Performances
Christus Natus Est
Sunday 19th November 2023
Christus Natus Est, a cantata for Christmas by Cecilia McDowall; and a programme of music with a Christmas theme.
John Wade: Adeste Fideles
Pepper Choplin: This Is My Word
Poulenc: O Magnum Mysterium
Videntes Stellam
Jillian Bray: Look Towards Christmas!
Tankersley (arr): Come Now, Lord Jesus
Jenny McLeod: Light of Lights Beholden
Colin Gibson: Peace Child
Schubert: Ave Maria
Handel: Hallelujah Chorus
Leontovich: Carol of the Bells
William James: Christmas Day (The North Wind)
Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night
Colin Gibson: Carol Our Christmas
H W Hitchcock: 'Twas in Bethlehem
David Dell: Where is The Room?
Pietro Yon: Gesu Bambino
Cecilia McDowell: Christus Natus Est
Emily-Jane Stockman, soprano solo
Joseph Haddow, bass solo
Heather Easting, organist
Phillip O'Malley, pianist
Pirate Girls ⚔
Sunday 12 August 2023
The world première of Pirate Girls, an adventurous historical drama by American composer Robert Hanson.
Xavier Krause as Calico Jack
Emily Yeap as Ann Bonny
Simon Christie as Dirty Dale
Kate Manahi as Mary Reed
William McElwee as the Barkeep (Act 1) and the Governor/Judge (Act 3)
Jamie Young as James Bonny
Patrick Shanahan as Jonathan Barnett, the Pirate Chaser
St. John Passion
Saturday 6th May 2023
J.S. Bach's St. John Passion, BVW 245
Martin Setchell, organist
Phillip O'Malley, pianist
Emily-Jane Stockman, soprano
Jennifer Huckle, alto
John Beaglehole, tenor, Evangelist
Richard Taylor, tenor solo, Servus
Simon Christie, bass, Jesus
Edward Smith, bass solo, Pilate
Yuletide Reveries
Sunday 20th November 2022
Vivaldi: Magnificat (RV610) and Gloria (RV589)
Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12
Violons dans le soir
Fauré: Maria, Mater gratie, Op. 47
Pleurs d'or, Op. 42
Gounod: Où voulez-vous aller?
Gruber: Stille Nacht
Caitlin Roberts, soprano
Emily Yeap, soprano
Linden Loader, alto
Jamie Young, tenor
Samuel McKeever, bass
Interrupted for another year by COVID-19 shenanigans, the novelty of social distancing had entirely lost its sheen. We grew tired and restless, and wished only for life to return to normal, and to sing freely again...
Potpourri! A selection from concerts past
Sunday 21st November 2021
Haydn: The Heavens Are Telling
Saint-Saëns: Ave Maria in F major
Pepper Choplin: This Is My Word
Purcell: Thou Know'st, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts
Gounod: O Divine Redeemer
Handel: And the Glory of the Lord
David Hamilton: Blessing
Fr. Michael Joncas: Shelter Me
Gounod: Send Out Thy Light
Elgar: Ave Verum Corpus
Z. Randall Stroope: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Ani Ma'amin (arr. John Leavitt)
Eric Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby
Moses Hogan: Music Down In My Soul
Martin Setchell, organist
Phillip O'Malley, pianist
Händel Smorgasbord with a dash of Purcell
Saturday 7th August 2021
Händel
See, the conqu'ring hero comes
Clori, mia bella Clori
Sinfonia overture from Solomon
From Samson: Awake the trumpet's lofty sound / It is not virtue / My faith and truth / Let their celestial concerts all unite
The Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest / Let thy hand be strengthened / My heart is inditing / The king shall rejoice
Purcell
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Dido's lament
Caitlin Roberts and Ruth Armishaw, soloists
The GLORY of BRASS
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th May 2021
Joint concert with Kapiti Brass
Rutter: Gloria
Thompson: A Feast of Praise
Nelson: Glory to God
Chilcott: Mura Matsuri
Waggoner: Hodie
Hamilton: Blessing
Grieg: Elegiac Melody No. 2 "Last Spring" (Op. 34)
Barry: Divertimento for Brass mvmt. 2 "Romance"
Roberton: All in the April Evening
Sacred Folk
Sunday 29th November 2020
Rutter
The Sprig of Thyme
Gounod
St. Cecilia Mass (Messe Solennelle de Sainte-Cécile)
Schubert
Der Hochzeitsbraten
Olivia Sheat, soprano
LJ Crichton, tenor
Samuel McKeever, bass
Martin Setchell, organist
Phillip O'Malley, pianist
COVID-19 disrupted us for an entire year. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
Feel the Spirit
Friday 29th November & Sunday 1st December 2019
Spirituals of the Deep South
J.W. & J.R. Johnson: Dry Bones (arr. Mark Hayes)
Greg Gilpin: Michael Row That Gospel Boat
Jeffrey LaValley: Revelation 19 (arr. Jack Schrader)
Moses Hogan:
Let Us Break Bread Together
My Good Lord’s Done Been Here (arr. Rollo Dilworth)
Music Down In My Soul
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (arr. Mark Hayes)
William Dawson: There is a Balm in Gilead
Harry Burleigh:
Music Down In My Soul
Ain’t Goin’ to Study War No Mo’
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
Gwyneth Walker: Were You There?
