Spires
Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Past Events
(In reverse date order)
Date: 08 June 2024
Venue: Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany.
Occasion: 65th Anniversary of twinning, Tour to Dresden
Conductors: Jack Lovell-Huckle and Axel Langmann
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus & Neuer chor Dresden
Soloist: Tatyana Shepoval
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Date: 15 June 2024
Venue: St. James church, Bullkington CV12 9JB
Occasion: Summer Concert Series - 65th Anniversary of twinning with Dresden
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus
Soloist: Audrey Mullender
Repertoire:
Schubert, Franz An die Musik
Franck, Melchior Da Pacem Domine
Bruckner, Anton Locus Iste
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Ave Verum Corpus
J. S. Bach Fantasia on "Komm Heiliger Geist, Herr Gott" (BWV 651) (organ solo)
Beach, Amy Peace, I Leave with you
Faure, Gabriel Cantique de Jean Racine
Trad. Ukranian Cherez pole schirokee
Stanford, Charles Villiers The Blue Bird
Webster, Martin Irish Blessing
C. V. Stanford Prelude to an old Irish Church Melody (organ solo)
C. V. Stanford Prelude on a theme by Orlando Gibbon (organ solo)
Brahms, Johannes Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 – IV “Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen”
Gjeilo, Ola Ubi Caritas
Mendelssohn, Felix Verleih uns Frieden
Handel, George Frideric Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Date: 06 April 2024
Venue: Burgess Hall, King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series - Opera's Greatest Hits
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Natasha Agarwal (soprano), Gaynor Keeble (mezzo-soprano), Ed Harrisson (tenor), Peter Lidbetter (bass)
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - The Magic Flute: Overture
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich - Eugene Onegin: Waltz Scene
Bizet, Georges - Carmen: Habanera
Bizet, Georges - Carmen: Toreador's Song
Delibes, Léo - Lakmé: Flower Duet
Mascagni, Pietro - Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn
Puccini, Giacomo - Turandot: Nessun dorma
Verdi, Guiseppe - La Traviata: Brindisi
Wagner, RIchard - Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Borodin, Alexander - Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Bizet, Georges - The Pearl Fishers: Au fond de temple saint
Puccini, Giacomo - Madame Butterfly: The Humming Chorus
Puccini, Giacomo - Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Purcell, Henry - Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament and Final Chorus
Verdi, Guiseppe - Aida: Triumphal Scene from Act II
Verdi, Guiseppe - Nabucco: Va penseiero
Date: 20 January 2024
Venue: Burgess Hall, King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Occasion: Play & Sing Day - Opera Choruses
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - The Magic Flute: Overture
Bizet, Georges - Carmen: March of the Toreadors
Mascagni, Pietro - Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn
Verdi, Guiseppe - La Traviata: Brindisi
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano
Borodin, Alexander - Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Purcell, Henry - Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament and Final Chorus
Puccini, Giacomo - Madam Butterfly: Humming Chorus
Leoncavallo, Ruggero - Pagliacci: Bell Chorus
Date: 25 November 2023
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series - A musical Aviary
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Soloist and Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Repertoire:
Haydn, Franz Joseph - Symphony No. 83 "The Hen" - I Allegro spiritoso
Janequin, Clement - Le Chant des Oyseaux
Stanford, Charles Villiers - The Blue Bird
Beach, Amy - A Hermit Thrush at Eve
Bach, JS - Gott ist mein König, BWV 71 - movements 6 & 7
Vaughan Williams, Ralph - The Lark Ascending (Soloist Alistair Kennedy)
Sibelius, Jean - The Swan of Tuonela
Handel, George Frederic - Solomon - The Nightingale Chorus
Elgar, Edward - Owls [An Epitaph]
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 6 - 2nd movement "By the brook"
Shaw, Caroline - and the swallow
The Unthanks - Magpie
Beach, Amy - Summer Dreams - 2nd movement "Robin Redbrest"
Whitacre, Eric - Little Birds
McCartney, Paul - Blackbird
Date: 23 September 2023
Venue: Baginton Road United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Orchestra Play Day - Swan Lake
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Repertoire:
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich - Swan Lake
Date: 17 June 2023
Venue: Baginton Road United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Play and sing Mozart Requiem
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Requiem
Date: 15 April 2023
Venue: Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series - From the New World
