ELTHAM CHORAL SOCIETY

Saturday 12th December, 2009

The Christmas Concert

Conducted by Thomas Wilson

Soloists:
Tenor: Nicholas Keay
Percussion: Diggory Seacome
With the Deansfield Primary School Choir
directed by David Moore

Organ: Charles Andrews

Programme:

including Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra
and carols for choir and audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 10th October, 2009

Mozart - Coronation Mass

Conducted by Thomas Wilson

Soloists:
from the choir

Organ: Charles Andrews

as guest choir for the First Mass of Sunday

Service start: 6.00pm

Westminster Cathedral,

42 Francis Street
London
SW1P 1QW

Saturday 4th July, 2009

Rutter: Magnificat

Conducted by Thomas Wilson

Soloists:
Soprano: Louise Lloyd
Soprano: Natalie Montakhab
Mezzo Soprano: Victoria Gray
Tenor: Anthony Gregory
Bass: Matthew Wright

Organ: Charles Andrews

Programme:

Rutter: Magnificat
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Purcell: Te Deum

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 28th March, 2009

Mozart Requiem

Conducted by Chris Eastwood

Soloists:
Soprano: Alison Rayner
Mezzo-soprano: Rebecca Stockland
Tenor: Mark Chaundy
Bass: Leandros Taliotis

Organ: Charles Andrews

Programme:

Mozart: Requiem
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 13th December, 2008

The Christmas Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Soprano: Rebecca Bottone
Baritone: Julian Empett
Trumpet: Robert Wallace

Organ: Charles Andrews

Programme:

Michael Coe: And Unto Men Rejoysynge (ECS commission, 1982)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
And carols for Choir and Audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 18th October, 2008

Music for an Autumn Evening

Conducted by Chris Eastwood

Soloists:
from the choir

Organ: Charles Andrews

Programme:

Vivaldi - Gloria
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Chilcott: Aesop's Fables
and other works.

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 5th July, 2008

THE CREATION OF ECS

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Soprano: Elizabeth Weisberg
Tenor: Adrian Ward
Bass-Baritone: Philip Tebb
and the ECS orchestra

Fortepiano continuo: Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Haydn: The Creation
For the ECS Centenary - the work which launched the choir 100 years ago

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Friday 30th May and Saturday 31st May 2008

ELTHAM IN ITALY

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
from the choir

Organ: Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Chilcott: Aesop's Fables (Italian première)
Tallis: O Nata Lux
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Verdi: Chorus ofthe Hebrew Slaves
Elgar: Give unto the Lord
Monteverdi: O Primavera
and excerpts from Haydn's Creation

Concert start: 30th May: 7.30pm, 31st May: 9pm

30th May: Chiesa Santa Maria dei Ricci in Central Florence
31st May: Basilica Santa Maria Assunta in Montecatini

Saturday 29th March, 2008

AESOP'S FABLES (world première)

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Countertenor: Richard Scott
Harp: Vicky Lester
Percussion: Ben Hartley

Organ/piano: Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Bob Chilcott: Aesop's Fables (world première)
and Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
The world première of a new choral work by Bob Chilcott commissioned by Eltham Choral Society is performed in a programme which anticipates the choir's Centenary Tour to Italy, also including
Thomas Tallis: O Nata Lux
William Byrd: Laudibus in Sanctis
Claudio Monteverdi: O Primavera
George Frederic Handel: Zadok the Priest
Gioacchino Rossini: La Carità
Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria
Edward Elgar: Give unto the Lord
Morten Lauridsen: O Nata Lux (from Lux Aeterna)

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 15th December, 2007

The Christmas Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
from the choir
and featuring Greenwich Stage Right conducted bt Amy Lloyd

Organ/piano: Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Honegger: Christmas Cantata
works by Britten, Mendelssohn and Palestrina
and Carols for choirs and audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Sunday 4th November, 2007

Brahms requiem

Conducted by Leigh O'Hara (Mozart) and Nicholas Jenkins (Brahms)

Soloists:
piano: John Flinders
soprano: Ailish Tynan
baritone: Grant Doyle
with the Blackheath Halls Orchestra

Tonight's performance of Brahm's Requiem was dedicated to the memory of Roger Snewin
a member of ECS for many years before his recent death.

