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Concert Archive

Here you'll find a complete record of the works performed by the Society, listed by year of performance, in reverse order (most recent first).

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2020
Concerts planned for April and December 2020, but cancelled owing to restrictions on gatherings imposed by government in response to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

 
​2019

27th April 2019 – St Andrew's Church. Burgess Hill

Overture from Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amamdeus Mozart

​Messa di Gloria – Giacomo Puccini
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Voyagers' Chorus – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Habanera from 'Carmen' – Georges Bizet
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from 'Nabucco' – Giuseppe Verdi
Pilgrims' Chorus from 'Tannhäuser' – Richard Wagner
Anvil Chorus from 'Il Trovatore' – Giuseppe Verdi
Dido's Lament from 'Dido & Aeneas' – Henry Purcell 

7th December 2019 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Christmas Oratorio – Johann Sebastian Bach


 

2018

21st April 2018 – St Andrew's Church. Burgess Hill

Elijah – Felix Mendelssohn







8th December 2018 – St Andrew's Church. Burgess Hill

​The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins

 


2017

1st April 2017  – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

​Messiah – George Frideric Handel





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9th December 2017
– St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill


Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) – Joseph Haydn
Wachet Auf – Johann Sebastian Bach

Double oboe concerto – Tomaso Albinoni [orchestra]
 




​2016

23rd April 2016 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

The Creation – Joseph Haydn





Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Peter Harris (Tenor)
Meilir Jones ( Bass)
Catriona Holsgrove (Soprano)








Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)


Anne-Sofie Søby Jensen (Mezzo Soprano)
Guy Withers (Tenor)




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Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)


​Clare Tunney (Soprano)
Frances Gregory (Mezzo Soprano)
Joel Williams 
(Tenor)
Kieran Rayner (Baritone)
Alex Edwards (Treble)


Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Cydnei Barnes  (Soprano)
Jonathan Summers (Baritone)





Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Louise Fuller (Soprano)
Kamilla Dunstan (Mezzo Soprano)
Stephen Mills (Tenor)
​Kieran Rayner (Baritone)


Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Nardus Williams (Soprano)
Frances Gregory (Mezzo Soprano)
Joel Williams (Tenor)
Robert Garland (Baritone)






Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Louise Fuller (Soprano)
Peter Aisher (Tenor)
Kieran Rayner (Baritone)

10th December 2016 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Gloria – John Rutter
Coronation Mass K317 – W A Mozart

Excerpts from The Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky [orchestra]
The Cow and the Bear – Simon Austin

Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)


Josephine Goddard (Soprano)
Lauren Joyanne Morris (Alto)
Benjamin Durrant (Tenor)
Daniel D'Souza (Baritone)
 
 
2015
25th April 2015 – The King's Church, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill

​Ein Deutsches Requiem – Johannes Brahms
Symphony no. 6 (Pastoral) – Ludwig van Beethoven [orchestra]


Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Nicholas Forrest (Baritone)
Gemma Summerfield (Soprano)

12th December 2015 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Gloria – Karl Jenkins
Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Carol Symphony – Victor Hely-Hutchinson [orchestra]

Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Nicholas Morton (Baritone)
​Hannah Summers (Reader)

 

2014


26th April 2014 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem – Giuseppe Verdi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Martin Palmer (Leader)

Ruth Kerr (Soprano)
Thomasin Trezise (Mezzo-soprano)
Nicholas Ransley (Tenor)
Timothy Dawkins (Bass)

13th December 2014 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Christmas Oratorio – Camille Saint-Saëns


The Lamb – John Tavener
Recorder Concertino – Simon Austin

Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Douglas Brion (Recorder)

Sinéad O'Kelly (Soprano)
He Wu (Soprano)
Amy Lyddon (Mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Erlank (Tenor)
Timothy Nelson (Baritone)

2013


20th April 2013 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem – Alan Smith
Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20 – Edward Elgar [orchestra]
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Hilary Andrews (Mezzo soprano)
Andrés Hernández-Salazar (Tenor)
Rachel Shouksmith (Soprano)
Hannah Summers (Mezzo soprano)
Fiona Baines (Soprano)
Antonia Hyatt (Soprano)
Rachel Taylor (Soprano)
Laura Whitbread (Soprano)
Luke Churchill (Tenor)
Kat Carson (Soprano)

14th December 2013 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Mass in D major – Antonín Dvořák
Te Deum in C – Benjamin Britten


Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Natasha Day (Soprano)
Rose Setten (Mezzo soprano)
Peter Kirk (Tenor)
Matthew Buswell (Bass)

2012

21st April 2012 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Ave Verum Corpus – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 40 'Great' in G minor (KV.550) – W A Mozart
Zadok the Priest – George Frideric Handel
The King Shall Rejoice – George Frideric Handel
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K.339) – W A Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)


