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Saturday 24th March, 2012, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

The Easter Concert
Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands
Dvorák: Mass in D-major


Conducted by Peter Asprey

Organ: Charles Andrews
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD
Ticket prices £10 (concession - £8)

Friday 8th June, 2012, 7.00pm
Saturday 9th June, 2012, 7.00pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

ECS Rheinland Tour Concert
Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands
Dvorák: Mass in D-major


Conducted by Peter Asprey

Organ: Charles Andrews
(Fri 8th June) Christuskirche, Andernach
(Sat 9th June) Christuskirche, Koblenz
Ticket prices tba

Saturday 30th June, 2012, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

The Summer Concert
Finals of the ECS Young Composers Competion judged by John Rutter
The choir will sing the shortlisted three works for final selection of the winning entry.
plus
Jenkins: The Armed Man


Conducted by Peter Asprey

Organ: Charles Andrews
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD
Ticket prices tba




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Saturday 10th December, 2011, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

In Dulci Jubilo
The Christmas Concert

Finzi: Magnificat
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
with carols for choir and audience


Conducted by Peter Asprey

Baritone: Julian Charles
Organ: Charles Andrews
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 8th October, 2011, 6.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Mozart Requiem from Scratch

Conducted by Peter Asprey

Organ: Charles Andrews

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 25th June, 2011, 8.00pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Handel: O Praise the Lord with one Consent (Chandos Anthem no.9)
Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord always and Thou knowest Lord


Conducted by Peter Asprey

Dido: Carris Jones
Aeneas: Michael Davis
Belinda: Charmian Bedford
Sorceress: Marie Degodet

The Amadeus Orchestra

Harpsichord: Charles Andrews
St John's Church , Eltham, SE9 1DH
part of the Annual festival of music and the arts

Saturday/Sunday/Monday 26th/27th/28th March, 2011, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society, J.A.G.S. Choir
and Blackheath Halls Choir and Orchestra presented:-

Verdi Requiem
Conducted by Leigh O'Hara
Deborah Stoddart -soprano
Wendy Dawn Thompson (26th), Janet Shell (27th & 28th) - mezzo soprano
John Upperton - tenor
Timothy Dawkins - bass

ECS Chorusmaster Peter Asprey

Photo-gallery

Link to the Astounding Sounds Web-site for example tracks from the Verdi recording CD
Blackheath Halls,
Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ

Saturday 11th December, 2010, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

The Christmas Concert
O Magnum Mysterium
Ancient and modern music for the festive season
With carols for choir and congregation

Conducted by Peter Asprey
Organ: Charles Andrews

Click for an extract clip from the concert of Resonet in Laudibus, Coventry Carol, Nativity Carol
(thanks to Ken Timbers for this recording)
Holy Trinity Church , Eltham

Saturday 16th October, 2010, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

The Autumn Concert, "Colours of Autumn" - with the Greenwich Concert Band

Conducted by Peter Asprey (Choir), Chris Lloyd (Band)
Organ: Charles Andrews

Click for an extract clip from the concert of Belle qui tiens ma vie
Click for an extract clip from the concert of The long day closes
(thanks to Ken Timbers for this recording)
St John's Church, Eltham, SE9 1DH

Sunday 27th June, 2010, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society, Blackheath Choir and Sidcup Symphony Orchestra presented:-

WAGNER Flying Dutchman Overture | STANFORD Songs of the Fleet | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony

PATRICIA WILLIAMS & JAMES ROSS conductors | DEBORAH STODDART soprano | DAVID KIRBY-ASHMORE baritone
ECS Chorusmaster Peter Asprey

Three long established local groups come together for this large scale concert with a maritime theme, celebrating the legends, the sailor's life, and the magnificence and mystery of the sea itself.

