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2 Falkirk Festival Chorus A Little History In the early 1970s, the choir of Falkirk Old Parish Church was very strong in all sections and was able to include in its repertoire choral works by composers like Vivaldi, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. For special evening services and concerts, we were often fortunate to be able to assemble a small orchestra drawn from the best amateur instrumentalists in the area to accompany these events. This ad hoc ensemble became known as the "Parish Players". The choir and the players were invited often to perform at evening events like Music at Six in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh and similar events in Paisley Abbey, and parish churches in Helensburgh and Stirling. Towards the end of 1972 and early 1973 a small group from the choir and the Rev. James Paterson met with Bob and Christine Tait, to discuss the possibility of forming an oratorio-sized chorus for Falkirk. The proposal was put to David Cunningham, Entertainment Officer for Falkirk Town Council and Helen Robertson, Chair of Falkirk & District Arts & Civic Council, who gave enthusiastic approval. Such a musical organisation would be a welcome addition to the F&DA&CC and the annual Falkirk Festival which at that time took place in March. The Falkirk Herald published an article inviting interested people to attend a meeting in Falkirk Old, chaired by the Rev. James Paterson. A large number of singers attended, and gave overwhelming support to the venture. A steering committee was formed with James Paterson as Interim Chairman and Mrs Minnie Holmes as Interim Secretary and Mr Brown as Interim Treasurer. Bob and Christine Tait were appointed as Conductor and Accompanist respectively. And so was born the Falkirk Festival Chorus, Falkirk's newest musical organisation. A constitution was drawn up to allow FFC to join the F&DA&CC and the National Federation of Music Societies (now Making Music Scotland) which was able to award annual grants provided by the Scottish Arts Council. The mainstay of the constitution was that the Chorus undertook to perform annually in Falkirk Festival an oratorio with a professional orchestra and soloists. The first performance took place in the Sanctuary of Falkirk Old in The work was Handel's Messiah with a distinguished line up of professional soloists - Margaret Marshall, Helen Cochrane, Clifford Hughes and Ronald Morrison. The Parish Players were supported by a few professional players and the Organist was John Langdon. There were about 100 singers in the Chorus and the concert was attended by approximately 900 people. Condensation was running down the walls of the church at the end of the performance. In the second year FFC was fully established with the original interim office bearers being elected and joined by other committee members. In the second year Haydn's Creation
3 was performed in Falkirk Town Hall with the professional orchestra which was to become the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and soloists Kathleen Livingston, Neil Mackie and Frank Carroll. A Christmas Carol Concert in the church was soon added to the annual activities. Eventually the Christmas Carol Concert included Falkirk Caledonia Choir and Falkirk Orchestra and this event also moved to Falkirk Town Hall. In the course of over 40 years FFC has performed most of the masterworks of the choral repertoire; Elijah, Bach's St John Passion and B Minor Mass, Requiems by Fauré, Verdi, Mozart and Dvorak, Tippet's Child of Our Time, Honegger's King David, Orff's Carmina Burana, Jenkins' Armed Man as well as concert performances of Bizet's Carmen. A comprehensive list of performances is to be found on a later page. Membership of FFC is open to all singers without audition. The only criterion is that prospective members like singing and hard work! We aim to provide an opportunity for all who like singing to participate in performing works by the great composers. Along the way most people acquire skills in reading music or if they had such skills these are further developed during the rehearsals. All members have attested to the fact that they have gained much pleasure in participating in a rewarding and worthwhile pastime which has the added advantage of promoting good health. Christine and I have many happy memories of working with FFC. Memories of wonderful people whom we are proud to number among our friends, and memories of tremendous performances and working with top professional singers and instrumentalists. The chorus members always rose to the occasion when they worked with these top musicians. It has been a privilege for both of us to have had the support of the singers, the people of Falkirk, and our audiences, to whom FFC has introduced so much great music. Without support and encouragement from all of these groups of people it would have been impossible to achieve what has been built up over the past forty-four years. We are grateful for the support given by many people and groups - the Ministers and Kirk Session of Falkirk Old, subsequently Falkirk Old & St Modan s, and now Falkirk Trinity Church of Scotland, for allowing use of the buildings for rehearsals and concerts; Falkirk Council and its predecessors; Falkirk Community Trust; Falkirk & District Arts and Civic Council; and the friendship and professionalism of the Managers, the Venues Team and Technical Team of Falkirk Town Hall. We have now come full circle and depart as we began with a performance of Messiah in the sanctuary of the Faw Kirk. We sincerely give FFC our best wishes for its future development with a new team, in the certain knowledge that the Chorus will continue successfully to fly the flag for choral music in Falkirk.
