Stamford Choral Society

Recent concerts

For reviews of recent concerts, please see the press section of this web site.

Concert history

The following major concerts have been presented over the last 10 years. Years marked* with an asterisk were Malcolm Sargent Concerts, given jointly with the Choral Society of the Stamford Endowed Schools.

We are accompanied by the fully professional Chameleon Arts Orchestra.

The 2007 concert was given in the Broadway Theatre, Peterborough and from 2001 to 2006, concerts were performed in Peterborough Cathedral. These Peterborough locations are required to accommodate a concert of this size.

Previous May concerts
Year Programme Soloists
2009

Brahms

  • A German Requiem
  • Song of Destiny
  • Alto Rhapsody
Naomi Harvey - Soprano
Janet Shell - Mezzo Soprano
Robert Gildon -Baritone
2008 Elgar The Kingdom Emma Bell
Leigh Woolf
Daniel Norman
Christopher Maltman
2007* Verdi Requiem Claire Seaton
Victoria Simmonds
Daniel Norman
Paul Keohone
2006 Handel ‘Messiah’ Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano)
Kathleen Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano),
Huw Rhys-Evans (tenor),
Paul Keohone (bass-baritone)
2005 Delius 'Sea Drift'
Walton 'Belshazzar's Feast'
Elgar 'Pomp and Circumstance March No 4'
Vaughan Williams 'Fantasia on Greensleeves'
Roderick Williams (baritone)
2004* Bach 'Mass in B Minor' Claire Seaton (soprano)
Leigh Woolf (mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
2003 Handel 'Israel in Egypt' Frances Bourne (soprano)
Alison Smart (soprano)
Lucy Ballard (mezzo-soprano)
Roy Rashbrook (tenor)
Thomas Guthrie (baritone)
Jonathan Arnold (baritone)
2002 Elgar 'The Kingdom' Emma Bell (soprano)
Leigh Woolf (mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
2001* Monteverdi 'The Vespers of 1610' Kate Tansey (soprano)
Juliette Pochin (mezzo-soprano)
Charles Humphries (countertenor)
Rupert Jennings (tenor)
Roy Rashbrook (tenor)
Robert Rice (baritone)
2000 J S Bach 'St Matthew Passion' Claire Seaton (soprano)
Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Lemmings (tenor)
Finnur Bjarnason (tenor)
Scott Johnson (baritone)
Mark Stone (baritone)
1999 Vaughan Williams 'A Sea Symphony'
Parry 'Blest Pair of Sirens'
Elgar 'Sursum Corda'
Mary Nelson (soprano)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
1998* Verdi 'Requiem' Miranda Keys (soprano)
Leigh Woolf (mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
1997 Puccini 'Messa di Gloria', Dvorak 'Stabat Mater' Katherine Ault (soprano)
Leigh Woolf (mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
1996 Elgar 'The Dream of Gerontius' Christine Cairns (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor)
Michael Pearce (baritone)
1995* Purcell 'Chacony in G Minor'
Vaughan Williams 'Five Mystical Songs'
Tippett 'A Child of our Time'
Tinuke Olafimihan (soprano)
Christine Cairns (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Gillett (tenor)
Richard Halton (baritone)
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