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Season date composer piece soloists Orchestra and

instrumentalists location Conductor and any

additional choirs 1938/39 Rehearsals only Ursula Nettleship

1939/40 23rd March 1940

Handel Messiah Winifred Bury, Mervyn Saunders, Ifor Hughes,

Haileybury College Orchestra Eric Bravington (trumpet)

Haileybury Combined choirs inc. HCS Dr Reginald Johnson, Haileybury

1940/41 22nd March 1941 Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Haileybury HCS and Haileybury College Choir

10th May 1941 Brahms How lovely is thy dwelling place

Hertford Orchestra Shire Hall Frank Greenfield

Pinsuti arr. Greenfield

A Spring Song There is a lady sweet and kind

Stanford The Blue Bird Corydon, Arise!

1940/41 July 1941 Repertoire unknown Bishops Stortford Music Festival

Frank Greenfield

1942/43 12th December 1942

Brahms The Serenade Hertford Orchestra Shire Hall, Hertford

Hector McCurrach

Stanford

The Revenge

Weelkes Like two proud armies

27th May 1943 Handel Messiah Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), Eileen Pilcher (alto), Peter Pears (tenor), Henry Cummings, bass)

Leader: Dorothy Loynes W J Comley (organ) Hector McCurrach (continuo)

All Saints' Church, Hertford

Reginald Jacques (combined choirs of Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Hertford, Hertford Free Churches, Haileybury, Much Hadham, Thundridge, Ware)

1943/44 Date unknown Haydn The Creation unknown unknown Hertford Music Club concert with Hertford and other choirs

1944/45

7th December 1944

Bach Christmas Oratorio Kathleen Willson (contralto), Elster Kay (tenor), W R Lloyd (bass)

Orchestra of wood wind and strings Harold Makinson (piano)

Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)

Hector McCurrach with Haileybury Madrigal Society

10th March 1945 Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony unknown unknown Haileybury School Hector McCurrach with massed choirs

1945/46 18th May 1946 Handel Acis and Galatea Margaret Bissett (contralto), Harry Abbott (tenor)

Hertford Music Club String Orchestra Nancy Cordery (accompanist)


Harry Stubbs

Holst

Two psalms Folk Songs

Farmer Playford

Fair Phyllis I saw Great Tom is Cast

1946/47 14th December 1946

Stanford Songs of the Fleet Robert Irwin (baritone)

Hertford Music Club Orchestra Leader: Ruth Fourmy Nancy Cordery (Piano)


William (Bill) Snowdon

Vaughan Williams Parry Davies

In Windsor Forest Part songs Part songs

20th March 1947 Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Arthur Sykes (tenor) Hertford Music Club Orchestra Leader: Ruth Fourmy E. Philpott (piano)


William (Bill) Snowdon

Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

1947/48 21st December 1947

Christmas concert Friends’ Meeting House, Hertford

Stephen Wilkinson

6th March 1948 Britten Hymn to St Cecilia Joyce Gow (soprano), Anthea Guillaume (soprano), Jean Austin Dobson (contralto), Wilfrid Brown (tenor), John Carol Case (bass), Marcus Dods (bass)

Hertford Orchestra Leader: Ruth Fourmy J H Makinson (piano)

Hertford Grammar Schoool (Richard Hale School)

Stephen Wilkinson

Purcell The Masque in Dioclesian

1948/49 16th December 1948

Vaughan Williams Cornelius Howells

Fantasia on Christmas Carols The Three Kings A Spotless Rose

Myra Virden (contralto), Geoffrey Winsor (baritone)

small orchestra Alison Moss (piano)

Shire Hall Stephen Wilkinson and Margaret Squires (Combined Choirs of Hertford & Hoddesdon Music Clubs)

19th December 1948

Vaughan Williams Cornelius Howells

Fantasia on Christmas Carols The Three Kings A Spotless Rose

small orchestra Alison Moss (piano)

Friends’ Meeting House, Hertford

Stephen Wilkinson

11th June 1949 Bach Jesu, Priceless Treasure Myra Virden (contralto)

String Orchestra Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)

Stephen Wilkinson

Debussy Gibbons Pearsall

Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans Madrigals Madrigals

10th July 1949 Debussy Pearsall Gibbons

Mixed songs Madrigals Madrigals

St Mary's Church, Hitchin

Stephen Wilkinson (The Hertfordshire Singers and The Hertford Choir)

1949/50 25th March 1950 Scarlatti Stabat Mater Joyce Gow (soprano), Alison Purves (soprano)

String Band Ivor Davies (organ), Sheila Stuart Scott (violin), Frederick Knight (cello)

All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Stephen Wilkinson

Buxtehude Missa Brevis Couperin Troisième Lecon de

Ténèbres

6th July 1950 Scarlatti Buxtehude Couperin

Stabat Mater Missa Brevis Troisième Lecon de Ténèbres

Joyce Gow (soprano), Alison Purves (soprano)

Sheila Stuart Scott (violin), Ivor Davies (Organ)

St Paul's Church, Bedford

Stephen Wilkinson

1950/51 30th September 1950

Scarlatti Buxtehude Couperin

Stabat Mater Missa Brevis Troisième Lecon de Ténèbres

Joyce Gow (soprano), Alison Purves (soprano)

Harry Gabb (organ - organist at St Paul's Cathedral)

St Nicholas’ Church, Stevenage

Stephen Wilkinson

18th November 1950

Royal Albert Hall

Sir Adrian Boult (Rural Music Schools Festival Concert, celebrating 21st anniversary of 1st HRMS in Hertfordshire)

2nd July 1951 Handel Italian Duets and Trios Mary Potts (harpsichord) Christ’s Hospital School, Hertford

Stephen Wilkinson

5th July 1951 Brahms Sacred Music motets Choral Preludes

Beryl Matthews (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Stephen Wilkinson

7th July 1951 Hopkins Cutty Sark (world première)

Corn Exchange, Hertford

Antony Hopkins

1951/52

11th December 1951

Christmas Concert Elsie Warner, Violin with The Hertford Orchestra

All Saints’ Church

17th June 1952 Purcell

Benedicte omnia opera

Nell Lloyd, Alex Macpherson, Jessie Pettengell (soprano), Ama Maynard (contralto), Myra Virden (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), David Martin (bass)

Beryl Matthews (organ) St Andrew's Church, Stanstead Abbots

Stephen Wilkinson

Kodály Wesley

Missa Brevis Carmen Funèbre

19th June 1952 Purcell Benedicite omnia opera Nell Lloyd, Alex Macpherson, Jessie Pettengell (soprano), Ama Maynard (contralto), Myra Virden (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), David Martin (bass)

Beryl Matthews (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Stephen Wilkinson

Kodály Missa Brevis

Wesley Carmen Funèbre

1952/53

28th March 1953 Bach St. Matthew Passion Andrew Gold (tenor) Ilse Wolf (soprano), Peter Currell (tenor), Evelyn Cuthill (contralto), Kenneth Jones (baritone), George Parker (baritone)

Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society, Girls of Christ's Hospital School

St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Stephen Wilkinson

1953/54 6th March 1954 Schütz The Seven Last Words Sheila Boglace (soprano), Bridget Strong (contralto), Edmund Weston (tenor), Owen Grundy (bass)

Orchestra of the Hitchin and District Music Society

St Andrew’s Church, Hertford

Derek Clare

Mozart Requiem

3rd July 1954 Hertford Corn Exchange

Evelyn Webb (Silver Jubilee Founder's Day concert)

1954/55

16th December 1954

Da Vittoria O Quam Gloriosum Est Regnum

String Ensemble St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Evelyn Webb

Bach Jesu, Priceless Treasure

Kodály Jesus, and the Traders

14th May 1955 Bach Easter Cantata No. 4 St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Evelyn Webb

Beethoven Mass in C

1955/56 25th February 1956

Bach Fauré

Cantata No. 150 Jean Burrow (soprano), Ama Maynard (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), Robin Oldham (baritone)

