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6 November 1994
Schubert - Magnificat
Schubert - Mass in C
Geoffrey Burgon - Songs of the Creation

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

August 1994
Tour to Northern France  - Festivals en Tregor

9 July 1994
Fauré - Requiem
Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine
Langlais - Three Solemn Psalms
Langlais - Libera Me, Domine

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

14 May 1994
Duruflé - Requiem
Duruflé - Four Motets
Bach - Komm, Jesu, Komm
Bach - Fuerchte Dich Nich

All Saints, Poplar E14

30 April 1994
Orff - Carmina Burana
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms

Royal Albert Hall
(in aid of Lennox Children's Cancer Fund)

6 March 1994
Mozart - Coronation Mass
Mozart - Exultate Julbilate
Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
Brian Chapple - Magnificat
Brian Chapple - Ave Verum Corpus (premiere)

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

18 January 1994
Cardiff Singers of the World in Concert
Excerpts from Handel's Samson and Mendelssohn's Elijah

Barbican Hall, Barbican EC2

11 December 1993
The Glory of Christmas

St John's, Stratford E15

6 November 1993
Handel - Messiah

All Saints, Poplar E14      (Murray Stewart, Director)

16 July 1993
21st Anniversary concert

Guildhall, City of London    (Last concert with Michael Kibblewhite)

9 May 1993
Charpentier -Musique de Théâtre pour Circé 
Charpentier - Missa Assumpta est Maria
Monteverdi - Beatus Vir
Monteverdi - Gloria
Monteverdi - Three Madrigals

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

6 March 1993
Bach - Mass in B minor

All Saints, Poplar E14

11 December 1992
Family Christmas concert 
(with Brian Blessed and Evelyn Glennie)

Westminster Central Hall, SW1

5 December 1992
The Glory of Christmas

St John's, Stratford E15

8 November 1992
Parry - Songs of Farewell
Bruckner - Mass No.2 in E minor

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

20 June 1992
Bliss - A Royal Fanfare
Weelkes - Gloria in Excelsis
Gregson - Make a joyful noise
Byrd - Sing joyfully unto God
Rutter - Te Deum
Vaughan Williams - O Blessed Son of God
O clap your hands
No sad thought his soul affright
Purcell - Funeral Music
Walton - Coronation Te Deum

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

9 May 1992
Mozart - Mass in C minor
Grainger - English Gothic Music
Grainger - British Folk Music

Old Town Hall, Stratford E15

8 March 1992
Monteverdi - Choruses from Orfeo
Monteverdi - Two Motets, Ballo
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Handel Dixit Dominus

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

14 & 15 December 1991
The Glory of Christmas

St John's, Stratford E15

October 1991
Tour to Cuneo, Piedmonte, Italy
Byrd, Weelkes, Purcell, Blow, Parry, Mendelssohn, Ireland, Finzi, Walker, Grainger 

29 June  1991
Mozart - Requiem
Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
Robert Walker - Five Summer Madrigals

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

10 April 1991
Orff - Carmina Burana
Robert Walker - Five Summer Madrigals
Toch - Geographical Fugue

The Old Town Hall, Stratford E15

2 March 1991
Fauré - Requiem
Fauré - Cantique do Jean Racine
Holst - Choral Hyns from the Rig Veda
Nicola Lefanu - Stranded on my Heart

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

16 December 1990
The Glory of Christmas

St John's, Stratford E15

4 November 1990
Vivaldi - Gloria
Monteverdi - Motets
Anthony Milner - The Gates of Summer (World Premiere)

St John's, Stratford E15

August 1990
Tour to Belgium
Finzi, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Gounod, Vaughan Williams, Moeran, Stanford, Ireland, Bliss

19 July 1990
Handel - Solomon

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

28 & 29 April 1990
David Fanshawe - African Sanctus

Old Town Hall, Stratford E15

18 February 1990
Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

10 December 1989
The Glory of Christmas

St John's, Stratford E15

22 October 1989
Haydn - The Creation

Old Town Hall, Stratford E15

16 September 1989
All -Time Choral Classics (Rossini, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Finzi, Quilter, Gibbons, Mendelssohn, Moeran,Britten, Gounod, Bernstein)

St Mary's, Stebbing, Essex

August 1989
Tour to East Anglia (Norwich, Cromer, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft)
Gibbons, Finzi, Mozart, Rossini, Mendlessohn, Gounod, Bruckner, Vaughan Williams, Moeran, Bernstein

The Chorus became East London Chorus 
(North East London Polytechnic, our major sponsors, became the Polytechnic of East London in April 1989)

29 June 1989
Bach - Magnificat
Purcell - Suite from King Arthur
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Vaughan Williams - Shakespeare Songs
Moeran - Four Songs of Springtime

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

18 February 1989
Monteverdi - Movete al mio bel suon
Bliss - A prayer to the infant Jesus
Bliss - Prayer of St Francis of Assisi
Bruckner - 2 motets
Byrd - Laudibus in Sanctis
Leighton - Columba Mea

