Past Concerts: 1990-1999

1990

 

18 March

Bach Magnificat & Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B minor

Clare Gormley, Helen Donaldson, Christopher Josey, Adrian McEniery, Andrew Collis

Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra

Conductors: Richard Mills & Simon Preston

Basil Jones Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium of Music (part of the Conservatorium’s "Bach Marathon" 12.00 noon – 10.00pm

 

25 March

St Lucia Orchestra concert

Music by Brahms, Benatsky/Stolz

Brisbane Chorale Ladies Semi-Chorus

Una Morgan, harp

St Lucia Orchestra

Conductors: Peter Roennfeldt & Ron Hanmer

City Hall, Brisbane

 

31 March

Bach Magnificat

Clare Gormley, Helen Donaldson, Christopher Josey, Adrian McEniery, Andrew Collis

Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Mills

Concert Hall QPAC

 

29 April

Monteverdi Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610)

Janet Delpratt, Adele Nisbet, Beverley Heit, Gregory Massingham, Christopher Josey, David Alexander Ross

Monteverdi Orchestra

Conductor: Peter Roennfeldt

Mayne Hall, University of Queensland

 

15 July

"Meet the Music"

Opera choruses by Bizet & Verdi

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Muhai Tang

Concert Hall QPAC

 

28 July

"A Choral Smorgasbord"

Brahms Three Festival Anthems Op 109, Geistliches Lied Op 30;

Carissimi Jepthe;

Music by Copland, Barber, & Grainger

Ian Clarkson, Penelope Sharpe, Ruth McKibben, Richard Sims, Shiree O’Brien

Christopher Cook, organ

Conductor: Peter Roennfeldt and Emily Cox

Basil Jones Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium of Music

 

14 September

"Westpac Gala Concert" of the Queensland Conservatorium

Haydn Te Deum

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert Hall QPAC

 

29 September

Mozart Mass in C minor "The Great"

Haydn Te Deum

Helen Donaldson, Judith Pritchard, Adrian McEniery, Manfred Pohlenz

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

Mayne Hall, University of Queensland

 

14 October

"Meet the Music"

Beethoven "Credo" from Mass in C Op 86,

Fidelio "Prisoners' Chorus"

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Mills

Concert Hall QPAC

 

16, 17 November

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky – Cantata Op 78

Elizabeth Campbell

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Vladimir Kamirski

Concert Hall QPAC

 

14, 15 December

"The Spirit of Christmas"

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on English Christmas Carols

Gounod Dans cette étable

and other music

Paul Neal

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductors: Richard Mills & Peter Roennfeldt

Concert Hall QPAC & Gold Coast Centre

 

1991

28 May

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky (Live performance of sound track to the screening of the film)

Elizabeth Campbell

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Mills

Lyric Theatre QPAC

 

22 June

Poulenc Gloria

Szymanowski Stabat Mater

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Amanda Thane, Jolanta Nagajek, Michael Leighton Jones

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Vladimir Kamirski

Concert Hall QPAC

 

30 June

"Meet the Music"

Handel Zadok the Priest

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Hopkins

Concert Hall QPAC

 

10 August

Walton Belshazzar’s Feast

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Neville Wilkie

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Jorge Mester

Concert Hall QPAC

 

30, 31 August

Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor "Choral"

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Rosamund Illing, Margaret Russell, Christopher Doig, Robert Dawe

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Muhai Tang

Concert Hall QPAC

 

12 September

"Westpac Gala Concert" of the Queensland Conservatorium

Haydn Nelson Mass (excerpts)

Judith Pritchard, Angela Ross, Adrian McEniery, Jason Smith

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert Hall QPAC

 

27 October

Mozart Requiem (from scratch)

Judith Pritchard, Angela Ross, Adrian McEniery, Christopher Stobie

Fay Baker, piano

Conductor: John Nickson

Mayne Hall, University of Queensland

(Choirs from Brisbane High Schools joined the Chorale for rehearsal and performance)

 

5 December

Mozart Requiem

Janet Delpratt, Andrea Moller, Adrian McEniery, Paul Neal

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert Hall QPAC

 

7, 8 December

Handel Messiah

Peta Blyth, Lauris Elms, Gregory Massingham, Michael Leighton Jones

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Gerald Krug

Concert Hall QPAC, Nambour Civic Centre

 

19, 20, 21 December

"The Spirit of Christmas"

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Patrick Thomas

Concert Hall QPAC

 

1992

26 February

Graduation Ceremony, Queensland Conservatorium — conferring of Honorary Doctorate on Duchess of Kent

Handel Zadok the Priest

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert Hall QPAC

 

3 June

"A Festival of Music"

Cherubini Requiem Mass in C minor

Bruckner Te Deum

Mei-Ying Lin, Lotte Latukefu, Adrian McEniery, Joseph Christensen

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

City Hall, Brisbane

 

