Past concerts

Soloists:Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Mezzo-soprano: Angharrad Lyddon
Tenor: Ed Woodhouse
Bass-baritone: Grant Doyle

Orchestra: Haydn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: John K Andrews

Soloists:Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Mezzo-soprano: Emily Gray
Tenor: Alex Haigh
Bass-baritone: Charles Cunliffe was indisposed
and was replaced by Charlie Baigent

Orchestra: Haydn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: John K Andrews

Soloists
Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Contralto: Olivia Ray
Tenor: Alexander Baker
Baritone: Simon Thorpe

Orchestra: The Lambeth Orchestra

Conductor: John K Andrews

23 April 2023
Soloists

Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Mezzo-soprano: Emily Gray
Tenor: Ed Woodhouse
Bass: Sam Oram

Orchestra: The Haydn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Andrews

Soloists:

Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Mezzo-soprano: Kamilla Dunstan
Tenor: Alex Baker
Bass: John Savournin

Orchestra: The Lambeth Orchestra
Conductor: John Andrews

This concert celebrated 25 years as the Festival Chorus by performing the same work as in 1997.

Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Contralto: Olivia Ray
Tenor: Harry Ross
Baritone: Grant Doyle

Orchestra: Haydn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Andrews

Felix Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Cholera Cantata

Soloists:
Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Mezzo: Emily Gray
Tenor: Tom Elwin
Bass: Felix Kemp
Orchestra: The Lambeth Orchestra
Conductor: John Andrews

To promote Covid safety we limited audience numbers and asked people to book via Eventbrite and to wear masks.

Note, re the flyer alongside, that John Savornin was indisposed and was replaced by Felix Kemp at short notice.

Verdi Three opera choruses
Gloria all’Egitto from Aida;
The Brindisi from La Traviata;
Va pensiero from Nabucco.
Verdi Requiem

Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Mezzo-soprano: Victoria Simmonds
Tenor: John Upperton
Baritone: Simon Thorpe

Orchestra: The Lambeth Orchestra

Conductor: John Andrews

We were delighted that – after our successful collaboration in Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem – we were again joined by Chœurs Résonances from Suresnes, Paris for this magnificent work. The Requiem (but not the opera choruses) was presented again in Paris on 25th and on 26th of January 2020.
See also the flyers alongside.

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

We performed the orchestral version of this popular work, which Rossini wrote 30 years after composing his last opera.

Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Alto: Kristin Finnigan
Tenor: John-Colyn Gyeanty
Baritone/bass: Grant Doyle

Haydn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Andrews

See also the flyer alongside.

Soprano: Alison Langer
Tenor: Jorge Navarro Colorado
Bass/baritone: James Cleverton

Haydn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: John Andrews

Handel’s oratorio uses a libretto based on Dryden’s Alexander’s Feast, or the Power of Music. For this performance it was presented as a festive masquerade, directed by Didi Hopkins, with puppets made by Caroline Jones (see the picture below of the puppets).See also the flyer alongside.

This was a special concert to mark the centenary of the end of the first World War. We were joined by our twinned choir from Suresnes and accompanied by our friends the Lambeth orchestra.

The soloists were Emma Dogliani (soprano) and Jan Capinski (baritone) and John Andrews conducted.

See the flyer alongside.

The Dona Nobis Pacem was also given twice in Paris, with Chœurs Résonances and the Leicester Symphony Orchestra. On 26 May 2018 it was given at 7 PM at the American Cathedral in Paris, 23, Avenue George V, in the 8th Arrondissement of Paris, midway between the Seine and the Champs-Élysées, and on 27 May at 4 PM in the Eglise du Coeur Immacule de Marie, Suresnes (1 Rue Honore d’Estienne d’Orves, 92150 Suresnes). In Paris the choral work was complemented by a performance of Tchaikovsky’s 5th symphony.

Charles Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass
Anton Bruckner: Te Deum
and Carols with the Audience.

Soprano: Emma Dogliani
Alto: Thalie Knights
Tenor: Aidan Coburn
Baritone/bass: John Savournin

Haydn Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: John Andrews
See the flyer alongside.

Johann Sebastian Bach St John Passion

St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus and the
Haydn Chamber Orchestra

For conductor and soloists see the flyer alongside.

Sunday 11 December 16 – 7pm

Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Conductor: John Andrews

John Upperton, tenor
Jim Cleverton, baritone
Lambeth Orchestra

The concert included Five Christmas Carols arranged by David Willcocks, for choir and audience.

Sunday 17 April 2016 – 7pm

Rossini: Stabat Mater
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D major (the Paris Symphony)

Conductor: John Andrews

Mary Plazas soprano
Olivia Hay mezzo-soprano
Tomas Raskin tenor
Grant Doyle baritone
Haydn Chamber Orchestra

Sunday 13 December 2015 – 7pm

Francis Poulenc Gloria FP 177
Antonín Dvořák Te Deum Op. 103

John Andrews conductor
Emma Dogliani soprano
Joseph Padfield baritone

Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Op. 46

Christopher Fifield conductor

Lambeth Orchestra