Promoted by Eltham Choral Society, Blackheath Choir & Sidcup Symphony Orchestra


Saturday 5th June, 2010, 8.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

Duruflé: Requiem plus Handel, Fauré and Seiber

Conducted by Peter Asprey
Organ: Charles Andrews
Eglise de St Patrice, Bayeux

Friday 4th June, 2010, 8.00pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Duruflé: Requiem plus Handel, Fauré and Seiber

Conducted by Peter Asprey
Organ: Charles Andrews
Eglise de St Germain, Argentan

Saturday 20th March, 2010, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Spring Concert and buffet
including Duruflé: Requiem

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Organ: Charles Andrews
St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 12th December, 2009, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

The Christmas Concert
including Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra
and carols for choir and audience


Conducted by Thomas Wilson


Tenor: Nicholas Keay
Percussion: Diggory Seacome
Organ: Charles Andrews

With the Deansfield Primary School Choir
directed by David Moore
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 10th October, 2009, 6.00pm
Eltham Choral Society sings:-

Mozart - Coronation Mass
as guest choir for the First Mass of Sunday


Conducted by Thomas Wilson

Organ: Charles Andrews
Westminster Cathedral

Saturday 4th July, 2009, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Rutter: Magnificat
together with
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Purcell: Te Deum


Conducted by Thomas Wilson

Soprano: Louise Lloyd
Soprano: Natalie Montakhab
Mezzo Soprano: Victoria Gray
Tenor: Anthony Gregory
Bass: Matthew Wright
Organ: Charles Andrews
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 28th March, 2009, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presented:-

MOZART REQUIEM
together with
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer


Conducted by Chris Eastwood

Soprano: Alison Rayner
Mezzo-soprano: Rebecca Stockland
Tenor: Mark Chaundy
Bass: Leandros Taliotis
Organ: Charles Andrews
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 13th December, 2008, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
including: Michael Coe: And Unto Men Rejoysynge - ECS commission, 1982
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
And carols for Choir and Audience


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soprano: Rebecca Bottone
Baritone: Julian Empett
Trumpet: Robert Wallace
Organ: Charles Andrews
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 18th October, 2008, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Music for an Autumn Evening
including...
Vivaldi - Gloria
Handel - Zadok the Priest
and other works.


Conducted by Chris Eastwood

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road, Eltham, SE9

Saturday 5th July, 2008, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

THE CREATION OF ECS
Haydn: The Creation
For the ECS Centenary - the work which launched the choir 100 years ago.


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins
With the ECS orchestra
Soprano: Elizabeth Weisberg
Tenor: Adrian Ward
Bass-Baritone: Philip Tebb

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD
Friday 30th May 2008, 7.00pm
Eltham Choral Society, on tour in Tuscany: Florence, Montecatini and Pistoia, presented:-

ELTHAM IN ITALY
Chilcott: Aesop's Fables (Italian première), English & Italian choral works,
and excerpts from Haydn's Creation


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Chiesa Santa Maria dei Ricci in Central Florence

Saturday 31st May 2008, 9.00pm
Eltham Choral Society, on tour in Tuscany: Florence, Montecatini and Pistoia, presented:-

ELTHAM IN ITALY
Chilcott: Aesop's Fables (Italian première), English & Italian choral works,
and excerpts from Haydn's Creation


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Basilica Santa Maria Assunta in Montecatini

Saturday 29th March, 2008, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

BOB CHILCOTT: AESOP'S FABLES (world première)
and LEONARD BERNSTEIN: CHICHESTER PSALMS


Conductor: Nicholas Jenkins
Organ / Piano: Chris Eastwood
Countertenor: Richard Scott
Harp: Vicky Lester
Percussion: Ben Hartley


Thomas Tallis (c.1505 – 1585): O Nata Lux
William Byrd (1543 – 1623): Laudibus in Sanctis
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643): O Primavera (ECS madrigal group)
George Frederic Handel (1685 – 1759): Zadok the Priest
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 – 1868): La Carità
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901): Ave Maria
Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934): Give unto the Lord - Psalm 29, op 74
Morten Lauridsen (b 1943, American): O Nata Lux (from Lux Aeterna)
INTERVAL
Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990): Chichester Psalms (version for Organ, Harp & Percussion)
Bob Chilcott (b. 1955): Aesop's Fables (world première)

