Previous Concerts
This page covers from 1992 back to the start of 1991
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SCS Christmas Concert
Thursday 10th December 1992
Location: Central Methodist Hall, Westminster, London
Sunday 6th December 1992
St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage
Programme:
O Come, all ye faithful |
Words, Oakley et al, Music - Anon |
This Christmas Night |
Words - Mary Wilson, |
In Dulci Jubilo |
German trad. arr. John Rutter |
Jesu,Jesu rest your head |
South Appalachian carol |
See amid the winter snow |
Words - E. Caswell, |
Songs from "Carols of the Elements" |
Words - J.E. Edwards, Music - Douglas Coombes |
O little town of Bethlehem |
Words - Brooks, |
Choral prelude: "Watchet Auf" |
J.S. Bach |
Candelight Caroll |
Composer - John Rutter |
Mater ora Filium |
Words - Anon, Tune irish trad. |
Silent Night |
Words - J. Mohr, Music - Franz Gruber |
Torches |
Words - J.B. Trend, Music - John Joubert |
God rest you merry, gentlemen |
Trad. arr. D. Willcocks |
The First Nowell |
Trad. arr. D. Willcocks |
White Christmas |
Composer - Irving Berlin arr. Trevor Hughes |
The Christmas Song |
Composer - Mel Torme and Robert Wells |
Winter Wonderland< |
Words - Dick Smith, Music - F. Bernard, |
Love had come down |
Composer - Sharon Hesketh |
Rocky, Rocky Road |
West indian Trad. arr. D. Coombes |
The Gloucestershire Wassail |
Trad. arr. D. Coombes |
Good King Wenceslas |
Words - J.M. Neale, Music - Anon |
Carillon |
Herbert Murrill |
Angel Tidings |
Words - J. Rutter, |
Do you hear what I hear? |
Composer - N. Regney and G. Shayne |
Jesus Child |
Composer - John Rutter |
All in the morning |
Words - Trad., |
We wish you a Merry Christmas |
Trad. arr. D. Coombes |
Hark! The Herald Angels sing |
Words - C.Wesley et al, |
Soloists:
Trevor Hughes : |
Keyboards and Organ |
Douglas Coombes : |
Keyboards |
Graham Pointon : |
Keyboards |
The Amici Singers
Conductor : Douglas Coombes
The Diana Kiverstein Singers
Conductor : Diana Kiverstein
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Trevor Hughes
Concert
Saturday 21st November 1992
Location: St. Mary the Virgin, Heacham
Programme was selected from:
Elegischer gesang, Op. 118 |
Beethoven |
Lass Dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Op. 30 |
J. Brahms |
Festival Te deum |
Britten |
Psalm CXLVIII |
G. Holst |
Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis |
Herbert Howells |
Now is the month of Maying |
Thomas Morley |
Sing we and chant it |
Thomas Morley |
Ave Verum |
Mozart |
Timor et Tremor |
Francis Poulenc |
Vinea mea electa |
Francis Poulenc |
A Gaelic Blessing |
John Rutter |
Bobby Shaftoe |
Trad. arr. Trevor Hughes |
A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square |
Maschwitz/Sherwin arr. Trevor Hughes |
A Foggy day |
George Gershwin arr. Trevor Hughes |
Church Sonata No. 4 |
Mozart (Clarinet) |
Two Bagatelles |
Gerald Finzi (Clarinet) |
Toccata and Fugue in D minor BVW 565 |
J.S Bach (Organ) |
Suite Gothique |
Leon Boellmann (Organ) |
Toccata, from Symphony No. 5 |
Charles Marie Widor (Organ) |
Soloists:
Christine Vincent : |
Soprano |
Ron Hollings : |
Baritone |
Gillian Hughes : |
Clarinet |
David Atkinson : |
Organ |
Trevor Hughes : |
Organ |
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Trevor Hughes
Durufle - Requiem
Saturday 7th October 1992
Location: St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage
Programme:
Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis |
Herbert Howells |
Penitential Motets |
Poulenc |
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani |
Poulenc |
Requiem Op. 9 |
Duruflé |
Soloists:
Trevor Hughes : |
Organ |
Arthur Soothill : |
Timpani |
Marie Vassiliou : |
Mezzo-Soprano |
Howard Croft : |
Baritone |
David Atkinson : |
Organ |
Stevenage Choral Society and Orchestra
Conductors : Trevor Hughes and Douglas Coombes
Choir on Tour
Wednesday 27th May
Location: Evangelische Kirch, Oberlahnstein
Tuesday 26th May
Location: Evangelische Kirch, Oberlahnstein
Saturday Monday 25th May
Location: Basilica St. Castor, Treis-Karden
Sunday 24th May
Location: St. Irminen Kirche, Trier
Sunday 10th May
Location: St. Thomas More Church, Knebworth
This time the choir was touring the Rhineland Palatine, close to Stevenage's twin town, Ingleheim. With a starter concert in Stevenage on the 10th May.
