Programmes 1971 – 2000

The first column of the table below contains links to the individual programmes. Click one of them to see the programme on a new page in pdf format. The link includes the date in the format yyyy-mm-dd plus a brief title.

The second column may contain some comments about points of interest.

1971-10-00 Faust + Carmen
1971-12-05 Messiah
1972-03-21 Spring Garland (Jeffery Lawton)
1972-03-26 Crucifixion + Messiah Pt 2
1972-10-17 Captain Noah + Joseph Dreamcoat
1972-12-10 Messiah (John Tomlinson)
1973-04-15 Creation
1973-10-16 Elijah
1974-03-19 The Bartered Bride
1974-04-09 Messiah
1975-03-26 Messiah
1975-10-05 Judas Maccabaeus
1976-04-11 Messiah (Anthony Rolfe-Johnson)
1976-04-21 Messiah
1977-03-13 Messiah
1978-03-12 Messiah (Brian Kay)
1978-05-07 Elijah
1979-05-06 Yeomen of the Guard + Review
1979-11-17 Creation
1980-03-01 Vivaldi Gloria + Elgar – The Light of Life
1980-03-30 Crucifixion
1980-11-02 Porgy and Bess
1981-03-29 The Apostles
1982-03-07 Brahms German Requiem
1982-03-30 Messiah
1982-11-21 Purcell + Handel – St Cecilia
1983-12-18 The Canterbury Pilgrims
1984-03-10 Centenary Concert
1985-10-06 Song of Hiawatha
1986-04-20 Merrie England
1987-11-22 Carmen Royton
1988-02-20 The Kingdom
1988-03-27 Messiah
1988-10-30 Faust (Royton)
1989-03-12 St. John Passion
1989-04-22 Judas Maccabaeus
1989-10-08 St Paul Edinburgh This concert of Mendelssohn’s St Paul may have been given initially in Oldham (there is no date or venue on the programme) but on 8th October the Choir travelled by coach to Edinburgh for a performance in St Paul’s Church there.
1990-04-01 Crucifixion + Faure Requiem
1990-11-18 Haydn Grand Organ Mass + Misc
1991-04-28 Israel in Egypt
1991-12-08 Mozart Requiem + Solemn Vespers
1992-04-26 Song of Hiawatha
1992-12-13 Messiah
1993-04-04 St John Passion
1994-05-08 Brahms and Faure Requiems
1994-10-16 Music Makers+Sea Pictures
1995-05-14 Elijah
1995-10-14 Vivaldi Gloria + Puccini Messa di Gloria
1996-04-30 Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
1996-05-11 Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
1997-01-26 Creation
1997-03-08 Opera Gala
1998-06-06 Vivaldi Gloria+Puccini Messa di Gloria This concert in St Martin’s Church in Bowness was the last with John Bethell as Musical Director. Most of the choir stayed overnight in Bowness and there was a party afterwards.
1999-01-10 Christmas Oratorio Parts 1 and 3 This was the first concert in Oldham conducted by Nigel Wilkinson as Musical Director.
1999-05-09 Rossini Stabat Mater + Puccini Messa di Gloria
1999-06-05 Music Makers Faure Requiem
2000-01-09 Songs of Praise for the Millenium
2000-03-12 Verdi Requiem
2000-05-14 The Apostles (with concert review)
2000-11-19 Gounod St Cecilia Mass + Faure Requiem (+review)