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Natasha Agarwal (soprano), Gaynor Keeble (mezzo-soprano), Ed Harrisson (tenor), Peter Lidbetter (bass)
Repertoire:
Dvořák, Antonín - Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'
Beach, Amy - Grand Mass in Eb (UK Premiere)
Review of concert:
Date: 19 November 2022
Venue: Baginton Road United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series - The Sun, Moon & Stars
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Haydn, Franz Joseph - Symphony No. 6 ‘Le Matin’
Boulanger, Lil - Hymn to the sun
Delius, Frederick - Pale Amber Sunlight
Richter, Max - On the Nature of Daylight
Bach, J.S. - Cantata No. 79 "Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild"
Elgar, Edward - Lux Aeterna
Gjeilo, Ola - Northern Lights
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Moonlight Sonata (arr. Piano & String Orchestra)
Dvořák, Antonín - Song to the Moon (arr. Violin & Orchestra, Alistair Kennedy, violin solo)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor - The Three Maries (arr. Chamber Orchestra)
Esenvalds, Eriks - Stars
Bach, J.S. - Cantata No. 1 "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
Date: 24 September 2022
Venue: Baginton Road United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Orchestra Play Day - Shostakovich's 5th Symphony
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Repertoire:
Shostakovich, Dmitri - Symphony No. 5
Date: 9 July 2022
Venue: Coventry Cathedral
Occasion: Summer Concert Series - The Creation
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Soloists: Soprano: Holly Teague, Soprano (Eve): Audrey Mullender, Tenor: David Woods, Bass: Peter Lidbetter
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus with members of the Warwick & Kenilworth Choral Society and Coventry Philharmonic Choir
Repertoire:
Haydn, Franz Joseph - The Creation
Date: 23 April 2022, 2:30pm
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series – Dvorak & Mozart
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Dvořák, Antonín – Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – “Great” Mass in C minor, K. 427
Date: 27 - 29 January 2022, 7:30pm
Venue: Coventry Cathedral, Coventry
Occasion: Ghosts in the Ruins concert as part of Coventry UK City of Culture
Conductor: Rachel Mahon
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus, Coventry Cathedral Choristers, The Choir with No Name
Repertoire: Ghosts in the Ruins by Nitin Sawhney
Date: 27 November 2021, 2:30pm
Venue: Warwick Row United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – The Changing Seasons
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloist: Alistair Kennedy
Repertoire:
Holst, Gustav – St Paul’s Suite
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel – Summer is Gone
Vivaldi, Antonio – The Four Seasons – Autumn
Brahms, Johannes - Nänie
Beach, Amy – Peace on Earth
Vivaldi, Antonio – The Four Seasons – Winter
Elgar, Edward – The Snow
Delius, Frederick – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Handel, G.F. – Worthy is the Lamb; Amen (from Messiah)
Webster, Martin – An Irish Blessing
Date: 4 April 2020, 4pm (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Chorus Director: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Jenny Stafford (soprano), Gaynor Keeble (mezzo-soprano), David Woods (tenor), Alistair Ollerenshaw (baritone)
Repertoire:
Dvořák, Antonín – Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – “Great” Mass in C minor, K. 427
Date: 23 November 2019, 2:30pm
Venue: Warwick Road United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Advent Concert
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Locatelli, Pietro – Christmas Concerto
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine – Messe de Minuit pour Noël
plus a selection of Christmas music and old English carols
Date: 1 June 2019
Venue: Coventry Cathedral
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – Coventry & Dresden in Concert – Celebrating 60 years of Friendship*
Conductors: Axel Langmann, Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Neuer Chor (Dresden)
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Overture to ”Coriolan”
Schubert, Franz – An Die Musik
Parry, Hubert – Songs of Farewell No. 1 “My soul, there is a Country” & No. 3 “Never weather beaten sail”
Copland, Aaron – At The River
Brahms, Johannes – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 – IV “Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen”
Mendelssohn, Felix – Psalm 98 “Singet dem Herrn nein neues Lied”
Elgar, Edward – Enigma Variations – Variation IX “Nimrod”
Rachmaninoff, Sergei – All-Night Vigil – VI “Bogoroditse Devo”
Spofforth, Reginald – Hail! Smiling Morn
Bach, J.S. – Freut Euch Alle
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Ave Verum Corpus
Fauré, Gabriel – Cantique de Jean Racine
Handel, George Frideric – Messiah – “Hallelujah!” Chorus
*Sponsored by an anonymous donor, Coventry Cathedral and the Lord Mayor of Coventry
Date: 13 April 2019
