Concertography
1991/92 through 1994/95
Compiled by PCNSO member James Healey. All performances in St. John's, NL unless otherwise indicated.
EIGHTH SEASON: 1994/95
October 28, 1994:
Hibernia Pops Gala, at the Arts and Culture Centre, with the
Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir.
This programme was performed in the presence of His Excellency,
the Right Honourable Ramon Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada.
Anvil Chorus (Verdi),
Toreador's Song (Bizet).
Conductor: Mario Duschenes, with the NSO.
November 18, 1994:
Requiem, op.48 (Faure), at the Arts and Culture Centre.
With the MUN Festival Choir.
Soloists: Jean Clement Bergeron, Lisa Goldsworthy.
Conductor:
Marc David,
with the NSO.
December 16-17, 1994:
Messiah (Handel), at the Basilica.
Soloists: Lynn Channing, Pamela MacDonald,
David Pomeroy,
George Evelyn.
Conductor:
Douglas Dunsmore,
with the NSO.
February 4, 1995:
Gloria (Poulenc), at the Anglican Cathedral.
Soloist:
Carolyn Hart.
Conductor:
Douglas Dunsmore,
with the NSO Sinfonia.
March 31-April 1, 1995:
Polovetzian Dances (Borodin), at the Arts and Culture Centre.
Conductor:
Marc David,
with the NSO.
SEVENTH SEASON: 1993/94
October 9, 1993:
Mass in G (Schubert), at the Anglican Cathedral.
Soloists:
Michelle Pitcher,
David Pomeroy,
Denis Lawlor.
Conductor:
Douglas Dunsmore
with the NSO Sinfonia.
October 22, 1993:
Hibernia Pops Gala, at the Arts and Culture Centre.
Hallelujah (Handel),
Grand Finale
from Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach).
Conductor:
Marc David,
with the NSO.
December 10-11, 1993:
Messiah (Handel), at the Basilica.
Soloists: Catherine Cornick, Heather Batstone,
David Pomeroy,
Erik Oland.
Conductor:
Douglas Dunsmore,
with the NSO.
March 25-26, 1994:
The Merry Widow (Lehar), at the Arts and Culture Centre.
This performance was a concert version of the well-known operetta.
Conductor:
Marc David,
with the NSO.
SIXTH SEASON: 1992/93
November 29, 1992: at the Anglican Cathedral
with the MUN Festival and Chamber Choirs.
This was the choir's first performance that did not involve the NSO or NSO Sinfonia.
Lord Thou Hast Been Our Refuge (Vaughan Williams),
Christmas Carols (Once In Royal David's City,
O Come All Ye Faithful,
See Amid the Winter's Snow,
Hark the Herald Angels Sing).
Conductor:
Douglas Dunsmore.
December 11-12, 1992:
Messiah (Handel), at the Basilica.
Televised nationally by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on December 23, 1992.
Soloists:
Carolyn Hart,
Pamela MacDonald, Charles Bown, George Evelyn.
Conductor:
Marc David,
with the NSO.
March 31, 1993:
German Requiem (Brahms), at the Arts and Culture Centre.
With the MUN Festival Choir.
Conductor:
Douglas Dunsmore,
with the NSO.
FIFTH SEASON: 1991/92
December 4, 1991:
"A Mozart Retrospective", at the Anglican Cathedral.
This performance was dedicated to the memory of choir member Edward Penney.
Introitus,
Kyrie, Dies Irae,
Lacrimosa from Requiem (Mozart).
Conductor: Peter Gardner, with the NSO Sinfonia.
December 13-14, 1991:
Messiah (Handel), at the Basilica.
Soloists: Sonya Gosse,
Carolyn Hart,
Diane Pritchett, Doug Jamieson, Dennis Caines.
Conductor:
Wayne Riddell,
with the NSO.
December 15, 1991:
Messiah (Handel),
at Immaculate Conception Church, Harbour Grace.
Soloists: Sonya Gosse, Dianne Pritchett, Doug Jamieson, Dennis Caines.
Conductor:
Wayne Riddell,
with the NSO.
March 24, 1992:
St. Nicolas (Britten), at the Anglican Cathedral, with the NSO Treble Choir.
The NSO Treble Choir, conducted by
Susan Knight,
would eventually become the Newfoundland Symphony
Youth Choir, and later on Shallaway.
Soloist:
Brian Roberts.
Conductor: Peter Gardner, with the NSO Sinfonia.