WPS CONCERT PROGRAMME ARCHIVE

Here you can browse through a selection of past concert programmes which give a good idea of the range of items covered during the history of the Society.

25^th April 2020 Handel, The Messiah, (The programme that never was!)

10^th December 2019 A Christmas Feast (This concert was cancelled)

3^rd November 2019 A Box of Delights

29^th June 2019 A Summer Prom

28^th April 2019 The Creation, Haydn

12^th December 2018 A Christmas Cracker!

10^th November 2018 The Armed Man (Karl Jenkins), Requiem (John Rutter)

27^th June 2018 Songs for a Summer Evening

28^th April 2018 From Major to Minor; Dvorak, Beethoven

13^th December 2017 Christmas at the Colosseum

12^th November 2017 Mass in B Minor, J. S. Bach

18^th June 2017 Sunday Night at the Muse

29^th April 2017 War and Peace; Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Williams

14^th December 2016 A Celebration of Christmas

29^th October 2016 REMEMBRANCE Concert

29^th June 2016 Proms at the Colosseum

23^rd April 2016 ‘An Evening with Handel’

10^th December 2015 Christmas Concert

7^th November 2015 M^cDowall, Britten, Vaughan Williams

17^th June 2015 Music for a Summer Evening

14^th March 2015 Spring Concert

17^th December 2014 Christmas Concert

15^th November 2014 Celebrating Local Talent

18^th June 2014 Gilbert and Sullivan Concert

22^nd March 2014 Britten, War Requiem

18^th December 2013 Christmas Concert

16^th November 2013 Bax, Rutter, Vaughan Williams

19^th June 2013 An Evening with George Gershwin (plus Rutter)

9^th June 2013 Bring and Sing Messiah in memory of Joan Markwick

16^th March 2013 Opera Night (Britten, Verdi, Wagner)

19^th December 2012 Christmas Concert

9^th December 2012 Orchestral Workshop (In Conclusion) Haydn Symphonies No. 58, 100 & 104.

23^rd November 2012 ‘Royal Gala’ Concert in aid of the Peace Hospice.

17^th November 2012 Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius

20^th June 2012 A Celebration of Cole Porter

17^th March 2012 Verdi, Requiem

10^th March 2012 Verdi, Requiem, St Albans Cathedral

14^th December 2011 Christmas Concert

12^th November 2011 Autumn Concert, Bach, Greig, Wagner

16^th October 2011 Orchestral Workshop, Haydn Symphonies No. 3, 51, 66, & 71.

18th September 2011 Orchestral Workshop, Haydn Symphonies No. 38, 93, & 95.

18^th June 2011 Summer Concert, A Rodgers & Hammerstein Evening

23^rd March 2011 Spring Concert

18^th December 2010 Christmas Concert.

10^th November 2010 Autumn Concert at Christ Church, Watford

12^thJune 2010 Magna Carta Celebration, St Albans Abbey

5^th June 2010 (WPS 75th Jubilee Summer Concert).

13^th March 2010 (WPS 75th Jubilee Spring Concert).

16^th December 2009 (WPS 75th Jubilee Christmas Concert).

11^th November 2009 (WPS 75th Jubilee Autumn Concert).

13^th June 2009 Summer Cconcert; A Night at the Opera

14^th March 2009 Spring Concert, Brahms; Academic Festival Overture, Ein Deutsches Requiem.

17^th December 2008 Christmas Concert.

12^th November 2008 Autumn Concert.

14^th June 2008 Summer Concert.

15^th March 2008 Bizet Carmen (Concert version).

19^th December 2007 Christmas Concert.

7^th November 2007 Autumn Concert.

16^th June 2007 Summer Concert.

12^th May 2007 Orchestral Concert.

24^th March 2007 Spring Concert.

16^th February 2007 BBC Concert at the Imperial War Museum, London

13^th December 2006 Christmas Concert.

8^th November 2006 Autumn Concert.

14^th June 2006 Summer Concert.

6^th May 2006 Orchestral Concert.

25^th March 2006 Spring Concert.

14^th December 2005 Christmas Concert.

9^th November 2005 Verdi, Aida (concert version).

15^th June 2005 A Summer Celebration.

19^th March 2005 Messiah, Handel arr. Mozart.

17^th February 2005 Classical Concert Celebrating 100 Years of Rotary Service

15^th December 2004 Christmas Concert

17^th November 2004 A Festival of American Music

16^th June 2004 Summer Concert (Dedicated to the memory of R. A. Laws MBE, 1916-2003)

1^st May 2004 Orchestral Concert

20^th March 2004 Elgar; The Dream of Gerontius

17^th December 2003 Christmas Concert

12^th November 2003 Autumn Concert

11^th June 2003 Rossini; Petite Messe Solenelle (Dedicated to Barbara Marshall).

3^rd May 2003 Orchestral Concert

15^th March 2003 Berlioz; Grande Messe des Morts

18^th December 2002 Christmas Concert

20^th November 2002 Autumn Concert

12^th June 2002 Summer Concert

20^th March 2002 Edward Elgar; The Kingdom

16^th February 2002 Orchestral Concert

19^th December 2001 Christmas Concert

14^th November 2001 Autumn Concert

13^th June 2001Schubert: Intende voci orationis, Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Carl Orf: Carmina Burana

28^th March 2001 Verdi, Requiem

25^th February 2001 Orchestral and vocal soloist Concert

20^th December 2000 Christmas Concert

15^th November 2000 Autumn Concert

7^th June 2000 Porgy & Bess Concert Suite

29^th March 2000 Spring Concert

26^th February 2000 Orchestral Concert

15^th December 1999 WPS Christmas Concert

10^th November 1999 Francis Poulenc Gloria, Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Choral).

16^th October 1999 Hospice Gala Concert

9^th July 1995 Brahms, A German Requiem (Gordon Fairbairn Memorial Concert).

7^th June 1995 Diamond Jubilee Summer Concert

30^th March 1995 Handel, The Messiah (St James, Picadilly)

29^th March 1995 Handel, The Messiah (Watford Colosseum)

18^th March 1995 Diamond Jubilee Spring Concert