Reference code: GB-0033-DCS
Title: Durham Choral Society Archive
Dates of creation: 1947-2020
Extent: 1 metre
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: Durham Choral Society
Language: English
A Durham City Choral Society was established in 1947 as an amateur choir singing the general repertoire of choral pieces, with an orchestra, but this was relatively short-lived. It was re-established as the Durham Choral Society in 1962 and
thence gradually grew in numbers and repertoire. There have been a number of joint ventures with other societies, locally, such as Bishop Auckland and Newcastle, and further afield, such as Geneva. Some concerts, especially Christmas ones, involve
local brass bands. By 2020, a strong relationship had also been established with the Durham Music service with its youth choirs being variously involved in some concerts. Concerts generally occurred twice a year, in January and May, on Saturdays, in
Durham Cathedral, with a further Christmas carol concert usually in Elvet Methodist Church in December. Durham Town Hall has also been a regular concert venue in the past. The choir usually rehearses weekly during term, at 1930, currently (2022) in
the Johnston School in Durham, and prior to that variously in St Margaret's Infants School, and also Framwellgate School and Durham High School for Girls. Rehearsals start with a 10-15 minute warmup, are usually taken by the conductor, occasionally
the assistant, and are accompanied by a pianist. The committee includes a chair, treasurer, secretary, concert manager and various others with specific portfolios. The choir did perform in the traditional black tie, or white shirts/black skirts, but
changed c.2016 to all black outfits, with choir badged black folders. The repertoire has been the traditional amateur choral one of such as Handel's
Messiah, the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi and Brahms, and such as Mendelssohn's
Elijah and Bach's Passions, but it has also performed local works, such as especially the works of its
president Will Todd (
Gala and Gloria performed 3 times including online) and has on occasion commissioned works (
Gala and Gloria), and performed works written by its own members (Rosemary
Cant's
You Can Shed Tears in 2006).
More detailed timeline:
21 January 1947
First formed by Conrad Eden. This is announced in a letter to the Editor published in the January 1947 issue of the
Durham County Advertiser. The first rehearsal is set to be 8pm Tuesday 21st January 1947 in Burlington Art Gallery. The meeting was opened by the Mayor (Con. F. Foster) and, according to the
Durham County Advertiser, the event was “so well attended that the supply of seats was exhausted”. The group was then invited to rehearse next Thursday in Bede College assembly hall. Mr J.A. Rodwell was appointed chairman.
Conrad Eden proposed a 100-strong choir and Mr G.R. Bull the immediate start to rehearsals, but Mr J.E. Clarkson thought that was too hasty and said that the turnout that night was not representative of the number of people prepared to take an
“active part in the society”.
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| 30 January 1947 | First rehearsal attended by 90 people. |
| 14 May 1947 | First concert in Durham Cathedral featuring the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society with Emily Fletcher and Charles Keeling as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor. |
| 14 March 1951 | According to the Durham County Advertiser (16 March 1951) “Upwards of 2, 000 people… completely filled the Cathedral” to hear [J.S. Bach's] The Passion of Our Lord According
to St Matthew. |
| 13 February 195[2] | Durham County Advertiser reported Conrad Eden at an Annual Dinner saying “it is rather remarkable how few people do come to our concerts. Why that should be so I do not
know.” |
| 12 May 1956 | Concert of Belshazzar by G.F. Handel held in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and a String Orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Patricia
Green, Allwyn Best, R. Lawson Henderson and Cyril Maude as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor. |
| 7 June 1962 | Public meeting to re-form Durham City Choral Society as Durham Choral Society. |
| 19 September 1962 | Rehearsals begin at No. 46 Saddler Street, with the first concert to be given in the Cathedral on 30 November 1962. However, there is no record of the proposed concert going ahead. The piece was not
performed until 1 December 1973. |
| 17 May 1963 | First concert of the re-formed choir: Requiem by Brahms held in Durham Cathedral at 8.00pm, performed by the Durham Choral Society with Aileen Robinson and Robert Henderson as
soloists and Maurice Armsby as conductor. Subsequent concerts are held in Elvet Methodist Church, with some in Durham Town Hall. |
| 1965-6 season | Cedric Evans is conductor for a season, but then resigns. |
| 1966-7 season | Raymond Hall takes over as conductor, assisted by Richard Brice. |
| 2 May 1970 | Concert venue moved from Elvet Methodist Church to Wearside School. |
| 23 November 1974 | Concert venue transferred to Durham Town Hall. |
| 8 May 1976 | Florence Wilson steps down as orchestra leader. Her last performance with Durham Choral Society was of Judas Maccabeus by Handel. |
| 22 January 1977 | Tony Oliver takes over from Florence Wilson as Orchestra leader. |
| 27 January 1977 | Tony Borthwick first leads the orchestra. |
| 27 January 1979 | Raymond Hall's last concert as Durham Choral Society's conductor. |
| 19 May 1979 | Richard Brice's First concert as Raymond Hall's successor. |
| 2 May 1981 | Derek Downes first leads the orchestra. |
| 15 May 1982 | Dorothy Provine's first concert as orchestra leader. |
| 29 January 1983 | Concert venue moves to St Nicholas's Church, Durham. |
| 19 May 1984 | Durham Choral Society's first collaboration: they joined Bishop Auckland and District Choral Society for Elgar's Dream of Gerontius in Durham Cathedral. |
| 10 May 1986 | Thomas Allen sings Brahms's Song of Destiny and Requiem with Durham Choral Society in Durham Cathedral. |
| 16 May 1987 | Durham Choral Society celebrated their 25th Season (actually their 32nd season) with a "Silver Jubilee Concert" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, and Gillian Marshall,
Carole Wilson and Michael English as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor, featuring: Gloria by Vivaldi, Simple Symphony by Britten, Cantata for Chorus and
Choir by Anthony Elton and Chichester Psalms by Bernstein. |
| 6 February 1993 | Marianne Wade's first concert leading the orchestra. |
| 5 January 1998 | Durham Choral Society begins a rebranding process by creating an 'Image Development Brief', leading to the adoption of their distinctive yellow programmes. |
| 7 February 1998 | Susan Innes's first concert leading the orchestra. |
| 18 May 2002 | Durham Choral Society celebrate their 50th Season with a "Golden Jubilee Concert" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm, with an orchestra led by Susan Eaton, and Joanne Dexter and Jeremy Huw Williams as soloists,
and Richard Brice as conductor, featuring: The National Anthem arranged by Britten, Enigma Variations by Elgar and A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
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| 22 May 2004 | Durham Choral Society's first performance of Will Todd's Gala and Gloria, a piece commissioned from him by the Society. |
| 13 January 2011 | Search for Durham Choral Society's new Musical Director begins. |
| 19 May 2012 | Richard Brice’s last concert takes place at Durham Cathedral. Michael Summers takes over as Musical Director, and the orchestra is now led by Julia Boulton. |
| 8 December 2012 | Michael Summer’s first concert as Musical Director and conductor of Durham Choral Society is "An Evening of Festive Music" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm, performed with NASUWT Riverside Brass
Band. |
| 10 May 2014 | Will Todd’s Gala and Gloria is re-performed by Durham Choral Society at "Glorious Heritage: A concert celebrating the North East" in Durham Cathedral alongside
Canny at Neet, Bonny at Morn, a new commission by Will Lang. This is recorded and CDs are sold. |
| 28 January 2017 | Alongside Durham University Chamber Choir, Durham Choral Society gives the UK premiere of "Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin". |
Conductor
1947-1956 Conrad Eden
1963 Maurice Armsby
1965 Cedric Evans
1966-1979 Raymond Hall
1980-2012 Richard Brice
2012-date Michael Summers
Assistant Conductor
1966-1979 Richard Brice
2002-2011 Jean Whittaker
2013-2016 Clare Lawrence-Wills
2017-2018 Joe Schultz
2018-date Elizabeth Woods
Accompanist
1947 W.P. Binding
1948 Mrs H. Glatz
1955 Edward Cooper
1963 John Renney
1967-1972 John Robinson
1972-1979 Mrs R. Rogerson
1979-1982 M. Stone
1982-2013 Tom Rennie
2013-date Alison Gill
Assistant Accompanist
1998-2002 Robert Simpson
2002-2018 Edward Cheesman
2018-date Isaac Conroy
Chair
1947 Rev P.H. Cecil
1948-1949 Miss E. Blyth
1950-1951 L.G. Oldham
1951 G.E. Selby
1952 G. Nimmins
1955 T.W. Bell
1963 A.J. Cordery
1965-1968 Ralph E. Hebden
1968-1970 Mrs L. Hunter
1970-1973 Dr J.M. Smith
1973-1977 D. Ward
1977-1978 Mrs K.M. Beer
1978-1985 Mrs C. Stone
1985-1988 Miss I. Bryning
1988-1989 Mrs R. Taylor
1989-2005 John Goodwill
2005-2008 Joyce Jordan
2008-2015 Alison Curry
2015-2021 Kate Bailey
2021-date Val Wooff
Secretary
1947 J. Johnson
1947-1951 G.E. Selby
1955 Miss L. Hunter
1963 Mrs M.R. Armstrong
1965-2013 David Crookes
2013-2017 Val Wooff
2017-date Penny Middleton
Treasurer
1947-1955 C.R. Crowther
1963 W.C. McGuiness
1965-1973 J.A. Taylor
1973-1974 M.L. Hodgson
1974-1977 Mrs K.M. Beer
1977-1979 R.H. Hughes
1979-1987 Mrs K.M. Beer
1987-1989 David Baggott
1989-2012 Patrick Holroyd
2012-2018 Susan Massey
2018-date Janis Bell
Minutes of the Society's AGMs and committee meetings, with especially printed ephemera of concerts - programmes, flyers and posters - and some financial records, mainly cash books, and some material from mainly more recent years about the
administration of the Society.
Programmes, posters, minute books and some correspondence files 1947-2017 received as a gift from the Society from Kate Bailey, chair, on 31 December 2018 (Acc No Misc.2018/19:47) with further financial records received 21 November 2019 (Acc No
Misc.2019/20:44).
Always held by the Society
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Collections (e-mail pg.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible
with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
1. Minute books
2. Correspondence & administration (inc. election papers, grant bids & charitable status, concert preparation: venue info, choir members taking part in larger concerts)
3. Branding
4. Finances
5. Concert ephemera (inc. programmes, publicity/posters/flyers, reviews/ newspaper cuttings & concert assessment forms, recordings & sheet music)
6. Oversized ephemera
7. Contracts and hiring
Sorted, packaged, listed and input to XMetal by Florence Lockheart, 2019. Revised and enhanced by Michael Stansfield January 2022.
Appraised on receipt with duplicates being removed.
Expected.
Further copies of the early programmes 1947-1952 can be found in St Aidan College's archive at UND/F13/H11/3 and of the Society's cathedral concerts can be found in the Cathedral service papers archive at DCD/C/H.
DCS/1
Minute Books
DCS/1/A 1962 - 1963
Minutes, Constitutions and rules for Durham Choral Society
DCS/1/A1-2 7 June - 11 July 1962
2 copies of "Decisions of General Meetings held in the Town Hall on 7th June, 1962, and 11th July 1962". Issues resolved include: "Formation of Society and Name", "Appointment of President and Conductor", "Election of Officers", "Election of
Committee", "Annual Subscription", "Provision of Music", "Date and Place of First Rehearsal", "Status of Society", "Seasonal Performances" and "First Performance", which it was decided would be Haydn's
Creation.
DCS/1/A3-4 25 September 1963
2 copies of the agenda for an annual General Meeting of Durham Choral Society "at 7 p.m., in Room 40, No. 46 Saddler Street. Durham", presided over by the mayor of Durham. The agenda included a welcome to the mayor, a recap of the decisions made
in the general meetings of June and July 1962, "Committee's report", "Presentation of Audited financial accounts", "Election (or re-election) of officers and committee", "programme for 1964". In the first, handwritten additions include ticks next to
some items on the agenda as well as the note "Mr Armsby" added next to "programme for 1964". The second has more handwritten additions including names next to items on the agenda as well as a phone number for a "Mr Crookes."
DCS/1/A5 [25 September 1963]
Draft of the agendas Durham Choral Society in 3 and 4, with typed names next to agenda items as well as handwritten additions and names.
DCS/1/A6 [2 December 1963]
Handwritten list of the Durham Choral Society committee as it stood in June 1962, with additions and resignations added as well as a nomination for "Miss Armstrong".
DCS/1/A7 [26 September 1963]
List of names and addresses [to whom] "letters advising times of rehearsals" [had been sent] as well as a list of names and telephone numbers.
DCS/1/A8-9 25 September 1963
2 copies of the committee's report on the "Annual General Meeting" held "in room 40, No. 46 Saddler Street, Durham". Items included: "Performances during year", "Durham Music Festival", "Banking Arrangements", "Constitution and Rules", "Committee
Appointments, etc", "patrons", "Thanks due" and "Acknowledgment to Conductor & Accompanist", Mr Armsby and Mr J. Renney respectively.
DCS/1/A10 [September 1963?]
Draft Rules for Durham Choral Society with "words in brackets to be omitted or altered as desired". Aspects of the society covered in the rules include its: "Title", "aims and objects", "officers and committee", "management", "membership",
attendance, "Subscription", "Finance", "General Meeting" and "alteration of rules".
DCS/1/A11 [September 1963?]
Durham Choral Society Constitution and Rules covering the Society's: "Title", "aims and objects", "officers and committee", "management", "membership", "Subscription", "General Meeting", "alteration of rules" and "Interpretation of rules"`.
DCS/1/B 31 August 1963 - 2 October 2013
Durham Choral Society minute book of annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings, with pages added including annual reports and financial reports.
DCS/1/C 16 September 1964 - 1 December 1976
Durham Choral Society minute book of committee meetings, with proposed programmes, general accounts and annual reports taped onto pages.
DCS/1/D 9 November 1977 - 29 October 1979
Durham Choral Society minute book of committee meetings, under a quarter filled.
DCS/1/E 24 September 1979 - 25 April 1995
Durham Choral Society minute book of committee meetings, with minutes from 22 June 1994 meeting added in on printed paper.
DCS/1/F 15 June 1995 - 21 September 2004
Durham Choral Society minute book of committee meetings.
DCS/1/G 11 November 2004 - 24 May 2011
Durham Choral Society minute book of committee meetings.
DCS/1/H 1 October 2014 - 5 October 2016
Durham Choral society minutes of annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings.
DCS/1/H1-7 1 October 2014
Minutes, Agenda, Annual report, Independent examiner's report, Account balance and "notes for the minutes" from Durham Choral Society Meeting on 1 October 2014.
DCS/1/H8-9 6 May 2015
Minutes and calling notice for an "Extraordinary General Meeting" of Durham Choral Society on 6 May 2015.
DCS/1/H10-11 25 September 2015
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Durham Choral Society undertaken by Nigel Jackson as well as a summary of the Society's general accounts.
DCS/1/H12-15 7 October 2015
Minutes, annual report and account balance from a meeting of Durham Choral Society on 7 October 2015.