Katherine Nicholas (Soprano)
Hilary Andrews (Mezzo-Soprano)
Richard Newman (Tenor)
Mike Bunting (Bass)

12th May 2012 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
(with Burgess Hill Symphony Orchestra)

Symphony no. 9 (Choral) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture – Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto – Ludwig van Beethoven
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Katie Lowe (Soprano)
Rosie Aldridge (Mezzo-Soprano)
Andrew Dickinson (Tenor)
James Platt (Bass)

Andrew Biggs (Violin)

15th December 2012 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Cantata BWV214 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Dettingen Te Deum – George Frideric Handel
Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)

Katherine Crompton (Soprano)
Emilie Renard (Mezzo-Soprano)
Simon Gilkes (Tenor)
Morgan Pearse (Bass-Baritone)

2011


2nd April 2011 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem – Antonio Salieri
Requiem – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)

Katie Lowe (Soprano)
Kitty Whately (Mezzo-Soprano)
Andrew Dickinson (Tenor)
James Platt (Bass)

10th December 2011 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Magnificat – John Rutter
Marienlieder – Johannes Brahms
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)

Jaime Jo Hallam (Soprano)

2010


24th April 2010 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messa di Gloria – Giacomo Puccini
Overture from 'Don Giovanni' – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Habanera from 'Carmen' – Georges Bizet
Pilgrims' Chorus from 'Tannhäuser' – Richard Wagner
Waltz Scene from 'Eugene Onegin' – Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dido's Lament from 'Dido & Aeneas' – Henry Purcell
Brindisi from 'La Traviata' – Giuseppe Verdi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Rhian Lois (Soprano)
Tyler Clarke (Tenor)
Edward Grint (Bass-Baritone)

18th December 2010 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
[Concert postponed – actually held on 22nd January 2011]

St Cecilia Mass – Alessandro Scarlatti
Stabat Mater – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Katherine Nicholas (Soprano)
Katharine Carson (Soprano)
Hilary Andrews (Mezzo-Soprano)
Richard Newman (Tenor)
Michael Bunting (Bass)

2009


 25th April 2009 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Stabat Mater – Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater – Karl Jenkins
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Amy Radford (Soprano)
Kate Symonds-Joy (Alto)
Peter Davoren (Tenor)
George Humphreys (Bass-Baritone)

12th December 2009 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

The Infant King – Alan Smith
Little Organ Mass (no. 7 St Joannis de Deo) – Joseph Haydn
Hear My Prayer – Felix Mendelssohn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Natasha Day (Soprano)

2008


 26th April 2008 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

St Paul – Felix Mendelssohn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Mary Bevan (Soprano)
Charlotte Stephenson (Mezzo-Soprano)
Robin Bailey (Tenor)
George Humphreys (Bass-Baritone)

6th December 2008 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messiah – George Frideric Handel
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Stephen Evans (Continuo)

Elizabeth Powell (Soprano)
Natalia Brzezinska (Mezzo-Soprano)
Julian Forbes (Tenor)
Callum Thorpe (Bass-Baritone)

2007


21st April 2007 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

The Armed Man - Karl Jenkins
Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War) - Joseph Haydn
Military Symphony - Joseph Haydn
Hymn to the Fallen - John Williams
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Eloise Irving (Soprano)

 8th December 2007 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Songs from the Bavarian Highlands - Edward Elgar
Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Katherine Nicholas (Soprano)
Sara Gourlay (Mezzo-Soprano)

2006

22nd April 2006 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem - Gabriel Fauré
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Catrin Aur Davies (Soprano)
Jurgita Adamonyte (Mezzo-Soprano)
Christopher Diffey (Tenor)
Piotr Lempa (Bass)

9th December 2006 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Christmas Oratorio [extracts] - Johann Sebastian Bach
Christ's Nativity - Alan Smith
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Nick Milner-Gulland (Continuo)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Eloise Irving (Soprano)

2005


23rd April 2005 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

St John Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Nick Milner-Gulland (Continuo)

Rosana Marreco (Soprano)
Julia Riley (Mezzo-Soprano)
Nicholas Mulroy (Tenor - Arias)
Gareth Malone (Tenor - Evangelist)
Richard Latham (Baritone - Pilate)
George Von Bergen (Bass - Arias)
Ronald Nairne (Bass - Jesus)

3rd December 2005 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Mass in C - Ludwig van Beethoven
Maria Theresa Mass - Joseph Haydn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Julia Sporsen (Soprano)
Kristen Darragh (Mezzo-Soprano)
Christopher Diffey (Tenor)
Piotr Lempa (Bass)