4 Festival Performances 1974 Messiah 1975 Creation 1976 Requiems (Brahms and Faure) 1977 Elijah 1978 The Kingdom 1979 Verdi Requiem 1980 Zadok the Priest; Ode for St Cecilia s Day; A Child of our Time 1981 Dream of Gerontius 1982 Mass in B Minor 1983 Elijah 1984 The Seasons 1985 The Musicmakers; Psalmus Hungaricus 1986 Mozart Requiem; Rejoice in the Lamb 1987 Carmina Burana 1988 Verdi Requiem 1989 Belshazzar s Feast 1990 Creation 1991 Coronation Mass; King David 1992 Carmen (Concert version) 1993 Dream of Gerontius 1994 St John Passion 1995 Stabat Mater (Dvořák) 1996 Motets (Bruckner); German Requiem 1997 Gloria (Poulenc); Carmina Burana 1998 Nelson Mass; Magnificat (Bruce Fraser) 1999 Elijah 2000 Mass in Ab (Schubert); Magnificat (Rutter) 2001 Zadok the Priest; Psalm 150 (Britten) A Burns Sequence (John Gardner); Paukenmesse 2002 Christus (Liszt) 2003 Hiawatha s Wedding Feast; Hymn of Praise (Mendelssohn) 2004 Verdi Requiem 2005 Coronation Mass; The Armed Man 2006 Rutter Requiem; Mozart Requiem 2007 Gloria (Poulenc); Carmen (Concert version) 2008 Elijah 2009 Stabat Mater (Dvořák) 2011 A Night at the Opera 2012 Requiem (Fauré) A Sea Symphony (Vaughan Williams) 2013 Petite Messe Solennelle de Ste Cécile; The Armed Man 2014 Nelson Mass Opera Choruses 2015 Messa di Gloria (Puccini) Lux Aeterna (Morten Lauridsen) 2016 Carmina Burana 2017 Messiah
5 Falkirk Festival Chorus and Handel s Messiah Falkirk Festival Chorus presented its very first concert on 10 March 1974 in Falkirk Old Parish Church, the Faw Kirk. The performance was attended by 900 people, and was a triumph for the newly-formed choir and its founder and conductor, Robert (Bob) Tait. The minutes of the Committee meeting which took place a few weeks later record that the Chairman, the Rev. James Paterson commented that as far as the future of the Society was concerned he was in a most cheerful and optimistic frame of mind. He thanked the Committee for all the work that they had put into the production which was a truly festive occasion. From the performance point of view it was a highly successful one and was indeed a profound spiritual experience. It was soon decided that the choir would give two concerts a year, with a Carol Concert in December 1974, Haydn s Creation in the Falkirk Festival in March 1975 and a performance of Messiah again in December This pattern of alternating Carol Concert and Messiah in December continued until the inception of the Bairns Christmas in The 1975 Messiah was again performed in the church, with soloists Eileen Hamilton, Soprano; Elizabeth Aird, Contralto; James Boyd, Tenor; David McHarg, Bass. The Parish Players were led by Robert Walker, and the Organist was John Langdon. The minute book records plans for the performance on 18 December 1977 The programme to be identical as before inside with one change outside, namely that Morag Siddall is now Leader of Parish Players instead of Bobby Walker. Mr Tait to get programme typed onto a Banda Skin ready to be run Off. (sic) Cost of performance 65 for all soloists, plus 100 for Orchestra. Total cost 165. A later minute says that a trumpet player has now been obtained. Alas, no copy of the printed programme has survived. The choir was invited to give a programme of excerpts from Messiah in Brightons Parish Church on 3 December 1978, but no details survive. The customary Carol Concert on 24 December also contained some items from Messiah saw Messiah once more performed in Falkirk Old Parish Church on 2 December. Morag Siddall again led the Parish Players, and John Langdon played the Organ Continuo. The soloists were Eileen Hamilton, Soprano; Elizabeth Aird, Contralto; Ian Darling, Tenor; David Robertson, Bass. For the first time a Messiah for All was proposed for It was felt that a shortened version of the work would be appropriate, and the cost for singers and listeners alike 5
6 was 1. Soloists were Christine Tait, Soprano; Ann Scott, Contralto; Ian Darling, Tenor; James Watters, Bass, with Organist Dr Frank Thomas. In the end, the event was destroyed by the weather, to quote the Chairman, Colin Gilmour, in his report at the next AGM. He continued that a better, bigger, more involved audience would be necessary for a really good evening. Ouch. Despite all that, a profit of 118 is recorded! It was at this AGM in 1982 that the idea of a joint Christmas Concert by Falkirk Festival Chorus, Falkirk Caledonia Choir and Falkirk Orchestra was first suggested by Bob Tait in the course of a talk given in his capacity as Chairman of Falkirk & District Arts and Civic Council. Later in 1982 the Christmas Concert consisted of Britten s Ceremony of Carols and Haydn s St Nicholas Mass, and in 1983 the joint Christmas Concert came to pass, under the inspired title of A Bairns Christmas. This event quickly became