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Chorus Director: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Jeni Bern (soprano), Gaynor Keeble (mezzo-soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Quentin Hayes (baritone)
Repertoire:
Dvořák, Antonín – Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Smyth, Ethel – Mass in D
Date: 24 November 2018
Venue: Warwick Road United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Alistair Donaghue (baritone), Matthew Pearson (treble)
Repertoire:
Parry, Hubert – Songs of Farewell
Fauré, Gabriel – Cantique de Jean Racine
Pankhurst, Lucy: Pankhurst Anthem
Fauré, Gabriel – Requiem in D minor
Date: 16 April 2018
Venue: Heiliggeistkirche, Frankfurt
Occasion: Spring Concert Series – Commemoration of the Centenary of WW1
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Chorus Director: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Involving: Lufthansa Orchester, Lufthansa Konzertchor, Spires Philharmonic Chorus
Soloists: Katherina Konradi (soprano), Thomas Herberich (baritone)
Repertoire:
Brahms, Johannes – Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St. Anthony)
Brahms, Johannes – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Date: 7 April 2018
Venue: Coventry Cathedral
Occasion: Spring Concert Series – Coventry & Frankfurt: An Enactment of Peace & Reconciliation in the Centenary of World War 1*
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Chorus Director: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Lufthansa Konzertchor (Frankfurt), members of the Lufthansa Orchestra
Soloists: Waimay Yau (soprano), Jerzy Olsson-Nagorski (baritone)
Repertoire:
Dvořák, Antonín – Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60
Brahms, Johannes – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
*Sponsored by Koolbreeze, Coventry Cathedral, the Lord Mayor of Coventry and a private donor.
Date: 2 December 2017
Venue: Warwick Road United Reformed Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Advent Concert
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Grace Bermingham (soprano), Kath Hardy (mezzo-Soprano), Alistair Donaghue (baritone)
Repertoire:
Handel, George Frideric – Messiah (extracts)
Spofforth, Reginald – Hail! Smiling Morn
Praetorius, Michael – Est Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
Vivaldi, Antonio – Gloria
Bach, J.S. – Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
plus a selection of Christmas music and old English carols
Date: 22 April 2017
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Chorus Director: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists:
Repertoire:
Brahms, Johannes – Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Schubert, Franz – Mass No. 5 in A flat Major
Date: 12 November 2016
Venue: United Reformed Church Warwick Road, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series - Exploring Handel*
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Handel, George Frideric – Israel in Egypt (excerpts)
Stradella, Alessandro – Serenata (excerpts)
Urio, Franceso Antonio – Te Deum (excerpts)
Erba, Diongi – Magnificat (excerpts)
Kerll, Johann Kaspar – Canzona No. 4 in E minor
Handel, George Frideric – The Ways of Zion do mourn
*Sponsored by the Coventry Umbrella Club
Date: 18 June 2016
Venue: Earlsdon Methodist Church, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – How Sweet the Music
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Involving: Spires Wind Octet & Chorus
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Overture to “Fidelio”
Shearing, George – Songs & Sonnets from Shakespeare
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – Serenade to Music
Date: 2 April 2016
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Chorus Director: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Alistair Kennedy
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Zoe Challenor (soprano), Charlotte Ireland (mezzo-soprano), Tim Down (tenor), Jerzy Nagorski (bass)
Repertoire:
Brahms, Johannes – Symphony No. 3 in F Major
Haydn, Franz Joseph – Mass in D “Nelson”
Date: 18 November 2015
Venue: The Chapel, Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – And the Dark Somme Flowing: A Centenary Reflection in Words & Music (as guests of the Stoneleigh History Society and the Earlsdon Research Group)
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus
Soloists: Abigail Rhodes (soprano), Leslie Blezard (alto), Janis Raishbrook (alto), Penny Turnbull (alto), David Blezard (bass)
Date: 14 November 2015
Venue: Lancaster Priory
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Sing Us Your Dreams: A meditation in music, images & local stories on aspects of World War 1 & its aftermath*
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus, The University of Warwick Chamber Brass Ensemble, Hilary Minns (piano accordion), Bill Hardy (piano); with contributions from the Earlsdon Research Group