Bertram Orsman (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Evelyn Webb

Requiem

1956/57

24th March 1956 Beethoven Mass in C Marjorie Barrow (soprano), Kathleen Stanyon (contralto), Peter Currell (tenor), John Heathfield (bass)

Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society Leader: Vera Charlwood

St Mary's Church Hitchin

Evelyn Webb (joint with Choir and orchestra of the Hitchin and District Musical Society)

8th December 1956

Handel Messiah Anne Denyar (soprano), Winifred Leaper (contralto), Derek Rodgers (tenor), David Read (bass)

Leader: Stuart Foord Bertram Orsman (Organ), Derek Clare (Harpsichord)


Evelyn Webb

30th March 1957 Schütz Franck

Ponder My Words, O Lord Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

Adrienne Cole (soprano), Philip Hattey (baritone)

Bertram Orsman (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Evelyn Webb

Brahms A German Requiem

1957/58

11th January 1958 Bach Christmas Oratorio Gwen Honeychurch (soprano), Anne Ashton-Channon (alto), Peter Currell (tenor), Noel Morton (tenor), Philip Hattey (bass)

Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society Leader: Vera Charlwood Bertram Orsman (organ), Derek Clare (harpsichord)


Evelyn Webb

Buxtehude Magnificat

Gibbons See, the Word is incarnate

Scarlatti Christmas Cantata

22nd March 1958 Brahms A German Requiem Gwen Honeychurch (soprano), George Parker (baritone)

Hitchin Choir and Orchestra

St Mary's Church, Hitchin

Evelyn Webb

14th June 1958 Part Songs (Founder's Day - Hertfordshire Rural Music School)

Hitchin Town Hall Evelyn Webb

1958/59

20th December 1958

Purcell O Sing unto the Lord Anne Denyar (soprano), Winifred Leaper (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), Gordon Farrell (bass)

Chorus and Orchestra of Hitchin & District Musical Society Leader: Vera Charlwood George Smith (organ)


Evelyn Webb

Handel Chandos Anthem No. 5

Haydn Sixteenth Mass

25th April 1959 Scarlatti Stabat Mater (ten parts) Noel Morton (tenor) George Smith (Organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Evelyn Webb

Bach Chorale prelude

Schütz St Matthew Passion

13th June 1959 Founders Day Concert Hitchin Town Hall Evelyn Webb

1959/60

19th December 1959

Finzi Christmas Scene Anne Denyar (soprano), Maureen Lehane (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor)

String and Piano accompaniment


Ronald Burrow

Britten A Ceremony of Carols

Sweelinck Hodie Christus Natus Est

Vivaldi Gloria

2nd April 1960 Bach St John Passion Jean Burrow (soprano), Celia Piercey (contralto), Noel Morton (tenor), David Read (bass)

Small String Orchestra Leader: David Thompson


Ronald Burrow

1960/61

11th February 1961

Monteverdi The Mass 'of 1651' Noelle Barker (soprano), Zena Ford (contralto), Philip Todd (tenor), Philip Hattey (bass)

Small String Orchestra Leader: David Thompson


Clifton Kelynack

Dvorák Stabat Mater

6th May 1961 Gibbons The Cryes of London parts 1 and 2

Frederick McArdell (tenor), Robin Oldham (bass)

Small string orchestra Leader: David Thompson Clifton Kelynack (organ)


Clifton Kelynack

Moeran Choral Suite - Phyllida and Corydon

Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music

1961/62

18th November 1961

Purcell Ode on St Cecilia's Day Nell Lloyd (soprano), Peter Boggis (counter-tenor), Geoffrey Mitchell (counter-tenor), Frederick McArdell (tenor), David Price-Smith (bass),

Small String orchestra Leader: David Thompson Audrey Sunderland (piano), Jennifer Roberts (piano)


Clifton Kelynack

Britten St Nicolas

14th April 1962 Schütz St Luke Passion Elizabeth Sewell (soprano), Noel Morton (tenor), Robin Oldham (baritone)

Margaret Weaver (organ) St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Fauré Requiem

1962/63

26th January 1963 Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Anne Keynes (soprano), Noel Morton (tenor)

Leader: David Thompson Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)

Clifton Kelynack

Brahms Liebeslieder

Rootham Brown Earth

Wilbye, Pearsall German

Madrigals Orpheus with his lute

Bliss Pastoral (Lie strewn the white flocks)

25th May 1963 Verdi Stabat Mater Adrienne Cole (soprano), Lesley Wood (contralto), Frederick McCardell (tenor), Philip Hattey (bass)

Leader: David Thompson St Andrew's Church, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Verdi Te Deum

Schubert Mass in A-flat major No. 5

1963/64

21st March 1964 Bach St Matthew Passion Fredereck McArdell, Ann Dowdall, Leslie Wood, Laurence Richard, Eric Barnes J McKay Martin

Amateur String Orchestra with some professional players Leader: John L Clement with choir of Much Hadham Musical Society Pamela Hinde O'Malley (Continuo)


Clifton Kelynack

30th May 1964 Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

Noel Morton (tenor) Hertford Orchestra Leader: Leslie Halton (concert organised by Hertford Orchestra)

Hertford Grammar Schiool (Richard Hale School)

Clifton Kelynack

Finzi Intimations of Immortality

1964/65

27th March 1965 Bach Mass in B minor Noelle Barker (soprano), Maureen Lehane (contralto), Gerald English (tenor), Roy Tattersall (bass)

Much Hadham Musical Society Leader: Jack McDougal Audrey Sunderland and Pamela Hinde O'Malley (continuo)


Clifton Kelynack

29th May 1965 Handel Chandos Anthem No. 6 Jessie Hopkins (soprano), Noel Moreton (tenor), William Shiri (bass)

Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright


Clifton Kelynack

Jacob Songs

1965/66

12th March 1966 Buxtehude Missa Brevis Barbara Yates (soprano), Sylvia Swan (alto), John Steel (tenor), Peter Leeming (bass)

Leader: Jack McDougal All Saints' Church, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Verdi Requiem

18th June 1966 Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest The Hertford Orchestra Hertford Grammar School (Richard Hale School)

Clifton Kelynack

1966/67

11th March 1967 Byrd Mass for Four Voices Hazel Holt (soprano), Sylvia Rowlands (mezzo-soprano), Eric Barnes (tenor), John McKenzie (bass)

Leader: Jack McDougal All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Mozart Mass in C minor

6th May 1967 Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord The Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright Jack Hindmarsh (Piano)


Clifton Kelynack

Tate Hampstead Heath

Lambert The Rio Grande

1967/68

23rd March 1968 Scarlatti Stabat Mater Patricia Hooper (soprano), Michael Rippon (baritone)

Leader: Jack McDougal Jack Hindmarsh (organ)


Clifton Kelynack


11th May 1968 Bach Cantata No.150 The Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright

Richard Hale School, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Vaughan Williams English Folk Songs

Jacob Old Wine in New Bottles


1968/69

15th March 1969 Bach Magnificat in D Angela Beale (soprano), Peggy Castle (contralto), Edgar Thomas (tenor), Christopher Field (bass)

Leader: J Bransby Roberts All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Haydn Harmoniemesse

17th May 1969 Britten Hymn to St Cecilia The Hertford Orchestra All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack


1969/70

7th March 1970 Beethoven Mass in C major Margaret Morrell (soprano), Gwyneth Griffiths (contralto), John Dudley (tenor), John King (bass)

Leader: J Bransby Roberts All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Mozart Requiem

20th May 1970 An evening in May: an evening of Music and Verse

Jean Taverner and James Judd (organ) Maurice Champ (accompanist)

Christ's Hospital School, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Gibbons The Cryes of London

Madrigals

Jacob

Highways

1970/71

20th March 1971 Bach St Matthew Passion Noelle Barker (soprano), Gwyneth Griffiths (contralto), James Griffett (tenor), Edmund Bohan (tenor), Rodney Macann (bass)

Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jack Hindmarsh (continuo harpsichord), Dugald Stewart (continuo cello),


