Orpheus Choir of Wellington :[Ephemera and concert programmes. 1980-1982]

Includes:

1980:

"The creation", J F Haydn. Conductor Sir David Willcocks. Wellington Town Hall, 6 August 1980. Programme (2 copies), and flyer (1 copy)

"Messiah" by G F Handel. Conductor Malcolm Rickard (With Heather Taylor, Flora Edwards, John Miley, Bruce Carson, with Sinfonia of Wellington led by May Hannan; Roy Tankersley harpsichordist, Gary Bowler organist, Graham Hanify solo trumpeter. Wellington Town Hall, 13 December 1980. Programme (2 copies)

"St Matthew Passion". Soloists John Miley, Roger Wilson, with Heather Taylor, Patricia Lawrey, Andrew Baines and Charles Naylor. Sinfonia of Wellington conductor Malcolm Rickard. Wellington Cathedral, Good Friday 4 April 1980. Flyer only (2 copies)

"We wish you a merry Christmas". Conductor Malcolm Rickard with Hutt Intermediate School Special Choir, Sacred Heart College Special Choir, conductor Peggy Roberts, pianist Alison Frude; Evening Post Onslow Brass Band, director Norman Goffin. Pianist Cherry van Kranen, organist Gary Bowler. Lower Hutt Town Hall, 29 November 1980. Programme

1981:

"A festival of church music", with Peter Baillie (tenor), Peter Averi (organ), Malcolm Rickard (musical director). Wesley Church Wellington, 1 August 1981. Programme (2 copies) and flyer (2 copies)

Britten "Saint Nicholas"; John Stanley "Organ concerto in A major"; Handel "Dixit Dominus". Guest conductor Peter Godfrey; soloists Robert Oliver, Heather Taylor, Jenny Thirtle, Linden Loader; organ Gary Bowler; Sinfonia of Wellington. Wellington Cathedral, 17 October 1981. Programme (2 copies) and flyer (2 copies)

Handel's "Messiah". Conductor Malcolm Rickard; soloists Marie Landis, Shelley Hibbert, Kenneth Cornish, Maurice Taylor; organ Gary Bowler; Sinfonia of Wellington. Wellington Town Hall, 5 December 1981. Flyer only (2 copies)

1982:

"Judas Maccabaeus", by G F Handel. Guest conductor Peter Godfrey. Soloists Wendy Dixon, Flora Edwards, Frank Carter, Roger Wilson; Hutt Intermediate School Choir, conductor Peggy Roberts; with the Sinfonia of Wellington led by Jane Freed. Wellington Town Hall, 9 October 1982. Programme (2 copies)

"St Matthew Passion". (With Robert Oliver, Roger Wilson, Janet Marsland, Anthea Moller, Michael Blake, Bruce Carson, Wellington East Girls College Micro Choir, Sinfonia of Wellington, conductor Malcolm Rickard). Wellington Town Hall, Good friday 9 April 1982. Flyer only (2 copies)

Handel's "Messiah", with internationally acclaimed British soprano Elizabeth Harwood and Isabel Cunningham, Anthony Benfell, Paul Neal, Sinfonia of Wellington. Conductor Malcolm Rickard. Wellington Town Hall 11 December 1982; Southward Theatre Paraparaumu, 12 December 1982. Programme (2 copies) and flyer (2 copies)

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Provenance: Donated from various sources, including Averil Pears, Marie de Joux and Gill Watt.