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5 February 1960: The Octagon, Milsom Street
Conductor: Beresford King-Smith
Works by Bach, Mozart and Telemann Soloist: Jill Fowles
30 June 1960: St Nicholas, Kelston
(Music at the wedding of Beresford and Margaret)
The music included Bach's Cantata No.202: Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten
3 December 1960: The Guildhall – The Sons of Bach
Conductor: Beresford King-Smith
J.C. Bach: Symphony in B flat Op.3 No.4
W.F.Bach: Cantata: Dies ist der Tag
C.P.E.Bach: Double Concerto in E flat for harpsichord, fortepiano & orchestra
Edward Malins (harpsichord), Henry Boys (fortepiano)
J.C.F.Bach: Oratatorio: Die Kindheit Jesu
Jill Fowles, Alice Brindle, Peter Bingham, John Shirley-Quirk
(English translation by Beresford King-Smith)
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13 May 1961: The Octagon, Milsom Street – Jacobean Evening
Conductor: Beresford King-Smith
(With the Nathalie Dolmetsch Consort of Viols)
This performance was given in the presence of Mr Lars Blinkenberg, attaché at the Royal Danish Embassy, London
Morley: The Triumphs of Oriana
J. Dowland: Lachrimae
Soloists: Branwen Williams, Cecilia Howard-Kyan, David Falconer, Brian Newman, Beresford King-Smith
15 July 1961: Dillington House Theatre, Ilminster
Conductor: Beresford King-Smith
"Cupid and Death", a masque by James Shirley: music by Matthew Locke and Christopher Gibbons
Singers: David Falconer, Branwen Williams, Brian Thomas, William Bond, Cecilia Howard-Kyan,
Brian Newman, Beresford King-Smith. Spoken parts: John Guillaume, Edward Malins.
25 November 1961: St Stephen's, Lansdown
Guest Conductor: Anthony Lewis
Christmas Music by Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major
Cantata No.62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Sinfonia (Christmas Oratorio, Pt II)
Christmas Oratorio Pt I: Come and Thank Him
Soloists: Branwen Williams, Jantina Noorman, David Johnston, Beresford King-Smith
Continuo: James Peschek*, Edward Malins*, Sonia Leadbeater*, Frank Read*
————— 1962 ————--
2 February 1962: Fortt's Restaurant, Bath
Entertainment at Bath Gramophone Society's 21st Birthday Dinner
Four pieces by Henry Purcell
Sung by: Branwen Williams, Jean Hampson, Jantina Barker, David Barker,
Beresford King-Smith,Brian Thomas (Edward Malins*: pianoforte)
7 April 1962: The Octagon, Milson Street: Music by Monteverdi
Conductor: Beresford King-Smith
Magnificat a 6
Mollie Petrie, Edward Malins* (organ)
Lamento d'Arianna (reconstruction of the original scena – first British performance)
Jantina Noorman
Ballo: Tirsi e Clori
Cyril Royall, Cecilia Howard-Kyan
Il ballo delle ingrate
Mollie Petrie, Jantina Noorman, Brian Etheridge, Jill Fowles
15 June 1962: On the River, near Pulteney Bridge
Music for a Venetian Carnival: "La Serenissima", in the presence of Princess Margaret
Music by: Mozart's (including 12-part canon "V'amo di core"); Haydn; C.P.E.Bach; Stranensky; Caldara.
