CBSO Chorus Concert HistoryCBSO Chorus Concert HistoryThis is a list of concerts, in chronological order, given by the CBSO Chorus since its foundation in 1973 to 1980.
| YEAR | DATE | COMPOSER | WORK | ORCH/CHORUS | CONDUCTOR | VENUE | SOLOISTS | NOTES - other works in concert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Jan 31 | Berlioz | The Damnation of Faust | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Ann Howells, William Dupre, Pierre Thau, Tom Marsh, Patricia Byrne | National Anthem-Britten/La Marseille-arr.Berlioz |
| 1974 | Feb 1 | Berlioz | The Damnation of Faust | CBSO | Frémaux | Royal Festival Hall | Ann Howells, William Dupre, Pierre Thau, Tom Marsh, Patricia Byrne | National Anthem-Britten/La Marseille-arr.Berlioz |
| 1974 | Apl 27 | Gilbert & Sullivan | Gilbert & Sullivan Extracts | CBSO | Gray | B'ham Town Hall | Valerie Masterson, Johanna Peters, Ralph Mason, Thomas Lawlor, John Ayldon | |
| 1974 | July 11 | Berlioz | Marche Funebre d'Hamlet | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Prom | |
| 1974 | July 17 | Haydn | The Creation | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Patricia Grieg, Alexander Young, Raimund Herincx, Brenda Beck | Prom |
| 1974 | Sept 14 | Berlioz | Les Troyens | CBSO | Frémaux | Abbey Road | Recording | |
| 1974 | Sept 14 | Berlioz | Marche Funebre | CBSO | Frémaux | Abbey Road | Recording | |
| 1974 | Nov 14 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Ladies only | |
| 1974 | Nov 15 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Frémaux | Royal Festival Hall | Ladies only | |
| 1974 | Nov 16 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Frémaux | Town Hall Chatham | Ladies only | |
| 1974 | Nov 17 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Frémaux | The Dome Brighton | Ladies only | |
| 1974 | Nov 28 | Fauré | Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Benjamin Luxon, John Davies & Jonathan Nott (trebles) | Symph.No 6-Schubert/Des Knaben Wunderhorn-Mahler |
| 1975 | Jan 9 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1975 | Jan 11 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Frémaux | Leeds | ||
| 1975 | Feb 6 | Berlioz | Grand Messe des Morts | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | John Michinson | |
| 1975 | Feb 7 | Berlioz | Grand Messe des Morts | CBSO | Frémaux | Royal Festival Hall | John Michinson | |
| 1975 | Feb 13 | Mahler | 3rd Symphony | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Barbara Rowbottom, Midland Boy Singers | Ladies only |
| 1975 | Apl 13 | Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Jill Gomez, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk | |
| 1975 | Apl 17 | Beethoven | Choral Fantasia | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Hans Richter-Hasse, piano | |
| 1975 | Apl 19 | Berlioz | Grand Messe des Morts | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Uni | John Mitchinson | Recording(Quad) |
| 1975 | June 23 | Ravel | Daphnis & Chloë | CBSO | Frémaux | The Maltings | (Benjamin Britten in Audience) | |
| 1975 | July 12 | Verdi | Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Ann Pashley, Anne Collins, Keith Erwen, Michael Rippon | |
| 1975 | July 18 | Various | From Covent Garden To Broadway | CBSO Chorale | Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | Lois McDonall | |
| 1975 | Sept 25 | Berlioz | Les Troyens | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1975 | Nov 27 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Norma Burrows, Alfreda Hodgson | |
| 1975 | Dec 18 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO Chorale | Robert Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | Peter Reeves, James Gourlay | |
| 1975 | Dec 20 | Chriatmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO Chorale | Robert Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | Peter Reeves, James Gourlay | |
| 1976 | Jan 15 | Poulenc | Gloria | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Vivien Townley | Symph.No.103-Haydn/Concerto for Orchestra-Bartok |
