The list below gives details of musical events in the
Leicestershire area in 1999. Although now passed (but hopefully not
forgotten), they are retained here for interest. To see a list of current events, click on CURRENT
Date Society Programme Venue 24 September 1999 Philharmonia Orchestra Mozart: Piano concerto no.17 in G De Montfort Hall 25 September 1999 Rutland Sinfonia Bantock: Pagan Symphony 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 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 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 De Montfort Hall 23 October 1999 Leicester Philharmonic Choir & Bardi Orchestra Berlioz: Te Deum De Montfort Hall 6 November 1999 Leicester Bach Choir Poulenc: Gloria 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 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, Fraser Noble, Leicester 27 November 1999 Charnwood Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture, & Nutcracker 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 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 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
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 in E minor
Bruch & Wagner
Beethoven: Symphony no.4
Schoenberg, Stravinsky & Ravel
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1
Fisher: Laudate Dominum
Vaughan Williams: Toward the unknown region
Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, & Don Juan
C. Touchin, P. Hart
Prokofiev: Symphony no.5
Poulenc: Gloria
Tavener: The Lamb