DCS/1/H16-17 30 September 2016
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Durham Choral Society undertaken by Nigel Jackson as well as a summary of the Society's general accounts.
DCS/1/H18 5 October 2016
Nomination form for Officer and Committee Nominations with the deadline of 26 September 2016.
DCS/1/H19 5 October 2016
Document giving notice that an Annual General Meeting of Durham Choral Society will be held during the rehearsal on 5 October 2016. The agenda will cover: "apologies for absence", "Minutes of 2015 AGM", "Matters Arising", "Chairman's Remarks",
"Adoption of Annual Report", "Adoption of Annual Financial Statement", "Election of Officers: Secretary", "Election of Committee Members", "Election of the independent examiner for the accounts"", "volunteers to help the committee members", "annual
subscription" and "singing lessons".
DCS/2
Society Administration
DCS/2/A 2011 - 2016
Election ephemera
DCS/2/A1 30 June 2011
Draft advert for a new Musical Director for Durham Choral Society. The advert comprises a brief description of the choir and a list of criteria the Musical Director should meet including: delivering "rehearsals that are challenging, productive
and enjoyable" and being responsible for "directing all rehearsals, conducting choir and orchestra at concerts and, working with the committee, selecting repertoire and soloists." The post carries an "honorarium". At the end of the draft there are
notes about what needs to be done to prepare for the interviews.
DCS/2/A2-3 30 June 2011
Draft advert for a new Musical Director for Durham Choral Society with a proposed timescale after the draft text. Following the proposed timescale, there is a longer advert with a list of publications in which it will be printed.
DCS/2/A4 [June] 2011
Document titled: "Next Season" with a list of events and their details.
DCS/2/A5-13 [June - September] 2011
Details of the selection process for the new Musical Director.
Closed under GDPR until 2092
DCS/2/A14 [c.2011]
"Background Notes" written by Val Wooff (Hon Secretary) explaining the election process for Durham Choral Society and the process of transition for introducing fixed terms for Committee Members. Also included is a list of Society committee
positions and whether they are filled or need an election.
DCS/2/A15 26 September 2016
Blank nomination form for the Officer and Committee Nominations for Durham Choral Society at the AGM in October 2016. Nominations are welcomed for one Honorary Secretary and five Committee Members.
DCS/2/A16-17 26 September 2016
Nomination forms filled out.
Closed under GDPR until 2092
DCS/2/A18-19 26 September 2016
Nomination form filled out by Val Wooff with attached handwritten note.
Closed under GDPR until 2092
DCS/2/A20-23 5 October 2016
Counting sheets for votes cast in Durham Choral Society Committee Elections in October 2016.
DCS/2/A24-103 5 October 2016
Ballot papers from Durham Choral Society Committee Elections in October 2016.
Closed under GDPR until 2092
DCS/2/A104 September 2019
Members ticket, with details of the programme for the season.
Card, 1f
DCS/2/B 1963 - 2016
Correspondence
DCS/2/B1 6 November 1963
Letter from J.H.S. Wild, the Dean of Durham, to Mr Crookes, secretary of Durham Choral Society, accepting his offer to be appointed the Vice President of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/B2 18 June 1964
Letter from T.A.K. Maunsell, Secretary of the National Federation of Music Societies, to D. Crookes, Esq, secretary of Durham Choral Society, accepting the application of Durham Choral Society to join the National Federation of Music Societies.
The Society will come within the North Eastern Region of the Federation, with the Secretary Mrs M.E. Thorburn.
DCS/2/B3 25 May 1994
Letter from Russell Jones, Director of the National Federation of Music Societies, to David Crookes Esq, secretary of Durham Choral Society, congratulating Durham Choral Society on a concert in [Durham] Cathedral on Saturday [21 May 1994] and
offering to reimburse Durham Choral Society for the drinks reception for the NFMS after the concert. Jones also talks about "John Mark Ainsley's VAT" and deems it "wholly unreasonable for [Durham Choral Society] to be charged this at all" and the
society's reputation should not be "sullied" by this debt.
DCS/2/B4 16 June 1994
Letter from Paul Patterson at Highgate in London to David Crookes, secretary of Durham Choral Society, thanking him for sending him a programme of
Mass of the Sea and apologising for not making it to Durham for the performance.
DCS/2/B5 17 February 1998
Letter from Vivien Pike at Sheffield to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, regarding her upcoming workshop with Durham Choral Society on 4 March 1998 and its costs.
DCS/2/B6-7 6 March 1998
Invoice from Vivien Pike at Sheffield to Durham Choral Society for a choral workshop on 4 March 1998 with an attached note from Pike thanking Durham Choral Society for inviting her to do a choral workshop and hoping the Society "benefitted from a
different approach".
DCS/2/B8 27 November 1998
Letter from Vivien Pike at Sheffield to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, thanking Durham Choral Society for inviting her to take a rehearsal. Pike includes an invoice for a choral workshop on 4 November 1998.
DCS/2/B9 29 November 1998
Letter from Vivien Pike at Sheffield to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, confirming about payment for choral workshops on 4 and 11 November 1998.
DCS/2/B10-11 17 November 1999
Letter from John R. Hughes at CPS Seating to Mr Goodwill of Durham Choral Society about invoicing for seating and staging for a concert in January 2000.
DCS/2/B12 7 April 2000
Letter from the Arts, Libraries and Museums Department at Branch Library in Durham to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, asking Durham Choral Society to confirm the details that the department have on their database. With the
handwritten addition that it had been answered on 13 April 2000.
DCS/2/B13 30 April 2000
Letter from Mr D.M. Brown of Storey Nicholson and Brown in Sunderland to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society about a legacy.
DCS/2/B14 28 June 2004
Letter from R.K. Partridge at West Ealing, London, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, sending him a recording of the May 2004 Durham Choral Society Concert and discussing how the CD will be presented and sold. He mentions
how much he enjoyed the event, having entered into it not knowing what to expect.
DCS/2/B15 2 February 2005
Letter from D. Mowbray-Pape on behalf of the Governing body of St Margaret's School on Crossgate Peth in Durham to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, informing Durham Choral Society that St Margaret's is intending to cease
allowing Durham County Council to lease out their premises.
DCS/2/B16 14 February 2005
Letter from Mary R. Hawgood, Mayor of Durham, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, congratulating Durham Choral Society on their recent concert and "well-deserved recognition by the University".
DCS/2/B17 12 May 2005
Letter from G. Lamb, pp on behalf of the Governing body of St Margaret's School on Crossgatte Peth in Durham, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, agreeing to Durham Choral Society's proposal of privately hiring the school
premises.
DCS/2/B18-19 30 November 2005
Letter from Linda Thompson, Bursar of Durham Johnston School, Durham, to Mr R. Brice at Durham City enclosing a contract [for hiring the school premises].
DCS/2/B20 10 December 2005
Letter from Raymond Hall to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, accepting the position of Vice President of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/B21 15 December 2005
Letter from Bill Bryson to Mr David Crookes accepting the position of Vice President of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/B22 7 February 2006
Letter from John G.T. Lightley, Mayor of Durham, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, congratulating Durham Choral Society on their January Concert and stating that it has been a great honour to be Durham Choral Society
president.
DCS/2/B23 9 February 2007
Printed out email from Mark Monument to David Crookes thanking Durham Choral Society for sending him Marks and Spencers vouchers and a letter of thanks.
DCS/2/B24-25 21 November 2011
Letter from Councillor Les Thompson, Mayor of Durham, to Mrs J. Ball, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, thanking Durham Choral Society for inviting him to attend Durham Choral Society's Golden Jubilee Dinner.
DCS/2/B26-27 11 February 2012
Emails re "Advertising publicity - progress report" regarding a Durham Choral Society concert press release and a list of publications that it has been sent to.
DCS/2/B28 27 May 2012
Letter from Janet Ball to David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, resigning from her post as Social Secretary of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/B29-30 10 June 2012
Letter from Janet Ball to David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, including a copy of the letter of complaint she sent to Bowburn Hall Hotel about the buffet held there on 25 May 2012. There is an attached letter from Crag Hoye,
General Manager of the Bowburn Hall Hotel, apologising for the complaint and promising to send a cheque.
DCS/2/B31 30 October 2012
Email regarding the adverts Durham Choral Society have bought to advertise their December concert.
DCS/2/B32 6 November 2012
Handwritten letter from Richard [Brice] to David [Crookes] accepting the position of Vice President of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/B33-37 3 December 2012
Print out of an email from Chris Higgins with the subject: "VC Bulletin #124" regarding, among other updates, Durham Choral Society's concert on 8 December 2012.
DCS/2/B38 1 January 2013
Letter from Thomas Allen at London accepting the position of Vice President of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/B39 6 July 2013
Email regarding applying for funding from the Making Music Project.
DCS/2/B40-41 2014[?]
Card with a picture of the Peak District National Park from Chris Webb, Project Treasurer for the "Elvet Methodist Church Project 2014-15 (The KEY Project)" at Brancepeth Close, Durham, to Susan Massey thanking Durham Choral Society for their
donation for the KEY project. With an enclosed paper with details of Elvet Methodist Church and the KEY project.
DCS/2/B42 21 January 2014
Letter from David Crookes to Val Wooff accepting the position of Vice President of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/B43 6 March 2014
Letter from Mrs V. Richardson, Mayor of Durham's Secretary, to Ms Wooff, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, thanking her for inviting the Mayor and Mayoress to attend the Durham Choral Society May 2014 Concert and asking them to complete a
form.
DCS/2/B44 23 April 2014
Letter from D. Hopper, Secretary of the Durham Miners Association, to Ms Wooff, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, thanking her for offering them two tickets for Durham Choral Society's performance of
Gala and Gloria and promising to distribute any publicity material that Durham Choral Society requires.
DCS/2/B45 30 April 2014
Letter from R.K. Partridge at West Ealing, to Ms Wooff, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, enclosing 3 CDs of the
Gala and Gloria; two copies of the Bells and a copy of Will Todd's pieces from 10 years ago.
DCS/2/B46 1 April 2014
Invoice from Ingramsounds in Gateshead to Will Lang for making a CD.
DCS/2/B47 15 May 2014
Letter from Councillor Jan and Mr Alan Blakely, Deputy Mayor and Consort, to Ms Wooff, Secretary of Durham Choral Society at Burnside, Durham, thanking her for the invitation to attend Durham Choral Society's May 2015 Concert and congratulating
everyone concerned.
DCS/2/B48 10 March 2015
Letter from Ed Mason, Chairman of the "Seaham, Dawdon and Vane Tempest Collieries Repair, Renewal and Preservation of Seaham's Mining Heritage" fund, to Mrs Sue Massey thanking Durham Choral Society for their donation to the fund.
DCS/2/B49-50 5 [May] 2016
Letter from Michael Sadgrove at Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, to Ms Wooff, [Secretary of Durham Choral Society at Burnside, Durham], accepting the offer to become Vice President of Durham Choral Society which was extended to him much earlier and
apologising for the tardiness of his reply. Attached is the original letter of 25 July 2015 from Val Woof on behalf of Durham Choral Society extending the offer to him.
DCS/2/B51 2 November 2016
Letter from Thomas Allen at London to Mrs Curry thanking her for sending him Durham Choral Society's future programme but apologising that he will not be able to attend the concert of the Verdi [to which he was invited].
DCS/2/B52 Undated
Letter from John Goodwill at Durham, to David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, accepting Durham Choral Society's invitation for him to become a Vice President.
DCS/2/B53 Undated
Letter from Rhian on behalf of The Thomas Coram Foundation for Children to Val thanking her for offering to distribute leaflets for the Foundation.
DCS/2/B54 Undated
Document titled: "Folk Influenced Work Durham Choral Society" with a list or plan for Durham Choral Society to do a folk influenced event with Will Laing.
DCS/2/B55 Undated
Blank reordering form for Will Laing's
Canny at Neet, Bonny at Morn and Will Todd's Gala and Gloria which should be filled out and returned to Sue Massey, Honorary Treasurer of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/C 1983 - 2016
Bids for membership of associations, grants and charitable status.
DCS/2/C1 1 August 1983
Letter from A. Hughes of The Charity Commission Northern Office at Graeme House, Liverpool, to D. Crookes Esq, regarding Crookes's letter of 23 July [1983]. Hughes adds details of amendments to be made to the [DCS] constitution before Durham
Choral Society can become a registered charity.
DCS/2/C2 12 December 1983
Letter from A. Hughes of The Charity Commission Northern Office at Graeme House, Liverpool, to D. Crookes Esq, confirming Durham Choral Society's successful registration as a charity.
DCS/2/C3-7 December 1983
A copy of the "Charities act 1960: Notes to assist in the completion of the form of application for registration"
DCS/2/C8-11 December 1983
Form entitled: "Charity Commission: statement of account", not filled in.
DCS/2/C12-13 December 1983
Leaflet entitled "Charity Accounts - Notes for charity trustees", intended as a checklist for the trustees of charities properly to maintain the Society's accounts.
DCS/2/C14 December 1983
A card detailing Durham Choral Society's charitable status information.
DCS/2/C15 14 December 1984
Letter from L. Cane of The Charity Commission Northern Office at Graeme House, Liverpool, to D. Crookes Esq, thanking him for sending him the Society's accounts and asking for details of the honoraria and donations made by Durham Choral Society.
Handwritten notes added giving details of the expenditures.
DCS/2/C16 12 February 1985
Letter from L. Cane of The Charity Commission Northern Office at Graeme House, Liverpool, to D. Crookes Esq, asking that amendments be made to the way Durham Choral Society does its accounts.
DCS/2/C17 1985[?]
Handwritten note with the Charity registration number of Durham Choral Society and their password.
DCS/2/C18 1 July 2008
Letter from The Charity Commission at Princes Parade, Liverpool to D. Crookes Esq, re access to the Charity Commission's online services.
DCS/2/C19 1997[?]
Handwritten calculations for the "projected costs for the A4E Express Application".
DCS/2/C20-23 28 April 1997
Photocopy of Durham Choral Society's completed A4E [Arts for Everyone] Express Application Form completed and signed by David Crookes.
DCS/2/C24-26 April 1997
Leaflet from the National Lottery Arts For Everyone Award Scheme giving guidance about what happens once an organisation has secured an A4E Grant for their project.
DCS/2/C26-31 16 July 1997
Letter from The Arts Council of England to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, offering the Society a grant of up to £1,300 towards their project as outlined in their application for the A4E Arts for Everyone] Express scheme.
This is subject to the Durham Choral Society's acceptance of the attached "National Lottery Arts For Everyone Standard Conditions of Grant".
DCS/2/C32 June 1997
Letter from the Arts Council of England giving advice about dealing with the press following their reception of an A4E Express award.
DCS/2/C33 1999
Letter from Rose Langer, A4E [Arts for Everyone] Finance Officer, at the Arts Council of England, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, advising Crookes that Durham Choral Society's A4E [Arts for Everyone] project Final Report
Form must be received by the Arts Council by 31 March 1999.
DCS/2/C34-40 25 February 2003
Photocopy of Durham Choral Society's completed application form for [a grant from Arts Council of England, North East] with a receipt for its printing attached.
DCS/2/C41 27 February 2003
Letter from Sharon Greaves, Administrator in Finance and Operations at the Arts Council England, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, acknowledging receipt of his application for financial assistance for a grant.
DCS/2/C42-43 18 March 2003
Letter from Mark Mulqueen, head of Performing Arts at Arts Council of England, North East, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, offering Durham Choral Society a grant towards the cost of commissioning new work. This is subject
to Durham Choral Society's acceptance of the attached conditions of financial assistance.
DCS/2/C44 27 January 2004
Receipt for an instalment of a sum granted to Durham Choral Society by Arts Council England "towards the cost of commissioning new work".
DCS/2/C45 2 February 2004
Letter from Jan Doherty, Director of Durham City Arts at Durham City, to Mr David Crookes, Secretary of Durham Choral Society, offering Durham Choral Society a grant towards publicity costs for the performance of the new piece of commissioned
work.
DCS/2/C46-64 23 May 2013
Documents associated with Durham Choral Society's unsucessful bid in the "Beyond Borders 2013" grant scheme by the PRS for Music Foundation.
DCS/2/C65-77 16 September 2016
Documents associated with Durham Choral Society's successful bid for a grant from the Mick Danby Music Fund towards "the development of the Musical Director by visiting Vienna to see the 'Defiant Requiem'.
DCS/2/C78 14 July 2016
Bank statement from HSBC for Durham Choral Society for 15 June to 14 July 2016.
DCS/2/D 1967 - 2015
Correspondence etc re concert preparations: venues, rehearsals, participation etc.
DCS/2/D1 1967
D[avid] Crookes' Membership Card as a Tenor 1, member No.148.
DCS/2/D2 12 March 1967
Performance instructions for Evensong at Sherburn House at 3.30pm. Pieces performed include:
O Saviour of the World (Goss), Psalm 23 (Gelineau version), My Song is Love Unknown, Ave Verum (Mozart),
O Sacred Head and When I survey.
DCS/2/D3 16 March 1967
Document titled "Programme notes on
Stabat Mater" giving a description of the piece, its composer, Dvorak, and its debut performance. Signed and dated by R.W. B[rice].
DCS/2/D4 16 December 1967
Performance Instructions for Durham Choral Society's Christmas Concert at Durham Town Hall at 7.30pm.
DCS/2/D5 21 December 1968
Performance Instructions for Durham Choral Society Christmas Concert in Durham Town Hall at 7.30pm, preceded by a rehearsal at 6.30pm. Note at the bottom of the page stating that "Rehearsals on Wednesdays at usual time in Room 128".
DCS/2/D6 21 December 1968
Performance Instructions for Durham Choral Society Christmas Concert in Durham Town Hall from 7.30pm to 9.00pm, with a rehearsal at 6.30pm and doors opening to the public at 7.00pm. There is also a rehearsal from 2.00pm to 3.30pm in "the Music
Department of Bede College".
DCS/2/D7 20 December 1969
Performers programme for Durham Choral Society's Christmas Concert in Durham Town Hall from 7.30pm to 9.00pm with a rehearsal at 4.00pm.
DCS/2/D8-11 [later 20th century]
Document titled "Staging for concerts and non-liturgical events in Durham Cathedral" with written information about concert staging on the first page and annotated photographs on the second and third. Attached is a seating plan for 111 seats plus
soloists and piano in the crossing area of [Durham Cathedral].
DCS/2/D12 [May] 2004
[Draft] questionnaire to be handed out to the audience of Durham Choral Society's performance of
Gala and Gloria.
DCS/2/D13-17 [2000s]
Elvet Methodist Church's Fire Precautions Document, covering "Fire procedures & Precautions", "Procedure for Occupiers of the Premises" and a "Sketch Plan Showing Locations of Fire Equipment and Services and Escape Routes from the
Premises".
DCS/2/D18-20 9 December 2009
Document written by Anne Heywood, Chapter Steward of the Cathedral, confirming with David Crookes, [Secretary] of Durham Choral Society, details of a Durham Choral Society concert on 23 January 2010, not signed.
DCS/2/D21 17 December 2009
Letter from Anne Heywood, Chapter Steward of Durham Cathedral, at The College, Durham, to Mr David Crookes, regarding "Concerts by Durham Choral Society" and confirming Durham Choral Society concerts on 29 January 2011, 21 May 2011, 28 January
2012 and 19 May 2012.
DCS/2/D22-3 January 2010
Durham Johnston School's "Letting and Communty Use Accessibility Statement."
DCS/2/D24-29 10 April 2012
Documents and correspondence regarding the booking of Elvet Rooms at Elvet Methodist Church Durham organised by Janet Ball on behalf of Durham Choral Society. Fees are waived in this case because Durham Choral Society usually donates half of the
proceeds of the concert to Elvet Methodist Church.
DCS/2/D30 26 April 2012
Print out of an email from Diane McIlroy, Marketing and Events Officer for Durham Cathedral, to David Crookes with the subject "Concert by Durham Choral Society" confirming their booking of the chapter house and main church from 13.15 until 21.00
on 25 January 2014.
DCS/2/D31 26 April 2012
Print out of an email from Diane McIlroy, Marketing and Events Officer for Durham Cathedral, to David Crookes with the subject "Concert by Durham Choral Society" confirming their booking of the chapter house and main church from 13.15 until 21.00
on 9 May 2014.
DCS/2/D32-33 22 January 2013
Letter from Diane McIlroy, Marketing and Events Officer for Durham Cathedral at The College, Durham, to David Crooks at Church Street, Durham, confirming the DCS's booking of Durham Cathedral and the Chapter House from 09.30 until 21.45 on 26
January 2013, with a breakdown of costs for the booking.
DCS/2/D34 22 January 2013
Contract between Durham Cathedral and David Crookes, for the hire of Durham Cathedral. Signed by D. McIlroy at The College, Durham.
DCS/2/D35 20 January 2014
Contract between Durham Cathedral and Durham Choral Society, for the hire of Durham Cathedral. Signed by A. Wooff and Diane McIlroy of The College, Durham.
DCS/2/D36-39 25 January 2014
Document titled: "Terms, Conditions and Information Sheet for Organisers booking an Event at Durham Cathedral or Precincts" regarding the event: "Durham Choral Society and Orchestra Concert - Beethoven
Missa Solemnis". Unsigned.
DCS/2/D40-8 13 July 2014
Flyer for a performance of a composition by Jonathan Willcocks commissioned by Singday for their 40th Anniversary as well as Fauré's
Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall at 7.00pm on 13 July 2014. Attached are documents about the booking of singing places for 13 members of Durham Choral Society to take part in the concert.
DCS/2/D49-55 12 July 2015
Flyer for a performance of
The Armed Man A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins as well as Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Mars and Jupiter from Holst's
The Planets performed by "The Really Big Chorus" at The Royal Albert Hall, plus documents about the booking of singing places for 15 members of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/2/D56-61 1967 - 1968
Promotional leaflets for Durham Choral Society, detailing officers, previous works performed, works to be performed in the upcoming season, information on the Society and its conductor, Raymond Hall, with a photo of him, for 1966-7 and [1967-8]
(2 copies).
3 paper leaflets, each 2f
DCS/2/D62 [1966 x 1968]
"At the Court of King Harold or We're Backing Britain" satirical verse, with amendments.
Paper, 1f
DCS/2/D63-70 [November 1965]
Photos by Fillinghams of [Durham Choral Society and Orchestra] rehearsing Handel's [Messiah] in Durham Cathedral: views down the nave, from the side of and behind the performers, in coats/jackets.
8 BW prints
DCS/3
Branding
DCS/3/A 1998 - 2000
Correspondence and documents regarding Durham Choral Society's various branding initiatives.
DCS/3/A1 5 January 1998
Durham Choral Society's "Image Development" brief.
DCS/3/A2 1998
Durham Choral Society's "Image Development" brief with the Durham Choral Society logo as a header.
DCS/3/A3-7 30 November 1998
Letter from Fiona Wilson Design, at Tillietudlem, Lanarkshire, to Durham Choral Society, regarding a design proposal for Durham Choral Society publicity material, with an attached programme, leaflet and 2 posters.
DCS/3/A8-12 6 December 1998
Letter from Fiona Wilson Design, at Tillietudlem, Lanarkshire, to Durham Choral Society c/o Mr David Crookes, regarding designs for Durham Choral Society which enclosed on 3 discs (not present). Attached are templates for a programme and poster,
as well as a letterhead.
DCS/3/A13 14 December 1998
Invoice from Edward Rutherford Consultancy at Ushaw Moor to Mr D. Crooks, for producing "Artwork and Output for Choral Society".
DCS/3/A14 17 February 1999
Letter from Flip-Side Design and Print at Lanark to David Crookes at Church Street, Durham, regarding the enclosed disc (missing) containing amended versions of designs for programmes and posters, also mentioning positive responses to the work
has recieved from choir and audience members.
DCS/3/A15-16 27 March 2000
Letter from Flip-Side Design and Print at Lanark to David Crookes, sending him 3 discs containing designs for Durham Choral Society's publicity. Attached is a business card for Fiona Wilson.
DCS/3/A17 [c.2000]
Folded paper with a strip of paper glued to it with the Durham Choral Society logo annotated by hand with "Letterhead you designed in gray/black".
DCS/3/A18-19 [c.2000]
2 print outs of panels for a Durham Choral Society leaflet and letter design.
DCS/3/A20 [c.2000]
Mock up of the yellow Durham Choral Society programme cover, with conductors' hands on the cover.
DCS/3/A21 [c.2000]
Mock up of the yellow Durham Choral Society programme cover with a drawing of a conductor on the cover.
DCS/3/A22 [c.2000]
Mock up of a Durham Choral Society programme cover with a photograph of a conductor, orchestra, and choir on the cover.
DCS/3/A23-25 [c.2000]
Durham Choral Society Stationery with a watermark of conductors' hands and logos of Durham Choral Society, Northern Arts and the National Federation of Music Societies. One sheet in greyscale and two in cream and yellow.
DCS/3/A26 [c.2000]
Labelled: "!Disc 2" with "bmp"s 1-5.
DCS/4
Finances
DCS/4/A 1962 - 2014
Account Books
17 paper books
DCS/4/A1 September 1965 - 1974
Durham Choral Society General Account and Concert Account.
Paper book with interpolated leaves
DCS/4/A2 1962 - 1977
Durham Choral Society account book detailing:
Members 1962, 1963 (with addresses), 1974
Patrons, subscribers, members and coffee mornings 1975-1977
Accounts for individual concerts 1964-1977
Statement of account for the year to 31 August 1964
Paper book, hard backed
DCS/4/A3 1963 - 1976
Durham Choral Society account book, detailing:
Petty cash 1963-1976
(reversed)
Members, patrons, subscribers 1963/4, 1964/5
Coffee mornings 1975, 1976
Paper book, soft backed
DCS/4/A4-14 1974 - 2014
Durham Choral Society main account cash books
4. 1974/75 - 1978/79
5. 1979/80 - 1984/85
6. 1984/85 - 1988/89
7. 1989/90 - 1991/92
8. 1991/92 - 1995/96
9. 1995/96 - 1998/99
10. 1998/99 - 2001/02
11. 2001/02 - 2004/05
12. 2005/06 - 2008/09
13. 2008/09 - 2011/12
14. 2011/12 - 2013/14
11 paper books, hard backed
DCS/4/A15-17 1984 - 2000
Durham Choral Society concert account cash books
15. 1984, 1986
16. 1988, 1992
17. 2000
3 paper books, hard backed
DCS/5
Concert Ephemera
DCS/5/A January 1947- June 1953
Book of publicity pieces and newspaper cuttings relating to the Durham City Choral Society, the first of which is a letter dated January 1947 from [Conrad Eden] at The College, Durham, garnering support for Durham Choral Society from a Mr Johnson
and the last of which is a newspaper cutting dated 6 June 1953.
DCS/5/B 1947 - 1949
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham City Choral Society concerts.
DCS/5/B1-4 14 May 1947
Programme for concert of "choral and orchestral music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society, the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society with Emily Fletcher and Charles Keeling as soloists and Conrad Eden as
conductor. Featuring:
Song of Miriam by Schubert, Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 6 in C Major by Schubert and Benedicite by
Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/B5-8 16 December 1947
Programme for concert of "choral music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society with Mary Worth, Veronica Mansfield, Cyril Brooks and Denis Weatherley as soloists
and Conrad Eden as conductor. Featuring:
The Christmas Oratorio (parts one, two and three) by J.S. Bach.
DCS/5/B9-14 2 November 1948
Programme for a "Choral and Orchestral Concert" held in Durham Town Hall at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society with Mary Crow and F.J. Parnaby as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor.
Featuring:
Concerto No. VII, For String Orchestra by G.F Handel, Three Elizabethan Part Songs by Thomas Ford, Orlando Gibbons and John Dowland, Dies Natalis, for Soprano Solo
and String Orchestra by Gerald Finzi, Three English Folk Songs by Vaughan Williams, The Highwayman; A Setting of Alfred Noyes' Poem for Chorus and Orchestra by Armstrong Gibbs,
Suite in D Minor for Solo Oboe and Strings by Robin Milford and Three Modern Part Songs by Edward Elgar.
DCS/5/B15-17 13 April 1949
Programme for a concert of
Stabat Mater (At the Foot of the Cross) by Anton Dvorak held in Durham Cathedral at 8.15pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society with Mary Crow, Ruby Fotheringham, Cecil
Lackey and Kenneth Tudor as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor.
DCS/5/B18-23 14 December 1949
Programme for a concert of "Christmas Music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society with Gilbert Heyes, F.J. Parnaby and Joy Gregory as soloists and Conrad Eden as
conductor. Featuring:
Prelude - Music for Strings and Piano by Julius Harrison, Come All You Worthy Gentlemen, Fantasia on Christmas Carols by R. Vaughan Williams,
Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep, This Endris Night I Saw a Sight, I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In and Christmas Cantata By
Geoffrey Bush.
DCS/5/C 1950 - 1959
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham City Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/C1-4 13 December 1950
Programme for a concert of "Music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society led by Florence Wilson, with June Wilson, Alexander Young, Lily Kettlewell and Gordon
Holdom as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor. Featuring:
Te Deum Laudamus in D by Henry Purcell, Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20 by Edward Elgar, The Music Makers by Edward Elgar, Symphony No. VIII in D Minor by William Boyce and Sixth Chandos Anthem - O Praise the Lord with One Consent by George Frederick Handel.
DCS/5/C5-8 14 March 1951
Programme for a concert of
The Passion of Our Lord According to St Matthew by J.S. Bach held in Durham Cathedral at 7pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Colleges Choral Society with Jean Bradbury, Ruby Fotheringham,
George Armitage and Charles Keeling as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor.
DCS/5/C9-14 18 December 1951
Programme for a concert of "Christmas Music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society led by Florence Wilson, with Joyce Gow, F.J. Parnaby, Cyril Maude and Alan C.
