Potted History and Past Performances


17/9/81 First Rehearsal - mixed voice choir - Vivaldi Gloria Leek High

1/4/82 Gloria - Vivaldi, and Requiem - Faure All Saints

26/3/83 Messiah - Handel All Saints

1/6/84 Carmina Burana, Zadok the Priest, Sound the Trumpet Leek High

6/6/85 Paul Butler's last rehearsal as head of music at Leek high School

21/10/85 Choir could not continue at Leek High because of lack of students in the Choir, a committee formed and premises to be found.

16/1/86 First rehearsal of new choir named Phoenix Singers St Edwards Subscription was 10p per week. John Fisher - Chairman, Alison Elliott - Secretary, Anthony Elliott - Treasurer.

18/5/86 Mozart's Requiem St Edwards

20/7/86 Performance at Garden Festival - Moorlands Garden at 2pm, 4pm & 6pm.

13/12/86 Christmas Music - incl Hodie - Vaughan Williams All Saints

22/1/87 AGM, Dick Boulding - Chairman, Bronwen Williams - Secretary Brian Riley - Treasurer.

16/5/87 An "Open" Messiah St Edwards Church

25/6/87 Gordon Hansell takes over as Chairman

11/12/87 An Evening of French Music - Durufle Requiem All Saints

11/6/88 Summer Serenade of English Music - Elgar, Britten, Swann, Trad, Parry Trinity

22/12/88 Carols by Candlelight - Traditional Carols Trinity

12/3/89 The Crucifixion - John Stainer St Chads, Longsdon

14/10/89 The Creation - Hadyn All Saints

9/6/90 Beatus Vir - Monteverdi, Chichester Psalms - Britten Mass in A Flat - Schubert Trinity

1/12/90 Carmina Burana - Carl Orff, O Praise the Lord - Handel Trinity

1/6/91 Petite Messe Solennelle - Rossini Trinity

7/12/91 A Concert at Christmas - Rutter, Willcocks arrangements Trinity

9/5/92 The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar All Saints with Leek Choral and Nantwich Tudor Consort All Saints

5/12/92 Nelson Mass - Haydn, Love song Waltzes - Brahms Trinity Polovtsienne Dances - Borodin

26/7/93 Gigs round the Moorlands ! Meerbrook, Cheadle etc

23/4/94 Vespers 1610 - Monteverdi All Saints

11/12/94 Christmas Spectacular with Royal Marines Band Victoria Hall

11/2/95 Ceremony of Carols - Britten, Te Deum - Dvorak Trinity Faure Requiem.

11/11/95 B Minor Mass - Bach All Saints

19/11/96 Mozart Requiem All Saints

31/5/97 Concert with Stoke-on-Trent Brass All Saints Ashley Thompson becomes our new Musical director

8/11/97 Autumn Concert, Laudate Dominum - Tallis Messa Quam Pulchra Es - Palestrina, Beatus Vir - Monteverdi 4 Negro Spirituals - Tippett, West Side Story - Bernstein All Saints

23/4/98 Cheshire Dance Workshop, (Vivaldi's Gloria) Wilmslow

3/5/98 Concert in Loudun, Loire Valley France

June 1998 Gloria - Vivaldi, Cantique de Jean Racine All Saints

July 1998 A Travers Chants, Loudun/ Phoenix Concert All Saints

31/10/98 Feathers from the Tail of the Phoenix All Saints

19/12/98 Messiah - Handel with Leek Choral All Saints

23/1/99 Music from around the World, Concert at Endon Methodist church

12/6/99 Elijah - Mendelssohn All Saints

27/11/99 Voices of Reflection - First Millennium Concert with All Saints Longsdon Amateur Dramatic Society, Early music to Present - Thompson

4/3/2000 Voices of the Future - Second Millennium Concert AllSaints Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo - Horovitz 'Time' - Johnny Coppin.

6/3/2000 AGM - Subscription now £40 per annum, rehearsals at Leek High School Ellie Elsdon - Chairman, Rosemary Baxter - Secretary, Brian Riley - Treas.

31/4/2000 Concert in Heerenveen, Freisland, Northern Holland

29/5/2000 Singing in the gardens at Biddulph Grange, part of BBC Music Live!

 

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