Leicestershire Musical Events 1999

The list below gives details of musical events which took place in the Leicestershire area in 1999. Although now passed (but hopefully not forgotten), they are retained here for interest. 

 

Date

Society

Programme

Venue

24 September 1999

Philharmonia Orchestra

Mozart: Piano concerto no.17 in G
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 in E minor

De Montfort Hall

25 September 1999

Rutland Sinfonia

Bantock: Pagan Symphony
Bruch & Wagner

St James the Greater, Leicester

2 October 1999

Ashleyan Opera

Operatic Evening

Christchurch, Clarendon Park, Leicester

9 October 1999

Charnwood Orchestra

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola
Beethoven: Symphony no.4

Holy Trinity, Barrow on Soar

9 October 1999

Fiori Musicali

Zelenka: Requiem

St James the Greater, Leicester

13 October 1999

Broom Leys Choral Society

Mozart: Requiem

Holy Cross, Whitwick

16 October 1999

Helix Ensemble

Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Schoenberg, Stravinsky & Ravel

Music Studio, Loughborough University

16 October 1999

Cecilian Singers

Charity Concert

St Margaret's, Leicester

22 October 1999

Philharmonia Orchestra

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

De Montfort Hall

23 October 1999

Leicester Philharmonic Choir & Bardi Orchestra

Berlioz: Te Deum
Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1

De Montfort Hall

6 November 1999

Leicester Bach Choir

Poulenc: Gloria
Fisher: Laudate Dominum
Vaughan Williams: Toward the unknown region

Leicester Cathedral

11 November 1999

Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Operatic evening

De Montfort Hall

13 November 1999

City of Leicester Singers

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle

St James the Greater, Leicester

20 November 1999

Leicestershire Chorale

Handel: Israel in Egypt

St James the Greater, Leicester

20 November 1999

University Singers & Proteus Orchestra

Debussy, Tallis, Anthony Pither, Franck

Fraser Noble, Leicester

21 November 1999

Market Harborough Choral Society

Britten: St Nicolas

Methodist Church, Market Harborough

21 November 1999

Philharmonia Orchestra

Brahms: Violin concerto in D
Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, & Don Juan

De Montfort Hall

26 November 1999

Hinckley Choral Union

Verdi: Aida

Concordia Theatre, Hinckley

27 November 1999

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Handel: Messiah

De Montfort Hall

27 November 1999

University Wind Band

S. Johnson, A. Reed, Wagner: Trauersinfonie,
C. Touchin, P. Hart

Fraser Noble, Leicester

27 November 1999

Charnwood Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture, & Nutcracker
Prokofiev: Symphony no.5

Ivanhoe College, Ashby de la Zouch

28 November 1999

University Sinfonia

Includes Haydn: Cello concerto in D

Fraser Noble, Leicester

4 December 1999

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Christmas Music

De Montfort Hall

4 December 1999

Broom Leys Choral Society

Handel: Messiah

Our Lady of Lourdes, Ashby de la Zouch

5 December 1999

Philharmonia Orchestra

Russian Favourites

De Montfort Hall

10 December 1999

Wyvern Singers

Christmas Music

Millfield Community Centre, Braunstone, Leicester

11 December 1999

Hinckley Choral Union

Christmas Concert, including
Poulenc: Gloria

Holy Trinity, Hinckley

11 December 1999

Leicester Bach Choir

Christmas Music, with John Florance

Leicester Cathedral

11 December 1999

Leicester University Singers

Elgar: Dream of Gerontius

St James the Greater, Leicester

16 December 1999

Leicester Philharmonic Choir

Carol Concert

St James the Greater, Leicester

18 December 1999

Leicestershire Chorale

Christmas Music

Wymeswold Parish Church

18 December 1999

City of Leicester Singers

Christmas Music, including
Tavener: The Lamb

St James the Greater, Leicester

18 December 1999

Uppingham Choral Society

Christmas Music

Uppingham Parish Church

18 December 1999

Market Harborough Choral Society

Peterson: Christmas Cantata

Welland Park College, Market Harborough

21 December 1999

Wyvern Singers

Christmas Concert, with Enderby Band

To be announced