The list below gives details of musical events which took
place in the
Leicestershire area in 2001. 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 22 January 2001 Philharmonia Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.3; Dvorak: Symphony no.6 De Montfort Hall 3 February 2001 Bardi Orchestra Elgar: Sea Pictures; Mahler: Symphony no.1 De Montfort Hall 10 February 2001 Leicester Philharmonic and Leicester Symphony Orchestra Orff: Carmina Burana; Rachel Leach WP; Handel: Zadok the
Priest; Strauss: Death & Transfiguration De Montfort Hall 13 February 2001 Philharmonia Bernstein; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Charlie Chaplin De Montfort Hall 17 February 2001 Charnwood Orchestra Viennese evening Rawlins College, Quorn 17 February 2001 Glenfield Folk Popular 60s/70s folk songs Enderby Methodist Church 17 February 2001 University of Leicester Singers & Proteus Chamber
Orchestra Beethoven: Mass in C & Piano concerto no.5 (Emperor) Fraser Noble, Leicester 13 March 2001 Philharmonia Tchaikovsky; Debussy De Montfort Hall 17 March 2001 Cantamici, with the University Big Band Songs Fraser Noble, Leicester 17 March 2001 Cecilian Singers Celebrity Concert with Emma Kirkby & Anthony Rooley St James the Greater, Leicester 17 March 2001 Shepshed Singers Sacred and secular music Loughborough Parish Church 24 March 2001 Charnwood Orchestra Berlioz; Elgar: Cello concerto; Schubert: Symphony no.8;
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Ivanhoe College, Ashby 24 March 2001 City of Leicester Singers Mozart: Requiem & Coronation Mass St James the Greater, Leicester 24 March 2001 Helix Ensemble Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings; Bach; Barber
& Elgar Fraser Noble, Leicester 31 March 2001 Wyvern Singers 20th Anniversary concert Kegworth Parish Church 7 April 2001 Charnwood Choral Society Dvorák: Stabat Mater Emmanuel Church, Loughborough 7 April 2001 Hinckley Choral Union/University of Leicester Sinfonia Haydn: Harmoniemasse; Mozart: Laudate Dominum United Reformed Church, Hinckley 7 April 2001 Leicester Bach Choir Finzi: For St Cecilia, Lo the full final sacrifice; St James the Greater, Leicester 21 April 2001 Philharmonia Bartòk: Divertimento; Mozart: Horn Concerto no.4;
Sibelius: Symphony no.5 De Montfort Hall 3 May 2001 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto;
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4 De Montfort Hall 5 May 2001 Leicester Leicester Haydn: Creation De Montfort Hall 8 May 2001 Philharmonia Elgar: Violin Concerto; Maxwell Davies: Symphony no.8
"Antartic" De Montfort Hall 12 May 2001 Bardi Orchestra Rodrigo: Guitar Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 De Montfort Hall 12 May 2001 Beauchamp Choral Society Bach: St Luke Passion; Charpentier: Mass Trinity Methodist, Oadby 12 May 2001 Market Harborough Singers Make a joyful noise: Music from 17th to 20th century Rothwell Church, Northamptonshire 12 May 2001 University Wind & Bing Bands Includes Chance; Zehm; Johnson; Mitchell; Douglas; Woolfenden;
Hamlisch Fraser Noble, Leicester 19 May 2001 Glenfield Folk Popular 60s/70s folk songs Glenfield Methodist Church 19 May 2001 University Orchestral Society Holst: St Paul's Suite & Jupiter; Stamitz; Sibelius:
Karelia Suite Fraser Noble, Leicester 20 May 2001 University Choral & Orchestral Societies Fauré: Requiem Stoneygate Baptist Church 2 June 2001 Philharmonia Mozart: Violin Concerto no.5; Bruckner: Symphony no.8 De Montfort Hall 9 June 2001 Cecilian Singers Concert with The Jay Singers (Norfolk) St James the Greater Church, Leicester 16 June 2001 Leicester Bach Choir Includes: Finzi: Partsongs, Leicester Cathedral 16 June 2001 Wyvern Singers To be announced Sibson Parish Church 23 June 2001 Cantamici Vaughan Williams & Finzi Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester 23 June 2001 City of Leicester Singers A French Evening, incl. Fauré St James the Greater, Leicester 23 June 2001 Loughborough Orchestra Family Concert Humphrey Perkins, Barrow 23 June 2001 University of Leicester Sinfonia Includes Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor Fraser Noble, Leicester 23 June 2001 Wyvern Singers To be announced Melton Mowbray Church 27 June 2001 Leicester Bach Choir Summer Concert 8pm St Michael's Church, Stoney Stanton 28 June 2001 Andrew Wilde Recital Mozart; Beethoven; Chopin Fraser Noble, Leicester 30 June 2001 Charnwood Orchestra Beethoven: Egmont overture; Mozart: Piano concerto in C minor;
Brahms: Symphony no.3 St James the Greater, Leicester 30 June 2001 Hinckley Choral Union Haydn: Te Deum; Rutter: Sprig of Thyme; popular opera choruses
Earl Shilton Parish Church 30 June 2001 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Firework Concert Market Bosworth 30 June 2001 Wyvern Singers To be announced Hugglescote Church 15 September 2001 Performers from amateur groups Charity concert - Harvest Serenade: incl. Mozart: Wind
Serenade Stoughton Church 22 September 2001 Sweet Harmony Harmoniemusik sextet: Mozart & contemporaries St Peter's, Belgrave 23 September 2001 Bardi Orchestra & Chorus Britten: War Requiem De Montfort Hall, Leicester 29 September 2001 Rutland Sinfonia Elgar: Froissart Overture; Mozart: Piano Concerto in C K.467;
Dvorak: Symphony no.8 St James the Greater, Leicester 30 September 2001 Philharmonia Brahms: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Act 2 De Montfort Hall, Leicester 6 October 2001 Charnwood Orchestra Handel: Water Music; Lutoslawski; Bach: Double Violin
Concerto; Mozart: Symphony No.40 Barrow on Soar Parish Church 13 October 2001 University of Leicester: Dr Leslie Howard Celebrity recital: Mendelssohn, Gade, Grieg, Liszt, Prokofiev Fraser Noble, Leicester 20 October 2001 Krefeld & Leicester Bach Choirs Palestrina: Missa Pater Noster; Howells: Requiem; Handel:
Messiah (excerpts) Leicester Cathedral 27 October 2001 Leicester Philharmonic Choir Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise; Music for A Midsummer Night's
Dream De Montfort Hall 1 November 2001 Lunchtime Concerts Cleveland Watkiss (vocals) & Ciyo Brown (acoustic guitar) New Walk Museum 3 November 2001 Leicester Bach Choir To be announced Leicester Cathedral 5 November 2001 Philharmonia Beethoven: Grosse Fugue; Piano Concerto No.5; Lutoslavski:
Concerto De Montfort Hall 9 November 2001 Bardi Orchestra Tchaikovsky Gala De Montfort Hall 10 November 2001 Cantamici Finzi & Vaughan Williams Stoneygate Baptist, Leicester 10 November 2001 Rutland Sinfonia Arnold: Larch Trees & Sinfonietta 1; Beethoven: Leonora
Overture no.1; Bizet: Symphony in C St Peter's Church, Oundle 15 November 2001 Leicester Symphony Orchestra Operatic Evening De Montfort Hall 15 November 2001 Lunchtime Concerts Gould Piano Trio: Beethoven: Trio Op.121a; Clara Schumann:
Trio in G minor New Walk Museum 17 November 2001 Charnwood Choral Society Workshop, including Haydn: Nelson Mass Loughborough Baptist Church 17 November 2001 Charnwood Orchestra Weber: Oberon Overture; Schubert: Symphony No.4 (Tragic);
Berlioz: Harold in Italy Ivanhoe Community College, Ashby 17 November 2001 City of Leicester Singers Mendelssohn: Elijah St James the Greater, Leicester 23 November 2001 Hinckley Choral Union Contemporary Classics - Bernstein to Beatles Concordia Theatre, Hinckley 24 November 2001 Leicester Philharmonic Choir Handel: Messiah De Montfort Hall 24 November 2001 Shepshed Singers Handel: Judas Maccabæus Emmanuel Church, Loughborough 15 November 2001 Lunchtime Concerts Philippe Graffin: violin & piano recital: Ravel &
Enesco New Walk Museum 1 December 2001 Lutterworth Choral Society French music, including Fauré Requiem St Mary's, Lutterworth 4 December 2001 Charnwood Choral Society Christmas Concert St Mary's Catholic Church, Loughborough 6 December 2001 Leicester Philharmonic Choir Christmas Concert De Montfort Hall 8 December 2001 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert St Peter's, Glenfield 9 December 2001 Philharmonia Viva Espania! De Montfort Hall 12 December 2001 Cecilian Singers Christmas Soirée Fraser Noble, Leicester 13 December 2001 Lunchtime Concerts Musica Donum Dei: Music from Christmas Past New Walk Museum 15 December 2001 Hinckley Choral Union Christmas Music St Mary's, Hinckley 15 December 2001 Leicester Bach Choir Christmas Concert Leicester Cathedral 15 December 2001 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert Caulke Abbey 18 December 2001 Rutland Choral Society Christmas Concert Oakham Parish Church 19 December 2001 Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Concert The Guildhall, Leicester 20 December 2001 Leicester Philharmonic Choir Carols St James the Greater, Leicester 20 December 2001 Longslade Consrot Christmas Celebration: Handel, Bach & Domenico Scarlatti Guildhall, Leicester 20 December 2001 Wyvern Singers Christmas Concert Millfield Centre, Braunstone 21 December 2001 Kingfisher Chorale Christmas Concert The Guildhall, Leicester 22 December 2001 City of Leicester Singers Christmas Music St James the Greater, Leicester 30 December 2001 Leicester Early Music Festival Candle-Lit Carols St Mary de Castro, Leicester
Leighton: Crucifixus pro nobis
Bridge: Partsongs
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
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