Concert programme 10th December 2010

Huddersfield Town Hall - Friday 10th December 2010 - 7.30pm

Christmas

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The Huddersfield Choral Society’s success overrecent years has been greatly assisted by the

support of our Sponsors and their valuedcontribution to The Society’s wellbeing. We arefortunate indeed in having a number of faithful

Sponsors of many years standing and we are verypleased when new Sponsors are able to join us.Opportunities do exist for further support and a

share in the life of The Choral.- o -

Tony Booth: Sponsorship SecretaryBarn End, Binns Lane

Holmfirth HD9 3JUTel: 01484 682858

E-mail: [email protected]

SPONSORSHIPThe Society is extremely grateful for the support

from the following organisationsover this season:

• UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD •P r i n c i p a l P a r t n e r

• SYNGENTA • SS COMPONENTS LTD • • HUDDERSFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL •

• THE GREENBANK GROUP UK •• INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED •

• G2 CONSULTING • COUNTRY CLASSICS •

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continuing personal sponsorship of Mrs. Catherine Osborne and Mrs. S. A. Brennan.


ChristmasChristmasBRIAN KAY

CONDUCTOR & PRESENTER

HEPWORTH (COOKSON HOMES) BAND

HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY JUNIOR CHOIRSSUSAN WILKINSON - MUSICAL DIRECTOR

JANE ROBERTSON - ACCOMPANIST

SIMON LINDLEY - ORGAN

JOSEPH CULLEN - CHORUS MASTER

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THIS EVENING’S CONCERT IS SPONSORED BY:

HUDDERSFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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GREENBANK GROUP UK

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Welcome to the Society's Christmas concert - and a specialwelcome back to Huddersfield to Bryan Kay, tonight's conductor.The Society is also delighted that our Junior Choirs are able to joinus with their Director Susan Wilkinson, along with Simon Lindleyat the organ and Hepworth Band. Our first engagement of theseason saw the Society performing as guests of Hepworth on 25thSeptember, and we look forward to celebrating Christmas togetheronce more.In the 175 years since Huddersfield Choral Society was founded,it has performed in many of the world's great musical centres. Itsspecial quality is the unique 'Huddersfield Sound' - a thrilling full-bodied and firm blended tone, flexible enough for both the mostshattering climaxes and for the softest but focused pianissimos.The anniversary season will be marked in a number of ways inaddition to the regular Subscribers' and Public concerts, with anupdated history of the Society entitled And the Glory already beingpublished. Bob Edwards, the Society's first archivist, has revisedthe first edition originally published in 1985, bringing it up to thepresent day. The volume is available for sale tonight along withother commemorative items marking this significant anniversary.This season our Junior Choirs also celebrate the milestone of their 25th anniversary. An exciting range of concerts and otherevents are planned for our young people, culminating in a specialconcert on 2nd July 2011 at which current members will be joinedin performance by former members of the Choirs. Formermembers are encouraged to get in touch [email protected] many, Christmas “begins with Messiah” and this year'sSubscription concert (21st December 2010) and Public concert(22nd December 2010) will follow a performance at The SageGateshead on 20th December 2010. Jane Glover will conductNorthern Sinfonia and soloists Elizabeth Watts, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Le Brocq and Henry Waddington for all three nights,with the Huddersfield concerts being recorded by Signum Classicsfor a new release (due April 2011). This will be the second recording project of the season - our firstSubscribers' Concert in October - Verdi Requiem - was recordedfor broadcast by Classic FM. The performance, with the RoyalLiverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and its charismatic conductorVasily Petrenko, received rave reviews from those in the audience.In January the Society will travel to Stratford-upon-Avon as guestsof the Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society - also celebrating their

175th anniversary during 2011. The Choirs will perform Messiahin the newly-refurbished Royal Shakespeare Theatre, in a sell-outconcert conducted by our chorusmaster Joseph Cullen. Messiah will also be performed by the Society with the City ofLondon Sinfonia at the Barbican on Good Friday (April 22nd2011), again conducted by Joseph Cullen.The final subscription concert of the season on April 1st 2011 willinclude the UK première of Jonathan Harvey's Messages.Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms and Bruckner E minor Masscomplete the programme, with Conductor Laureate MartynBrabbins with the Orchestra of Opera North. Martyn will return toconclude the anniversary season on June 18th 2011 with aperformance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius with the Hallé - ticketswill be available via Kirklees Box Office from 1st March.

