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Our Repertoire
The following is culled from programmes and reviews
of concerts held since 1961. When only
sections of a work were performed at a given concert, that date is marked with
an asterisk.
In addition to the works listed below, each year
between 1978 and 1989 the Society
performed a traditional service of lessons and carols at the chapel of St
Mary's Kingsmead nursing home (now demolished).
Adam: O Holy Night (2011)
Bach J S: Christmas
Oratorio (1966, 1972, 1981, 1990); God's
Time is Best (1971); Jesu, Priceless
Treasure (1958, 1975); Mass in B
minor (1975); Peasant Cantata
(1971), Sleepers Wake (1963, 1977,
1991, 2009); St John Passion (1965,
1966); St Matthew Passion (1980)
Bizet: Carmen
(1960, 1994); Te Deum (2006)
Brahms: German
Requiem (1961, 1971, 1977); Love Song
Waltzes (1986)
Britten: Ceremony of Carols (1991, 2001); Rejoice in the Lamb (1984); St Nicholas (1987, 1992);
Bush: Christmas
Cantata (1983)
Carissimi: Jeptha
(1989)
Durufle: Requiem
(2010)
Dvorak:
Mass
in D (2004); Te Deum (2004)
Dyson:
Three Songs of Courage (1984, 1997)
Elgar: Dream
of Gerontius (1969); From the
Bavarian Highlands (1984); The Spirit
of the Lord is Upon Me (2006)
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine (1977, 1996,
2000); Requiem (1959, 1970, 1971,
1981, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010)
Finzi: Deis
Natalis (1983); In Terra Pax (1982, 2008)
Gounod: Messe
Solennelle de St Cecile (1990, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Grechanov: Litany
of Supplication (2001)
Handel: Acis and
Galatea (1970); Messiah (1967*,
1972, 1973, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996*, 2001*, 2004*, 2006*, 2009*,
2011*); Chandos Anthem 6 (1965); Chandos Anthem 9 (1973); O Praise the Lord with one Consent
(2005, 2006); The King Shall Rejoice
(1983, 2002, 2006); Zadoc the Priest
(1972, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2009)
Haydn: Creation
(1968*, 1969, 1984); Harmonie Messe
(1985); Missa Santi Nicolai (2000); Nelson Mass (Mass in Time of War) (1968,
1978, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011); St
Nicholas Mass (2006); Te Deum
(1983, 1996)
Holst: Two
Psalms (1968, 1970)
Hummel: Mass in
E flat (2004, 2006)
Jacob: Highways
(1957, 1986)
Janaçek: Otcenas (Lord's Prayer) (2001)
Lawson: A Short
Mass (1990); A Song for St Cecilia
(1997); Stabat Mater (1994); Te Deum (1996); Three Negro Spirituals (1986)
Lennox Berkeley: A Festival Anthem (1985)
Liszt: Hungarian
Coronation Mass (2001)
Maunder: Bethlehem
(1988); Olivet to Calvary (2002)
Mendelssohn: As the Heart Pants (2006); Elijah
(1974, 1980, 1987, 1995, 2005, 2011); Hear
My Prayer (1999); Hymn of Praise (1951,
1970, 1982); St Paul (1976)
Monteverdi: Beatus
Mir (1988)
Mozart: Ave
Verum Corpus (1991, 1996); Coronation
Mass (1998, 2002); Mass in C
(1989, 1996); Requiem (1983, 2000,
2002, 2005, 2006, 2010); Vesperae
Solemnes (1990)
Orff: Carmina
Burana (1988)
Parry: Blest
Pair of Sirens (1971, 1975); England
(1984); Invocation to Music (1998)
Pergolesi: Magnificat
(1994, 2003)
Poulenc: Gloria
(1997, 2003)
Puccini: Missa
de Gloria (2002, 2006, 2011)
Purcell: Come Ye
Sons of Art (1968, 1991, 1997); Dido
and Aeneas (1993); Fairy Queen
(1994, 2009); Messa de Gloria (1998);
Rejoice in the Lord (1968); Welcome to all the Pleasures (1995)
Ramirez: Missa
Criolla (1997)
Rutter: Feel
the Spirit (2010)
Rossini: Petite
Messe Solenelle (1988); Stabat Mater
(2002, 2007)
Schubert: Mass in
G (1964, 1975, 1981, 2008)
Schütz: Christmas Story (1963, 1969); St Matthew Passion (1979)
Stainer: The Crucifixion
(1979, 2003, 2005)
Stanford: Songs
of the Fleet (1984, 2003, 2011)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1987, 1997); Five Mystical Songs (1970, 1986, 1998, 2007); Old Hundredth (2007); Pilgrims
Way (1962)
Verdi: Requiem
(1973)
Vivaldi: Gloria
(1964, 1973, 1982, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009)
With thanks to Bill Brock, who compiled this information from the Society's archives
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