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Past Performances from 1961 to 1979.

         


​

KEY to VENUES  ​

L.C.H.   = Leas Cliff Hall.
Rad.P    = Radnor Park United Reform Church.
St. E     = St. Eanswythe Parish Church, Folkestone.
St. L     = St. Leonard`s Church, Hythe.
St. Sav. = St. Saviour`s Church, Folkestone.
Trin.      = Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone.
Tech.      = Girls Technical School, Folkestone.
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​CONDUCTORS.

1961 - 1970 - Reginald Adams

1970 - 1976 - Mark Deller
​
​1976 - 2017 - Dr. Berkeley Hill

Picture
Sample cover to programme in 1976

DATE

WORKS PERFORMED
(Orchestral pieces are in blue)

COMPOSER

VENUE

10 November 1979



13 April 1979

Choral Fantasia
Mass in C
Six Sacred Songs

St. Matthew Passion

Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven

Bach

St. L.



L.C.H.

18 and 22 December 1978

28 October and 
19 November 1978





26 May 1978



24 March 1978


Carols


Joint with the choir of Boulogne Catherdral.
Gloria
Music`s Praise (FCS alone)
(Cathedral choir alone)
Coronation Mass (in Boulogne)
Cantique de Jean Racine (In LCH)

Yeoman of the Guard



Requiem
Messa di Gloria


Various



Vivaldi
Hurd

Mozart
Faure

Gilbert and Sullivan



Brahms
Puccini

St. Sav and St. L.


L.C.H. & 
Boulogne




Tech. (piano only)
L.C.H.

L.C.H.


November/December 1977 (Exact date unknown)

10 June 1977







8 April 1977

Magnificat
Beatus Vir
A Stronghold Sure

Queen`s Silver Jubilee Concert mounted in association with the Town Mayor:
Horn Concerto
The Music Makers
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Rule, Britannia !
Jerusalem

The Dream of Geronitus
J S Bach
Vivaldi
J S Bach



Mozart
Elgar
Elgar
Arne
Parry

Elgar
L.C.H.





L.C.H.





L.C.H.

30 October 1976

31 October 1976




16 April 1976
Messiah (from scratch)

Elijah

BH suceeded MD as Musical Director of FCS.

St. John Passion

Handel

Mendelssohn



J S Bach

L.C.H.

L.C.H.



L.C.H.

4 December 1975

28 March 1975

La Petite Messe Solenelle

Requiem
Te Deum
Five Mystical Songs

Rossini

Fauré
Dvorak
Vaughan Williams

L.C.H.

L.C.H.
8 December 1974


12 April 1974

St. Nicholas
A Ceremony of Carols

The Creation

Britten
Britten

Haydn

L.C.H.


L.C.H.

6 December 1973

20 April 1973

Messiah

St. Matthew Passion

Handel

J S Bach

L.C.H.

St. L.

20 December 1972

November 1972
(Exact date unknown)



Good Friday 1972

A Christmas Concert

Concert conducted by BH in absence of MD
Beatus Vir (BH)
Missa Brevis in F (BH)
O Praise the Lord with one consent. (BH)

Requiem




Monteverdo
Mozart
Handel

Verdi

Trin.


L.C.H.



Trin. (organ only)

28 November 1971



9 April 1971

Blest Pair of Sirens
Wachet Auf
Daniel and the Lion

Samson

Parry
J S Bach
Wood

Handel

L.C.H.



Trin. 
28 November 1970




27 March 1970

Requiem
Rejoice in the Lamb

Mark Deller succeeded Reginald Adams as Musical Director.

The Dream of Geronitus

Mozart
Britten



Elgar

Trin.




L.C.H.
Exact date unknown


Exact date unknown

4 April 1969

Missa Brevis
Four Sacred Pieces

Messiah

St. Matthew Passion

Kodaly
Verdi

Handel

J S Bach

? ?


? ?

L.C.H.

3 December 1968

12 April 1968

The Seasons

Mass in B minor

Haydn

J S Bach

Rad. P.

L.C.H.

Exact date unknown


4 July 1967


24 April 1967

Song of Destiny
Requiem

Magnificat
Benedicite

Requiem

Brahms
Brahms

J S Bach
Vaughan Williams

Verdi

? ?


St. E.


L.C.H.

30 June 1966


8 April 1966

Canterbury Pilgrims


Messiah

Dyson

Hande
l
L.C.H.

St. E.

14 December 1965


1964/1965



1963/1964



1962/1963



1961/1962
Christmas Oratorio
A Ceremony of Carols

Requiem
Four Sacred Pieces
The Dream of Geronitis

Messiah
St. John Passion


A Cotswold Romance
Acis and Galatea
St. Matthew Passion

St. Nicolas
St. John Passion
J S Bach
Britten

Fauré
Verdi
Elgar

Handel
J S Bach


Vaughan Williams
Handel
J S Bach

Britten
J S Bach
St. E.


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