Past concerts
1990 to 1999
Concerts from the
1980s are
here.
Concerts from 2000
on are
here.
1999

7 & 10 December 1999 Koninklijk
Conservatorium Brussel
Bach: Jauchzet, frohlocket from
Weihnachtsoratorium
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate,
Vesperae solennes de confessore
Poulenc: Gloria
Navarre: Ouverture sur
des airs de Noël
Delson: A Holiday Triptych
(world première)
De Cormier: Shout for Joy
Maureen Brathwaite, soprano
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Tom Cunningham, conductor

19 June 1999 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Irene Drummond, soprano
Christine Cairns, mezzo-soprano
Martyn Hill, tenor
Alan Opie, baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
John Lubbock, conductor

25-26 March 1999 Église du Collège
Saint-Michel, Brussels
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Tom Cunningham, conductor

1998

13 December 1998 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Bruckner: Mass in F Minor
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

4 December 1998 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Musique Royale des Guides
Norbert Nozy, conductor

21 November 1998 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Górecki: Ad Matrem
Belgian National Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

30 October 1998 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Opera arias and choruses
José van Dam, baritone
Miyaghi Osada, mezzo-soprano
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Jacques Vanherenthals, conductor

9 July 1998 Studio Steurbaut, Ghent
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Musique Royale des Guides
Norbert Nozy, conductor
CD recording only (see here)

26 June 1998 VUB, Brussels
Orff: Carmina Burana
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (extracts)
Maureen Brathwaite, soprano
Wills Morgan, tenor
Stephen Salters, baritone
Philippe Navarre, Thierry Fiévet, pianos
Philippe Leblanc, woodwind
Louison Renault, percussion
Tom Cunningham, conductor

20 May 1998 Stadsschouwburg, Leuven
Orff: Carmina Burana
Anne-Catherine Gillet, soprano
Ludwig Van Gijsegem, tenor
Stephen Salters, baritone
Mol Percussion Orchestra
Catherine Mertens, Marc Caluwaerts, pianos
Jan Valach, conductor

26 March 1998 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Dvorák: Stabat Mater
Anneli Harteneck, soprano
Miyaghi Osada, mezzo-soprano
Gonzalo Tomckowiack Videla, tenor
Stephen Hindes, baritone
Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Bruxelles
Marc Collet, conductor
A live recording of this concert was issued on CD
BCS9801 (see here)

25 March 1998 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Beethoven: Chorfantasie
Xenia Konsek, soprano
Sylvie De Pauw, soprano
Nadia Loenders, contralto
Axel Everaert, tenor
Bart De Kegel, tenor
Wilfried Vandenbrande, bass
Daniel Blumenthal, piano
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor
This concert was recorded by RTBF Musique 3

1997

14 December 1997 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Bruckner: Te Deum
Malmfrid Sand, soprano
Lucienne Van Deyck, mezzo-soprano
Adrian Thompson, tenor
Michael Burt, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

13 December 1997 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Bruckner: Te Deum
Malmfrid Sand, soprano
Lucienne Van Deyck, mezzo-soprano
Adrian Thompson, tenor
Michael Burt, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor
This concert was broadcast by RTBF Musique 3

28 & 29 November 1997 Conservatoire
Royal de Bruxelles
Mozart: Requiem
Hildegarde Van Overstraeten, soprano
Rita De Plancke, contralto
Ivan Goossens, tenor
Jan Van Der Crabben, bass
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Jacques Vanherenthals, conductor
(sample)

2 July 1997 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
5 July 1997 Grand Place, Brussels
15 July 1997 Rodahal, Kerkrade, The
Netherlands
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Ex Tempore
Maureen Brathwaite, soprano
Jo Ann Pickens, soprano
Hyacinth Nicholls, mezzo soprano
Wills Morgan, tenor
Ira Spaulding, baritone
Daniel Washington, bass-baritone
Musique Royale des Guides
Norbert Nozy, conductor

13 & 15 June 1997 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Françoise Renson, soprano
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

19 March 1997 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Madiha Figuigui, soprano
Jean Guy Devienne, baritone
Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Bruxelles
Marc Collet, conductor

15 March 1997 Guildford Cathedral, England
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Guildford Choral Society
Patricia Rozario, mezzo-soprano
Ian Caddy, bass-baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

