175th Anniversary celebrations
Huddersfield Choral Society was founded in June 1836. We celebrated the 175th anniversary of this great occasion with a series of fundraising and social events and concerts during the season, culminating in a Gala Concert and Gala Ball in June 2011, as near to the original founding date as possible.
Photographs and details of these events will follow shortly...
The concert season was as busy as ever, including five performances of Messiah, a UK première and Prom. concert. However the highlight of the season for many was a celebratory performance of The Dream of Gerontius.
2010-2011 Season: 175th Anniversary season
Saturday 25 September 2010
Huddersfield Town Hall 7.30pm
Hepworth Band gala concert: 'A Night at the Classics'
Friday 29 October 2010
Huddersfield Town Hall 7.30pm (Subscribers' concert)
Verdi - Requiem
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko - conductor
Alwyn Mellor - soprano
Patricia Bardon - mezzo
John Daszak - tenor
James Creswell - bass
Friday 10 December 2010
Huddersfield Town Hall 7.30pm
Christmas Concert
Brian Kay - conductor
Hepworth Band
Monday 20 December 2010
The Sage Gateshead
Messiah
Northern Sinfonia
Jane Glover - conductor
Elizabeth Watts - soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo
Mark Le Brocq - tenor
Henry Waddington - bass
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Huddersfield Town Hall 7.15pm (Subscribers' concert)
Messiah
Northern Sinfonia
Jane Glover - conductor
Elizabeth Watts - soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo
Mark Le Brocq - tenor
Henry Waddington - bass
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Huddersfield Town Hall 7.15pm (Public concert)
Messiah
Northern Sinfonia
Jane Glover - conductor
Elizabeth Watts - soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo
Mark Le Brocq - tenor
Henry Waddington - bass
Saturday 8 January 2011
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon
Messiah
Guests of Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society
Friday 1 April 2011
Huddersfield Town Hall 7.30pm
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Jonathan Harvey - Messages (UK première)
Bruckner - Mass in E minor
Orchestra of Opera North
Friday 22 April 2011
Barbican, London 6pm
Handel - Messiah
City of London Sinfonia
Joseph Cullen - conductor
Elizabeth Watts - soprano
Dame Felicity Palmer - mezzo
Mark Le Brocq - tenor
Christopher Purves - bass
Saturday 18 June 2011
Huddersfield Town Hall 7.30pm - 175th anniversary concert
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
The Hallé
Martyn Brabbins - conductor
Christine Rice - soprano
Peter Hoare - tenor
Christopher Purves - bass
Sunday 17 July 2011 - Prom no. 4
Royal Albert Hall 7pm
Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'The Gothic' (110 mins)
Join the Choral under the baton of Martyn Brabbins along with
Susan Gritton - soprano
Christine Rice - mezzo-soprano
Peter Auty - tenor
Alastair Miles - bass
CBSO Youth Chorus
Eltham College Boys' Choir
Southend Boys' and Girls' Choirs
Bach Choir
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Brighton Festival Chorus
Côr Caerdydd
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales