| A selection of photos of the choir from days gone by |
c1930: earliest known photo of the DCU with Sir Henry Coward at the centre front |
1965: DCU Centenary photo taken in the King's Hall with Raymond Thorpe at the centre front next to Peter Haslam
photo by the Derby Evening Telegraph |
c1975: rehearsing with Raymond Thorpe in the Uttoxeter Rd. College basement rehearsal room |
Dec 1978: first performance of Messiah at the new Assembly Rooms, Derby conducted by Raymond Thorpe |
Nov. 1965: Raymond Thorpe and Peter Haslam (chairman) examining 'the silver baton' |
1980s: DCU performing in Derby Cathedral |
1991: Raymond Thorpe taking a rehearsal in the Great Hall of the Kedleston Rd. College (now Derby University) |
March 1995: rehearsing Bach's St. John's Passion in Derby Cathedral |
Nov. 1996: Dame Emma Kirkby singing at the first Patron's
Concert in Derby Cathedral |
May 1998: taken during a recording session when DCU recorded our "Sounds like Christmas" CD |
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| And here are some more recent pictures of the choir from this century |
April 2004: Group picture of the 55 members of DCU and the Leicester Phil who sang in two
concerts in
Florence |
April 2004: Group picture of the 55 members of the DCU and the Leicester Phil outside the Chiesa di Giovanni, Lucca |
March 2005 - after the concert in the
Basilica di San Giovanni |
May 2008: 50 members of the DCU and Leicester Phil who sang in two concerts in Cologne and Altenberg.
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Dec. 2008: Christmas Concert
in Derby Cathedral when we sang works by Finzi and Haydn. |
June 2009: DCU members before the
concert
in St. Peter's Church,
Alstonefield. |
June 2010: DCU members before the concert in St. John the Baptist Church, Tideswell. |
April 2011: Spring Concert in Derby Cathedral when we sang works by Bernstein and Fauré.
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June 2011: members of DCU & friends after performing in St. Mary Magdalene, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. |
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