During the year a series of free workshops will be held toencourage and develop singers of all ages. A choral conductingworkshop in conjunction with the University of Huddersfield willstrengthen the existing relationship with our principal sponsor,

whose continued support we are grateful to acknowledge.Workshops for children and young people will also be offered in

partnership with the Mrs Sunderland Music Festival and Kirklees Borough Council.

We hope that the workshops will also contribute to our activerecruitment programme to replace singers who retire or moveaway. Recruitment officer Gaynor Haliday (07539 468454 or

[email protected] ) would be delighted tohear from anyone who is interested in joining the senior choir.Susan Wilkinson, Director of the Junior Choirs, (01924 404737

or [email protected]) will be glad toassist those interested in the Junior Choirs. For ticket and

subscriber enquiries, please contact our subscribers' secretaryJulie Hale (07989 395 066 or [email protected].

Details of all future concerts and events can be found on thewebsite at http://www.huddersfieldchoral.com - and for users ofsocial media, you'll find us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube tooas we look ahead in the Society's third century of existence.



Joseph Cullen is one of this country's leading choralconductors and his work with the London Symphony Chorushas earned him two Grammy awards in recent years. Hehas been Chorus Master of the Huddersfield Choral Societysince 1999 and next year he will conduct them in twoperformances of Messiah, at Stratford and, on Good Friday,in the Barbican in London. This year Joseph made his débutwith the Northern Sinfonia directing a baroque orchestralprogramme and he has completed a series of concertsfeaturing Bach Cantatas in the City of London Festivaldirecting the City of London Sinfonia.Joseph has worked closely with some of the world’s leadingconductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Sir NevilleMarriner, Sir Mark Elder, Mariss Jansons, ValeryGergiev, Michael Tilson Thomas, GianandreaNoseda, Vasily Petrenko, Yan-Pascal Tortelier,Bernard Haitink, Richard Hickox and Sir ColinDavis. He has appeared as a guest conductorwith the BBC Concert Orchestra, Academy of StMartin-in-the-Fields and the Grant Park FestivalOrchestra in Chicago.

Joseph maintains a national profile as anorganist and a continuo player. He hasinaugurated many new organs for which he hasbeen consultant for and, this year he givesconcerts on new and restored organs inHuddersfield and Paisley Abbey where he wasonce sub-organist. He has also given theopening recitals at the Benedictine Abbeys of Pluscarden

and Ryde where he acts as vocal consultant to themonastic choirs. He has held musical positions in the RCCathedrals of Glasgow, Leeds and Westminster.Joseph is committed to mentoring young musicians as theyemerge onto the professional scene. He has establishedchoral conducting scholarships with both the LondonSymphony Chorus and the Huddersfield Choral Society andgives masterclasses at the Orkney conductors' course,which is part of the St Magnus Festival, and at the RoyalAcademy of Music. He has coached many distinguishedsingers and gives the next generation a platform with hisensemble, London Chamber Voices.

Joseph Cullen

Christmas Concert


Brian Kay divides his working life between thebroadcasting studio and the concert platform. His manypresentations for BBC radio have included Brian Kay'sSunday Morning, Brian Kay's Light Programme, theweekly listeners' request programme 3 for all andChoirworks - all on Radio 3 - on Radio 2 the popularprogrammes Melodies for You and Friday Night is MusicNight, and for Radio 4, Comparing Notes and Music inMind. His former BBC World Service programmeClassics with Kay reached an audience of millions allover the world. Brian's television presentations haveincluded the competitions to find the Cardiff Singer of theWorld and the Choir of the Year, and every year since1996, the New Year's Day Concert from Vienna. He hastwice won a Sony Award as Music Presenter of the Year,including the coveted Gold Award in 1996.

On the concert platform, he presents and narratesconcerts with many of the leading orchestras. Hisnarrations include Peter and the Wolf, Paddington Bear'sFirst Concert, Tubby the Tuba, Babar the Elephant, TheSnowman, The Musicians of Bremen, Walton's Facade,Honegger's King David and Bliss's Morning Heroes.

Brian Kay is conductor of Vaughan Williams's Leith HillMusical Festival in Surrey, and of the Burford Singers,near to his home in the Cotswolds. He is also principalconductor of The Really Big Chorus, with which heregularly conducts massed voices in London's RoyalAlbert Hall, together with recent concerts in Salzburg,Seville, Prague, Venice and Cape Town, a performanceof Handel's Messiah in China, in Beijing's Forbidden CityConcert Hall, and singing cruises to the Baltic, theAegean, the Black Sea and the Nile. He was, for tenyears, Chorus Master of the Huddersfield Choral Society,and Conductor of the Cheltenham Bach Choir, theBradford Festival Choral Society, the Cecilian Singers ofLeicester, and the Kendal-based Mary WakefieldWestmorland Festival. He frequently Guest-Conductschoirs and orchestras in many parts of the country.Further afield, in New Zealand he has conducted theOrpheus Choir of Wellington and the Auckland ChoralSociety, and in Sheffield, Massachusetts, the Berkshire

Choral Festival. He is a Vice President of the ABCD (theAssociation of British Choral Directors) and of the RSCM(Royal School of Church Music).