*Sponsored by Coventry City Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund
Repertoire:
Torbe, Mike: Sing Us Your Dreams (Avril Newey, author)
Date: 7 November 2015
Venue: Earlsdon Methodist Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Sing Us Your Dreams: A meditation in music, images & local stories on aspects of World War 1 & its aftermath*
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus, The University of Warwick Chamber Brass Ensemble, Hilary Minns (piano accordion), Bill Hardy (piano); with contributions from the Earlsdon Research Group
*Sponsored by Coventry City Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund
Repertoire:
Torbe, Mike: Sing Us Your Dreams (Avril Newey, author)
Date: 3 July 2015
Venue: Earlsdon Methodist Church, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – Haydn & Cakes
Conductor: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus, Birmingham Conservatoire String Quartet Soloists: Eleanor Grant (soprano), Peter Robertson (organ)
Repertoire:
Haydn, Franz Joseph – String quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3, “The Bird”
Haydn, Franz Joseph – Die Harmonie in der Ehe
Haydn, Franz Joseph – Aus dem Danklied zu Gott
Haydn, Franz Joseph – Abendlied zu Gott
Haydn, Franz Joseph – Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, “The Little Organ Mass”
Date: 11 April 2015, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Chorus Director: Jack Lovell-Huckle
Leader: Matthew Batty
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Imogen Faris (soprano), Charlotte Ireland (mezzo-soprano), Oliver Marshall (tenor), Samuel Lom (bass)
Repertoire:
Brahms, Johannes – Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Requiem, K. 626
Date: 22 November 2014, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series
Conductor: Roger Coull
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Spires Youth Orchestra
Soloists: Imogen Faris (soprano) Sarah Nicholson (alto), Simon Lytton (tenor), Samuel Lom (bass)
Repertoire:
Sullivan, Arthur – Overture to “The Mikado”
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – Rhosymedre
Praetorius, Michael – Dances from “Terpsichore”
Elgar, Edward – Enigma Variations – Variation IX “Nimrod”
Bach, C.P.E. – Magnificat
Date: 5 July 2014, 7.30pm
Venue: King Henry VIII School Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Julian Zhou
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra
Soloists: Elinor Davies (clarinet), Julian Zhou & Bella Bourne (violins)
Repertoire:
Spiegl, Fritz/Arlan, Manfried – The Radio 4 UK Theme
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich – The Nutcracker – “Waltz of the Flowers” & “Trepak (Russian Dance)”
Sangster, Adam – Memoriam For John (World Premiere)
Weber, Carl Maria von – Concertino for Clarinet
Various (arr. Lopez) – James Bond Medley
Gray, Barry (arr. Ling) – “Thunderbirds March”
Lloyd Webber, Andrew (arr. Custer) – Selection from “Phantom of the Opera”
Shostakovich, Dmitri – Jazz Suite No. 2 – Waltz from “The Age of Gold”,
Delibes, Léo – Lakme – “Flower Duet”
Debussy, Claude –Suite Bergamasque – “Clair de Lune”
Anderson, Leroy – Jazz Pizzicato
Vivaldi, Antonio – Concerto for 2 violins in A minor
J. Strauss II: Vergnügungszug Polka, Op. 281
Dostal, Hermann, arr Fritz Killer – Fliegermarsch
Date: 11 June 2014, 7.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – Music from Saxony
Conductors: Daniel Spogis, Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, TU Kammerphilharmonie (Dresden) Soloist: Egidius Strieff (violin)
Repertoire:
Wagner, Richard – Siegfried Idyll
Schumann, Robert – Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra
Brahms, Johannes – Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Mendelssohn, Felix – Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
Date: 26 April 2014, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series – Shakespeare Concert
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – Serenade to Music
Nicolai, Otto – Overture to “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich – Fantasy Overture “Romeo & Juliet”
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Missa Solemnis in C minor, K. 139
Date: 16 March 2014, 2.30pm
Venue: Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Julian Zhou
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra
Soloists: Lucy Edmunds (double bass), Callum Ellis & Lizzie Bolitho (cellos)
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Overture to “Don Giovanni”, K. 527
Cimador, Giambattista – Concerto for Double Bass in G Major
Vivaldi, Antonio – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV. 351
Walton, William – March “Crown Imperial”
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich – Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, “Little Russian”
Date: 8 February 2014
Venue: King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Occasion: SPO & KHVIII Joint Concert Series
Conductor(s): Colin Touchin (& Alastair Kennedy?)
