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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape labelled "Messiah" (undated with no performance details). Collected from John Hamilton.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes of Britten "War Requiem", Sunday 26 April 1981, conducted by John Hopkins. Collected from Jo De Carteret and Alma Ross.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers Cassette Tape of Samuel Barber "The Lovers", Holst "The Planets". Robert Balckwood Hall 16 August 1986. Conducted David Measham. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "9". In 1968 the budding melbourne Chorale engaged in one final rehearsal under Val Pyers, seeking to perfect "Zadok the Priest" before departing for Adelaide, by bus, on a desperate mission to avert bankruptcy by successfully competing at Adelaide's First Choral Eisteddfod. The rehearsal was captured for posterity on a small portable tape machine provided by one of the tenors. This CD has been transcoded from that original tape recording. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "6", ABC Red Series, Mozart "Requiem" conducted by Peter Eros, Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 6 June 1970. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x CD ABC Red Series, Mozart "Requiem" conducted by Peter Eros, Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 6 June 1970. Collected from John Hamilton.

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4x Melbourne Chorale Vinyl Records of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" recorded 19-20 December 1970. Collected from an unknown donor.

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1x Cassette Tape "Mozart Requiem", Melbourne Town Hall, recorded 6 June 1970. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Cassette Tape "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" recorded 20 December 1970. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "11" of an ABC choral broadcast "In Quires and Places" featuring The Melbourne Chorale performing 4 Bruckner Motets. Date unknown but probably early 1970s. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "24", "Bruckner Mass in E Minor", St.Paul's Cathedral, 29 April 1972. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "25", Excerpts from Mussorgsky "Boris Godounov", conducted by Fritz Rieger, Melbourne Town Hall, 29 July 1972. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "11" with recordings of three renaissance motets: Sweelinck "Hodie Christus Natus est", Gallus "Ecce Quomodo Moritur" and Allesandro Scarlatti "Exultate Deo". Venue and dates of recording are unknown but these items were performed as a group in concerts given in 1972 and 1973. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD set labelled "5A and 5B" of the 40th International Eucharistic Congress Arts Festival Concert "Sacred Music For A Cappella Choir", St Patrick's Cathedral, 17 February 1973. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "10" of an ABC choral broadcast "Songs of Praise" featuring The Melbourne Chorale, St.Patrick's Cathedral 1973 (the narrator is Joan Hammond). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "13", ABC Gold Series, Bach "Magnificat in D" and Stravinsky "Mass", conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Town Hall, Thursday 7 June 1973. Soloists in the Stravinsky -all from The Melbourne Chorale- were Caroline Blakebrough (soprano), Judith Blackmore (soprano), Peter Van Leuven (tenor), Rodney Rothlisberger (tenor) and Michael Gough (bass). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD set labelled "2A and 2B" of Britten "War Requiem", Occasional Choir conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Town Hall, 20 July 1974. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Cassette Tape of ABC live broadcast "Britten War Requiem" (Occasional Choir with Melbourne Boys Choir) recorded 23 July 1974. Conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Cassette Tape of "Much Besides Music", Castlemaine Market, recorded on 22 September 1974. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD set labelled "4A and 4B" of "Exultate Deo", Chamber Singers, St.Patrick's Cathedral, 16 November 1974. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD set labelled "1A and 1B" of "Much Besides Music", Castlemaine Market, 22 September 1974. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "18", ABC Red Series, Beethoven 9th Symphony, Occasional Choir, conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Town Hall, 28 June 1975 (also contains part of a special talk by Sir Malcolm Sargent on the subject of the "9th" and of Beethoven himself, broadcast prior to the performance). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "17", ABC Red Series, Debussy "Three Nocturnes" Ladies of The Occasional Choir, conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Town Hall, 28 June 1975. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "16", Selections of Irish and American Folksongs, Continuing Choir, Yallourn 1975. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "7", Walton "Belshazzar's Feast", conducted by John Hopkins, Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 8 March 1975. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD Antonio Vivaldi "Dixit Dominus" and "Gloria", St.Patrick's Cathedral, 1 November 1975. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD labelled "8A and 8B" of Myer Music Bowl Concert for Moomba 1975. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Cassette Tape "Vivaldi Gloria, Dixit Dominus", St Patrick's Cathedral, recorded on 1 November 1975. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Cassette Tape of "Chamber Singers Country Concert" Charlton recorded 7 June 1975. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Cassette Tape of "Chamber Singers Country Concert" Castlemaine, recorded 8 June 1975. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Cassette Tape labelled "Christmas Music" (selections from performances of "Sing We Now of Christmas"), recorded on 20 and 21 December 1975. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Mebourne Town Hall, recorded on 28 June 1975. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD "The Map Sings", Robert Blackwood Hall, 7 August 1976. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (parts one and two) labelled "Tribute to Grainger" recorded 30 October 1976. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape "The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi", Dallas Brooks Hall, recorded 18 December 1976. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD "A Tribute To Grainger", Continuing Choir, Dallas Brooks Hall, Guest Conductor Keith Humble, Saturday 30 October 1976. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set of "The Creation", Dallas Brooks Hall, 29 May 1977. Conducted by Robert Pikler. Tape 1 is labelled "this tape fine" and Tape 2 is labelled "this tape probably no good'. Collected from Alma Ross.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (Tapes 1&2) of Berlioz "Requiem" recorded 6-7 August 1977. One tape labelled "poor quality". Collected from Alma Ross.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "Music For Holy Week", Chamber Singers, St. Patrick's Cathedral, 2 April 1977. Collected from John Hamilton.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Sets of Berlioz "The Damnation of Faust" (Occasional Choir), Robert Blackwood Hall, Sunday 1 April 1979. Conducted by John Hopkins. Collected from John Hamilton.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set of "The Seasons" recorded 7 July 1979. Collected from Alma Ross and John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Brahms "Alto Rhapsody" and Schumann "Spring Symphony" with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Town Hall, 15 September 1979. Alto Rhapsody sung by Melbourne Chorale with soloist Yvonne Minton, conducted by Georg Tintner. (Note: Tape starts Side B first). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD Brahms "Alto Rhapsody", Yvonne Minton and the Men of the Melbourne Chorale, Melbourne Town Hall, conducted by George Tintner, 11 September 1979. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD "An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan" performed in Melbourne, Ballarat, Daylesford and Bacchus Marsh from July - October 1979 (Note: Disc one contains excerpts from the operas, and disc two is "Trial By Jury"). Collected from John Hamilton.

