Previous Concerts
To view a full list of the Society’s previous concerts, including repertoire performed - please download PDF here.
Recent concerts include:
2024 March - The Dream of Gerontius Elgar
2023 December - Messiah Handel
2023 November - Sacred and Operatic Choral Favourites
2023 March - Magnificat Rutter, Requiem Fauré
2022 December - Messiah Handel
2022 June - Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music; The Lark Ascending; Five Mystical Songs; English Folk Song Suite
Handel Zadok the Priest
2022 April - Requiem Mozart; Theresienmesse Haydn
2021 December - Messiah Handel [There were no concerts earlier in the year due to the Covid pandemic]
2020 No concerts due to the Covid pandemic
Past Programmes
Programmes from past concerts can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate link below:
March 2024 - Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius
December 2023 - Handel, Messiah
November 2023 - Sacred and Operatic Choral Favourites
March 2023 - Rutter & Faure
December 2022 - Handel, Messiah
June 2022 - Vaughan Williams & Handel
April 2022 - Mozart & Haydn
December 2019 - Handel, Messiah
November 2019 - Rutter & Lauridsen
March 2019 - Mendelssohn, Elijah
December 2018 - Handel, Messiah
November 2018 - Centenary Concert for Remembrance
March 2018 - Bernstein & Rutter
December 2017 - Handel, Messiah
November 2017 - Bach & Vivaldi
April 2017 - Walton, Belshazzar's Feast
December 2016 - Handel, Messiah
November 2016 - Mozart and Haydn
April 2016 - Great British Classics
December 2015 - Handel, Messiah
November 2015 - Bach, Lutheran Mass
March 2015 - Elgar, The Kingdom
December 2014 - Handel, Messiah
November 2014 - Brahms, Requiem
March 2014 - Bach, St John Passion
March 1977 - Monteverdi, Vespers
Jeremy Cole
Matthew Owens
Malcolm Archer
Past Choirmasters
2019-2022 Jeremy Cole
2004-2019 Matthew Owens
1996–2004 Malcolm Archer
1971–1996 Anthony Crossland
1936–1971 Denys Pouncey
1933–1936 Conrad William Eden
1899–1933 Rev’d Canon Thomas Henry Davis
1896–1899 Percy Buck
Complete List of Previously Performed Repertoire
Below is a list of all works performed listed with year first performed. To view a full chronological list of the Society’s previous concerts (including repertoire), please click here.
Archer: Requiem (2002)
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (1928)
Bach: Jesu, priceless treasure (1967)
Bach: Lutheran Mass in F Major (2015)
Bach: Magnificat (2017)
Bach: Mass in B minor (1969)
Bach: Sleepers Wake (1913)
Bach: St John Passion (1952)
Bach: St Matthew Passion (1897)
Berlioz: Childhood of Christ (1966)
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms (2006)
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody (1998)
Brahms: German Requiem (1911)
Britten: St Nicolas (2007)
Britten: War Requiem (1989)
Dove: For an Unknown Soldier (2018)
Dvorak: Mass in D (1997)
Dvorak: Stabat Mater (1936)
Elgar: Apostles (1987)
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (1968)
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No 1 (2016)
Elgar: Te Deum and Benedictus (2016)
Elgar: The Kingdom (1975)
Faure: Requiem (1998)
Finzi: Dies Natalis (2011)
Finzi: In Terra Pax (2011)
Finzi: Lo the full & final sacrifice (1997)
Handel: Four Coronation Anthems (2007)
Handel: Israel in Egypt (1968)
Handel: Jephtha (1959)
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (1938)
Handel: Messiah (1912)
Handel: Samson (1932)
Haydn: Creation (1934)
Haydn: Nelson Mass (2001)
Haydn: St Nicholas Mass (2007)
Haydn: Te Deum in C Major (2013)
Holst: Hymn of Jesus (1975)
Holst: The Planets (2017)
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi (1993)
Jacobs: arr National Anthem (2016)
Jenkins: The Armed Man (2009)
Kodaly: Budavari Te Deum (1982)
Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus (1974)
Lauridsen: Lux Arterna (2019)
Mendelssohn: Elijah (1906)
Mendelssohn: Psalm 95 (1913)
Mendelssohn: St Paul (1907)
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 (1977)
Mozart: Coronation Mass (2001)
Mozart: Laudate Dominum (2007)
Mozart: Mass in C Minor (2004)
Mozart: Missa Brevis in F (1967)
Mozart: Requiem (1955)
Mozart: Solemn Vespers (2004)
Orff: Carmina Burana (2006)
Parry: Blest pair of sirens (1958)
Parry: I was glad when they said unto me (2016)
Parry: Jerusalem (2016)
Parry: The Glories of our Blood & State (1936)
Purcell: Come, ye sons of art (2007)
Purcell: My heart is inditing (1958)
Rossini: Petite Messe Solonnelle (1999)
Rutter: Magnificat (2010)
Rutter: Requiem (2010)
Rutter: Wells Jubilate (2010)
Rutter: Gloria (2018)
Spohr: Last Judgment (1908)
Stainer: Crucifixion (2002)
Vaughan-Williams: Benedicite (1972)
Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1958)
Vaughan-Williams: Five Mystical Songs (1967)
Vaughan-Williams: Hodie (1975)
Vaughan-Williams: Sea Symphony (1972)
Vaughan-Williams: Serenade to Music (2011)
Verdi: Requiem (1964)
Verdi: Stabat Mater (1981)
Vivaldi: Gloria (2005)
Walton: Belshazzar's feast (1991)