot	St John’s
Barber	Agnus Dei
	Finzi	Dies Natalis	Frances Brindley
	Holst	Psalms
	Elgar	Serenade for strings
10 December 2000	Carols	St Anne’s RC School		Opera Hse
17 December 2000	Handel	Messiah	student soloists from RNCM
25 March 2001	Puccini	Messa di Gloria
	Dvorak	Te Deum	Adrian Thompson
	Berlioz	Nuits d’été
15 July 2001	Haydn	Paukenmesse		St John’s, Fest
14 October 2001	Haydn	Creation	Kathryn Noble, John Powell, … Wilman	St John’s
09 December 2001	Carols			Opera Hse
Vaughan-Williams	Fantasia on Christmas Carols
16 March 2002	RNLI concert	with Chetham’s Wind Band & Chamber Choir
21 April 2002	English programme for Queen’s Golden Jubilee			St John’s
Finzi, Elgar, Walton, Butterworth, Britten, Delius, Parry
01 July 2002	Festival mass			St John’s, Fest – date not specified
10 November 2002	Handel	Belshazzar	Susanna Spicer, Helen Groves, James Gilchrist, David Gould	St John’s
08 December 2002	Carols	Thornton’s Band
30 March 2003	Elgar	The Kingdom	Bollington Festival Choir, Rachel Nicholls, Sue Gorton, Adrian Thompson, Byron Watson
15 June 2003	Beethoven	Violin concerto		RNLI concert with Chetham’s
	Beethoven	Symphony (4?)
13 July 2003	Schubert	Mass in Ab		St John’s, Fest
Schubert	Unfinished Symphony (?)
19 October 2003	Schubert	Mass in Ab
	Schubert	Unfinished Symph
	Brahms	Song of Destiny
	Bruckner	Graduals
07 December 2003	Handel	Messiah
14 December 2003	Carols			Opera Hse
28 March 2004	Dvorak	Stabat Mater
	RVW	Serenade to Music
	Parry	??
18 July 2004	Haydn	Heiligemesse		St John’s, Fest
14 November 2004	Elgar`	Music Makers	Louise Innes	St John’s
Dvorak	Cello conc	Simon Webb
12 December 2004	Carols	with Christ’s College Cambridge choir	Opera Hse
20 March 2005	Rossini	Petite Messe Solenelle	Wyn Davies / Andrew Cummings	St John’s
28 May 2005	Verdi	Requiem		in Bollington Festival
05 June 2005	Verdi	Requiem (Jubilee concert)	with Bollington Festival Choir Claire Seaton, Margaret Macdonald, Adrian Thompson, Donald Maxwell
07 January 1900	Mozart	Coronation Mass		St John’s, Fest
13 November 2005	Handel	Theodora
11 December 2005	Carols	Lincoln Coll Oxford, & Viva Voce, Sheffield	Opera Hse
26 March 2006	Elgar	Dream of Gerontius	Louise Innes, Adrian Thompson, James Rutherford	St John’s
16 July 2006	Haydn	Nelson Mass		St John’s, Fest
15 October 2006	Mozart	Mass in C minor K427		St John’s
Mozart	Piano conc K595	Anthony Goldstone
26 November 2006	Handel	Messiah	soloists Chris Underwood pupils	St John’s
18 March 2007	Mendelssohn	Elijah	Carys Lane, Andrew M-Wicks, James Rutherford	St John’s
15 July 2007	Haydn	Creation Mass		St John’s, Fest
18 November 2007	Haydn	Seasons
12 December 2007	Carols	Choristers of Worcester Coll, Oxford	Opera Hse
13 March 2008	Bach	St John Passion	Joshua Ellicott	St John’s
18 May 2008	Elgar	Cello concerto	Simon Webb	St John’s
	& English works
01 July 2008	Haydn	Heiligemesse		St John’s, Fest – date not specified