Programme:

Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major K482
Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45

Concert start: 7.30pm

Blackheath Halls,

Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ

Saturday 30th June, 2007

Music on a summer evening

Conducted by Chris Eastwood

piano: Rosemary Field

Programme:

a programme of "lighter" music
Celebrating St Luke's Centenary Year

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Sunday 25th March, 2007

Verdi: Nabucco.

Blackheath Choir
Eltham Choral Society
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Stephen Gadd – Nabucco (baritone)
Miriam Murphy – Abigaille (Soprano)
Harriet Williams – Fenena (Mezzo Soprano)
David Soar – Zaccaria (Bass)
John Upperton – Ismaele (Tenor)
Claire Pendleton – Anna (Soprano)
Gareth John – Abdullah (Tenor)
Geoff Howard – High Priest (Bass).

piano: Rosemary Field

(concert performance sung in english)

Concert start: 7.30pm

Blackheath Halls,

Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ

Saturday 16th December, 2006

The Christmas Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Evangelist / Tenor: Mark Milhofer
Mezzo: Flora McIntos
Baritone: Julian Empett
with Christchurch Children's Choir directed by Michael Lobo

Organ: Rosemary Field

Programme:

Bach: Christmas Oratorio Parts I and II
Carols for Choir & Audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 30th September, 2006

Autumn Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

With the Anthem Choir of Amsterdam
Conducted by Leo Kramer

Organ/piano: Chris Eastwood

Programme:

including Fauré: Requiem
and a programme of Dutch and English Music

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Sunday 2nd July, 2006

The Summer Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
soprano: Sarah Leonard
tenor: John Upperton
baritone: Julian Empett
and the Eltham Choral Society Orchestra

Organ/piano: Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Haydn - The Seasons

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Fri 2nd June and Saturday 3rd June, 2006

Barcelona Tour Concert

Conducted by Chris Eastwood

Organ: Nicholas Charmers

Programme:

Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures
Elgar: Give unto the Lord
and other spanish & english choral works

Concert start: 7.15pm

Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain (2nd June).
Gerona Cathedral, Gerona, Spain (3rd June).

Saturday 25th March, 2006

Barcelona Tour Preview Concert.

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Soprano: Susan Venton

Piano/Organ Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
and other spanish & english choral works

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 10th December, 2005

The Christmas Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Tenor: Eliot Alderman
Baritone: Bruno Santino
and soloists from the choir
also featuring St Thomas More Primary School Choir

Piano/Organ Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Handel - Messiah (part I)
Carols for choir and Audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 15th October, 2005

Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Imman Ali Omar
and solists from the choir

Organ Chris Eastwood

Programme:

plus: Bruckner - Motets
Brahms - Chorale Preludes

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 2nd July, 2005

The Kestrel Road

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
soprano: Claire Pendleton
mezzo: Linda Hibberd
tenor: James Edwards
bass: David Soar

Piano Chris Eastwood Organ:Richard Hills

Programme:

The Kestrel Road - Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies
(A special commission to mark the composer's 70th birthday)
Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 19th March, 2005

St John Passion

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Evangelist: Tom Raskin
Christus: Sam Evans
soprano: Sarah Leonard
countertenor: David Bates
tenor: Ben Alden
bass (& Pilate): Paul Reeves
Peter: Geoff Howard
Officer: Adam Higgins
Maid: Julia Lloyd
Servant: Rod Tutt
with the Eltham Choral Society Orchestra

Organ Chris Eastwood

Programme:

J.S. Bach: St John Passion
(sung in English - New Novello Edition, translation by Neil Jenkins)

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Thursday 16th December 2004

Carol Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Programme:

Christmas celebrations at Eltham Palace
with Christmas carols in the Great hall
in association with English Heritage

Concert start: 7.30pm

Eltham Palace

Court Yard, Eltham, SE9 5QE

Saturday 11th December, 2004

A Christmas Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Nicolas: John Upperton
and from Prendergast School Chamber Choir:
The Boy Nicolas: Dulcie Thompson
Pickled boys: Temilade Adeshokam, Romy Nuttall, Ashleigh Thompson
with the ECS Orchestra, leader Louisa Aldridge

Organ/Piano: Richard Hills

Programme:

Britten, St Nicolas
and Carols for choir and audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 16th October, 2004

The "lighter side" of ECS

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
from the choir

Organ/Piano: William Carslake

Programme:

Popular music and songs from the shows
from Gilbert & Sullivan to Rogers & Hammerstein

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 3rd July, 2004

The Summer Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Mark Milhofer - tenor
Hayley Dredge - harp