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

11 December 1988
Handel - Messiah

St John's, Stratford E15

22 October 1988
Gibbons - O Clap Your Hands
Robert Saxton - Chaconne for Double Choir
Finzi - 3 songs
Bliss - The world is charged with the grandeur of God
Gabrieli - Angelus ad pastores ait
Gabrieli Omnes Gentes
Schutz - An den Wassern zu Babel

St John's, Stratford E15

5 July 1988
Handel - Saul

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

5 May 1988
Moeran - Songs of Springtime
Quilter - Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
Vaughan Williams - 3 Shakespeare Songs
Finzi - Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
Finzi - All This Night
Finzi - A Young Man's Exhortation

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

16 April 1988

Joubert - South of the Line
Rossini - Cum Sancto Spiritu (from Petite Messe Solonnelle
Mozart - Laudamus Te (from C minor Mass)
Mendelssohn - Hear My Prayer
Gounod - Ave Maria
Vaughan Williams - Easter
Bernstein - West Side Story Selection

St John's, Stratford E15

6 March 1988
Schutz - Psalms of David
Honegger - King David

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

13 December 1988
The Teddy Bears Christmas Concert

Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford E18

17 November 1987
Herbert Howells Concert
   Hymnus Paradisi
   Te Deum Collegiale Regale
   A Maid Peerless
   God is Gone Up

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank

20 June 1987
John McCabe - Reflections of a Summer Night
Geoffrey Burgon - Veni Spiritus
Kenneth Leighton - Columba Mea
Herbert Howells - A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

10 May 1987
Puttin' on the Ritz

Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford IG1

14 March 1987
Palestrina - Stabat Mater
Burgon - But have been found again
Penderecki - Stabat Mater
Arnell - War God II

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

February 1987
Tour to Israel
Handel - Solomon 

14 December 1986
Family Carol Concert

Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford E18

15 November 1986
Lennox Berkeley - Three Latin Motets
Bliss - Pastoral
Handel - Dixit Dominus

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

July-August 1986
Tour to France and Italy

28 June 1986
Bach - Mass in B minor

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

19 April 1986
Britten - St Nicolas
Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Britten - Missa Brevis
Britten - Flower Songs

St John's, Stratford E15

6 February 1986
Stravinsky - Les Noces
Orff - Carmina Burana

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

15 December 1985
Family Carol Concert

Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford E18

20 November 1985
Bliss - Morning Heroes
Elgar - Spirit of England

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank

20-27 July 1985
Tour to Devon
Handel, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Rossini, Britten, Burgon, Durufle, Bruckner, Stanford.

9 July 1985
Handel - Messiah

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

4 May 1985
Baroque and Romantic Music
(Handel, Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Stanford, Fauré, Duruflé)

Christ Church, North Finchley

6 March 1985
Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle
Stravinsky - Les Noces

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

16 December 1984
Family Carol Concert

Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford E18

1 December 1984
Christmas Music and Operatic Arias

St Mary's Church, Stebbing, Essex

18 November 1984 & 9 June 1985
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
(with Harlow and Hatfield Choruses)

Harlow Sportcentre, Essex
Royal Festival Hall

3 November 1984
Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart - Coronation Mass
Beethoven - Mass in C Major

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

1 July 1984 & 8 July 1984
Elgar - The Apostles
Elgar - The Kingdom
(With Harlow and Hatfield Choruses)

Harlow Sportcentre, Essex

24 May 1984
Vivaldi - Gloria
Monteverdi - Madrigals
Purcell - My heart is Inditing

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

17-24 April 1984
Tour to Israel
Handel - Israel in Egypt (Uri Segal)
A Cappella (M Kibblewhite)

15 March 1984
Brahms - Alto Rhapsody
Duruflé - Quatre Motets
Fauré - Requiem

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

11 December 1983
Family Carol Concert

Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford E18

6 November 1983
Vallotti - Vespero de Morti
Mozart - Requiem

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

8 October 1983
Gibbons, Monteverdi, Purcell, Parry, Duruflé, Vaughan Williams, Stainer, Handel

St Mary's Church, Stebbing, Essex

11 June 1983
Vaughan Williams - Mass in G Minor
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (concert version)

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

26 May 1983
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank
(James Blair and YMSO)

24 March 1983
Bach - Magnificat
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Stravinsky - Mass

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

12 February 1983
Twenties and Thirties Evening
(Novello, Berlin, Sherwin, Coward, Kern)

Great Hall, North-East London Polytechnic, Walthamstow E17

12 December 1982
Family Carol Concert

Theatre Royal, Stratford E15

7 November 1982
Monteverdi - Motets, ballo and madrigals

St Peter's Eaton Square SW1

21 June 1982
David Fanshawe - African Sanctus
Parry - Songs of Farewell

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

21 March 1982
Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610

St John's Smith Square, London SW1

30 January 1982
Victorian Evening

Great Hall, North-East London Polytechnic, Walthamstow E17

13 December 1981
Family Carol Concert

Theatre Royal, Stratford E15

15 November 1981
Christian and Jewish Music
(with Zemel Choir)
Brahms, Y Braun, Vallotti, Robert Saxton, Gibbons, Bach

St Peter's Eaton Square SW1

11 October 1981
Malcolm Williamson - Mass of Christ the King

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank
BBC2 TV transmission & Radio 3 Broadcast on 21 November 1981

13 July 1981
Haydn - Nelson Mass
Bach - Ein Feste Burg
Robert Saxton - Chaconne for Double Choir (first performance of a special commission)

Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank

April 1981
Tour of Northern France - Rouen and Paris

12 April 1981
Monteverdi - Ave Maris Stella
Monteverdi - Third Mass for four voices
Vallotti - Three Motets
Bach - Singet dem Herren
Brahms - Festival Motet
Wolf - Three Sacred Songs

St Peter's Eaton Square SW1

8 March 1981
David Fanshawe - African Sanctus

Great Hall, North-East London Polytechnic, Walthamstow E17

14 December 1980
Family Carol Concert with Trumpets of the Blues and Royals

Theatre Royal, Stratford E15

9 December 1980
Carols in Advent

St John's, Stratford E15

9 November 1980
Monteverdi - Christmas Vespers

St John's, Stratford E15

July - August 1980
Tour to Italy (Cuneo, Pamparato, Mantaldo, Genoa, Venice)

30 June 1980
Rachmaninov - The Bells
( with Harlow Chorus)

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank

11 May 1980
Byrd - Laudibus in Sanctis
Bruckner - Mass in E Minor

St Peter's Eaton Square SW1

2 March 1980
Handel - Messiah

St John's, Stratford E15

25 November 1979
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

St John's, Stratford E15

14 October 1979
Monteverdi - Beatus Vir
Vivaldi - Magnificat
Handel Dixit Dominus
Motets by Dering and Purcell

St Peter's Eaton Square SW1

Summer 1979
Franco - Italian Tour

July 1979
Britten - War Requiem

St Alban's Abbey 
(with Uri Segal)

6 May 1979
Vivaldi Gloria, Bach Magnificat

St Peter's, Eaton Square, SW1

4 March 1979
Vaughan Williams - Sea Symphony
Stanford - Songs of the Fleet

Barking Assembly Rooms

26 November 1978
Bach - Mass in B Minor

St Peter's Eaton Square SW1

7 October 1978
Gibbons, Lotti, Parry, Handel, Stanford, Bruckner

St Margaret's,  Barking

2 July 1978
Verdi - Requiem

Barking Assembly Hall

12 February 1978
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast

Harlow Sports Centre

20 November 1977
Handel - Israel in Egypt

Barking Assembly Hall

July 1977
Tour to Tewksbury, Stroud and Pershore

Monteverdi, Ives, Tippett spirituals, Tallis Spem in Allium, Dowland, Bach

20 March 1977
Handel Dixit Dominus, Bach Magnificat,

Great Hall Waltham Forest precinct

13 February 1977
Mendelssohn - Elijah

Great Hall Barking Precinct

28 November 1976
Christmas Concert

Great Hall Barking Precinct

August 1976
Tour to Norfolk

Purcell - Dido and Aeneas

23 May 1976
Bach Mass in B minor

Great Hall Barking Precinct

30 November 1975
Russian Festival Evening

Great Hall Barking Precinct

23 March 1975
Orff - Carmina Burana

Great Hall Barking Precinct

18 May 1975
Bach - St John Passion

2 February 1975
Mozart - Requiem

Walthamstow Assembly Hall

1 December 1974
Handel - Messiah

Great Hall

9 June 1974
Monteverdi - Orfeo 
David Lord - History of the Flood
Leon Crickmore - Seven sonnets of Shakespeare

Great Hall, Waltham Forest Precinct of NELP

3 March 1974
(NELPhonium Chamber Choir)

Schutz- Seven Last Words
Cassimi - Jephthah
Stainer - Crucifixion (excerpts)
Folk song arrangements

NELP, Waltham Forest

10 June 1973
Mahler - Resurrection Symphony

Walthamstow Assembly Hall

20 May 1973
Summer Concert

Monteverdi, Schutz, Britten, Lambert

Great Hall Barking Precinct

4 February 1973
Brahms - German requiem

Walthamstow Assembly Hall

10 December 1972
Inaugural Concert

Bach - Ein Feste Burg
Purcell - Come Ye Sons of Art

Great Hall, Waltham Forest Precinct of NELP

NELP Chorus was formed in 1971 under the leadership of music lecturer Michael Kibblewhite to give two performances - Verdi's Requiem and Honegger's King David - with the Forest Philharmonic and their conductor Frank Shipway. The success of these concerts led, in October 1972, to the 1972-3 first season of concerts promoted by NELP Chorus with Michael Kibblewhite conducting. The choir was a Polytechnic evening class based at the West Ham Precinct and was open to staff, students, and any members of the public who wished to enrol.

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