Choir performances 1986 to 1990

DateVenueWorks performedConductorRemarks
5 March 1986National Concert Hall, DublinLehár: Gold and Silver Waltz; Lehár: scenes from The Merry Widow; Strauss: Blue Danube waltz; Strauss: scenes from Die FledermausColin BlockSoloists Joan Kerrigan (soprano), Philip Byrne (baritone), Cynthia Byrne (soprano), Peter Kerr (tenor), Roger Pickett (bass); Prelude Brass quintet
15 March 1986National Concert Hall, DublinRazaf/Garland: In the mood; Mozart (arr. Block): Rondo from Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Strauss: Blue Danube waltzColin BlockConcert promoted by Hearing Friends of the Deaf; included Bernadett Greevy (contralto), Evelyn Glennie (xylophone), Denise Kelly (harp)
16 November 1986National Concert Hall, DublinVerdi: RequiemColin BlockVirginia Kerr (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (contralto), Peter Kerr (tenor), William Young (bass); Serenata Orchestra (leader Alan Smale)
3 October 1987Royal Hospital, KilmainhamRazaf/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 PenzanceColin BlockConcert in aid of St Vincent’s Centre, Navan Road, Dublin; featuring Peter McBrien (baritone), Mary Sheridan de Brúin (soprano)
21 November 1987National Concert Hall, DublinBeethoven: Symphony no. 9
Borodin: Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor
Schütz: Magnificat
Colin BlockVirginia Kerr (soprano), Deirdre Cooling-Nolan (contralto), Peter Kerr (tenor), William Young (bass), Serenata Orchestra (leader Alan Smale)
5 & 6 December 1987National Concert Hall, DublinGruber, 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 BlockConcert presented and produced by Austin Gaffney (baritone); sign jointly with Culwick Choral Society.
Accompanists Madeline Cartwright and Carol Block.
16 April 1988Christ Church, Leeson Park, DublinFauré: 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. 9Colin BlockWith Aideen Lane (soprano), Anne Woodworth (contralto), David English (tenor), Conor Biggs (bass), Serenata Orchestra
25 February 1989National Concert Hall, DublinBeethoven: Mass in D (Missa solemnis)Colin BlockSoloists: 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 1989Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, DublinWagner: 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 BlockConcert in aid of St Vincent’s Centre, Navan Road, Dublin
23 September 1989Mercy Convent hall, SligoGershwin: 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 BlockIrish première of Biscuit Girl.
Orff orchestral parts re-arranged for electronic keyboards by Colin Block.
Accompanists: Clive Shannon and David Milne
15 October 1989Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, DublinVerdi: Grand Chorus from Aïda, Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore; Bryan Kelly: The Biscuit Girl; Orff: Carmina BuranaColin Blockthe Orff performed with electronic keyboard accompaniment devised and programmed by Colin Block, played by Clive Shannon and David Milne
11 December 1989National Concert Hall, DublinGruber, 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 MessiahColin BlockPresented by Joan Merrigan (soprano); with Dublin Concert Band (conductor Pat Dunleavy), Dublin Boy Singers (conductor Frank Hughes)
13 April 1990Christ Church Cathedral, DublinBeethoven: Mass in CErich RupprechtConcert in aid of Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups, sung jointly with Chorgemeinschaft Wolfratshausen (München)