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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