Clifton Kelynack

1971/72

18th March 1972 Haydn Nelson Mass Audrey Attwood (soprano), Margaret Hallworth (contralto), John Bantick (tenor), Robert Carpenter Turner (bass)

Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jean Taverner (organ)


Clifton Kelynack

Fauré Requiem

6th May 1972 Beethoven Choral Fantasia The Hertford Orchestra Leader: Hugh Wright Jack Hindmarsh (piano)

Richard Hale School, Hertford

Clifton Kelynack

Madrigals

1972/73 10th March 1973 Handel Samson Suzanne Green (soprano), Gloria Doubleday (contralto), Edmund Bohan (tenor), James O'Neil (bass)

A small orchestra Leader: J Bransby Roberts


Edwin Willson

26th May 1973 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Jean Allister (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Woollam (tenor), John Carol-Case (bass)

Barbican Orchestra Leader: John Bacon


Edwin Willson (guest Choirs: East Herts Choral Society and The Choir of Christs Hospital School)

1973/74 9th March 1974 Bach Mass in B minor Wendy Eathorne (soprano), Janet Edmunds (Mezzo-soprano), Peter Bamber (tenor), Brian Raynor Cook (bass baritone), Jean Taverner (organ)

Leader: John Bacon (Barbican Orchestra)


Edwin Willson

22nd May 1974 Bach The joy of our heart has ceased

Elizabeth Lincoln (soprano), Julia Hastings (mezzo-contralto), Peter Wall (tenor), Alfonso Noto (treble)

Thelma Tillaney (narrator), Harold Baynes (narrator), Jean Taverner (organ)


Edwin Willson

Peeters Lied to the Sun

Honegger King David

1974/75

13th December 1974

Christmas Concert Jean Taverner (accompanist)

Brass Ensemble (members of the East Herts Show Band and Ware Town Band)

East Herts College, Turnford

Edwin Willson (mixed choirs – HCS, East Herts Choral Society and Beaumont Chorale (conductor: David Felstead)

22nd February 1975

Handel Dixit Dominus Elizabeth Lincoln (soprano), Eileen Mangan (soprano) Tay Cheng-Jim (Counter-tenor), Victor Forsyth (tenor) John Heddle Nash (baritone)

A small orchestra Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jean Taverner and Nancy Cordery (piano), Roger Pope and Jean Taverner (keyboard continuo)


Edwin Willson

Orff Carmina Burana

23rd February 1975

Handel Dixit Dominus Elizabeth Lincoln (soprano), Eileen Mangan (soprano) Tay Cheng-Jim (Counter-tenor), Victor Forsyth (tenor), Patrick McCarthy (baritone)

Leader: J Bransby Roberts Jean Taverner and Nancy Cordery (piano), Roger Pope and Jean Taverner (keyboard continuo)


Edwin Willson

Orff Carmina Burana

3rd May 1975 Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 Mary Beverley (soprano), Nancy Long (mezzo-soprano), David James (counter tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Michael Morton (baritone), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Paul Hillier (baritone)

Ars Nova Ensemble and members of the London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble


Edwin Willson and Ars Nova Consort of Voices

1975/76

29th November 1975

Handel Messiah Delia Jones (soprano), Lucy Coleby (contralto), Duncan Robertson (tenor), John Oakman (bass)

Leader: Stuart Deeks Jean Taverner (organ), Roger Pope (harpsichord continuo) and Dugald Stewart (cello continuo)


Edwin Willson

19th December 1975

Christmas Concert Contemporary Saxophone Quartet

East Herts College, Turnford

Edwin Willson (with East Herts Choral and Beaumont Chorale)

8th May 1976 Verdi Requiem Gwendoline Ross (soprano), Laura Sarti (mezzo-soprano), Ian Thompson (tenor), Graham Titus (bass)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Jean Taverner (accompanist)


Edwin Willson

1976/77 10th December 1976

Christmas Concert Hester Brown (soprano), Jessie Hopkins (soprano), Eileen Little (contralto), Paul Shipman (tenor), Brian Martin (bass baritone)

East Herts College Edwin Willson (with East Herts Choral and Beaumont Chorale)

Charpentier Messe de Minuit

12th February 1977

Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore

Wendy Eathorne (soprano), Phyllis Aver (contralto), Stephen Hill (tenor), Glyn Davenport (bass)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones


Edwin Willson


14th May 1977 Bernstein Chichester Psalms Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), Miriam Bowen (soprano), Cherith Milburn-Fryer (alto), Gareth Roberts (tenor), Jonathan Robarts (bass)

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: John Phillips Jean Taverner (organ)


Howard Williams

Haydn Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War)

1977/78

17th December 1977

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra


Iain Sutherland

4th February 1978 Bach St John Passion Kate Flowers (soprano), Patricia Price (contralto), David Johnston (Evangelist), Graham Titus (Christus), Anthony Fry (Pilate)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader:Roy Jones Raymond Greenlees (cello continuo), Andrew Teague (harpsichord continuo) Jean Taverner (organ)


Derek Harrison

7th April 1978 Verdi Requiem Wendy Eathorne (soprano), Anne Collins (alto), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Raimund Herincx (bass)

Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra Leader: Clare Thompson

Royal Albert Hall Meredith Davies (Mixed Choirs - Vellore Concert)

10th June 1978 Schubert Mass in A-flat major No. 5 Olive Duncan (soprano), Penelope Walker (contralto), Peter Jeffes (tenor), Malcolm Arthur (bass)

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: John Phillips

Castle Hall, Hertford

Derek Harrison

1978/79

16th December 1978

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols



Derek Harrison

Handel Excerpts from Messiah

24th February 1979

Handel Coronation Anthems (The King Shall Rejoice and Let They Hand Be Strengthened)

Helen Walker (soprano), Jean Allister (contralto), Stuart Kale (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass)

Hatfield Philharmonic Leader: Jennifer Nickson Jean Taverner (organ)


Derek Harrison

Tippett A Child of Our Time

12th May 1979 Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Rosemary Harrison (soprano), Anne Gall (alto), Leslie Baker (tenor), David Ireson (bass)

Hertford Brass Ensemble Jean Taverner (organ)


Derek Harrison

Gabrieli Canzoni

Parry I was Glad

Monteverdi Deus in Adjutorium

Gabrieli In Ecclesis Magnificat

arr. Vaughan Williams The Old Hundredth

1979/80

15th December 1979

Handel Bernstein

Excerpts from Messiah Chichester Psalms

Marion Rowlatt (soprano), Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), Simon Berridge (tenor)



Iain Sutherland

23rd February 1980

Mendelssohn Elijah Helen Walker (soprano), Wendy Verco (mezzo-soprano), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Teresa Pople


Derek Harrison

7th June 1980 Lambert Vaughan Williams Stanford Elgar Brahms

The Rio Grande Serenade to Music The Bluebird Three part songs Liebeslieder Waltzes

Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Andrew Laing Peter Wallfisch (piano), Mark Hooper (piano), Jean Taverner (piano)

Broxbourne Civic Hall

Derek Harrison

1980/81

21st September 1980

Handel Coronation Anthems (The King Shall Rejoice and Let They Hand Be Strengthened) Evron twinning celebration


Derek Harrison

15th November 1980

Handel Dettingen Te Deum Poppy Holden (soprano), Mary Nichols (contralto), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Richard Wistreich (bass) (all soloists are members of Consorte of Musicke Ensemble)

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra


Derek Harrison

Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore

13th December 1980

Monteverdi Magnificat Marion Rowlatt (soprano), Tamsin Dives (soprano), Ann Gall (contralto), Leslie Baker (tenor), Graham Trew (bass), Clive Constance (bass)



Derek Harrison

Charpentier Messe de Minuet

28th March 1981 Haydn The Seasons Lola Biagioni (soprano), Elizabeth Shelley (contralto), David Young (tenor), Gordon Farrall (baritone)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Jean Taverner (organ)


Derek Harrison

Fauré Requiem

Kodály Budavári Te Deum

27th June 1981 Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest Robert Carpenter Turner

Serenata Notturna Jean Taverner (piano)