Programme selected from:
Elegischer gesang, Op. 118 |
Beethoven |
Lass Dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Op. 30 |
J. Brahms |
Festival Te deum |
Britten |
Civitas Sancti Tui |
William Byrd |
How Fair is thy Face |
Edvard Grieg |
Psalm CXLVIII |
G. Holst |
Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis |
Herbert Howells |
Now is the month of Maying |
Thomas Morley |
Sing we and chant it |
Thomas Morley |
Ave Verum |
Mozart |
Bobby Shaftoe |
Trad. arr. Trevor Hughes |
A Gaelic Blessing |
John Rutter |
Two for the price of One |
Folk Songs arr. Andrew Carter |
Also included were solo pieces for Organ and Clarinet
Soloists:
Christine Vincent : |
Soprano |
Ron Hollings : |
Baritone |
Gillian Hughes : |
Clarinet |
David Atkinson : |
Organ |
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Trevor Hughes
1991
A Family Carol Concert
Sunday 15th December 1991
Location: St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage
Programme:
O Come, all ye faithful |
Composer unknown arr. Willcocks |
"A Week to Christmas" |
(Reading - reader Heather Newstead) |
And the Glory of the Lord |
G.F. Handel |
God rest you merry, Gentlemen |
trad. arr. Willcocks |
Extracts from "memories of Christmas" by Dylan Thomas |
(Reading - reader Tony Hodges) |
The Carol Singers |
T.C. Sterndale Bennett |
Good King Wenceslas |
Words anon, |
"Christmas" by John Betjeman |
(Reading - reader Shelagh Sherwood) |
This Christmas Night |
Words - Mary Wilson, |
O little town of Bethlehem |
Trad arr. R. Vaughn Williams |
Nazareth |
Charles Gounod |
In Dulci Jubilo |
Trad. German arr. John Rutter |
Once in Royal David´s City |
H.J. Gauntlet |
Unto us is born a Son |
CTune - Piae Cantiones arr. Willcocks |
For unto us a son is born |
G.F. Handel |
Reading - Luke 2 v8-16 |
(Reading - reader Sheila Howard) |
While Shepherds watched |
Words - Nahum Tate, |
"The Journey of the Magi" by T.S. Eliot |
(Reading - reader Marian Davidson) |
Jesus Child |
John Rutter |
Do you hear what I hear? |
N Regney and G. Shayne |
It came upon the midnight clear |
Words - E.H. Sears, |
Hush! My dear |
Words - Isaac Watts, |
Angel Tidings |
Moravian trad. arr. John Rutter |
John 1 v1-14 |
(Reading - reader Corinne Lancaster) |
Hark! The Herals angels sing |
Words - C. Wesley et al, |
Soloists:
Rodney Cole : |
Tenor |
Bob Davidson : |
Baritone |
Nigel Gaston : |
Keyboard |
Graham Pointon : |
Keyboard |
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Trevor Hughes
Mozart - Requiem
Saturday 12th October 1991
Location: St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenag
Programme:
Stabat Mater |
Pergolesi |
Requiem |
Mozart |
Soloists:
Kym Amos : |
Soprano |
Angus Davidson : |
Counter Tenor |
John Mark Ainsley : |
Tenor |
Adrian Peacock : |
Bass |
Stevenage Choral Society and Orchestra
Conductor : Trevor Hughes

David Fanshawe - African Sanctus
Saturday 11th May 1991
Location: Church of St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage
African Sanctus is a 1972 choral Mass and is the best-known work of British composer and collector of world musics David Fanshawe. In African Sanctus the Latin Mass is juxtaposed with live recordings of traditional African music, which the composer had recorded himself between 1969 and 1973 during a journey up the Nile, from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Victoria. The work consists of 13 movements and follows the journey of the composer through Africa. The recordings are from Egypt, the Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.
A key moment in the conception of African Sanctus came at the beginning of Fanshawe's 1969 journey, in Egypt. Sitting in a Christian church he heard the muezzin of a nearby mosque calling the faithful to prayer, and imagined this beautiful sound in counterpoint with Western choral harmony. Originally entitled African Revelations, African Sanctus was first performed in London by the Saltarello Choir in July 1972, and was later played on BBC Radio on United Nations Day.
[Notes derived from Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Sanctus]
Programme:
Anything Goes ...A tribute to Cole Porter |
Cole Porter |
African Sanctus |
David Fanshawe |
Soloists:
Marie Vassiliou : |
Soprano |
Jayne Morgan : |
Soprano |
Judd Proctor : |
Lead Guitar |
Dave Richmond : |
Bass Guitar |
Chritopher Baron : |
Percussion/Drums |
Trevor Hughes : |
Keyboard |
Chris Beale : |
Keyboard |
Graham Pointon : |
Narrator |
Eric Allen : |
Percussion |
Gary Kettel : |
Percussion |
Robin Cherry : |
Sound Engineer |
Stevenage Choral Society
Conductor : Trevor Hughes
Stevenage Choral Society
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