Involving: Members of Spires Philharmonic Orchestra, King Henry VIII Players Soloist: Sam Ellis (percussion)
Repertoire:
Shostakovich, Dmitri – Chamber Symphony Op 110a (extracts)
Mayuzumi, Toshiro – Percussion Concerto
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich – Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Date: 23 November 2013
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: SPO & SYO Joint Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Spires Youth Orchestra
Narrator*: Selwyn Calvin
Repertoire:
Mendelssohn, Felix – “The Hebrides” Overture
Smetana, Bedřich – Vltava
Mendelssohn, Felix – A Midsummer Night's Dream – “Nocturne”
Holst, Gustav – The Planets – “Mars”
Mussorgsky, Modest – Pictures at an Exhibition – “The Great Gate of Kiev”
Taylor, Max – I Have a Dream* (World Premiere)
Date: 12 July 2013, 7.30pm
Venue: Allesley Church, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – Allesley Festival 2013 – Songs for Summer
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires String Quartet & Chorus
Soloist*: Clarissa Knee (soprano)
Repertoire:
Touchin, Colin – Adlestrop 2012
Pugh, Lydia – The Year – “May”, “June” & “July”
Torbe, Mike – Folk song setting “Bitter Withy”
Rachmaninoff, Sergei – All Night Vigil – VI “Bogoroditsye Dyevo”
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Laudate Dominum*
Elgar, Edward – My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Elgar, Edward – As Torrents in Summer
Date: 6 April 2013, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Felicity Barnard (soprano), Claire McKay (mezzo-soprano), Tim Down (tenor), Edwin Kay (baritone)
Repertoire:
Brahms, Johannes – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Haydn, Franz Joseph – Mass in Time of War, “Paukenmesse”
Date: 17 March 2013, 7pm
Venue: King Henry VIII School Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra
Soloists: Michael Dworkin & Peter ? (trumpets), Callum Ellis (cello)
Repertoire:
Vivaldi, Antonio – Concerto in C Major
Hardiman, Ronan – The Lord of the Dance
Fauré, Gabriel – Elegie, Op. 24
Sullivan, Arthur – Symphony in E Major
Date: 2 February 2013, 7pm
Venue: King Henry VIII School Hall, Coventry
Occasion: SPO & KHVIII Joint Concert Series
Conductor(s): Colin Touchin (& Alistair Kennedy?)
Involving: Members of Spires Philharmonic Orchestra, King Henry VIII Orchestra
Repertoire:
Elgar, Edward – Serenade for Strings
Dvořák, Antonín – Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Date: 5 January 2013
Venue: Royal Leamington Spa Town Hall
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series – New Year Concert
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra
Soloist: Lucinda Bourne (violin)
Repertoire:
Mussorgsky, Modest – Night on a Bare Mountain
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Romance in F Major, for Violin & Orchestra
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich – Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Date: 16 November 2012, 8.30pm
Venue: All Saints Church, Leamington Spa
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Elegant Elgar
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra, Spires Philharmonic Chorus
Soloist: Claire McKay (mezzo-soprano)
Repertoire:
Elgar, Edward – The Empire March
Handel, George Frideric – Zadok the Priest
Purcell, Henry – Abdelazar – “Rondeau”
Elgar, Edward – The Music Makers
Date: 11 November 2012
Venue: King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Remembrance Day Concert for Coventry Peace Month
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Adagio for two Clarinets & three Basset Horns
Barber, Samuel – Adagio for Strings
Ferrenc, Louise – Nonet in Eb Major
Schubert, Franz – Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589
Date: 14 July 2012
Venue: Baginton
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series – Baginton Proms in the Park
Conductor:
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra
Date: 10 July 2012
Venue: Leamington Spa Centre
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series
Conductors: Colin Touchin, John James
Leaders: Isobel Williams, Lucinda Bourne
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra, Synergy (Leamington & Warwick Dance Acadamy)
Repertoire:
Gershwin, George – An American in Paris
Jenkins, Karl – Palladio
Wilkinson, Arthur – Beatlecracker Suite
Borodin, Alexander – Polovtsian Dances
Date: 16 June 2012
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry (11.00am), Lower Precinct (12.15pm)
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – Coventry Mysteries Festival Week 2012: Choose the Light
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Choirs from Earlsdon, Frederick Bird and Wyken Croft Schools
Repertoire:
Touchin, Colin: Choose the Light (World Premiere)
Date: 14 April 2012
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Sinfonia Concertante in Eb Major, K. 297b, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn
Touchin, Colin – Coventry Suite (World Premiere)