Derek Harrison

Britten Choral Dances from Gloriana

Jacob Highways

1981/82

12th December 1981

Berlioz Handel

The Shepherds’ Farewell Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra


Iain Sutherland

18th December 1981

Family Christmas Concert (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)

Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Alan Haverson (organ)

Royal Festival Hall

Howard Williams

6th February 1982 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Mary Lloyd-Davies (contralto), David Johnston (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass)



Derek Harrison Plus De Merc Chamber Choir and members of the choir of Clare College, Cambridge

18th April 1982 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Vellore Charity Concert)

Penelope Walker (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass)

Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra

Royal Albert Hall Meredith Davies

14th May 1982 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Ernest Read Music Association, ERMA)

Penelope Walker (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass)

Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Alan Haverson (organ)

Royal Festival Hall

Julian Williamson

22nd May 1982 Carissimi Britten

Jephte Saint Nicolas

Gail Mortley (soprano), Wilfrid Swansborough (alto), Richard Morton (tenor), Geoffrey Dalton (bass) Trebles from St Alban’s School; Mark Johnson (young Nicolas), Thomas Bending, Glyn Hughes and Jonathan Westwell (3 pickled boys)

Hertfordshire Schools' Sinfonia Jean Taverner (organ), Roger Pope and Paul Rooke (piano)


Derek Harrison

1982/83

6th November 1982

Mozart Requiem Susan Bullock (soprano), Ann Gall (alto), Nigel Robson (tenor), Lawrence Wallington (bass)

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown


Derek Harrison

18th December 1982

Christmas Concert

Company of Players (COPs)



Derek Harrison

20th December 1982


Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra

Royal Festival Hall

Howard Williams

19th March 1983 Handel Messiah Lesley Garrett (soprano), Charles Brett (contralto), Paul Elliott (tenor), David Thomas (bass)

Guildhall String Ensemble and players from the Guildhall School of Music

All Saints’ Church Derek Harrison

19th June 1983 David Wilson-Johnson (bass)

David Owen Norris and Jean Taverner (piano)


Derek Harrison

Vaughan Williams English Folk Songs

Finzi Two Poems of Robert Bridges

Stanford Songs of the Fleet

Britten Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard

Delius To be Sung of a Summer's Night on the Water

Bernstein Songs from West Side Story

1983/84

29th October 1983 Haydn Harmoniemesse Fiona Dobie (soprano), Susan Tyrrell (alto), Christoper Gillett (tenor), Martin Nelson (bass)



Derek Harrison

17th December 1983

Christmas concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones


Derek Harrison

19th December 1983



Royal Festival Hall

Howard Williams

7th April 1984 Dvorák Te Deum Wendy Eathorne (soprano), John Hancorn (baritone)

London Mozart Players Leader: John Glickman


Derek Harrison


26th May 1984 Arr. Vaughan Williams The Old Hundredth Mary Hitch (soprano), Richard Morton (tenor), Ian Reid (bass)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble Michael Frith (organist)

Basilique d'Evron, France

Derek Harrison

Byrd Ave Verum

Elgar Ave Verum

Parry I Was Glad

Fauré Requiem

23rd June 1984 Purcell Dido and Aeneas Stephanie Allmann, Eleanor Forbes, Mary Hitch, Fiona Lamont, Linda Mcleod (soprano), Noel Morton, Marion Rowlatt, Graham Trew

Chamber Orchestra Leader: Peter Pople John Toll (harpsichord continuo)

Balls Park College, Hertford

Derek Harrison

1984/85

20th October 1984 Handel Let God Arise Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor)



Derek Harrison

Vivaldi Gloria

15th December 1984

Frith Voices of Innocence carols



Derek Harrison

17th December 1984



Royal Festival Hall

Howard Williams

30th March 1985 Bach Mass in B minor Jennifer Adams (soprano), Mary Lloyd-Davies (mezzo-soprano), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass)

London Bach Orchestra Leader: Nona Liddell


Derek Harrison

23rd June 1985 Seiber Hurd Orff

Yugoslav Folk Songs Mrs Beeton's Book Carmina Burana

Tracey Chadwell (soprano), Derek Harrison (alto), Peter Sidhom (baritone)

Patricia Gane and Michael Frith (piano) Ione Holbourne (narrator) Percussion


Derek Harrison and David White

1985/86

26th October 1985 Handel Coronation Anthem (My Heart is Inditing)

Caroline Fforde (mezzo-soprano)

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Howard Williams


Derek Harrison

Bliss Pastoral (Lie strewn the white flocks)

14th December 1985

Christmas Concert

John Bantick (tenor) Boys of All Saints’ Church Choir



Derek Harrison

16th December 1985



Royal Festival Hall

Howard Williams

22nd March 1986 Verdi Requiem Jennifer Adams (soprano), Mary Lloyd-Davies (mezzo-soprano), Kim Begley (tenor), John Hancorn (bass)

London Mozart Players Leader: Barry Wilde


Derek Harrison

22nd June 1986 Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle Sandra Hall (soprano), Sidonie Winter (contralto), Huw Rhys-Evans (tenor), Andrew Mayor (bass)

Catherine Riley and Michael Wise (piano), Michael Frith (harmonium)


Derek Harrison and Nicholas Wilks

Palestrina O beata et gloriosa Trinitas Adoramus te

1986/87

13th December 1986

Finzi In Terra Pax carols

Rosemary Harrison (soprano), Graham Trew (bass)



Derek Harrison

18th December 1986



Royal Festival Hall

Howard Williams

7th February 1987 Haydn Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War)

Tracey Chadwell (soprano), Alison Alexander (contralto), Philip Salmon (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Maurice Brett


Derek Harrison

Michael Berkeley Or Shall We Die?

21st March 1987 Hurd Mrs Beeton's Book Haileybury Derek Harrison

Weelkes, Bennett

Madrigals

Toch Geographical Fugue

Brahms Gypsy songs

11th April 1987 Handel Bring and Sing Messiah Anne Gentry (soprano), Mary Hitch (soprano), Mary Pick (soprano), Janet Ollier (soprano), Christine Ratcliff (alto), Julia Hastings (alto), Ian Storey (tenor), Ken Burgess (bass)

Tim Clarke (trumpet), Michael Frith (organ)


Derek Harrison

13th June 1987 Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest)

Gillian Fisher (soprano), Timothy Penrose (Counter-tenor), Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), Simon Birchall (bass)

The London Bach Orchestra Leader: Nona Liddell


Derek Harrison

Handel Utrecht Te Deum

Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm

Bach Cantata No. 191

1987/88

24th October 1987 Haydn The Creation Lucinda Houghton (soprano), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (bass)



Derek Harrison

12th December 1987

Handel Excerpts from Messiah carols

John Bantick (tenor) Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Peter Cousins (organist)


Derek Harrison

19th December 1987


Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Leader: Madeleine Whitelaw Alan Haverson (organ)

Royal Festival Hall

Noel Long

26th March 1988 Bach St Matthew Passion Gillian Fisher (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Peter Harvey (bass), Rogers Covey-Crump (Evangelist), Brian Kay (Christus)

Tilford Bach Festival Orchestra Leaders: Peter Stevens Juliet Davey Martin Loveday (continuo) Richard Coulson (organ) Members of the North Herts Youth Choir


Derek Harrison

1st April 1988 Handel Messiah Alison Pearce (soprano), Rachel Cooper (alto), Peter Banber (tenor), Stuart Fordyce (bass)

Haringey Symphony Orchestra Finchley Chamber Orchestra Haringey Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra John Winter (organ)

Alexandra Palace David Lardi BCBP Mixed choirs of 1000 voices

April 1988 To add St Brieuc/Malo

17th May 1988 Handel Coronation Anthems (Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened and Zadok the Priest)

Harlow Youth Orchestra Michael Frith (organ)

Harlow Sports Centre

Derek Harrison

19th June 1988 Palestrina Mass: Aeterna Christi Munera

Pat Forbes (soprano) Barbican Percussion with Oliver Hitch (Sound Engineer)