2004


24th April 2004 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Helena Dix (Soprano)
Ivana Dimitrijevic (Mezzo-Soprano)
Charne Rockford (Tenor)
Robert Winslade Anderson (Bass-Baritone)

18th December 2004 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Mass in G - Franz Schubert
Hodie - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

2003


12th April 2003 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Asa Danielson (Soprano)
Sofia Flodin (Mezzo-Soprano)
Neil Williams (Tenor)
Jonathan Summers (Baritone)
Oliver Soden (Treble)

13th December 2003 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Coronation Anthems - George Frideric Handel
Missa Longa in C (KV.262) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Paul SImpson (Organ)

Elaine Hayward (Soprano)
Rebecca Dowden (Mezzo-Soprano)
Julian Jensen (Tenor)
Mark Passola (Bass)

2002


20th April 2002 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Stabat Mater - Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances - Antonín Dvořák
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Asa Danielson (Soprano)
Rebecca Cooper (Mezzo-Soprano)
Gardas Cortes (Tenor)
James Gower (Bass)

14th December 2002 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Magnificat - Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat - John Rutter
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Paul Simpson (Organ)

Katherine Bond (Soprano)
Rebecca Cooper (Mezzo-Soprano)
Simon Wall (Tenor)
Phillip Kay (Baritone)

Alexandria Baldock (Soprano)

2001


28th April 2001 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

The Creation - Joseph Haydn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Emma Silversides (Soprano)
Julian Stocker (Tenor)
John Burnays (Baritone)

15th December 2001 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Marienlieder - Johannes Brahms
Quattro Pezzi Sacri - Giuseppe Verdi
Carol Symphony - Victor Hely-Hutchinson
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Paul Simpson (Organ)

Katherine Nicholas (Soprano)

2000


8th April 2000 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - Johannes Brahms
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Marie Arnet (Soprano)
Jonathan Summers (Bass)

Andrew Biggs (Violin)

9th December 2000 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Christmas Oratorio - Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Hannah Gurr (Mezzo-Soprano)
John Baker (Tenor)

1999


17th April 1999 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Charles Macdonald (Organ)

Emma Silversides (Soprano)
Maria Jones (Mezzo-Soprano)
Glenn Tweedie (Tenor)
Daniel Jordan (Bass)

18th December 1999 - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Nelson Mass (no. 3 - Missa in Angustiis) - Joseph Haydn
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Emma Silversides (Soprano)
Maria Jones (Mezzo-Soprano)
Glenn Tweedie (Tenor)
Peter Grant (Bass)

1998


25th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Great Mass in C minor (K.427) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Deborah Roberts (Soprano)
Katherine Nicholas (Soprano)
John Baker (Tenor)
Nick Forrest (Bass)

19th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messa di Gloria - Giacomo Puccini
Opera Choruses - Giacomo Puccini
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Nicholas Houghton (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

David Curry (Tenor)
James Gower (Bass)

1997 – Golden Jubilee


26th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Serenade to Music & Folk Song suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1691 - John Blow
The Music Makers - Edward Elgar
English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Elizabeth Beavley (Soprano)
Jeanette Ager (Alto)
John Haythornthwaite (Tenor)
Andrew Foster (Bass)

13th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

St Nicholas Mass - Joseph Haydn
Gloria - Paul Carr (World Première)
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Charles Macdonald (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

1996


27th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Jessica Lindberg (Soprano)
Katherine Nicholas (Soprano)
Jessica Graves (Alto)
Andrew Douglas Forbes (Tenor)
Paul Bordas (Bass)

14th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Hodie - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Sally Wilson (Soprano)
John Baker (Tenor)
Nick Forrest (Bass)

Veronica Acres (Semi Chorus)
Mary Batchelor (Semi Chorus)
Katherine Nicholas (Semi Chorus)

1995


29th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

The Creation - Joseph Haydn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Martin Canning (Leader)

Rebecca Watson (Soprano)
Ian Yenn (Tenor)
Andrew Foster (Bass)

16th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria - John Rutter
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Benedikte Moes (Soprano)
Rebecca Watson (Soprano)
Rebecca Hazard (Mezzo-Soprano)

1994


23rd April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
(with Cantemus)

Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Nicholas Houghton (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Phillippa Dames-Longworth (Soprano)
Anna Coles (Mezzo-Soprano)
Michael Goldthorpe (Tenor)
John Hall (Bass)

10th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Christmas Cantata - Geoffrey Bush
Coronation Anthems - George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso - Arcangelo Corelli
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Andrea McDermott (Soprano)

1993


24th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Sarah Plummer (Leader)

Marie Vassilou (Soprano)
Richard Bordas (Counter-Tenor)
Michael Bart Davies (Tenor)
Stewart Kempster (Bass-Baritone)