21 September 2008	Opera Gala		Sandra Dugdale, Linda Ormiston, Donald Maxwell, Adrian Thompson	Opera Hse
16 November 2008	Handel	Semele
14 December 2008	Carols	Worcester College Oxford		Opera hse
29 March 2009	Brahms	Requiem		St John’s
Schubert	Unfinished Symph
17 May 2009	Grieg	Piano Concerto	(Anthony Goldstone)	St John’s
Dvorak	Mass in D
	Weber	Overture Oberon
19 July 2009	Haydn	Harmoniemesse		St John’s, Fest
18 October 2009	Haydn	Clock Symph		St John’s
	Haydn	Te Deum
Handel	The King shall rejoice
	Bach	Singet den Herrn
	Mozart	Piano concerto in A	(Di Xiao)
22 November 2009	Handel	Messiah	Helen Groves, Susanna Spicer, Joshua Ellicott, Marcus Farnsworth)	St John’s
13 December 2009	Carols	Worcester Coll Oxford	Opera Hse
23 March 2010	Elgar	Apostles	Claire Seaton, Louise Innes, Andrew Wicks, Marcus Farnsworth
27 June 2010	Vivaldi	Gloria
	Mozart	Horn Conc 4	(soloist, Chethams’)
	Mozart	Symph no29
	Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante
18 July 2010	Dvorak	Mass in D		St John’s, Fest
07 November 2010	Haydn	St Cecilia Mass
	Handel	Organ concerto	Andrew Cummings)
	Bach	Suite No 3
12 December 2010	Carols	Worcester College Choir	Opera Hse
20 March 2010	Mendelssohn	St Paul	Carys Lane, Susanna Spicer, Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks & Andrew Rupp
15 May 2011	Duruflé	Requiem	Frances Brindley, Andrew Parker
	Elgar	Sonata for Organ	James Lancelot)

19 June 2011	Schubert	Symphony No 3 in D
Mozart	Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459	Iyad Sughayer, (Chetham’s School of Music)
	Mendelssohn	Symphony No 4 in A (The Italian)
17 July 2011	Haydn	Paukenmesse		Festival Mass
06 November 2011	Handel	Judas Maccabeus	Helen Groves, Susanna Spicer, Joshua Ellicott & Christopher Underwood
11 December 2011	Carols		Worcester College Oxford choir	Opera Hse
18 March 2012	Britten	St Nicholas	Andrew Mackenzie Wicks with Chamber Choir of King’s School, Macclesfield. Director Simon Mercer
	Edvard Grieg	Holberg Suite
	Johannes Brahms	Liebeslieder Waltzes	Andrew Cummings, Philip Cartledge – Piano
	Edward Elgar	Serenade for Strings
29 April 2012	Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – English programme
	Charles Hubert Hastings Parry	Anthem – I was glad
	George Frederic Handel	Anthem – Zadok the Priest
	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Motet – O taste and see	soloist: Jane McNeill
	William Walton	March – Crown Imperial
	Benjamin Britten	Four Choral Dances from ‘Gloriana’
	Edward Elgar	Anthem – Great is the Lord	soloist: Andrew Parker
	Edward Elgar	Imperial March
	Ralph Vaughan Williams	O be joyful in the Lord	(The Hundredth Psalm)
	Edward Elgar	Sea Pictures	Louise Innes – Mezzo Soprano
	Charles Hubert Hastings Parry	Blest Pair of Sirens
	Charles Hubert Hastings Parry	Jerusalem
17 June 2012	Beethoven	Symphony No 7 in A opus 92
	Mozart	Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313	Soloist Luke O’Toole, (Chetham’s School of Music)