Broxbourne Civic Hall Peter Cousins (piano)

Derek Harrison

Fanshawe African Sanctus

1988/89

22nd October 1988 Mozart Coronation Mass Donna Deam (soprano), Susan Mason (contralto), Paul Badley (tenor), Charles Potts (bass)

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Derek Williams


Derek Harrison

Rutter Requiem

17th December 1988

Christmas Concert carols

Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)



Derek Harrison

19th December 1988



Royal Festival Hall

Derek Harrison/Howard Williams

18th March 1989 Elgar The Music Makers Tracey Chadwell (soprano), Wendy Verco (mezzo soprano)

Young Musicians' Symphony Orchestra Leader: Sarah Ewins


Derek Harrison

Poulenc Gloria

24th June 1989 Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes

David Martin-Smith, David Ireson

London Mozart Players Wind Ensemble


Derek Harrison with Andrea Quinn

Wesley Ascribe unto the Lord

Bruckner Mass in E minor

1989/90

11th November 1989

Handel Samson Helen Kucharek (soprano), Nicholas Clapton (counter-tenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor and Samson), Robert Johnston (tenor), Gordon Jones (bass)

Tilford Bach Festival Orchestra Leader: Diana Cummings Shuna Wilson (continuo cello), John Toll (continuo harpsichord)


Derek Harrison

4th December 1989



Royal Festival Hall

Peter Stark and Noel Long

16th December 1989


Kevin O'Donnell (bass)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Peter Cousins (organ)


Derek Harrison

7th April 1990 Bruckner Te Deum Julie Kennard (soprano), Mary King (mezzo-soprano), Paul McCann (tenor), Christopher Keyte (bass baritone)

Hatfield Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Jeffrey Wakefield


Derek Harrison

Tippett A Child of Our Time

30th June 1990 Purcell & Quilter A Shakespeare Sequence

Maldwyn Davies (tenor)

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown Iain Ledingham (Piano)


Derek Harrison

Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest

Bush Twelfth Night

1990/91

3rd November 1990

Brahms Song of Destiny Alto Rhapsody

Diane Mansfield (soprano), Kathleen Smales (contralto), James Anderson (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)



Derek Harrison Stevenage Male Voice Choir

Rossini Stabat Mater

15th December 1990

Handel Excerpts from Messiah carols

Carolyn Cook (soprano), Ann Gall (alto), Andrew Ashford (tenor)



Derek Harrison

16th December 1990



Royal Festival Hall

Noel Long

8th April 1991 Orff

Carmina Burana Hertfordshire Choirs Maureen Braithwaite (soprano), Timothy Wilson, Robert Poulton

Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra

Royal Albert Hall Meredith Davies BCBP

27th April 1991 Haydn Nelson Mass Bronwen Mills (soprano), Charles Brett (counter tenor), Lynton Atkinson (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone)

The Wren Orchestra of London Leader: Maurice Brett


Derek Harrison

Britten Rejoice in the Lamb

Bernstein Chichester Psalms

15th June 1991 Mozart Bring and Sing Requiem


Derek Harrison

29th-30th June 1991 HCS recording Choral Celebration

1991/92

9th November1991 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Catrin Ley (soprano), Harriet Roberts (mezzo-soprano), Jason Balla (tenor), Andrew Mayor (bass)



Mark Shanahan (Derek Harrison)

14th December 1991

Bach Christmas Oratorio Gillian Fisher (soprano), David James (counter-tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)

London Bach Orchestra Leader: John Trusler


Derek Harrison

11th April 1992 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Neil Jenkins (tenor), Michael George (bass), Margaret McDonald (contralto), Carillon (semi-chorus)

City of London Sinfonia Leader: Andrew Watkinson


Derek Harrison

27th June 1992 Ghislaine Morgan (soprano), Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)

Andrew Parnell (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Derek Harrison

Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine

Stanford Te Deum

Three Motets

Durufflé Requiem

Parry Blest Pair of Sirens

1992/93 3rd October 1992 Handel Chandos Anthem No 9 Anabella Tysall, Derek Harrison, Ralf Grössler, Paul Woodmansterne


Derek Harrison (with Ralf Grössler Kantorei of the Alexanderkirche, Wildeshausen)

Stanford Two Motets

Haydn Excerpt from The Creation

Handel Excerpt from Messiah

Bach Excerpt from St Matthew Passion

1992/93

7th November 1992

Mozart Requiem Juliet Schiemann (soprano), Morag Boyle (alto), Michael Sanderson (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)

Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry


Derek Harrison

11th December 1992



Royal Festival Hall

Noel Long

19th December 1992

Christmas Concert Ann Lockett (soprano)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Michael Frith (organ/piano)


Derek Harrison

3rd April 1993 Bach St John Passion Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Huw Jeffries (counter-tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Michael Bundy (bass), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)

London Bach Orchestra Leader: John Trusler


Derek Harrison

24th April 1993 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius The Aeolian Singers with members of HCS Martyn Hill (tenor), Ameral Gunson (mezzo-soprano), Brian Rayner-Cook (baritone)

Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Leader: John Crawford

St Albans Abbey Ian Butler

26th June 1993 Bizet Carmen Shiley Pilgrim (Micaela), Timothy Evans-Jones (Don Jose), David Stephenson (Zuniga), Jennifer Higgins (Carmen), David Stephenson (Escamillo)

Opera East Howard Burrell (narrator) Children’s chorus, Hertingfordbury School

Civic Hall, Broxbourne

Derek Harrison

1993/94

6th November 1993

Schütz Magnificat Deborah York (soprano), Susanna Spicer (mezzo-soprano), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Wei Kat Ong (baritone)

Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry Michael Frith (Continuo)


Derek Harrison

CPE Bach Magnificat

Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes

18th December 1993


Kevin O'Donnell (bass)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Michael Frith (organ),


Derek Harrison Children of Hertingfordbury School

16th April 1994 Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony Kate Flowers (soprano), Graham Titus baritone) members of the Aeolian Singers

Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra Leader: Kathryn Greenhalgh


Derek Harrison

29th May 1994 Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones


Derek Harrison

Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest)


Jacob Hertford Suite

Sibelius Finlandia

Verdi and Gounod Three opera choruses

Elgar Chanson de Matin

1994/95

13th November 1994

Britten War Requiem Alison Pearce (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Combined Hertfordshire Choirs

Symphony Orchestra (Westminster Philharmonic) and Chamber orchestra (Lambeth Orchestra) Leaders: Jillian Warburton and Louise Rowling. John Winter (organist for boys’ choir), Alan Harverson (organist)

Royal Albert Hall Derek Harrison (symphony orch) together with the main choir and soprano soloist. Andrew Parnell (conducting Boys’ Choir Hertfordshire Schools) Jonathan Butcher for Lambeth Orchestra (the chamber orchestra)

Brahms Song of Destiny

17th December 1994

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Michael Frith (organ)


Derek Harrison

1st April 1995 Bach Magnificat in D Janet Fairlie (soprano), Carys Lane (contralto), Ricard Bordas (counter-tenor), Lynton Atkinson (tenor), Paul Robinson (bass)

London Bach Orchestra Leader: Malcolm Layfield


Derek Harrison

Handel Dixit Dominus

29th April 1995 Handel Messiah (Bring and Sing) Louise Hemmings (soprano), Jeremy Burrows (alto), Roger Laurence (tenor), David Ireson (bass)

Michael Frith (organ), Allan Robinson (trumpet), Francis Beuttler (percussion)


Derek Harrison

24th June 1995 Sarah Miles (soprano)

Buccinate Brass Ensemble Leader: Allan Robinson Richard Tanner (Organ) Naomi Rudoe (Harp)


Derek Harrison

Parry I Was Glad

Bruckner Three Motets

Janácek Otcenás

Gorecki Totus Tuus

Rutter Gloria

1995/96

4th November 1995

Schubert Mass in G Margaret Crossland (soprano), Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), Ralf Grossler (tenor), Andrew Ashford (tenor), Kevin O'Donnell (bass), Simon Gaunt (bass)


