Farnham & Bourne Choral Society           

Concert Archive (1925 to date)

Electronic copies (in the standard Printable Document Format (PDF)) of many of the concert programmes are available from me and can be requested by sending an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk 

I have not got all of the concert programmes yet and would appreciate it if you are able to help me to fill the gaps in Concert Archive.

I am also interested in concert reviews by local newspapers and any articles relating to The Farnham & Bourne Choral Society 

 

 

 

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2009

A Christmas Celebration

Performed in St. Thomas-on-the-Bourne Church, Farnham, on 14th November 2009

Conductor: Robin Wells

Organ: Simon Wyatt:

featuring Jubilate Brass

Directed by David Clack

A copy of this programme is available. 

Please request a copy by sending an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk 

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A concert for the Anniversaries of Purcell, Handel, Haydn & Mendelssohn

Handel "Zadok the Priest"

Purcell "Te Deum"

Haydn "Concerto for Organ in G minor"

Haydn "Te Deum in C"

Haydn "Insane et vanae carae"

Purcell "Sound the Trumpet"

Mendelssohn "Prayer for Peace"

Handel "The King Shall Rejoice" (Coronation Anthem No. 4)

Performed in St. Andrew's Church, Farnham, on 14th November 2009

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Ruth Parr

Contralto: Nora Price

Tenor: Simon Cakebread

Baritone: Richard Arthur

 

Organ: Stephen Thomson:

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

Please request a copy by sending an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk 

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J. S. Bach "Passion of Our Lord, According to St. John

Performed in St. Andrew's Church, Farnham, on 16th May 2009

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Evangelist: James Atherton

Christus: Benedict Nelson (Generously Supported by the Countess of Munster Trust)

 

Soprano: Hannah Grove Atherton

Contralto: Nora Price

Baritone: Simon Wilson

 

Continuo:

 

Cello: Jon Hennessy Brown

Organ: Stephen Thomson

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

Please request a copy by sending an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk 

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2008

A Christmas Celebration

Performed in St. Thomas on the Bourne Church, Farnham, on 20th December 2008

Conductor: Robin Wells

Organist:: Simon Wyatt

Jubilate Brass  (Directed by David Clack)

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Vivaldi "Gloria".  Vaughan Williams "Suite from the Canata 'Folk Songs of the Four Seasons", "Toward the Unknown Region", "Prelude '49th Parallel", "Linden Lea", "In Windsor Forest", arrangement of "Larghetto from the Serenade for Strings" (Elgar), and "The Old 100th from the Geneva Psalter".

Performed in St. Andrew's Church, Farnham on 8th November 2008 

Conductor - Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Ruth Parr

Contralto: Nora Price

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey  

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Brahms "Academic Festival Overture" and "A German Requiem".  Vaughan Williams "Five Mystical Songs"

Performed in Farnham Maltings on 17th May 2008 

Conductor - Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Laura Mitchell (Sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust)

Baritone: Simon Wilson

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey  

A copy of this programme is available. 

Please request a copy by sending an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk 

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2007

A Christmas Concert

Performed in St. Thomas on the Bourne Church, Farnham, on 15th December 2007 

Conductor: Robin Wells

Baritone soloist: Richard Arthur Baritone

Organist:: Simon Wyatt

Jubilate Brass  (Directed by David Clack)

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Rutter "Requiem", Fauré "Requiem" and "Cantique de Jean Racine", Mark Blatchly "For the Fallen" and Debussy "Two Arabesques"

Performed in St. Andrews Church, Farnham, on 10th November 2007

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Olympia Hetherington

Baritone: Hugh Hetherington

Harp: Victoria Davies

Organist: Tom Bell

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Elgar "The Kingdom"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings on 19th May 2007

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Sarah Redgwick

Contralto: Susan Mackenzie Park

Tenor: Hugh Hetherington

Baritone: Michael Pearce

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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2006

Handel "Messiah"

Performed in St. Andrew's Church, Farnham, on 16th December 2006.

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Diana Gilchrist

Contralto: Nora Price

Tenor: Edward Lee

Baritone: Simon Wilson

Organ: Steven Thomson

Trumpet: William Spencer

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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A Mozart Celebration:

Missa Brevis in C, K.220 "Sparrow Mass" with Epistle Sonatas in C (K.278, K.328 and K.338)

Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K.339 with Sonata in D, K.144

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 11th November 2006.

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Raquel Luis

Mezzo Soprano: Melanie Lang

Tenor: Edward Lee

Baritone: Matthew Sprange

Organ: Steven Thomson

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Verdi "Requiem"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 20th May 2006.

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Jennifer Smith

Mezzo Soprano: Elizabeth Sikora

Tenor: Hugh Hetherington

Bass: Andrew Slater

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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2005

Christmas Concert

A programme of Christmas music & carols for choir and audience

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 17th December 2005

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Diana Vivian

Baritone: James Harrison

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Handel "Zadok the Priest"

Handel "Let Thy Hand be Strengthened"

Bach "Suite No. 3 in D"

Handel "My Heart is Inditing"

Haydn "Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis Deo"

Handel "The King Shall Rejoice"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 12th November 2005

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Diana Vivian

 

Organ: Steven Thomson

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Thomas Wood "March 'Six Bells'"

Stanford "Songs of the Fleet"

Vaughan Williams "A Sea Symphony"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 14th May 2005

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Jennifer Smith

Baritone: Michael Pearce

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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2004

Christmas Concert

I have not got copy of this programme.  Please let me know if you can help me fill the gap in the archive!  If you can help, please send an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk

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Emmanuel Chabrier "March Joyeuse"

Poulenc "Gloria'"

Parry "Blest Pair of Sirens"

Elgar "Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode"

Elgar "Spirit of England"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 13th November 2004

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Sarah Redgwick

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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J. S. Bach " The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 15th May 2004

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Evangelist: Hugh Hetherington

Christus: Stephen Holloway

 

Soprano: Sarah Redgwick

Contralto: Anna Wall

Bass: David Stout

 

Continuo:

Organ & Harpsichord: Stephen Thomson

Cello: Jayne Spenser

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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2003

Handel " The Messiah"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 20th December 2003

Conductor: Simon Wyatt

Soloists:

Soprano: Kate Royal

Contralto: Christina Dongas

Tenor: Ben Thapa

Bass: Simon Wilson

 

Trumpet: Jeremy Clack

 

Continuo:

Harpsichord: Stephen Thomson

Cello: Anne Emmerson

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Handel "Zadok the Priest"

Mozart "Exsultate Jubilate"

Mozart "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"

Haydn "Harmoniemesse"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 8th November 2003

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Susanna Andersson

Contralto: Christina Dongas

Tenor: Ben Thapa

Baritone: David Stout

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Elgar "The Light of Life"

Parry "Blest Pair of Sirens"

Vaughan Williams "Serenade to Music"

Finzi "For St. Cecilia"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 17th May 2003

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Sarah Redgwick

Mezzo Soprano: Susan Mackenzie-Park

Tenor: Hugh Hetherington

Bass: Michael Pearce

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

Please request a copy by sending an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk

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2002

Christmas Concert

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Beethoven "Overture - Coriolanus"

Mendelssohn "Prayer for Peace"

Blatchly "For the Fallen"

Strauss "Horn Concerto No. 1, Opus 11"

Beethoven "Mass in C"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 9th November 2002

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen

Mezzo Soprano: Shola Hector

Baritone: David Stuart

Bass: Johan Tötterström

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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Handel "Judas Maccabæus"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 18th May 2002

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Margaret Crossland

Counter Tenor: Richard Stevens

Tenor: Hugh Hetherington

Bass: Michael Pearce

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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2001

Rutter "Magnificat"

Parry "Ode on the Nativity"

Performed on 8th December 2001

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey  

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Bach "Mass in B minor"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 19th May 2001

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Soprano: Claire Booth

Mezzo Soprano: Gudrun Olafsdottir

Tenor: Joshua Ellicott

Bass: Christopher Dixon

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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2000

 A Christmas Concert

Performed in St Thomas on the Bourne Church, Farnham , on 16th December 2000

I have not got copy of this programme.  Please let me know if you can help me fill the gap in the archive!  If you can help, please send an e-mail to Paul on farnham-choral@hotmail.co.uk

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Mozart "Requiem"

Performed on 11th November 2000

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloists:

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey  

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75th Anniversary Gala Concert

Robin Wells "Festival Te Deum" (Commissioned to celebrate jointly the Millenium and the Society's 75th birthday)

Vaughan Williams "Five Mystical Songs"

Walton "Belshazzar's Feast"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings, on 19th May 2001

Conductor: Robin Wells

Soloist:

Baritone: Michael Pearce

Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

A copy of this programme is available. 

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1999......Mendelssohn "Elijah"

...............Haydn "The Creation"

...............Handel "The Messiah"

1998......Dvorak "Stabat Mater"

...............Vaughan Williams "Toward the Unknown Region"

...............Bach "Christmas Oratorio"

1997......Brahms "Requiem"

...............Brahms "Song of Destiny"

...............Schubert "Mass in A flat"

1996......Verdi "Requiem"

...............Bruckner "Requiem"

...............Bruckner "Three Graduals"

...............Monteverdi "Beatus Vir"

1995......Elgar "The Dream of Gerontius"

...............Haydn "Nelson Mass"

...............Purcell "Burial Service for Queen Mary"

1994......Bach "St John Passion"

...............Palestrina "Missa Brevis"

...............Howells "Te Deum"

1993......Puccini Messa di Gloria"

...............Verdi "Four Sacred Pieces"

...............Bach "Sleepers, Wake!"

...............Gounod "St. Cecilia Mass"

1992......Elgar "The Apostles"

...............Faure "Requiem"

...............Rutter "Requiem"

...............Howells "Te Deum"

1991......Bach "Mass in B minor"

...............Mozart "Requiem"

...............Mozart "Missa Brevis"

1990......Vaughan Williams "A Sea Symphony"

...............Stanford "Songs of the Sea"

...............Durufle "Requiem"

...............Britten "Te Deum"

...............Blatchley "For the Fallen"

1989......Elgar "The Kingdom"

...............Bach "Christmas Oratortio"

1988......Mendelssohn "Elijah"

...............Purcell "Te Deum"

..............Vivaldi "Gloria"

...............Haydn "Paukenmesse"

1987......Bach "St. Matthew Passion"

...............Monteverdi "Vespers"

1986

Poulenc "Gloria", Elgar "The Music Makers" and Mozart "Exsultate, jubilate"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings on Saturday 13th December 1986
 
Farnham & Bourne Choral Society, Conductor Robin Wells
with The Farnborough Singers, conductor Mrs. Vivienne Le Grice
Soloists:
Soprano: Christine Bunning 
Contralto: Joy Robinson
Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

Verdi "Requiem"

Performed in The Farnham Maltings on Saturday 10th May 1986
 
Farnham & Bourne Choral Society, Conductor Robin Wells
with The Farnborough Singers, conductor Mrs. Vivienne Le Grice
Soloists:
Soprano: Valery Hill 
Mezzo-Soprano: Alison Barton 
Tenor: Robert Wilson 
Bass: Brindley Sherratt 
Orchestra led by Sally Dewey

1985......Walton "Belshazzar's Feast"

...............Bach "Magnificat"

...............Handel "Dettingen Te Deum"

1984......Bach "Mass in B minor"

...............Mozart "Requiem"

...............Vaughan Williams "Fantasia on Christmas Carols"

...............Gardner "Cantata for Christmas"

1983......Elgar "The Dream of Gerontius"

............... Vaughan Williams "Five Tudor Portraits"

...............Constant Lambert "Rio Grande"

1982......Williamson "Mass of Christ the King"

...............Handel "The Messiah"

1981......Tippett "A Child of our Time"