	Mozart	Symphony No 35 in D major K385 ‘The Haffner’
15 July 2012	Haydn	Nelson Mass (with organ)	St John’s, Fest
28 October 2012	W A Mozart	Vesperae Solennes de Confessore K339	Rebecca Lea, Sarah Baram, William Pette, David Shipley
	W A Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante K364	Maria Angelika Carlsten (Violin) Katrina Brown (Viola)
	W A Mozart	Mass in C (The Coronation) K317	Rebecca Lea, Sarah Baram, William Pette, David Shipley
25 November 2012	Handel	Messiah	Helen Groves, David Gould, Joshua Ellicott, Marcus Farnsworth
09 December 2012	Carols	Worcester College Oxford choir
	Vaughan Williams	Fantasia on Christmas Carols	Andrew Parker – baritone
24 March 2013	Puccini	Messa di Gloria	Andrew MacKenzie Wicks (Tenor) Matthew Hargreaves (Bass)	conducted by Philip Cartledge at short notice
	Rossini	Stabat Mater	Rebecca Rudge, Sophie Goldrick , Andrew MacKenzie Wicks, Matthew Hargreaves	conducted by Michael Williams with a broken leg
16 June 2013	Strauss	Oboe concerto	Eleanor Doddford, (Chetham’s School of Music)
	Mozart	Symphony No 40 in G minor K550
	Schubert	Symphony No 5 in B flat D485
14 July 2013	Schubert	Mass in C(?)		Festival Mass
10 November 2013	Vaughan Williams	Dona Nobis Pacem	Hannah Sawle, Benjamin Bevan	(Remembrance Sundayconcert) Matthew Hargreaves indisposed
	Vaughan Williams	Five Mystical Songs	Benjamin Bevan
	Dvorak	Symphony No 8
08 December 2013	Carols	Worcester College Oxford choir / St Anne’s School. Soloists: Andrew Parker, Jane McNeill, Frances Brindley
06 April 2014	Poulenc	Gloria	Tanya Hurst (Soprano)
	Bizet	Te Deum	Tanya Hurst (Soprano) Andrew Mackenzie Wicks (Tenor)
	Saint Saens	Calme des Nuits, Les Fleurs et les Arbres
Fauré	Elégie for cello & orchestra	Miriam Brown – ‘Cello
	Bizet	Carmen Suite No 1 (1882)
Berlioz	Overture Le Carnaval Romain
15 June 2014	R Strauss	Horn Concerto No1 in E-flat	Ben Hurst, Chetham’s School of Music
Beethoven	Symphony No2 in D
Mozart	Duet – La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)	Andrew Parker & Jane McNeil
Mozart	Aria – Fin ch’han dal vino (Don Giovanni)	Andrew Parker
Mozart	Aria – Non so piu (Marriage of Figaro)	Jane McNeil
Mozart	Aria – Non piu andrai (Marriage of Figaro)	Andrew Parker
Felix Mendelssohn	Overture ‘Fingal’s Cave’ Op. 26
20 July 2014	Haydn	Heiligemesse		Festival Mass
09 November 2014	Elgar	Spirit of England	(Claire Seaton)	(Centenary Remembrance Sunday)
	R.Strauss	Four last songs	(Claire Seaton)
	Brahms	Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied)		sung in English
	Borodin	Prince Igor, overture
14 December 2014	Carols	Worcester College Oxford choir, Fairfield Endowed Junior School
22 March 2015	Beethoven	Overture – The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven	Mass in C	(Robyn Allegra Parton, Sophie Dicks, Adam Kowalczyk, Benjamin Lewis)
	Mozart	Piano Concerto 27	(Stephen Barlow)
