Concerts to date
Musical Director and Conductor for all performances unless otherwise stated: Mandy Miller
02 March, 2019 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Psalmfest and other favourites by John Rutter, Sunrise Mass – Gjeilo
03 March, 2018 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Requiem for an Angel – Carr, Requiem for the Living – Forrest (UK Premiere)
Soloists: Emily Mitchell – Soprano, Jerome Knox – Baritone
11 March, 2017 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Messiah – Handel
Soloists: Emily Mitchell – Soprano, Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano, Robert Forrest – Tenor, Ivor Klayman – Bass
12 March, 2016 | A Night at the Opera | The Vine, Dunfermline
Prince Igor (Polovtsian Dances) – Borodin, Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann) – Offenbach, Via resti servita (Marriage of Figaro) – Mozart, Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) – Verdi, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) – Verdi, O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) – Puccini, Chorus of Peasant Girls (Eugene Onegin) – Tchaikovsky, Che Faro (Orfeo ed Euridice) – Gluck, Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) – Mascagni, Habanera (Carmen) – Bizet, Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman) – Wagner, Soldiers’ Chorus (Il Trovatore) – Verdi, Pilgrims’ Chorus (Tannhauser) – Wagner, Summertime (Porgy and Bess) – Gershwin, My man’s gone now (Porgy and Bess) – Gershwin, Triumphal March (Aida) – Verdi
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano
14 March, 2015 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Coronation Anthems – Handel, Messiah – Handel, Gloria – Vivaldi, Messa di Gloria – Puccini, Requiem – Verdi, Requiem – Fauré, Requiem for an Angel – Carr, Magnificat – Rutter, Feel the Spirit – Rutter
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano
9 March, 2013 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Messa di Gloria – Puccini, Requiem for an Angel – Carr (Scottish Premiere)
Soloists: Emily Mitchell – Soprano, Malcolm Bennett – Tenor, Jerome Knox – Baritone
6 March, 2012 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré, Requiem – Fauré, Magnificat – Rutter
Soloists: Eilidh McEwan – Soprano, Jerome Knox – Baritone
5 March, 2011 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Requiem – Verdi
Soloists: Christina Dunwoodie – Soprano, Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano, Harry Nicol – Tenor, Ivor Klayman – Bass
6 March, 2010 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Zadok the Priest – Handel, Stabat Mater – Pergolesi, Gloria – Vivaldi
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Collette Ruddy – Alto
7 March, 2009 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
The Armed Man; A Mass for Peace – Jenkins, Mass of the Children – Rutter
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Collette Ruddy – Alto, John Mackenzie – Baritone
8 March, 2008 | Spring Concert | The Vine, Dunfermline
Feel the Spirit – Rutter, Psalmfest – Rutter
Soloist: Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano
4 March, 2007 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Magnificat – Fraser, Benedicite – Carter
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Edward Caswell – Baritone
5 March, 2006 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Messiah – Handel
Soloists: Patricia MacMahon – Soprano, Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano, Harry Nicol – Tenor, Ivor Klayman – Bass
6 March, 2005 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Mass in Time of War – Haydn, The Armed Man; A Mass for Peace – Jenkins
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Collette Ruddy – Alto, Campbell Russell – Tenor, George Gordon – Bass
7 March, 2004 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Mass No. 3 in F Minor – Bruckner, Messa di Gloria – Puccini
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Collette Ruddy – Alto, Campbell Russell – Tenor, George Gordon – Bass
9 March, 2003 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Cantique de Jean Racine, Requiem – Fauré, Requiem – Rutter
Soloists: Gillian Rae-Walker – Soprano, Peter Grant – Bass-baritone
10 March, 2002 | A Night at the Opera | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Waltz Scene (Eugene Onegin) – Tchaikovsky, Chorus of the Peasant Girls (Eugene Onegin) – Tchaikovsky, Che Faro (Orpheus and Euridice) – Gluck, Sussanah Marchelina Duet (The Marriage of Figaro) – Mozart, Visid’Arte (Tosca) – Puccini, Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) – Verdi, Song to the Moon – Dvorak, Hansel and Gretel Duet – Humperdinck, Habanera (Carmen) – Bizet, Soldiers’ Chorus (Il Trovatore) – Verdi, Processional and Choral (Die Meistersinger) – Wagner, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) – Verdi, Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) – Mascagni, Spinning Chorus (Flying Dutchman) – Wagner, Mon couer (Samson and Delilah) – Saint-Saens, Barcarolle Duet (Tales of Hoffmann) – Offenbach, Michaela’s arias (Carmen) – Bizet, Pilgrims’ Chorus (Tannhauser) – Wagner, Voce di Donna (La Gioconda) – Ponchielli, The Flower Duet (Madame Butterfly) – Puccini, Triumphal March (Aida) – Verdi
Soloists: Patricia MacMahon – Soprano, Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano
11 March, 2001 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Magnificat – Bach, Stabat Mater – Pergolesi
Soloists: Lisa Carlioth – Soprano, Asa Dormbusch – Mezzo Soprano, Katherine Manley – Contralto, Daniel Ohlmann – Tenor, John Mackenzie – Baritone
12 March, 2000 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Coronation Anthems – Handel, Magnificat – Rutter
Soloists: Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Robert Tait – Conductor
7 March, 1999 | Spring Concert – 125th Anniversary Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Carmina Burana – Orff, The Sprig of Thyme – Rutter
Soloists: Gillian Taylor – Soprano, Alan Oke – Tenor, George Gordon – Bass
8 March, 1998 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Adagio for Strings – Barber, Choral Fantasia – Holst, Chichester Psalms – Bernstein, Stabat Mater – Poulenc
Soloists: Patricia MacMahon – Soprano, Oliver Kingsley – Treble
9 March, 1997 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré, Gloria – Vivaldi, Requiem – Lloyd Webber
Soloists: Frances McCafferty – Mezzo Soprano, Wilma MacDougall – Soprano, Alan Oke – Tenor, Stephen Wood – Boy Soprano
18 March, 1996 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Gloria – Poulenc, Magnificat – Fraser (World Premiere)
Soloists: Patricia MacMahon – Soprano, George Gordon – Baritone
23 April, 1995 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Requiem – Fauré, Messa di Gloria – Puccini, Polovtsienne Dances – Borodin
Soloists: Rosalind Adam – Soprano, Roger Crook – Tenor, George Gordon – Bass
24 April, 1994 | Spring Concert | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
I Believe in Springtime – Rutter, Benedicite – Carter, The Easter Hymn – Mascagni, Magnificat – Rutter
Soloist: Alison MacDonald – Soprano
30 December, 1945 | Dunfermline Abbey
Handel’s Oratorio: Messiah – given under the auspices of The Dunfermline Carnegie Trust
Soloists: Elsie Suddaby – Soprano, Kathleen Ferrier – Contralto, John Tainsh – Tenor, Alexander Carmichael – Bass, Waldo Channon – Leader of Orchestra, Walter Hargreaves – solo trumpet, W. Prentice Torrance – Organist, James Moodie – Conductor
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