PORTSMOUTH FESTIVAL CHOIR 1971 - 2015

THE WORKS SUNG, CONDUCTORS & VENUES 28-Apr-71

Britten Britten Tallis Byrd Tippett Tippett Tippett

A Ceremony of Carols Choral Dances from Gloriana Salvator Mundi Non Vos Relinquam Orphanos Plebs Angelica Dance, Clarion, Air Spirituals

Portsmouth Guildhall

Raymond Calcraft

.. Apr 72

Handel JS Bach Faure

Concerto Grosso in B flat, opus 6, no. 7 Cantata no. 159, 'Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem' Requiem

Wesley Central Hall Portsmouth

Raymond Calcraft

Palestrina Schutz Bruckner with Havant Choral Society

Missa Brevis Magnificat Mass in E minor

Arundel Cathedral

Raymond Calcraft

04-May-73

Bruckner RVW

Mass in E minor Dona Nobis Pacem

Portsmouth Guildhall

Raymond Calcraft

08-May-74

Brahms

Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

Raymond Calcraft

22-May-74 23-May-74

Bruckner RVW

Mass in E minor Dona Nobis Pacem

Mercator Halle Duisburg

Raymond Calcraft

14-Jun-75

Handel Haydn

Zadok the Priest Nelson Mass

Portsmouth Guildhall

John Eliot Gardiner

13-Jul-75

Jacob Handl Tippett

Adoramus Te Spirituals Canons and Rounds

Romsey Abbey

John Eliot Gardiner

30-Apr-76

Bruckner Mozart

Te Deum Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

John Eliot Gardiner

04-Jul-76

Byrd Britten Bach

Four part Mass Hymn to St Cecilia Komm Jesu Komm

Romsey Abbey

Jonathan Rees-Williams

31-Oct-76

Byrd Britten Bach

Four part Mass Hymn to St Cecilia Komm Jesu Komm

St Phillip's Church Cosham

Jonathan Rees-Williams

Mass in B minor

Royal Festival Hall

John Eliot Gardiner

29-May-77 Walton Balshazzar's Feast with P'mouth Choral Union & Polytechnic Choral Society

Portsmouth Guildhall

John Eliot Gardiner

09-Jun-77

Holst

The Planets (ladies only)

