Past BCS concerts
2000 to date
Concerts from the
1980s are
here.
Concerts from the
1990s are
here.
2007

8 December 2007

Eglise St. Jacques, Tournai
Handel: Messiah
Elise Gäbele, soprano
Isabelle Everarts de Velp, alto
Jan Van Elsacker, tenor
Ian Degen, bass
Orchestre de la Chapelle Musicale de Tournai
Philippe Gérard, conductor
Eric Delson, choirmaster

1 December 2007
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Handel: Messiah
Elise Gäbele, soprano
Isabelle Everarts de Velp, alto
Stephane Van Dyck, tenor
Ian Degen, bass
Orchestre de la Chapelle Musicale de Tournai
Philippe Gérard, conductor
Eric Delson, choirmaster


14 November 2007
South Station, Brussels
International celebration of the
opening of the new Eurostar
terminal at St Pancras, London
Extracts from Handel's Messiah

Members of the BCS
Eric Delson, conductor
Philippe Navarre, accompanist

1 & 2 September 2007
Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg,
Brussels
Uit de Bol/Coup de Chœurs

Opening of the Klara Festival


24 June 2007 Théâtre de Namur
Pianofolies

15 June 2007 N.D des Graces, Chant
d’Oiseau, Brussels
Delson: Threnody for Those Ignored
Duruflé: Motets
Rachmaninov: Vespers (extracts)
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Requiem
Sarah Van Mol, soprano
Pierre Doyen, baritone
Naomi Takagi, organ
Members of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
Eric Delson, conductor

31 March 2007 Conservatoire
Royal de Bruxelles
Haydn: Schöpfungsmesse
Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D minor
Anja Van Engeland, soprano
Julie Bailly, contralto
Sébastien Romignon, tenor
Philippe Favette, bass
Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
Eric Delson, conductor

2006

15 December 2006 Koninklijk
Conservatorium Brussel
16 December 2006 O.L.V. Basiliek, Halle
Première in Belgium
Jenkins: The Armed Man:
A Mass for Peace (extracts)
Rutter: Gloria
Christmas carols
Brassband Buizingen
Luc Vertommen, conductor

25 November 2006 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague’
Premiere in Belgium

Great Mass in C minor K427
(reconstructed and completed
by Robert D. Levin)
Limburgs Symphonie Orkest
Ed Spanjaard, conductor
Soloists
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, soprano
Anja Van Engeland, soprano
Lars Piselé, tenor
Wilfried Van den Brande, bass


25 June 2006 Théâtre National, Brussels
Pianofolies
Film music and tribute to Mozart
Nathalie Loriers, Philippe Navarre,
Fred Wilbo, Eliane Reyes, le Duo Bizart,
Pierre Brunello, Laurent Beeckmans,
Jean-Yves Cornet, Marie Hallynck,
Ronald Van Spaendonck, Elise Gäbele

16 June 2006 N.D. des Grâces,
Chant d’Oiseau, Brussels
Jongen: Mass for choir, organ
and brass Op. 130
Bruckner: Motets
Members of the Brassband Buizingen
Eric Delson, conductor

8 April 2006 & 9 April 2006 KVS Brussel
Opening KVS BOL

1 April 2006 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ, soprano
Angélique Noldus, mezzo-soprano
Philip Sheffield, tenor
Wilfried Van Den Brande, bass
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Eric Delson, conductor
(recording)
(sample)

2005

15 December 2005 Conservatoire
Royal de Bruxelles
Opera and Christmas programme
Private concert for a large Belgian
public organisation
Julie Bailly, mezzo-soprano
Piet Vansichen, bass
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Eric Delson, conductor

25 November 2005 Koninklijk
Conservatorium Brussel
Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ, soprano
Yves Saelens, tenor
Jan Van der Crabben, bass-baritone
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Jacques Vanherenthals, conductor

1 October 2005 Koningin
Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
‘Funiculi funicula’
15th anniversary concert
Vlaams Radio Orkest
Vlaams Radiokoor
Anja Van Engeland, soprano
Ernst Daniël Smid, baritone
Silveer Van den Broeck, conductor