...............Schubert "Mass in G"

1980......Elgar "The Apostles"

...............Puccini "Missa di Gloria"

1979......Brahms "Requiem"

1978......Faure "Requiem"

...............Vaughan Williams "Dona Nobis Pacem"

...............Coleridge Taylor "Hiawatha"

...............Haydn "Nelson Mass"

..............Schutz "Christmas Story"

1977......Bach "St. John Passion"

...............Durufle "Requiem"

...............Elgar "Psalm 29"

1976......Elgar "The Kingdom"

...............Verdi "Aida"

1975......Mendelssohn "St. Paul"

...............Haydn "The Creation"

1974......Mozart "Mass in C minor"

...............Finzi "In Terra Pax"

............... Vaughan Williams "Fantasy on a Christmas Carol"

1973......Verdi "Requiem"

...............Bach "Christmas Oratortio"

1972......Vaughan Williams "A Sea Symphony"

............... Vaughan Williams "Five Mystical Songs"

...............Handel "The Messiah"

1971......Elgar "The Dream of Gerontius"

...............Monteverdi "Beatus Vir"

...............Vivaldi "Magnificat"

...............Bruckner "Three Graduals"

...............Bach "Thou Guide of Israel"

1970......Mendelssohn "Elijah"

...............Britten "Rejoice in the Lamb"

............... Handel "Coronation Anthems"

1969......Elgar "The Music Makers"

...............Delius "Sea Drift"

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1968

ACIS and GALATEA An entertainment by G. F. HANDEL

Performed in Farnham Girls' Grammar School, Menin Way Saturday, 4th May, 1968 at 7.30 p.m.

Conductor: WILLIAM LLEWELLYN 

Soloists:

Soprano: URSULA CONNORS

Tenor: EDWARD DARLING

Tenor: KENNETH BOWEN

Bass: MICHAEL RIPPON

Orchestra led by Stella Bardsley

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1968......Handel "Acis and Galatea"

...............Schubert "Mass in G"

............... Vaughan Williams "Flos Campi"

1967......Bach "St. Matthew Passion"

 

1966......Constant Lambert "Rio Grande"

...............Britten "Spring Symphony"

...............Beethoven "Mass in C"

1965......Elgar "The Kingdom"

...............Copeland "In the Beginning"

1964......Haydn "The Seasons"

..............Schutz "Christmas Story"

..............Britten "Hymn to St. Cecilia"

1963......Bach "St John Passion"

...............Faure "Requiem"

...............Britten "A Ceremony of Carols"

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1957

J S Bach  "The Christmas Oratorio"

The Farnham and Bourne Choral Society

The Farnborough Singers

Orchestra led by Ruth Fourmy

Conductor - John Seddon

Soloists:

Soprano: Helen Anderson

Contralto: Helen Watts

Tenor: Wilfred Brown

Baritone: James Atkins

The Church of St. Thomas-on-the Bourne, Frensham Road on 7th December 1957

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1951

A Festival of Britain Concert

The National Anthem (Arranged by Edward Elgar)

George Dyson  "The Canterbury Pilgrims"

The Farnham and Bourne Choral Society

The Farnborough Singers

Conductor - John Seddon

Orchestra led by Patricia Cassidy

Soloists:

Soprano: Esther Darlington

Tenor: Jan Van Der Gucht

Baritone: Gordon Holdom

Farnham Girl's Grammar School, Menin Way, Farnham on 5th May 1951 

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1949......Handel "Acis and Galaten"

1948......Mozart "Requiem"

1947......Vaughan Williams "Dona Nobis Pacem"

...............Haydn "The Creation"

1946......Parry "Job"

...............Bach "St. Matthew Passion"

1930......Brahms "Requiem"

1929......Handel "The Messiah"

1928......Handel "The Messiah"

...............Bach "Christmas Oratortio"

...............Dvorak "Stabat Mater"

1926......Bach "Cantatas"

1925......Arthur Somerviel "Passion of Christ"

...............Brahms "Lieberslieder"

 

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