History
Interested in our history? Here we have all of the event details from 1997 to present!
1997 – 1999
| Poster | Description | Programme |
|---|---|---|
 | Saturday 6th March, 1997 Fauré Requiem Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Soprano: Shelagh Eastwood (Poulenc), Miriam Coe (Fauré) Baritone: Christopher Bull Organ: Tony Baldwin | Widor – Toccata (Tony Baldwin – Organ) Chausson – Le Colibri ( Miriam Coe – Soprano) Louis Vierne – Carillon de Westminster (Tony Baldwin – Organ) Francis Poulenc – Quatre Motets pour un temps de penitence (Choir and Shelagh Eastwood – Soprano) Fauré – Requiem Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | Saturday 5th July, 1997 Elijah Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Elijah: Julian Empett Soprano: Vannine Parker Contralto: Rachel Lindop Tenor: Peter Jones Youth: Elizabeth Millard The ECS Orchestra led by Teresa Freeburn | Mendelssohn: Elijah Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 25th October, 1997 Carmina Burana – from Scratch Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Soprano: Susan Hendrie Tenor: Jason Bellis Bass: Simon Tatnall Piano: Tony Baldwin and David Smith | Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 Retiring collection for the Princess Diana Memorial Fund raised £35.70 and we thank the audience for their generosity |
 | Saturday 13th December,1997 Christmas Gloria Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: from the choir Organ: Tony Baldwin and the ECS Orchestra | Pergolesi: Magnificat and works including.. Rogers: The Darkness and the Light Rutter: What Sweeter Music Monteverdi: Gloria for Seven Voices and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 4th April, 1998 ECS 90th Anniversary Concert Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: (Soprano: Susan Hendrie Tenor: Alan Jolly Bass: Paul Keohane Organ: Tony Baldwin and the ECS Orchestra | Joseph Haydn: Creation (bi-centenary of the work) Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 “There is no doubt that the present choir is of an exceptional standard and, with almost 70 singers, it brought great passion and a supremely delicate lyricism to Haydn’s work.“ Kentish Times |
 | Saturday 27th June, 1998 English Music for a Summer’s Evening Conducted by Miriam Coe Piano: David Battersby | Including works by Delius, Vaughan Williams, Maxwell-Davies Parry, Rutter, Jenkins, Taverner, Britten and featuring the world Premiere Trevor Grace‘s work How the Sun Rose, commissioned by ECS Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | Saturday 12th December, 1998 Christmas Gloria Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Soprano: Vaninne Parker Organ: Tony Baldwin Piano: David Battersby and the ECS Orchestra | Poulenc: Gloria Grace: How the Sun Rose and carols for choir and audience plus three works arranged by Tony Baldwin Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 13th March, 1999 Messiah Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Soprano: Bibi Heal Alto: Frances Bourne Tenor: Alan Jolly Bass: Julian Empett Organ: Tony Baldwin and the ECS Orchestra | Handel: Messiah Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | Saturday 19th June, 1999 Gershwin to Sondheim Conducted by Tony Baldwin Soloists: from the choir Piano: David Battersby and Drama Factory directed by Amy Lloyd | Songs from the Shows Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | Saturday 20th November, 1999 A Concert for St Cecilia Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Soprano: Vaninne Parker Alto: Pam Fanshawe Tenor: George Freeburn Bass: Julian Empett Organ: Tony Baldwin | Gounod – St Cecilia Mass Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | Saturday 11th December, 1999 Lessons and Carols for Christmas Conducted by Miriam Coe with Children from St Mary’s RC Primary School, Eltham Organ: Tony Baldwin | Christmas Music and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
2000 – 2009
| Poster | Description | Programme |
|---|---|---|
 | Saturday 1st April, 2000 Missa cum Jubilo Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Soprano: Debbie Stoddart Alto: Pam Fanshawe Organ: Tony Baldwin | 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 |
 | Saturday 13th May, 2000 Missa cum Jubilo Conducted by Miriam Coe Soloists: Soprano: Debbie Stoddart Alto: Pam Fanshawe Tenor:Alan Jolly Organ: Tony Baldwin | 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 |
 | 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 | 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 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 | A summer programme of popular music and songs from the shows Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | 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 | 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 “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 |
