Concerts in the 1970s

19th May 1970 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Byrd: Mass
Kodály: Missa Brevis
Boyce: 
O Where Shall Wisdom Be Found
Conductor: Russell Lovick
Organ: Geoffrey Holroyde

22nd May 1971 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Mozart: Requiem
Haydn: 
Nelson Mass
Conductor: Russell Lovick
Soprano: Joyce Rogers; Contralto: Barbara McGuire
Tenor: Philip Russell; Bass: John King
Orchestra da Camera; Organ: Geoffrey Holroyde

20th November 1971 | Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa
Purcell: O Sing Unto the Lord and Ode on St Cecilia’s Day
Buxtehude: 
Jesu, Joy and Treasure
Conductor: Russell Lovick
Soprano: Sara Mousley; Countertenor: Gary Jones
Tenor: Nigel Hopkins; Arthur Hilyer (A), Bass: William Clarke
Organ: Anthony Caldicott

29th April 1972 | Kenilworth Grammar School
Handel: Messiah
Conductor: Russell Lovick
Soprano: Elizabeth Gavan; Contralto: Brenda Beck
Tenor: Tony Parkinson; Bass: Roger Usherwood
Beauchamp Sinfonietta; Continuo: Geoffrey Holroyde

9th December 1972 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Brahms: A German Requiem
Conductor: Russell Lovick
Soprano: Kathleen Lovett; Bass: Roger Usherwood
Organ: David Palmer

26th May 1973 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Haydn: The Seasons
Conductor: Russell Lovick
Soprano: Sara Mousley; Tenor: Tony Parkinson
Bass: Roger Usherwood
Beauchamp Sinfonietta; Continuo: Fred Ellis

18th May 1974 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
J S Bach: Mass in B minor
Conductor: Russell Lovick
Soprano: Nicolette Savage; Contralto: Linda Hirst
Tenor: David Cragg; Bass: Stephen Varcoe
Orchestra da Camera; Organ: Andrew Fletcher
Harpsichord: Fred Ellis

16th November 1974 | St John’s Church, Kenilworth
Fauré: Requiem
Handel: Excerpts from part 2 of 
Messiah
Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Soprano: Janne Martyn; Contralto: Brenda Beck
Bass: Roger Usherwood
Organ: Richard Lowry; Trumpet: Richard Higginbottom

7th June 1975 | St Nicholas’s Church, Kenilworth
400th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I at Kenilworth
Vivaldi: Gloria
Haydn: Mass in B Flat
Mozart: 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Soprano I: Janne Martyn; Soprano II: Sara Mousley
Contralto: Brenda Beck
Beauchamp Sinfonietta

29th November 1975 | St Nicholas’s Church, Kenilworth
with Kenilworth Grammar School Boys’ Choir
Britten: Saint Nicolas
Bach: Jesu, Priceless Treasure

Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Tenor: Peter Crowe
Beauchamp Sinfonietta; Organ: Nicholas Houghton

22nd May 1976 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Soprano: Sara Mousley; Contralto: Barbara McGuire
Tenor: Peter Crowe; Bass: Christopher Keyte,
with Louis Hilyer and St Mary’s Choristers
Beauchamp Sinfonietta

27th November 1976 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Haydn: The Creation
Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Soprano: Kathleen Livingstone
Tenor: Neil Mackie; Bass: Christopher Keyte
Beauchamp Sinfonietta

21st May 1977 | St John’s Church, Kenilworth
Mozart: Requiem and Credo Mass
Handel: ‘Zadok the Priest’ from Coronation Anthems
Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Soprano: Lorna Bottomley; Alto: Helen Francis
Tenor: Alan Duffield; Bass: Phillip Bromley
Beauchamp Sinfonietta

9th July 1977 | St Nicolas’s Church, Nuneaton
Fauré: Requiem
Buxtehude: Jesu, Joy and Treasure
Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Soprano: Patricia Pritchard: Bass: Nicholas Boucher
Organ: Andrew Fletcher

16th July 1977 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Warwick Flower Festival
Fauré: Requiem
Buxtehude: Jesu, Joy and Treasure
Conductor: Anthony Metcalfe
Soprano: Patricia Pritchard: Bass: Nicholas Boucher
Organ: Andrew Fletcher; Harpsichord: Anthony Metcalfe;
The Radford Consort (Recorders): Janet Radford, Terry Radford

26th November 1977 | St John’s Church, Kenilworth
Handel: Messiah
Conductor: Andrew Fletcher
Soprano: Lesley Garrett; Alto: Judith Gallacher
Tenor: Nicholas Johnson; Bass: Timothy Harper
Beauchamp Sinfonietta

22nd April 1978 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
25th Anniversary Concert
J S 
Bach: St John Passion
Conductor: Andrew Fletcher
Soprano: Kathleen Livingstone; Contralto: Sylvia Swan
Tenor: Adrian Thompson; Tenor (as Evangelist): Martyn Hill
Bass: Christopher Keyte
Orchestra da Camera; Organ: Arthur Hilyer
Violin: M. Sansom; Cello: J. Englehart

25th November 1978 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Brahms: Song of Destiny and A German Requiem
Conductor: Andrew Fletcher
Soprano: Lesley Garrett; Bass: Michael Leighton-Jones
Orchestra da Camera
Organ: Andrew Fletcher Prelude & Fugue in G minor (1856)

28th April 1979 | Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Schubert: Mass in G
Haydn: 
Nelson Mass
Conductor: Andrew Fletcher
Soprano: Linda Russell; Contralto: Jean Temperley
Tenor: Peter Bamber; Bass: David Watson
Orchestra da Camera; Continuo: Arthur Hilyer

30th June 1979 | St Nicholas’s Church, Kenilworth
Midsummer Music’
Conductor: Andrew Fletcher
Harpsichord: Gillian Jones
Recorders: Janet Radford, Terry Radford