All Saints' Church Hertford

Derek Harrison with Ralf Grössler HCS with Kantorei from Wildeshausen

Purcell Anthems

16th December 1995

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Roy Jones Maria Noakes (Flute), Michael Frith (organ), Simon Balle School Harmonics


Derek Harrison

30th March 1996 Barber Prayers of Kierkegaard Lisa Tyrrell (soprano), Colin Campbell (baritone)

Hatfield Sinfonia Leader: Jeffrey Wakefield


Derek Harrison


19th May 1996 Come and Sing - folk songs, opera choruses and traditional choral music (performed as part of the Hertford Music Festival)

The lawn of Hertford Castle

Derek Harrison

29th-30th JUNE 1996

HCS recording Hertford Choral Society >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

1996/97

26th October 1996 Dvorák Stabat Mater Kantoreiplus Dagmar Hesse (soprano), Gritt Gnauck (alto), Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass)

Brandenburger Sinfoniker Alexanderkirche, Wildeshausen, Germany

Derek Harrison with Ralf Grössler HCS with Kantorei from Wildeshausen

9th November 1996

Dvorák Stabat Mater Elizabeth Woollett (soprano), Margaret McDonald (alto), Andrew Burden (tenor), Jeremy White (bass)

Hertfordshire Philharmonia Leader: Stuart Walker


Derek Harrison

14th December 1996




Derek Harrison

3rd May 1997 Walton Belshazzar's Feast Matthew Beale (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass)

Milton Keynes City Orchestra Leader: Diana Cummings


Derek Harrison

Finzi Intimations of Immortality

21st June 1997 Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)

Iain Ledingham and Yoriko Wakabayashi (piano)


Derek Harrison and Mark Robinson

Elgar, Schubert Brahms Stanford

Part songs Neue Liebeslieder Songs of the Sea

1997/98

8th November 1997

Vivaldi Gloria Philippa Hyde (soprano), Jeremy Burrows (Counter tenor), Ian Wicks (tenor), David Ireson (bass)



Derek Harrison

Haydn Theresienmesse

13th December 1997

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Eleanor Lovegrove (trumpet)


Derek Harrison

Britten A Ceremony of Carols and carols

4th April 1998 Bach Mass in B minor Jenny Saunders (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (alto), Simon Berridge (tenor), Michael Pearce (bass)

Britten Sinfonia Leader: Pauline Lowbury


Derek Harrison

27th June 1998 Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle Sarah Colligan (soprano), Susan Marrs (alto), David Morris (tenor), Kevin O'Donnell (bass)

Iain Ledingham (piano), Michael Frith (harmonium)


Derek Harrison with Anthony Weedon

Tchaikovsky Cherubic Hymn

Khvalitye Gospoda

1998/99

7th November 1998

Britten Saint Nicolas Robert Johnson (tenor)

Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Derek Harrison

Tavener Song for Athene

12th December 1998

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Mark Robinson (trumpet) David Senton (narrator)


Derek Harrison

Rutter Brother Heinrich's Christmas

Tchaikovsky Two Motets

27th March 1999 Verdi Requiem Christine Bunning (soprano), Kate McCarney (Mezzo soprano), David Newman (tenor), Stephen Holloway (bass)

English Sinfonia Associate Leader: Sarah Ewins


Derek Harrison

1999/2000

15th October 1999 Mahler Symphony No. 8 Morag Atchison (soprano), Alison Pearce (soprano), Susan Stacey (mezzo-soprano), Susan Bickley, (mezzo-soprano) Ameral Gunson (mezzo-soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Stephen Richardson (bass)

Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra Leader: Jillian Warburton Andrew Parnell (organist)

Royal Albert Hall Derek Harrison

11th December 1999

Christmas Concert Alexander Ward (baritone)

Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter


Derek Harrison

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Honneger Christmas Cantata

8th April 2000 Mendelssohn Elijah Jane Webster (soprano), Kathleen Wilkinson (mezzo soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Ashley Willmott De-Win (treble)

English Sinfonia Leader: Janice Graham


Derek Harrison

24th June 2000 Kenneth Burgess (baritone)


Derek Harrison with Peter Jenkins

Thompson Alleluia!

Wesley Ascribe unto the Lord

Pärt The Beatitudes

Mozart Ave verum corpus

Haydn Insanae et vanae curae Achieved is the glorious work (The Creation)

2000/01

4th November 2000

Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore

Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Helen Withers (alto), Philip Pooley (tenor), Eamon Dougan (bass)

Hertfordshire Classical Orchestra Leader: Diane Terry Anila Milaj (Violin)


Derek Harrison

Schubert Mass No. 3 in B-flat

16th December 2000

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Christopher Benham (organ)


Derek Harrison (with Andrew Morley)

31st March 2001 Bach St Matthew Passion Rogers Covey-Crump, Jeremy White, Katy Tansey (soprano), Charles Humphries (counter-tenor), Geraint Roberts (tenor), Michael Bundy (bass)

London Bach Orchestra Leader: Jonathan Carney Josephine Knight (continuo cello), Harold Lester (organ)

The Drill Hall, Ware

Derek Harrison Boys from All Saints' Church Choir, Hertford,

23rd June 2001 Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Yorkshire Building Society Band


Derek Harrison with Andrew Morley Derek Broadbent for YBS Band

Kelly Out of the Deep

Sibelius Finlandia

Brewer Oremi - Nigerian Highlife

Bullard Cantate Gloria



Verdi Va, pensiero (Nabucco)

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

2001/02

3rd November 2001

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Laura Mitchell (soprano), Derek Harrison (counter-tenor), William Allenby (baritone)

St Cecilia Orchestra Peter Jaekel and Jonathan Newell (Piano)


Derek Harrison with Jason Burcham

Orff Carmina Burana

15th December 2001

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Peter Jaekel (organ)


Derek Harrison

23rd March 2002 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Julian Gavin (Gerontius), Ruby Philogene (mezzo-soprano), Jiulian Empett (baritone).

English Sinfonia Leader: Sarah Ewins


Derek Harrison Angelicals and semi-chorus from St Catharine's and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge

22nd June 2002 Posy Walton (soprano)


Derek Harrison with Ralf Grössler HCS with Kantorei from Wildeshausen, Germany

Britten Jubilate Deo

Haydn Little Organ Mass

Lotti Crucifixus

Stanford Te Deum in B-flat

Rutter God be in My Head

Walton Coronation Mass

Schütz Lobe den Herren, meine Seele

2002/03

16th November 2002

Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry Gail Hennessy (oboe), Peter Jaekel (organ)


Derek Harrison

Handel Coronation Anthems (Zadok the Priest, My heart is Inditing, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened and The King Shall Rejoice)

Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

14th December 2002

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Roy Archer (Reader), Christopher Benham (organ)


Derek Harrison Duncombe School Choir

12th April 2003 Ferguson Amore Langueo Philip Salmon (tenor), Julian Empett (baritone)

Britten Sinfonia Leader: Julian Tear


Derek Harrison

Puccini Messa di Gloria

28th June 2003 Schubert Three songs Peter Jaekel and Nicholas Robinson (piano)


Derek Harrison

Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands

arr. Ken Burton Four gospel choruses

Chilcott Songs and Cries of London Town

2003/04

16th November 2003

Verdi Requiem Alison Pearce (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

Westminster Philharmonic Leader: Gillian Warburton


13th December 2003

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Michael Frith (organ)


Derek Harrison

3rd April 2004 Beethoven Mass in C Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Hannah Mason (mezzo soprano), Julian Alexander Smith (tenor), Timothy Dawkins (bass)

English Sinfonia Leader: Janice Graham


Derek Harrison

Mozart Mass in C minor

26th June 2004 Coombes Summer Serenade (world première)

New London Orchestra Leader: Julian Leaper


Pärt Berliner Messe

2004/05

13th November 2004

Dvorák Te Deum Fiona Louise Campbell (soprano), Anne Wright (soprano), Bradley Daley (tenor), David Campbell (bass)

