Date | Venue | Works performed | Conductor | Remarks |
5 March 1986 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Lehár: Gold and Silver Waltz; Lehár: scenes from The Merry Widow; Strauss: Blue Danube waltz; Strauss: scenes from Die Fledermaus | Colin Block | Soloists Joan Kerrigan (soprano), Philip Byrne (baritone), Cynthia Byrne (soprano), Peter Kerr (tenor), Roger Pickett (bass); Prelude Brass quintet |
15 March 1986 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Razaf/Garland: In the mood; Mozart (arr. Block): Rondo from Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Strauss: Blue Danube waltz | Colin Block | Concert promoted by Hearing Friends of the Deaf; included Bernadett Greevy (contralto), Evelyn Glennie (xylophone), Denise Kelly (harp) |
16 November 1986 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Verdi: Requiem | Colin Block | Virginia Kerr (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (contralto), Peter Kerr (tenor), William Young (bass); Serenata Orchestra (leader Alan Smale) |
3 October 1987 | Royal Hospital, Kilmainham | Razaf/Garland: In the mood; Wagner: Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhäuser; Tallis: O sacrum convivium; Borodin: Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor; Orff: “O fortuna’ from Carmina Burana; Strauss: Nuns’ chorus from Casanova; Simon: Bridge over troubled water; Sullivan: scenes from Pirates of Penzance | Colin Block | Concert in aid of St Vincent’s Centre, Navan Road, Dublin; featuring Peter McBrien (baritone), Mary Sheridan de Brúin (soprano) |
21 November 1987 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 Borodin: Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor Schütz: Magnificat | Colin Block | Virginia Kerr (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (contralto), Peter Kerr (tenor), William Young (bass), Serenata Orchestra (leader Alan Smale) |
5 & 6 December 1987 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Gruber, arr. Block: Silent Night; We wish you a merry Christmas; Rutter: Star Carol; Angelus ad virginem; Hark the Herald Angels sing; Wagner: Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhäuser; O come, all ye faithful; Walters: Ding dong doh; In dulci jubilo; Orff: ‘O fortuna’ from Carmina Burana; Britten: ‘The birth of Nicolas’ from St Nicolas; Rocking; Trad. arr. Block: Ding dong merrily; Reger: Virgin’s slumber song; Good King Wenceslas; Adam: O Holy Night; Handel: Hallelujah chorus from Messiah | Colin Block | Concert presented and produced by Austin Gaffney (baritone); sign jointly with Culwick Choral Society. Accompanists Madeline Cartwright and Carol Block. |
16 April 1988 | Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin | Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine; Bruckner: Locus iste; Bach: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, ‘Et exultavit’ from Magnificat; Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Purcell: Hear my prayer; Mozart: ‘Laudate Dominum’ from Vesperae Sollennes de confessore K. 339; Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis, O sacrum convivium; Handel: Chandos anthem no. 9 | Colin Block | With Aideen Lane (soprano), Anne Woodworth (contralto), David English (tenor), Conor Biggs (bass), Serenata Orchestra |
25 February 1989 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Beethoven: Mass in D (Missa solemnis) | Colin Block | Soloists: Nicola Sharkey (soprano),Patricia Bardon (contralto). Finbarr Wright (tenor), Conor Biggs (bass). Serenata Orchestra (leader: Audrey Collins). Programme included Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 |
29 April 1989 | Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin | Wagner: Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhäuser; Verdi: Chorus of Hebrew Slaves and other excerpts from Nabucco, Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore; Strauss: Nuns’ Chorus from Casanova; Bryan Kelly: The Biscuit Girl (excerpts); Orff: Carmina Burana (excerpts) | Colin Block | Concert in aid of St Vincent’s Centre, Navan Road, Dublin |
23 September 1989 | Mercy Convent hall, Sligo | Gershwin: highlights from Porgy and Bess Verdi: Anvil chorus from Il Trovatore Bryan Kelly: The Biscuit Girl Verdi: Grand chorus from Aïda Orff: Carmina Burana (excerpts) | Colin Block | Irish première of Biscuit Girl. Orff orchestral parts re-arranged for electronic keyboards by Colin Block. Accompanists: Clive Shannon and David Milne |
15 October 1989 | Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin | Verdi: Grand Chorus from Aïda, Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore; Bryan Kelly: The Biscuit Girl; Orff: Carmina Burana | Colin Block | the Orff performed with electronic keyboard accompaniment devised and programmed by Colin Block, played by Clive Shannon and David Milne |
11 December 1989 | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Gruber, arr. Block: Silent Night; Joy to the world; Walters: Ding dong doh; arr. Willcocks: Rocking; Arr. Jacques: Good King Wenceslas; arr. Boughton: The holly and the ivy; arr. Atkins: The three kings; Leontovich: Ring, Christmas bells; trad. arr. B Ingoldsby: Táladh Chríosta; Handel: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah | Colin Block | Presented by Joan Merrigan (soprano); with Dublin Concert Band (conductor Pat Dunleavy), Dublin Boy Singers (conductor Frank Hughes) |
13 April 1990 | Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin | Beethoven: Mass in C | Erich Rupprecht | Concert in aid of Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups, sung jointly with Chorgemeinschaft Wolfratshausen (München) |