Eric Sidoti - Music Director 2018
A Banquet of French Music
St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30 pm, Sunday 19 August Gounod Requiem in C (conducted by Ann-Marie Stapp), Messe Brève No. 7 Aux chapelles, Sérénade (soprano solo), O Divine Redeemer
Saint-Saëns Ave Maria in F major (choir), Ave Maria in A major (soprano/alto soloists duet)
Fauré Berceuse (violin solo), Cantique de Jean Racine
d’Indy La Querelle d’Amour (soprano/tenor soloists with choir)
Boëllman Toccata from Suite Gothique, Op. 25 (organ solo) Soloists Olivia Sheat (soprano), Alexandra Woodhouse Appleby (alto), Jamie Young (tenor), Joe Haddow (bass)
Assistant MD Ann-Marie Stapp
Organ Nigel Williams
Violin Martin Riseley
The Prodigal Son
St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30 pm, Saturday 12 May
The Prodigal Son – Sir Arthur Sullivan
Elgar (Ave Verum, The Wind at Dawn), Stainer (Sevenfold amen, Magnificat/Nunc dimittis in B♭), Stanford (Quick! we have but a second, Jubilate Deo), Parry (Crossing the bar, Jerusalem), Goss (God so loved the world).
Soloists Alexandra Woodhouse Appleby (soprano), Linden Loader (alto), Jamie Young (tenor), William McElwee (bass)
Assistant MD Ann-Marie Stapp
Organ Heather Easton
2017 With Trumpet and Voice - a Celebration of Christmas Kapiti Chorale and Kapiti Brass Band St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu. 7.30 pm, Friday 24 and 3pm, Sunday 26 November Music Directors: Eric Sidoti (Chorale), David Wells (Brass), Ann-Marie Stapp (Chorale Assistant MD) Organ Heather Easton Liszt and Schubert en masse St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu. 2.30 pm, Saturday 19 August Schubert - Mass No. 2 in G Major Liszt - Hungarian Coronation Mass Soloists Olivia Sheat (soprano), Ellen Barrett (mezzo-soprano), John Beaglehole (tenor), Joseph Haddow (bass) Organ Douglas Mews German Titans Ōtaki Memorial Hall. 2.30 pm, Sunday 21 May Chorale Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, KV 273 (Mozart) Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart). Conducted by Assistant Music Director, Ann-Marie Stapp. Veni Sancte Spiritus K 47 (Mozart) Mass no. 1 in D minor (Bruckner) Solo pieces Mir ist so wunderbar (from Fidelio) (Beethoven) Tremare, empi, tremate, op.116 (Beethoven) Ach, ich fül's (aria from the Magic Flute) (Mozart) Soloists Nicole Davey (soprano), Ellen Barrett (contralto), Jamie Young (tenor), Simon Christie (bass) Orchestra Leader - Jay Hancox. 2016
A Choral Christmas St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30pm, 3 December Chorale Sleigh Bells, O Holy Night, A Merry Christmas, Noël (with soprano and mezzo-soprano), A Pohutukawa Carol, Look Toward Christmas, Carol our Christmas, Brother Heinrich’s Christmas (with a cast of narrators), Carol of the Bells, In the Bleak Midwinter (with Elisabeth Harris and Joseph Haddow), He Came Here for Me, Christmas Day: Choral Fantasy on Old Carols (with Imogen Thirlwall, Elisabeth Harris and Joseph Haddow), I Wonder as I Wander (with Imogen Thirlwall and Joseph Haddow), He Shall be Called, Ding Dong Merrily on High. Solos The Virgin’s Slumber Song, Sankta Lucia, Weihnachtsarie
Assistant Music Director Soloists Imogen Thirlwall (soprano), Elisabeth Harris (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Haddow (baritone) Organ, Wes Brown. Piano, Ellen Barrett. Oboe, Rodney Ford. Bassoon, Joanne Toon
St Cecilia Mass and other works by Gounod
St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30pm, 13 August Chorale National Hymn of the Vatican (Chorale), Ave Verum, Pater Nostra, Send out Thy Light, O Divine Redeemer, Messe solonnelle en L'honneur de Sainte-Cécile Solos Tota Pulchra Es, Ave Maria, Funeral March of a Marionette, Da Pacem, O Ma Lyre Immortelle Soloists Janey MacKenzie (soprano), Ellen Barrett (contralto), John Beaglehole (tenor), Derek Miller (bass) Organ Elizabeth Salmon
Hiawatha – an epic oratorio by Robert Hanson
Paraparaumu College 3pm, 1 May
Soloists Children's Choir Directed by Bridget O'Shanassy Orchestral ensemble 2015 Mozart comes to town
Nga Purapura, Otaki 2.30pm, 29 November Kapiti Chorale and Kapiti Chamber Choir NZ premiere of Mozart's Requiem completed and edited by Duncan Druce.