| 1976 | Jan 16 | Poulenc | Gloria | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Uni | Norma Burrows | Recording(EMI) |
| 1976 | Feb 14 | Various | How The West Was Won | CBSO Chorale | Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | Pat Whitmore, Neilson Taylor | |
| 1976 | Mar 25 | Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Michael Rippon, YIM Band | |
| 1976 | Mar 25 | Debussy | La Damoiselle élue | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Ralph Holmes, April Cantelo, Meriel Dickinson, Michael Rippon | Violin Concerto-Richard Rodney Bennett |
| 1976 | Mar 31 | Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | CBSO | Frémaux | Royal Festival Hall | Michael Rippon, YIM Band | |
| 1976 | Mar 31 | Debussy | La Damoiselle élue | CBSO | Frémaux | Royal Festival Hall | Ralph Holmes, April Cantelo, Meriel Dickinson, Michael Rippon | Violin Concerto-Richard Rodney Bennett |
| 1976 | Apl 8 | Bach | Magnificat | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Linda Esther-Gray, Barbara Robotham, John Mitchinson, Michael Rippon | |
| 1976 | Apl 8 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Linda Esther-Gray, Barbara Robotham, John Mitchinson, Michael Rippon | |
| 1976 | Apl 24 | Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | CBSO | Frémaux | Leeds | Michael Rippon, YIM Band | |
| 1976 | Apl 24 | Debussy | La Damoiselle élue | CBSO | Frémaux | Leeds | Ralph Holmes, April Cantelo, Meriel Dickinson, Michael Rippon | |
| 1976 | Jun 5 | Various | Song of a Summer Night | CBSO Chorale | Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1976 | June 10 | Various | Song of a Summer Night | CBSO Chorale | Mandell | Cheltenham Town Hall | ||
| 1976 | July 3 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1976 | July 3 | Walton | Coronation March | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1976 | July 3 | Walton | Gloria | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Barbara Robotham, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Brian Rayner-Cook | |
| 1976 | July 9 | Various | Covent Garden to Broadway | CBSO Chorale | Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | Lois McDonnell | |
| 1976 | July | Walton | Te Deum | CBSO, Worcester Cathedral Choir | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Recording | |
| 1976 | July | Walton | Gloria | CBSO, Worcester Cathedral Choir | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Barbara Robotham, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Brian Rayner-Cook | Recording |
| 1976 | Aug 18 | Berlioz | Grand Messe des Morts | CBSO | Frémaux | Ripon Cathedral | John Mitchinson | Harrogate Festival |
| 1976 | Nov 11 | Debussy | Nocturnes | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1976 | Nov 18 | Mozart | Mass in C, Coronation Mass | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Susanna Ross, Barbara McGuire Grenville Heath, Gordon Clinton | Symph.No.7/Overture No.3 Leonora-Beethoven |
| 1976 | Dec 16 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO Chorale | Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1976 | Dec 18 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO Chorale | Mandell | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1977 | Feb 10 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Lillian Watson, Gerald English, Thomas Allen, Midland Boy Singers | Overture,Susanna's Secret-Wolf-Ferrari/Flute Concerto (James Galway)-Mayer |
| 1977 | Feb 12 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO | Frémaux | Royal Festival Hall | Lillian Watson, Gerald English, Thomas Allen, Midland Boy Singers | Overture,Susanna's Secret-Wolf-Ferrari/Flute Concerto (James Galway)-Mayer |
| 1977 | Mar 24 | Berlioz | The Damnation of Faust | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Sandra Browne, Robert Tear, Pierre Thau, John Rawnsley, Joan Boothroyd | |
| 1977 | June 28 | Holst | Planets | CBSO (Ladies) | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Various | |
