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————— 2000 ————— 




11 March 2000: St Stephen’s, Lansdown

A. Dvořák: Stabat Mater Op. 58


17 June 2000: St John’s, Batheaston

E. Thiman: Go, Lovely Rose
H. Darke: To Daffodils
A. Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for 2 ’cellos 

R. Schumann: Andante and Variations for 2 pianos
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 violins 

S. Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast 


2 December 2000: St Stephen’s, Lansdown

J. Tavener: Christmas Choral collection 
W.A. Mozart: Exsultate jubilate
J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D


Geraldine Lawley, Pamela Rudge, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher

Shena Power*, Matthew Gresswell* Margaret McLeod*, Edna Blackwell*

Matthew Taylor*, Robert Hyman* Sebastiano Cippola, Margaret Kønigsfeldt*

Gillian Tripp
Annette Barker, Gill Clark, Michael Cockerham, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher



————— 2001 ————— 




10 March 2001: St Stephen’s, Lansdown

C. Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
A. Marcello: Concerto for oboe, strings
and continuo in C minor
G. Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine Op.11 

G. Fauré: Requiem Op.48

Alexandra Woolner*

Annette Barker, Paul Fletcher


16 June 2001: Dyrham Church

Bob Chilcott: Singing by Numbers
P.Warlock: Songs for tenor and string quartet Bruce Evans
Bryan Kelly: Fruit Machine
F.Schubert; M.Seiber; C.Franck; G.Elvey; C.Pinsuti; H.Parry; M.W.Balfe; M.V.White; J.L.Hatton;

A.Sullivan


24 November 2001: St Stephen’s, Lansdown

J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme A. Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor RV 424
J. Haydn: Creation Mass (Schöpfungsmesse)


Annette Barker, Nicholas Thorne, Paul Fletcher Sara Lovell*
Annette Barker, Gill Clark, Nicholas Thorne, Paul Fletcher



————— 2002 ————--



9 March 2002: St Stephen’s, Lansdown (Concert dedicated to the memory of Brian West)


J. Tavener: The Lamb
J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto in E major M. Arnold: Five William Blake Songs
for Contralto and Strings
C. Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile



15 June 2002: St Mary, Bathwick

Palestrina: Exsultate Deo
Stravinsky: Ave Maria
Rossini: O salutaris Hostia
Grieg: Ave maris stella
R.Hahn: Six songs in Venetian dialect Purcell: Come ye sons of art

R.Genée: Italian Salad G. Fauré: Madrigal Notre Amour
C. Saint-Saëns: Calme des nuits;

Les fleurs et les arbres; Aimons-nous C. Debussy: Beau Soir
W.Paxton: Breathe soft;
E. Thiman: Go, lovely rose

J.Barnby: Sweet and low

Matthew Taylor* Pamela Rudge 

Annette Barker, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher

Bruce Evans, Edna Blackwell*
Annette Barker, Gill Clark, Paul Fletcher, Vivian James* Ilse Peters*, Peter Rees*, Margaret Kønigsfeldt*
Paul Fletcher



23 November 2002: St Stephen’s, Lansdown

C. Monteverdi: Christe, adoramus te T.L. de Victoria: Jesu, dulcis memoria H.L. Hassler: Dixit Maria
A. Scarlatti: Christmas Cantata


F. Schubert: Ständchen
G. Holst: Seven Part-Songs for female Voices


and Strings Op. 44
J. Haydn: ‘Great Organ Mass’ (Missa in honorem BVM)



Geraldine Aylmer-Kelly Paul Fletcher

Annette Barker, Gill Clark, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher, Kevin Duggan*


————— 2003 ————— 




15 March 2003: St Stephen’s, Lansdown

C.V. Stanford: Beati quorum via
F. Schubert: Mass in G Major D167 

Lennox Berkeley: Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila
G. Finzi: Let us garlands bring
G. F. Handel: Chandos Anthem no. 9



Annette Barker, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher Pamela Rudge

Paul Fletcher
Annette Barker, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher



14 June 2003: Holy Trinity, Combe Down: A Garland of Shakespeare Songs

Soloists: Annette Barker, Gill Clark, Patricia North
String Group:Matthew Taylor, Anna Salamonsen, Robert Baker, Shena Power, Jo Bell