Other Mozart gems Soloists Imogen Thirlwall (soprano), Ruth Reid (contralto), Jamie Young (tenor), Simon Christie (bass) Organ Jennifer Scarlet Orchestral ensemble
St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30pm, 22 August
Soloists Organ Jonathan Berkahn World War One – Music of the Great War St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30pm, 16 May World War One Medley arranged by Eric
Sidoti The Christmas Truce –Judith Bingham World War One composers New Zealand and Australia Soloists Olivia Sheat (soprano), Howard Chamberlain (bass) Organ Martin Setchell Piano Ellen Barrett Orchestral ensemble 2014 Kapiti Concert Orchestra, 10th Anniversary Celebration Nga Purapura, Otaki 2.30pm, 23 November Special Guest Michael
Houstoun Kapiti Concert Orchestra Overture from The Hebrides (Fingals Cave), Mendelssohn Combined Choirs Kapiti Chorale I wonder as I wander (arr. Rutter) with Shirley Gullery Kapiti Chamber Choir Deck the Hall (arr. Rutter), Glory to God in the highest (Thompson) Soprano solo Exsultate Jubilate (Mozart) Conductors Kenneth Young and Eric Sidoti Orchestra Leader Jay Hancox Soloists Daniela-Rosa Cepeda (soprano) and Christian Thurston (baritone) Knights and Dragons St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30pm, 23 August Chorale Solos Soloists Katherine McIndoe (soprano), William McElwee (tenor), Justin Pearce (baritone) Organ Douglas Mews Piano Ellen Barrett Narrators Norma McCallum and Prue Hyman The Crucifixion, Stainer and other English romantic works St. James' Anglican Church, Lower Hutt 3.00pm, 12 April St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 3.30pm, 4 May Kapiti Chorale, Wainuiomata Choir and St John's in the City Choir Combined Choirs Kapiti Chorale Wainuiomata Choir Soloists Peter Dyne (tenor), Simon Christie (bass), Linda van Milligan (soprano) Organ Richard Apperley String Quartet Eleanor Carter (leader), Alison Eldredge, Katherine Rowe, Belinda Veitch
The Crucifixion, Stainer, Good Friday Service St John's in the City, Wellington 18 April Kapiti Chorale, Wainuiomata Choir and St John's in the City Choir Soloists Peter Dyne (tenor), Simon Christie (bass) Organ David Trott String Quartet Eleanor
Carter (leader), Alison Eldredge, Katherine Rowe, Belinda Veitch Stuart Douglas - Guest Music Director 2013 Messiah St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 7.00pm, 30 November and 3.30pm, 1 December Soloists Pepe Becker (soprano), Ellen Barrett (contralto), James Adams (tenor), Simon Christie (bass) Organ Douglas Mews Orchestra Leader Jay Hancox Marie Brown - Music Director Hit & Myth - Choruses and Arias from Opera 18 August Ellen Barrett and Rafaella Garlick-Grice pianos, Elisabeth Harris soprano, Christian Thurston baritone, Salina Fisher violin, Peter Averi guest organist. A 30th Anniversary Tribute 12 May Featuring organist, Peter Averi Janey MacKenzie soprano, Ellen Barrett mezzo-soprano, Oliver Sewell tenor, Jamie Henare bass 2012 Showtime 2 December Featuring 100 Years of Broadway Ellen Barrett piano, Barbara Graham soprano, Fredi Jones baritone Karl Jenkins' Stabat Mater 19 August Peter Averi organ, Ellen Barrett mezzo-soprano, Thomas Atkins tenor and an Orchestral Ensemble A Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II 6 May Peter Averi organ, Andrew Weir trumpet and bagpipes, Amelia Ryman soprano, Jonathan Abernethy tenor 2011 Gloria 27 November Peter Averi organ, Andrew Weir trumpet, soloists from NZ School of Music: Bridget Costello, Imogen Thirlwall, Emily Simcox. Kapiti Chorale and