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Past Concerts 2000 - 2001
1 April 2000 - Bach: Mass in B minor
Nancy Argenta - soprano, Robin Blaze - countertenor
William Kendall - tenor, Michael George - bass
Florilegium David Hill - conductorTo mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, a performance of his B minor Mass, described by one early critic as "the greatest work of all ages and of all peoples". Certainly, it is one of the highest pinnacles of the choral repertoire. Played on period instruments, this final summation of all Bach's choral writing was a fitting celebration for the Waynflete's 30th anniversary - and for the first concert of the new century.
9 June 2000 - Mendelssohn: Elijah
Janice Watson, soprano; Sally Bruce-Payne, mezzo soprano
William Kendall, tenor; Matthew Best, bass
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - conductor David HillIn the year 2000, we celebrated the 250th anniversary of Bach's death. Felix Mendelssohn was a great champion of Bach's music, and in 1829 directed the first performance of the St Matthew Passion since Bach's lifetime.
10 July 2000 - Music by the River
The show must go on! Concert by the river at St Cross
Photo: Mike EvansA concert of unaccompanied music, including English madrigals, romantic partsongs, and songs by Elgar, Mendelssohn, Stanford, Grainger, Gibbons and Sullivan, conducted by David Hill and Philip Scriven. Now firmly established as a Winchester Festival favourite this concert, with the backdrop of the marvellous Chapel of St Cross by the River Itchen, on a summer evening offers an unforgettable setting, even if it does rain!
Our brave audience enjoyed the concert, despite the weather!
Photo: Angela Ryde-Weller3 November 2000 - The Anvil, Basingstoke
Vivaldi: Gloria, Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks,
Bach: Singet dem Herrn,
Handel: Coronation Anthems, including Zadok the Priest
Arias sung by Emma Kirkby Florilegium David Hill "A near-capacity audience enjoyed the chance to appreciate the tone, clarity and discipline of this well-established choir in an acoustically more sympathetic venue than their customary home, Winchester Cathedral. It particularly favoured the centre-piece of their programme, Bach's joyful but taxing double-choir motet, Singet dem Herrn. Director David Hill's carefully-chosen tempi generated a compelling rhythmic impetus to ornamental lines such as 'the children of Zion', dignity to the central chorale and transparency to the final fugue. This culminated in a ringing top Baroque B flat for the sopranos, though all sections - including over 40 male voices - were creditable throughout." Derek Beck, Hampshire Chronicle
18 November 2000 - Truro Cathedral
Beethoven: Symphony no.9 Choral, Poulenc: Gloria
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, soprano; Susan Mackenzie-Park, alto;
Craig Downes, tenor; Simon Kirkbride, bass
Three Spires Choir & Orchestra conducted by Andrew Nethsingha16 December 2000 - Handel: Messiah
Emma Bell, soprano; Sally Bruce-Payne, mezzo soprano
Timothy Robinson, tenor; Timothy Mirfin, bass
Winchester Cathedral Choir Florilegium
David Hill - conductor
5 April 2001 - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Brahms: Schicksalslied, Bruckner: Motets: Locus iste, Os Justi, Christus factus est, Ave Maria Orchester Göttinger Musikfreunde Gerit Ada Hammer, soprano, David Crown, baritone. Christian Hammer and Philip Scriven - conductors23 June 2001 - Wagner: Overture: The Meistersingers of Nuremburg
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality, Elgar: Enigma Variations,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Thompson, tenor
David Hill - conductor4 August 2001: BBC Promenade Concert Live on Radio 3
Royal Albert Hall. Tavener: Song of the Cosmos (World Premiére)
Holst: The Planets
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Bach Choir
Patricia Rozario, soprano; Deacon Meliton, bass
Conductors: David Hill (Taverner) and Yan Pascal Tortelier (Holst)
Sir John Tavener's meditation on the cosmos was commissioned to celebrate the 125th aniversary of the Bach Choir9 November 2001 - The Anvil, Basingstoke
Waynflete at The Anvil
Photo: Sally Evans
Handel: Nisi Dominus, Bach: Magnificat
Baroque works by Ballet, Handel, Pergolesi & Purcell
Florilegium
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Patrizia Kwella, soprano; James Bowman, alto
William Kendall, tenor; William Clemence, bass
David Hill - conductor8 December 2001- Judith Bingham: First Light (new work); Rutter: Gloria; Mathias: Ave Rex; Christmas music by Sweelinck, Victoria, Byrd, Gabrieli, Stanley, Bartok & Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Carols for choir and audience Winchester Cathedral Choir
Resounding Brass
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