	Haydn	Motet – Insanae et vanae curae
30 May 2015	Mahler	Symphony No 2, the Resurrection	with Wrexham Symphony Orchestra	Bridgewater Hall
14 June 2015	Bruch	Scottish Fantasy Op46	(Iona McDonald, Chetham’s School of Music)
	Tchaikovsky	Symphony No 6, Pathetique
	Otto Nicolai	Overture – The Merry Wives of Windsor
19 July 2015	Haydn	Harmoniemesse		Festival Mass
25 October 2015	Haydn	The Creation	Rebecca Rudge, Joshua Ellicott, Frederick Long)
22 November 2015	Handel	Messiah	Julie Cooper, David Gould, Andrew Mackenzie Wicks, Matthew Hargreaves
13 December 2015	Carols	Fairfield Juniors, Susie & the Bad Habits	St John’s
20 March 2016	Finzi	Intimations of Immortality	Andrew Mackenzie Wicks
	Elgar	Songs from the Bavarian Highlands
	Delius	La Calinda
	Delius	Walk to the paradise garden
Vaughan Williams	English Folk Song Suite
12 June 2016	Concerto!
	Beethoven	Piano Concerto No 2	Jackie Campbell – Chetham’s School of Music	BBC Young Musician section finalist 2016
	Schubert	Symphony No 5
	Mozart	Eine kleine Nachtmusik
	Bruckner	Three motets:
		Locus Iste
		Ave Maria
		Christus factus est
17 July 2016	Beethoven	Mass in C		Festival Mass
13 November 2016	Handel	Joshua	Helen Groves, Matthew Venner, Joshua Ellicott, David Shipley
11 December 2016	Christmas	with the Buxton Musical Society	Fairfield Endowed C of E Junior School Choir. Conductor – Tracey Johnson	St John’s
	Sergei Prokofiev	Peter & the Wolf	Donald Maxwell – narrator
02 April 2017	Elgar	The Kingdom	Claire Seaton, Louise Innes, Adrian Thompson, Marcus Farnsworth	Michael’s 50th anniversary concert
18 June 2017	Verdi	Requiem	Claire Seaton, Margaret MacDonald, Thomas Atkins, Matthew Hargreaves	With guests: Bakewell Choral Society
16 July 2017	Mozart	Coronation Mass		Buxton Festival Mass
14 October 2017	Mozart	Requiem Mass	Kathryn Howson, Carol Huff, Philip Tomlinson, Andrew Parker	BMS Singing Day – Sing Mozart in Buxton – led by Philip Cartledge
26 November 2017	Carl Maria von Weber	Overture Oberon
	Antonín Dvořák	Te Deum	Alexandra Lowe – soprano, Andrew Randall – baritone
	Brahms	Ein Deutsches Requiem	Alexandra Lowe – soprano, Andrew Randall – baritone	Sung in German
17 December 2017	Christmas with the Buxton Musical Society	Fairfield Endowed C of E Junior School Choir. Conductor – Tracey Johnson
Susie & the Bad Habits
08 April 2018	Buxton Baroque			Postponed from 18 March because of snow
J S Bach	Magnificat in D	Frances Brindley – soprano, Kathryn Howson – soprano
George Frideric Handel	Dixit Dominus	Hollie-Anne Bangham – mezzo-soprano
C H H Parry	Coronation Anthem – I was Glad	Ryan Davies – tenor, Andrew Parker – Bass	Display of new lighting system during the Parry Anthem
George Frideric Handel	Coronation Anthem My Heart is Inditing	Ian Wilson – Lighting Designer
13 May 2018	Rossini	Petite Messe Solennelle	Helen Groves – soprano, Susanna Spicer – mezzo-soprano
	Andrew Mackenzie Wicks – tenor, Matthew Hargreaves – bass	Ben Bevan – indisposed
	Ian Shaw – piano, Andrew Cummings – harmonium
17 June 2018	Franz Schubert	Overture Rosamunde
	Georges Bizet	Carmen Suite No. 1
	Francis Poulenc	Organ Concerto	George Herbert – organ soloist – by kind permission of Chetham’s School of Music
	Antonín Dvořák	Symphony No. 7
17 July 2018	F J Haydn	Heiligmesse	Soloists?	Buxton Internation Festival – Mass
28 October 2018	Beethoven	Piano Concerto No 4.	Matthew McLachlan from Chetham’s School of Music
	Cherubini	Requiem Mass
25 November 2018	George Frideric Handel	Messiah	Julie Cooper – soprano, Matthew Venner – counter-tenor, Andrew Mackenzie Wicks – tenor, Andrew Slater – bass	Performance in aid of Music in Hospitals and Care
