A selection of miscellaneous archive material relating to the DCU
1866
to
1899
1875-6 (10th season): earliest surviving Attendance ticket
No.1 for Mr. Astle, a Tenor.
These had to be presented to the Registrar on arrival at rehearsal, and collected at the end
1874: earliest surviving programme
23rd. March 1897: Israel in Egypt flier for a joint concert with the Leiceter New
Musical Society
1900
to
1940
1900: DCU Rule Book "As revised
to Oct. 15th."
1929-1930: Annual Report and Balance Sheet
(64th season)
1932: advert in programme - don't get them like that today!!
1936: first broadcast by DCU
1944: programme for Haydn's The Creation
1944
to
1970
1944: review of Haydn's Creation
1947: review of
St. Matthew Passion with Kathleen Ferrier
Fund raising 50+ years ago 1957: Springtime Fair
opened by Isobel Baillie who also sang.
Peter Haslam's daughter Alison
(past Registrar of the DCU) presented her with a bouquet
1966: new style of programme
for the Centenary
1980
to
date
1986: Messiah performance recorded by Radio Derby, and broadcast on Christmas Day
9th. Nov. 1990: Celebratory Dinner
celebrating 125 years
Oct 1990: Thanksgiving Service in celebrating 125 years in Derby Cathedral
Dec 1993: early (low-tech) Newsletter
April 1998: Italian Festival, when
DCU performed Rossini's and Puccini's Messa Di Gloria
May 1998: first CD recorded, with Derwent Brass, Derby High School choir, Tom Corfield and Richard Hodges at the Cedar Park Music and Arts Centre