24 July

"Organ Plus Plus"

Handel Zadok the Priest

Haydn Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass)

Jennifer McGregor, Andrew Dalton, Anthony Elek, Joseph Christensen

Christopher Cook, organ

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: John Curro

Concert Hall QPAC

 

25 September

"Westpac Gala Concert" of the Queensland Conservatorium

Handel Messiah (excerpts)

Sibelius Finlandia

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductors: John Nickson & Alan Cumberland

Concert Hall QPAC

 

16 October

"Heritage Choral Festival", Toowoomba

Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli

Fauré Requiem

Margaret Schindler, Margaret Russell, Christopher Saunders, Jason Smith

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Toowoomba

 

18 October

"Heritage Choral Festival", Toowoomba, Grand Finale Concert

Orff Carmina Burana (excerpts)

Mascagni Easter Hymn

Combined choirs: Toowoomba Chorale Society, Brisbane Chorale, Choirs from Toowoomba Schools

Conductor: John Nickson

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Toowoomba

 

13, 14 November

Orff Carmina Burana (excerpts)

Jennifer McGregor, Gerald English, Neville Wilkie

Junior Cambrian Choir

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki

Concert Hall QPAC

 

28 November

Handel Messiah (from scratch)

Margaret Schindler, Michael Leighton Jones (alto), Gregory Massingham, Andrew Collis

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

South Bank Piazza

(Brisbane Chorale, Bach Choir, Audience)

 

18, 19 December

"The Spirit of Christmas"

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Tommy Tycho

Concert Hall QPAC

 

1993

13-21 March

"Chess" concert version

Tim Rice & the ABBA team directed by Matthew Crocker (Australian Concert première)

Tommy Korberg, Venetta Fields, Michael Leighton Jones, Grace Knight, Glen Shorrock

Conductor: Robert Gavin

Suncorp Piazza, Southbank

 

23 May

"Great Choruses from Scratch", rehearsal and concert

Orff, Fauré, Handel, Mozart, Haydn

Brisbane Chorale & friends

Fay Baker, piano

Conductor: John Nickson

Morris Hall, Anglican Grammar School

 

3 July

"National Choral Conference" (ANCA)

Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli (Mass No 9 in C)

Magaret Schindler, Margaret Russell, Christopher Saunders, Joseph Christensen

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: André Thomas

Fauré Requiem

Margaret Schindler, Joseph Christensen

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Gustaf Sjökkvist

The Annand Theatre, The Southport School

 

7 July

Australian Musicological Society Event

Handel Messiah Choruses

 

1, 2 September

"Brisbane Sings" Queensland Youth Orchestra Gala Concert

Berlioz Te Deum

Brisbane Chorale participated as part of a 500 voice choir

Queensland Youth Orchestra

Conductor: John Curro

Concert Hall QPAC

 

3, 4 September

Holst The Planets

Brisbane Chorale ladies semi-chorus

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Muhai Tang

Concert Hall QPAC

 

24 September

"Westpac Gala Concert" of the Queensland Conservatorium

Parry I was glad

Elgar Pomp and Circumstance No 1

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert hall QPAC

 

10 November

Brisbane Chorale "10th Anniversary Concert"

Dvorak Mass in D op 86

Handel Zadok the Priest

Liszt "Credo" from Missa Choralis

and other music

Christopher Wrench, organ

Leanne Keanneally, Angela Ross, Adrian McEniery, Joseph Christensen

Conservatorium Brass Ensemble

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert Hall QPAC

 

6 December

"A Christmas Carol" (concert adaptation by Bille Brown of the classic Dickens Christmas story)

Bille Brown, Jennifer Flowers, Jonathon Hardy, Angie Milliken, David Letch

Carols by Brisbane Chorale

Instrumental by Donald Hall

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert Hall QPAC

 

10 December

Handel Messiah

Margaret Schindler, Dorothy Williams, Gregory Massingham, Michael Leighton Jones

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Max McBride

Concert Hall QPAC

 

16-18 December

"The Spirit of Christmas"

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Tommy Tycho

Concert Hall QPAC

 

1994

15 May

"In Gothic Splendour"

Bach Cantata No 140, "Wachet Auf"

Bach Mass in G minor

Gabrielli Fuggi Pur Se Sai

Gabrielli Sacrae Symphoniae: Jubilate Deo

Schutz Cantate Domino

Colleen Pedrazzini, Anne Fulton, Geoffrey Ashenden, Lee Norrell

Christopher Wrench, organ

Camerata of St John’s, Conservatorium Brass Ensemble

Conductor: John Nickson

St John’s Cathedral

 

