Choral history

An incomplete list of the music I have sung, over the … decades. Leaving out sundry Sing-Along Messiahs and other scratch performances.

McGill Choral Society http://www.mcgillchoral.ca, YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/McGillChoralSociety

  • Mozart, Requiem. With medleys from Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables. Sunday March 24, 2013.
  • JS Bach, Magnificat. With seasonal music. November 25, 2012.
  • Brahms, German Requiem. April 2011. (Rehearsed; had a conference the concert weekend).
  • Handel, Messiah. November 22, 2009.
  • Mozart. Grand Mass in C Minor. December 2008.

Victoria Choral Society http://www.victoriachoralsociety.ca/

Gilbert and Sullivan Society

Calgary Festival Chorus http://www.festivalchorus.ca/concert_list.html

  • Scott Macmillan. Celtic Mass for the Sea. December 12, 1999.
  • Johannes Brahms. A German Requiem. April 2, 1999.
  • Fanfares and Carols.       December 12 and 13, 1998
  • One Earth, Many Voices. May 23, 1998
  • Joseph Haydn. The Creation.        April 10, 1998
  • Welcome Yule! December 13 and 14, 1997
  • Anton Bruckner. Mass in E minor. October 26, 1997
  • Psalms and Dances. May 3, 1997
  • G.F. Handel. Israel in Egypt.       March 28, 1997.
  • Make We Merry. December 16 and 17, 1996
  • J.S. Bach. Mass in B-Minor.       April 5, 1995.
  • Fanfares and Carols. December 16 and 17, 1995.
  • Ramirez. Misa Criolla
  • Arvo Pärt. Magnificat

Leeds Philharmonic Chorus

  • Brahms. Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op 45. 20 May, 1995.
  • GF Handel. Messiah. 10 December, 1994.
  • Sergi Prokofiev. Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78. 19 November, 1994
  • Edward Elgar. Spirit of England.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams. A Sea Symphony. Sunday March 5, 1994
  • Britten. War Requiem. Saturday June 5, 1993
  • Handel. Messiah. Saturday December 12, 1992
  • Orff. Carmina Burana. Saturday June 6, 1992. Leeds Town Hall. Bourmouth Symphony Orchestra. Plymouth Philharmonic Choir, Boy Choristers of Leeds Parish Church. Richard Hickox, conductor.
  • Mozart. Requiem. Saturday June 1, 1991. Leeds Town Hall. English Chamber Orchestra. Sir Charles Groves, conductor.
  • Bliss. Morning Heroes. Saturday March 16, 1991. Leeds Town Hall. English Northern Philharmonia. Sir Charles Groves, conductor.
  • Mahler. Symphony No. 2. (Resurrection). November 24, 1990. Leeds Town Hall. Bournmouth Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Litton, conductor.
  • Verdi. Requiem. Saturday June 2, 1990. Leeds Town Hall. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Royal Choral Society. Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor.
  • Gurrelieder
  • Delius. A Mass of Life.
  • Rossini. Messe Solennelle.
  • Edward Elgar. Dream of Gerontius. 1990?
  • Franz Schmidt. The Book of the Seven Seals. 1989.

Leeds Festival Chorus.

  • Brahms. Requiem. Saturday June 18, 1994.
  • Bach. St. Matthew Passion. Saturday March 26, 1994. Leeds Town Hall.
  • William Walton. Belshazzar’s Feast. Saturday March 19, 1994. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham. Elgar Howarth, conducting.
  • Fauré. Requiem. Rachmaninov. Magnificat and Gloria, from Vespers. Saturday November 6, 1993. Leeds Town Hall. Simon Wright, conducting.
  • Mahler. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (The Resurrection Symphony). Saturday October 9, 1993. Durham Cathedral. Northern Sinfonia. The Northern Sinfonia Chorus, The Durham Singers. Simon Wright, conducting.
  • Mahler. Resurrection Symphony. 10 October 1993
  • Opera in the Park. Saturday July 18, 1992. Temple Newton, Leeds. English Northern Philharmonia, Opera North. Paul Daniel, conducting.
  • Mozart. Grand Mass in C Minor K427. Saturday June 13, 1992. York Minster, York. Goldberg Chamber Orchestra. Jane Glover, conducting.
  • Walton. Belshazzar’s Feast.  15 June 1991
  • Constant Lambert. Summer’s Last Will and Testament.  September 1-3, 1991. English Northern Philharmonia. Opera North Chorus. David Lloyd Jones, conductor. Recorded for Hyperion Records Ltd. CDA66565. http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/66565.asp