17 November 1962: The Assembly Hall, Monkton Combe School
Guest Conductor: James Peschek
"In Honour of a Queen"
Purcell: Music for the funeral of Queen Mary II
Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
Bach: Ode for the funeral of Queen Christiane
Soloists: Mollie Petrie, Jantina Noorman, Hamish Preston, Christopher Zealley, Beresford King-Smith
24 November 1962: Christ Church, Julian Road
Guest Conductor: Geraint Jones
Programme as for 17 November
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3 February 1963: Assembly Rooms (Acoustic Test)
Conductor: Beresford King-Smith
Bach: Cantata No.62; Brandenberg Concerto no.1; Cantata No.91
Purcell: Man that is Born; Thou Knowest, Lord
30 March 1963: St Mary's Bathwick
Conductor: Beresford King-Smith
H.Schütz: A Meditation for Passion and Eastertide
Soloists: Jill Fowles, Diana Nightingale, Mollie Petrie, Branwen Williams, Cyril Royall,
Brian Newman, James Peschek, Bruce Nightingale, Brian Thomas, William Bond, William Coltart
7 June 1963: St Stephen's, Lansdown (A Bath Festival Concert)
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
Five Cantatas by D. Buxtehude:
Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken
Befiehl dem Engel, dass er komm
Mein Herz ist bereit
John Carol Case
Magnificat
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, O Herr
7 September 1963: St Peter's, Twerton
Conductors: Beresford King-Smith & David Barker
Music by Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Melchior Franck, Pietro Lappi.
H. Schütz: Magnificat, SWV 468
Jantina Noorman, Hamish Preston, Cyril Royall, Beresford King-Smith
29 November 1963: The State Room, Corsham Court
Conductor: Michael Tippett
With Alfred Deller
Songs by Campion, Rosseter, Johnson, Alfred Deller
Dowland, and Purcell
Michael Tippett: Cantata – The Crown of the Year
Diana Gillingham
30 November 1963: Christ Church, Julian Road
Conductor: Michael Tippett
With the Deller Consort
F. Schubert: Song of the Spirits over the Waters
Michael Tippett: Cantata – The Crown of the Year
Diana Gillingham
H. Purcell: Ode on St Cecilia's Day
The Deller Consort: Mary Thomas, Alfred Deller, Mark Deller,
Malcolm Knowles, Maurice Bevan; with Beresford King-Smith
————— 1964 ————--
13 March 1964: Warminster Arts Club "Shakespeare and Music"
Conductor: James Peschek
Four Elizabethan settings by T. Morley and R. Johnson (arr. B. King-Smith)
C.Lambert: The Dirge from "Cymbeline"
Four songs for tenor by P.Warlock and R.Quilter
Four songs by T.Arne
Shakespeare songs by R. Vaughan Williams
Part Songs by G. Macfarren, F.Mendelssohn and J. Hatton
7 June 1964: The Assembly Rooms (A Bath Festival Concert)
Conductor: Michael Tippett
with Janet Baker
Purcell: Fantasia in 4 parts; In Nomine of 7 parts; Anthem "Remember not, Lord, our offences"
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Bach: Cantata No.170: Vergnügte Ruh
Janet Baker
Gibbons: Four String Fantasies
Tippett: Crown of the Year
Janet Baker
28 November 1964: Christ Church, Julian Road
Guest Conductor: Sir Jack Westrup
A programme of music by J.S.Bach,
with Helen Watts, Kenneth Bowen, Brian Etheridge
Cantata No.20: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
Brandenburg Concerto No.2
Cantata No.46: Schauet doch und sehet
Cantata No.66: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen!
————— 1965 ————--
13 March 1965: Assembly Rooms
Conductors: Michael Tippett & James Peschek
Music by R. Vaughan Williams
An Oxford Elegy
Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Valiant-for-Truth
Three Shakespeare Songs
Flos Campi
15 June 1965: Assembly Rooms
Conductor: Gary Bertini
A Bath Festival Concert; broadcast on the BBC Third Programme;
with the Festival Orchestra
C.P.E.Bach: Sinfonia in D major
M.Seter: Ricercar
Williamson: Violin Concerto
Yehudi Menuhin
M.de Lalande: De Profundis
Elizabeth Robson, Anne Pashley, Margaret Duckworth, Wilfrid Brown, Heinz Rehfuss
15 December 1965: Hartham Park, near Pickwick
Conductor: James Peschek
Music by: Josquin, Vautor, Morley, Fauré, Purcell, Schubert,
Macfarren, Hatton, Vaughan Williams and Berlioz; followed by Carols.