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3x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes of "Merrily on High" recorded December 1979. One collected from Jo De Carteret and two collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes 1&2 of JS Bach "Mass in B Minor" recorded 1 June 1980. Collected from John Hamilton.

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3x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes 1&2 of "Let the Choirs Sing" recorded 20 September 1980. Choirs included Melbourne Chorale, Corinthian Singers, Canberra Choral Society and Polyphony. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD "Shout For Joy", Dallas Brooks Hall, 20 December 1980. Collected from John Hamilton.

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3x Melbourne Chorale Archive Cassette Tapes of "Shout For Joy", Dallas Brooks Hall, recorded 20 December 1980. Collected from Alma Ross (2) and Jo De Carteret (1);
1x Cassette Tape labelled "Christmas Music Suite", Recording of "Shout for Joy", Chamber Singers, Dallas Brooks Hall, 20 December 1980. Collected from John Hamilton.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes of "Sacred Music of Berlioz and Verdi" recorded 29 March 1980. Collected from Jo De Carteret and John Hamilton.

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1x CD with selections from "Let The Choirs Sing", Robert Blackwood Hall, Saturday 20 September 1980. Included is Randall Thompson "Alleluia" (Continuing Choir), Britten "Hymn to St. Cecilia" (Corinthian Singers), and Kodaly "Missa Brevis" (Canberra Choral Society). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "Music for Voice Organ and Brass" recorded in August 1980. Collected from Jo De Carteret.