Kapiti Concert Orchestra Joint Concert 20 August Kenneth Young, Conductor. Marie Brown, Music Director Homage to Haydn 7 May Peter Averi organ, Janey MacKenzie soprano, John Beaglehole tenor, Roger Wilson bass 2010 Handel's Messiah 28 November Love, Honour, Betrayal 15 August Te Deum and Dvorak Mass in D 9 May 2009 Celebration of Christmas 6 December Haydn's The Creation 16 August With orchestra 1809 - a year of note 10 May 2008 Silver Jubilee Gala Concert 30 November A selection of favourites from the last choir's 25 years The Face of Peace 17 August Mozart Coronation Mass, Excerpts from Cherubini Requiem 11 May 2007 Handel's Messiah 9 December Held at El Rancho, Waikanae Community Choir with the Kapiti Concert Orchestra. Joyful, Joyful 2 September Rutter Requiem 27 May 27 With instrumental ensemble 2006 The Austrian Connection 26 November From Age to Age Endure 6 August War, Peace, and Glory 29 and 30 April Featuring Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man with the Kapiti Chamber Choir and instrumental ensemble 2005 Afternoon at the Proms 20 November A French Connection 31 July Mendelssohn's Elijah 17 April. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae Conductor Peter Godfrey Kapiti Community Choir with Kapiti Concert Orchestra. Stuart Douglas - Guest Music Director 2004 Choral Contrasts 14 November Sounds Glorious 25 July Featuring Vivaldi's Gloria Peter Godfrey - Music Director 2004 Hiawatha's Wedding 2 May featuring Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast 2003 Christmas in New Zealand 3 December 20th birthday concert, with orchestra A joint concert with the Kapiti Chamber Choir 22 June. Held at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Paraparaumu Haydn's St Nicholas Mass, Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens Faure Requiem - Kapiti Chamber Choir Verdi's Requiem 27 April. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae Community Choir with singers from the Napier Civic Choir with Organ, piano, trumpets, timpani and percussion 2002 A Royal Occasion 12 and 17 November A celebration of the Golden Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II Haydn's The Creation May 21 and 26 2001 Carols at the Manakau Hotel 22 December Noel 25 November Music for Christmas with the Choristers of Wellington Cathedral conducted by Andrew Cantrill Mostly Mozart 31 July and 5 August Stainer's Crucifixion and Handel's Messiah, part II 8 April. Held at Southwards Theatre, Paraparaumu With the Kapiti Chamber Choir Stainer's Crucifixion 11 April Lunchtime at St. Andrews on The Terrace, Wellington with the Kapiti Chamber Choir 2000 Mendelssohn's St Paul 21 and 26 November The Sprig of Thyme 20 August featuring Stanford's Songs of the Fleet and folksongs set by Rutter This Joyful Eastertide 7 May featuring Wood's This Joyful Eastertide 1999 Handel's Messiah 28 November. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae Community Choir with orchestra Celebration of Spring - directed by Peter Averi 12 September featuring Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury and songs of spring including Haydn's Come Gentle Spring Songs of Spring repeated in Botanical Gardens, Wellington St. John Passion 28 and 30 March with the Kapiti Chamber Choir 1998 Mozart Coronation Mass and Opera Excerpts 14 November 15 November: Mozart's Coronation Mass in the Wellington Cathedral Brahms' Requiem 10 May with the Kapiti Chamber Choir 1998 Elijah 16 November. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae Gloria 24 and 29 June Gloria - Rutter and Vivaldi Handel's' Messiah 23 March. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae Community Choir 1996 All the World Sings Christmas 7 December Christmas movements from Messiah Carols From Around the World: Pohutukawa Carol, I Wonder as I Wander, Mary had a Baby, Shepherds run to Bethlehem, Hark to the Angels, He Smiles from His Cradle, King Jesus had a Garden, A Maiden Most Gentle, Sussex Carol. Mainly Opera 19 and 20 October. Held at the Lower Hutt Town Hall and El Rancho, Waikanae With the Wainuiomata Choir and Kapiti Children's Choir Anvil Chorus, Spinning Chorus, Habanera, March of the Toreadors, Bridal Chorus, Chorus of the Wedding Guests, Easter Hymn, Down by the Sally Gardens, Asikateli, Brindisi, The Hunstmen, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves Music for a Royal Occasion 26 May with the Kapiti Chamber Choir I was Glad (Parry), My Heart is Indicting (Handel), Te Deum Laudamus (Bartholdy), The King Shall Rejoice (Handel), Zadok the Priest (Handel) Stainer's Crucifixion and Messiah part II 31 March and 2 April With the Wainuiomata Choir and Kapiti Children's Choir Held at the Lower Hutt Town Hall and El Rancho Anvil Chorus, Spinning Chorus, Habanera, March of the Toreadors, Bridal Chorus, Chorus of the Wedding Guests, Easter Hymn, Down by the Sally Gardens, Asikateli, Brindisi, The Hunstmen, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves 1995 Christmas is Coming 19 November In aid of Mary Potter Hospice Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat; Behold the Great Creator; Barcarolle; Dido's Lament and Farewell; Final Chorus Magic Flute; Vaughan Williams Fantasia; And the Glory and O thou that tellest (Messiah); Lo! He comes with clouds descending From Earth to Heaven 13 August Let all the world; God so Loved the World; Von Himmel hoch da kommich her; And I saw a New Heaven; Blue Bird; Bushes and Briars; For the Beauty of the Earth; Turn Back O man (Holst); I want to go to Heave and Goin' to Heaven anyhow; A Sound Came from Heaven; My soul there is a country; How lovely are thy dwellings (Brahms); The heavens are telling (Haydn) St. Matthew Passion 9 April. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae Community Choir with orchestra 1994 Roundabout Christmas 4 and 8 December. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae and Otaki College Narrated by Philip Liner with the Kapiti Chamber Choir and the Kapiti Brass Band Congregational carols; Lo, how a rose ere blooming; A maiden most gentle; What child is this?; Child of Joy and Peace; Lullaby (Lesser); The Oxen; Sussex Carol; Twelve Days of Christmas Around the World in 80 Minutes 30 October With Philip Liner. Hoki hoki; Pokarekare; Flies in the Buttermilk; Early one morning; Eriskay Love Lilt; Down by the Sally Gardens; In Stille Nacht; The Handsome Butcher; Pusci me; Apple Apple; The Old Woman; Simi Jadech; Waltzing Matilda; Hine e hine Acis and Galatea 24 April. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae with orchestra Lois McNeill - Music Director and Founder 1993 Celebrating Christmas 28 November and 5 December Carols and Britten's St. Nicolas Conducted by Lois McNeill, Peter Godfrey and Sue Robinson With the Upper Hutt Choral Society, the Kapiti Chamber Choir and the Wellington Music Centre Children's Choir An Afternoon of Popular Opera 15 August Finale Magic Flute; So your Life of Pleasure is over (Mozart); Spring Chorus Bartered Bride; Aida selections; Barcarolle Tales of Hoffman; One hand, one Heart (West Side Story); Do