Brian Kay has twice appeared at the Royal Variety Show- in 1978 as a member of the King's Singers (he was afounder member, and as the bass voice in the groupperformed over 2000 concerts world-wide) and in 1987conducting the Huddersfield Choral Society. He sang thevoice of Papageno in the Hollywood movie Amadeus (hiswife, the soprano Gillian Fisher sang Papagena). He hasalso been the lowest frog on a Paul McCartney single,one of the six wives to Harry Secombe's Henry V111th,and a member of the backing group for The Pink Floyd!

Brian Kay



" M e m o r i e s " "Memories" " M e m o r i e s "Taken from the booklet, "A Collection of Memories" compiled by our late Choir Secretary, Andrea Crawshaw.Janet Booth - Present member (Soprano)My first sight of the concert hall at the Royal Albert Hall took mybreath away; I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be part of aperformance in that opulent setting.The atmosphere in the Basilica in Rheims at the end of theRachmaninoff Vespers was palpable and so moving that I wasactually in tears (not a common occurrence!)The moment when David Armitage came out of the audition roomand told me that I had passed my audition is still a wonderfulmemory.

Martyn Jenkins - Present member (Tenor)I remember a particular example of Jane Glover's skill as a

conductor with the first performance of David Matthews' Vespers.When we, the tenors, came in on one entry with completely thewrong note Jane miraculously brought us back on track within a

bar or two. In the same concert she led the sopranos and altos toa remarkable performance of the fiendishly difficult 12-part (or

was it 18-part?) section. It was such a pity that the performancewas not recorded.

Jane M. Sykes - Past member......of that thrilling top A from the sopranos in the Amen Chorus which never failed to put me, temporarily,out of action.

......of the look of surprised delight on the faces of the members of the Handel Haydn Society in Boston USA when we sang grace before a meal.......of the comment from Tommy Marsland, second bass, after a meal of spaghetti in Berlin that

"it were t'forst tahm 'e'd ivver etten boiled corset laces!!"......of belonging to a very special group of people who gave much pleasure and being very proud to belong.

Hepworth, the village from which the band takes itsname is situated on the edge of the Peak DistrictNational Park, close to the 'Summer Wine' town ofHolmfirth in West Yorkshire.

The band’s principal sponsor is the Huddersfield basedproperty development company Cookson Homes. Thecompany has been a keypart of Huddersfield'surban renaissance, builtupon the areas richheritage, architecture andculture. Cookson Homesare dedicated to promotingthe local community'sheritage and by applyingthe same approach it takesto its developments; thecompany is committed tobuilding upon the successof the band.

There has long been astrong tradition of brassbands and music-makingin the Holme Valley andHepworth has been a partof this since its formationin 1882. The band’s long history puts it amongst theoldest brass bands in the country.

Throughout its history the band has enjoyed notablecontest success. More recently in 2004 the band wascrowned Scottish Open Champions and SaddleworthChampions at the famous Whit Friday Marches. In 2005the band won the Grand Shield, earning an invitation tocompete at British Open Brass Band Championships forthe first time in its history. In 2007 the band were runners

up at the English National Championships and qualifiedto represent Yorkshire at the finals of the British BrassBand Championships at the Royal Albert Hall, a fittingway to celebrate its 125th anniversary.

2009 saw the band finish as runners up at the ButlinsMineworkers Brass Festival, the Saddleworth Whit Friday

Marches, the EnglishNational Championshipsand once again qualify forthe finals of the BritishBrass BandChampionships.

As well as the band’simpressive record on thecontest platform, it isequally at home on theconcert stage, where ithas gained a reputationfor presenting varied,exciting and polishedperformances. The bandpromotes its own annualconcert series andperforms further a field in'Championship Brass'concert series promotions,

staged productions and in concerts with some of thecountry's leading Choirs.

On the recording front, the band has performed withinternational trumpet soloist Huug Stekete for his soloCD 'Shining Waters'. 'Portraits' features the band withsoloists from the Royal Concertgabouw Orchestra andthe Orchestra of The Hague. 'Celebration', the band’slatest recording, was released to celebrate the occasionof its 125th anniversary.