The world première of a new choral work by Bob Chilcott commissioned by Eltham Choral Society is performed in a programme which anticipates the choir's Centenary Tour to Italy, including music by Byrd, Elgar, Handel, Lauridsen, Monteverdi, Rossini, Tallis, and Verdi.
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Saturday 15th December, 2007, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Christmas Concert

Honegger: Christmas Cantata, works by Britten, Mendelssohn and Palestrina, and Carols for All.
Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham, SE9 2SD

Sunday 4th November, 2007, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society with the Blackheath Halls Orchestra presented:-

Brahms requiem
with Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Conducted by Leigh O'Hara (Mozart) and Nicholas Jenkins (Brahms)

Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major K482
Soloist: John Flinders

Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45

soprano: Ailish Tynan, baritone: Grant Doyle

Saturday 30th June, 2007, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Music on a summer evening
a programme of "lighter" music
Celebrating St Luke's Centenary Year


Conducted by Chris Eastwood

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road, Eltham

Sunday 25th March, 2007, 7.30pm
Blackheath Choir, Eltham Choral Society, and Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: Nabucco. concert performance sung in english
Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Stephen Gadd – Nabucco, Miriam Murphy – Abigaille, Harriet Williams – Fenena,
David Soar – Zaccaria, John Upperton – Ismaele, Claire Pendleton – Anna, Gareth John – Abdallo, Geoff Howard – High Priest.


Verdi's first operatic masterpiece, the story of King Nebuchadnezzar's conversion to Christianity, featuring the celebrated "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves."
Blackheath Halls

Saturday 16th December, 2006, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Christmas Concert.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio Parts I and II
Carols for Choir & Audience

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Organ: Rosemary Field
Evangelist / Tenor: Mark Milhofer
Mezzo: Flora McIntosh Baritone: Julian Empett


with Christchurch Children's Choir, Eltham
directed by Michael Lobo
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent, Eltham

Saturday 30th September, 2006, 6.30pm
Eltham Choral Society and the Amsterdam Anthem Choir presented:-

Autumn Concert.
including Fauré: Requiem and a programme of Dutch and English Music


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins (ECS) and Leo Kramer (Anthem Choir)

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road, Eltham

Sunday 2nd July, 2006, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Summer Concert.
Haydn - The Seasons

soprano: Sarah Leonard, tenor: John Upperton, baritone: Julian Empett
Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

Friday 2nd June, 2006, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

Tour Concert.
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures
Elgar: Give unto the Lord
and other spanish & english choral works


Conducted by Chris Eastwood

Barcelona Cathedral,
Barcelona, Spain.

Saturday 3rd June, 2006
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

Tour Concert.
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures
Elgar: Give unto the Lord
and other spanish & english choral works

Conducted by Chris Eastwood

Gerona Cathedral,
Gerona, Spain.

Saturday 25th March, 2006, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Barcelona Tour Preview Concert.
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
and other spanish & english choral works

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road

Saturday 10th December, 2005, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Christmas Concert.
Handel - Messiah (part I)
Carols for choir and Audience

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins
Piano/Organ: Chris Eastwood

Tenor: Eliot Alderman
Baritone: Bruno Santino
and soloists from the choir
also featuring St Thomas More Primary School Choir


Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

Saturday 15th October, 2005, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man
Bruckner - Motets
Brahms - Chorale Preludes

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

Saturday 2nd July, 2005, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

The Kestrel Road - Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies
(A special commission to mark the composer's 70th birthday)
Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle
Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

soprano: Claire Pendleton, mezzo: Linda Hibberd, tenor: James Edwards, bass: David Soar
piano: Chris Eastwood Organ:Richard Hills


Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

Saturday 19th March, 2005, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presented:-

J.S. Bach: St John Passion
(sung in English - New Novello Edition, translation by Neil Jenkins)

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Evangelist: Tom Raskin, Christus: Sam Evans, soprano: Sarah Leonard,
countertenor: David Bates, tenor: Ben Alden, bass (& Pilate): Paul Reeves
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