11th December

Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse) - Joseph Haydn
Toy Symphony - Leopold Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Janet Gration (Soprano)
Margaret Davies (Mezzo-Soprano)
Bruce Lochtie (Tenor)
Glyn Williams (Bass)

1992


25th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Mass in D - Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no. 9 (Choral) - Ludwig van Beethoven
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Rachel Mills (Soprano)
Ann Atkinson (Mezzo-Soprano)
Geraint Hylton (Tenor)
James Lawrence (Bass)

12th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Magnificat - John Rutter
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)

Andrea McDermott (Soprano)

1991


27th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
(With Cantemus)

Dream of Gerontius - Edward Elgar
The King Shall Rejoice - George Frideric Handel
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Daphne Elston (Soprano)
Anthony Rich (Tenor)
Jonathan Jessop (Bass)

21st December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Violin No. 5 (K.219)
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Sally Wilson (Soprano)
Rebecca Goodwin (Alto)
Richard Haslam (Tenor)
Glyn Williams (Bass)

Joseph Maher (Violin)

1990


28th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Mass in C - Ludwig van Beethoven
Marienlieder - Johannes Brahms
Zadok the Priest - George Frideric Handel
Symphony no. 104 in D (London) - Joseph Haydn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Antonia Francis (Soprano)
Emma Garlick (Alto)
David Morris (Tenor)
James Lawrence (Bass)

20th June - St John's Church, Burgess Hill
(Burgess Hill Town Festival)

Marienlieder - Johannes Brahms
Zadok the Priest - George Frideric Handel
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Charles McDonald (Organ)

22nd December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Virga Jesse Floruit - Anton Bruckner
Messe de Minuit - Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Pam Carrington (Recorder)
Michael Stefan Wood (Recorder)

1989


22nd April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Mass in A flat - Franz Schubert
Symphony no. 4 (Italian) - Felix Mendelssohn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Daphne Elston (Soprano)
Dorothy Thompson (Alto)
John Baker (Tenor)
Nigel L-Williams (Bass)

16th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Missa Longa in C (KV.262) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Flute & Harp - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Alan Smith (Organ)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)

Marie Prost (Soprano)
Kay Smith (Mezzo-Soprano)
Niall Morris (Tenor)
Simon Wilson (Bass)

Roland Bryce (Flute)
Victoria Carlisle (Harp)

1988


23rd April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto - Johannes Brahms
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Sherwood (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Daphne Elston (Soprano)
Nick Forrest (Baritone)

Christopher Turner (Violin)

17th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Magnificat - Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in C for Two Trumpets - Antonio Vivaldi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
James Lowe (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Susan Lea (Soprano)
Dorothy Thompson (Soprano)
Susan Lyons (Alto)
John Baker (Tenor)
Nick Forrest (Bass)

Sara Scrivens (Trumpet)
Malcolm Warnes (Trumpet)

1987


25th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem - Gabriel Fauré
Solomon - George Frideric Handel
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Doris Peckham (Organ)

Sandra Reynolds (Soprano)
Geoffrey Spinks (Tenor)
Timothy Sheldon (Baritone)
Robert Scaddan (Bass)

20th June - Burgess Hill School for Girls, Burgess Hill
(40th Anniversary Gala Concert)

Merrie England
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Fiona Fawssett (Piano)
Lynette Walker (Piano)

Susan Lea (Soprano)
Mary Winton (Alto)
Adrian Parrish (Tenor)
Richard Haslam (Baritone)
Kenneth Humm (Bass)

17th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi
Christmas Concerto - Arcangelo Corelli
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Christopher Turner (Leader)
Alan Smith (Organ)

Daphne Elston (Soprano)
Jane Stoggles (Alto)
Nick Forrest (Baritone)

1986


10th May - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

The Creation - Joseph Haydn
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Andrew Sherwood (Leader)

Daphne Elston (Sporano)
Tracey Chadwell (Alto)
Stephen Ibbotson (Tenor)
Roger Hewetson (Bass)

13th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Gloria - Francis Poulenc
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Doris Peckham (Organ)

Jane Stoggles (Soprano)

1985


23rd March - Tercentenary celebration of the birth of J.S.Bach (21/3/1685)
St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton, with Mid Sussex Festival Chorus

St Matthew Passion
Antony Hopkins (Conductor)
John Walker (Harpsichord)
Anthony Abbott (Organ)
Sarah Harper (Cello)

Graham Godfrey (Evangelist)
Gerald Finley (Christus)
R.M-Morgan (Soprano)
Beatrice Unsworth (Alto)
Roland Vernon (Tenor)
Martin Oxenham (Bass)

Burgess Hill School for Girls (Ripieno Chorus)

27th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Doris Peckham (Organ)