Cole Porter
Vaughan Williams, G. Bush,

R.J.S. Stevens, Eric Coates G. Macfarren, E. Korngold,
R. Quilter, M. Dring, T. Chilcot W. Walton:
H. Berlioz:
T. Chilcot
Vaughan Williams, A. Beach, R. Quilter R. Quilter, M.Dring
Vaughan Williams, A.Sullivan,


G. Macfarren, T. Chilcot F. Mendelssohn, J. Harrison C.E.Horn
G. Shearing



Brush up your Shakespeare Sigh no more ladies

Blow, blow thou winter wind

Two pieces from 'Henry V'
Nocturne from 'Beatrice and Benedict' Come, thou monarch (Antony and Cleopatra) O Mistress Mine
Take, O take those lips away
Orpheus with his lute

Ye spotted snakes
I know a bank
Four settings of Shakespeare songs 



BATH CANTATA GROUP: LIST OF CONCERTS 2004 – Unless stated otherwise, the conductor was Edna Blackwell



————— 2004 ————— 


13 March 2004: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown

W. A. Mozart: Mass in C major KV 258
C. Saint-Saëns: Violincello Concerto no 1 in A minor
R. Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem



18 June 2004: Freshford Memorial Hall

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury


27 November 2004: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown

J. Haydn: The Creation

Annette Barker, Gillian Clark, Nicholas Thorne, Paul Fletcher
Matthew Greswell*

Pianist: Nicholas Thorne
Annette Barker, Tracey Hansford. David Edwards, Paul Fletcher, Simon Woodhead



————— 2005 ————— 



12 March 2005: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown – 50th Anniversary Year

F. Mendelssohn: Elijah Paul Fletcher,
Annette Barker, Pamela Rudge, Jeremy Key-Pugh


18 June 2005: Oriel Hall, Larkhall – Golden Summer Concert

Ensemble : Matthew Taylor and Anna Salamonsen Shena Power

Edna Blackwell

Walter Blaufuss: My Isle of Golden Dreams E.W. Korngold: Tales of Strauss
Martin Shaw: Cargoes
Gilbert and Sullivan: The sun whose rays
Jarre arr. Alan Thompson: Somewhere my love Ivor Novello: Some day my heart will awake Old English ; The Golden Vanity


Sidney Jones: The Amorous Goldfish


violins
‘cello
pianist and conductor


Ensemble Annette Philippa Suzanne


John Aspinwall 17th century English arr. Golden Slumbers

(To Edna Blackwell and the Bath Cantata Group on their Golden Jubilee, 2005)

Annette Ensemble

Val

Pat and Frank Richard


Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon
Purcell: The Golden Sonata
Handel: Silent Worship
A. Scarlatti: Giã il sole dal Gange
Edna Blackwell: Prevert arr. Autumn Leaves
Danks: Silver Threads Among the Gold
Rogers and Hammerstein: O what a beautiful morning Romberg: Golden Days

Rimsky Korsakoff: Hymn to the Sun E.W. Korngold: When birds do sing Balfour Gardiner: Cargoes
Frank Loesser; Adelaide’s Lament Bryan Kelly: Fruit Machine

Rossini: The Cats Duet
Mozart arr. Spiegl: The Magic Carpet Lehar: Gold and Silver

Violin and Piano Gill Suzanne
Annette and Philippa
Ensemble


26 November 2005: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown – Golden Jubilee Concert


Conductors:
Edna Blackwell, Beresford King-Smith & James Peschek


Anton Bruckner: Locus Iste, Christus factus est*
R. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Benjamin Britten: St. Nicolas Cantata

*Former members of the choir join in singing these two motets

Geraldine Aylmer-Kelly, Annette Barker,
Gillian Clark, Yvonne Dorsey, Tracey Hansford, Margaret McLeod, Pamela Rudge, Gillian Tripp David Edwards, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher, Niall Hoskin, Jeremy Key-Pugh, Beresford King- Smith, Nicholas Thorne, Simon Woodhead 


Nicolas: Bruce Evans
Gallery Choir: Geraldine Aylmer-Kelly, Gillian Clark, Yvonne Dorsey, Tracey Hansford, Pamela Rudge, Gillian Tripp
Young Nicolas: Charlie Hillier
Pickled Boys: Robbie Draper, Harriet Garner, Charlie Hillier