Hepworth �Cookson Homes� Band



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LegaciesIncluding a legacy to The Huddersfield Choral Society in your Will is a practical way to make a lasting

contribution to our future. Please help us remain one of the most inspiring and vibrant Choral Societies in Britainfor the next generations.

The Society is a registered charity, Number 1100851.

Enquiries may be directed tothe Society’s Treasurer Mr. Adrian J. Lee:

-∞-72 Benomley Road, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8LS

Telephone: 01484 450321 Email: [email protected]

Simon Lindley


Simon Lindley is active in many aspects of West Riding music-making. He is Organist of Leeds ParishChurch and Leeds Town Hall, Music Director of St Peter'sSingers and Conductor of Sheffield Bach Society. Simon cameto Yorkshire early in 1975 after service in the City of London andat Westminster and St Albans Cathedrals; he was the first full-time assistant to the legendary Dr Peter Hurford at St Albansand Director of Music to St Albans School. Dr Lindley retainsclose connections with the City of London, where his careerbegan whilst still a student; he is a long-serving Churchwardenof the National Musicians' Church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate and Chairman of the Friends of the Musicians' Chapelthere.

A busy organist, he appears regularly with all the leading Britishorchestras in the orchestral repertoire and often as a soloist. Anextensive recent recital schedule has involved solo concerts atthe Cathedrals of Bradford, Derby, Durham, Ely, Ripon and YorkMinster together with a concert in the opening series on the neworgan at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Anne, Leeds.

Born in London, the son of an Anglican priest and a writer,Simon was educated at Magdalen College School and the RoyalCollege of Music. He lives at the Moravian Settlement atFulneck, just south of Pudsey at the confluence of the WestYorkshire industrial and rural heartlands. Simon is servingcurrently as Grand Organist to the United Grand Lodge ofEngland and Provincial Grand Organist to the Masonic Provinceof Yorkshire West Riding. He is a former President of the RoyalCollege of Organists and holds honorary fellowships from anumber of major institutions, including the Royal School ofChurch Music. In Autumn of 2001, an honorary doctorate ofLeeds Metropolitan University was conferred upon him inrecognition of his services to the musical and civic life of hisadopted city.


FRIDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2011CHORAL CONDUCTING

Age range 17+, currently involved or interested in choral conducting

Led by Joseph Cullen

The University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH. Times 14.00-16.00 Cost FREE. Hands-on masterclass with Joseph Cullen, working with

the University Chamber Choir and Daniel Gordon (Huddersfield Choral Society Rehearsal Accompanist).

Repertoire will include Britten Rejoice in the Lamb. Places for participants limited to 8.

Audience members welcome.

Bookings by email to: [email protected],

phone 01484 646 441 Please include a brief CV with your booking.

SATURDAY 5TH MARCH 2011STAINER THE CRUCIFIXION

Age range – all ages, including boys’ unbroken voices

Led by Joseph Cullen

Huddersfield Town Hall Times 16.00-18.00 Cost FREE.

Rehearse the hymns which form an integral part of Stainer’s The Crucifixion

The workshop will be followed by a concert performance at 19.30. Refreshments will be available

for purchase between the workshop and concert. Workshop participants are eligible for a discount on the

concert ticket, if booked by 31st January 2011. Concert ticket booking details will be provided on

registration for the workshop.

Bookings by email to: [email protected],

phone 01484 646 441

Joseph Cullen’s choral direction has recently brought glowingcritical acclaim and a further Grammy award in 2010 for

his work with the London Symphony Chorus.

His trilogy of CDs conducting the Huddersfield Choral Society is now complete with the issue of The Crucifixion

(John Stainer) on the Signum label. He has established choral conducting scholarships with both the London Symphony Chorus and the

Huddersfield Choral Society and has twice been invited to give masterclasses at the Orkney conductors’ course in the St Magnus Festival and at the Royal Academy of Music. He has coached many distinguished singers and nurtures the next generation with his small professional

ensemble, London Chamber Voices.

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Workshops for children and young people Bookings for these workshops may be made by teachers

only - via Kirklees Learning Service https://insetonline.kirklees.gov.uk

Further information will be provided to teachers who have registered for the workshops.

FRIDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2011SING UP FOR THE BOYS!

Led by Thom Meredith

WEDNESDAY 23RD MARCH 2011CHORAL EXPLOSION!Led by Sue Hollingworth

These workshops aim to inspire young people to sing by showcasing local excellence and promote high quality

singing in Kirklees.