 | 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 | Christmas music and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | 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 | Dvorak: Stabat Mater: Dvorak: Te Deum Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | 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 | 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 “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 |
 | Saturday 13th October, 2001 Easy Classics with ECS Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: soloists from the choir Piano and Organ: Tony Baldwin | 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 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 | 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 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 | In celebration of the Church’s centenary Handel: Messiah Concert start: 7.30pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Friday/Saturday 7th & 8th June, 2002 Belgian Tour Concert Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Organ: Tony Baldwin | 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 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 | 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 |
 | 26th October, 2002 Sacred and Secular Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: from the choir Piano/Organ Tony Baldwin | 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 |
 | 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 | 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 |
 | 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 | 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 |
 | 5th July, 2003 Missa Brevis Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: from the choir Organ: Nicholas Chalmers | Kodaly: Missa Brevis Rutter: Gloria Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems Concert start: 7.30pm St Alfege Church Greenwich Church Street Greenwich London SE10 9BJ |
 | 18th October, 2003 Music for an Autumn Evening Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: Soprano: Claire Pendleton Piano/Organ: William Carslake | 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 |
 | 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 | Including Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | 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 | Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Concert start: 7.30pm Blackheath Halls, Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ |
 | Friday/Saturday 4th/5th June, 2004 Amsterdam Concert Tour Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: from the choir Organ: Julian Perkins | 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 |
 | Saturday 3rd July, 2004 The Summer Concert Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: Mark Milhofer – tenor Hayley Dredge – harp Organ: Julian Perkins | 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 |
 | Saturday 16th October, 2004 The “lighter side” of ECS Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: from the choir Organ/Piano: William Carslake | 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 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 | Britten, St Nicolas and Carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Thursday 16th December 2004 Carol Concert Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins | 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 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 | 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 |
 | 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 | 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 15th October, 2005 Karl Jenkins – The Armed Man Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: Imman Ali Omar and solists from the choir Organ: Chris Eastwood | Plus: Bruckner – Motets Brahms – Chorale Preludes Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | 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 | Handel – Messiah (part I) Carols for choir and Audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 25th March, 2006 Barcelona Tour Preview Concert. Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: Soprano: Susan Venton Piano/Organ: Chris Eastwood | 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 |
 | Friday 2nd June and Saturday 3rd June, 2006 Barcelona Tour Concert Conducted by Chris Eastwood Organ: Nicholas Charmers | 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). |