————— 2006————— 




18 March 2006: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown

Hubert Parry: Motets and Part Songs
My soul there is a country – words by Henry Vaughan Music, when soft voices die – words by Shelley
Since thou, O fondest and truest – words by Robert Bridges There is an old belief – words by John Gibson Lockhart W.A. Mozart:
Concerto in A for violin and Orchestra KV 219
John Aspinwall: Two Anthems
God is Love – words by Thomas Traherne
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love - a setting of
William Blake’s poem.
(The second anthem was written specially for
Edna Blackwell and the choir)



W.A. Mozart: Mass in C KV 317 “Coronation Mass”

Matthew Taylor*

Annette Barker, Gillian Clark, Jeremy Key-Pugh, Paul Fletcher


18 June 2006: Freshford Memorial Hall

Edward German: “Merrie England” Narration – Judith Pepler Producer – Suzanne Hillier

Pianist – Edna Blackwell


25 November 2006: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown – Tower Aid Concert

G.B. Pergolesi: Magnificat
A.Vivaldi: Magnificat
W.A. Mozart: Exsultate jubilate K165
J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele



Annette Barker, Tracey Hansford, Gillian Clark, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher 



————— 2007 ————— 




10 March 2007: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown

D. Buxtehude: Alles, was ihr tut : Dein edles herz
F. Schubert: Mass in C D452
D. Buxtehude: Magnificat anima mea
W.A. Mozart:
Litaniae de venerabili altaris Sacramento K243



10 June 2007: Freshford Memorial Hall

Paul Fletcher
Philippa Neaverson, Gillian Clark, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher
Annette Barker, Gillian Clark, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher


Tracey Hansford, Gillian Clark, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher

Edna Blackwell*, Suzanne Hillier, Michael Meredith, Philppa Neaverson, Alan Thompson, Nicholas Thorne* and the Bath Cantata group

Elgar: Bavarian Dance no. 2 : Fly, singing bird, fly

Grieg: Norwegian Dances
Irving Berlin: Play a simple melody George Gershwin: lady be good Hely-Hutchinson: Old Mother Hubbard Noel Coward: I’ll see you again
: If love were all: Dear little cafe from “Bitter Sweet” : Mad dogs and Englishmen
Michael Diack: Little Polly Flinders
Harold Arlen: Over the rainbow
from “The Wizard of Oz” 
Leigh Harline: When you wish upon a star from “Pinochio” 
Billy Hill: That’s the glory of love
Rogers and Hart: To keep my love alive
Bacharach-David: Magic Moments
The Bath Cantata Group Round


The Cantata Group gave a musical introduction to each course during the supper, to celebrate Edna’s 30th year with the choir


 24 November 2007: St. Stephen’s, Lansdown


J.S. Bach: Cantata No 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
J.S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor 
Andrew Carter: Musick’s Jubilee


————— 2008 ————— 


5 April 2008: St.Stephen’s, Lansdown

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F
R. Vaughan Williams: ‘Five Mystical Songs’ 
J. Haydn: Missa Cellensis ‘Mariazellermesse’


15 June 2008: Freshford Memorial Hall

Four folk songs: The oak and the ash Afton Water
Faithful Johnny
O, no John!
Michael Flanders and Joseph Horovitz: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo!


The evening ended with a programme of songs and duets by past and present members to celebrate the end of Edna’s 30th year.


Philippa Neaverson, Suzanne Hillier. Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher Matthew Taylor*, Hannah Lake* Tracey Hansford, Gillian Clark, Philippa Neaverson

Colin Bloch*, Heather Rosotti*, Alexandra Woolner*, Matthew Taylor* Paul Fletcher
Tracey Hansford, Gillian Clark,


Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher


22 November 2008: St Stephen's, Lansdown
St Cecilia's Day Concert


HANDEL: Mostly Messiah
with a Concerto Grosso

Tracey Hansford, Gillian Clark, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher


————— 2009————— 



4 April 2009: St Stephen's, Lansdown

J. Haydn: Spring from The Four Seasons
J. Clark: Suite for Trumpet and Orchestra (Colin Bloch)
Handel: Sing unto God

Fiona Thompson, Yvonne Dorsey, Bruce Evans, Niall Hoskins


June?


28 November 2009: St Stephen's, Lansdown

Haydn: The Creation

Tracey Hansford, Bruce Evans, Paul Fletcher



 



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