Thursday 16th December 2004 - 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Carol Concert in association with English Heritage
Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Christmas celebrations at Eltham Palace
with Christmas carols in the Great hall


Eltham Palace,
Eltham

Saturday 11th December, 2004, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society & Orchestra presented:-

The Christmas Concert, including
Britten, St Nicolas
and Carols for choir and audience

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins



Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

Saturday 16th October, 2004, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

The Autumn Concert:
The "lighter side" of ECS
Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Piano: William Carslake

St Luke's Church,,
Westmount Road

Saturday 3rd July, 2004, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

The Summer Concert, including
Dvorak, Mass in D
(Recognising the 100th anniversary of Dvorak's death)
Janacek, Our Father.
(150 years to the day since Janacek's birth)
Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins
Mark Milhofer - Tenor
Hayley Dredge - harp



Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

Friday/Saturday 4th/5th June, 2004
Eltham Choral Society,
in conjunction with their Amsterdam Concert Tour presented:-

A concert of music including pieces by Handel, Haydn, Pergolesi, Sweelinck and a host of English Composers

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

4th June (evening): A church in Broek, Waterland
5th June (matinée): English Church,
Begijnhof, Amsterdam

Sunday 28th March, 2004, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society,
in association with the Blackheath Choir, The Holst Chamber Choir and Bromley Symphony Orchestra presented:-

ELGAR: A Dream of Gerontius

Conducted by Patricia Williams

John Upperton - tenor
Christine Cairns - mezzo-soprano
Mark Wildman - bass-baritone


Blackheath Halls,
Blackheath, SE3

Sunday 14th December, 2003, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

The Christmas Concert
including Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra
and carols for choir and audience

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins
Tenor: John Upperton

with the choir from the Gordon Primary School in Eltham

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent

18th October, 2003, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

Music for an Autumn Evening
Including some well-known sacred pieces
and "an evening at the opera".

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins



St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road

5th July, 2003, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

HANDEL: 4 Coronation Anthems
KODALY: Missa Brevis
RUTTER: Gloria

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Organ: Nicholas Chalmers

St Alfege Church,
Greenwich

5th April, 2003, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
    3 movements (Overture - You spotted Snakes - Finale)
BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody
HAYDN: Nelson Mass


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soloists: Clarissa Meek (mezzo-soprano)
Rebecca Bottone (soprano)
Julian Alexander Smith (tenor)
David Soar (bass)

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

14th December, 2002, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
     - baritone Robert Rice
PERGOLESI: Magnificat
BUXTEHUDE: Das Neugeborene Kindelein

Plus Carols for choir and audience

Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins



Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

26th October, 2002, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

A two-part concert
Part 1 - a celebration of English Church music, including
Byrd: O Lord make Thy Servant Elizabeth
Tallis: If Ye love me
Howells: Collegium Regale Te Deum
Parry: I was glad


Part 2 - the "lighter" side of ECS


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins



St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road
Eltham

This concert raised over £300 in aid of
St Luke's church access improvement project

29th June, 2002, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

MOZART: Mass in C Minor
BACH: Komm, Jesu komm
HAYDN: Insanae et vanae curae
BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasia


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins



1st Soprano' Rebecca Bottone; 2nd Soprano, Rebecca Outram;
Tenor, Stephen Douse;
Bass, David Soar
Piano, Llÿr Williams
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

7th & 8th June, 2002
Eltham Choral Society Belgian Concert Tour:-

Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Bach: Komm Jesu Komm
Crequillon: Vidit Jacob Scalem
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae
Verdi: Chorus of the hebrew Slaves
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Byrd: O Lord make Thy Servant Elizabeth
Tallis: If Ye love me
Bennet: All creatures now
Elgar: Ave Verum Corpus
Tavener: The Lamb
Howells: Collegium Regale Te Deum
Parry: I was glad
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Haydn: Little Organ Mass (8th only, part of the Mass)


