Season 2007-2008

Saturday 07 June 2008

Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra season**

Janacek  Sinfonietta
Beethoven  Symphony No. 9 ('Choral')
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

Wilmslow Leisure Centre, Rectory Fields, Wilmslow

Saturday 17 May 2008

Bernstein  Chichester Psalms
Haydn  St Nicholas Mass
Brahms  Nanie
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

With Graham Eccles, organ, plus harp and percussion accompaniment

St Michael & All Angels' Church, The Market Place, Macclesfield

Saturday 15 March 2008

Vaughan Williams  Sancta Civitas
Finzi  Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice
Beethoven  Mass in C
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

With Graham Eccles, organ

United Reformed Church, Alderley Road, Wilmslow

Saturday 01 December 2007

Handel  Messiah
With Cheshire Sinfonia
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

Bramhall Parish Church, St Michael's Avenue, Bramhall

Season 2006-2007

All concerts at
St Michael & All Angels' Church,
The Market Place, Macclesfield
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

Saturday 19 May 2007

Pergolesi Stabat Mater
John Rutter Gloria
Fauré Requiem

With Alan Horsey, organ

Saturday 24 March 2007

Mendelssohn Elijah

With Cheshire Sinfonia and
Mark Rowlinson as Elijah

Saturday 02 December 2006

David Urrows Nova Gaudia
Parry I Was Glad
Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Verdi Four Sacred Pieces

With Alan Horsey, organ

Diamond Jubilee Season 2005-2006

Celebrating 60 years of singing, 1945 - 2005

Saturday 13 May, 2006

Wilmslow Methodist Church

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

Saturday 18 March 2006

St Michael & All Angels' Church, Macclesfield

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

Mozart Symphony No 39
Mozart Requiem

with
Joanne Rondel, soprano
Judith Tinston, contralto
Garth Bardsley, tenor
Philip Shakesby, bass
and Cheshire Sinfonia

Saturday 03 December 2005

Bramhall Parish Church, St Michael’s Avenue, Bramhall

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

Charpentier Messe de Minuit
Vivaldi Magnificat
plus a selection of Christmas carols

with Philip Asher organ

SUNDAY 06 November 2005
Diamond Jubilee Concert

Stockport Town Hall

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

With Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Adrienne Murray, Martin Hindmarsh and John Molloy
Plus AMICI Chamber Choir, Gatley Choral Society
and individual singers from many other choirs

Diamond Jubilee Concert November 2005

Peter Stallworthy conducting The Barnby Choir, AMICI Chamber Choir, Gatley Choral Society and individual singers from many other choirs, with the Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra performing Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius at The Barnby Choir's Diamond Jubilee Concert on 6th November 2005 in Stockport Town Hall.
Photo Pauline Neild.

Season 2004-2005

Saturday 21 May 2005

Wilmslow Methodist Church

An Evening of American Music

Including Barber's Adagio, 'Agnus Dei', the five Spirituals from Tippett's 'A Child of Our Time', excerpts from 'West Side Story', songs by Gershwin and Cole Porter, and many other delights!  

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

Stephen Reynolds, piano 

Saturday 05 March 2005

Bramhall Parish Church

Dvorak Mass in D

Vaughan Williams Benedicite, Five Mystical Songs

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

With Organ accompaniment

Saturday 16 April 2005

Wilmslow Leisure Centre

Mahler Symphony No 2, Resurrection

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

With Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra, the AMICI choir and the Tatton Singers

Saturday 27 November 2004

Wilmslow High School
Brahms  Requiem, Alto Rhapsody, Academic Festival Overture

Conductor: Peter Stallworthy

with Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra and the AMICI

Season 2003-2004

Saturday 15 November 2003

St George's Church, Stockport
Britten St Nicolas, Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy
With String Ensemble
 

Season 2002-2003

Saturday 10 May 2003

Stockport Town Hall
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
Elgar Enigma Variations
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy
Soloists: Julie Kennard and Mark Rowlinson
With Stockport Symphony Orchestra and The Macclesfield Oriana Choir
(250 performers: choir and orchestra)
 

Saturday 01 March 2003

Methodist Church, Chapel Road, Alderley Edge
Bruckner Mass in E Minor
Bizet Te Deum
MozarttSerenade No 10 in B Flat
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy
With instrumental items
 

Saturday 30 November 2002

St Michael's Church, Bramhall
Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Fauré Requiem
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy
 

Season 2001-2002

See also Wilmslow Street Party August 2002

Saturday 18 May 2002

St George's Church, Stockport
Mozart  Mass in C Minor K427, Symphony No 36 in C Major ("Linz")
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy
Soprano: Mary O'Sullivan
Soprano: Cliona Cassidy
Tenor: Blake Fischer
Bass: Richard Wiegold
Flute: Alastair Roberts
Orchestra leader: Pia Oliver
 

Saturday 23 March 2002

Stockport Town Hall
Verdi Requiem
Conductor: Edward Warrenn
Soprano: Jayne Carpenter
Mezzo: Vanessa Williamson
Tenor: Ian Thompson
Bass: Ian Caddy
With Stockport Symphony Orchestra, and the Macclesfield Oriana Choir

The Requiem was dedicated to Ray Lomax, conductor of the Stockport Festival Chorus for many years, who died earlier in the year.

 

Saturday 1st December, 2001

St Michael's, Bramhall
Handel Messiah
Schütz Magnificat
Conductor: Peter Stallworthy
We raised over £300 in aid of Christie's against Cancer. 

 

Season 2000-2001

Saturday 12 May 2001

Singing Day and Concert
St Michael's, Bramhall

 

Saturday 31 March 2001

St George's Church, Stockport
Elgar The Music Makers
Duruflé Requiem
Conductor Peter Stallworthy
With Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra
click here for more pictures

 

Saturday 09 December 2000
Christmas Concert
Gaudeamus

 St Michael's, Bramhall
with 'Brass Live'
Conductor Peter Stallworthy
Organ: Alexander Crowe
Featuring traditional and modern music and readings

 

Choir performed:
David Francis Urrows Nova Gaudia
Howells  Here is the Little Door
Sider (arr)  Child in the Manger
Gibbs   Carol Gently Carol, The Grasmere Carol
Rachmaninov   Ave Maria (sung in Russian!)
Fogg   Carol of the Little King
Joubert   There is no Rose
Warlock   Come to Bethlehem

 

Brass Live performed:
Mozart  Rondo from the Horn Concerto in E flat
Trinidad, Foggy Day, Diamonds are Forever (Arr Golightly)
Handel The Trumpet Shall Sound (from the Messiah)

Christmas Medley (arr Golightly)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Calypso Carol
O Little Town of Bethlehem
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
O Come All Ye Faithful

With audience and choir singing carols