English Sinfonia Leader: Sarah Ewins


Derek Harrison

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2

11th December 2004

Christmas Concert Kevin O'Donnell (baritone)



Derek Harrison St Andrew CE Primary School Choir

19th March 2005 Handel Messiah Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (Counter-tenor), Warren Albers (tenor), Timothy Dawkins (bass),

Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry Peter Jaekel (Organ)


Derek Harrison

28th May 2005 Tippett A Child of Our Time Dominique Thiebaud (soprano), Christine Botes (mezzo-soprano), Philip Salmon (tenor), Julian Empett (bass)

Ely Festival Orchestra Leader: Helen Medlock

Ely Cathedral Derek Harrison and Andrew Parnell (with Ely Choral Society)

Jenkins Suite from The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace

2005/06

8th October 2005 Haydn Bring and Sing The Creation

Penelope Martin-Smith (soprano), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Ken Burgess (bass)

Martin Penny (organ) All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Derek Harrison

19th November 2005

Bernstein Chichester Psalms Philippa Hyde (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Thomas Blunt (bass),

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra Leader: Stefan Bown Katherine Denton (Cello)


Derek Harrison

Haydn Nelson Mass

17th December 2005

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holder


Derek Harrison

8th April 2006 Elgar The Kingdom Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Margaret McDonald (alto), Philip Salmon (tenor), Julian Empett (bass)

English Sinfonia Leader: Helena Wood


Derek Harrison

15th July 2006 Poulenc Gloria Dominique Thiebaud (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

New London Orchestra Leader: Julian Leaper

St Albans Abbey Derek Harrison


2006/07

4th November 2006

Mozart Requiem Mary Bevan (soprano), Lucy Taylor (Mezzo-soprano), Mark Chaundy (tenor), William Townend (bass)

Milton Keynes City Orchestra Leader: Diana Cummings


Derek Harrison

Mendelssohn Psalm 95

16th December 2006

Christmas Concert Christopher Benham (Keyboard)



Derek Harrison (with Adam Balkwill) Mill Mead Primary School Choir

31st March 2007 Handel Laudate Pueri Dominum Julia Doyle (soprano), Alice Gribben (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Jonathan Brown (bass)

London Pro Arte Baroque Orchestra Leader: Theresa Caudle


Derek Harrison

Bach Cantata No. 191

Cantata No. 156

Magnificat in D

23rd June 2007 Tavener Song for Athene Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints' Church, Hertford

Derek Harrison

Harwood O How Glorious

Michael Berkeley Love is Strong as Death

Elgar Give Unto the Lord

Mendelssohn Jauchzet dem Herrn

Bullard Cantate Gloria


Stanford The Revenge

2007/08

4th November 2007

Berlioz Grande Messe de Morts Justin Lavender (tenor)

Westminster Philharmonic Leader: Jillian Warburton Herts County Youth Brass


15th December 2007

Hertford Symphiny Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter Simon Balle Saxidentals Director: Clare Taylor) Christopher Benham (keyboard)


Derek Harrison

Chaplin The Mystery of Christmas (world première)

Harrold A Merry Christmas (world première)

15th March 2008 Haydn The Creation Elizabeth Weisburg (soprano), Richard Rowntree (tenor), Philip Tebb (bass)

London Pro Arte Orchestra Leader: Robert Salter


Derek Harrison

21st June 2008 Yorkshire Building Society Brass band


Derek Harrison with Morgan Griffiths

Parry Blest Pair of Sirens


Puccini Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly)

Verdi Grand March from Aida

Arr. Brewer Mangwani mpulele (Sotho children's song)

Mascagni The Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)

Simon and Kaplan Harmony

Sibelius Finlandia

Parry Jerusalem

2008/09

15th November 2008

Purcell Welcome to All the Pleasures

Rebecca Outram (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Stuart Young (bass)

Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry


Derek Harrison

Come Ye Sons of Art

Handel Dettingen Te Deum

13th December 2008

Christmas Concert Hertford Symphony Orchestra Leader: Margaret Holter


Derek Harrison Bengeo School Chamber Choir

4th April 2009 Elgar The Music Makers Janet Shell (mezzo soprano), Andrew Mayor (baritone)

London Pro Arte Orchestra Guest Leader: John Bradbury


Derek Harrison

Duruflé Requiem

27th June 2009 John Langley Peter Jaekel (organ) All Saints' Church, Hertford

Derek Harrison

arr. Shepherd Three folksongs (Sweet Nightingale, Sally Gardens, Dashing Away)

Basford Two folk songs (The Rose, Stars trembling o’er us) (world première)

Coombes Summer Serenade

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Selection of songs

Abrens/Flaherty New Music

Burks and Gardner Misty

2009/10

19th October and 8th November

HCS recording New Music

12th December 2009

Christmas Concert Eleanor Lovegrove (trumpet), Peter Jaekel (organ and piano) Bob Harding-Jones (cómpère)


Derek Harrison Morgans Primary School Choir

27th March 2010 Bach St John Passion Emilia Hughes (soprano), Jeremy Budd (tenor; Evangelist), Timothy Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Christopher Adams (bass, Christ), Robert Rice (bass, Pilate)

Brandenburg Sinfonia Leader: Susanna Candlin Julia Desbrulais (cello continuo), Peter Jaekel (organ continuo)


Derek Harrison

26th June 2010 Shearing Puccini Bach Mendelssohn Handel Jobim trad. Fanshawe Marley trad. calypso trad. calypso

Steel Band and Voices Together Songs and sonnets Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly) Jesu, joy of man’s desiring For He shall give His angels (Elijah) Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) The Girl from Ipanema Scarborough Fair Lord’s Prayer (Afrian Sanctus) No Woman, No Cry Linstead Market Mango Walk

Blue Steel Band Derek Harrison Mark Cherrie, Blue Steel Band

2010/11

13th November 2010

Rutter Requiem Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Jeremy Burrows (alto), James Featherstone (tenor), Stephen Pledger Jones (bass)

Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Jonathan Peter Eyre (organ)


Derek Harrison

Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore

11th December 2010

Natasha Page (soprano)

Helen Twomey (electric violin), Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)


Derek Harrison Mill Mead Primary School Choir

Mendelssohn Handel

There Shall a Star Excerpts from Messiah

Dorling/Harrison/Charpentier

Merrily the angels sing!

2nd April 2011 Dyson Agincourt Katie Bray (mezzo- soprano)

Brandenburg Sinfonia Leader: Mihkel Kerem Peter Jaekel (organ)


Derek Harrison

Jenkins Stabat Mater

25th June 2011 National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain


Derek Harrison with Nigel Wood

Elgar From The Bavarian Highlands

Lauridson Dirait-on (Les Chansons des Roses)


Elgar The Spirit of the Lord

Orff O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)

Lotti Crucifixus

Villa-Lobos Bachiana Brasileiras No. 5

Chilcott Singing by Numbers


2011/12

12th November 2011

Rutter Gloria Kate Symonds-Joy (soprano)

Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Elizabeth Shepherd (Piano), Peter Jaekel (Organ)


Derek Harrison

Lambert Rio Grande

Bruckner Ecce Sacerdos

Gastoldi A suite of Renaissance songs and dances

10th December 2011

Nicholas Robinson (piano and organ), Paul Mayes (trumpet), Roger Mullis (cómpère)


Derek Harrison Choir of Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School

Rutter Down in Yon Forest

Mathias Sir Christèmas

Shaw Fanfare (Gloria in Excelsis)

Ord Adam Lay Ybounden

Scheidt A Child is Born

Hewitt/Bloor The Ragtime Carol

31st March 2012 Handel Israel in Egypt Capucine Daumas (soprano), Bryony Soothill (soprano), Isabel Biggs (alto), Oliver Martin-Smith (tenor), Robert Clark (bass), Jevan McAuley (bass)

The Brandenburg Sinfonia Leader:Mihkel Kerem Peterr Twitchin (keyboard continuo)

All Saints Church, Hertford

Derek Harrison

23rd June 2012 Andrew Parnell (Organ)