 | 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 | Haydn – The Seasons 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 | Including Fauré: Requiem and a programme of Dutch and English Music Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | 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 | Bach: Christmas Oratorio Parts I and II Carols for Choir & Audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | 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 30th June, 2007 Music on a summer evening Conducted by Chris Eastwood Piano: Rosemary Field | A programme of “lighter” music Celebrating St Luke’s Centenary Year Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | 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. | 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 15th December, 2007 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: From the choir and featuring Greenwich Stage Right conducted by Amy Lloyd Organ/piano: Chris Eastwood | 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 |
 | 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 | 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 |
 | Friday 30th May and Saturday 31st May 2008 ELTHAM IN ITALY Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: from the choir Organ: Chris Eastwood | 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 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 | 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 |
 | Saturday 18th October, 2008 Music for an Autumn Evening Conducted by Chris Eastwood Soloists: from the choir Organ: Charles Andrews | 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 13th December, 2008 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: Soprano: Rebecca Bottone Baritone: Julian Empett Trumpet: Robert Wallace Organ: Charles Andrews | 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 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 | 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 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 | Rutter: Magnificat Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb Purcell: Te Deum 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 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 | Including Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
2010 – 2019
| Poster | Description | Programme |
|---|---|---|
 | Saturday 20th March, 2010 The Spring Concert and Buffet Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins Soloists: Sylvia Stevens (soprano) Roderick Tutt (Tenor) Mario Pinto (baritone) Organ: Charles Andrews | Duruflé: Requiem Plus works by Handel, Fauré and Seiber Concert start: 7.30pm St Luke’s Church Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 |
 | Friday 4th June, 2010 and Saturday 5th June, 2010 ECS Summer Tour – Normandy Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Sylvia Stevens (soprano) Roderick Tutt (Tenor) Mario Pinto (baritone) Organ: Charles Andrews | Duruflé: Requiem Plus works by Handel, Fauré and Seiber Concert start: 8pm (Argentan) 8.30pm (Bayeux) Eglise de St Germain, Argentan (4th) Eglise de St Patrice, Bayeux (5th) |
 | Sunday 27th June, 2010 Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony Conducted by Patricia Williams (choral) and James Ross (orchestral) Soloists: Deborah Stoddart (soprano) David Kirby-Ashmore (baritone) ECS Chorusmaster Peter Asprey | Eltham Choral Society, Blackheath Choir and Sidcup Symphony Orchestra presented Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture Stanford: Songs of the Fleet Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony Concert start: 7.30pm Blackheath Halls Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ |
 | Saturday 16th October, 2010 The Autumn Concert – Colours of Autumn Conducted by Peter Asprey (choir) and Chris Lloyd (Band) featuring: The Greenwich Concert Band and soloists from the choir Rod Tutt, Anita Johnson, Bernadette Read Organ: Charles Andrews | A programme of Songs and music with a sing-along finale! Concert start: 7.30pm St John’s Church , Eltham, SE9 1DH |
 | Saturday 11th December, 2010 The Christmas Concert – O Magnum Mysterium Conducted by Peter Asprey featuring: Onyx Brass Organ: Charles Andrews | Ancient and modern music for the festive season with carols for choir and congregation Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday/Sunday/Monday 26th/27th/28th March, 2011 Verdi Requiem Eltham Choral Society & J.A.G.S. Choir Blackheath Halls Choir and Orchestra Conducted by Leigh O’Hara Soloists: Deborah Stoddart -soprano Wendy Dawn Thompson (26th), Janet Shell (27th & 28th) – mezzo soprano John Upperton – tenor Timothy Dawkins – bass ECS Chorusmaster: Peter Asprey | Verdi: Requiem Concert start: 7.30pm Blackheath Halls Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ |
 | Saturday 25th June, 2011 The Summer Concert – Dido and Aeneas Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Dido: Carris Jones Aeneas: Michael Davis Belinda: Charmian Bedford Sorceress: Marie Degodet Harpsichord: Charles Andrews and the Amadeus Orchestra | Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Handel: O Praise the Lord with one Consent (Chandos Anthem no.9) Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord always and Thou knowest Lord Concert start: 8pm St John’s Church , Eltham, SE9 1DH Part of the Annual festival of music and the arts |