29 June - 2 July

Peter Combe's "Snugglepot and Cuddlepie", the concert

Ruth Cracknell, Peter Lulham, Stephen Green, Venetta Fields

Conservatorium students soloists

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Graeme Young

Suncorp Piazza, Southbank

 

27 August

Mahler Symphony No 2 "Resurrection"

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Rosamund Illing, Nancy Maultsby

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Muhai Tang

Concert Hall QPAC

 

11 November

Britten War Requiem

Judith Henley, Greg Massingham, Michael Leighton Jones Queensland

Children’s Choir, Imogen Children’s Choir

Queensland Youth Orchestra

Conductor: John Curro

Concert Hall QPAC

 

1995

25 February

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Jennifer Bates, Celia Mylne, David Clendinning

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Paolo Olmi

Concert Hall QPAC

 

7 April

Requiem Concert for the Kobe earthquake disaster

Mozart Requiem

Leanne Kenneally, Hester Wilce, David Quah, Shaun Brown

Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: John Nickson

Concert Hall QPAC

 

9 April

JS Bach St John Passion

Gregory Massingham, Margaret Schindler, Hester Wilce, Gene Manners, Jason Smith, Mark Penman

Camerata of St John’s

Conductor: John Nickson

St John’s Cathedral

 

28 May

Bernstein Candide (Australian première of the concert version)

Michael Terry, Jennifer McGregor, John O’May, Beverley Shean, Geoffrey Harris, Philippa Grummet, Roger Lemke

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Brian Stacey

Lyric Theatre QPAC

(The Chorale performed as part of Brisbane Biennial Chorus)

 

3 June

Mahler Symphony No 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

Rosamund Illing, Nicola Ferner-Waite, Joanna Cole, Irene Waugh, Elizabeth Campbell, Arley Reece, Rodney Macann, Donald Shanks

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Muhai Tang

Great Hall, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

(The Chorale performed as part of Brisbane Biennial Chorus)

 

11 August

"Coorparoo Festival of Fine Music", Grand Opening concert

Handel Zadok the Priest

Fauré Requiem (excerpts)

Jason Smith

Queensland Youth Symphony

Conductors: John Curro & John Nickson

Loreto College Auditorium

 

15 August

"Flame of Freedom" — Victory in the Pacific Day ("Australia Remembers 1945-1995" program of events)

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert

Brisbane Entertainment Centre

 

16 September

Bracanin Symphony No 2 for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra (world première)

Marilyn Richardson

Mozart Mass in C K.317 "Coronation"

Marilyn Richardson, Celia Mylne, Gary Bennett, Mark Penman

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Roy Wales

Concert Hall QPAC

 

21 September

"Westpac Gala Concert" of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music

Verdi & Mascagni Choruses from Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Aida and Cavalleria Rusticana

Eve Christie

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductors: John Nickson & Alan Cumberland

Concert Hall QPAC

 

22 October

"Baroque & Beyond"

Handel Zadok the Priest

Mozart Mass in C K.317 "Coronation"

Jovita Leung, Yvonne Napper, David Quah, Les Flanagan

Christopher Wrench organ

Conductor: John Nickson

St Luke’s Church, Toowoomba

 

9 December

Handel Messiah

Tanya Newman, Celia Mylne, Gary Bennett, Timothy Dufore

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Roderick Brydon

Concert Hall QPAC

 

19-23 December

South Bank Lantern Concerts

Christmas music

Suncorp Piazza

 

1996

31 March

J.S. Bach St Matthew Passion

Gregory Massingham, Mark Penman, Margaret Schindler, Hester Wilce, Paul McMahon, Shaun Brown, and Conservatorium soloists

Christopher Wrench organ

Marcus Stocker cello

Camerata of St John’s

Conductor: John Nickson

St John’s Cathedral

 

24 May

Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor op 125 "Choral"

Judith Henley, Margreta Elkins, Kenneth Collins, Mark Penman

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Georg Tintner

Concert Hall QPAC

(QPO 20th anniversary concert series)

 

27 July

Rugby Union International

Anthems and opening Songs

Lang Park, Brisbane

 

9, 11 August

4th World Symposium on Choral Music

Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts

John Aler

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: John Nelson

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

(The Chorale performed as part of the National Australia Choir during the 4th World Symposium on Choral Music)

 

28, 30 August

Gershwin Porgy and Bess, semi-staged version

Alvey Powell, William Marshall, Vanessa Stewart, Michael Edward-Stevens, Miriam Gormley, Lotte Latukefu, Eddie and Sani Muliaumaseali’i

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Roland Peelman

Concert Hall QPAC

 

19 September

"Westpac Gala Concert" of the Queensland Conservatorium

Gounod & Bizet Opera choruses

Conservatorium soloists

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Alan Cumberland

Concert Hall QPAC

 

20 October

"The Soul of Italy" (Music on Sundays concert)

Verdi, Mascagni & Puccini Opera choruses

Kenneth Collins

Geoff Bennett (presenter)

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Roderick Brydon

Concert Hall QPAC

 

16 November

"Music of the Great Cathedrals — French and English Sacred Music"

Rutter Gloria

Duruflé Requiem

Christopher Wrench, organ

Marcus Stocker, cello

Brass Ensemble (dir Yoram Levy)

Conductor: Emily Cox

St John’s Cathedral

 

20, 21 December

"The Spirit of Christmas"

Queensland Youth Symphony

Conductor: Tommy Tycho

Concert Hall QPAC

 

1997

1 January

Woodford Folk Festival, "Fire Event"

Beethoven 9th Symphony (abbr.)

