Past Concerts
NYC Concerts 1969 2003
Our objective is to present the less frequently performed works for chorus and orchestra in various centres of the County.
1969 Principal Conductor Barry Griffiths
Beethoven Mass in C V Williams T oward the Unknown Region (Richmond School) Mozart Requiem (Allertonshire Girls' School)
1970 - Orff Carmina Burana (Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough) Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (Richmond School)
1971 Verdi Requiem (Ampleforth Abbey Church) Mozart Mass in C minor (Richmond School)
1972 - Orff Carmina Burana (York University) Walton Belshazzar's Feast (Middlesbrough Town Hall)
1973 - Elgar Dream of Gerontius (Ampleforth Abbey) Brahms German Requiem (M'bro Town Hall)
1974 Verdi Requiem (Ripon Cathedral)
1975 - Bach Mass in B minor (Ampleforth A Fearon ) Christmas Music (Northallerton Community Centre)
1976 - Fauré Requiem Verdi Four Sacred Pieces (Ripon Cathedral) Carols for All (N'ton Com Cen - Andrew Carter)
1977 - Bach Jesu Meine Freude Britten Rejoice in the Lamb (Ripon Cathedral - Andrew Carter)
Principal Conductor Nicholas Smith
( Berlioz Childhood of Christ (St Mary's Church,Thirsk)
1979 Bach St John Passion (Ripon) Walton Belshazzar's Feast Bernstein Chichester Psalms (M'bro Town Hall)
1980 Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 (Ampleforth) Beethoven Choral Fantasia Mass in C (M'bro Town Hall)
1981 Bach Cantata no 118 Byrd Mass for 4 Voices Bruckner Mass no 2 (Ripon)Handel Samson (Stockton Parish Church)
1982 - Fauré Requiem Wilfred Josephs Requiem (Ampleforth) Christopher Thompson Handel Dixit Dominus Purcell Dido & Aeneas (Stockton) Christmas Concert (Thirsk Parish Church)
1983 Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Ripon) Britten St Nicholas Schutz Christmas Story (Stockton Church)
1984 - Verdi Requiem (Ampleforth) Dvorak Mass in D Kodaly Laudes Organi (St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington C Thompson)
1985 Bach B Minor Mass (Ripon Cathedral) Come and Sing Messiah (Stokesley Church C Thompson) Haydn Nelson Mass Beethoven Choral Symphony (M'bro Town Hall)
1986 Vivaldi Gloria Monteverdi Beatus Vir Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art (All Saint's Northallerton) Handel Messiah (Ripon Cathedral) Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (Saltburn Church C Thompson)
1987 Orff Carmina Burana (Scarborough) Elgar The Kingdom (Ripon Cathedral) Finland Tour
Verdi Requiem Dvorak Mass in D Handel Excerpts from Messiah (C Thompson)
1988 - Bach St Matthew Passion (Ripon Cathedral) Fauré Requiem Cantique de Jean Racine V Williams 5 Mystical Songs (Saltburn Church - C Thompson) Gabrieli In Ecclesiis Bach Sing Ye the Lord Rutter Gloria (Stockton and St Michael le Belfry, York)
1989 Handel Sing Along Messiah ( All Saint's Northallerton - C Thompson) Brahms German Requiem (Ripon Cathedral) Brahms Leibeslieder Orff Carmina Burana (Hambleton C Centre)
1990 Last Night of the Proms (Billingham Forum) Ryedale Festival Elgar Dream of Gerontius (Ampleforth Abbey - Branwell Tovey) Rachmaninoff Vespers (Norton on Derwent, Malton) Verdi Requiem (Middlesbrough Town Hall)
1991 Vivaldi Gloria Mozart Requiem (Ampleforth)
East Germany Tour
Mozart Requiem (Erfurt, Heiligestat, Gotha) Kodaly Laudes Organi Duruflé Requiem Handel Zadok the Priest (Richmond Church - C Thompson) Mozart Requiem (Performing Arts- Harewood House) Haydn Creation (Ripon Cathedral)
