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14 June 2008

All Saints Church SW14

Brahms Sacred and Secular

Song of Destiny Op. 54
Geistliches Lied Op. 30
Alto Rhapsody Op. 53
St Anthoni Variations Op. 56
Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Organists: Julian Collings and Russell Hepplewhite

Hilary Fisher - Contralto

     

5 April 2008

St. John the Divine

Richmond

Bach Mass in B Minor

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Assistant Conductor and Organist: Julian Collings

The Corelli Orchestra
Sandra Lissenden - Soprano
Leonie Saint - Mezzo-soprano
Simon Baker - Countertenor
Stephen Douse - Tenor
Stefan Paul Sanchez - Baritone
     

1 December 2007

All Saints Church SW14

Vivaldi Gloria, Poulenc Gloria and Christmas Motets

Carols for choir and audience

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Assistant Conductor and Organist: Julian Collings
Sopranos: Charlotte McLean and Lesley Mortley
Contralto: Leonie Saint

     

16 June 2007

All Saints Church SW14

The English Choral Tradition, Sacred and Secular

featuring a selection of madrigals, glees, motets and part songs, and including a new work by Michael Zev Gordon, commissioned for this concert.

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Assistant Conductor and Organist: Julian Collings
Readers: Zoë Waites and Mark Wells

 

     

March 31st 2007

St. John the Divine Richmond

Rachmaninoff Vespers (sung in English)

Organ works by Janácek and Martinu

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Contralto: Hilary Fisher
Tenor: Graham Currie
Organ: Julian Collings

     

2 December 2006

All Saints Church SW14

JS Bach - Christmas Oratorio

Carols for choir and audience

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Julia Dewhurst
Counter Tenor: Simon Baker
Tenor: Vernon Kirk
Bass: Matthew Sharp
Choir soloist: Ben Karp
The Loki Orchestra, Leader: Ben Swanson

     
June 2006

Elgar - The Music Makers

The main work in the programme, The Music Makers, was immensely popular in the years following its composition in 1912, but is now performed less frequently. Barnes Choir revelled in the motifs from the Enigma variations and other familiar tunes which enabled them to show off their excellent mellow tones with good climaxes and contrasts. Katy Bingham-Best was again the thrilling soloist with dramatic interpolations into the choral singing. Julian Collings accompanied the work on the piano with great facility. Pam Frazer, The Richmond & Twickenham Times
 
     

3 December 2005

All Saints Church SW14

 

 

Honegger - Une Cantate de Noël
Bizet - Te Deum
Poulenc - Four Christmas Motets
Messiaen - O Sacrum Convivium

A Selection of French carols sung by the East Sheen Primary School Choir, conducted by Heather Bryant

Also carols for choir and audience

"Une Cantate de Noel' by Honegger provided an exciting opening to the Choir's programme. ... The Choir managed to convey all of the thrilling power and variety of moods of the piece, from the wailing lament of the first section, through the mixture of French, German, Austrian and English carols in the central part to the full bodied Laudate Dominum and final Amen. ... Congratulations to Barnes Choir and especially their conductor, Andrew Charity, for tackling such a rewarding, profound, but difficult work.", Pam Frazer, The Richmond & Twickenham Times
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Lesley Mortley
Tenor: Graham Currie
Baritone: Ben Karp
Organ: Ashley Grote
     

18 June 2005

All Saints Church SW14

Bach - Magnificat
Handel - Dixit Dominus
Bach - Cantata No 51 Jauchzet Gott!

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Sopranos: Sandra Lissenden and Charlotte McLean
Countertenor: Simon Baker
Tenor: Stephen Douse
Bass: Paul Charrier
Trumpet: Edward Maxwell
Organ: Julian Collings
     

19 March 2005

Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond

Beethoven - Ruins of Athens
Beethoven - Mass in C
Beethoven - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

 

     

27 November 2004

All Saints Church SW14

 

 

Concert for Saint Cecilia's day - patron saint of music

C.H.H. Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens (At a Solemn Music) Herbert Howells - Psalm Prelude, Set 2, No. 1
Benjamin Britten - Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Charles Gounod - Saint Cecilia's Mass (Messe Solenelle de Sainte Cecile)
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Jamesena Tait
Tenor: Keith McDonald
Bass: Paul Sheehan
Organ: Julian Collings

     

12 June 2004

All Saints Church SW14

Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle

This concert was dedicated to the memory of former conductor Peter Gellhorn who died on 13 February 2004, aged 93. The concert was attended by his family.
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Katy Tansey
Contralto:- Hilary Fisher
Tenor: Christopher Ovenden
Bass: Matthew Sharp
Harmonium: Julian Collings
Piano: Paul Plummer
     

20 March 2004

Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond

30th anniversary season performance

Fanshawe - African Sanctus

with David Fanshawe (composer of African Sanctus) in the audience

Rio Grande - Lambert
Jamaican Rumba (piano duet) - Banjamin
Facade (piano duet) - Walton


Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Susan Stacey
Mezzo-Soprano: Ali Kemp
Solo Piano: Paul Plummer
Piano: Julian Collings
Piano: Andrew Charity
Rhythm Attack Percussion Ensemble
Guitars: Pete Callard and Gareth Huw Davies
Sound Projection: Alan Ferne
     

6 December 2003

All Saints Church SW14

Gabrielli - In Ecclesiis
Monteverdi - Beatus Vir
Charpentier - Messe de Minuit
Cavalli - Magnificat

 
     
7 June 2003

The Wathen Hall
St Paul's School
Lonsdale Road
Barnes SW13

Handel - O Praise the Lord with one consent 
Schubert - Songs for four voices
Haydn - 'Maria Theresa' Mass

Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Carol-Anne Grainger
Contralto: Frances Jellard
Tenor: Paul Martyn-West
Bass: Julian Empett
Organ & Piano: Paul Plummer
     

15 March 2003

All Saints Church SW14

Vivaldi - Gloria
Faure - Requiem

 
     

7 December 2002

All Saints Church SW14

Bach - Mass in F
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Britten - Ceremony of Carols
Janacek - Otcena

What an attractive and ambitious programme it turned out to be... Refreshed after the interval by mulled wine and mince pies, the choir were in especially good voice and delighted the audience with a setting of the Lord's Prayer by Janacek. Well done Barnes Choir and here's to the next 50 years!", Pam Frazer, Richmond Arts Council, The Richmond Times
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Julia Dewhurst
Mezzo-soprano: Yvonne Bracken-Kemish
Counter-Tenor: Simon Baker
Tenor: Stephen Dowse
Bass: Paul Charrier
Organ: Paul Plummer
Harp: Hayley Dredge
Percussion: Chris Kimber
     

18 May 2002

Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond

 

'A Journey with Mozart'

Mass in C, K115
Mass in C Minor, K427
Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K546
Motet - Exultate, jubilate, K165

"The Barnes Choir goes from strength to strength both in its imaginative programme planning and the quality of the performance. If there were a league of local choral societies, on this showing the Barnes Choir would certainly be in the Premiership and it deserves support from the community", Pam Frazer, The Richmond Times
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Sopranos: Julia Dewhurst, Sandra Lissenden
Tenor: James Dooley
Bass: Gary Tushaw
Organ: Kevin Vockerodt
The Surrey Sinfonietta, Leader: Anne-Marie McDaid
     

8 December 2001

All Saints Church SW14

'The Journey to Christmas'

Leighton - Sequence for All Saints Verdi - Pater Noster
Vaughan Williams - 23rd psalm Britten - Jubilate Deo in C
Finzi - God is gone up Stevens - Blow, blow thou winter wind
Rubbra - Virgin's Cradle Hymn Harold Darke - In the Bleak Midwinter 
Herbert Howells - The Spotless Rose Finzi - In Terra Pax 
Adrian Cruft - Run, Shepherds, Run  Finzi - All This Night 
Walford Davies - O Little Town of Bethlehem  

This featured mainly English music, although it also included Verdi's 'Pater Noster' to celebrate the centenary of his death.The centenary of the birth of Gerald Finzi was celebrated with three of his works.
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Baritone: Gary Tushaw
Soprano: Jamesena Tait
Organ: Kevin Vockerodt

 

 

 

     

19 May 2001

Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond

Bach - St Matthew Passion

"The total musical projection of Christ's Passion was impressive..." - Oliver Blakeney in the Richmond Times.

Conductor:Andrew Charity
Amorosi Orchestra: leader Lynn Cook
Ripieno Choir: Putney High School GDST Junior Choir (Music Director - Jo Nicholls)

The Evangelist: Paul Martyn-West
Christ: Paul Charrier
Soprano: Cheryl McGuiness-Oxley
Mezzo-soprano: Hilary Fisher
Tenor: Stuart Rathie
Baritone: Julian Empett

Solo parts sung by choir members:
High Priest, First Priest, Pilate: Ben Karp
Judas: Gary Smith
Peter, Second Priest: David Fellows
False Witnesses: Frances Moorhouse & Robert Cowham
Second Maid: Jackie Jackson
Pilate's Wife: Elizabeth Blishen
     

9 December 2000

All Saints Church SW14

 

Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Brahms: Liebeslieder
Mozart: Mass in C - K115

Carols for choir and audience
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Baritone: Gary Tushaw
Organ: Kevin Vockerodt
Piano duet: Kevin Vockerodt and Jonathan Williams
     
 

The Millennium Series

When considering how it might celebrate the Millennium the Choir decide that it might be appropriate and different to use the occasion to lead into the new century with a selection of 20th century music. The works were selected for a variety of particular reasons. The first thought was to start the series with a work from the very beginning of the century and to end 1999 with one composed at the very end. Thus we chose Parry's "I was Glad" which was composed for the coronation of King Edward VII and appropriate 1998 was the sesqui-centenary of his birth. To end the December 1999 concert we commissioned a work from a local composer Brian Daubney specially for the occasion. Of the other works performed for 1999 concerts, Sir Michael Tippett's "A Child of our Time" was selected for its significance to one of the major forces shaping the century - the Second World War and also because he was a local resident. The work was selected before his death in January 1998 and provided a fitting tribute to a notable 20th century composer. Francis Poulenc was born in 1899 so the Gloria was chosen as a centenary celebration. In December 1999 we decided to include a work by our own Conductor, Peter Gellhorn and to couple this with one by Benjamin Britten with whom Peter worked while with the Royal Opera conducting the second performance of Billy Budd, Britten himself having conducted the first. Finally to recognise that the year 2000 was the anniversary of the birth of Christ, the Choir performed Handel's Messiah to end the series in May 2000.

 
     
11th and 12th November
2000

Landmark Arts Centre Teddington

Verdi - Requiem

This was a joint concert organised by Barry Buttenshaw with other local choirs and groups: Cantanti Camerati, Teddington Choral Society, Whitton Choral Society, Richmond Music Trust and The Richmond Orchestra. Performed at the , and .

Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Ingela Beglund - Soprano
Hyacinth Nicholls - Alto
Philip Slane - Tenor
Keel Watson - Bass
     
20 May 2000

Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond

Handel - Messiah

Conductor: Peter Gellhorn
Amorosi Orchestra, leader: Lynn Cook
Tracie Penwarden - Soprano
Aileen Sim - Alto
James Browning Geer - Tenor
Trevor Alexander - Bass
Organ - Timothy Ball
     
     
     
     
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