Barber as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor. Featuring:
As With Gladness, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Blest Withouten Match, Twas in a Cave, The Grasmere
Carol by Arthur Somerville, Wachet Auf by J.S. Bach, Cantata Pastorale per la Nativita by Alessandro Scarlatti, Three Christmas Carols from Russia
arranged by Alfred Whitehead, Once in Royal David's City, Süsser Trost by J.S. Bach, The Holly and The Ivy by Rutland Boughton, The
Little Road to Bethlehem by Michael Head, Welcome Yule by Hubert Parry, God Rest You Merry, Christmas Cantata by Geoffrey Bush and
The First Nowell.
DCS/5/C15-16 23 October 1952
Programme for a concert held in The Town Hall, Durham, at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society led by Florence Wilson, with Joyce Elshaw and Tom Hall as soloists and Conrad Eden and Gordon
Yockney as conductors. Pieces:
National Anthem, Denbigh Suite for String Orchestra by Gordon Jacob, O Come You from Newcastle, Polly Willis by Thomas Arne,
Sweet Honey Sucking Bees by John Wilbye, Concerto for Piano & Strings by Walter Leigh, Lullaby by Robert Groves, The North
Countrie by Armstrong Gibbs, Two Aquarelles by Frederick Delius, Swansea Town and Bring us Good Ale both by Gustav Holst and A Cotswold Romance (Hugh the Drover) by R. Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/C17-20 18 December 1952
Programme for a concert of "Christmas Music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society led by Florence Wilson, with Patricia Green, Alan Hoyle, Cyril Maude and J. Duncan
Johnston as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor. Featuring:
As With Gladness, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Blest Withouten Match, The Grasmere Carol by Arthur Somerville,
Cantata by Deitrich Buxtehude, Four Fantasia for Strings by Orlando Gibbons, Three Christmas Carols from Russia arranged by Alfred Whitehead,
God Rest You Merry, O Praise the Lord by Mozart, The Holly and The Ivy by Rutland Boughton, The Little Road to Bethlehem by
Michael Head, Welcome Yule by Hubert Parry, The Holy Babe by Thomas Dunhill, The Little King by Eric Fogg, Te Deum Laudamus
by Arnold Bax and The First Nowell.
DCS/5/C21-24 21 May 1955
Programme for a concert of
The Creation by Haydn held in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society led by Florence Wilson with Cyril Brooks, Lawson Henderson, Cyril Maude
and Edward Cooper as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor.
DCS/5/C25-26 27 November [1955]
Programme for a concert of "An Hour's Music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7.45pm. Performed by Durham City Choral Society and the Cathedral Choir, with Florence Wilson, Robert Lawson Henderson, and Cyril Maude as soloists. Featuring: Peter Philips
Motet, J.S. Bach Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano, [J.S. Bach] Motet, Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, William Harris
Motet, Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb.
Paper, 2f
DCS/5/C27-28 12 May 1956
Programme for a concert of
Belshazzar by G.F. Handel held in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and a String Orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Patricia Green, Allwyn Best, R. Lawson Henderson and Cyril
Maude as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor.
DCS/5/D 1963 - 1969
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/D1-2 17 May 1963
Programme for a concert of
Requiem by Brahms held in Durham Cathedral at 8.00pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with Aileen Robinson and Robert Henderson as soloists and Maurice Armsby as conductor. Featuring: The
Blessed Virgin's Expostulation by Purcell, Alleluia by Mozart and Requiem by Brahms. Listed also are the patrons and committee of Durham Choral Society as well as its members,
singing and non-singing.
DCS/5/D3-4 9 December 1964
Programme for a concert of
Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach held in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson and Lesley Wood, Edmund Bohan and Michael Wakeham as soloists and
Cedric Evans as conductor.
DCS/5/D5-8 27 November 1965
Programme for a concert of
The Messiah by Handel held in Durham Cathedral at 7.00pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra led by Joseph Segal and with Jennifer Vyvyan, Lesley Wood, Duncan Robertson and
Hervey Allan as soloists and Cedric Evans as conductor.
DCS/5/D9-12 6 May 1966
Programme for a concert of
Sixth Chandos Anthem by Handel and Requiem Mass by Mozart held in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Mrs F. Wilson and with Carol
Andrew, Marion Atkinson, Sam Scorer and Brian Tindale as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/D13-21 26 November 1966
Programme, uncorrected proof and a poster for a concert of "Works of Brahms, Elgar, Mozart, Parry and Vaughan Williams" held in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson and
Sheila Armstrong as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Song of Destiny by Brahms, Motet: Exsultate, Jubilate by Mozart, Blest Pair of Sirens by Parry, Serenade for Strings by Elgar
and Benedicite by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/D22 November 1966
Cutting of a newspaper article reviewing Durham Choral Society's concert of 26 November 1966.
DCS/5/D23-27 6 May 1967
Programme and poster for a concert of
Stabat Mater by Dvorak held in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson and with Carol Andrew, Marion Atkinson, Kenneth Ormston and Brian Tindale as
soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/D28-32 25 November 1967
Programme and a poster for a concert in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson and with Duncan Robertson as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Toward the Unknown Region by E. Vaughan Williams, Deeper and Deeper still, Waft Her, Angels by Handel, Two pieces for String
Orchestra by William Walton, Two Psalms by Gustav Holst and Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast by Coleridge-Taylor.
DCS/5/D33-39 16 December 1967
Flyer for a "Special Christmas Concert" held in Durham Town Hall at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with Lillian Plunkett as soloist and Raymond Hall as conductor. The flyer advertises that "the programme will be designed to please
all ages and tastes." With a programme, featuring carols, during some of the audience can participate.
DCS/5/D40-44 4 May 1968
Programme and a flyer for a concert held in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00 pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Noelle Barker and Adrian de Peyer as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Song of Miriam by Schubert, Hymn of Praise by Mendelssohn.
DCS/5/D45-49 30 November 1968
Programme and a flyer for a concert held in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00 pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Lesley Rooke and Alan Ward as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/D50 November 1968
Cutting of a newspaper article reviewing Durham Choral Society's concert of 30 November 1968.
DCS/5/D51 29 November 1968
Publicity piece written for the Durham Advertiser by Mrs P. Smith, of Belmont, Durham, Publicity Secretary [of Durham Choral Society ] Labelled by hand "Press Publicity Nov 68"
DCS/5/D52-54 December 1968
Press report about Durham Choral Society's concert of 30 November 1968.
DCS/5/D55-61 3 May 1969
Programme and a flyer for a concert of "Choral and Orchestral Music" held in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00 pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Lillian Plunkett as soloist and Raymond Hall as
conductor. Featuring:
Zadok the priest by Handel, For the Fallen by Elgar, Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra by Tchaikovsky, Concerto in G minor
for Organ, Strings and Timpani by Poulenc, Festival Te Deum by Britten, Adagio for String Orchestra by Barber, and Blest Pair of Sirens by
Parry.
DCS/5/D62 2 May [1969]
Press release for the Durham Advertiser advertising the Durham Choral Society concert on 3 May 1969. Signed by Mrs P. Smith, Publicity Secretary [for Durham Choral Society].
DCS/5/D63-68 29 November 1969
Programme and a flyer for a concert of
The Dream of Gerontius by Elgar held in Elvet Methodist Church, Durham and St James's Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Margaret Cooper, Wynford
Evans and Donald Stephenson as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor. With an interpolated newspaper cutting [from the Durham Advertiser] about Wynford Evans visiting Durham.
DCS/5/D70-71 20 December 1969
Programme and a handwritten draft advertisement for a concert of "Christmas Music" held in Durham Town Hall at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with Lillian Plunkett as soloist, Valerie Potter on the harp and Richard Brice and
Raymond Hall as conductors. "The programme includes
'A ceremony of Carols' by Benjamin Britten" as well as "carols by the choir and for the audience".
DCS/5/E 1970 - 1979
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/E1 1 May 1970
Newspaper page with an article covering the projected programme and soloists for the Durham Choral Society concert on 2 May 1970 in Wearside Secondary School.
DCS/5/E2-7 2 May 1970
Programme for a concert of Mendelssohn's
Elijah in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Noelle Barker, Anne Collins, John Sharrocks and Jolyon Dodgson as soloists, and
Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/E8-13 28 November 1970
Programme for a concert in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 8.00 pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Lesley Rooke and Donald Stephenson as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Requiem by Brahms, Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams and Dives and Lazarus by Alun Hoddinott.
DCS/5/E14-15 [November] 1970
Newspaper clippings containing reviews by David Parkes and David Robson of Durham Choral Society's concert [on 28 November 1970].
DCS/5/E16-17 28 November 1970
Ticket and a programme for Durham Choral Society concert of
Requiem by Brahms as well as pieces by Vaughan Williams and Hoddinott held in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 8.00 pm.
DCS/5/E18 [November 1970]
Typed [draft] review by David Parkes of [Durham Choral Society's concert on 28 November 1970] with a handwritten note at the bottom "Thought you'd like to see this & many thanks for a [sure party?]".
DCS/5/E19 [November 1970]
Photocopy of a newspaper article: the published version of DCS/5/E18.
DCS/5/E20-27 8 May 1971
Programme (2 versions) and a ticket for a concert of "Mozart" held in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Carol Andrew, Michael Hunt, Susan Dobson and Brian
Tindale as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Versae Solemnes de Confessore in C major (K. 339) and Requiem in D minor, both by Mozart.
DCS/5/E28-35 27 November 1971
Programme, poster and a flyer for a concert of "Elgar, Monteverdi, Brahms and Kodaly" held in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Alfreda Hodgson as
soloist, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Te Deum by Kodaly, Rhapsody for Contralto, Male Chorus and Orchestra (Op. 53) by Brahms, Beatus Vir by Monteverdi and The Music
Makers by Elgar.
DCS/5/E36 15 December 1971
Ticket for Durham Choral Society' "A Carol Party" at County Scout Headquarters, Moor House, West Rainton at 8.00 pm.
DCS/5/E37-42 6 May 1972
Programme (2 versions) amd a ticket for a concert of
Samson by Handel held in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Caroline Crawshaw, Duncan Robertson, John Bettley and Richard
Angas as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/E45 12 May 1972
Newspaper page from the [Durham Advertiser] with 2 photos of Durham Choral Society's performance of Handel's
Samson.
DCS/5/E46-56 25 November 1972
Programme (2 versions, with an insert stating that, "due to the non-arrival of orchestral parts in time for this concert" the
Five Mystical Songs will be performed with Piano Accompaniment), and a ticket for Durham Choral Society's "Tenth Anniversary Concert" held in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral
Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Nicolette Savage and John Noble as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring: Song of Destiny by Brahms, For the Fallen by
Elgar, Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams and Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/E57-64 1 December 1973
Programme, flyer and a ticket for a concert of
The Creation by Haydn in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Carol Andrew, John Sharrocks and Denis Weatherley as soloists,
and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/E65-69 11 May 1974
Programme and ticket for a concert of "Handel, Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Warlock" in Wearside Secondary School, Durham, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Jane McDouall as
soloist, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Four Coronation Anthems by Handel, Motet: Exsultate, Jubilate by Mozart, Capriol Suite for String Orchestra by Warlock and In Windsor
Forest by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/E70-75 23 November 1974
Programme, flyer and ticket for a concert of
Messiah by Handel in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Mavis Robson, Frances Mungovin, John Sharrocks and Leonard Lynch as soloists,
and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/E78-83 10 May 1975
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of "Elgar and Lennox Berkeley" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Anne Collins as soloist "(who appears by permission
of the English National Opera)", and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
The National Anthem arranged by Elgar, Signs in the Dark by Lennox Berkeley, Sea Pictures by Elgar and The Musicmakers by
Elgar.
DCS/5/E84-89 29 November 1975
Programme, flyer and ticket for a concert of "Beethoven, Vivaldi and Bach" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Pamela Priestley Smith, Ronald Murdock, Elizabeth
Anne Black and Kenneth Burgess as soloists, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Gloria by Vivaldi, Cantata No.140: Wachet Auf by Bach and Mass in C Major, Op 86 by Beethoven.
DCS/5/E90-95 8 May 1976
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of
Judas Maccabeus by Handel in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Carol Andrew, Doreen Walsh, John Gallagher and Dennis Weatherley as
soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring: Judas Maccabeus by Handel. Note at the end of the programme stating that this "will be the last occasion on which Mrs. Wilson will lead the orchestra at our concerts"
and wishing her a happy retirement.
DCS/5/E96-101 22 January 1977
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of "Rossini, Mozart and Schubert" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Oliver, with Margaret Clark, Elizabeth Kessler, Kenneth Ormston
and Leonard Lynch as soloists, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Overture: L'Italiana in Algeri by Rossini, Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore K.339 by Mozart, Mass No.5 in A flat D.678 by Schubert.
DCS/5/E102-107 14 May 1977
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of
St. John Passion by J.S. Bach in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Oliver, with Andrew King, Iain Ward Campbell, Maureen Cunningham, Anne Marie Owens,
Martin Pickering and Paul Parfitt as vocal soloists, Katherine Clarke, John Treherne and Rosalins Rogerson as instrumental soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/E108-113 20 November 1977
Programme, ticket and flyer for "A Concert of English Music" in the Town Hall, Durham at 8.00pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Oliver, with Diana Crockford as soloist, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as
conductors. Pieces:
Hierusalem by Dyson, Pastoral (Lie Strewn the White Flocks) by Bliss, St Paul's Suite for String Orchestra by Holst and Benedicite by Vaughan Williams .
DCS/5/E114-118 10 June 1978
Programme and ticket for a concert of
Stabat Mater by Dvorak in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with Sarah McCall, Myra Sanders, John Sharrocks and David Morrison as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/E119-122 27 January 1979
Programme for a concert of
Messiah by Handel in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick, with Alison Graham, Maureen McCauley, John Gallagher and Leonard Lynch as soloists,
and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/5/E123-127 19 May 1979
Programme and ticket for a concert of "Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Coleridge Taylor" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with Brian Ashe and Stephen Newton as soloists, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as
conductors. Pieces:
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast by Coleridge Taylor, Toward the Unknown Region by Vaughan Williams and The Spirit of England by Elgar.
DCS/5/F 1980 - 1989
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/F1 26 January 1980
Ticket for a concert of
Messiah by Handel in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.15 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society.
DCS/5/F2-6 17 May 1980
Programme and ticket for a "Choral and Orchestral Concert" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Alison Graham and Hazel Thompson as vocal soloists, Peter Bell as
Trumpet soloist and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Gloria by Vivaldi and Trumpet Concerto in Eb by Haydn, Song of Miriam by Schubert, Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/F7-14 24 January 1981
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of
The Creation by Haydn in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Marian Aitchison, Brian Ash and Leonard Lynch as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/F15-19 2 May 1981
Programme and flyer for a "Choral and Orchestral Concert" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Maureen McCauley and Claire Smith as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor. Featuring:
Jesu, Priceless Treasure by J.S. Bach and Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major (K.412) by W.A. Mozart, Rhapsody for Contralto Solo, Male Chorus and Orchestra, Op
53 by Brahms and The Rio Grande by Constant Lambert.