Christmas ConcertJoy to the World - arr. Darius Battiwalla (Choir & Band)

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Echo Carol - arr. Brian Kay (Choir & Junior Choirs)Tell Out the News - arr. Jan Holdstock (Junior Choirs & Piano)

Jesus Child - arr. John Rutter (Choir & Piano)- o -

While shepherds watched their flocks by night - (All)Verse 1:While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around.

Verse 2:'Fear not,' said he, (for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind); 'Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind.

Verse 3:'To you in David's town this day Is born of David's line A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord; And this shall be the sign:

Verse 4: 'The heav'nly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.'

Verse 5:Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith Appeared a shining throng Of angels praising God, who thus Addressed their joyful song:

Verse 6:'All glory be to God on high, And to the earth be peace; Good will henceforth from heav'n to men Begin and never cease.'

- o -Midnight Sleighride - Prokoviev arr. Farr (Band)

- o -Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen - arr. G.R. Woodward (Choir)

Ragtime Carol - Christopher Tambling (Young Voices & Piano)Cool Tykes! - Alan Simmons (Young Voices & Piano)

- o -Who is He in Yonder Stall? - (Choir, Youth Choir & Band)

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Ring! Ring! We are the Carol Singers - Howard Blake (Youth Choir & Piano)Stable Carol - Vaughan Meakins (Youth Choir & Piano)

- o -Sing! - Widor, arr. David Willcocks (Choir, Band & Organ)

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I N T E R V A L

Verse 1: Verse 2: Hark! the herald-angels sing Christ, by highest heav’n adored,Glory to the new born King; Christ, the everlasting Lord,Peace on earth and mercy mild, Late in time, behold him comeGod and sinners reconciled: Offspring of a virgin’s womb:Joyful all ye nations rise, Veiled in flesh, the God-head see,Join the triumph of the skies, Hail th’incarnate Deity!With th’angelic host proclaim, Pleased as man with man to dwell,Christ is born in Bethlehem. Jesus, our Emmanuel.Hark! the herald-angels sing Hark! the herald-angels singGlory to the new-born King. Glory to the new-born King.

Verse 3:Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!Hail the Sun of Righteousness!Light and life to all he brings,Ris’n with healing in his wings;Mild he lays his glory by,Born that man no more may die,Born to raise the sons of earth,Born to give them second birth.Hark! the herald-angels singGlory to the new-born King.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - arr. David Willcocks (All)


Christmas ConcertHail, Smiling Morn! - arr. Darius Battiwalla (Choir & Band)

Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day - arr. David Willcocks (Choir)So Gentle the Donkey - John Barnard (Choir & Organ)

- o -A Christmas Festival Overture - Leroy Anderson (Band)

- o -Gloria in Excelsis - Herbert Chappell (Junior Choirs & Piano)

Away in a Manger - Alan Woods (Junior Choirs & Piano)Joseph’s Carol - Giles Swayne (Choir & Organ)

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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Sullivan arr. David Willcocks (All)

Verse 1: It came upon the midnight clear,That glorious song of old,From angels bending near the earthTo tough their harps of gold:‘Peace on earth, goodwill to men,From heav’ns all gracious King!The world in solemn stillness lay To hear the angels sing.

Verse 2: Still through the cloven skies they come,With peaceful wings unfurled;And still their heav’nly music floatsO’er all the weary world:Above its sad and lowly plainsThey bend on hov’ring wing;And ever o’er its Babel-soundsThe blessed angels sing.

Verse 3: Yet with the woes of sin and strifeThe world has suffered long;Beneath the angel-strain have rolledTwo thousand years of wrong;And man, at war with man, hears notThe love-song which they bring;O hush the noise ye men of strife,And hear the angels sing!

Verse 4: For lo, the days are hast’ning on,By prophet-bards foretold, When, with the ever-circling yearsComes round the age of gold;When peace shall over all the earthIts ancient splendours fling,And the whole world give back the songWhich now the angels sing..



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Recordings

THE CAROLS ALBUM: £12.00 THE HYMNS ALBUM: £12.00

Recordings will be on sale in the Area Entrance tonight or can beobtained from:

David Lockwood (Telephone 01484 666827) E-mail:[email protected]

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O Come All Ye Faithful - arr. David Wilcocks (All)

Verse 1.O come, all ye faithful,Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold him,Born the King of Angels:

O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

Verse 2.God of God,Light of Light,Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb;Very God, Begotten not created:


Verse 3.Sing, choirs of angels,Sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above;Glory to God in the highest:


Verse 4.Yea, Lord, we greet thee,Born on Christmas morning,Jesu, to thee be glory giv’n;Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing


Christmas ConcertSleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson (Band)

- o -Deck the Hall - arr. Gordon Langford (Choir)

Pine Cones and Holly Berries - arr. P. Hope (Choir, Youth Choir, Piano)-o-

- o -A Very Merry Little Christmas - Goff Richards (Choir & Band)


Choir MembersSOPRANO:Margaret Atkinson*Susan BainesSheila Baker**Jill Bamford Esme BarberLydia BaylissCharmaine Beaumont**Jill BennPatricia Berry*Janet BoothElly BosworthElizabeth BoyleDorothy Bradbury Christine Broadbent Louise BrownSarah BrownColleen BrownDerrianne ByrneMary Cadwaladr Barbara Carroll Joanna Cole Gwyneth CooperRosemary Cooper Eleanor Davies Jenny EllisSue EllisTrish EllisLinda Fellows Sheila Garside* Katherine HallJulia Harvey* Margaret Henry*Hilary Hibbin Kate Hyland-CollierCaroline JonesGeorgia KatsiroumpaHelen KettlewellEmma KilroyYuki KondoFiona Law Elaine Lee* Anne Lockwood Liz MarshallHelen Martin Anjuli Mehta

Wendy MooresCath MurgatroydMegan NelsonPamela Pal Jean Parker*Leah PattisonCarol Randerson* Christine Roberts Katrina Robinson-BrownJane Sargent* Hannah SaxonSue ShepherdThelma Simpson Debbie SkipperSusan SmithDoreen SmurthwaiteNan SteinitzCatherine StephensonRuth Stones*Marilyn SutcliffeSarah WickhamDenise Wilkes Ann WilkesGlynis WilkinsonSusan Wilkinson*Mary Wilson

ALTO:Ruth AldredHelen Ashley-Taylor Anna BaileyThelma BatemanAnn BoswellBarbara Brook*Rowena Burton Sandy Cole**Margaret Collison Jean Collison* Cynthia Daniel** Janet Dransfield* Christine Durham** Winifred Ellis* Janet GabanskiJulie Hale Gaynor HalidayRichard Hallas

Andrea Hindson Pam Hird* Jane Hobson* Sue Hornby Susan KirbyHilary LaurieSylvia McGee** Hilary McLean Elizabeth MortimerKath Northern* Marjorie Norton* Audrey O'Hara Alison Owen - MorleyJayne Preston** Frances PriestnallCaroline Robinson Jennifer SandersonSusan SandfordKatie SaundersVicki Scurrah Eileen Sheller Suzanne SmeltAlexandra SodenMarjorie Swift**Pam SykesVera Thompson Anna ThompsonLettice Thomson* Susan TurnbullSandra TwitchettAlex VickersMichelle Walker Jean Walters* Rebekah WheelerSue Wilman**Jenni WohlmanGlenda Wray

TENOR:Michael Benn*Jonathan BriggStephen Brook*Tom ChiltonDavid Croft**Malcolm Fairless* Chris Fawcett

Graham Fearnley* Jeremy Garside Ronald Gee David Gee Malcolm Hinchliffe Roy Hirst Norman HirstMartin Jenkins Martin Kettlewell Gregory KnaggsChris KnightAlex KyleTimothy Lewis**David Lunn Richard Myhill Arthur Quarmby* Philip Ratcliffe Stuart RuddGerald Savage Philip ShergoldIan SmithAlan Stephens Charles R. SykesDavid VickersHarvey WalshDavid WardMichael Widdall Tim Wilkes

BASS:Richard AinleyChristopher Arnold** David Atkinson Gareth Beaumont** James BlagbroughJohn Brown* David Burgess Peter ChaseMike CorneyJim Cowell Martyn Crossley* James Curran** Ian Daniel* Peter DawsonP.J. DoddGranville Dransfield*

Raymond Ellis Daniel FieldsJohn HarmanDavid Hartley*** David Hoddle Dennis Holmes Keith Horner William KirbyMartin LukeKenton MannAndrew MarslandJohn McGahey Barrie Mortimer Robin Owen - MorleyAngus Pogson** Geoffrey Priestley David Robinson Howard Sandford John Sandland Graham SmeltTerry SmurthwaitePaul SpencerJim Stafford*Alan StirkNeil StonesMark TaylorRichard Thompson Lyndon Wilkinson** Barrie Williams Conrad Winterburn**

* Holder of 25 year badge

** Holder of 40 year badge

*** Holder of 50 year badge



Keith MountainBorn in Mirfield West Yorkshire in 1944. On leaving school Keithstudied at the Batley School of Art for 4 years, graduating with adegree in design. Most of his working career has been withmajor UK companies promoting their merchandise throughdesign and display. To date Keith has had 15 one person showsand been part of over 20 selected group shows throughout thenorth of England as well as being a regular exhibitor at the MallGalleries London.