Mozart Ave Verum

 

19 April

An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan

Susan Dunn, George Gilmour, Michael Leighton Jones

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: David Measham

Concert Hall QPAC

 

7 June

Elliot Goldenthal Fire Water Paper: a Vietnam Oratorio (Australian première)

Sarah Jill Crane, Leon Warnock

Brendan Conroy, cello

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Robert Casteels

Conservatorium Theatre

 

31 July

Brisbane International Film Festival Opening

Fauré Requiem (excerpts)

Justine Favell, piano

Conductor: Russell Larkin

Rotunda, Queen Street Mall

 

25-30 August

Bracanin Symphony No 2

Margaret Schindler

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert

ABC Centre, Ferry Rd, West End

(ABC Classics recording sessions)

 

13 September

"Sacred, French Style"

Poulenc Gloria

Fauré Requiem

Rosina Waugh, Peter Axford

Alan Moffat, organ

Conductor: Russell Larkin

St John’s Cathedral

 

24, 25 October

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Sarah Crane, Douglas McNicol

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Marcello Viotti

Concert Hall QPAC

 

13 December

Handel Messiah

Leanne Kenneally, Kerri Eaton, Adrian McEniery, Peter Axford

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Graham Abbott

Concert Hall QPAC

 

19, 20 December

"Spirit of Christmas"

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Neil Flottmann

Concert Hall QPAC

 

1998

8 April

J.S. Bach St John Passion

Margaret Schindler, Andrew Dalton, George Gilmour, Gregory Massingham, Jonathan Truscott, Peter Axford

Young Conservatorium Singers

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Russell Larkin

Concert Hall QPAC

 

25 July

Rachmaninov Vespers

Ian Clarkson, Irene Horne

Conductor: Russell Larkin

St John’s Cathedral

 

23 August

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor op 125 "Choral"

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale and Festival Chorus

Sally McHugh, Melissa Crennan, Andrew Pryor, David Woloszko

Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Alan Cumberland

Concert Hall QPAC

(pre-festival performance)

 

28, 29 August

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor op 125 "Choral"

Combined choirs: Shanghai Opera Chorus, Brisbane Chorale and Festival Chorus

Rosamund Illing, Zhang Hao, Keith Lewis, Michael George

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner

Concert Hall QPAC

 

2-10 October

Operatif production

Puccini Madam Butterfly (Humming Chorus)

Operatif Orchestra

Conductor: Russell Larkin

SGIO Theatre

 

13 November

Poulenc Gloria

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: En Schao

Concert Hall QPAC

 

21 November

Haydn The Creation

Margaret Schindler, Gregory Massingham, Michael Leighton Jones

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Graham Abbott

Concert Hall QPAC

 

18, 19 December

"Spirit of Christmas"

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Colin Harper

Concert Hall QPAC

 

1999

24 April

"Twentieth Century Masterpieces"

Górecki Totus Tuus

Bernstein Chichester Psalms

Duruflé Requiem

Ron Morris, counter-tenor, Caroline Hooper, mezzo soprano, Leo Keller, baritone

Jill Atkinson, harp, Kerryn Joyce percussion

Peter Krenske, organ

Conductor: Christopher Kiver

St John’s Cathedral

 

7 August

Ravel Daphnis and Cloë

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Kate Ladner, Sally-Anne Russell, Andrew Buchanan

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Muhai Tang

Concert Hall QPAC

 

13, 14 August

Mahler Symphony No 2

Combined choirs: Brisbane Chorale, Queensland State & Municipal Choir

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Muhai Tang

Concert Hall QPAC

 

27, 28 August

"Best of British"

Queensland Pops Orchestra

Conductor: Colin Harper

Concert Hall QPAC

 

9 October

Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs

Haydn "Nelson" Mass

Margaret Schindler, Kate Spence, Gregory Massingham, Neville Wilkie

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: John Curro

Conservatorium Theatre

 

11 December

Handel Messiah

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Graham Abbott

Concert Hall QPAC

 

17, 18 December

"Spirit of Christmas"

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Colin Harper

Concert Hall QPAC

 

 

 

 

 

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