| 1977 | July 9 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Hilary Kenway, Kenneth Bowen, Brent Ellis | Academic Festival Overture-Brahms/Slavonic Dances-Dvorak |
| 1977 | Aug 16 | Verdi | Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | Ripon Cathedral | Anne Conoley, Barbara Robotham, John Mitchinson, Willard White | |
| 1977 | Aug 31 | Berlioz | The Damnation of Faust | CBSO | Frémaux | Royal Albert Hall (prom) | Sandra Browne, Kenneth Bowen, Pierre Thau, John Rawnsley | Prom |
| 1977 | Sept 22 | Verdi | Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Anne Conoley, Barbara Robotham, John Mitchinson, Willard White | |
| 1977 | Sept 25 | Verdi | Otello | CBSO | Hopkins | B'ham Town Hall | Paul Rogers, Frank Finlay, Isla Blair, Raimund Henrincx, Pauline Tinsley | |
| 1977 | Nov 10 | Fauré | Cantique de Racine | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1977 | Nov 10 | Fauré | Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Sally Burgess, Brian Rayner-Cook | Norma Burrows indisposed. Symph. in C-Bizet |
| 1977 | Dec 17 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO Chorale | Handley | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1977 | Dec 19 | Fauré | Cantique de Racine | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Uni | Recording | |
| 1977 | Dec 19 | Fauré | Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Uni | Norma Burrows, Brian Rayner-Cook | Recording |
| 1977 | Dec 20 | Fauré | Cantique de Racine | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Uni | Recording | |
| 1977 | Dec 20 | Fauré | Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Uni | Norma Burrows, Brian Rayner-Cook | Recording |
| 1977 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO Chorale | Handley | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1978 | Jan 14 | Borodin | Prince Igor | CBSO | Comissiona | B'ham Town Hall | Russian Night -Tchaikovsky/ Rachmaninov/ Rimsky-Korsakov/ Stravinsky/ Borodin | |
| 1978 | Mar 2 | Britten | War Requiem | CBSO | Frémaux | B'ham Town Hall | Lorna Haywood, Kenneth Bowen, Brian Rayner-Cook, Midland Boy Singers | |
| 1978 | Apl 11 | Various | Much Loved Music Show | CBSO | Hughes | B'ham Town Hall | Kenneth Bowen, Benjamin Luxon | T.V Recording |
| 1978 | May 11 | Beethoven | 9th Symphony | CBSO | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Heather Harper, Alfreda Hodgson, Kenneth Bowen, Michael Rippon | Symph.No 8 - Beethoven |
| 1978 | June 26 | Brahms | Rhapsody | CBSO (Men) | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Elisabeth Connell | Symph.No 4/No.2-Brahms |
| 1978 | June 27 | Brahms | Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) | CBSO | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Symph.No 3/No.1-Brahms | |
| 1978 | July 8 | Haydn | Nelson Mass | CBSO | Willcocks | B'ham Town Hall | Wendy Eathorne, Sarah Walker, Robert Tear, John King | Queen of Sheba/Water Music/Organ Concerto(David Bruce-Payne)-Handel |
| 1978 | July 15 | Gilbert & Sullivan | The Mikado | CBSO Chorale | Moores | B'ham Town Hall | Marilin Hill-Smith, Pauline Wales, Judith Buckle, Helen Landis, Philip Potter, Peter Pratt, Michael Wakeman, Clive Harre, Harry Goghill | |
| 1978 | Nov 4 | Britten | War Requiem | CBSO | Davis | Chester Cathedral | Wendy Eathorne, Richard Lewis, Brian Rayner-Cook | |
| 1978 | Nov 21 | Schubert | Mass in G | CBSO | Schmid | Cheltenham Town Hall | Hilary Western, Ian Caley, David Wilson-Johnson | |
| 1978 | Nov 23 | Schubert | Mass in G | CBSO | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Hilary Western, Ian Caley, David Wilson-Johnson | |
| 1978 | Dec 19 | Bach | Christmas Oratorio | CBSO Chorale | Handley | Cheltenham Town Hall | Brian Rayner-Cook | |
| 1978 | Dec 20 | Bach | Christmas Oratorio | CBSO Chorale | Handley | B'ham Town Hall | Brian Rayner-Cook | |
| 1978 | Dec 28 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Handley | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1979 | Mar 1 | Verdi | Four Sacred Pieces | CBSO | Foster | B'ham Town Hall | Penelope King | Palintropos-Tavener |