Susan Lea (Soprano)
Jean Jones (Alto)
Richard Haslam (Tenor)
Harold Vafeas (Bass)

14th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Peasant Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Music
'Rondo' from Concerto no. 1 in D for Horn - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Doris Peckham (Organ)
Rebecca Goodwin (Oboe)
Claire Allen (Clarinet)
Karen Bramfitt (Flute)
Joanne Johnson (Flute)

Daphne Elston (Soprano)

Ben Andrew (Horn)

1984


28th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Andrew Sherwood (Leader)
Charles Spanner (Organ)

Anne Gee (Soprano)
Judith Harris (Alto)
Adrian Goss (Tenor)
Tag Caisley (Bass)
Neil Hookway (Treble)

15th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Christmas Around the World
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Graham Johnson (Trumpet)
Roland Bryce (Flute)
Doris Peckham (Organ)

Graham Johnson (Tenor)
Neil Hookway (Treble)

1983


23rd April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peasant Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Stephen Evans (Organ)

Linda Marshall (Soprano)
Ann Hawkes (Alto)
Kevin West (Tenor)
Roger Hewetson (Bass)

17th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Christmas Cantata - Geoffrey Bush
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
Sarah Burton (Oboe)
Doris Peckham (Organ)

Susan Lea (Soprano)
Kenneth Humm (Bass)

1982


24th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
Kenneth Pont (Conductor)
Andrew Sherwood (Leader)
Ruth Rolt (Harpsichord)
Peter Hignett (Organ)

Juliette Oppenheimer (Soprano)
E. Price (Alto)
Paul Harrhy (Tenor)
A. Hambly-Smith (Bass)

11th December

Christmas Oratorio - Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for 2 Trumpets - Antonio Vivaldi
Richard Haslam (Conductor)
P. Worthington (Organ)

Judith Harris (Alto)
John Baker (Tenor)
Harold Vafeas (Bass)

Peter Miles (Trumpet)
David Oxley (Trumpet)

1981


25th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
(with Schola Cantorum II)

Nelson Mass - Joseph Haydn
Saint Nicolas - Benjamin Britten
Kenneth Pont (Conductor)
Doris Peckham (Organ)
Peter Hignett (Organ)
Andrew Sherwood (Leader)

Alison Pearce (Soprano)
Ann Hawkes (Alto)
Ian Christopher Smith (Tenor)
John Hancorn (Bass)

Muriel Hart (Piano)
Mary Farmer (Piano)

Schola Cantorum II - St Leonards-Mayfield School (Gallery Choir conducted by Linda Marshall)

12th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi
Zadok the Priest - George Frideric Handel
Kenneth Pont (Conductor)
Doris Peckham (Organ)
Peter Hignett (Organ)

Linda Marshall (Soprano)
Shiela Davidson (Alto)

1980


19th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Magnificat - Johann Sebastian Bach
Requiem - Gabriel Fauré
Organ Concerto in F - George Frideric Handel
Kenneth Pont (Conductor)
Andrew Sherwood (Leader)

Linda Marshall (Soprano)
Ann Hawkes (Alto)
Ian Smith (Tenor)
John Moffat (Bass)

Doris Peckham (Organ)

13th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Hymn of Praise - Felix Mendelssohn
Ave Maria - Anton Bruckner
Virga Jesse Floruit - Anton Bruckner
Jubilate! (trad. Russian arr. Leslie Woodgate)
The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation - Henry Purcell
Doris Peckham (Conductor)
Eric Spencer (Organ)

Patricia Wood (Soprano)
Wendy Sawayer (Soprano)
Anne Gee (Soprano)
Michael Cook (Tenor)

1979


28th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Judas Maccabaeus - George Frideric Handel
Andrew Teague (Conductor)
John Walker (Harpsichord)

Evelyn Tubb (Soprano)
Penelope Walker (Alto)
Graeme Matheson-Bruce (Tenor)
Graham Trew (Bass)

15th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Advent Cantata (no. 70) - Johann Sebastian Bach
The World at the Manger - Malcolm Williamson
Cantata Pastorale (For The Nativity) - Alessandro Scarlatti
Kenneth Pont (Conductor)
Andrew Sherwood (Leader)
Anne Bates (Oboe)
Malcolm Rose (Organ)
John Walker (Harpsichord)

Linda Marshall (Soprano)
Katie MacDonald (Alto)
George Freeburn (Tenor)
Graham Dalby (Bass)

1978


29th April

Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse) - Joseph Haydn
Coronation Anthems - George Frideric Handel
John Mingay (Conductor)
Martin Cannings (Leader)

Juliette Oppenheimer (Soprano)
Mary Hodges (Alto)
Graham Gough (Tenor)
Michael Dale (Bass)