1992 - Tippett A Child of Our Time (Middlesbrough Town Hall) Handel Come and Sing Messiah (Thirsk Church - C Thompson) Verdi Requiem (Performing Arts, Harewood) Vivaldi Gloria Beatus Vir (Performing Arts, Brancepeth) Handel Israel in Egypt (Ripon Cathedral)
1993 Bach St john Passion (Ampleforth Abbey) Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (Saltburn - C Thompson)
Silver Jubilee Season Walton Belshazzar's Feast Poulenc Gloria (Dolphin Centre, Darlington)
1994 Purcell Dido and Aeneas (Hambleton C Centre) Fauré Requiem Cantique de Jean Racine V Williams 5 Mystical Songs (Ripon C Thompson) Beethoven Mass in C V Williams Toward the Unknown Region (RC Cathedral, Coulby Newham) Carols and Seasonal Music Thompson Hodie (Thirsk Church - C Thompson)
1995 - USA Tour Verdi Requiem in South Carolina Orff Carmina Burana (Performing Arts, Harewood & Tatton Park)
Principal Conductor Martin Hindmarsh
Mendelssohn Elijah (Thirsk Church)
1996 - Vivaldi Gloria Haydn Nelson Mass (Ampleforth Abbey) Britten St Nicholas V Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Xenophon Kelsey) (Hambleton C Centre)
1997 - Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Ripon Cathedral & Sheffield Octagon Centre) Handel Messiah (Hambleton C Centre)
1998 - Joyous Psalmody including Bernstein Chichester Psalms , Parry I was Glad Hindmarsh Psalm150 Saltburn & Bolton Priory Church - Chris Thompson)
30th Anniversary Season
Mozart Mass in C minor (Ripon Cathedral & Sheffield) Carols and Seasonal Music Hodie (Christopher Thompson) (Thirsk Church)
1999 Haydn Spring Puccini Messa di Gloria (Hambleton C Centre) Celebration Concert Wilby, Verdi, Kodaly Hindmarsh Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band (Ripon Cathedral)
2000 Fauré Requiem Kodaly Missa Brevis (Guisborough Church)
Hong Kong Tour
Elgar Dream of Gerontius (Hong Kong Cultural Centre Jerome Hoberman) & London, Royal Albert Hall - Charity Concert- Sir David Wilcocks) Tidings of Great Joy Pergolesi Magnificat Saint Saens Christmas Oratorio Finzi In Terra Pax (St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate) with Teesside Girls School Choir and Recorder group.
2001 - Verdi Requiem with Easingwold Singers (Selby Abbey & Sheffield) Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (N'ton Church, Chris Thompson)
2002 - Haydn Creation (Ripon) Verdi Requiem (London, Royal Albert Hall - Charity Concert- Sir David Wilcocks) Liszt Missa Choralis , Holst Hymns from the Rig Veda , Kodaly Pange Lingua (Guisborough Church)
2003 - Mozart Coronation Mass , Handel Coronation Anthems , Parry I was Glad (Ampleforth) • Mozart Requiem and Solemn Vespers (Ripon Cathedral C Thompson)
2004 - Dvorak Stabat Mater (Ripon Cathedral) Orff Carmina Burana Hindmarsh The Wilderness (Forum)
2005 - V Williams A Sea Symphony ( Torquay & Ripon Cathedral) with South Devon Choir. Walton Belshazzar's Feast, Elgar Great is the Lord (Sheffield City Hall) in combined choir of 200 for Sheffield University Centenary
2006 The Splendour of Brass and Voice including Hindmarsh Psalm 150 , Purcell Funeral Sentences , Gabrieli Jubilate Deo , Rutter Gloria (Northallerton Parish Church) with Steve Baxter Brass Ensemble. Handel Messiah (Stockton Baptist Tabernacle) with Hull Sinfonia.
2007 – Farewell concert for Martin Hindmarsh including Duruflé Requiem, Elgar Great is the Lord and Parry I was glad (Ampleforth Abbey Church)
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