| 1979 | Mar 1 | Boito | Mefistofele - Prologue | CBSO | Foster | B'ham Town Hall | Willard White, Midland Boy Singers | Palintropos-Tavener |
| 1979 | Mar 2 | Verdi | Four Sacred Pieces | CBSO | Foster | Royal Festival Hall | Penelope King | Palintropos-Tavener |
| 1979 | Mar 2 | Boito | Mefistofele - Prologue | CBSO | Foster | Royal Festival Hall | Willard White, Midland Boy Singers | Palintropos-Tavener |
| 1979 | Apl 8 | Elgar | The Music Makers | BBC SO & Chorus | Del Mar | Royal Albert Hall | Sarah Walker, BBC Singers | Boult's 90th. Symph No.4-Brahms/Fantasia, Thomas Tallis-Vaughan Williams |
| 1979 | Apl 13 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Handley | B'ham Town Hall | Fiona Kimm, Kenneth Woollam, Michael Rippon | |
| 1979 | May 26 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Yehudi Menuhin | Malvern | Fiona Kimm, Kenneth Woollam, Michael Rippon | Prince of Wales |
| 1979 | June 30 | Elgar | The Music Makers | CBSO | Gray | B'ham Town Hall | Margret Cable | |
| 1979 | Sept 12 | Various | The Much Loved Music Show | CBSO | Hughes | B'ham Town Hall | ||
| 1979 | Sept 29 | Mendelssohn | Elijah | CBSO | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Teresa Cahill, Alfeda Hodgson, Anthony Rolfe-Jonhson, Benjamin Luxon, Jonathan Ballard – treble | |
| 1979 | Nov 29 | Tallis | Spem in Alium | CBSO | Tabachnik | B'ham Town Hall | St Anne Prelude & Fugue - Bach | |
| 1979 | Nov 29 | Bach | Cantata Wachet auf | CBSO | Tabachnik | B'ham Town Hall | Catherine Bott, Adrian Thompson, Richard Jackson | St Anne Prelude & Fugue - Bach |
| 1979 | Nov 29 | Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms | CBSO | Tabachnik | B'ham Town Hall | St Anne Prelude & Fugue - Bach | |
| 1979 | Dec 20 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Woolfenden | B'ham Town Hall | Bernard Miles | |
| 1979 | Dec 22 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Woolfenden | B'ham Town Hall | Bernard Miles | |
| 1980 | Apl 3 | Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | CBSO | Schmid | B'ham Town Hall | Heather Harper, Bernadette Greevy, John Mitchinson, Willard White | |
| 1980 | June 12 | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Norman del Mar | Royal Albert Hall | Janet Baker, Michael Rippon, Kenneth Bowen | |
| 1980 | June 28 | Walton | Coronation Te Deum | CBSO | Norman del Mar | B'ham Town Hall | Norfolk Rhapsody - Vaughan Williams | |
| 1980 | June 28 | Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | CBSO | Norman del Mar | B'ham Town Hall | Norfolk Rhapsody - Vaughan Williams | |
| 1980 | June 28 | Holst | Planets | CBSO | Norman del Mar | B'ham Town Hall | Norfolk Rhapsody - Vaughan Williams | |
| 1980 | Aug 21 | Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | CBSO | Norman del Mar | Great Hall, B'ham University | Recording | |
| 1980 | Sept 20 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO/Leeds Phil. Chorus | Rattle | Leeds | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hogson | 1st Rattle |
| 1980 | Sept 20 | Szymanowski | Stabat Mater | CBSO/Leeds Phil. Chorus | Rattle | Leeds | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hogson, Peter Knapp | 1st Rattle |
| 1980 | Sept 23 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | B'ham Town Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hogson | Rituel (In Memoriam Maderna) Boulez |
| 1980 | Oct 10 | Mahler | 2nd Symphony | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Festival Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hogson | |
| 1980 | Oct 10 | Szymanowski | Stabat Mater | CBSO | Rattle | Royal Festival Hall | Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hogson, Peter Knapp | |
| 1980 | Dec 18 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Woolfenden | B'ham Town Hall | Arthur Lowe | |
| 1980 | Dec 20 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO | Woolfenden | B'ham Town Hall | Arthur Lowe |