16th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Magnificat - Antonio Vivaldi
Sleepers Wake - Felix Mendelssohn
And There Were Shepherds - Johann Sebastian Bach
Andrew Teague (Conductor)
A.V. Reynolds (Organ)

Penny Maxwell (Soprano)
David Maxwell (Tenor)

1977


30th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

St Paul - Felix Mendelssohn
Anne Miles (Conductor)
Jacqueline Townshend (Leader)

Alison Pearce (Soprano)
Neil McKenzie (Tenor)
Nigel Wickens (Bass)

10th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

A Christmas Rhapsody - Jasper Rooper
Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hodie Christus Natus Est - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Quem Vidistis Pastores? - Richard Dering
John Mingay (Conductor)
Susan Scott (Leader)
Lyndon Hill (Organ)

Tony Allen (Bass-Baritone)

Eric Torder (Trumpet)

1976


1st May - Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

The Black Knight - Edward Elgar
The Pied Pier of Hamelin - C Hubert H Parry
John Morgan (Conductor)

Keith Savage (Tenor)
William Hamilton (Bass)

11th December - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

The Messiah - George Frideric Handel
Anne Miles (Conductor)
John Walker (Harpsichord)
Martin Cannings (Leader)

Anne Gee (Soprano)
Margaret Duncan-Lamb (Alto)
Laurence Dale (Tenor)
Kenneth Humm (Bass)

1975


19th April - St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

B minor Mass - Johann Sebastian Bach
John Morgan (Conductor)
Michael Fleming (Organ)
John Walker (Harpsichord)

Alison Pearce (Soprano)
Pamel Cook (Alto)
Anthony Dawson (Tenor)
Nigel Wickens (Bass)

26th April - St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
(Lewes Music Festival - Combined Mid Sussex Choirs)

B minor Mass - Johann Sebastian Bach
Paul Steinitz (Conductor)
John Birch (Organ)

Barbara Yates (Soprano)
Sylvia Swan (Alto)
John Steel (Tenor)
Colin Wheatley (Bass)

22nd December

"And There Were Shepherds" - Johann Sebastian Bach
A Boy Was Born - Benjamin Britten
Carols for Choir and Audience
John Morgan (Conductor)
John A. Beard (Leader)

1974


27th April - Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

King Olaf - Edward Elgar
John Morgan (Conductor)

Jean Buck (Soprano)
Edward Byles (Tenor)
Christopher Davies (Bass-Baritone)

1973


28th April - St Batholomew's Church, Brighton
(Lewes Music Festival - Combined Sussex Choirs)

Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi
Yuval Zaliouk (Conductor)
Jack Rothstein (Leader)

Iris Bourne (Soprano)
Jean Allister (Mezzo-Soprano)
Duncan Robertson (Tenor)
John Noble (Bass)

10th December - Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
John Morgan (Conductor)
George Linehan (Organ)
Emily Dench (Leader)

Margaret Dancy (Soprano)
Joy Harriden (Alto)
Peter Gibbons (Tenor)
Kenneth Thomas (Bass)

1972


BHCS's first concert in St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
Pastoral Symphony (Excerpts for Organ) - Ludwig van Beethoven
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edward Sargent (Organ)

Joan Polwin (Soprano)
Lena Phillips (Alto)
Robert Taunton (Tenor)
John Polwin (Bass)

22nd April - St John's Church, Burgess Hill

The Creation - Joseph Haydn
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edward Sargent (Organ)

Jacqueline Currie (Gabriel & Eve)
Colin Tamblyn (Uriel)
Kenneth Humm (Raphael & Adam)

6th December - Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
John Morgan (Conductor)
George Linehan (Organ)
Judith Durrant (Leader)

Patricia Wood (Soprano)
Andrea Diamond (Alto)
Keith Savage (Tenor)
William Hamilton (Bass)

1971


30th January - Park Centre, Burgess Hill
(Silver Jubilee Concert - Selections from Previous Performances)

Selections from 'Merrie England' - Edward German
Selections from 'Carmen' - Georges Bizet
"As I said before, old crony" from 'The Bartered Bride' - Bedřich Smetana
"Glass of fashion" from 'Tom Jones' - Edward German
"Loving smile of sister kind" from 'Faust' - Charles Gounod
"Arcady is ever young" from 'The Arcadians' - Lionel Monckton
"This English land" from 'The Rebel Maid' - Montague Phillips
Selections from Hiawatha - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
"In the part of an amorous lover" from 'The Tales of Hoffman' - Jacques Offenbach
"Chacun à son goût" from 'Pink Champagne' - Johann Strauss
Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Valerie Cardnell (Soprano)
Patricia Wood (Soprano)
Ivy Hammond (Alto)
Guy Smither (Tenor)
Arthur Crompton (Bass)
John Polwin (Bass)