Hammonds Saltaire Band Andrew Parnell (organ)


Derek Harrison with Morgan Griffiths

Parry I Was Glad

Elgar Great is the Lord

Walton Coronation Te Deum

Verdi Opera choruses

Trad. British Sea Songs

Holst I Vow to Thee My Country (Jupiter, Planet Suite)

Harwood O How Glorious is the Kingdom

Williamson Jubiliee Hymn

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

Parry Jerusalem

2012/13

10th November 2012

Blackford Mirror of Perfection Emma Tring (soprano), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone)

Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Peter Ruffles (reader)


Derek Harrison

Fauré Requiem

15th December 2012

Paul Mayes (Trumpet), Natasha Page (soprano),

Christopher Benham (organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)


Derek Harrison The Bengeo School Choir

Fletcher Ring out wild bells

Blackford A Lullaby of the Nativity

Chaplin In the Bleak Midwinter

Handel Choruses from Samson

23rd March 2013 Mendelssohn Elijah Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Hannah Mason (mezzo soprano), Nicholas Sharratt (tenor), William O'Brien (treble), Michael Pearce (bass)

Bartholdy Chamber Orchestra Leader: ???? Peter Jaekel (Organ)


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22nd June 2013 Sounds Aloud Percussion Ensemble Graham Instrall, Daniella Ganeva, Emily Gunton, Derek Scurll Sue Graham-Smith (piano)


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Pachabel/Dorling Canon

Bach Excerpt from St John Passion

Gounod/Bach Ave Maria

Shaw Six Shakespeare Songs

Instrall Chasm

Bach Bourrée

Britten Down by the Salley Gardens

Backer, Cook & Greenaway

I'd like to teach the world to sing

Lennon & McCartney Beatles’ numbers

Orff Excerpts from Carmina Burana

2013/14

9th November 2013

Britten St Nicolas Philip Salmon (tenor), Dominique Thiébaud (soprano), William O'Brien (boy Nicolas), Michael Pachman-Bates, Hugh Reid and Stephen Curley (pickled boys)

Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Leader: Jennifer Wigram Simon Haynes and John Reid (piano), Peter Jaekel (organ)


Derek Harrison

Haydn Little Organ Mass

14th December 2013

Catherine Evison (saxophone), Christopher Benham (organ and piano), Roger Mullis (cómpère)


Derek Harrison The Bax Choir, Heath Mount School

Sweelinck Hodie

Willcocks In excelsis gloria Birthday Carol

Todd My Lord has Come

Bortniansky Christmas Canticle

5th April 2014 Bach Mass in B minor Grace Davidson (soprano), Timothy Travers-Brown (alto), Nick Madden (tenor), Colin Campbell (bass)

Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs


Derek Harrison

28th June 2014 Sarah Dacey (soprano)

Chris Eldred (Piano), Loz Garratt (bass), Dave Elliott (drums)


Derek Harrison

Todd Mass in Blue

arr. Chilcott Jazz Folk Songs

2014/15

8th November 2014

Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Leandros Taliotis (baritone)


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Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem

Ireland Greater love hath no man than this

Tavener Song for Athene

Stanford Evening Canticles in G major

13th December 2014

Howells, Willcocks Hewitt/Bloor trad. Charpentier /Harrison/ Dorling

Here is the little door Resonemus laudibus The Ragtime Carol Gaudete Merrily the angels sing!

Roger Mullis (Compere), Nicholas Robinson (organ and piano),

Broxbourne Handbell Ringers (conductor: John Thompson) Sally Quatrille (flute)


Derek Harrison Duncombe School Choir

28th March 2015 Brahms A German Requiem Claire Seaton (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone)



Schubert Stabat Mater

20th June 2015 Accordion5 Director: Ian Watson Director Sue Graham Smith (piano)


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Bizet Toreador Song (Carmen)

Monnot Hymne à l'amour

Trenet La Mer

Rutter A Sprig of Thyme

Instrall Bless the Lord

Mozart Ave Verum (Requiem)

Dies Irae (Requiem)


Langlais Sanctus, Benedictus (Messe Solennelle)

Gershwin Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

Porter Night and Day

Gershwin I got plenty o’ nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess)

Schönberg Do you hear the people sing? (Les Miserables)

Flowers/Cook/ Greenaway

Bannerman

Piazzolla Libertango

2015/16 7th November 2015

Handel Messiah Natasha Page (soprano), Ian Aitkenhead (counter-tenor), Mark Chaundy (tenor), James Gower (bass)

Hertfordshire Baroque Soloists Leader: Diane Terry Sue Graham Smith (organ continuo)


Derek Harrison

12th December 2015

Britten A Ceremony of Carols Elizabeth bass (harp), Christopher Muhley (piano and organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)


Derek Harrison Mill Mead Primary School Choir

Kauffman African Noel

19th March 2016 Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Adrian Thompson (tenor, Gerontius), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (mezzo soprano, Angel), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone, Priest and Angel of the Agony),



Derek Harrison Voix de Vivre semi chorus

25th-26th June 2016 HCS recording Their sound is gone out

2016/17 5th November 2016 Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle Katherine Crompton (soprano), Kate Symonds-Joy (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Joy (tenor), Edward Grint (bass)

Sue Graham smith (piano), Anne Page (harmonium)


Derek Harrison

10th December 2016

Linwood Fletcher Coombes Bortniansky

Glad Tidings Ring out, wild bells Nova, nova Glory to God in the highest

James Gower (bass) Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)


Derek Harrison St Joseph's In the Park School Choir

1st April 2017 Haydn Nelson Mass Te Deum in C Insanae et vanae curae

Fiona Hammacott (soprano), Lucy Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Caspar Singh (tenor), Julian Godlee (bass)

Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Paul Mayes (trumpet),


Derek Harrison

24th June 2017 Black Dyke Band Principal Conductor: Professor Nicholas Childs


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Thompson Alleluia

Copland Simple Gifts Long Time Ago Ching-a-Ring Chaw

Parry I Was Glad

Jenkins Sanctus (The Armed Man)

Chilcott The Same Sun Shine The Lily and the Rose

Verdi Va, pensiero (Nabucco)

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1

2017/18 10th November 2017

McDowall Mozart

Magnificat Requiem

Katy Hill (soprano), Clare McCaldin (mezzo), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass)

London Mozart Players Leader: Simon Blendis


Derek Harrison

16th December 2017

Wells Pearsall, Westbrook Moore Ord trad., arr. Austin Humphries Mendelssohn Handel Corp arr. Althouse

Rejoice and be glad In dulci jubilo Lady I sing to thee Adam Lay Ybounden The twelve days of Christmas Rejoice and be glad Joy to the World Excerpts from A Christmas Mass Merry Christmas, Mozart

Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère) Dagmara Jones (French horn)


Derek Harrison

24th March 2018 Bernstein Janácek Rutter

Chichester Psalms Otcenás Requiem

Natasha Page (soprano), Dominic Bevan (tenor),

Peter Jaekel (organ), Alex Rider (harp), Graham Instrall (percussion)


Derek Harrison

9th June 2018 Vaughan Williams Sumsion

A Sea Symphony They that go down to the sea in ships

Sarah Fox (soprano), Robert Gildon (baritone),

Chameleon Arts Orchestra Leader: Simon Baggs Sue Graham Smith (piano) Marnus Greyling (organ)

St Albans Cathedral

Derek Harrison

2018/19 3rd November 2018 Handel Messiah Alexandra Kidgell (soprano), Clare McCaldin (alto), Oliver White (tenor), James Cleverton (bass)

Camerata of London All Saints’ Church, Hertford

Derek Harrison

15th December 2018

Kauffman Gardner Pettman Harold Chaplin Harold Chaplin Cornelius Vaughan Williams Mathias

Sing a joyful song of Christmas Tomorrow shall be my dancing day I saw a maiden sitten and sing Simple Babe The Holly and the ivy Three Kings Fantasia on Christmas Carols Sir Christèmas

James Gower (bass) Christopher Muhley (piano/organ), Roger Mullis (cómpère)


Derek Harrison

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