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3x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Sets of "Solomon" recorded 22 November 1981, conducted by Richard Divall. Collected from Jo De Carteret, Alma Ross and John Hamilton.

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3x Double Cassette Tapes of "Let the Choirs Sing" recorded 26 September 1981. Choirs involved include Melbourne Chorale, Corinthian Singers (Adelaide) and Sydney Philharmonic Motet Choir (Womens' Voices). Collected from Jo De Carteret, Alma Ross and John Hamilton;
1x Single tape of "Let the Choirs Sing" (marked as Chamber Singers only), recorded 26 September 1981. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD, Handel "Solomon", Continuing Choir, conducted by Richard Divall, Dallas Brooks Hall, 21 November 1981. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Cassette Tape From The Melbourne Chorale Archives "Music For Holy Week", conducted by Louis Halsey, St.Patrick's Cathedral, recorded 15 April 1981. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Bartok "Six Songs for Female Voices", Robert Blackwood Hall, 24 June 1981. Conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki. Collected from John Hamilton.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Archive Cassette Tapes of "A Grainger Celebration: Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers" recorded on 8 July 1982. Collected from Alma Ross and John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape labelled "Grainger On His Birthday". Recording of "A Grainger Celebration", Chamber Singers, Dallas Brooks Hall, 8 July 1982. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD "An American Song Book", Chamber Singers, Dallas Brooks Hall, 7 November 1982. Collected from John Hamilton.

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3x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes of "Let the Choirs Sing" recorded 25 September 1982. Recording includes Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers, Astra Choir and Tudor Choristers. Collected from Jo De Carteret and John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers Cassette "An American Song-Book". Recoded at Castlemaine Market 2 November 1982 and Dalla Brooks Hall on 7 November 1982.
Collected from Gordon Hawley.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "Aida", Victorian State Opera and Melbourne Chorale recorded November 1982 (sides 3 and 4 only). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x 2 CD Boxed Set, Handel "Messiah", Continuing Choir, conducted by Richard Divall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 29 March 1983. Collected from John Hamilton.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes of "Messiah" recorded 29 March 1983, conducted by Richard Divall. Collected Jo De Carteret and Alma Ross.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" recorded 17 December 1983. Collected from John Hamilton.

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3x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Sets of Bach's "St Matthew Passion" recorded 19 April 1984, conducted by Richard Divall. Collected from Jo De Carteret, Alma Ross and John Hamilton in 2015.