a hugely popular annual tradition, which continues to this day. So the pattern of Messiah every other Christmas was given up, and a number of years went by without any further performance of the work until 10 January 1988, when a programme of excerpts was given in what was now called Falkirk Old & St Modan s Church. Soprano and Contralto arias were performed along with nine choruses and the Organist was John Langdon. The printed programme names Christine Tait, Soprano, and Elizabeth Aird, Contralto, but a later report explains that Elizabeth had been indisposed and replaced at short notice by Frances McCafferty. Not an enormous audience, but quite appreciative. Grangemouth Old Parish Church was the venue for the next Messiah, on 10 February 1991, with the Parish Players. The publicity says the Leader was Sheena Robertson, but a letter in the files thanks Morag Siddall for her contribution, so a little dubiety there. Robin Bell played the Organ Continuo. Soloists were Elizabeth Quinney, and Norma Thomson, Sopranos (both members of FFC); Carol Clark, Contralto; David Faulds, Tenor; Robert Black, Bass. The report in the Committee minutes says The verdict was mostly super. The audience had been quite numerous, and the organ and little orchestra very nice indeed. Also that the trumpet had been tremendous - but who played it remains a mystery. A shorter programme of excerpts was performed the following Sunday in Edinburgh as part of the St Giles at 6 series. Our own two soloists, Elizabeth and Norma, had been very good, and Robin Bell, as always, excellent. Artistically, a great success altogether. The year 1993 brought an invitation to perform Messiah on 7 November during the 150ᵗ Anniversary celebrations of Brightons Parish Church. The choir was accompanied by Robin Bell, Organ Continuo, and a String Quartet from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, but there is no record of who the soloists were. The Committee minute
7 simply says the event had been even better than the Grangemouth performance. Mr Tait was delighted and the Brightons people were very pleased. Messiah was the work chosen for the Hallelujah for Hospices event in Falkirk Old & St Modan s Church on 8 October Nice concert, but as usual audience sparse. Make note to do our own publicity in future. There had actually been another event in aid of Strathcarron on the same day! In following years members of FFC continued to take part in Voices for Hospices events, along with members of other local choirs, and Messiah was again the work chosen to be performed in the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling on 18 October 1997, and in Dunblane Cathedral on 1 November On our own we led a Messiah for All on 31 March 2001 in Larbert East Church, accompanied by Organist Robin Bell and conducted by Bob Tait. We have the list of excerpts, but no mention of who sang the solos presumably members of the choir. Quite a number of years now passed with no FFC performance of Messiah. Bob suggested in 2008 that a New Year performance on 2 January 2009 would be a nice change, but in the end it proved impossible to arrange. The year 2011 saw a series of events to mark the 200ᵗ Anniversary of the Sanctuary of the Faw Kirk, and its recent complete refurbishment. What better celebration than a performance of Handel s Messiah by Falkirk Festival Chorus! And so it came to pass on 20 March. Soloists were Eilidh McEwan, Soprano; Laura Margaret Smith, Mezzo; Stephen Phillips, Tenor; Nick Morris, Bass; the choir was accompanied by the Opus String Quartet, and our ever-dependable Organist friend Robin Bell. The conductor of course was Bob Tait, whose life-long association with the Church added further historical savour to a wonderful occasion. Laura Margaret is making a very welcome return to sing in the 2017 Annual Concert performance. Which brings us nicely up to date. None of the present singers were in the original choir, but a few have been members since quite early days, and have taken part many times in Handel s great oratorio. Most of the other great works of the choral repertoire have been performed by FFC over the years, but Messiah holds a special place in our musical affections, and 2017 brings us full circle in a most satisfying way. Bob Tait retires, conducting Falkirk Festival Chorus in Handel s Messiah as he did at that first performance in 1974, and in the same venue, now Falkirk Trinity Church, but still the Faw Kirk. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Bob, and to his wife Christine, our Accompanist, for the pleasure of music-making for over forty years, and we hope the performance on 14 May will be a fitting farewell, giving expression to the love and respect in which we hold them.
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