Newton choral society

  • Charles Ives. The Celestial Country, Aaron Copland In the Beginning. Sunday March 12, 1989.
  • Franz Joseph Haydn. Lord Nelson Mass. Giacomo Carissimi. Jepthe. Sunday November 20, 1988. Second Church, Newton. Newton Choral Society Orchestra. David Carrier, conducting.
  • Beethoven. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor with Final Chorus on Schiller’s Ode to Joy. Op. 125. October 28 and 29, 1988. Concord, Massachusetts. The Concord Orchestra. Richard Pittman, conducting.
  • Brahms. Ein Deutsches Requiem. 4 June 1988
  • Schubert. Mirjams Siegegesang. Brahms: Zigunderlieder. 13 March 1988
  • Haydn. The Creation. 22 November 1987
  • Mozart. Mass in C Minor. Mozart: Regina Coeli. 31 May 1987
  • Bach. St John Passion. 15 March 1987 (not sure if I sang that)
  • Bernstein. Chichester Psalms

Bach-Elgar choir (Hamilton, Ontario)

  • Andrew Lloyd Weber. Requiem. Friday February 21, 1986. Great Hall, Hamilton Place. The Elmer Eisler Singers. The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Wayne Strongman, conducting.
  • Strongman, conducting. The Last Night of the Proms. April 11, 1986. The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Wayne
  • The Creation
  • Cavaliera Rusticana
  • Berlioz. Romeo et Juliette. Sunday and Monday, May, 25 and 26, 1986. Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Boris Brott, conductor.

Mohawk college singers

  • Bach B minor mass
  • Messiah

Schola cantorum

  • Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. December 6, 1983. Clement Carelse, conducting.
  • Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. December 14, 1982. Clement Carelse, conducting.

University of Victoria Chorus (UVic Chorus)

  • Bernard Naylor. Three Sacred Pieces. Rudolf Komorous. Vermilion Dust. March 28, 1981. University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. University Orchestra. George Corwin, conducting.
  • Giuseppe Verdi. Four Sacred Choruses. Gustav Holst. The Hymn of Jesus. November 29, 1980. University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. University Orchestra. George Corwin, conducting.
  • Haydn. The Creation. Sunday, March 23 and Monday, March 24, 1980. University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. University Orchestra. The Little Orchestra of the University of Victoria. George Corwin, conducting.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach. Three Cantatas from the Christmas Oratorio, IV-VI. Sunday, December 2 and Monday December 3, 1979. University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. University Orchestra. George Corwin, conducting.
  • Maurice Duruflé. Requiem, Opus 9. Sunday, September 23, 1979. University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. Vancouver Bach Choir, Victoria Symphony. George Corwin, conducting.
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Elijah. Friday, March 30 and Sunday, April 1, 1979. University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria BC.  University Orchestra. George Corwin, conducting.
  • G.F Handel. Messiah. Friday, December 1, and Saturday, December 2, 1978. University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. The Little Orchestra of Victoria. George Corwin, conducting.
  • Sir Michael Tippett. A Child of Our Time. Saturday, April 8, and Sunday, April 9, 1978. University Orchestra. Old Gymnasium, University of Victoria, BC. George Corwin, conducting.
  • Guiseppe Verdi. Requiem. University Orchestra. March 25, and March 26, 1977. Old Gymnasium, University of Victoria, BC. James Walker, conducting.
  • Beethoven. Symphony No. 9.
  • Bach. Three Cantatas from the Christmas Oratorio. 1978
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams. Flos Campi. Franz Joseph Haydn. Mass in D minor. Friday, December 3, and Saturday, December 4, 1976. University Orchestra. Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, BC. James Walker, conductor.

Unplaced (I have sung at least once, but when?)

  • Faure requiem
  • Bach. B-Minor Mass (sung once as 2nd soprano, once as 1st)
  • Peleas et Melisande?
  • Dvorak. Stabat Mater.