 | Saturday 8th October, 2011 Mozart Requiem from Scratch Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: …from the choir Organ: Charles Andrews | Mozart: Requiem Concert start: 6.30pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 10th December, 2011 In Dulci Jubilo – The Christmas Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Baritone: Julian Charles Organ: Charles Andrews | Finzi: Magnificat Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols with carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 24th March, 2012 The Easter Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Piano/Organ: Charles Andrews | Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands Dvorák: Mass in D-major Brahms: Geistliches Lied Brahms: 2 Piano Intermezzi Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
| Friday 8th June, 2012, 7.00pm Saturday 9th June, 2012, 7.00pm ECS Rheinland Tour Concerts Conducted by Peter Asprey Organ: Charles Andrews | Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands Dvorák: Mass in D-major Concert start: 7.30pm (Fri 8th June) Christuskirche, Andernach (Sat 9th June) Christuskirche, Koblenz |
 | Saturday 30th June, 2012 The Summer Concert and Olympic Year Competition finals Conducted by Peter Asprey Judged by John Rutter Organ: Charles Andrews Piano: Marilyn Harper with the Amadeus Orchestra | 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) Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 6th October, 2012 The Autumn Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Soprano: Phillippa Scammell Mezzo soprano: Carris Jones Organ: Charles Andrews | Marking Christchurch centenary celebrations. A programme of popular classics including…… Parry: I was glad Bairstow: Blessed City Heavenly Salem Bruckner: Locus Iste Vivaldi: Gloria Concert start: 7.30pm Christ Church, Eltham High Street, Eltham, SE9 1TX |
 | Saturday 15th December, 2012 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey featuring: Onyx Brass Organ: Charles Andrews | A programme of Christmas music including…… Stanford: Te Deum In B flat, Handel: Zadok The Priest and Carols for Choir and Audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Sunday 17th March, 2013 Israel in Egypt Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Anna Sideris: Soprano Emily Garland: Soprano Meili Li: Countertenor Gareth Treseder: Tenor Henry Neill: Bass Božidar Smiljanić: Bass Continuo: Charles Andrews and the Amadeus Orchestra | Eltham Choral Society and The Blackheath Choir Concert start: 7.30pm Blackheath Halls , Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ |
 | Saturday 29th June 2013 The Summer Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Soprano: Charmian Bedford Alto: Peter Bozi Tenor: Gareth Treseder Bass: James Oldfield Organ: Charles Andrews and the Amadeus Orchestra | Haydn: Nelson Mass Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs Mozart: Exultate, Jubilate Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 12th October 2013 Come & Sing – Mozart & Rutter Conducted by Peter Asprey Organ: Charles Andrews | Mozart: Coronation Mass Rutter: The Lord Bless You and Keep You Concert start: 7.00pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 14th December 2013 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Tenor: Julian Forbes Young Nicolas: Naomi Morris The Pickled Boys: Elizabeth Reczek, Ella Richardson, Flora Tregear Semi-chorus from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Organ: Charles Andrews & James Perkins Piano: Charles Andrews & Stephen Meakins and the Amadeus Orchestra | Britten: St Nicolas and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 16th March 2014 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conducted by Leigh O’Hara Eltham Choral Society, J.A.G.S. Choir, Blackheath Halls Chorus and Orchestra and Students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Soloists: Soprano: Ailish Tynan Mezzo: Louise Winter Tenor: Robert Anthony Gardiner Bass: Grant Doyle | Concert start: 7.30pm Blackheath Halls, Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ |
| Saturday 22nd March 2014 Mendelssohn: Elijah Conducted by Edward Gardner Eltham Choral Society Trinity Laban Singers with Blackheath Halls Chorus and Orchestra Soloists: Soprano: Ailish Tynan Mezzo: Louise Winter Tenor: Robert Murray Bass: Matthew Rose | Concert start: 7.30pm St John’s, Smith Square, , London, SW1P 3HA |
 | Friday 30th May 2014 and Saturday 31st May 2014 The Spring Tour Concerts Conducted by Peter Asprey Organ: Charles Andrews | Mozart: Coronation Mass Rutter: The Lord bless you and keep you and pieces by Sullivan, Campion, Lassus and Verdi Concert start: 30th: 3pm, 31st:7.30pm Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels (30th), Sint Jozef Kerk, Polderhaven, Bruges (31st) |