Portsmouth Guildhall

Sir Charles Groves

27-May-78

Rachmaninov

Choral Symphony The Bells

Portsmouth Guildhall

John Eliot Gardiner

29-Apr-73

09-Feb-77 JS Bach with the Monteverdi Choir

26-May-79

Elgar

The Music Makers

Portsmouth Guildhall

Sir Charles Groves

20-Oct-79

Rossini

Petite Messe Solennelle

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

15-Mar-80

Rossini

Petite Messe Solennelle

St Mary's Church Portsea

David Gibson

21-Jun-80

Beethoven Stanford

Symphony No 9 Songs of the Sea

Portsmouth Guildhall

Sir David Willcocks

25-Oct-80

Handel Monteverdi Carissimi

Dixit Dominus Beatus Vir Jephte

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

07-Jun-81

Beethoven

Missa Solemnis

Porstmouth Guildhall

Norman del Mar

13-Jun-81

RVW Orff

Serenade to Music Carmina Burana

Porstmouth Guildhall

John Lubbock

31-Oct-81

Vivaldi Haydn

Gloria Nelson Mass

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

02-Apr-82

Elgar

The Dream of Gerontius

Porstmouth Guildhall

Sir Charles Groves

26-Jun-82

Palestrina

Stabat Mater and works by Bruckner Stanford & madrigals

Oaklands School Waterlooville

David Gibson

04-Jun-83

Prokofiev

Alexander Nevsky

Portsmouth Guildhall

Tomasz Bugaj

30-Oct-82

Faure Rossini

Pavane Stabat Mater

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

18-Jun-83 19-Jun-83

Gershwin

Porgy and Bess

Wintergardens Bournemouth & Portsmouth Cathedral

Harold Farberman

29-Oct-83 06-Nov-83

JS Bach Handel Handel

Jesu Meine Freude Silete Venti Coronation Anthems

Portsmouth & Chichester Cathedrals

David Gibson

02-Jun-84 Britten with Guildford Choral Society

War Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

Richard Hickox

27-Oct-84

Mozart Mozart

Solemn Vespers Mass in C Minor

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

27-Apr-85

Tippett Spirituals Walton Three Sitwell Songs and works by Bruckner & Gabrieli

Church of the Holy Spirit Southsea

David Gibson

01-Jun-85

Rossini

Stabat Mater

St Mary's Church Portsea

David Gibson

26-Oct-85

Haydn Handel

Missa Sancti Nicolai Ode on St Cecilia's Day

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

08-Mar-86 Verdi with Basingstoke Choral Society

Requiem

Park Prewett Hall Basingstoke

David Gibson

15-Jun-86

The Trojans

Portsmouth Guildhall

Roger Norrington

Berlioz

25-Oct-86

Faure Finzi

Requiem In Terra Pax

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

21-May-87

RVW

Flos Campi

Portsmouth Guildhall

Roger Norrington

31-May-87

Delius

Sea Drift

Portsmouth Guildhall

Bryden Thompson

17-Oct-87

Handel

Messiah

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

19-May-88

Bruckner Beethoven

Te Deum Symphony No 9

Portsmouth Guildhall

Roger Norrington

25-Jun-88

Monteverdi Britten Kodaly

Dixit Dominus Hymn to St Cecilia Missa Brevis

Church of the Holy Spirit Southsea

David Gibson

15-Oct-88

Poulenc

Gloria

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

Grande Messe des Morts

Winchester Cathedral

David Gibson

15-Jul-89 Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts with 1500 voices from throughout the UK

Royal Albert Hall

Brian Wright

21-Oct-89

Thersa Mass The Phoenix and the Turtle

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

A Child of Our Time

Winchester Cathedral

David Gibson

.. May 90 Beethoven Symphony No 9 with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus

Berne (2 concerts)

Eliahu Inval

27-Jul-90 Orff with Portsmouth Choral Union

Carmina Burana

Portsmouth Guildhall

David Gibson

18-Sep-90

Alexander Nevsky

Portsmouth Guildhall

Alexander Lazarev

10-Oct-90 Prokofiev 11-Oct-90 with City of Duisburg Choir

Alexander Nevsky

Mercator Halle Duisburg

Alexander Lazarev

03-Nov-90

Bruckner Gabrieli

Mass in E Minor In Ecclesiis

Chichester Cathedral

David Gibson

09-Mar-91

Brahms

Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

Martin Merry

03-Aug-91 Summer Opera Gala with Portsmouth Choral Union & Opera South

Portsmouth Guildhall

Martin Merry

19-Oct-91

Mozart

Mass in C Minor

St Mary's Portsea

Martin Merry

30-Nov-91

Handel

Messiah (from scratch)

St Mary's Portsea

Martin Merry

13-Dec-91

Britten

A Ceremony of Carols Music for Christmas

St Mary's Portsea

Martin Merry

27-May-89 Berlioz with Basingstoke Choral Society

Haydn Hurd

03-Mar-90 Tippett with Basingstoke Choral Society

Prokofiev

11-Apr-92

Haydn JS Bach

Stabat Mater Komm Jesu Komm

Chichester Cathedral

Adrian Lucas

23-May-92

JS Bach

Komm Jesu Komm Popular Classics

Eglise de St Aubin sur Mer

Adrian Lucas

24-May-92

JS Bach

Komm Jesu Komm Popular Classics

Eglise St Catherine Honfleur

Adrian Lucas

27-Jun-92

Parry JS Bach RVW Parry Poulenc

I was Glad Komm Jesu Komm Te Deum in G Songs of Farewell Litanies a la Vierge Noir

