1969
Sunday 16th March 1969 8.15pm
Epsom College Chapel
(THE INAUGURAL CONCERT !!)
The Passion According to St John Heinrich Schutz
Two Romances for Clarinet and Piano Schumann
Five Mystical Songs Vaughan Williams
Tom Wheare Evangelistus Bruce Pullen Christus
Alan Ryan Clarinet Murray Young Piano
David DeVile Organ Neil Page Conductor
Admission Free
Saturday 21st June 1969 8pm
Big School, Epsom College
MUSIC FOR A MIDSUMMER EVENING
Beatus vir Monteverdi
Two Harpsichord Sonatas Domenico Scarlatti
Three Chansons of the French Renaissance:
‘Francion vint I’autre jour Pierre Bonnet
Mille regrets de vous abandoner Jacques Arcadelt
Acis and Galatea Henry Purcell
Ruth Walker and Dorothy Wood Sopranos
Robin Doveton Tenor Andrew Nurse Bass
Paul Buxton and Jennifer Garwell Violins
Vivien Crossley and John Morton Oboes
Edgar Gordon and Brian Baker Descant Recorders
Barbara Meyrick Cello Nicholas Worters Double Bass
John Leach Harpsichord Neil Page Conductor
Sunday 23rd November 1969
Epsom College Chapel
A CONCERT FOR ADVENT
Chorale Prelude ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ JS Bach
Missa ‘O quam gloriousum’ Tomas Luis de Victoria
Chorale Preludes:
‘Gott, durch deine Gute’
‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ JS Bach
The Advent Collect David Devile (** 1 st performance)
Rejoice in the Lamb Benjamin Britten
Barbara Meredith Soprano Adrian Culshaw Counter-tenor
John Naylor Tenor Peter Harrison Baritone
David DeVile Organ Neil Page Conductor
1970
Saturday 14th March 1970 8pm
St Martin’s Church Epsom
MUSIC FOR PASSIONTIDE
Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet Tallis
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid Benjamin Britten
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Holst
Lenten motets Byrd, Tallis, Lotti and Phillips
Vivien Crossley Oboe
Neil Page Conductor
Saturday 20th June 1970 8pm
Big School, Epsom College
MUSIC FOR A MIDSUMMER EVENING
Madrigals Dowland, Bennet & Lassus
Three Shakespeare Songs Vaughan Williams
Choral Dances from ‘Gloriana’ Benjamin Britten
Folk Songs arr. Percy Grainger
‘Andaluza’ Enrique Granados
Broadway Songs arr. Ken Naylor
Muray Young and David DeVile Two pianos
Vivien Crossley Oboe
Neil Page Conductor
Tickets 8 shillings
Saturday 28th November 1970
St Martin’s Church Epsom
A CONCERT FOR THE SEASON OF ADVENT
Cantata 61 ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’ JS Bach
Holberg Suite Greig
Three motets Op.110 Brahms
Latin graduals Bruckner
Motets Byrd, Tallis & Gibbons
The Epsom Chamber Orchestra
Neil Page Conductor
1971
Sunday 14th March 1971 8pm
Epsom College Chapel
Mass in 4 parts Byrd
Canticle II ‘Abraham and Isaac’ Britten
Hear my prayer Mendelssohn
Missa Brevis Walton
Adrian Culshaw Counter-tenor Neil Page Tenor
Murray Young Piano David DeVile Organ
Tickets 30p
Saturday 12th June 1971 7.45pm
Big School, Epsom College
MIDSUMMER CONCERT
Welcome to all the pleasures Purcell
Simple Symphony Britten
The Cries of London Gibbons
Fugal Concerto Holst
Yugoslav Folksongs arr. Seiber
Madrigals Dowland, Morley and Weelkes
The Epsom Chamber Orchestra leader: Jennifer Garwell
Neil Page Conductor (Neil's final concert as conductor)
Tickets 40p (sic!) including Wine Cup.
Black Tie
Many thanks to Neil Page for providing the information about the concerts on this page.