 | Saturday 12th July 2014 The Summer Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Saxophone: Erica Clarke Mezzo-soprano: Carris Jones Piano/Organ: Charles Andrews and the Amadeus Orchestra | Rutter: Gloria Whitbourn: Son of God Mass Elgar: Sea Pictures Palestrina: Canite Tuba Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 11th October 2014 The Autumn Concert – Come and Sing Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Susan Ring, Soprano Roderick Tutt, Tenor Geoffrey Howard, Bass Organ: Charles Andrews | You were invited to Come and Sing in – or just come and listen to – two popular works, plus a surprise choral arrangement of an organ masterpiece. Fauré: Requiem Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine Willcocks: Sing! (choral arrangement of Widor’s Toccata) Concert start: 6.00pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 13th December 2014 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Soprano: Charmian Bedford Countertenor: Peter Bozi Tenor: Julian Forbes Bass: Oliver Hunt Organ: Charles Andrews | Handel: Messiah (part 1) Haydn: Te Deum in C and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 14th March 2015 The Spring Concert Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Charmian Bedford, Soprano Georgia Bishop, Mezzo-soprano Guy Elliott, Tenor James Newby, Baritone Organ: Charles Andrews and the Amadeus Orchestra | Carissimi: Jephte Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Dominica Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 4th July 2015 From Stage and Screen Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Lauren Zolezzi (Soprano) and Joe Morgan (Tenor) and soloists from the choir. Organ: Charles Andrews | Choruses and Arias from Purcell to Bernstein, including.. Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco Puccini: Nessun Dorma from Turandot Sondheim/Bernstein: West Side Story medley Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 10th October 2015 Come & Sing – Rutter & Chilcott Conducted by Peter Asprey Accompanist Charles Andrews | John Rutter: Psalmfest Bob Chilcott: Little Jazz Mass Singers: Rehearsal at 2pm, Concert at 7.00pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 12th December 2015 A Ceremony of Carols Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Soprano: Soprano Soloists: Leonie Macaulay, Joanne Marshman, Lucy Parratt Organ: Charles Andrews | Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Handel: Coronation Anthems and carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Sunday 20th March 2016 Haydn’s Creation Conducted by Peter Asprey Soloists: Rebecca Bottone, Soprano Sam Furness, Tenor James Oldfield, Baritone Eltham Choral Society & Blackheath Halls Chorus and the Blackheath Halls Orchestra | Haydn: Creation Concert start: 7.30pm Blackheath Concert Halls |
 | Saturday 16th July 2016 English Choral Music Conducted by Peter Asprey Lucy Parratt, Joanne Marshman, Thomas Bridges,Rod Tutt, David Underwood Charles Andrews The Amadeus Orchestra | English Choral Music Purcell: Welcome to all the Pleasures Tallis: Nine Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou hast been our Refuge McDowell: Ave Maris Stella Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 8th October 2016 Come & Sing – Carl Orff Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist Charles Andrews | Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Singers: Rehearsal at 2pm, Concert at 7.00pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 17th December 2016 Christmas Concert Conducted by Max Barley Colette Boushell (Soprano) Mario Pinto, Geoff Howard, David Underwood,Richard Whitfield, Rae Broom, Jill Pollock, Lucy Parratt, Julia Lloyd Accompanist Charles Andrews | Pergolesi: Magnificat Chilcott: On Christmas Night Carols for Choir and Audience Saint-Saëns: Organ Prelude in E flat Noël Nouvelet Concert at 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 18th March 2017 In Flanders Fields Conducted by Max Barley Laurence Williams (Baritone) Rebecca Leggett (Alto), Lizzie Humphries (Soprano) Thomas Bridges (Alto), Joanne Marshman (Soprano),Lucy Parratt (Soprano), Jill Pollock (Soprano) Accompanist Charles Andrews | G. Treseder: In Flanders Fields Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad J.S. Bach: Buß und Reu Handel: Bel Piacere Vivaldi: Gloria Concert at 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 1st July 2017 Mozart: Requiem Conducted by Max Barley Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra Soloists: Soprano: Colette Boushell Alto: Jess Dandy Tenor: Guy Elliot Bass: Lawrence Williams Organ: Andrew Lenon | Mozart: Requiem Mozart: Laudate Dominum Finzi: Eclogue for Piano and Strings Bernstein: West Side Story Choral Selection Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 7th October 2017 Come and Sing Day Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon | Tippett: Steal Away, Nobody Knows, Deep River Hogan: Hear my Prayer, Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep Don’t you Mourn Chilcott(arr.) All My Trials Trad: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me Chilcott(arr.): Every Time I feel the Spirit Withers: Lean on Me Concert start: 7.30pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 9th December 2017 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Max Barley With The Royal Greenwich and Blackheath Youth Choir Soloists: William Revill, Thomas Bridges, Ben Revill, Geoff Howard Organ: Andrew Lenon | Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb Stanford: Te Deum Laudamus Celia McDowell: Christus Natus Est and Carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 17th March 2018 Verdi: Requiem Conducted by Max Barley Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra West Barnes Singers Wimbledon Youth Choir Soloists: Soprano: Philippa Boyle Mezzo-Soprano: Alison Wells Tenor: Andrew Kennedy Bass: Michel de Souza | Guiseppe Verdi: Requiem Concert start: 7.30pm Southwark Cathedral London Bridge London, SE1 9DA |
 | Wednesday 30th May and Thursday 31st May 2018 Lisbon Tour Concert: Music for remembrance Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon | Excerpts from: Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man Mozart: Requiem Treseder: In Flanders Fields and other works Concert start: (see below) Sao Vincente de Fora, Lisbon (30th at 7pm) Basilica dos Martires, Lisbon (31st at 4pm) |
 | Saturday 7th July 2018 The Armed Man Conducted by Max Barley Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra Organ: Andrew Lenon with Adel Tuzani (Call to Prayers) and soloists from the choir | Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings and other music for remembrance: – Bainton: And I Saw a New Heaven – Guest: For the Fallen – Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man – Treseder: Cantata In Flanders Fields (excepts) Concert start: 7.30pm, Doors open 7.00pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 6 October 2018 Come and Sing Day Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon and soprano soloist Joanne Marshman | Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae John Rutter: Requiem Concert start: 7.00pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 15 December 2018 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon Soprano: Sara Pay Alto: Lorna Perry Tenor: Harry Ross Bass: Jack Lee Soloists from the Choir: Pam Fanshawe, Helena Farquhar, Jo Marshman, Jill Pollock, Val Seaton, Sue Quirk | Handel: Messiah pt. 1 and Hallelulah Chorus Bach: Christmas Oratorio (excerpts) plus carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm, Doors open: 7pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 30th March 2019 The Easter Concert Conducted by Max Barley with the Eltham Choral Society Orchestra Accompanist: Andrew Lenon Soprano: Helena Moore Alto: Rebecca Leggett Tenor: Magnus Walker Bass: Johannes Moore | Mozart: Missa brevis in D major, KV 194 Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K.136 Haydn: Insanae Et Vanae Curae Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Mozart: Batti, batti (from Don Giovanni) sung by Becca Leggett – alto Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo (Little Organ Mass) Concert start: 7.30pm, Doors open: 7pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 13th July 2019 A celebration of British folk songs Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon | A Cornish Wassail Song, Linden Lea, March of the Men of Harlech, CADWYN Cycle, Early one Morning, Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron, O waly waly, The Bonnie Earl o’ Moray, My Darling Ploughman Boy, The Parting Glass, and others! Concert start: 7.30pm, Doors open: 7pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 5th October 2019 Come and Sing – Baroque Gems Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon | Handel: Zadok the Priest Handel: My heart is Inditing Monteverdi: Beatus Vir Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord (The “Bell” Anthem) Palestrina: Sicut Cervus Singer registration: from 2:30pm, rehearsal: 3pm, Concert: 6.30pm Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9 1XX |
 | Saturday 14th December 2019 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon Colin Campbell – Baritone Alexander Hume – Tenor | Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols Carols for Choir and Audience Concert start: 7.30pm, Doors open: 7pm Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD |
2020 – 2025
2020 – No concerts due to Covid-19.