DCS/5/F20-29 23 January 1982
Programme, ticket, flyer and lyrics for a concert of "Handel, Vivaldi and Elgar" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Anne Collins and Maureen McCauley as
soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Dixit Dominus by Handel, Salve Regina by Vivaldi and The Musicmakers by Elgar.
DCS/5/F30-37 15 May 1982
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of
St Paul by Mendelssohn in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Dorothy Provine with Joan Addison, David Beall and Leonard Lynch as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/F38-45 29 January 1983
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of "Pergolesi, Strauss and Mozart" in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Vanessa Tate, Louise Winter, Paul Nilon
and Stephen Richardson as vocal soloists "(who appear by the kind permission of the Principal, Royal North College of Music)", and with Christopher Senior as horn soloist and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Magnificat in B flat by Pergolesi, Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 11 by Strauss and Requiem Mass in D minor, K.626 by Mozart.
DCS/5/F46-52 14 May 1983
Programme and flyer for a concert of "Haydn, Beethoven and Parry" in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Margaret Clarke, Elizabeth Kessler, Brian Ash and
Clive Constance as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Mass in C (In Time of War) by Haydn, Choral fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra (Op. 80) by Beethoven and Blest Pair of Sirens by Parry.
DCS/5/F53-61 28 January 1984
Programme, ticket, flyer and newspaper cutting for a concert of
Te Deum in D by Purcell, Saint Nicholas by Britten and Incidental Music to Abdelazar by Purcell in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the
Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick and Joseph Cornwell as soloist, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/F62-76 19 May 1984
Programme, ticket ordering form, tickets, and flyer for a concert of
Dream of Gerontius by Elgar in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Bishop Auckland and District Choral Society, with Durham Sinfonia led by Derek Downes with Maureen McCauley, John
Hancorn and Kenneth Woollam as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/F77-85 26 January 1985
Programme and flyer for a concert of
Israel in Egypt by Handel in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Simon Gay, Andrew King, Carol Andrew, Maureen McCauley, Kim
Jones and Richard Hillier as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/F86-94 18 May 1985
Programme, tickets and flyer for an "Anniversaries concert" of "Schutz, Handel and Bach" in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Julia Parrott, Christine
Bryan-Ang, Adrienne Murray, Gareth Lloyd and Christopher Duke as soloists, appearing "by kind permission of the Principal, Royal Northern College of Music", and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
The Seven Last Words From the Cross by Schutz, Organ Concerto in B flat Major (Op. 4, No. 2) by Handel and Magnificat in D Major, B.W. V. 243 by Bach.
DCS/5/F95-105 25 January 1986
Programme, tickets and flyer for a concert of "Verdi, Poulenc and Mozart" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Anne Dawson and James Lancelot as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Stabat Mater - Te Deum by Verdi, Misera dove son? Ah! non son io che parlo (K.369) by Mozart, Concerto in G minor for organ, strongs and timpani by Poulenc
and Gloria in G major for soprano, chorus and orchestra by Poulenc.
DCS/5/F106-118 10 May 1986
Programme with an insert noting that "the sponsorship of this concert by Ramside Estates Ltd. and Barnfather & Wilkes Ltd. has been recognised by an Award", tickets and a flyer for a concert of Brahms's
Song of Destiny and Requiem in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Bishop Auckland Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Jill
Gomez and Thomas Allen as soloists, and Alfred Liddle as conductor.
DCS/5/F119-132 24 January 1987
Programme, flyer and tickets for a concert of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Sheila Armstrong, Jean Rigby, Andrew King and John Hancorn as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/F133-141 16 May 1987
Programme and flyer for a "Silver Jubilee Concert" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Gillian Marshall, Carole Wilson and Michael English as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Gloria by Vivaldi, Simple Symphony by Britten, Cantata for Chorus and Choir by Anthony Elton and Chichester Psalms by
Bernstein.
DCS/5/F142-152 20 November 1987
Programme, tickets and a flyer for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Tracey Chadwell, Simon Gay, Joseph Cornwell and Stewart Buchanan as soloists, and Richard Brice
as conductor.
DCS/5/F153-161 27 February 1988
Programme and flyer for a concert of Verdi's
Requiem in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm 27 February 1988 and Newcastle City Hall at 7.30 pm 28 February 1988. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and the Newcastle Upon Tyne Bach Choir Society, with an orchestra led
by Derek Downes (Durham) and Anthony Borthwick (Newcastle) with Janice Cairns, John Mitchinson, Anne-Marie Owens and William Shimell as soloists. Conducted by Richard Brice (Durham) and Eric Cross (Newcastle).
DCS/5/F162-163 19 March 1988
National Federation of Music Societies "Concert Assessment Form for Performing Societies" for the Durham Choral Society concert 7.30 pm 20 November 1987 at Durham Cathedral, filled out by Maria Roberts.
DCS/5/F164-171 21 May 1988
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of "Fauré, Haydn, Bach and Hoddinott" in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Lorna Anderson, Peter Langham Evans and
Paul Beniston as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring
Cantata No.51. Jauchzet Gott in allen landen by Bach, Dives and Lazarus by Hoddinott, Trumpet Concerto in E flat by Haydn and Requiem by Fauré.
DCS/5/F172-178 20 January 1989
Programme and flyer for a concert of "Mozart" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Tracey Chadwell, Una Barry, Paul Nilon and Jonathan Coad as vocal soloists and Jean
Owen as instrumental soloist, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Bassoon concerto in B flat, Concert Aria: Misero! O Sogno, K.431 and Mass in C minor, all by Mozart.
DCS/5/F179 21 January 1989
National Federation of Music Societies "Concert Assessment Form for Performing Societies" for the Durham Choral Society concert [7.30 pm 20 January 1989] at Durham Cathedral, filled out by Adrian Officer.
DCS/5/F180-191 13 May 1989
Programme, ticket and flyer for a concert of "Parry, Mathias and Vaughan Williams" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Anne Dawson, Jason Howard and James Lancelot as
soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Blest pair of Sirens by Parry, Organ Concerto, (Op. 91) by Mathias, and A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/F192-198 11 November 1989
Programme and flyer for a concert of Mendelssohn's
Elijah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Christine Bunning, Anne Collins, Barry Banks and Peter Langham Evans as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G 1990 - 1999
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/G1-7 24 February 1990
Programme and flyer for a concert of "Bruckner, Bach and Haydn" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Lorna Anderson, Maureen McCauley, John Mark Ainsley and Mark
Wildman as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Cantata No. 80, Ein Feste Burg by J.S> Bach, Te Deum by Anton Bruckner and Mass in B Flat Major ('Harmoniemesse') by Haydn.
DCS/5/G8 26 February 1990
National Federation of Music Societies "Concert Assessment Form for Performing Societies" for the Durham Choral Society concert 7.30 pm 24 February 1990 at Durham Cathedral, filled out by Marian Roberts.
DCS/5/G9 26 February 1990
Photocopied article from the Sunderland Echo by Roy Horabin covering the Durham Choral Society's performance on 24 February 1990.
DCS/5/G10-16 26 May 1990
Programme and flyer for a concert in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Mary Plazas, Joana Burton, William Turner, Lynton Atkinson and Lynton Black as
soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring: Handel's
Vesper Psalms, Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri and Nisi Dominus, and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir.
DCS/5/G17-23 10 November 1990
Programme and flyer for a concert of
The Creation by Haydn in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Julia Gooding, Richard Edgar-Wilson and Paul Parfitt as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G24-32 23 February 1991
Programme and flyer for a concert of Elgar's
The Dream of Gerontius in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Debra Stuart, Andrew King and Lynton Black as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/5/G33 24 February 1991
National Federation of Music Societies "Concert Assessment Form for Performing Societies" for the Durham Choral Society concert 7.30 pm 23 February 1991 at Durham Cathedral, filled out by H.J. Reay.
DCS/5/G34-40 18 May 1991
Programme and flyer for a concert of Mozart's
Coronation Mass, Flute Concerto in D and Vesperae de Dominica in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led
by Derek Downes and with Micaela Haslam, Karen Murray, Graham Russell and William Mackie as vocal soloists, and Ileana Ruhmann as instrumental soloist, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G41-49 23 November 1991
Programme and flyer for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Mary Plazas, William Turner, Huw Rhys Evans and Laurence Whitehead as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G50-60 29 February 1992
Programme and flyer for a concert of Britten's
War Requiem in Durham Cathedral on 29 February 1992 and in Newcastle City Hall on 1 March 1992 at 8.00 pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Bach Choir and Choristers from the Cathedral Church
of St Nicholas [Newcastle], with an orchestra led by Noel Broome and Marion Hillier and with Melanie Armitstead, Martyn Hill and Johannes Mannov as soloists, and Eric Cross and Richard Brice as conductors.
DCS/5/G61 3 March 1992
National Federation of Music Societies "Concert Assessment Form for Performing Societies" for the Durham Choral Society and Newcastle Bach Choir concert 8.00 pm 1 March 1992 at Newcastle City Hall, filled out by Vivien Wrack.
DCS/5/G62-68 6 June 1992
Programme (2 versions) for a concert of "Palestrina, Bliss and Vaughan Williams" in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Maureen McCauley as vocal soloist and
Peter Barker as flute soloist, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Benedicite by Vaughan Williams, Stabat Mater by Palestrina, Pastorale by Bliss and Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/G69 June 1992
Photocopy of a newspaper page reviewing Durham Choral Society's concert at St Nicholas's Church on 6 June 1992.
DCS/5/G70-76 6 February 1993
Programme (2 versions) for a concert of "Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Marianne Wade and with Tracey Chadwell, Margaret McDonald, Ian Bostridge and
Laurence Whitehead as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
The Consecration of the House by Beethoven, Vesperae Soemnes de Confessore by Mozart and Mass in Eb Major in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary (The Great Organ
Mass) by Haydn.
DCS/5/G77-83 1 May 1993
Programme and flyer for a concert of Mozart's
Litany of the Blessed Sacrament (K.243) and C.P.E. Bach's Magnificat in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with
Debra Skeen, Valeri Macfarlane, David Newman and David Stephenson as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G84-90 29 January 1994
Programme for a concert of "Beethoven, Handel and Kodaly" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Carole Court, Jane Irwin, Peter Evans and Matthew Brook as soloists, and
Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Jubilate for the Peace of Uthrecht by Handel, Te Deum (Budavari) by Kodaly and Mass in C Major (op. 86) by Beethoven.
DCS/5/G91-96 21 May 1994
Programme for a concert of "Patterson, Britten and Stanford" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Margaret Preece and Henry Hertford as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor. Featuring:
Mass of the Sea by Patterson, Four Sea Interludes from the Opera Peter Grimes Op.33a by Britten and Songs of the Fleet (Op. 117) by Stanford.
DCS/5/G97-103 4 February 1995
Programme and flyer for a concert of "Fauré, Poulence and Bizet" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Jennifer Westwood, Alan Beck and Julian Tovey as soloists, and
Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Te Deum by Bizet, Gloria in G major for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra by Poulenc and Requiem by Fauré.
DCS/5/G104-110 20 May 1995
Programme and flyer for a concert of Elgar's
The Kingdom in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Tracey Chadwell, Margaret Cable, Ian Thompson and Christoper Keyte as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G111-117 9 December 1995
Programme and flyer for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Ruth Gomme, Rupert Damerell, Daniel Norman and Mark Campbell Griffiths as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G118-126 24 February 1996
Programme and flyer for a concert of "Mozart" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes with Micaela Haslam, Alison Rodger, Andrew Burden, Thomas Barnard, Ileana Ruhemann and
Gillian Tingay as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Kyrie in D minor (K.341), Concerto for Flute and Harp (K. 299) and Requiem Mass in D minor (K.626), all by Mozart.
DCS/5/G127 3 June 1996
National Federation of Music Societies "Concert Assessment Form for Performing Societies" for the Durham Choral Society concert 24 February 1996 at Durham Cathedral, filled out by J.A. Chapman.
DCS/5/G128-133 8 June 1996
Programme for a concert of "Music for a June Evening" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Beatus Vir by Monteverdi, Hymn to St Cecilia (Op.27) by Britten and Cantique de Jean Racine (op.11) by Fauré.
DCS/5/G134-142 25 January 1997
Programme for a concert of "Brahms'
Song of Destiny, Strauss' German Requiem and Four Last Songs" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led
by Jean Provine with Julia Gooding and Lynton Black as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Additonal note added introducing MetroMail ltd as a "corporate member" of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/5/G143-151 3 May 1997
Programme and flyer for a concert of Stravinsky's
Symphony in Three Movements and Symphony of Psalms and Orff's Carmina Burana in Abbey Road Sports Centre at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society,
with the boys of Durham Chorister School, an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Maria Bovine, Daniel Norman and Adrian Clarke as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G152 2 June 1997
National Federation of Music Societies (Northern) "Assessment Form for Performing Societies" for the Durham Choral Society concert in Abbey Road Sports Centre at 7.30 pm, filled out by J.A. Chapman.
DCS/5/G153-161 7 February 1998
Programme and flyer for a concert of Bach's
St Matthew Passion in Durham Cathedral at 7.00 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine and Sue Innes with Eugene Ginty, Glennville Hargreaves, Diana Palmerston, James Huw
Jeffries, Robert Burt and Jonathan Gunthorpe as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G162-168 25 April 1998
Programme and flyer for a concert of Verdi's
Four Sacred Pieces and Elgar's The Music Makers in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Louise Mott as soloist,
and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G169-172 13 June 1998
Programme for a concert in St Peter's Campus, University of Sunderland at 7.30 pm. Performed by the New Tyneside Orchestra, led by Michael Smith and conducted by Stephen Pettitt, and the Durham Choral Society and Susanna Glanville as soloist.
Featuring:
Missa in C K.317 'Coronation Mass' by Mozart, Four Last Songs, op. posth by Strauss and Alexander Nevsky Op. 78 by Prokofiev.
DCS/5/G173-176 14 June [1997]
Programme for the "Opening concert in the Great North Wind Music Festival" in St Peter's Campus, University of Sunderland at 7.30 pm. Performed by the New Tyneside Orchestra, led by Michael Smith and conducted by Stephen Pettitt, the Durham
Choral Society and boys of the King's School, Tynemouth, conducted by Richard Brice and with Gillian Dodd, John Kirk and Adrian Hayes as soloists. Featuring:
Overture to The Magic Flute by Mozart, Le Bal de Béatrice d'Este by Reynaldo Hahn and Carmina Burana (Cantiones Profane) by Carol Orff.