16 December 2018	Christmas Cracker!	Various Christmas Music including:	Fairfield Endowed C of E Junior School Choir. Conductor – Tracey Johnson
	Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker Suite	Robbie Carnegie – narrator	Specially commissioned performance of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite with added narration
07 April 2019	Elgar	The Dream of Gerontius	Kathryn Rudge – mezzo-soprano Adrian Thompson – tenor Benjamin Bevan – bass
08 June 2019	‘Sing it in a Day’		Conducted by Matthew Hamilton	Singing Day in St John’s Church
	Duruflé	Requiem	Frances Brindley – soprano, Andrew Parker – baritone Darius Battiwalla – organ
16 June 2019	Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto	Faye Lam – violin – Chetham’s School of Music
	Beethoven	Coriolan Overture
	Vaughan Williams	In Windsor Forest
	Mozart	Symphony No35 ‘The Haffner’
14 July 2019	Haydn	Creation Mass		Buxton Internation Festival – Mass
24 November 2019	Haydn	The Seasons	Robyn Allegra Parton – soprano Bradley Smith – tenor Benjamin Bevan – bass
15 December 2019	Christmas Concert	Christmas favourites	Fairfield Endowed C of E Junior School Choir. Conductor – Tracey Johnson
	Prokofiev	Peter & the Wolf	Donald Maxwell – narrator
05 April 2020	Mendelssohn	Elijah	Concert postponed due to Covid19 outbreak
March 2020 – September 2021	All concerts and rehearsals postponed during outbreak of Covid19			Chorus met online and was joined by guests: Adrian Thompson, Simon Webb and others
17 October 2021	F J Haydn	Missa Sancti Nicolai, Mass No. 6 in G major	Clare Seaton Soprano – Susanna Spicer Mezzo-soprano – Andrew Mackenzie Wicks Tenor – Philip Smith Bass
	W A Mozart	Symphony No. 29 in A major
	W A Mozart	Missa brevis in D major	Soloists as above
05 December 2021	George Frideric Handel	Messiah	Helen Groves – soprano, William Towers – counter-tenor, Bradley Smith – tenor, Marcus Farnsworth – bass	Ken Brown – Trumpet Obbligato. Leader Steven Wilkie
12 December 2021	Christmas Concert	Christmas favourites	Guests: Fairfield Endowed C of E Junior School
27 February 2022	Felix Mendelssohn–Bartholdy	Elijah	Clare Seaton – soprano, Susanna Spicer – contralto, Andrew Mackenzie Wicks – tenor, Philip Smith – Elijah, Eve Codman — Youth, Andrew Parker – bass	Performance postponed from March 2020
10 April 2022	Music and Majesty	Celebration of Platinum Jubilee of HRH Queen Elizabeth II	Louise Innes – mezzo-soprano
	Walton	Crown Imperial March
	Handel	Zadok the Priest
	Elgar	Sea Pictures
	Britten	Choral Dances from Gloriana
	Delius	Walk to the Paradise Garden
	Vaughan Williams	O Taste and See
	Britten	Soirées musicales
	Parry	I was glad
	Elgar	Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4
	Arne	Rule, Britannia!
	Parry	Jerusalem
17 July 2022	Beethoven	Mass in C	Soloists from Festival Company	Buxton Internation Festival – Mass
23 July 2022	Haydn	The Creation	Georgie Malcolm – soprano, Jack Apperley – chorus director	Buxton Internation Festival Event with invited chorus singers from festival-goers.
30 October 2022	Dreamers of Dreams		Zany Denyer – piano, Frances Gregory – mezzo-soprano	Leader Steven Wilkie
	Otto Nicolai	Overture—The Merry Wives of Windsor
	Edvard Greig	Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16		The piece that Michael Williams first conducted with the Society 55 years previously
	Edward Elgar	The Music Makers Op.69
11 December 2022	The Real Father Christmas?		Fairfield Endowed C of E Junior School Choir, Froggatt Young Singers
	Britten	St Nicolas	Andrew Mackenzie Wicks – tenor, Froggatt Young Singers – Gallery Choir
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