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins
and Tony Baldwin: Organ
7th June, 8pm, Church of St. Anthony, Aalst

8th June, 4.30pm St Michael's Church, Ghent

16th March, 2002, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Handel's Messiah
(part of the centenary celebrations for Eltham Park Methodist Church)


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Sopranos, Susan Gilmour Bailey, Susan Venton;
Alto, Sarah Jillian Cox,
Tenor, Tom Raskin
Bass, Philip Tebb
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
Eltham

15th December, 2001, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

A Christmas Concert, featuring:
BRITTEN - Ceremony of Carols
with Hayley Dredge: Harp
and Carols through the Ages for Choir and Audience


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins
with Tony Baldwin: Organ and Children from Deansfield Primary School, Eltham.
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

13th October, 2001, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Easy Classics with ECS
A selection of well-known favourites for an autumn evening


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road
Eltham

23rd June, 2001, 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Orff, Carmina Burana
Verdi, Opera Choruses
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.2


Conducted by Nicholas Jenkins

Soprano, Rebecca Bottone; Tenor, Mark Milhofer
Bass, Mark Chaundy
Pianos, Tony Baldwin; David Battersby
and pupils from Colfe's School
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham



What the papers said....

....... I could only wonder how Eltham Choral Society still manages to perform demanding works with such professionalism and beautifully rich sounds and harmonies....

Kentish Times
        Full Review

24th March, 2001. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presents:-

Dvorak's Stabat Mater and
Dvorak's Te Deum


Conducted by Miriam Coe

Soprano: Vaninne Parker
Alto: Louise Mott
Tenor: Julian Stocker
Bass: Julian Empett
Organ: Tony Baldwin


Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

16th December, 2000. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

A Christmas Concert

Christmas music and carols for choir and audience

Conducted by Miriam Coe
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

28th October, 2000. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society with Ascension Choir, Blackheath presented:-

Fanfare for the Common Man and
Appalacian Spring by Aaron Copland

The Trinity College of Music Sinfonia,
conducted by Andrew Morley


A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett
Conducted by Miriam Coe
Soprano, Mary Seers; Alto, Patricia Williams;
Tenor, John Bowley; Bass, Brindley Sherratt.
Eltham Choral Society, Ascension Choir of Blackheath
and children from St Ursula's and Kidbrooke Schools
The Trinity College of Music Sinfonia
at the old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich




What the papers said....

....... Under their conductor, Miriam Coe, the choir gave a performance that fully captured the complex mixture of hatred, passion and disquiet that is inherent in the oratorio....

Kentish Times
        Full Review

1st July, 2000. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

The "even lighter side" of ECS
a summer programme of popular music and songs from the shows


Conducted by Miriam Coe

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road
Eltham

2nd/3rd June, 2000.
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

A programme of sacred music
including, Vivaldi Gloria and works by Bruckner, Crequillion, Matthias, Mozart, Stanford, Sweelink, Tallis, Tippett and Vittoria


Conducted by Miriam Coe

Organist: Chris Eastwood
Chartres Cathedral, France (8.30pm, 2nd June)

The German Evangelical Church,
Place Rue Blanche, Paris (8pm, 3rd June)

13th May, 2000. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Edmund Jolliffe's "Missa cum Jubilo"
"A Mass for the Millennium"

World Premier of this work specially commissioned by the Eltham Choral Society to mark the new Millennium

Vivaldi - Gloria

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

1st April, 2000. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Edmund Jolliffe's "Missa cum Jubilo"
"A Mass for the Millennium"
Pre-view (excerpts: Kyrie Eleison, Qui Tollis, Quoniam Tu Solus, Sanctus, Agnus Dei and Gloria)


Vivaldi - Gloria

Conducted by Miriam Coe

St Mary's Church Eastling

11th December, 1999. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Lessons and Carols for Christmas

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

20th November, 1999. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presented:-

