Forthcoming concerts (2010/2011):
Sat 6th Nov: Jenkins REQUIEM / Bach MAGNIFICAT
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Sat 4th Dec: MESSIAH
Sat 18th/Wed 22nd Dec: FAMILY CAROL CONCERTS
SPRING 2011
Sat 12th Mar: Prokofiev ALEXANDER NEVSKY
Sat 28th May: Fauré REQUIEM + works by Britten, Gabrieli, Whitacre, Lauridsen
| Since its foundation in 1856, the Nottingham Harmonic Society, Nottingham's civic choir, has established itself as one of the leading provincial choirs in Britain. In its early years the names of Charles Hallé and Sir Arthur Sullivan were among those associated with the chorus. At the beginning of the twentieth century its principal conductor was Henry Wood, later to become Sir Henry Wood, conductor of the first Promenade Concerts. A twenty-year distinguished period of musical achievement under the guidance of gifted choral director Neil Page led to a brief stewardship under international conductor Murray Stewart. |  |
The choir has regularly performed with guest conductors in addition to its Director of Music. Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Owain Arwel Hughes, Norman Del Mar, James Loughran and George Weldon are among those who have worked with the choir. In the last few years the Society has been privileged to be directed on several occasions by Laszlo Heltay, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Groves and Sir David Willcocks.
After using its own amateur orchestras (adult and youth training) until the 1970s the choir has worked with professional orchestras from within the region and has performed most often with Orchestra da Camera. Guest appearances with national orchestras have included the CBSO, BBC Concert Orchestra, RPO, Philharmonia and the Hallé. We have even featured in a concert with ELO, extending our repertoire to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and We will Rock you. The choir has recorded exclusively for Priory in two CDs of Christmas music with the Thoresby Colliery Band.
The full choir, numbering over 200 singers at the time, performed at the opening of Nottingham's magnificent Royal Concert Hall, which has become the venue for the majority of the Society's concerts. In addition to its concerts in the Royal Concert Hall the choir has accepted invitations on numerous occasions to perform in other venues including the Royal Albert Hall, London. Most summers however, we move to the sublime surroundings of Southwell Minster, where the friendly atmosphere and fine acoustics complement much of the earlier classical repertoire.
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