you hear the people sing (Les Miserables); Anvil Chorus Alleluia! The Joy of Eastertide 24 and 25 April Let the song be begun (Piae Cantiones); Regina Coeli (O'Gorman); Tristis ist anima mea; Victory (Alstatian Carol); Easter song of Little Russia; Easter song (Herring); O Morn of Beauty (Finlandia); The Holy Women before the Apostles (Gounod); Excerpts from Mozart's 12th Mass. 1992 Handel's Messiah 6 and 9 December. Held at El Rancho, Waikanae and Otaki College Conducted by Peter Godfrey Community Choir and Kapiti Orchestra. Offerings from Opera May Waltz from Faust; Peasants Chorus L'Arleseinne; Finale Magic Flute; Polovtsian Dances; Our life is free (Carmen); Clara Clara from Porgy and Bess; La Vergine Degli Angeli (Force of Destiny); Chorus of Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco). 1991 Philip Liner's Roundabout 1 December The angel Gabriel from Heaven Came; Shepherds shake off your drowsy sleep; Polish Lullaby; El Rorro; The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy; O Holy Night; Carol of the Bells; March of the Kings; O Come All ye Faithful; Antipodean Carol A Taste of Opera 9 June Lohengrin Wedding March; Spring Chorus (Smetena); Cavalleria Rusticana Easter Hymn and Opening Chorus; Anvil Chorus; Carmen Habanera; Bell Chorus; Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves 1990 Christmas Music 25 November Fantasia by Vaughan Williams and Messiah extracts 1989 Handel's Messiah 19 November Fantasia by Vaughan Williams and Messiah extracts 1988 A Concert of Orchestral and Choral Music 27 November With the Upper Hutt Choral Society, Wainuiomata Choir and the Wellington Regional Orchestra. Vaughan Williams "Hodie" conducted by Peter Godfrey Music for Easter 27 March Handel, Dvorak, Faure, Gounod 1987 Variety Concert 16 August We love the place wherein thine honour dwells; The Bluebird; Like to Damask Rose 1986 A Concert of Sacred and Seasonal Music 30 November Locus Iste (Bruckner); What is that Fragrance?; Blessed Son of God (Vaughan Williams); Dawn of Promise; Nuns' Chorus; Casanova (Strauss); The Holy City (Adam); Go Tell it on the Mountain; Away in a Manger; Silent Night Easter Concert 23 March Blessings on the King; Trotting; An Upper Room; This Blessing Cup; God so Loved the World; Crew the Cock; Stabat Mater (Rossini); Cujus Animam (Pergolesi); O Quam Tristis (Pergolesi); Easter Hymn (Masagni) 1985 Festival Concert for Amnesty International 3 November There's no business like show business; Joy to the World; World Temple Prayer; the Holy Child; Nostalgia songs; March of the Kings; O Holy Night; Silent Night 1984 Spring Concert 14 October St. Anthony Chorale; Bahama Lullaby; I got a Robe; Gilbert & Sullivan selections; Spring Folk song; David of the White Rock; If I fell in love with you; Kalinka Winter Concert 24 June Sabbath Prayer (Bock); Hello Dolly; Happy, O Happy He (Mozart); Jesu joy of Man's desiring; Songs from West Side Story; Hungarian Folk songs (Seibel); Si je Tombais; Tulips and Heather; Jamaica Farewell 1983 First Concert 19 October Lois McNeill - Music Director and Founder The Waikanae Chorale - 20 members at Our Lady of Fatima's Church Hall, Parata Streeet, Waikanae Concert ticket: $3 Ascot Gavotte; Tonight (Bernstein); Pata Pan; Coverntry Carol; Three Great Kings; Down by the Sally Gardens; English Country Garden; Best of all Possible Worlds; The Snow (Elgar); Done made my Vow to the Lord; Bahama Lullaby; Sing we and Chant it; David and the White Rock; Hi ho nobody home |
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