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1999

Saturday 11th December 1999 7:30pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
WINTER WONDERLAND
In support of the Mayor of Epsom's charities: Marie Curie Cancer Care, Epsom and Ewell Citizens' Advice Bureau and Epsom and Ewell Venture Scouts. 
Special guests: Friary Guildford Brass Band, Rosebery School Sixth Form Singers, and the Choir of St Martin of Tours with Ray Humble organ

Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th December 1999 at Clandon Park , near Guildford
CLANDON CAROLS 

Saturday 6th November 1999 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
A CONCERT FOR CHOIR AND ORGAN
Tucapský Veni, Sancte Spritus 
Tavener Magnificat and Nunc dimittis - Collegium Regale 
Pärt I am the True Vine; Magnificat 
Duruflé Requiem 
Richard Moorhouse organ (sub-organist St. Paul's Cathedral) 
Julia Hessy mezzo soprano, Dick Bacon baritone and Maryan Balkwill cello 

Saturday 10th July 1999 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
FRAGMENTS OF LIFE
Thea Musgrave On the Underground 
John Gardner Five partsongs to poems by Wallace Stevens 
Geoffrey Bush Portraits 
Bob Chilcott Fragments from his dish 
Richard Rodney Bennett Nonsense 
and piano duets by Richard Rodney Bennett and Malcolm Arnold 
Marion Lea and Stephen Ridge piano duet 
This concert was supported by an Enterprise Award from the Performing Right Society

​Thursday 10th June 1999 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom

BRING AND SING

Third annual open workshop: Poulenc's Gloria on the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth. 

Handel: Messiah

Saturday 13th March 1999 7:30pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom

A special performance of Handel's great oratorio Messiah 
to mark the choir's 30th year. 
Emma Brain-Gabbott soprano 
Alexandra Gibson alto 
Andrew Busher tenor 
Neil Bellingham bass 
Epsom Chamber Players 
In aid of the Children's Trust at Tadworth Court. 

1998

Saturday 12th December 1998 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom

St. Martin of Tours, Epsom

NOEL NOUVELET
Christmas music by John Rutter and carols for choir and audience with the Epsom Chamber Players 

Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd December 1998 8pm at Clandon Park, near Guildford
CLANDON CAROLS

Saturday 14th November 1998 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
Inspired by Bach - Sacred works for double choir
Bach Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir 
Mendelssohn Te Deum 
Holst Ave Maria 
Howells Nunc dimittis 
Giles Swayne Magnificat 
Harris Faire is the Heaven 
with Rebecca Selley piano/organ and Lilian Kelly cello 

Saturday 26th September 1998 7.45pm at Dorking Halls
Dorking Chamber Orchestra 10th Anniversary Concert 
Conductor: Colin Gray 
Beethoven Symphony no. 9 'Choral' 
with DCO Chorus 

Saturday 27th June 1998 8pm at St Nicolas' Church, Great Bookham
and Saturday 4th July 1998 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
Shakespeare in Sonnet and Song
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs and The Willow Song and O Mistress Mine from Three Elizabethan Part Songs 
William Mathias Shakespeare Songs for mixed voices and piano 
Christopher Brown Three Shakespeare Songs for unaccompained mixed voices 
John Rutter Fancies 
with Marion Lea piano and Richard and Pru Butler readers 

Thursday 11th June 1998 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom

Workshop on Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater

Monday 4th May 1998 at St. Paul's Cathedral
Evensong
Finzi God is gone up; Paul Spicer Responses; Murrill Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 

 

Saturday 7th March 1998 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
Fauré Requiem 
Poulenc Mass in G 
Duruflé Quatre motets sur des thèmes Grégoriens 
Villette Attende Domine

1997
Saturday 20th December 1997 7:30 pm at Epsom Methodist Church, Ashley Road, Epsom
Winter Wonderland
A Christmas Concert featuring Friary Guildford Brass Band 
Christmas Songs in close harmony arranged by Peter Gritton and Traditional Carols for Choir and Audience 

Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th December 1997 8pm at Clandon Park, near Guildford, Surrey
Christmas music in aid of the National Trust

Saturday 8th November 1997 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor and Rachmaninov The Liturgy of St John Chrysostum 

 

Saturday 28th June 1997 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
With The Kent Centre for Young Instrumentalists Ensemble 
Handel Coronation Anthems 
Let thy hand be strengthened; The King shall rejoice; Zadok the Priest 
Purcell Funeral Sentences 
Man that is born of a woman; In the midst of life; Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets 
Tim Stevenson Summer Nocturne 
Words by Philip Larkin 
Brian Wilshere Peace 
Words by Peter Sinfield 
Brian Wilshere Bringing 
Words by Muriel Rukeyser 
Bryony Wilson Missa Brevis 
Kyrie; Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei

Saturday 15th March 1997 7:30pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
Howells Take him, earth, for cherishing
Kodály Jesus and the traders (Jézus és a kufárok) 
Maw One foot in Eden still, I stand 
Joubert Three Carols for unaccompanied chorus Opus 102 
1. Hymn to the Virgin 2. Be mery 3. Lullay 
Frank Martin Mass for double choir (1922) 

Thursday 27th February 1997 at St Martin's Church, Epsom
Workshop on Spem in alium nunquam habui Motet in forty parts by Thomas Tallis. 

1996

Saturday 21st December 1996 7pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
SING NOËL!
Gala Carol Concert with Carols for Choirs and Audience 
Featuring the Choristers of Cumnor House School, The Choir of St Martin's, The Friary Guildford Brass Band with Marion Lea (piano) and Ray Humble (organ) 

Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th December 1996 8pm at Clandon Park, near Guildford, Surrey (National Trust)
Christmas music 

Saturday 16th November 1996 8pm at St Martin's Church, Epsom
CANDLEMASS
Palestrina Missa Brevis 
Paul Patterson Missa Brevis 
Lotti Crucifixus à 8 
Byrd Teach me, O Lord and Sing joyfully unto God 
Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David 
Farrant Hide not thou thy face 
Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences 

Sunday 20th October 1996 6pm at Burdrop village church, Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire
Evensong
Petoni Cantate Domino 
Howells Psalm 122 
T. Stevenson Responses 
Gibbons Magnificat and Nunc dimittis 
Howells O, pray for the peace of Jerusalem 

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