19 June 2005 Flagey Studio 4,
Brussels
Pianofolies

11 June 2005 British School of Brussels,
Tervuren
WORKSHOP
Works by Arthur Sullivan, Zoltán Kodály,
Emil Petrovics, György Ligeti, Norman Dello
Joio,
Aaron Copland, Paul Halley, Randall
Thompson,
Charles Ives
Directed by Dina Grossberger with Eric Delson

30 April 2005 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Haydn: Mass in Time of War
‘Paukenmesse’
Mozart: Requiem
Susan Duwe, soprano
Julie Bailly, contralto
Robert Luts, tenor
Wilfried Van den Brande, bass
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Eric Delson, conductor

2004

8 December 2004 Conservatoire
Royal de Bruxelles
Pärt: Te Deum,
Silouans Song,
Summa
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music,
Dona Nobis Pacem
Karolina Rüegg, soprano
Quirijn de Lang, baritone
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Eric Delson, conductor

20 June 2004 Flagey Studio 4,
Brussels
Pianofolies
Philippe Navarre, Laurent Beeckmans,
Bernadette Malter, Pierre Brunello,
Jean-Yves Cornet, Jean-Pierre Mommaerts,
pianos
Solo singers
Eric Delson, conductor

12 June 2004 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
25th Anniversary concert
Mendelssohn: Paulus
Susanne Duwe, soprano
Julie Bailly, mezzo-soprano
Lorenzo Carola, tenor
Hubert Claessens, bass
Vlaams Radio Orkest
János Ács, conductor

29 May 2004 De Doelen, Rotterdam
Puccini: Tosca
Hasmik Papian, soprano
Sergei Larin, tenor
Anthony Michaels-Moore, bass
Vlaams Radio Orkest & Koor
Yoel Levi, conductor

29 April 2004 Stadsschouwburg, Sittard
30 April 2004 Theater a/h Vrijthof, Maastricht
1 May 2004 De Maaspoort, Venlo
Ketting: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Limburg Symphony Orchestra
Ed Spanjaard, conductor

18 March 2004 Palais de
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Ives: Symphony No. 4
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und
Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

12 February 2004 Predikherenkerk, Leuven
13 February 2004 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
14 February 2004 Bijloke, Ghent
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Susannah Self, contralto
Vlaams Radio Koor
Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino
Vlaams Radio Orkest
Yoel Levi, conductor

17 January 2004 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Berlioz: Ouverture Corsaire,
Tristia Op. 18,
Chasse royale et orage from Les Troyens,
Marseillaise (arr. Berlioz),
Te Deum
Cambridge Philharmonic Society
Justin Lavender, tenor
Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin West, conductor

2003

22 November 2003 Ely Cathedral, England
Berlioz: Ouverture Corsaire,
Tristia Op. 18,
Chasse royale et orage from Les Troyens,
Marseillaise (arr. Berlioz),
Te Deum
Cambridge Philharmonic Society
Cantiamo! - Chesterton Singers - Sawston
Village
College Junior Choir - St Ives Girls’ Choir
Justin Lavender, tenor
Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin West, conductor

12 & 13 June 2003 Église du
Collège St-Michel, Brussels
Schubert: Mass No. 5
Brahms: Ave Maria, Schicksalslied,
Nänie, Gesang der Parzen
Elise Gäbele, soprano
Julie Bailly, contralto
Bartholomeus De Kegel, tenor
Philippe Favette, bass
Ensemble orchestral de Bruxelles
Eric Delson, conductor

4 March 2003 De Doelen, Rotterdam
Gounod: Faust
Vlaams Radio Orkest
John Neshling, conductor

2002

1 December 2002 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
2 December 2002 Koningin
Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
4 December Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
5 December Plaza Hotel, Brussels
Christmas music with Barbara Hendricks
Prima La Musica
Dirk Vermeulen, conductor

30 October 2002 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Berlioz and Massenet:
Damnation of Faust and
Don Quichotte extracts
José van Dam, baritone
Miyaghi Osada, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra Philharmonique de Liège
Patrick Davin, conductor

15 June 2002 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
In aid of Music for Autism
Dvorak: Requiem
Patricia MacMahon, soprano
Christine Cairns, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Elton Thomas, tenor
William Peel, bass-baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

