History Brighton Festival Chorus
1 history 1.1 formation , years (1968-1979) 1.2 1980s 1.3 1990s 1.4 recent years history official logo of brighton festival chorus formation , years (1968-1979) bfc formed hungarian-born conductor laszlo heltay 1968 brighton festival performance of sir william walton s large-scale cantata belshazzar s feast, conducted composer rpo @ brighton dome. performance huge success , launched brighton festival chorus important part of music scene in britain and, under laszlo heltay s directorship, 1 of successful choirs in country, becoming symbol of festival . in same year chorus performed mozart s kyrie in d minor (conducted sir colin davis bbcso) , kodály s budavari te deum (conducted laszlo heltay bpo). building on success, bfc performed 3 more concerts in brighton in 1969, , in 1970 made first recording: kodály s psalmus hungaricus lso conducted istván kertész. in 1972, bfc performed first concerts outside brighton, when took part (as english bach festival chorus) in series of concerts eng