St Mary's Portsea

Adrian Lucas

21-Nov-92

Mendelssohn

Elijah

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Newberry

03-Apr-93

JS Bach

St John Passion

Chichester Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

30-May-93

Tippett

Spirituals Popular Classics

Eglise de St Aubin sur Mer

Rupert D'Cruze

29-May-93

Tippett

Spirituals Popular Classics

Eglise de St Pierre Caen

Rupert D'Cruze

12-Jun-93

Tippett

Spirituals Popular Classics

St James Church Emsworth

Rupert D'Cruze

17-Oct-93 Verdi with City of Duisburg Choir

Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

Rupert D'Cruze

15-Jan-94

Missa Brevis Psalm 150 Psalm 100 Gloria

Church of the Holy Spirit Southsea

Rupert D'Cruze

27-Mar-94 Britten with Portsmouth Choral Union

War Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

Jonathan Willcocks

10-Jul-94

RVW Genee Matthias Toch Sculthorpe Elgar

Serenade to Music Italian Salad Shakespeare Songs Geographical Fugue Sun Music Songs from the Bavarian Highlands

Ferneham Hall

Rupert D'Cruze

22-Oct-94

Handel Vivaldi Schutz

Zadok the Priest Gloria Magnificat

Portsmouth Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

04-Feb-95

Haydn Mozart

Little Organ Mass Requiem

Chichester Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

20-May-95

RVW Brahms Elgar

Toward the Unknown Region Liebesliederwalzes Four part-songs

Turner-Simms Hall Southampton

Rupert D'Cruze

07-Oct-95

Saint-Saens Faure

Requiem Requiem

Portsmouth Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

03-Feb-96

Bernstein Rutter

Chichester Psalms Magnificat

Chichester Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

Gregson Arnold RVW Rutter

25-May-96

Rossini

26-May-96

Vivaldi Faure JS Bach Handel with Centra Musica Choir

Excerpts from Petite Messe Solenelle Excerpts from the Gloria Excerpts from the Requiem Organ solo Zadok the Priest

St Malo Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

Dol de Bretagne Cathedral

22-Jun-96

Rossini Petite Messe Solonelle Hurd Five Spiritual Songs -Commissioned work 25th Anniversary concert

Portsmouth Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

19-Oct-96

Handel Bach

Chandos Anthem No 9 Magnificat

Holy Trinity Church Gosport

Rupert D'Cruze

22-Feb-97

Schutz Monteverdi Gabrieli Bruckner

Psalm 150 Beatus Vir Jubilate Deo Mass in E Minor

Portsmouth Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

04-May-97

Gershwin

Excerpts Porgy and Bess Madrigals Part of singing week-end

Eartham Church

Rupert D'Cruze

21-Jun-97

Hurd Tippett RVW Faure Gregson

Five Spiritual Songs Spirituals from Child of Our Time Three Shakespeare Songs Cantique de Jean Racine In the Beginning

Oaklands School Waterlooville

Rupert D'Cruze

25-Oct-97

Archer Dvorak

Requiem Mass in D op.86

Portsmouth Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

21-Feb-98

Haydn Beethoven

Te Deum Mass in C

Chichester Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

27-Jun-98

Orff Brahms Britten

Carmina Burana New Love Song Waltzes Choral Dances from Gloriana

Oaklands School Waterlooville

Rupert D'Cruze

14-Nov-98 Orff with Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

Carmina Burana

Huddersfield Town HallRupert D'Cruze

13-Dec-98

Britten Bach

Ceremony of Carols Excerpts Christmas Oratorio

Holy Trinity Church Gosport

Rupert D'Cruze

20-Mar-99

Handel Elgar Bruckner Britten

Coronation Anthems Te Deum and Benedictus Motets Te Deum in C

Portsmouth Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

29-May-99

Rutter Toch Gershwin Copland

Birthday Madrigals Geographical Fugue Excerpts Porgy and Bess Stomp your Foot

Eglise St Gilles Caen

Rupert D'Cruze

30-May-99

Rutter Toch Gershwin Copland Hurd

Birthday Madrigals Geographical Fugue Excerpts Porgy and Bess Stomp your Foot Excerpts Spiritual songs

Abbaye de Rupert D'Cruze Juaye-Mondaye Bayeaux

26-Jun-99

Rutter Toch Gershwin Copland Gilbert/Sullivan

Birthday Madrigals Geographical Fugue Excerpts Porgy and Bess Stomp your Foot Excerpts Iolanthe and the Mikado

Oaklands School Waterlooville

Rupert D'Cruze

06-Nov-99

RVW Brahms with Basingstoke Choral Society

Toward the Unknown Region German Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