————— 1966 —————
19 March 1966: Christ Church, Julian Road
Conductors: Michael Tippett James Peschek
2 April 1966: Concert Room, Birmingham Art Gallery Conductor: James Peschek
Programme as for 19 March; Michael Brown and Michael Olive sang instead of Jack Irons and James Peschek
26 November 1966: St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick (Tenth Anniversary Concert)
Conductor: James Peschek
Byrd: Mass for four voices
Palestrina: Stabat Mater
Copland: In the Beginning Mollie Petrie
————— 1967 —————
11 March 1967: St Stephen's, Bristol – Music for Two Choirs and 18 March 1967: Christ Church, Julian Road
(with the Pearsall Singers)
Conductors: James Peschek Paul Watling
Works by: G.Gabrieli; Samuel Scheidt; Jacob Händl; Robert Fayrfax; John Gardner Copland: In the Beginning 11 March only
J.S.Bach: Magnificat 18 March only
Soloists: Mollie Petrie, Jill Fowles, Michael Ockenden
15 June 1967: Christ Church, Julian Road (A Bath Festival Concert) Conductor: Nadia Boulanger Sir Michael Tippett
Purcell: My Beloved Spake
L. Boulanger: Pie Jesu
L. Préger: Four Psalms
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins
G. Fauré: Requiem
25 November 1967: Guildhall
C. Monteverdi: Chiòme d'oro
B. Britten: Choral Dances (Gloriana)
C. Monteverdi: Beatus vir ; Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda H.Purcell: Masque (Diocletian)
Soloists: Jill Fowles, Cecilia Howard-Kyan, Mollie Petrie, Enid Corcoran, Jantina Noorman, William Fudge, Anthony Corfe, Michael Ockendon, Beresford King-Smith
*denotes instrumentalist)
Mark Deller, James Peschek, Michael Ockenden, Beresford King-Smith
Elly Ameling
Yehudi Menuhin*, Joseph Fuchs* Elly Ameling, Thomas Hemsley
Conductor: James Peschek
————— 1968 ————--
16 March 1968: St Mary-the Virgin, Bathwick Conductor: Geraint Jones
H.Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord alway
H. Purcell: My Heart is inditing
J. Haydn: The Great Organ Mass in E flat major
Soloists: Christopher Clarke, William Fudge, James Peschek, Jantina Noorman, Enid Corcoran, Jill Fowles
3 July 1968: College of St Mathias, Fishponds, Bristol Conductor: James Peschek
Madrigals and part-songs etc: Passereau, Gibbons, Vautor, Weelkes, Byrd, Vaughan Williams, Bennett, Seiber, Britten
6 July 1968: Two Concerts: Park School (5.30) and Bathampton Bridge, K & A Canal (9pm) Conductor: James Peschek
Reprises of the music of 3 July.
30 November 1968: Sion Hill Place Conductor: James Peschek
H. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Jantina Noorman, David Edwards, Jill Fowles, Mary Jones
————— 1969 ————--
22 March 1969: St Mary-the-Virgin, Bathwick Conductor: James Peschek
Music by: Weelkes, Tallis, Byrd, Blow, Holst, Schubert, Cornelius, Vaughan Williams, Stravinsky, Randall Thompson, Monteverdi.
Soloists: Jill Fowles, Enid Corcoran. Harold Jones*
26 April 1969: St Mary's, Bitton Conductor: James Peschek
Music: similar to 22 March.
Soloists: Jantina Noorman, Sheila Thorne*, Beresford King-Smith, Harold Jones*
29 November 1969: Christ Church, Julian Road
Conductors: David Barker, John Byrt
H. Schütz: Why Afflict Thyself, O my Spirit? H. Schütz: Three Biblical Scenes
Z. Kodàly: Jesus and the Traders E. Poston: Magnificat
R. Thompson: The Peaceable Kingdom
Enid Corcoran, Jill Fowles
Jantina Noorman, George Hubbuck,
Richard Bawden, Sheila Thorne*, Tony Pooley*, Helen Proctor*, John Byrt*
Jill Fowles, Enid Corcoran, Jantina Noorman, Tony Corfe, John Byrt*
* denotes instrumentalist