24th July - St James's Church, Birdham

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edward Sargent (Organ)

Joan Polwin (Soprano)
Cynthia Brown (Alto)
Robert Taunton (Tenor)
John Polwin (Bass)

December - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

A Carol Concert with Burgess Hill and District Brass Band
George Linehan (Conductor)

Andrea Diamond (Soprano)

David Oxley (Cornet)

1970


18th April - Oakmeeds County Secondary School, Burgess Hill

Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edward Sargent (Organ)

Marjorie Hill (Soprano)
Irene Jones (Alto)
Basil Carr (Tenor)
Arthur Crompton (Bass)

21st December - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

A Carol Concert with Burgess Hill and District Brass Band
George Linehan (Conductor)

John Upfold (Tenor)

David Oxley (Cornet)

1969


26th April - Oakmeeds County Secondary School, Burgess Hill

Hiawatha - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Organ)

Linda Roffey (Soprano)
Anthony Johnson (Tenor)
William Homewood (Bass)

22nd December - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

A Carol Concert with Burgess Hill and District Brass Band
George Linehan (Conductor)

Irene Jones (Alto)

David Oxley (Cornet)

1968


20th April - Oakmeeds County Secondary School, Burgess Hill

Carmen - Georges Bizet
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Organ)

Lena Phillips (Carmen)
Gillian Ford (Micaela)
David Thomas (Don José)
John Humphries (Escamillo)

1967


22nd April - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

The Tales of Hoffman - Jacques Offenbach
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Jean Smyth (Soprano)
Tom Atkinson (Tenor)
John Polwin (Bass-Baritone)

1966


30th April - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

Martha (The Market at Richmond) - Friedrich von Flotow
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Jane Gilbert (Lady Harriet Durham)
Terry Carter (Nancy)
John Wharton (Sir Tristram Mickleford & The Sheriff of Richmond)
Kenneth Doe (Lionel)
Plunkett & Narrator (Arthur Crompton)
Pamela Shaw (Servant Maid I)
Pat Warburton (Servant Maid II)
Mary Martin (Servant Maid III)

1965


10th April - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

Pink Champagne - Eric Maschwitz and Bernard Grun
(a concert version of 'Die Fledermaus' by Johann Strauss)
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Jane Gilbert (Rosalinda)
Beryl Maxwell (Adele)
Ernest Marsh (Alfred)
Ronald Jones (Gabriel Eisenstein)
Fred Rigby (Dr. Falke)
Arthur Crompton (Prince Orlovsky & Dr. Blind)
John Wharton (Frank)
Stella Greenhalgh (Ida & Frau Trauber)
Lydia Smith (Lea)
Mary Martin (Lilli)
Jill Kimber (Mitzi)

1964


4th April - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

The Arcadians - Lionel Monckton
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Patricia Wood (Sombra)
Enid Harrison (Eileen)
Jill Kimber (Chrysaea)
Terence St. John (Astrophel)
Ernest Marsh (Doody, Simplicitas & Time)
Ronald E. Jones (Jacky & Bobby)
Jonathan Courage (Narrator)

1963


20th April - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

The Bartered Bride - Bedřich Smetana
George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)
Jonathan Courage (Narrator)

Joan Harrison (Marenka)
Robert Taunton (Vasek & Hata)
John Polwin (Kecal)

1962


3rd May - Oakmeeds School, Burgess Hill
(Edward German Centenary Year)

Merrie England - Edward German
George Linehan (Conductor)
Emily Dench (Leader)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Ruth Price (Soprano)
Margaret Chambers (Alto)
Charles Corp (Tenor)
Ronald Fowler (Bass)

12th December - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
George Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Dorothy Cameron (Soprano)
Nancy Strike (Alto)
George Neighbour (Tenor)
Norman Scott (Bass)

1961


23rd March - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

Messiah - George Frideric Handel
George Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Joyce Welfare (Soprano)
Joyce Marchant (Alto)
Robert Kent (Tenor)
Clifford Bindon (Bass)

1960


21st April - Park Centre, Burgess Hill

A Princess of Kensington - Edward German
Geroge Linehan (Conductor)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Patricia Wood (Soprano)
Derek Yaxley (Brook)
Charles Erricker (Bass)

1959


30th April, St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

Faust - Charles Gounod
Geroge Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

David Marshall (Faust)
Michael Tooby (Mephistopheles)
Kathleen Robinson (Marguerite)
Arthur Crompton (Valentine)
Peggy Norris (Siebel & Martha)
Edmund Walker (Wagner)

1958


24th April - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

Hiawatha - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Geroge Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)
Arthur Crompton (Narrator)

Trudi Taunton (Soprano)
Guy Smither (Tenor)
Tom Solomon (Baritone)