Rupert D'Cruze

18-Dec-99

Various

A Christmas Celebration of Carols

Holy Trinity Church Gosport

Rupert D'Cruze

04-Mar-00

Durufle Haydn

Requiem Theresien Mass

Portsmouth Cathedral

Rupert D'Cruze

24-Jun-00

German & Hood

Merrie England

Oaklands School Waterlooville

Rupert D'Cruze

20-Aug-00

Various

Magrigals

Salvatorkirche Duisburg

David Petersen

22-Sep-00

Holst

The Planets (ladies only)

Portsmouth Guildhall

Barry Wordsworth

Stanford RVW with Basingstoke Choral Society

Songs of the Fleet A Sea Symphony

The Anvil Basingstoke

David Gibson

17-Feb-01

Jesu, Meine Freude Psalm 150 Requiem

Portsmouth Cathderal

Rupert D'Cruze

Gilbert/Sullivan Delius Faure with Ensemble Vocal Arpador

Excerpts from HMS Pinafore Songs of Farewell Madrigal

Admiral Lord Nelson School Portsmouth

Rupert D'Cruze

25-Jun-01

Gilbert/Sullivan

HMS Pinafore

HMS Warrior

Rupert D'Cruze

15-Dec-01

Jongen RVW Poulenc

Mass Fantasia on Christmas Carols Quatre Motets our le temps de Noel Carols

St Mary's Porsea

Rupert D'Cruze

09-Mar-02

Dvorak Elgar Rutter

Te Deum Great is the Lord Magnificat

Christ Church Portsdown

David Truslove

15-Jun-02

Haydn

The Seasons

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

02-Nov-02

Mozart Faure

St Mary's Portsea

David Truslove

Taverner Ireland Rachmaninov Mendelssohn

Ave Verum Corpus Cantique de Jean Racine Requiem Song for Athene Greater love hath no man Bogoroditsye Dievo Hear My Prayer

15-Dec-02

Various

A Christmas Celebration of Carols

Christ Church Portsdown

David Truslove

12-Apr-03

Janacek Kodaly Bernstein

Otcenas Missa Brevis Chichester Psalms

St Mary's Portsea

David Truslove

05-Jul-03 CPE Bach 06-Jul-03 Mozart with Romsey Choral Society

Magnificat Mass in C minor

Romsey Abbey and David Truslove Portsmouth Cathderal

15-Nov-03

Turn Back O Man Songs of Farewell Lord Thou hast been our Refuge Requiem

St Mary's Portsea

25-Nov-00

JS Bach Britten Rutter

09-Jun-01

Holst Parry RVW Durufle

David Truslove

14-Dec-03

Various

A Christmas Celebration of Carols

St Philip's Church Cosham

David Truslove

20-Mar-04

Handel Mozart

Nisi Dominus Ave Verum Corpus Requiem

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

29-May-04

Mathias Shearing Rutter Faure

Shakespeare Songs Music to Hear Birthday Madrigals Cantique de Jean Racine

Hotel de Ville Caen

David Truslove

30-May-04

Mathias Shearing Rutter Faure

Shakespeare Songs Music to Hear Birthday Madrigals Cantique de Jean Racine

Bandstand Houlgate, Normandy

David Truslove

26-Jun-04

Mathias RVW Shearing Rutter

Shakespeare Songs Serenade to Music Music to Hear Birthday Madrigals

Admiral Lord Nelson School Portsmouth

David Truslove

27-Nov-04

Handel

Messiah

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

05-Mar-05

Faure Faure Chilcott RVW Franck

Requiem Cantique de Jean Racine Canticles of Light Five Mystical songs Panis Angelicus

St Paul's Church Chichester

David Truslove

26-Jun-05

Britten

War Requiem

Portsmouth Guildhall

David Gibson

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

Pergolesi Mozart

Gloria In Praise of Mary Maria Mater Gratias Ave Verum Corpus Salve Regina Regina Coeli

17-Dec-05

Britten and

Ceremony of Carols Christmas Music

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

18-Mar-06

JS Bach

St John Passion

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

24-Jun-06

Rossini Wagner Borodin Verdi

Petite Messe Solennelle Bridal March Polovtsian Dances Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