Gounod - St Cecilia Mass
Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia


Conducted by Miriam Coe

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road
Eltham

19th June, 1999. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

GERSHWIN TO SONDHEIM

Songs from the Shows

Conducted by Tony Baldwin

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road
Eltham

13th March, 1999. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presented:-

Handel - Messiah

Conducted by Miriam Coe

Bibi Heal - Soprano
Frances Bourne - Alto
Alan Jolly - Tenor
Julian Empett - Bass
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

19th & 21st December, 1998
Eltham Choral Society presents:-

Thursday Evening Carols at Lewisham Tesco and
Saturday Morning Carols at Passey Place


Conducted by Miriam Coe

Eltham Choral Society sang a selection of carols to help your Christmas shopping along.
Collection for Charities:-
CRISIS and
Greenwich & Bexley Hospice

£144.00 sent to each charity. We thank you for your generosity

12th December, 1998. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

Christmas Gloria

Conducted by Miriam Coe
David Battersby - Piano
Tony Baldwin - Organ


POULENC - Gloria

..AND... featuring a repeat of last concert's premiéred work,
How the Sun Rose, by local composer Trevor Grace
     commissioned especially for the Eltham Choral Society

..PLUS... three works arranged by Tony Baldwin

with carols for choir and audience
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham

Rehearsal

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June, 1998. 7.30pm
Eltham Choral Society presented:-

English Music for a Summer's Evening

Conducted by Miriam Coe

David Battersby - Piano

St Luke's Church,
Westmount Road
Eltham
Featuring a new work, How the Sun Rose, by local composer Trevor Grace
     commissioned especially for the Eltham Choral Society

and other, mostly English music including:
  • Parry: A blessed Pair of Sirens
  • Taverner: A Song for Athene

April, 1998
Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presented:-

Creation - Joseph Haydn
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham
Conducted by Miriam Coe

Susan Hendrie (Soprano)
Alan Jolly (Tenor)
Chris Tickner (Bass)

What the papers said....

....... there is no doubt that the present choir is of an exceptional standard and, with almost 70 singers, it brought great passion and a supremely delicate lyricism to Haydn's work.

Kentish Times
        Full Review

December, 1997
Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presented:-

Christmas Gloria
Holy Trinity Church,
Southend Crescent
Eltham
Directed by Miriam Coe

Organist Tony Baldwin
Soloists from the Choir
Works including:-
  • Pergolesi - Magnificat
  • Rogers - The Darkness and the Light
  • Rutter - What Sweeter Music
  • Monteverdi - Gloria for Seven Voices
  • With carols for choir and audience

  • October, 1997
    Eltham Choral Society presented:-

    Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
    (from Scratch)
    St Luke's Church,
    Westmount Road
    Eltham
    Conducted by Miriam Coe

    Accompanists & Rehearsal Directors:-
      Tony Baldwin
      David Smith

    Soloists:-
      Susan Hendrie (Soprano)
      Jason Bellis (Tenor)
      Simon Tatnall (Bass)

    Retiring collection for the
    Princess Diana Memorial Fund
    raised £35.70 and we thank the
    audience for their generosity

    July, 1997
    Eltham Choral Society and Orchestra presented:-

    Mendelssohn's Elijah
    Holy Trinity Church,
    Southend Crescent
    Eltham
    Directed by Miriam Coe

    Julian Empett (Elijah)
    Vannine Parker (Soprano)
    Rachel Lindop (Contralto)
    Peter Jones (Tenor)
    Elizabeth Millard (Youth)

    March, 1997
    Eltham Choral Society presented:-

    Fauré's Requiem
    St Luke's Church,
    Westmount Road
    Eltham
    Directed by Miriam Coe

    Organist Tony Baldwin
    Programme:-
  • Widor - Toccata (Tony Baldwin - Organ)
  • Chausson - Le Colibri ( Miriam Coe - Soprano)
  • Louis Vierne - Carillon de Westminster (Tony Baldwin - Organ)
  • Francis Poulenc - Quatre Motets pour un temps de penitence
                           (Choir and Shelagh Eastwood - Soprano)
  • Fauré - Requiem