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”
Date: 7 April 2012
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Long Itchington
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series
Conductors: Colin Touchin, Adam Sangster, Kelvin Ngai, John James
Leaders: Isobel Williams, Lucinda Bourne
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra, La Salle School Band (Hong Kong)
Soloist: Ethan Gardner (cello)
Repertoire:
Brahms, Johannes – “Academic Festival” Overture
Elgar, Edward – King Arthur Suite (UK Premiere of orchestral version)
Sangster, Adam – Discovery (World Premiere)
Saint-Saëns, Camille – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Chabrier, Emmanuel – España
Elgar, Edward – Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
Date: 23 March 2012
Venue: St Peter's Church, Leamington Spa
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series
Conductor: Gerard Hyland
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra, Musica Sacra
Repertoire:
Albinoni, Tomaso/Giazotto, Remo – Adagio for organ & strings
Masciangelo, Francesco (1823-1906) – Miserere mei Deus (Ps. 50) (first UK performance with orchestra)
Maunder, John Henry – Olivet to Calvary
Date: 4 February 2012
Venue: King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Occasion: SPO & KHVIII Joint Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Members of Spires Philharmonic Orchestra, King Henry VIII School Orchestra
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Overture to “Coriolan”
Schubert, Franz – Symphony No. 7 in B minor, “Unfinished”
Date: 3 January 2012
Venue: Leamington Spa Town Hall
Occasion: Spires Youth Orchestra Concert Series – Debut Concert
Conductors: Colin Touchin, John James
Leaders: Isobel Williams, Lucinda Bourne
Involving: Spires Youth Orchestra
Repertoire:
Sousa, John Philip – March “The Liberty Bell”
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel – Christmas Overture
Delius, Frederick – Sleigh Ride
Handel, George Frideric – Music for The Royal Fireworks
J. Strauss II – Waltz “The Blue Danube”
Franck, César – Symphony in D minor
Date: 11 November 2011
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Austrian Autumn
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: from Spires Chorus
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Septet, Op. 20
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Te Deum in C Major, K. 141
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, K. 273
Schubert, Franz – Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167
Date: 23 April 2011
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Touchin, Colin – St. George of Coventry (World Premiere)
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Symphony No. 8 in F Major
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Mass in C Major
Date: 19 June 2010, 3pm
Venue: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Occasion: Belgrade Concert Series – “Serenades for the City”
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Chamber Instrumentalists from Spires Philharmonic Orchestra, Spires Philharmonic Chorus
Repertoire:
Bernard, Émile – Divertissement, Op. 36
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Serenade in C minor, K. 388
Bruckner, Anton – Mass No. 2 in E minor
Date: 3 April 2010
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Neil Aston?
Involving: Chamber Instrumentalists from Spires Philharmonic Orchestra, Spires Philharmonic Chorus
Soloists: from Spires Chorus
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van (arr. Wendt) – Symphony No. 7 in A Major
Cherubini, Luigi – Requiem in C minor
Date: 6 February 2010, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Winter Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus
Soloists: Colin Druce (organ), Colin Touchin (recorder)
Repertoire:
Bond, Capel – I will always give thanks
Bruckner, Anton – Tantum ergo in C minor
Bruckner, Anton – Locus iste
Bond, Capel – Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
Touchin, Colin – Draconne
Bruckner, Anton – Tantum ergo in Eb Major
Bruckner, Anton – Ave Maria
Bond, Capel – Have mercy upon me, O God
Widor, Charles-Marie – Cantabile, from Symphony No. 6 (Organ solo)
Saint-Saëns, Camille – Allegro Giocoso (Organ solo)
Vivaldi, Antonio – Gloria
Date: 31 October 2009
Venue: King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Lucy Elliott (flute)
Repertoire:
Boyce, William – Symphony Op. 2, No. 4
Gluck, Christoph Willibald – Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Boyce, William – Symphony Op. 2, No. 1
Elgar, Edward – How calm the evening
Sullivan, Arthur – The long day closes
Parry, Hubert – My delight & thy delight
Stanford, Charles Villiers – My Love's an Arbutus
Boyce, William – Symphony Op. 2, No. 3
Bond, Capel – Anthem No. 4
Vivaldi, Antonio – Gloria
Date: 18 June 2009, 7.45pm
Venue: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Occasion: Belgrade Concert Series – “Serenades for the City”