24 January 1997 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
26 January 1997 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Szymanowski: Stabat Mater
Elzbieta Szmytka, soprano
Penelope Walker, mezzo-soprano
Michael George, baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

1996

15 December 1996 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

23 June 1996 N.D. des Grâces,
Chant d'Oiseau, Brussels
Janácek: Otcenáš,
Zdrávas Maria
Bruckner: Os justi, Ave Maria, Virga Jesse
Fauré: Requiem
Cristel De Meulder, soprano
Jan Van Elsacker, tenor
Lieven Termont, baritone
Ensemble Orchestral de Bruxelles
Tom Cunningham, conductor
(sample)

29 March 1996 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
30 March 1996 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
31 March 1996 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Verdi: Requiem
Nicola Ferner-Waite, soprano
Penelope Walker, mezzo-soprano
Sidwell Hartman, tenor
Andrew Greenan, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

1995

15 & 17 December 1995 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Honegger: Une Cantate de Noël
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on
Christmas Carols
and a programme of Christmas music
Antwerps Kathedraalkoor children’s choir
Nanco de Vries, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

25 June 1995 St John’s
International School, Waterloo
Halley: Love Songs for Springtime
arr. Smith Plenty Good Room
arr. Whalum The Lily of the Valley
arr. Ehret Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel?
arr. Erb Shenandoah
Copland: Stomp Your Foot
Jane Alleslev, soprano
Janet Hughes, Fiona White, piano
Tom Cunningham, conductor

29 April 1995 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Penelope Walker, mezzo-soprano
Philip Sheffield, tenor
Nicholas Folwell, baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
Yuri Simonov, conductor

29 January 1995 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Handel/Mozart: Messiah
Mary Hegarty, soprano
Patricia Bardon, contralto
Neil Archer, tenor
John Riley-Schofield, baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
Simon Halsey, conductor

1994

24 September 1994 De Singel, Antwerp
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen
Andrei Boreyko, conductor
This concert was recorded by BRT3

23 September 1994 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
(Festival of Flanders and Belgian Gala concert)
Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen
Andrei Boreyko, conductor

11 June 1994 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
John Riley-Schofield, baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
Marc Soustrot, conductor

6 May 1994 Théâtre du
Résidence Palace, Brussels
CHS gala concert, with other groups
Brahms: Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (extract)
Janet Hughes, Alison Stroud, piano
Tom Cunningham, conductor

11 February 1994 Zuidlaantheater,
Terneuzen, The Netherlands
12 February 1994 Koningin
Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
Extracts from Pirates of Penzance and Mikado
Brussels Gilbert & Sullivan Chorus made up of
members of the Brussels Choral Society and the
Brussels Light Opera Company
Mary Hegarty, soprano
Richard Suart, baritone
Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen
Simon Halsey, conductor

1993

9, 10 & 12 December 1993 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
Thierry Félix, baritone
Belgian National Orchestra
Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

18 October 1993 N.D. des Grâces,
Chant d'Oiseau, Brussels
Jongen: Mass for choir, organ
and brass Op. 130
Janet Hughes, organ
Ensemble de Cuivres Luc Capouillez
Tom Cunningham, conductor

4 July 1993 Heilig Hartkerk, Knokke
Jongen: Mass for choir, organ
and brass Op. 130
Fauré: Requiem (1888 version)
Chantal Dejaeger, soprano
Carine De Meyer, violin
Janet Hughes, organ
Tom Cunningham, conductor

19 May 1993 Mátyás Templom
(Matthias Church), Budapest
Jongen: Mass for choir, organ
and brass Op. 130
Janet Hughes, organ
Dohnányi Ernö Szimfonikus Zenekar Fúvóskara (brass
ensemble)
Tom Cunningham, conductor

17 May 1993 Zeneakadémia
(Liszt Academy), Budapest
Mozart: Mass in C minor,
Requiem
Budapesti Akadémiai Kórustársaság
(Budapest Academic Choral Society)
Marianna Váradi, soprano
Zsuzsanna Csonka, soprano
Annamária Kovács, contralto
Gábor Kállay, tenor
Imre Ürmössy, bass
Salieri Kamarazenekar
Gábor Hollerung, conductor