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4x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes "Sing We Now of Christmas" (recorded when the Christmas Book was reprinted). Settings of 25 Carols from the Melbourne Chorale Christmas Book, original arrangements by Christopher Willcock. Collected from Jo De Carteret and Alma Ross;
1x Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers Cassette Tape "Recording Session - Christmas Music" recorded 11 September 1984. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers Cassette Tape, Chris Willcock carols recorded on 16 October 1984. Collected from Alma Ross.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers Cassette Tape (Tape 1) labelled "Scottish Song Book - Great Hall?" by Val Pyers. If this labelling is correct, it would date the concert as being on 30 November 1984. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Beethoven's "9th Symphony 4th Movement" conducted by William Reid (taped from ABC broadcast) recorded 11 October 1985. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "Sing We Now of Christmas" recorded 22 December 1985. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Janacek "Glagolitic Mass" recorded 17 May 1986. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (Part One and Part Two) of "Scotland the Brave" recorded 29 November 1987. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Rossini "Le Petit Messe Solenelle", Great Hall, NGV, recorded on 24 October 1987. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x 5 CD Set, Handel "Messiah" (Goosens Edition), Occasional Choir, conducted by Richard Divall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 9 & 10 December 1988 (Note: Disc 5 contains an unknown choir singing the Appendices to the score). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Handel "Messiah", Melbourne Concert Hall, 9-10 December 1988. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (Sides 1-3 of "Messiah" recorded 8-10 December 1988. Side 4 choral section of Mahler "Resurrection Symphony" recorded 31 March 1990). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Cassette Tape labelled "Bernstein Mass conducted by the Composer Tape 1" (undated with no other performance details however this tape was probably used for learning purposes for the performance with the Continuing Choir at Myer Music Bowl Friday 27 January 1989). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of PDQ Bach "The Seasonings" as part of The Comic and the Curious (Tape 2 only) recorded at Melbourne Concert Hall 3 June 1989. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "St Andrew's Day Concert" (Tape 1 only) recorded on 30 November 1989. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "The Age Carol Concert: Shout for Joy" recorded on 23 December 1989. Tape is labelled "(Gaps edited - Silent Night added '85)". Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "ABC Red Series Concert: Beethoven - 9th Symphony" recorded on 7 December 1989. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Mahler "Resurrection Symphony", conducted by Jorge Meister, recorded at Melbourne Concert Hall on 31 March 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Purcell "Come Ye Sons Of Art" and "Dido And Aeneas", conducted by Richard Divall at Melbourne Concert Hall on 7 July 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (Tapes 1 and 2) of "The Melbourne Chorale and The Stockton Chorale (USA)" recorded at Dallas Brooks Hall on 19 July 1990. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "St Andrew's Day Concert" recorded at Melbourne Concert Hall on 1 December 1990. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (Tape 1 and 2) of The Melbourne Chorale and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra "Sacred Music of Rossini and Verdi" recorded on 27 March 1991. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Mozart "Requiem" at Melbourne Concert Hall on 27 April 1991. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of "Folk Singing Folk" recorded at St Patrick's Cathedral on 9 October 1991 (Side 1 "Shaker Worship Service" and "Missa Luba"; Side 2 "Navidad Nuestra" and "African Mass"). Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (Tapes 1, 2 and 3) of "Five Choirs Festival" recorded at Melbourne Town Hall on 27 October 1991. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD, Mozart "Requiem", Continuing Choir, conducted by Albert Rosen, Melbourne Concert Hall, 24 April 1991. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x CD labelled "15", Chamber Singers Rehearsal with Val Pyers for their 1991 Christmas Concert. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape of Verdi "Requiem" conducted by Barry Wordsworth at Melbourne Concert Hall on 26 June 1992. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes (2 Tape Set) of "Winter Hymn Fest" recorded at Melbourne Town Hall on 23 August 1992. Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Set (2 Tapes) of "Grand Variety Concert" recorded at Melbourne Town Hall on 21 October 1992. Collected from John Hamilton.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tape Sets (Tape 1 and 2) of Mendelssohn "Elijah", ABC Master Series with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Janos Furst, 18-20 June 1992 (probably recorded from ABC FM broadcast 20 June 1992). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Double CD Rossini "Petite Messe Solenelle", Melbourne Chorale Occasional Choir conducted by Richard Divall, Wesley Church, Ballarat, 17 April 1992. Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x VHS Tape of excerpts from Melbourne Chorale performance for the ABC Red Series of "Carmina Burana" conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Concert Hall, Saturday 11 July 1992. Collected from Gordon Hawley and Joyce Edwards.

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2x Melbourne Chorale Cassette Tapes of William Walton "Belshazzar's Feast", ABC Masters Series conducted by Vernon Handley, Chorus Master Graham Abbott, recorded at Melbourne Concert Hall on 17 September 1993 (one tape is labelled "Repeat Broadcast ABC FM 1 August 1994"). Collected from John Hamilton.

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1x Document "Additions to the Val J. Pyers Archive List Offered in CD Format in April 2018". Collected from John Hamilton;
1x Document "Recordings for Val J. Pyers Archive". Collected from John Hamilton.

Note: The Audio CDs referred to in these documents are located in Series 4 (Melbourne Chorale Audio), Series 13 (Victoria Chorale Audio), Series 22 (Australian University Festival Choirs of Melbourne) and Series 23 (Yallourn Madrigal Singers and Yallourn High School Choir Records).