In 2001 he was invited to take a residency at the Rectoria deArte Contemporarie in St Pere, north of Barcelona, and washonoured to be the first British painter to be invited there.

The work inspired by this visit led to a show in Barcelona inNovember 2002, and also at Lupton Square Gallery, Honley.

In the main Keith's work is inspired by the love of the landscapeand colour. The images stem from memories and observationsof the moors and seascapes of Northern England and morerecently Spain. Exploring the hidden truth behind what naturehas to offer, organic found objects also influence his use of formand texture. He paints mainly in acrylics, but regularly mixessand with pigment to help build intriguing layers into his work.

Keith often re-visits a subject looking at the shapes anddifferent light within as with a new pair of eyes searching for adifferent aspect.

Since his visit to Spain it is as though he has been given a newpaintbox to explore, with his colours strengthening andbecoming more vibrant. The use of colour and texture has

always been an important vehicle for translating a particularmood or atmosphere in Keith's work. The tone of a single hueextended to its limit and in contrast the strength of texture inmixing sand with pigment whilst striving to incorporate his ownunique mark within the composition of his own personal visionof the landscape.

"Highlights of the year 2010"

To be invited to produce two paintings to be included in theexhibition entitled, "Turner's Travels" and seeing my workshanging alongside those of J.M.W.Turner and hiscontemporaries. This exhibition was in conjunction with the TateGallery, London and the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley.

Also, to be invited to be one of the Featured Artists at the BuryArt Gallery - an exhibition in aid of Cancer Relief.

Many thanks to Huddersfield Choral Society for inviting me todesign the cover for this Christmas Concert Programme as itshows another dimension to my work as an artist.

Keith Mountain

NOTE. Keith Mountain has kindly donated the original painting usedfor the programme cover. This will be auctioned at one of the events

during this season and the proceeds will go to the175 Anniversary fund.

-o-A selection of Keith Mountain's work can be seen at

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AND THE GLORYA History in Commemoration of the 175th

anniversary of Huddersfield Choral Society

The book is on sale in the Area Entrance tonightof can be obtained from:

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Monday 20 December 2010The Sage, GatesheadMESSIAH - Handel

Conductor Jane Glover

Tuesday 21 December 2010Subscribers' Concert

Huddersfield Town HallMESSIAH - Handel


Wednesday 22 December 2010Public Concert

Huddersfield Town HallMESSIAH - Handel


Saturday 8 January 2011Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford-Upon-AvonMESSIAH - HandelJoint concert with

Stratford-Upon-Avon Choral SocietyConductor Joseph Cullen

Saturday 5 March 2011Huddersfield Town Hall

THE CRUCIFIXION - StainerConductor Joseph Cullen

Friday 1 April 2011Subscribers' Concert

Huddersfield Town HallMESSAGES - Jonathan Harvey

SYMPHONY OF PSALMS - StravinskyMASS IN E MINOR - Bruckner

Conductor Martyn Brabbins

Good Friday 22 April 2011Barbican, London

MESSIAH - HandelConductor Joseph Cullen

Saturday 18 June 2011175th Anniversary Celebration Concert

Huddersfield Town HallTHE DREAM OF GERONTIUS - Elgar

Conductor Martyn Brabbins

Saturday 1 October 2011Liverpool Anglican CathedralSYMPHONY No 8 - MahlerConductor Vasily Petrenko

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Good King Wenceslas


The words of the Rev John Mason Neale’s carol are memorable because they tell a storyand conjure up a series of vivid images in our minds. Some of these pictures rely onimagination; others on memory. How many of us have tried to walk in someone else’sfootprints in the snow?

Of course, the 19th century clergyman was hoping to do more than encourage us to revisitmemories of childhood. The wintry path taken by Wenceslas and his page is a metaphorfor our journey through life with all its ups and downs and a parable setting out theChristian message that the way to salvation is through good work and following implicitlyin the steps of Jesus.

Following in the path of faith was no easy matter for the historical Wenceslas who becamethe Duke of Bohemia at the age of thirteen after the death of his father in battle. Thesewere troubled times in which tribal chiefs vied for power and dispute was fuelled byreligious differences. Christianity was a relatively recent arrival in the Czech heartlandsand not fully accepted. Wenceslas had been brought up by his grandmother Ludmila whoinstilled in him Christian beliefs and morality. In order to ensure her influence over theyoung duke, his mother Drahomira had the saintly Ludmila strangled. As regent she turnedChristians off their land, and persecuted the clergy.