St Paul's Church Chichester

David Truslove

09-Dec-06

Handel McDowall Handel Handel

Zadok the Priest Ave Maris Stella Birthday Ode to Queen Anne Dettingen Te Deum

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

24-Mar-07

Mozart Bach Mendelssohn

Ave verum corpus O Jesu Christ,mein's Lebens Licht Verleih uns Frieden Hear my Prayer German Requiem

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

Animal Magic A light-hearted programme of music And theatre

Oaklands School Waterlooville

David Truslove

with Southampton Philharmonic Choir and the BSO 24-Nov-05

Vivaldi Bush Faure

Brahms 30-Jun-07

17-Nov-07

Arvo Part Britten

Te Deum Saint Nicolas

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

08-Mar-08

Vivaldi Carissimi Vivaldi

Magnificat Jephte Beatus Vir

Portsmouth Cathedral

David Truslove

28-Jun-08

Lauridsen Coleridge-Taylor

Lux Aeterna Hiawatha's Wedding Feast

St Paul's Church Chichester

Mark Dancer

13-Dec-08

JS Bach

Christmas Oratorio

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

28-Mar-09

Haydn

The Creation

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

27-Jun-09

Britten RVW Purcell Runswick Rutter

Rejoice in the Lamb Serenade to Music Funeral sentences on death of Queen Mary Five American Folksongs Gloria

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

23-Jan-10

Karl Jenkins RVW

Choral Suite : The Armed Man Dona Nobis Pacem

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

08-May-10

Verdi

Requiem

St Mary's Portsea

Andrew Cleary

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

with University of Portsmouth and PGS Parents' Choirs 26-Jun-10

Bruckner Mendelssohn Stainer

11-Dec-10

RVW McDowall Chilcott

Fantasia On Christmas Carols Cantata for Christmas Twelve Days of Christmas plus Christmas favourites An informal concert was also held in the afternoon

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

26-Mar-11

Handel

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

18-Jun-11

Hurd Five Spiritual Songs Bernstein Chichester Psalms RVW Five Mystical Songs McDowall Shipping Forecast -Commissioned work 40th Anniversary concert

Portsmouth Cathedral

Andrew Cleary

10-Dec-11

Purcell Handel

Welcome to all the pleasures Gloria Zadok the Priest Dixit Dominus

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

24-Mar-12

Mozart

Mass in C Minor Exultate, jubilate Insanae et vanae curae Te Deum

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

Haydn

Mass No 2 in E minor Hear My Prayer The Crucifixion

Messiah Full version

23-Jun-12

Rutter Tavener Tippett Carter Britten

Five Childhood Lyrics The Lamb, The Tyger Spirituals from a Child of our Time Benedicite Songs from the Little Sweep

Admiral Lord Nelson School Portsmouth

Peter Allwood

08-Dec-12

Monteverdi JS Bach Handel Vivaldi

Beatus Vir Lobet den Herrn The King shall Rejoice Gloria

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

16-Mar-13

Poulenc Durufle Faure

Gloria Requiem Cantique and Pavonne

St Mary's Portsea

Peter Allwood

24-Jun-13

Alex l'Estrange

World Premiere of "AHOY" In conjunction with Portsmouth Festivities

Portsmouth Guildhall

Sam Gladstone

16-Nov-13

Bach Haydn

Magnificat Nelson Mass

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

Christmas Music by Candlelight

St Agatha's Church - Portsmouth

Peter Allwood

08-Dec-13

05-Apr-14

Brahms

Liebeslieder Waltzes & German Requiem

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

21-Jun-14

Carl Orff Constant Lambert

Carmina Burana Rio Grande In conjunction with Portsmouth Festivities

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

To Commemorate the First World War " 1914 …and they went to war " ( a new work ) Farewell to Arms The Spirit of England Jerusalem At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

Christmas Music by Candlelight

St Agatha's Church - Portsmouth

Peter Allwood

15-Nov-14 Bawtree Finzi Elgar Parry Archer

14-Dec-14

28-Mar-15

JS Bach

St John's Passion

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

25-Jun-15

Purcell's Opera

My Heart is Inditing Dido and Aeneas Part of Portsmouth Festivities

Portsmouth Cathedral

Peter Allwood

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