1957


25th April - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

Carmen - Georges Bizet
George Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)
George Bennett (Narrator)

Valerie Cardnell (Carmen & Micaela)
John Huw Davies (Don José)
Gerald Jones (Escamillo)

1956


12th April - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

Tom Jones - Edward German
George Linehan (Conductor)
Emily Dench (Leader)

Mary Orme (Sophia)
Frea Harrington (Honour & Lady Bellaston)
Cecilia Romeril (Hostess)
Harold Child (Tom)
Robert Reed (Squire Western & Blifil Officer)

1955


28th April - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

The Tales of Hoffman - Jacques Offenbach
George Linehan (Conductor)
Arthur Belcher (Leader)

Valerie Cardnell (Soprano)
Cyril Somers (Tenor)
John Huw Davies (Baritone)

1954


28th April - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

The Rebel Maid - Montague Phillips
George Linehan (Conductor)
Arthur Belcher (Leader)

Eileen Kent (Lady Mary)
Anne Armitstead (Abigail & Dorothy)
Peter Armitstead (Percy)
David Chapman (Derek)
Arthur Crompton (Bunkle & Lord Milverton)
Frank Watkins (Stephen & Solomon)

1953


9th April - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

Dido & Aeneas - Henry Purcell
Songs of the Fleet - Charles Villiers Stanford
Songs of England - Eric Thiman


George Linehan (Conductor)
Edwina Belcher (Piano)
Joyce Brown (Piano)

Eileen Kent (Dido)
Jessie Ridge (Belinda)
Peggy Norris (Woman & Spirit)
Winifred Marriott (Sorceress)
Nancy Dicker (First Witch)
Tess Watts (Second Witch)
D. J. Davies (Aeneas)
Keith Parker (A Sailor)

5th June - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill
(in celebration of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 2nd June 1953)

Merrie England - Edward German
George Linehan (Conductor)
Arthur Belcher (Leader)

Marjorie Hill (Soprano)
Ivy Hammond (Alto)
John Freestone (Tenor)
Edwin Street (Bass)

1952


7th May - St Andrew's Hall, Burgess Hill

The Bartered Bride - Bedřich Smetana
George Linehan (Conductor)
Nancy Strike (Piano)
Joyce Brown (Piano)
John Freestone (Narrator)

Pamela Woolmore (Soprano)
Reginald Fisher (Tenor)
William Higbee (Tenor)
Phipps Hunt (Bass)

1951


5th May - St John's Institute, Burgess Hill
19th May - St Mary's Home, Buxted

Merrie England - Edward German
George Linehan (Conductor)
Nancy Strike (Piano)
Joyce Brown (Piano)

Marjorie Hill (Soprano)
Ivy Hammond (Alto)
John Freestone (Tenor)
Robert Reed (Baritone)

1950


29th March - St John's Institute, Burgess Hill

Hiawatha's Wedding Feast - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Selections from 'Faust' - Charles Gounod
George Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Eileen Kent (Soprano)
Nancy Strike (Mezzo-Soprano)
Frank Walder (Tenor)
Arthur Belcher (Bass)

1949


25th & 26th January - Parish Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill

Tom Jones - Edward German
George Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Violet Vernon (Soprano)
Margery Lay (Mezzo-Soprano)
Cecilia Romeril (Mezzo-Soprano)
Harold Bond (Baritone)
Robert Reed (Baritone)


2nd May - Parish Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill

May Queen - W. Sterndale Bennett
Selections from Past Performances
George Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)

Jessie Ridge (Soprano)
Ivy Hammond (Alto)
John Freestone (Tenor)
Edwin Street (Bass)

1948


2nd June - St John's Institute, Burgess Hill
3rd June - Church Hall, Keymer

The Rebel Maid - Montague Phillips
George Linehan (Conductor)
Henry Duke (Piano)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Nora Bunce (Soprano)
Phyllis Thomas (Mezzo-Soprano)
H. C. Romeril (Tenor)
Tom Solomon (Baritone)
Robert Reed (Baritone)
C. Erricker (Baritone)

1947


29th & 30th April, St John's Institute, Burgess Hill
10th July, Church Hall, Keymer

Merrie England - Edward German
George Linehan (Conductor)
H. T. Palmer (Leader)
Edward Sargent (Piano)

Marjorie Hill (Soprano)
Ivy Hammond (Alto)
John Freestone (Tenor)
Alan Horton-Stephens (Bass-Baritone)

8th December - St John's Institute, Burgess Hill

Selected pieces and carols for choir
Selected vocal duets
Selected pieces for solo violin
George Linehan (Conductor)

Anne Lee (Soprano)
Vernon Lee (Tenor)

Christine E. Chapman (Violin)
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