In 925, at the age of eighteen, Wenceslas assumed government for himself and hadDrahomira exiled. He was now able to promote the spread of Christianity throughoutBohemia. St Vitus Cathedral was one of the many churches built in this time. But neitherthe religious disagreements nor the struggle for power had ended. Within a decadeWenceslas was hacked to death by his brother at the door of the church in the town ofStara Boleslav.

Perhaps regretting his actions Boleslav had his brother’s body buried in St Vitus’ Cathedralwhich soon became a place of pilgrimage where miracles were said to have occurred. Itwas not long before Wenceslas was canonised.

The first Czech saint has become a symbol of the Czech nation. The saint’s equestrianstatue stands, at the head of the great boulevard in the heart of the New Town of Prague.Wenceslas Square has witnessed the most important events in recent Czech history. TheCzechoslovak state was proclaimed here after a large demonstration in October 1918.Fifty years later another demonstration opposed the Soviet invasion. In the following yearJan Pallach set fire to himself next to his statue in protest against the Soviet domination.The Velvet Revolution of 1989, which brought the Soviet domination to an end, sawhundreds of thousands of people in the square. Wenceslas’ statue is now a meeting placefor tourists who flock to the Czech capital.

For many British visitors who have known the popular carol since childhood, the fact thatWenceslas was a historical figure and a saint comes as something of a surprise.

If the name of Wenceslas is well-known, that ofthe Rev John Mason Neale is largely forgotten.An academic and prolific hymn writer, whoseworks include ‘All Glory Laud and Honour’, ‘OCome, O Come Emanuel’, and ‘O Happy Band ofPilgrims’, Neale was at the heart of themovement to revive the Anglican Church in earlyVictorian England. He championed churchbuilding and restoration but he courtedcontroversy with his outspoken views.

Neale’s legacy can be found in England’s wealthof country churches as well as over four hundredhymns – of these ‘Good King Wenceslas’ sung tothe tune of a 13th Century Swedish carol,‘Tempus Adest Floridum (‘Spring has unwrappedher flowers’) remains his best known and mostpopular.

BRIAN HAIGH

Statue in Wenceslas Square


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OFFICIALS AND COMMITTEEPresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CONRAD WINTERBURN

Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JENNY LOCKWOOD

General Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIM COWELL

Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADRIAN LEE

Choir Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID BURGESS

Subscribers’ Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIE HALE

Sponsorship Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . .TONY BOOTH

Programme Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID LOCKWOOD

Recruitment Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . GAYNOR HALIDAY

Publicity Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SARAH WICKHAM

Joint Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOWARD SANDFORD

Joint Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUSAN SANDFORD

Associates Members’ Secretary . . . . . JEAN PARKER

Archivist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MALCOLM HINCHLIFFE

Chairman 175 Committee . . . . . . . JENNY LOCKWOOD

Members’ RepresentativesJanet Booth David Croft

Hilary McLean Barrie Mortimer Jane Sargent Vicki Scurrah Mark A Taylor Sue Turnbull

Subscribers’ RepresentativesHelen Marshall Cynthia Pratt

Honorary Life MembersMr. R. Barraclough DL Mr. H. CloughMr. D. Hartley Mr. J. D. Haywood DL

Mr. K. Rothery Mr. G. Slater

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Telephone: 01484 536968www.huddersfieldchoral.com

Conductor Laureate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARTYN BRABBINS

Chorus Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSEPH CULLEN

Deputy Chorus Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DARIUS BATTIWALLA

Accompanist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DANIEL GORDON

Deputy Accompanist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MALCOLM HINCHLIFFE

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In a small London house on Brook Street,

a servant sighs with resignation as he

arranges a tray full of food he assumes will

not be eaten. For more than a week, he has

faithfully continued to wait on his employer,

an eccentric composer, who spends

hour after hour isolated in his own room.

Morning, noon, and evening the servant

delivers appealing meals to the composer

and returns later to find the bowls and

platters largely untouched.

Once again, he steels himself to go through

the same routine, muttering under his

breath about how oddly temperamental

musicians can be. As he swings open the

door to the composer’s room, the servant

stops in his tracks.

The startled composer, tears streaming

down his face, turns to his servant and

cries out, “I did think I did see all heaven

before me, and the great God Himself.”

George Frederic Handel had just finished

writing a movement that would take its

place in history as the Hallelujah Chorus.

Concert programme 10th December 2010

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Transcript of Concert programme 10th December 2010