9 May 1993 St Julian’s, Auderghem
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate,
Laudate Dominum
Mass in C minor
Greta De Reyghere, soprano
Dominique Mols, soprano
André Grégoire, tenor
Thierry Vallier, bass
Tom Cunningham, conductor

4 & 5 March 1993 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Dinah Bryant, soprano
Patricia Bardon, contralto
Belgian National Orchestra
Ronald Zollman, conductor

1992

31 December 1992 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Alison Hargan, soprano
Christine Cairns, mezzo-soprano
Maldwyn Davies, tenor
Mark Beesley, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Ronald Zollman, conductor

12 & 13 December 1992 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Christmas music
British School of Brussels children’s choir
Johan Willemse, treble
Belgian National Orchestra
Ronald Zollman, conductor

27 June 1992 BSB Arts Centre, Tervuren
Concert of light music
Instrumental Trio led by Franz Fievez
Tom Cunningham, conductor

30 April 1992 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
2 May 1992 Kerk van Nieuwenhove Waregem
Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Zeger Vandersteene, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Peter Hirsch, conductor
(sample)

20 April 1992 Great Hall,
Music Conservatory, Moscow
Jongen: Mass for choir, organ
and brass Op. 130
Moscow State Choir
Janet Hughes, organ
Brass from the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Tom Cunningham, conductor
This concert was broadcast live on Moscow Radio

27 February 1992 BRTN Studio 5, Brussels
BRTN TV1: Mijn Hart is Vol recording
Wolf: Morgenhymnus
Van Nuffel: Tantum Ergo,
Ave Maria
Jongen: Sanctus (from Mass Op. 130)
Janet Hughes, organ
Erik De Vos, piano
Tom Cunningham, conductor
This programme was shown on BRTN TV1 on 25
October 1992 and 20 July 1993

23 February 1992 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Wolf: Morgenhymnus
Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
András Molnár, tenor
Belgian National Orchestra
Tamás Vetö, conductor

1991

22 December 1991 N.D. du Blankedelle,
Brussels
Christmas concert
British School of Brussels children’s choir
David Iliff, organ
Tom Cunningham, conductor

15 December 1991 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 (Lobgesang)
Linda Kitchen, soprano
An Willems, soprano
Neil Mackie, tenor
Belgian National Orchestra
Ronald Zollman, conductor

27 June 1991 N.D. des Grâces,
Chant d'Oiseau, Brussels
Peeters: Entrata Festival
Van Nuffel: Tantum Ergo,
Ave Maria
Jongen: Mass for choir, organ
and brass Op. 130
Janet Hughes, organ
Ensemble de Cuivres Luc Capouillez
Tom Cunningham, conductor
This concert was broadcast by RTBF3 on
8 September 1991
A live
recording of this concert was
issued on CD and cassette: Pavane ADW 7242

30 May 1991 N.D. des Grâces,
Chant d'Oiseau, Brussels
Memorial concert for E.A. Blackwell
with other groups
Jongen: Credo
Janet Hughes, organ
Tom Cunningham, conductor

19 March 1991 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
22 & 23 March 1991 Koningin
Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Patricia Bardon, contralto
Belgian National Orchestra
Ronald Zollman, conductor

1990

23 December 1990 N.D. du Blankedelle,
Brussels
Christmas concert
British School of Brussels children’s choir
Janet Hughes, organ
Tom Cunningham, conductor

7 & 8 December 1990 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Mendelssohn: Sommernachtstraum
Schubert: Mass No. 5
Greta De Reyghere, soprano
Christine Cairns, mezzo-soprano
Martyn Hill, tenor
Brian Rayner-Cook, bass
Belgian National Orchestra
Ronald Zollman, conductor

4 & 6 July 1990 Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Orff: Carmina Burana
Da Capo 2000 children’s choir
Qilian Chen, soprano
Luc De Meulenaere, counter-tenor
John Riley-Schofield, baritone
Brussels Festival Orchestra
Robert Janssens, conductor

25 March 1990 Paleis voor Schone
Kunsten, Brussels
Verdi: Requiem
Alison Hargan, soprano
Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano
Maldwyn Davies, tenor
Stafford Dean, bass-baritone
Brussels Festival Orchestra
Tom Cunningham, conductor
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