DCS/5/G177-183 23 January 1999
Programme (2 versions) for a concert of Mozart's
Clarinet Concerto and Mass in C Minor in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the "Durham Choral Society & Orchestra", with orchestra led by Jean Provine with Jennifer Smith,
Mhairi Lawson, Kevin McLean-Mair, Gavin Carr and Corinna Harris as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/G184-191 1 May 1999
Programme and flyers for a concert of "Rutter, Glazunov, Milhaud and Puccini" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Hux Rhys-Evans, Jonathan Gunthorpe and Damien
Royannais as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Gloria by Rutter, Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Flute and Strings in E flat major Op 109 by Glazunov, Scaramouche, Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra Vif - Modère -
Brazileira by Milhaud and Messa di Gloria by Giacomo Puccini.
DCS/5/G192 30 April 1999
Photocopy of a newspaper article in the "D+S Times" covering the upcoming Durham Choral Society concert [on 1 May 1999].
DCS/5/G193-199 1 May 1999
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings covering the Durham Choral Society concert on 1 May 1999.
DCS/5/G200-208 3 December 1999
Programme (2 versions) for a concert of Handel's
Messiah performed "in memory of Miss Lily Barker" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Jean Provine with Joanne Dexter, Hyacinth Nicholls, Kevin McLean-Mair and
Gavin Carr as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/H 2000 - 2004
Programmes, flyers, tickets, reviews and recordings for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/H1-14 29 January 2000
Programme and flyer for a concert of Verdi's
Requiem in Durham Cathedral on 29 January 2000 and in Newcastle City Hall on 30 January 2000. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, the Newcastle Upon Tyne Bach Choir and an orchestra led by Jean Provine with Claire
Rutter, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ian Storey and Matthew Best as soloists, and Richard Brice and Eric Cross as conductors. Includes a loose insert stating that Ian Storey wishes to dedicate his performance to his late singing teacher, Carlo Cossutta,
and that Catherine Wyn-Rogers is replaced in this performance by Jean Rigby due to a family bereavement.
DCS/5/H15-23 20 May 2000
Programme and flyer for a concert of "Haydn, Handel and Saint-Saens" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Jean Provine with Sinead Pratschke, Katherine Steffan, Declan Kelly and John Fletcher
as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Mass No 12 in B flat 'Theresienmesse' by Haydn, Symphony No. 3 in C Minor by Saint-Saens and Dixit Dominus by Handel.
DCS/5/H24-32 27 January 2001
Programme and flyer for a concert of J.S. Bach's
Mass in B Minor in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Jean Provine with Alison Smart, James Huw Jeffries, Mark Wilde and Jonathan Gunthorpe as soloists, and Richard
Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/H33 27 January 2001
Photocopy of Thomas Hall's review of the Durham Choral Society concert of 27 January 2001 for The Journal with photocopied handwritten note "Fax for the attention of Richard Brice".
DCS/5/H34-40 19 May 2001
Programme and flyer for a concert of Haydn's
The Creation in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Jean Provine with Linda Gerrard, Kevin McLean-Mair and Simon Neal as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/5/H41-48 30 November 2001
Programme and flyer for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Susan Heaton-Wright, Alison Barton, Joseph Cornwell as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/H49-59 26 January 2002
Programme (2 versions) for a concert of "Mozart" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Rachel Nicholls, Louise Mott, Colin Lee, Simon Kirkbride and Janus Wadsworth as
soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Kyrie in D, Concerto No 2 and Requiem Mass by Mozart.
DCS/5/H60-68 18 May 2002
Programme (2 versions) for a "Golden Jubilee Concert" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Eaton with Joanne Dexter and Jeremy Huw Williams as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
Featuring:
The National Anthem arranged by Britten, Enigma Variations by Elgar and A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/5/H69 18 May 2002
"Making Music Assessment Form for Choir or Orchestra" for the Durham Choral Society concert on 18 May 2002 filled out by Ms Z. Williams.
DCS/5/H70-78 1 February 2003
Programme and flyer for a concert of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Jennifer Smith, Alison Kettlewell, Joseph Cornwell and Simon Kirkbride as soloists, and
Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/H79-87 10 May 2003
Programme and flyer for a concert of Fauré's
Requiem, Bizet's Te Deum and Poulenc's Organ Concerto in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan
Innes with Yvette Bonner, James Arthur and James Lancelot as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/H88-98 31 January 2004
Programme and flyer for a concert of Elgar's
The Dream of Gerontius in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Sally Burchell, Jason Darnell and Adrian Powter as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/5/H99-114 22 May 2004
Programme, poster and flyer for a concert of Haydn's
Nelson Mass and Will Todd's Trumpet Concerto and Gala and Gloria in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by
Susan Innes, with The Riverside Band and with Bethany Halliday, Alison Kettlewell, Ben Alden, Graeme Danby and Alastair Long as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/H115 [22 May 2004]
Recording of a performance of Will Todd's
Trumpet Concerto and Gala and Gloria by Durham Choral Society and Orchestra [conducted by Richard Brice] with Alastair Long, Bethany Halliday, Alison Kettlewell, Graeme Danby, The
Riverside Band and Durham Cathedral Bellringers, in a case with cover and contents inserts.
DCS/5/H116 [22 May 2004]
Recording of [DCS] performance of
Glorious Heritage and Gala and Gloria live at Durham Cathedral
DCS/5/H117 22 May 2004
Recording of the first performance of Will Todd's
Trumpet Concerto and Gala and Gloria
DCS/5/H118 [May 2004]
Recording Order Form for Will Lang's
Canny at Neet, Bonny at Morn and Will Todd's Gala and Gloria
DCS/5/H119-120 [2004]
Photographs of the National Union of Mineworkers Durham Area Dawdon Lodge Banner.
DCS/5/H121 [May 2004]
Recording of Durham Bells for Will Todd's
Gala and Gloria
DCS/5/H122-124 [May 2004]
Vocal score [for Will Todd's
Gala and Gloria] labelled "Copy for the Sound Person" with handwritten instructions added.
DCS/5/H125-143 [May 2004]
Vocal Score for Will Todd's
Gala and Gloria commissioned by Durham Choral Society in memory of Lily Barker and Ken Craig.
DCS/5/I 2005 - 2009
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/I1-9 29 January 2005
Programme and flyer for a concert of Brahms's
A German Requiem and Dvorak's Te Deum in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Olivia Keen and Gavin Carr as soloists,
and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I10-18 21 May 2005
Programme and flyer for a concert of Constant Lambert's
The Rio Grande, Maxwell Davies's The Kestrel Road, and Karl Jenkins's The Armed Man in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society
and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Sally Burchell, David del Strother and David Murray as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I19 21 May 2005
"Making Music Assessment form for Choir or Orchestra" for the Durham Choral Society concert on 21 May 2005 filled out by Ann Hill.
DCS/5/I20-28 28 January 2006
Programme and flyer for a concert of William Walton's
Belshazzar's Feast, Camille Saint-Saens's Symphony No 3 and Will Todd's Gala and Gloria in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral
Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton, with The Riverside Band and with Rebekah Coffey, Sally Burchell, Lynton Black as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I29 27 January 2006
Newspaper centrefold covering Durham Choral Society's performance of
Gala and Gloria.
DCS/5/I30-31 [January 2006]
Newspaper clippings glued to Durham Choral Society stationary covering Durham Choral Society's performances of Will Todd's pieces. Written by Thomas Hall for
The Journal with a photocopy of the same page attached.
DCS/5/I32-40 20 May 2006
Programme and flyer for a concert of "English Music; 16th - 21st Centuries" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Jessica Holmes as soloist, and Richard Brice and Jean
Whittaker as conductors. Featuring
Mass for Four Voices by Byrd, Serenade for Strings Op 20 by Elgar, You Can Shed Tears by Cant, Blest Pair of Sirens by Parry,
Benedicite by Vaughan Williams and Gloria by Rutter.
DCS/5/I41 2 December 2006
Flyer for a concert of "Festive Brass and Voices" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society, The Durham University Brass Band in Residence the Reg Vardy Band and Richard Brice and Ray Farr as conductors.
Featuring:
Zadok the priest, Hallelujah Chorus, "Festive Music for Brass and Voices" and "Festive Carols with audience participation" .
DCS/5/I42-50 27 January 2007
Programme and flyer for a concert of Albinoni's
Oboe Concerto, Bach's Magnificat and Beethoven's Mass in C in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan
Innes, with Rebecca Ryan, Jessica Holmes, Louise Armit, Sean Clayton, James Arthur and Philip Cull as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I51-61 12 May 2007
Programme and flyer for a concert of Bernstein's
Chichester Psalms, Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves and Orff's Carmina Burana at Durham Johnston school at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham Choral
Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Durham Chorister School Galillee Choir and with Elise Dye, Petro Wychrij and Alastair McCalll as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I62-72 9 February 2008
Programme and flyer for a concert of J.S. Bach's
St John Passion in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Sean Clayon, Wyn Pencarreg, Jessica Holmes, David Bates, Petro Wychrij and James Arthur as
soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I73-83 17 May 2008
Programme and poster for a concert of Mozart's
Requiem Mass and Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Geneva Amateur Operatic
Society Choral group, and with Ruby Hughes, Carolyn Dobbin, Todd Wilander and Paul Reeves as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I84 19 December 2008
Flyer for a concert of "Festive Brass and Voices" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and The Fishburn Band with Richard Brice and Ray Farr as conductors. Featuring "Festive Music for Brass and Voices",
"Festive Carols with audience participation" and
Hallelujah chorus.
DCS/5/I85-93 24 January 2009
Programme for a concert of Beethoven's
Choral Fantasia and Symphony No 9 (The Choral) in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Sally Harrison, Carolyn
Dobbin, Nicholas Ransley and Adrian Powter as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/I94-103 9 May 2009
Programme and flyer for a concert of Vivaldi's
Gloria in D and Britten's Saint Nicholas in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Jessica Holmes, Louise
Pickering and James Edwards as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. There is an extra leaf added with the lyrics of Britten's St Nicholas as "it was the composer's intention that the audience should join in the
singing of the two hymns" used in the piece.
DCS/5/J 2010 - 2014
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/J1-9 23 January 2010
Programme and flyer for a concert of Vaughan Williams's
Serenade to Music, Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis and Sea Symphony in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led
by Susan Eaton with Sally Harrison and Alexander Robin Baker as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/J10-19 22 May 2010
Programme and flyer for a concert of Haydn's
Te Deum in C, Hummel's Trumpet Concerto and Mozart's Mass in C Minor in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra
led by Susan Innes with Katherine Fuge, Ruby Hughes, Christopher Lemmings and Simon Lobelson as vocal soloists, Mike Walton on the trumpet, and Richard Brice as conductor. With an added leaf with a biography and reviews of Joseph Cornwell.
DCS/5/J20 18 December 2010
Poster for a concert of "Festive Brass and Voices" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and the NASUWT Riverside Band directed by Ian Robinson and Richard Brice as conductor. Programme to include: "Festive
Music for Brass and Voices", "Festive Carols with audience participation" and the
Hallelujah Chorus.
DCS/5/J21 2011
Leaflet advertising Durham Choral Society's Golden Jubilee Season 2011-12 including a concert programme for a concert of Verdi's
Requiem on 28 January 2012 at 7.30pm in Durham Cathedral and for a "Golden Celebration of Choral Music" at Durham Cathedral on 19 May 2012 at 7.30pm in Durham Cathedral. The leaflet also includes a brief biography of
Richard Brice as well as how to contact or join DCS, or book concert tickets.
DCS/5/J22 2011
1 GB SD Card Labelled "Choir, Golden Jubilee"
DCS/5/J23-31 29 January 2011
Programme and poster for a concert of Parry's
I Was Glad, Barber's Agnus Dei, Strauss's Four Last Songs and Rutter's Magnificat in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed
by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Katherine Fuge as soloist, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/5/J32-43 21 May 2011
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert called "From Venice To Salzburg" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Sarah Redgwick, Niamh Kelly, Michael Brace Girdle and Jonathan
Gunthorpe as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring: Albinoni's
Magnificat and Adagio for Organ and Strings, Joseph Haydn's Little Organ Mass and Michael Haydn's Requiem Mass.
DCS/5/J44-45 23 December 2011
Programmeand poster for a concert of "Festive Brass and Voices" in Elvet Methodist Church. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and NASUWT Riverside Brass Band, and Richard Brice and Ian Robinson as conductors.
DCS/5/J46-57 28 January 2012
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of Verdi's
Requiem Mass in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Rachel Nicholls, Fiona Kimm, James Edwards and James Oldfield as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/5/J58-60 28 January 2012
"ProVenueDataBox Report" For "Durham Choral Society: Verdi
Requiem Mass 28 January 2012.
DCS/5/J61-62 21 April 2012
Programme for a concert called "The Royal Connection" in St Giles' Church, Durham at 7.00 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society. Featuring: "
Zadok the priest, pieces from Haydn's Creation, pieces from Mozart's Requiem, Weelkes's Hosanna to the Son of David, pieces
from Handel's Messiah, Walmisley's Magnificat, Brahms's How Lovely are thy Dwellings, and Parry's I was Glad.
DCS/5/J63-71 19 May 2012
Programme and flyer for a "Golden Celebration of Choral Music" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes with Sally Burchell and Richard Taylor as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor. Featuring:
Hosanna to the Son of David by Thomas Weelkes, Komm, Jesu Komm by J.S. Bach, Zadok the Priest by Handel, From Requiem Mass by
Mozart, From the Creation by Haydn, From a German Requiem by Brahms, Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams and The Music
Makers by Edward Elgar.
DCS/5/J72-99 19 May 2012
Booklet containing performer's programme and sheet music for the Durham Choral Society Golden Jubilee Concert in Durham Cathedral. Containing sheet music for: Handel's
Zadok the Priest, pieces from Mozart's Requiem Mass, pieces from Haydn's Creation and pieces from Brahms's Requiem.
DCS/5/J100-101 29 May 2012
Print outs from The website of The Northern Echo reviewing Richard Brice's last concert for the Durham Choral Society which took place on 19 May 2012.
DCS/5/J102 8 December 2012
Page 28 of Durham County News Winter 2012 edition advertising Durham Choral Society and the NASUWT Riverside Brass Band's "Evening of Festive Music" at Elvet Methodist Church.
DCS/5/J103-104 8 December 2012
Flyer and poster for "An Evening of Festive Music" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and NASUWT Riverside Brass Band, with Ray Farr as Director, and Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/J105-113 December 2012
Print outs concerning publicity for the Durham Choral Society "Evening of Festive Music" on 8 December 2012 with a breakdown of web traffic statistics run by concertdiary.com
DCS/5/J114-123 26 January 2013
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of Rutter's
Requiem and Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes and with Charlotte Mobbs as soloist, and
Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/J124-135 11 May 2013
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of Mendelssohn's
Elijah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton with Sally Harrison, Clare Wills, Marion Ramsay, Philip Sheffield and Christopher Foster as soloists, and
Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/J136-137 11 May 2013
"ProVenuseDataBoxReport" for Durham Choral Society's performance of Mendelssohn's
Elijah on 11 May 2013.
DCS/5/J138-139 28 August 2013
Printed article by Mark Tallentire from the Northern Echo website covering Durham Choral Society's return to rehearsals the following week and their plans to perform Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis the following January.