| Poster | Description | Programme |
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 | Saturday 11th December 2021 Dvořák – Mass in D major Chilcott – On Christmas Night Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon Soloists: Jocelyn Coates (Soprano), Giverny McAndry (Alto), Matthew Norriss (Tenor), Tom Fesmer (Bass) and Deansfield Primary School Chamber Choir With Carols and Christmas Music for Choir and Audience. | The Mass in D major was composed in 1887 at the suggestion of Dvořák’s patron Josef Hlávka for the inauguration of the Lužany castle chapel. It is written for choir and organ with occasional passages for soloists. UK premiere of On Christmas Night was given on 28 November 2011 in Rugby School by the Arnold Singers conducted by Richard Dunster-Sigtermans Concert start: 7.30pm All Saints Church, Bercta Road, Bishops Close, London, SE9 3UT |
 | Saturday 2 April 2022 J. S. Bach St John Passion BWV 245 Conducted by Max Barley Eltham Choral Society & Blackheath Halls Chorus and the Blackheath Halls Orchestra Soloists: Daniel Norman, Grant Doyle, Nardus Williams, Kate Howden, Nicholas Mogg | Joined together to present Bach’s wonderful retelling of Christ’s Passion for Easter. (Sung in English) Concert start: 7.30pm, Blackheath Halls, Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ |
 | Saturday 9th July 2022 Haydn: The Creation (sung in English) Conducted by Max Barley Eltham Choral Society and the Eltham Choral Society Orchestra Soloists: Soprano – Isabelle Haile Tenor – Harry Ross Bass – Alex Bower-Brown | Depicting and celebrating the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis Concert start: 7.30pm, Eltham Parish Church (Saint John the Baptist) Eltham High Street, London, SE9 1DH |
 | Thursday 6th October 2022 Come & Sing – Fauré: Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine (Informal Concert – Come & Sing) Conducted by Max Barley Eltham Choral Society Soloists: Soprano – Tegan Eldridge Baritone – Matt Bernstein | Present Gabriel Fauré’s setting of the shortened Catholic Mass for the Dead in Latin, the best-known of his large works. Compulsory rehearsal: 7.30pm, Concert start: 8.30pm, Eltham United Reformed Church 1 Court Road, Eltham, SE9 5AD |
 | Saturday 10th December 2022 The Christmas Concert With the children of the Deansfield Chamber Choir Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon Soloists: Soprano – Becky Ryland-Jones, Tegan Eldridge Tenor – William Revill Bass – Euan Chalners Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2, ‘Hymn of Praise (final movement) Carols for choirs and audience. | Concert start: 7.30pm Eltham Parish Church (Saint John the Baptist) Eltham High Street, London, SE9 1DH |
 | Saturday 25th March 2023 A Concert for a Coronation Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon Including Parry: I was glad Parry: Jerusalem Chilcott: Aesop’s Fables Handel: Four Coronation Anthems with Organ solos: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel – Organ: Andrew Lenon Postlude on a theme by Orlando Gibbons – Stanford – Organ: Max Barley La Réjouissance – Handel – Organ: Andrew Lenon | Concert start: 7.30pm Eltham Parish Church (Saint John the Baptist) Eltham High Street, London, SE9 1DH |
 | Saturday 8th July 2023 A night at the Opera Favourite Opera choruses from Purcell to Tchaikovsky Conducted by Max Barley Accompanist: Andrew Lenon Mezzo-soprano: Elizabeth Key Soprano: Hannah McKay Tenor: Thomas Lidgley Baritone: Charlie Broad | Including Purcell Dido’s Lament Handel Enchanted Islanders Verdi Anvil Chorus Wagner Pilgrims’ Chorus Tchaikovsky Waltz Scene Songs from Les Misérables and Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert start: 7.30pm Eltham Parish Church (Saint John the Baptist) Eltham High Street, London, SE9 1DH |
 | Saturday 16th December 2023 The Christmas Concert Conducted by Max Barley Organ: Andrew Lenon with Deansfield School Chamber Choir Conducted by David Moore Accompanist: Viola Lenzi J.S. Bach: Sleepers Wake Soloists: Daisy Livesey (soprano) Harrison Gration (bass baritone) Craig Dacey (tenor) and other Christmas Music with Carols for Choirs and Audience | Concert start: 7.30pm, Holy Trinity Church, Eltham 59 Southend Cres, London, SE9 2SD |