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Chamber Instrumentalists from Spires Philharmonic Orchestra
Repertoire:
Brahms, Johannes – Serenade No. 2 in A Major
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Serenade in Bb Major, “Gran Partitta”, K. 361
Date: 13 June 2009, 3pm
Venue: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Occasion: Belgrade Concert Series – “Serenades for the City”
Conductor:
Involving: Chamber Instrumentalists from Spires Philharmonic Orchestra
Repertoire:
Gounod, Charles – Petite Symphonie
Rossini, Gioachino – Quartet No.5
Dvořák, Antonín – Serenade in D minor, Op. 44
Date: 11 April 2009, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral"
Haydn, Franz Joseph – Harmoniemesse
Date: 16 November 2008, 7.30pm
Venue: King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Alastair Kennedy (violin), Koshka Duff (piano)
Repertoire:
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – The Lark Ascending
Grieg, Edvard – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – Linden Lea
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – Toward the Unknown Region
Date: 29 June 2008
Venue: St Barbara’s Church, Earlsdon, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Heart of England Recorder Orchestra (HERO)
Repertoire:
Fauré, Gabriel – Requiem in D minor
Fauré, Gabriel – Cantique de Jean Racine
Grieg, Edvard – Holberg Suite
Touchin, Colin – Manchester Welcome
Coombes – Dance Variations
Date: 22 March 2008, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Schubert, Franz – Symphony No. 7 in B minor, "Unfinished"
Fauré, Gabriel – Cantique de Jean Racine
Fauré, Gabriel – Requiem in D minor
Date: 29 September 2007, 2.30pm
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloist: Alex Laing (violin)
Repertoire:
Dvořák, Antonín – Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Nos. 3 & 6
Bruch, Max – Violin Concerto No. 1
Elgar, Edward – The Black Knight
Elgar, Edward – As Torrents in Summer
Elgar, Edward – My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Elgar, Edward – They are at rest
Date: 20 April 2007
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series – Rotary Club – St George's Day
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Brass Ensemble & Philharmonic Chorus
Repertoire:
Purcell, Henry (arr. Touchin) – Come Ye Sons of Art – “To Celebrate”
Parry, Hubert – I Was Glad
Handel, George Frideric (arr. Snell) – Suite from “Water Music”
Boyce, William (arr. Snell) – Symphony No. 4
Purcell, Henry (arr. Hopkinson) – Abdelazar – “Rondeau”
Handel, George Frideric – Zadok the Priest
Parry, Hubert (arr. Cook) – Jerusalem
Date: 7 April 2007
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Brahms, Johannes – Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Date: 11 November 2006
Venue: Coventry Cathedral
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Celebrating Mozart – Mo Mowlam Fund for Peace
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloist: Clare-Louise Appleby (flute)
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Overture to “Don Giovanni”, K. 527
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Requiem, K. 626
Date: 9 September 2006
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Autumn Concert Series – Celebrating Mozart
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloist: Veronika Ilinskaya (piano)
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb Major, K. 595
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Coronation Mass in C Major, K. 317
Date: 16 July 2006
Venue: War Memorial Park, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – Godiva Festival
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Beethoven, Ludwig van – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral” IV Finale
Date: 15 April 2006
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Occasion: Spring Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Requiem, K. 626
Handel, George Frideric (arr. Mozart) – Messiah (excerpts)
Date: July 2005
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Chorus, Colin Druce (organ)
Repertoire:
Handel, George Frideric – Messiah (excerpts)
Date: July 2005
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series
Conductor: Neil Aston
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra
Repertoire:
Prokofiev, Sergei – Peter & the Wolf
Date: July 2005
Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Occasion: Summer Concert Series
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists: Neil Aston (clarinet), Gaynor Keeble (mezzo-soprano)
Repertoire:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Clarinet Concerto, K. 622
Wood, Henry – Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Schubert, Franz – Overture in C
Date: July 2005
Venue: Coventry Memorial Park
Occasion: Summer Concert Series – Godiva Festival
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Involving: Spires Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Repertoire:
Orff, Carl – Carmina Burana (excerpts)