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2009
December
December Concert Saturday 5 December 2009
Carnoustie Church
Little Organ Mass by Haydn
Te Deum by Purcell
Shepherd's Farewell by Berlioz
Tomorrow Shall Be my Dancing Day arranged by John Gardiner
Carols for audience participation
Soprano: Maria Kozlova
Organist: Morley Whitehead
Musical Director: Phoebe Gourlay
 
May
Spring Concert 9 May 2009
St John's Church Forfar
Locus Iste , by Bruckner
Ave Maria , by Bruckner
Os Justi , by Bruckner
A Fascicle of Songs , by D Coombes
Cantate Domoino, by Monteverdi
Adoramus Te , by Monteverdi
Beatus Vir , by Monteverdi
My Heart is Inditing of a Good Matter , by Handel
The King Shall Rejoice , by Handel
Pianist: Robert Melling
Organist: Neil Smeaton
Choir from Forfar Academy
Musical Director: Phoebe Gourlay
 
2008
December
Christmas Concert Saturday 6 December 2008
St Margarets Church Forfar
Messa di Gloria , by Puccini
Also Advent and Christmas pieces
Neil Smeaton: Organist
John Pamphrey: tenor
Ross McInroy: bass/baritone
Musical Director: Phoebe Gourlay
 
April
Spring Concert 19 April 2008
Edzell/Lethnot Church in Edzell
Stabat Mater , by Dvorak
Organist Graeme Stevenson
Catharine Rogers, soprano
Charlotte Tetley, mezzo-soprano
John Pumphrey, tenor
Henrey Keswell, bass
Musical Director: Brian Hirst
 
2007
December
Entry to be completed  
 
April
A Spring Garland
Gardner Memorial Church, Brechin
Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
Schubert - Mass in G
JS Bach, arr Bennet Willaims - Breezy Bach
Abt - Ave Maria
Handel - Ye Verdant Hills (Susanna)
Mendlessohn - Lord God of Abraham (Elijah)
Whitlock - Pastorale
Guilmant - Paraphrase ("See the Conquering Hero Comes")
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Lloyd Webber - Pie Jesu
JS Bach, arr Bennet Williams - Sleepytime Bach
Tippett - Four Negro Spirituals (A Child of our Time)
Musical Director: Brian Hirst
Soprano: Jean Webster
Alto: Petra McFatridge
Tenor: Glynn Hesketh
Bass: Peter Webster
Organist: Roger Clegg
 
2006
December
Glamis Kirk
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Mozart - Mass in C, K317 (Coronation Mass)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Robin Wells - A Babe was Born
Fum, Fum, Fum (arr W Llewellyn)
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
While Shepherds Watched (Joy Webb arr Hirst)
The First Nowell
John Joubert - Torches
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Peter Cornelius - The Three Kings (arr Atkins)
Britten - A Ceremony of Carols (excerpts)
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Musical Director: Brian Hirst
Soprano: Alison Muslek
Mezzo Soprano: Lucy Appleyard
Tenor: Kenneth Miller
Bass: Aaron Alphonsus McAuley
Organist: Graeme Stevenson
 
April
40th Anniversary Celebration Concert
St John's Church, Forfar
Haydn - The Creation
Conductor: Brian Hirst
Orchestra led by Margaret Jamieson
Soprano: Jean Webster
Tenor: Ken Miller
Baritone: Peter Webster
Rehearsal Accompanist: Eileen Cheyne
 
2005
December
Carnoustie Church
Once in Royal David's City
Kodaly - A Christmas Carol
Blessed be that Maid Mary
O Little Town of Bethlehem
The Linden Tree Carol
Vaughan Williams - No Sad Thought his Soul Affright
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Away in a Manger (arr Hirst)
Ballet - Lute Book Lullaby
See Amis the Winter's Snow
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
The Holly and the Ivy
Organ Solo - Sleigh Ride
When a Child is Born (arr Hirst)
Unto Us is Born a Son
Haydn - Missa Sancti Nicolai
As with Gladness Men of Old
Musical Director: Brian Hirst
Soprano: Jacqueline Lyons
Mezzo Soprano: Lucy Appleyard
Tenor: Tom Johnson
Bass-Baritone: Ross McInroy
Organist: Andrew Caskie
Rehearsal Pianist: Eileen Cheyne
 
April
Edzell/Lethnot Church
Hugh S Roberton - All in the April Evening
Mascagni - Easter Hymn (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
Verdi - Song of the Hebrew Slaves (from Nabucco)
Parry - I was Glad
Christopher Tambling - Songs of Angus (text - Violet Jacob)
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Handel - Messiah (excerpts)
Conductor: Brian Hirst
Soprano: Rhona McKail
Bass-Baritone: Ross McInroy
Trumpet: Euan Crabb
Organ & Piano: Graeme Stevenson
Rehearsal Pianist: Eileen Cheyne
 
2004
December
Glens and Kirriemuir Old Parish Church
O Come, All ye Faithful
Thiman - Donkey Plod & Mary Ride
Britten - A Boy was Born
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Bruckner - Virga Jesse Floruit
arr Llewellyn - De Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy
Away in a Manger
Armstong Gibbs - While The Shepherds Were Watching
Willcocks - What Child is This?
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Berlioz - The Shepherds' Farewell
Hirst - The Infant King
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Pergolesi - Magnificat
Hirst - Christmas Potpourri
Hirst - Cheerfully The Bells Ring
Good King Wenceslas
Walton - What Cheer?
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
Conductor: Brian Hirst
Soprano: Jean Webster
Alto: Ruth Black
Tenor: Kenneth Millar
Bass: Peter Webster
Organist: Roger Clegg
 
April
Reid Hall, Forfar
with Angus Chamber Orchestra (Leader : Audrey Mattner)
Purcell - Jubilate in D for St Cecilia's Day
Purcell - Rejoice in the Lord always
JS Bach - Herz und Mund, und Tat und Leben
Mozart - Missa Solemnis in C
Conductor: Hamish Good
Sporano: Suzanne Henderson
Mezzo-Soprano: Lucy Taylor
Tenor: Ben Alden
Bass: Kenneth Murray
Accompanist: Brian Hirst
 
2003
December
Carnoustie Church
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria
Carols
Conductor: Hamish Good
Soprano: Katerina Binova-Barber
Mezzo-Soprano: Sally Garden
Organ: Stuart Muir
Trumpet: Euan Crabbe
Oboe: Roger Booth
Accompanist: Brian Hirst
 
April
St John the Evangelist Church, Forfar
Edward Elgar - Give unto the Lord (Psalm 29)
Charles Macpherson - Andante Soavamente e Dolce
William Faulkes - Grand Choeur in D
Herbert Howells - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (St Paul's Service)
Lennox Berkley - Missa Brevis
Lennox Berkley - Aria
Kenneth Leighton - 3 Fantasies on Hymn Tunes
Edward Elgar - Great Is The Lord
Conductor: Hamish Good
Baritone: Kenneth Murray
Organist: Morley Whitehead
Accompanist: Brian Hirst
 
2002
December
Glamis Kirk
arr. D Willcocks - Deck the Hall
arr. D Willcocks - Of the Father's heart begotten
arr. R. Vaughan-Williams - This is the truth sent from above
Herbert Howells - Magnificat (St Paul's Service)
Tomas Luis de Victoria - O magnum mysterium
arr. J Rutter - Child in a manger
arr. J Rutter - Sans day carol (Now the Holly)
arr. Macpherson - Shepherds Cradle Song
arr. R. Vaughan-Williams - O little town of Bethlehem
arr. J Rutter - Here we come a-wassailing
Francis Poulenc - Hodie Cristus natus est
Michael Praetorius - En natus est Emanuel
arr. A Sullivan - It came upon the midnight clear
Anon - Listen, Lordings unto me
arr. C. Wood - Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Eric H. Thiman - Gloria in excelis Deo
arr. D Willcocks - O come all ye faithful
Conductor: Hamish Good
Organist: Stuart Muir
Trumpet: Euan Crabb
 
May
Brechin Cathedral
with Angus Chamber Orchestra
Rachmaninov - Vespers
Haydn - Nelson Mass
Director: Laurie Forrester
 
2001
December
St Margaret's Church, Forfar
Handel - Messiah Part I
Carols and Organ pieces
Director: Laurie Forrester
 
May
Brechin Cathedral
with Angus Chamber Orchestra
W A Mozart - Misericordias Domini
W A Mozart - Requiem
Director: Laurie Forrester
Soprano: Alison Beck
Mezzo Soprano: Lucy Taylor
Tenor: Daniel Ohlman
Bass: Richard Mein
Organ: Roger Clegg
Accompanist: Stewart Rooney
 
2000
December
St Margaret's Church, Forfar
with Angus Chamber Orchestra
Ralph Vaughan-Williams - In Windsor Forest
Hylton c. Stewart - On this day earth shall ring
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Jacob Handel - Ab Oriente vererunt Magi
Jacob Handl - Resonet in Laudibus
In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Ronald Center - There is no rose
Ronald Center - A hymn to the Virgin
Ronald Centre - Wither's rocking hymn
Rutter - O Come, all ye Faithful
Trad. arr Ian Humphris - The Twelve Days of Christmas
Director: Mark Hindley
Organ/Piano: Morley Whitehead
 
May
St Johns Church, Forfar
with The Adderbury Ensemble
Bach - Ich hab'in Gottes Herz und Sinn
Bach - Lobert den Herrn, alle Heiden
Handel - Laudate Pueri Dominum