This concert was the first after the death of Bill Hallyman, and most of the choir were only notified of his death upon their arrival at the church hall. We were also joined for the first time by Katherine Bean, soprano, who was also promoting The King & I at Billingham Theatre in which she was playing Tuptim.

Programme

Stout-hearted men
Song of the Jolly Roger
Pirates of Penzance

Solos by Katherine Bean:
Summertime
Art thou troubled

Irish Songs
Colliers’ Requiem
Songs of the North East

Interval

Entrance and March of the Peers
Hippopotamus Song
When de stars begin to fall
Joshua

Solos by Katherine Bean:
If I loved you
I have dreamed

The Lord Bless you
Ave Verum Corpus
Morte Christe
Jerusalem