Chariot! (arr. Philip Kern)
Marc Robinson: Kumbaya
Brazeal Dennard: Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ My Name
Howard Helvey: I Want Jesus To Walk With Me
Linda Twine: Changed My Name: A Spirituals Cantata
Michaela Cadwgan, soprano
Alexandra Woodhouse Appleby, alto
Jamie Young, tenor
Joseph Haddow, bass
Jennifer Scarlet & Phillip O'Malley, accompanists
Baroque to Classical
Sunday 1st September 2019
Bach
Cantata 34: "O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe"
Haydn
Mass 13: Schöpfungsmesse
Mozart
Exsultate, Jubilate (K. 165)
Ave Verum Corpus (K. 618)
Barbara Paterson, soprano
Linden Loader, alto
Jamie Young, tenor
Joseph Haddow, bass
The Passion and Life Eternal
Sunday 12th May 2019
Fauré
Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Dubois
The Seven Last Words of Christ
Stroope
Lamentations of Jeremiah
Martin
Even the Heavens Are Weeping
Jonathan Berkahn, organ & piano
Janey Mackenzie, soprano
Jamie Young, tenor
Orene Tiai, baritone
Händel's Messiah
Friday 23rd & Sunday 25th November 2018
Nicole Davey, soprano
Ellen Barrett, alto
Jamie Young, tenor
Roger Wilson, bass
Douglas Mews, harpsichord
Jay Hancox, concertmaster
A banquet of French music
Sunday 19th August 2018
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
Vincent d’Indy
La Querelle d’Amour (soprano/tenor soloists with choir)
Boëllman
Toccata from Suite Gothique, Op. 25 (organ solo)
Olivia Sheat, soprano
Alexandra Woodhouse Appleby, alto
Jamie Young, tenor
Joe Haddow, bass
Ann-Marie Stapp, assistant music director
Nigel Williams, organ
Martin Riseley, violin
More previous concerts (that are yet to be formatted) ...
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 Easting
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 Easting
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
Ann-Marie Stapp
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
Jamie Young, Imogen Thirlwall, Roger Wilson, Ellen Barrett, Derek Miller, William McElwee, Elisabeth Harris, Brenda Vale, John Strode-Penny
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
Benedictus sit Deus, KV 117 (Chorale), Ave Verum Corpus, KV 618 (combined choirs), Veni Sancte Spiritus, KV 47 (combined choirs), Inter nato mulierum, KV 72 (Chamber Choir), Regina Coeli in C major, KV 276 (Chamber Choir)
Soloists Imogen Thirlwall (soprano), Ruth Reid (contralto), Jamie Young (tenor), Simon Christie (bass)
Piano Jennifer Scarlet
Orchestral ensemble
Elijah, Mendelssohn
St. Paul’s Church, Paraparaumu 2.30pm, 22 August
Soloists
Simon Christie (Elijah), Jamie Young, Ellen Barrett, Archie Taylor, Germana Nicklin, Linda van Milligan, Shirley Gullery, Martin Haua, Derek Miller, Stuart Grant
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
Over there, There's a long, long trail, I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier, Keep the home fires burning, It's a long way to Tipperary, Pack up your troubles.
The Christmas Truce –Judith Bingham
World War One composers
I vow to Thee, my country, Gaudeamus, God save the King
New Zealand and Australia
New Zealand's sons, fall in, We'll never forget our boys, Advance Australia Fair, Good old New Zealand, Pokarekare Ana, God defend New Zealand.
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
Piano Concerto No. 1 by Grieg
Kapiti Concert Orchestra Overture from The Hebrides (Fingals Cave), Mendelssohn
Combined Choirs
Fantasia on Christmas Carols with baritone soloist (Vaughan Williams), And the Glory of the Lord (Handel), Lamentations of Jeremiah (Stroope)
Angels' Carol (Rutter), I saw three ships (arr. Rutter), Hallelujah Chorus (Handel), O come all ye faithful with audience
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
The Black Knight, (Elgar), The Reluctant Dragon, (Rutter), Double Trouble (Williams), We will rock you (May), Saint George, the Patron of our Isle with soprano (Purcell)
Solos
Fie on Goodness with male chorus (Lerner and Loewe), Camelot (Lerner and Loewe), Agony and Agony Reprise (Sondheim), Fairest Isle (Purcell)
The Simple Joys of Maidenhood (Lerner and Loewe)
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
The Crucifixion (Stainer), I am Alpha and Omega (Stainer), I was glad when they said unto me (Parry), Sevenfold Amen (Stainer)
Kapiti Chorale
I will mention the loving kindness (Sullivan), God so loved the world (Goss)
Wainuiomata Choir
Say, watchman, what of the night? (Sullivan), If we believe that Jesus died (Goss)
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 Street, Waikanae
Concert ticket: $3
Ascot Gavotte; Tonight (Bernstein); Pata Pan; Coventry 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