DCS/5/J140 6 September 2013
Page from the Durham Times containing an article by Mark Tallentire covering Durham Choral Society's return to rehearsals and upcoming programme.
DCS/5/J141 21 December 2013
Printed page from the website of The Durham Advertiser with a short article covering Durham Choral Society's upcoming Christmas concert with the NASUWT Riverside band, the proceeds from which will go to Durham Action
for Single Homelessness and the British Heart Foundation.
DCS/5/J142 28 September 2013
Page 28 of Durham County News, Autumn 2013 edition advertising the upcoming performance of Will Todd's
St Cuthbert oratorio in Durham Cathedral at 7.15pm.
DCS/5/J143-150 22 November 2013
Programme for a concert of "Highlights from Handel's"
Messiah in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham University Choral Society with Charlotte La Thrope, Harriet Beckham, Hugo Hymas and Aaron Prewer-Jenkinson as soloists, and Michael Summers as
conductor.
DCS/5/J151-153 21 December 2013
Programme and flyer for "an evening of Festive Music" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and the NASUWT Riverside Brass Band led by Ray Farr and Michael Summers as conductor. Pieces: Rutter's
Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Holz's The Carollers, Hess's Christmas Overture, Laurisden's O Nata Lux and Star Carol, Mendelssohn's Hark the Herald Angels Sing, a cornet solo of O Holy Night, R.S. Allen's Christmas in Europe, Harold
Darke's In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Carol of the Bells, M. Calvert's Festive season, Rutter's Jesus Child, Shakin' Stevens's
Merry Christmas Everyone and O Come All Ye Faithful arranged by David Willcocks.
DCS/5/J154 [August/September] 2013
Photocopied page from Times Arts containing an article by Mark Tallentire covering Durham Choral Society's return to rehearsals and their upcoming performance of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis.
DCS/5/J155-164 25 January 2014
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra with Elizabeth Roberts, Susan Legg, Ben Kerslake and Christopher Foster as soloists, and Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/J165 November 2013
Two adverts for Durham Choral Society concerts, one with details of "An Evening of Festive Music" on 21 December 2013, and one with details of the Durham Choral Society performance of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis on 25 January 2014. Handwritten addition: "DUCS ad November 2013 £15".
DCS/5/J166 24 January 2014
Print out of a page from the Music in Durham website asking whether anyone would like to write a review of Durham Choral Society's performance of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis.
DCS/5/J167-180 10 May 2014
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of "Glorious Heritage: A concert celebrating the North East" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton as well as the NASUWT Riverside Brass
Band conducted by Bryan Tait. With Camilla Harris, Katarzyna Zielinska and Timothy Murphy as soloists, and Michael Summers as conductor. Pieces: Will Lang's
Canny at neet, Bonny at Morn, Vivaldi's Gloria in D, Will Todd's Gala and Gloria.
DCS/5/J181 10 May [2014]
Handwritten notes regarding preparations taking place on 9 and 10 May [2014 for the Durham Choral Society concert on 10 May 2014].
DCS/5/J182 10 May [2014]
Advertisement[?] to buy a "Glorious Heritage CD" featuring Todd's
Gala and Gloria and Lang's Canny at Neet, Bonny at Morn for £8.
DCS/5/J183-188 14 May 2014
Printed article from The Northern Echo, Telegraph and Argus, The [York] Press and Telegraph and Argus [Bradford] by Gavin
Engelbrecht reviewing Durham Choral Society's concert [of 10 May 2014], including comments on its capacity audience.
DCS/5/J189 9 December 2014
Page from the Northern Echo with an article covering the upcoming Durham Choral Society Christmas concert with NASUWT Riverside Band, the proceeds of which will go to the Seaham Banner Fund.
DCS/5/J190 20 December 2014
Leaflet advertising Durham Choral Society's 2014-15 concert season.
DCS/5/J191 December 2014
Page 31 of the Durham County News Winter 2014 edition advertising Durham Choral Society's performance of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral.
DCS/5/J192-193 20 December 2014
Programme for "An Evening of Festive Music" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with the NASUWT Riverside Brass Band and Michael Summers and Stephen Malcolm as conductors.
DCS/5/K 2015 - 2019
Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/K1-13 31 January 2015
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton with Cecilia Osmond, Robert Ogden, Philip Sheffield and James Oldfield as soloists, and Michael Summers
as conductor. With a leaf added in explaining that, as James Oldfield was unable to make it to the concert, Andrew Slater will sing the bass part.
DCS/5/K14 29 January 2015
Cutting of the Music Listings from
The Northern Echo with a photo advertising "Handel: Messiah with Durham Choral Society, Durham Cathedral on Saturday, 7.30pm".
DCS/5/K15 13 February 2015
Print out of a review from the Darlington & Stockton Times website of Durham Choral Society's concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral in January 2015.
DCS/5/K16 13 February 2015
Print out of a review from The Northern Echo website of Durham Choral Society's concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral in January 2015. Written by Sue Shaw.
DCS/5/K17 29 April 2015
Print out of an article from The Northern Echo written by Gavin Engelbrecht about the Durham Choral Society's being sortlisted for the Epic award, a national award set up by Voluntary Arts.
DCS/5/K18-28 9 May 2015
Programme and flyer for a concert of Dvorak's
Stabat Mater in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton with Celena Bridge, Martha McLorinan, Hugo Hymas and Alistair Ollerenshaw as soloists, and Michael
Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/K29-30,32 20 April & 1 May 2015
Cuttings from
The Sunderland Echo, The Northern Echo and The Durham Times advertising Durham Choral Society's upcoming performance of Dvorak's Stabat Mater in Durham Cathedral on 9 May 2015.
DCS/5/K31,33 1 May 2015
Cutting from
The Northern Echo and The Durham Times advertising Durham Choral Society's being shortlisted for the Epic award set up by Voluntary Arts.
DCS/5/K34 8 May 2015
Cutting from
The Durham Times Weekend Events section with a photo advertising Durham Choral Society's upcoming performance of Dvorack's Stabat Mater in Durham Cathedral on 9 May 2015.
DCS/5/K35-36 20 & 28 August 2015
Print out of a page from
The Durham Advertiser website and The Durham Times Arts containing an article by Mark Tallentire reporting that DCS is "preparing for a new season of rehearsals and concerts".
DCS/5/K37 16 September 2015
Page 28 of
Durham County News Autumn 2015 edition advertising that DCS rehearsals started 2 September 2015 at Durham Johnston School.
DCS/5/K38-40 19 December 2015
Programme and flyer for "An Evening of Festive Music" at Elvet Methodist Church. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with the NASUWT Riverside Brass Band and the Durham County Youth Choir with Michael Summers, Stephen Malcolm and Hilary Ions
as conductors. Pieces: Carter's
A Maiden Most Gentle, Tchaikovsky's Crown of Roses, Britten's A New Year Carol, I saw Three Ships arranged by Willcocks, Ben
Hollings's Festive Intrada, Goff Richards's Away in a Manger, Sandy Smith's Santaclaustrophobia, Mendelssohn's Hark the Herald Angels
Sing, Gaudete arranged by B. Kay, Still, Still, Still arranged by P. Ledger, Hobbs's Song of the Piper , Rutter's Shepherd's
Pipe Carol, Benjamin Hanby's Who Is He?, Gordon Langford's Christmas Fantasy, O Come All Ye Faithful arranged by David Willcocks, P. Hadley's
Sing of a Maiden, A. Adam's O Holy Night, Chilcott's For Him All Stars Have Shone, H. Darke's In The Bleak Mid-winter,
Good King Wenceslas arranged by Willcocks and Deck the Hall arranged by Willcocks.
DCS/5/K41 22 December 2015
Article from
The Durham Times by Mark Tallentire reporting on Durham Choral Society's Performance of Christmas Carols for patients at the University Hospital of Durham.
DCS/5/K42 19 december 2015
Page 30 from
Durham County News Winter 2015 advertising "An Evening of Festive Music - Choir and Brass Band" at Elvet Methodist Church.
DCS/5/K43-57 30 January 2016
Programme and flyer for a concert of Fauré's
Requiem and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton with the Northern Spirit Singers, and
Andrew Slater and Rowan Pierce as soloists, and Michael Summers and Clare Lawrence-Wills as conductors.
DCS/5/K58 [May] 2016
Advert to join DCS for their 2016-17 season.
DCS/5/K59 21 May 2016
Page 30 of
Durham County News Spring 2016 edition advertising Durham Choral Society's "Evening of 21st Century music.
DCS/5/K60-74 21 May 2016
Programme and flyer for a concert of Mealor's
Stabat mater, Pergolesi's Stabat mater and Goodall's Eternal Light: A Requiem in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and
Orchestra led by Julia Boulton with Charlotte La Thrope, Beth Mackay, Jordan Carlton and Alistair Ollerenshaw as soloists, and Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/K75 7 September 2016
Page 46 of
County Durham Summer Fun 2016 edition advertising the start of DCS rehearsals for the new season.
DCS/5/K76 17 December 2016
Page 29 of
Durham County News Winter 2016 edition advertising the Durham Choral Society's Christmas Concert "An Evening of Festive Music" at Elvet Methodist Church, Durham
DCS/5/K77-79 17 December 2016
Programme and flyer for a concert of Bejamin Britten's
A Ceremony Of Carols "Together with a Programme of Festive Music" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Durham County Youth Choir with Elizabeth Woods and Michael Summers as
conductors.
DCS/5/K80-82 24 January 2017
Leaflet and 2 tickets for a screening of the
Defiant Requiem documentary film at Durham's Gala Theatre.
DCS/5/K83-100 28 January [2017]
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of "Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with Gweneth-Ann Rand, Alison Kettlewell, Philip Sheffield and Keel Watson as soloists, Jane
Arnfield as The Lecturer, Ali Pritchard as Rafael Schachter and Michael Summers as choirmaster. Murry Sidlin, the piece's creator, conducted the concert. Pieces: Verdi's
Messa Da Requiem.
DCS/5/K101 28 January 2017
Print out of a page on the Durham Choral Society Website advertising the Durham Choral Society's "Defiant Requiem" Performance of Verdi's
Requiem at Durham Cathedral.
DCS/5/K102-103 [28 January 2017]
Review of Durham Choral Society's performance of "Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin" in Durham Cathedral by Gavin Engelbrecht.
DCS/5/K104-111 2017
Programme of Durham Vocal Festival 2017 starting with Durham Choral Society's "Defiant Requiem" Performance of Verdi's
Requiem at Durham Cathedral on 28 January 2017.
DCS/5/K112-126 20 May 2017
Programme and flyer for a concert of Mozart's
Requiem and Solemn Vespers K339 in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton-Moat with Charlotte La Thrope, Katarzyna Balejko,
Hugo Hymas and Ben Rowarth as soloists, and Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/K127-128 15 July 2017
Information regarding the Durham BRASS Festival 2017 in which there would be a performance of
Belshazzar's Feast conducted by Paul Leddington Wright and with Michael Summers as Chorus Master. This performance featured the BRASS festival chorus, which involved many members of Durham Choral Society.
DCS/5/K129-138 16 December 2017
Programme, with a large print version, for a concert of "Festive Music" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with Durham County Youth Choir and Durham Youth Training Choir and Elizabeth Woods as conductor.
Pieces:
Jubilate, O Come All Ye Faithful arranged by Wood, There is a Flower arranged by Rutter, The Cherry Tree Carol arranged by
Willcocks, Tchaikovsky's The Crown of Roses, The Holly and the Ivy, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with Correspondence arranged by Rutter,
Winds through the Olive Trees arranged by Neaum, A. Simmons's Gabriel, A. Woods's Away in a Manger, Noel Nouvelet arranged by
Rutter, Stille Nacht arranged by M. Sargent, Riu Riu Chiu (Canciones), O Little Town of Bethlehem, All I want for Christmas is
You by Carey/Afansieff, Howard Blake's Walking in the Air, Pierpont's Jingle Bells, Lo How A Rose e'er Blooming arranged by Praetorius,
O Little One Sweet by J.S. Bach, Still, Still, Still arranged by Ledger, In Dulci Jubilo arranged by Pearsall and Hark! The Herald
Angels Sing.
DCS/5/K139-149 27 January 2018
Programme and flyer for a concert of Will Todd's
Mass in Blue and Jazz Missa Brevis in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm with a pre-concert talk by Will Todd at 7pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with the Will Todd Ensemble, Durham
County Youth Choir and Voices of Hope, with Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/K150-159 19 May 2018
Programme for a concert of J.S. Bach's
Mass in B Minor in Durham Cathedral at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Julia Boulton Moat with Celena Bridge, Stevie Jennings-Adams, Beth Mackay, Ben Kerslake and Alistair
Ollerenshaw as soloists, and Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/K160-161 15 December 2018
Programme for "An Evening of Festive Music" in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30 pm. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and NASUWT Riverside Band with Michael Summers and John Bell as conductors. Pieces: Rutter's
Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Shostakovich's Folk festival, Mann/Hillard's In the Wee Small Hours, Lennon and MacCartney's Got to Get you
into my Life, S. Smith's Santaclaus-Trophobia, J.F. Wade's O Come, All Ye Faithful, Deck the Hall arranged by Willcocks, Here
We Come A-Wassailing arranged by Rutter, Malcolm Williamson's This Christmas Night, R.R. Terry's Myn Lyking, D. Jones's Sounding Joy, P. Graham's
Away in a Manger, Leontovych's Ukranian Bell Carol, P. Harper's Yule Dance, Mendelssohn's Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Harold
Darke's In the Bleak Midwinter, Sans Day Carol arranged by Willcocks, Quem Pastores Laudavere arranged by Willcocks, The Infant
King arranged by Willcocks and Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.
DCS/5/K161-173 26 January 2019
Programme for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral. Performed by the Durham Choral Society and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Rowan Pierce, Helen Charlston, Nicholas Pritchard and Dingle Yandell as soloists, and Steven Devine
as Director.
DCS/5/K174-186 18 May 2019
Programme and flyer for a concert of Rossini's
Petite Messe Solennelle and Rachmaninov's Suite no 2 op. 17 (for two pianos) at 7.30pm in Durham Cathedral. Performed by the Durham Choral Society with piano soloists Alison Gill and
Yoshie Kawamura, harmonium soloist Andrew Christer, and vocal soloists Elizabeth Roberts, Susanna Spicer, Ben Thapa and Christopher Foster, and Michael Summers as conductor.
DCS/5/K187-190 14 December 2019
Programme for
“An Evening of Festive Music” in Elvet Methodist Church at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and Durham Music Service Youth Choir and Training Choir, with Michael Summers and Elizabeth Woods as
conductors.
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Programmes, flyers, tickets and reviews for Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/5/L1-16 25 January 2020
Programme, flyer and poster for a concert of Woods's
This Joyous Night and Fauré's Requiem at 7.30pm in Durham Cathedral. Performed by Durham Choral Society, the Cavendish Ensemble and Durham Music Service Youth Choir, with Sir Thomas Allen
and Elizabeth Woods as soloists, and Manvinder Rattan and Michael Summers as conductors.
Paper, 16f
DCS/5/L17-18 21 May 2022
Printed Programme and flyer for a concert of Mendelssohn's
Elijah at 7.30pm in Durham Cathedral. Performed by Durham Choral Society and Orchestra, with Christopher Foster, Cheryl Enever, Susanna Spicer, Ben Thapa and Lili Banev as soloists, and Michael Summers as conductor
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DCS/6/A 1947 - 2017
Oversized posters advertising Durham Choral Society concerts
DCS/6/A1 19 December 1947
Poster for a performance of Bach's
Christmas Oratorio held in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society with Mary Worth, Veronica Mansfield, Cyril Brooks and Denis Weatherley as
soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor.
DCS/6/A2 18 December 1952
Poster for a concert of "Christmas Music" held in Durham Cathedral at 7pm. Performed by the Durham City Choral Society and the Durham Amateur Orchestral Society led by Florence Wilson, with Patricia Green, Alan Hoyle, Cyril Maude and J. Duncan
Johnston as soloists and Conrad Eden as conductor.
DCS/6/A3 4 May 1968
Poster for a concert held in Elvet Methodist Church at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Noelle Barker and Adrian de Peyer as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Song of Miriam by Schubert, Hymn of Praise by Mendelssohn.
DCS/6/A4 29 November 1969
Poster for a concert of
The Dream of Gerontius by Elgar held in Elvet Methodist Church, Durham at 8.00pm on 29 November 1969 and St James's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne at 3.00pm on 30 November 1969. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an
orchestra led by Florence Wilson with Margaret Cooper, Wynford Evans and Donald Stephenson as soloists and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A5 2 May 1970
Poster for a concert of Mendelssohn's
Elijah (Op. 70) held in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Noelle Barker, Anne Collins, John Sharrocks and Jolyon Dodgson as
soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A6 28 November 1970
Poster for a concert in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Lesley Rooke and Donald Stephenson as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Requiem by Brahms, Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams and Dives and Lazarus by Alun Hoddinott.
DCS/6/A7 8 May 1971
Poster for a concert in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Carol Andrew, Michael Hunt, Susan Dobson and Brian Tindale as soloists, and Raymond Hall as
conductor. Featuring:
Versae Solemnes de Confessore in C major (K. 339) and Requiem in D minor, both by Mozart.
DCS/6/A8 27 November 1971
Poster for a concert in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Alfreda Hodgson as soloist, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Te Deum by Kodaly, Rhapsody for Contralto, Male Chorus and Orchestra (Op. 53) by Brahms, Beatus Vir by Monteverdi and The Music
Makers by Elgar.
DCS/6/A9 6 May 1972
Poster for a concert of
Samson by Handel in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Caroline Crawshaw, Duncan Robertson, John Bettley and Richard Angas as
soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A10 25 November 1972
Poster for a concert in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Nicolette Savage and John Noble as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor. Featuring:
Song of Destiny by Brahms, For the Fallen by Elgar, Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams and Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan
Williams.
DCS/6/A11 1 December 1973
Poster for a concert of
The Creation by Haydn in Wearside Secondary School, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Carol Andrew, John Sharrocks and Denis Weatherley as soloists, and
Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A12 11 May 1974
Poster for a concert in Wearside Secondary School, Durham, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Jane McDouall as soloist, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Four Coronation Anthems by Handel, Motet: Exsultate, Jubilate by Mozart, Capriol Suite for String Orchestra by Warlock, and In
Windsor Forest by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/6/A13 23 November 1974
Poster for a concert of
Messiah by Handel in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Mavis Robson, Frances Mungovin, John Sharrocks and Leonard Lynch as soloists, and
Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A14 10 May 1975
Poster for a concert of Elgar and Lennox Berkeley in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Anne Collins as soloist, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors.
Pieces:
The National Anthem arranged by Elgar, Signs in the Dark by Lennox Berkeley, Sea Pictures by Elgar, and The Music makers by
Elgar.
DCS/6/A15 29 November 1975
Poster for a concert in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Florence Wilson, with Pamela Priestley Smith, Ronald Murdock, Elizabeth Anne Black and Kenneth Burgess as soloists, and Raymond
Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Gloria by Vivaldi, Cantata No.140: Wachet Auf by J.S. Bach, and Mass in C Major, Op 86 by Beethoven.
DCS/6/A16 22 January 1977
Poster for a concert in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Oliver, with Margaret Clark, Elizabeth Kessler, Kenneth Ormston and Leonard Lynch as soloists, and Raymond Hall and Richard
Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore K.339 by Mozart and Mass No.5 in A flat D.678 by Schubert.
DCS/6/A17 14 May 1977
Poster for concert of
St. John Passion by J.S. Bach in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Oliver, with Andrew King, Iain Ward Campbell, Maureen Cunningham, Anne Marie Owens,
Martin Pickering and Paul Parfitt as vocal soloists, Katherine Clarke, John Treherne and Rosalins Rogerson as instrumental soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A18 20 November 1977
Poster for "A Concert of English Music" in the Town Hall, Durham at 8.00pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Oliver, with Diana Crockford as soloist, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Hierusalem by Dyson, Pastorale by Bliss, St Paul's Suite for String Orchestra by Holst, and Benedicite by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/6/A19 10 June 1978
Poster for a concert of
Stabat Mater by Dvorak in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with Sarah McCall, Myra Sanders, John Sharrocks and David Morrison as soloists, and Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A20 27 January 1979
Poster for a concert of
Messiah by Handel in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick, with Alison Graham, Maureen McCauley, John Gallagher and Leonard Lynch as soloists, and
Raymond Hall as conductor.
DCS/6/A21 19 May 1979
Poster for a concert in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with Brian Ashe and Stephen Newton as soloists, and Raymond Hall and Richard Brice as conductors. Pieces:
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast by Coleridge Taylor, Toward the Unknown Region by Vaughan Williams, and The Spirit of England by Elgar.
DCS/6/A22 26 January 1980
Poster for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in The Town Hall, Durham at 7.15pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with Carol Andrew, Diana Crockford, John Sharrocks and David Morrison as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A23 17 May 1980
Poster for a "Choral and Orchestral Concert" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick and Alison Graham and Hazel Thompson as vocal soloists, Peter Bell as trumpet soloist and
Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Gloria by Vivaldi, Trumpet Concerto in Eb by Haydn, Song of Miriam by Schubert, Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/6/A24 2 May 1981
Poster for a "Choral and Orchestral Concert" in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Maureen McCauley and Claire Smith as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
Featuring:
Jesu, Priceless Treasure by J.S. Bach and Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major (K.412) by W.A. Mozart, Rhapsody for Contralto Solo, Male Chorus and Orchestra, Op
53 by Brahms, and The Rio Grande by Constant Lambert.
DCS/6/A25 23 January 1982
Poster for a concert in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick with Anne Collins and Maureen McCauley as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Dixit Dominus by Handel, Salve Regina by Vivaldi, and The Musicmakers by Elgar.
DCS/6/A26 15 May 1982
Poster for a concert of
St Paul by Mendelssohn in the Town Hall, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Dorothy Provine and Joan Addison, David Beall and Leonard Lynch as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/6/A27 29 January 1983
Poster for a concert of "Pergolesi, Strauss and Mozart" in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick and Vanessa Tate, Louise Winter, Paul Nilon and Stephen Richardson as
vocal soloists "(who appear by the kind permission of the Principal, Royal North College of Music)", and with Christopher Senior as horn soloist and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Magnificat in B flat by Pergolesi, Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 11 by Strauss and Requiem Mass in D minor, K.626 by Mozart.
DCS/6/A28 28 January 1984
Poster for a concert of
Saint Nicholas by Britten, Incidental Music to Abdelazar by Purcell and Te Deum in D by Purcell in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by
Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick, and Joseph Cornwell as soloist, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A29 14 May 1983
Poster for a concert in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick and Margaret Clarke, Elizabeth Kessler, Brian Ash and Clive Constance as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor. Featuring:
Mass in C (In Time of War) by Haydn, Choral fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra (Op. 80) by Beethoven and Blest Pair of Sirens by Parry.
DCS/6/A30 19 May 1984
Poster for a concert of
Dream of Gerontius by Elgar in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and Bishop Auckland and District Choral Society, with Durham Sinfonia led by Derek Downes, with Maureen McCauley, John
Hancorn and Kenneth Woollam as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A31 26 January 1985
Poster for a concert of
Israel in Egypt by Handel in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick and Simon Gay, Andrew King, Carol Andrew, Maureen McCauley, Kim Jones and
Richard Hillier as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A32 18 May 1985
Poster for an "Anniversaries Concert" in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Jean Provine and Julia Parrott, Christine Bryan-Ang, Adrienne Murray, Gareth Lloyd and Christopher Duke
as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
The Seven Last Words From the Cross by Schutz, Organ Concerto in B flat Major (Op. 4, No. 2) by Handel and Magnificat in D Major, B.W.V. 243 by J.S. Bach.
DCS/6/A33 25 January 1986
Poster for a concert of "Verdi and Poulenc" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Tony Borthwick and Anne Dawson and James Lancelot as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Stabat Mater and Te Deum by Verdi, Concert Aria: Misera dove son? by Mozart, Organ Concerto by Poulenc, and
Gloria by Poulenc.
DCS/6/A34 10 May 1986
Poster for a concert of Brahms's
Song of Destiny and Requiem in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and Bishop Auckland Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Jill Gomez
and Thomas Allen as soloists, and Alfred Liddle as conductor.
DCS/6/A35 24 January 1987
Poster for a concert of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Sheila Armstrong, Jean Rigby, Andrew King and John Hancorn as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/6/A36 16 May 1987
Poster for a "Silver Jubilee Concert" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Gillian Marshall, Carole Wilson and Michael English as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
Featuring:
Gloria by Vivaldi, Simple Symphony by Britten, Cantata for Chorus and Choir by Anthony Elton, and Chichester Psalms by
Bernstein.
DCS/6/A37 20 November 1987
Poster for a concert of Handel's
Messiah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Tracey Chadwell, Simon Gay, Joseph Cornwell and Stewart Buchanan as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/6/A38 27 - 28 February 1988
Poster for a concert of Verdi's
Requiem in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm 27 February 1988 and Newcastle City Hall at 7.30pm 28 February 1988. Performed by Durham Choral Society and Newcastle Upon Tyne Bach Choir Society, with an orchestra led by Derek
Downes and Anthony Borthwick, and Janice Cairns, John Mitchinson, Anne-Marie Owens and William Shimell as soloists. Conducted by Richard Brice and Eric Cross.
DCS/6/A39 21 May 1988
Poster for a concert in St Nicholas's Church, Durham at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Lorna Anderson, Peter Langham Evans and Paul Beniston as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
Featuring:
Cantata No.51. by J.S. Bach, Dives and Lazarus by Hoddinott, Trumpet Concerto by Haydn, and Requiem (1893 Version) by Fauré.
DCS/6/A40 13 May 1989
Poster for a concert in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Anne Dawson, Jason Howard and James Lancelot as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Blest pair of Sirens by Parry, Organ Concerto by Mathias, and A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
DCS/6/A41 11 November 1989
Poster for a concert of Mendelssohn's
Elijah in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Christine Bunning, Anne Collins, Barry Banks and Peter Langham Evans as soloists, and Richard Brice
as conductor.
DCS/6/A42 24 February 1990
Poster for a concert of "Bruckner, Bach and Haydn" in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Lorna Anderson, Maureen McCauley, John Mark Ainsley and Mark Wildman as soloists,
and Richard Brice as conductor. Featuring:
Cantata No. 80, Ein Feste Burg by J.S. Bach, Te Deum by Anton Bruckner, and Harmoniemesse by Haydn.
DCS/6/A43 26 May 1990
Poster for a concert of Handel's
Vesper Psalms, Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri and Nisi Dominus, and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir in
Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Mary Plazas, Joana Burton, William Turner, Lynton Atkinson and Lynton Black as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A44 10 November 1990
Poster for a concert of
The Creation by Haydn in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Julia Gooding, Richard Edgar-Wilson and Paul Parfitt as soloists, and Richard Brice
as conductor.
DCS/6/A45 23 February 1991
Poster for a concert of Elgar's
The Dream of Gerontius in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by Derek Downes, with Debra Stuart, Andrew King and Lynton Black as soloists, and Richard Brice as
conductor.
DCS/6/A46 25 January 1997
Poster for a concert of Brahms's
Song of Destiny, Strauss's German Requiem and Four Last Songs in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society, with an orchestra led by
Jean Provine, with Julia Gooding and Lynton Black as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A47 22 May 2004
Poster for a concert of Haydn's
Nelson Mass and Will Todd's Trumpet Concerto and Gala and Gloria in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by
Susan Innes, with The Riverside Band, and with Bethany Halliday, Alison Kettlewell, Ben Alden, Graeme Danby and Alastair Long as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A48 17 May 2008
Poster for a concert of Mozart's
Requiem Mass and Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore in Durham Cathedral at 7.30pm. Performed by Durham Choral Society and Orchestra led by Susan Innes, with Geneva Amateur Operatic Society
Choral group, and with Ruby Hughes, Carolyn Dobbin, Todd Wilander and Paul Reeves as soloists, and Richard Brice as conductor.
DCS/6/A49 28 January 2017
Poster for Durham Choral Society's "Defiant Requiem" Performance of Verdi's
Requiem at 7.30pm Durham Cathedral.
DCS/7
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DCS/7/A 24 June 2003 - 15 September 2016
Contracts and Hiring
DCS/7/A1-3 24 June 2003
Commissioning contract between Durham Choral Society and composer Will Todd to compose a piece with working title
'Gloria' to be first performed 22 May 2004.
Closed under GDPR until 2084.
DCS/7/A4 15 November 2007
Letter from Anne Heywood, Chapter Steward of Durham Cathedral at The College, Durham, to Mr David Crookes notifying him of the increase in fees for non-liturgical events held in the Cathedral for the St John Ambulance Brigade to provide First Aid
Cover.
DCS/7/A5-20 18 January 2008 - 26 January 2012
Contracts made by James Black Management of Rye, East Sussex between singers and Durham Choral Society for singing in concerts January 2010 - January 2012.
Closed under GDPR until 2093.
DCS/7/A21-25 1 September 2012 - 14 November 2013
Contracts of Durham Choral Society for the Musical Director and Accompanist.
Closed under GDPR until 2094.
DCS/7/A26-27,31-32 18 December 2012 & 11 March 2013
"Memorandum of Agreement" and contract between Durham Choral Society and Will Lang in which Will Lang is commissioned to compose "an original arrangement for 40-45 mins for SATB choir, Orchestra and Folk instruments" for performance in May
2014.
Closed under GDPR until 2094.
DCS/7/A28-30,33-39 19 November 2012 - 13 April 2016
Contracts between Durham Choral Society and singers for performing in concerts 26 January 2013 - 21 May 2016.
Closed under GDPR until 2097.
DCS/7/A40-43 10 September 2016
Tickets and booking information regarding Michael Summers's trip to Vienna 19 - 21 September 2016.