 | Saturday 13th April 2024 Elijah Conducted by Max Barley Holy Trinity Consort & Orchestra Mendelssohn: Elijah an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting events in the life of the Prophet Elijah as told in the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings of the Old Testament Soloists: Daisy Livesey (soprano) Hera Protopapas (alto) Henry Ross (tenor) Alexander Bower-Brown (bass) Angelo Aninag (treble) | Concert start: 7.30pm, Holy Trinity Sloane Square, Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9BZ |
 | Saturday 6th July 2024 A World Première and the Nelson Mass Conducted by Max Barley Organ: Matthew Jorysz Joseph Haydn: Missa in angustiis (the Nelson Mass) Esther Bersweden: Time and Tides: An Exploration of Greenwich (World premier of this work commissioned by Eltham Choral Society) Soloists: Daisy Livesey (soprano) Hera Protopapas (alto) Philip Lawford (tenor) Jamie Woollard (bass) | Concert start: 7.30pm, St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BJ |
 | Thursday 17th October 2024 Come & Sing Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast Conducted by Max Barley | Concert start: 8:30pm, St. Luke’s Church, Eltham Park, Westmount Road, SE9 1XQ |
 | Sat 14th December 2024 The Christmas concert Conducted by Max Barley Organ, piano: Andrew Lenon and Orchestra With the children of the Deansfield Chamber Choir Conducted by David Moore with piano: Viola Lenzi | Britten: Saint Nicolas A cantata with music by Benjamin Britten on a text by Eric Crozier, completed in 1948. It covers the legendary life of Saint Nicholas Nicolas:Joseph Hancock Young Nicolas: Ben Coates-Kemp Pickled Boys: Imogen Coulthard, Imogen McDonald, Lina Pastoshchuk Organ and Piano: Andrew Lenon, Piano: Jad Grainger Violin: Eriol Yu Guo, Cyrius Yuen. Viola: Laura Cooper. Cello: Wilbert Chan,. Double Bass: Phoebe Chan. Percussion: Jon French. And Carols for choir and audience Concert start: 7.30pm, Holy Trinity Church, 59 Southend Cres, SE9 2SD |
 | Spring Concert 2025 Concert starts at 7:30pm Conducted by Max Barley Organ: Andrew Lenon | Maurice Duruflé: Requiem The Requiem, Op. 9, is a 1947 (revised 1961) setting of the Latin Requiem by Maurice Duruflé for a solo baritone, mezzo-soprano, mixed choir, and organ. Esther Bersweden: Time and Tides: An Exploration of Greenwich (Work commissioned by Eltham Choral Society and first performed in Summer 2024) Holy Trinity Church, 59 Southend Cres, SE9 2SD |
 | Sat 12th July 2025 Concert starts at 7:30pm St John the Baptist Church, Eltham, Eltham High Street, SE9 1DH Conducted by Max Barley Organ: Andrew Lenon Orlando Gibbons Marking the 400th centenary of his death, ECS will perform a selection of Gibbons’ work, including… This is the Record of John See, see the Word is Incarnate Almighty and Everlasting God Nunc Dimittis from the Short Service in Ab Ah Dear Heart The Silver Swan John Rutter: The Sprig of Thyme folk – A Cycle of Folk-Song Settings | The Sprig of Thyme offers a suite of eleven folk-song settings of traditional songs of the British Isles, drawing together long-standing favourites as ‘Willow Song’ and ‘The Miller of Dee’ with lesser known gems as ‘O Can Ye Sew Cushions’ and ‘The Sprig of Thyme. The full programme will include: The Bold Grenadier The Keel Row The Willow Tree The Sprig of Thyme Down by the Sally Gardens The Cuckoo I Know Where I’m Going Willow Song O Can Ye Sew Cushions? The Miller of Dee Afton Water St John the Baptist Church, Eltham, Eltham High Street, SE9 1DH |
 | ECS Come & Sing – 16th October 2025 Concert starts at 8:15pm St. Luke’s Church, Eltham Park, SE9 1XQ Conducted by Max Barley Organ: Andrew Lenon | Mozart Requiem Come & Sing – Rehearsal 7.00pm. Performance 8.15pm St. Luke’s Church, Eltham Park, Westmount Road, SE9 1XQ |
 | ECS Christmas Concert – 13th December 2025 Conducted by Max Barley Organ: Andrew Lenon With the children of the Deansfield Chamber Choir | Handel Messiah choruses & arias with orchestra Plus, popular carols for the audience to sing-along and get in the Christmas spirit. St. Luke’s Church, Eltham Park, Westmount Road, SE9 1XQ |