1 March 2002 De Doelen, Rotterdam
Bellini: Norma
Hasmik Papian, soprano (Norma)
Hubert Delamboye, tenor (Pollione)
Majella Cullagh, soprano (Adalgisa)
Enzo Capuano, bass (Oroveso)
Margriet van Reisen, mezzo-soprano (Clotilde)
André Post, tenor (Flavio)
Vlaams Radiokoor
Vlaams Radio Orkest
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor

2001

14 December 2001 Le Forum de Liège
15 December 2001 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Christmas programme with
Barbara Hendricks
I Fiamminghi
Koen Kessels, conductor

9 November 2001 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Bizet: Carmen (extracts)
Isabelle Ruban, contralto
Tie Min Wang, tenor
Véronique Solhosse, soprano
Werner Van Mechelen, bass-baritone
Marie-Christine Marghem, narrator
Le Grand Orchestre d'Harmonie des Guides/
Het Groot Harmonieorkest van de Gidsen
Norbert Nozy, conductor

18 October 2001 OLV-Ternoodtkerk, Merchtem
19 October 2001 De Bijloke, Ghent
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Vlaams Radiokoor
Cathérine Vandevelde, soprano
Carolyn Watkinson, contralto
Yves Saelens, tenor
Pierre-Yves Pruvot, bass
Vlaams Radio Orkest
Yoel Levi, conductor

28 September 2001 Koningin
Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
Bizet: Carmen (concert version)
Isabelle Ruban, contralto
Tie Min Wang, tenor
Véronique Solhosse, soprano
Werner Van Mechelen, bass-baritone
Anne Dorian, soprano
Véronique Lambert, mezzo-soprano
Léandro Lopez, tenor
Aldo De Vernati, baritone
Marie-Christine Marghem, récitante
Les Pastoureaux (boys’ choir)
Stefano Giuliani, producer
Het Groot Harmonieorkest van de Gidsen/
Le Grand Orchestre d'Harmonie des Guides
Norbert Nozy, conductor

30 June 2001 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Cento anni Verdi
Verdi: Requiem
Guildford Choral Society
Amaryllis Grégoire, soprano
Susannah Self, contralto
Robert Luts, tenor
Wilfried Van den Brande, bass baritone
Vlaams Radio Orkest
Michel Tilkin, conductor

25 March 2001 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Live television broadcast on RTBF2
Gounod: Messe solennelle en l’honneur
de Sainte-Cécile
Anne-Catherine Gillet, soprano
Mariu Brensciu, tenor
Leonard Grauss, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

27 January 2001 Salle Zénith, Lille
Concert of opera extracts
Lubana Al Quntar, soprano
Lorenzo Carola, tenor
Laurence Russell Albert, bass-baritone
Vlaams Radio Orkest
János Ács, conductor

2000

15 December 2000 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Jasper Sturtewagen, treble
Belgian National Orchestra
Roman Kofman, conductor

1 December 2000 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Beethoven: Chorfantasie
Susanne Duwe, Anne Loubris, sopranos
Nadia Loenders, contralto
Jan van Elsacker, Bart De Kegel, tenors
Erik Frithjof, baritone
Muhiddin Dürrüoglu, piano
Musique Royale des Guides
Norbert Nozy, conductor

9 November 2000 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Concert of opera extracts
Miyaghi Osada, mezzo-soprano
José van Dam, baritone
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Jacques Vanherenthals, conductor

8 July 2000 Église de Saint-Hubert
Mathieu: Freyhir
Choeur Symphonique de Namur
Véronique Solhosse, soprano
Christine Solhosse, mezzo-soprano
Marc Laho, tenor
Patrick Delcour, baritone
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
Jean-Pierre Haeck, conductor
(
recording)

21 June 2000 Grand Place, Brussels
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (finale)
Laurence Mison, soprano
Isabelle Everaert, contralto
Lorenzo Carola, tenor
Benoît Toussaint, baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
Michel Tilkin, conductor

8 April 2000 Royal Albert Hall, London
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
with chorale finale arranged by
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Poulenc: Gloria
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
City of London Choir
Guildford Choral Society
Leicester Philharmonic Choir
Mary Hegarty, soprano
Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone
Philharmonia Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

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