Organ: Julian Perkins

Programme:

Dvorak, Mass in D
(Recognising the 100th anniversary of Dvorak's death)
Janacek, Our Father.
(150 years to the day since Janacek's birth)
other works included:
Parry: I Was Glad
Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati Quorum Via
Elgar: Ave Verum Corpus

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Friday/Saturday 4th/5th June, 2004

Amsterdam Concert Tour

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
from the choir

Organ: Julian Perkins

Programme:

A concert of music including pieces by Handel, Haydn, Pergolesi,
Sweelinck and a host of English Composers
including:
Pergolesi: Magnificat
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae
Handel: Zadok the Priest
John Taverner: The Lamb

Concert start: 7.30pm

4th June: the Protestant Church, Broek, Waterland
5th June: the English Church, Begijnhof, Amsterdam

Sunday 28th March, 2004

The Dream of Gerontius

Blackheath Choir
Eltham Choral Society
The Holst Chamber Choir of James Allen's Girls' School
Bromley Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Patricia Williams

Soloists:
John Upperton - tenor
Christine Cairns - mezzo-soprano
Mark Wildman - bass-baritone

Programme:

Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Concert start: 7.30pm

Blackheath Halls,

Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ

Sunday 14th December, 2003

The Christmas Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
John Upperton - tenor
with the choir from the Gordon Primary School in Eltham

Piano/Organ: Julian Perkins

Programme:

including Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra
and carols for choir and audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

18th October, 2003

Music for an Autumn Evening

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Soprano: Claire Pendleton

Piano/Organ: William Carslake

Programme:

Including some well-known sacred pieces from Victoria to Tippett
and a selection of well-known opera choruses.

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

5th July, 2003

Missa Brevis

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
from the choir

Organ: Nicholas Chalmers

Programme:

Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Rutter: Gloria
Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Alfege Church

Greenwich Church Street
Greenwich
London SE10 9BJ

5th April, 2003

Nelson Mass

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Clarissa Meek (mezzo-soprano)
Rebecca Bottone (soprano)
Julian Alexander Smith (tenor)
David Soar (bass)

and the ECS Orchestra

Programme:

Mendelssohn: Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 21 and 61
Brahms: Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus and Orchestra, Opus 53
Haydn: Missa in Augustiis (Nelson Mass)

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Alfege Church

Greenwich Church Street
Greenwich
London SE10 9BJ

14th December, 2002

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Baritone: Robert Rice

Piano/Organ Tony Baldwin
and St Mary's R.C.Primary School Choir

Programme:

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Pergolesi: Magnificat
Buxtehude: Das Neugeborene Kindelein
Plus Carols for choir and audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

26th October, 2002

Sacred and Secular

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
from the choir

Piano/Organ Tony Baldwin

Programme:

Part 1 - a celebration of English Church music including:
Byrd: O Lord make Thy Servant Elizabeth
Tallis: If Ye love me
Howells: Collegium Regale Te Deum
Parry: I was glad
Part 2 - the "lighter" side of ECS

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 29th June, 2002,

Mozart: Mass in C Minor

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Soprano: Rebecca Bottone;
Soprano: Rebecca Outram
Tenor: Stephen Douse
Bass: David Soar

Piano: Llÿr Williams
and the ECS Orchestra

Programme:

Mozart: Mass in C Minor
Bach: Komm, Jesu komm
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae
Beethoven: Choral Fantasia

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Friday/Saturday 7th & 8th June, 2002

Belgian Tour Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Organ: Tony Baldwin

Programme:

Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Bach: Komm Jesu Komm
Crequillon: Vidit Jacob Scalem
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae
Verdi: Chorus of the hebrew Slaves
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Byrd: O Lord make Thy Servant Elizabeth
Tallis: If Ye love me
Bennet: All creatures now
Elgar: Ave Verum Corpus
Tavener: The Lamb
Howells: Collegium Regale Te Deum
Parry: I was glad
Haydn: Little Organ Mass (8th only)

Concert start: 8pm (Aalst), 4.30pm (Ghent)

St Antoniuskerk, Aalst (7th)
St Michielskerk, Gent (8th)

Saturday 16th March, 2002

Messiah

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Sopranos: Susan Gilmour Bailey, Susan Venton
Alto: Sarah Jillian Cox
Tenor: Tom Raskin
Bass: Philip Tebb

Organ: Tony Baldwin
and the ECS Baroque Ensemble

Programme:

In celebration of the Church's centenary
Handel: Messiah

Concert start: 7.30pm

Eltham Park Methodist Church,

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX

Saturday 15th December, 2001

A Christmas Concert

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Hayley Dredge: Harp
and soloists from the choir

Organ: Tony Baldwin and Children from Deansfield Primary School, Eltham

Programme:

BRITTEN - Ceremony of Carols
and Carols through the Ages for Choir and Audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 13th October, 2001

Easy Classics with ECS

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
soloists from the choir

Piano and Organ: Tony Baldwin

Programme:

A selection of well-known favourites for an autumn evening including:
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Verdi: Va Pensiero

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 23rd June, 2001

Carmina Burana

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists:
Soprano: Rebecca Bottone
Tenor: Mark Milhofer
Bass: Mark Chaundy

Piano: Tony Baldwin and David Battersby and pupils from Colfe's School

Programme:

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.2
Verdi: Va Pensiero
Verdi: Gloria all'Egitto
Orff, Carmina Burana

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

What the papers said....
....... I could only wonder how Eltham Choral Society still manages to perform demanding works with such professionalism and beautifully rich sounds and harmonies....
Kentish Times Full Review

Saturday 24th March, 2001

Stabat Mater

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Soloists:
Soprano: Vaninne Parker
Alto: Louise Mott
Tenor: Julian Stocker
Bass: Julian Empett

Organ: Tony Baldwin

Programme:

Dvorak: Stabat Mater:
Dvorak: Te Deum

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 16th December, 2000

A Christmas Concert

Conducted by Miriam Coe

with The Greenwich Youth Band and
The Greenwich Concert Band conducted by Chris Lloyd

Piano/organ: Tony Baldwin

Programme:

Christmas music and carols for choir and audience

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 28th October, 2000

A Child of Our Time

Conducted by Andrew Morley (Copland) and Miriam Coe (Tippett)

Soloists:
Soprano: Mary Seers
Alto: Patricia Williams
Tenor: John Bowley
Bass: Brindley Sherratt

Eltham Choral Society,
Ascension Choir of Blackheath
Children from St Ursula's and Kidbrooke Schools
The Trinity College of Music Sinfonia

Programme:

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland: Appalacian Spring
Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Concert start: 7.30pm

The Old Royal Naval Cottage Chapel

Greenwich, London SE10 9NN

What the papers said....
....... Under their conductor, Miriam Coe, the choir gave a performance that fully captured the complex mixture of hatred, passion and disquiet that is inherent in the oratorio....
Kentish Times Full Review

Saturday 1st July, 2000

The "even lighter side" of ECS

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Soloists:
Soprano: Vaninne Parker
Pianolist: Michael Broadway
Piano: Hugh Crozier

Organ: Tony Baldwin
and the Dance Factory

Programme:

a summer programme of popular music and songs from the shows

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Luke's Church

Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Friday/Saturday 2nd/3rd June, 2000

French Tour - A programme of sacred music

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Soloists:
Soprano: Miriam Coe
Contralto: Pam Fanshawe

Piano/Organ Chris Eastwood

Programme:

Vivaldi Gloria
and works by Bruckner, Crequillion, Matthias, Mozart,
Stanford, Sweelink, Tallis, Tippett and Vittoria

Concert start: 8.30pm (Chartres) 8pm (Paris)

la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres(2nd)
L'église protestante allemande de Paris(3rd)

25 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris

Saturday 13th May, 2000

Missa cum Jubilo

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Soloists:
Soprano: Debbie Stoddart
Alto: Pam Fanshawe
Tenor:Alan Jolly

Organ: Tony Baldwin

Programme:

Edmund Jolliffe: Missa cum Jubilo ("A Mass for the Millennium")
World première of this work specially commissioned by the Eltham Choral Society to mark the new Millennium
Vivaldi - Gloria

Concert start: 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church,

Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 1st April, 2000

Missa cum Jubilo

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Soloists:
Soprano: Debbie Stoddart
Alto: Pam Fanshawe

Organ: Tony Baldwin

Programme:

Edmund Jolliffe: Missa cum Jubilo ("A Mass for the Millennium")
Pre-view (excerpts: Kyrie Eleison, Qui Tollis, Quoniam Tu Solus, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Gloria)
Vivaldi - Gloria

Concert start: 7.30pm

St Mary's Church Eastling