The Choir Concert Programme History

This History of the Societies Concerts is compiled and maintained by one of our Base Singers Mr Alan Nuttall. 

Season 1997 / 1998

Autumn Brahms A German Requiem          1.11.97
Winter Handel Messiah 13.12.97
Spring Rutter Magnificat 16.5.98
  Bernstein  Chichester Psalms 16.5.98
  Bach, JS Ascension Day Oratario 16.5.98

Season 1998 / 1999

Autumn Handel The King Shall Rejoice 10.10.98
  Handel Zadok the Priest 10.10.98
  Haydn Harmonimesse 10.10.98
Winter Bach, JS Christmas Oratorio (parts 1,2,3,6) 11.12.98
Spring Mozart Requiem 27.3.99
  Faure Cantique de Jean Racine & Requiem 27.3.99
Summer Handel Judas Maacabeus 12.6.99

Season 1999 / 2000

Autumn Orff  Carmina Burana 16.10.99
Winter Handel Messiah 11.12.99
Spring Elgar Dream of Gerontius 15.4.00
Summer Haydn The Creation 17.6.00

Season 2000 / 2001

Winter Bach JS Mass In B Minor 9.12.00
Spring Verdi Requiem Mass 24.3.01
Summer Andrew Carter Musik's Jubilee 16.6.01
  Handel Dixit Dominus 16.6.01
  Vivaldi Gloria 16.6.01

Season 2001 / 2002

Autumn Finzi Intimations of Immortality 17.11.01
  Elgar Music Makers 17.11.01
Winter Handel Messiah 15.12.01
Spring Andrew Carter Benedicite 24.3.02
  Mozart Mass in C Minor 23.3.02
Summer Rossini Petit Messe Solennelle 15.6.02
  Williams, Vaughan Valiant for Truth 15.6.02

Season 2002 / 2003

Autumn Mendelssohn Elijah 30.11.02
Spring Monteverdi Vespers 1610 5.4.03
Summer Handel Saul 14.6.03

Season 2003 / 2004

Autumn Elgar Sea Pictures 15.11.03
  Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture 15.11.03
  Williams, Vaughan A Sea Symphony 15.11.03
Winter Handel Messiah 13.12.03
Spring Bach JS St John Passion 3.4.04
Summer Haydn Mass in D Minor 12.6.04
  Mozart Exultate, Jubilate 12.6.04
  Mozart Solemn Vespers 12.6.04

 

Season 2004 / 2005

Autumn Arnold 4 Cornish Dances, Op.91 16.10.04
  Elgar Pomp & Circumstance 16.10.04
  Finzi Immitations of Immortality 16.10.04
  Williams, Vaughan 5 Variants on Dives & Lazarus 16.10.04
Winter Bach JS Wachet Auf 11.12.04
  Britten St Nicholas 11.12.04
Spring Elgar The Kingdom 19.3.05
Summer Handel Coronation Anthems 11.6.05
  Faure Cantique de Jean Racine & Requiem 11.6.05

Season 2005 / 2006

Autumn Handel Israel in Egypt 12.11.05
Winter Handel Messiah 10.12.15
Spring Durufle Requiem 8.4.06
  Walton Crown Imperial & Balshazzar's Feast 8.4.06
Summer Bach JS Cantata No. 51 24.6.06
  Cantata No. 78  24.6.06
  Haydn Maria Theresa Mass 24.6.06

Season 2006 / 2007

Winter Bach JS Christmas Oratorio (parts 1,2,3,6) 9.12.06
Spring Elgar Dream of Gerontius 24.3.07
Summer Britten Rejoice in the Lamb 9.6.07
  Bernstein Chichester Psalms 9.6.07
  Finzi God is Gone Up 9.6.07
  Parry I was glad 9.6.07
  Williams, Vaughan Five Mystical Songs    9.6.07

Season 2007 / 2008

Autumn Jenkins, Karl The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace 10.11.07
  Willcocks, J Lux Perpetua 10.11.07
Winter Handel Messiah 12.12.07
Spring Verdi Requiem Mass 15.3.08
Summer Britten Rejoice in the Lamb 26.6.08
  Finzi God is Gone Up 26.6.08
  Mozart Requiem 26.6.08

Season 2008 / 2009

Autumn Finzi Dies Natalis 15.11.08
  Poulenc Gloria 15.11.08
  Puccinni Messa di Gloria 15.11.08
Winter Handel Messiah 13.12.08
Spring Bach JS St Matthew Passion 28.3.09
Summer Haydn The Creation 20.6.09

Season 2009 / 2010

Autumn Mendelssohn Elijah 14.11.09
Winter Handel Messiah 12.12.09
Spring Elgar The Kingdom 20.3.10
Summer Vivaldi Gloria 19.6.10
  Purcell Come ye Sons of Art 19.6.10
  Handel Dixit Dominus 19.6.10

Season 2010 / 2011

Autumn Monteverdi Vespers 1610 13.11.10
Winter Handel Messiah 11.12.10
Spring Britten War Requiem 2.4.11
Summer Rossini Petit Messe Solennelle 18.6.11

Season 2011 / 2012

Autumn Handel Isreal In Eygpt 12.11.11
Winter Handel Messiah 10.12.11
Spring Haydn Harmonimesse 17.3.12
  Steel Sinfonia Sacra 17.3.12
Summer Brahams A German Requiem 16.6.12
  Williams, Vaughan Five Mystical Songs 16.6.12

Season 2012 / 2013

Autumn Elgar Elegy 10.11.12
  Faure Requiem 10.11.12
  Parry My Soul, There is a Country 10.11.12
  Williams, Vaughan Dona Nobis Pacem 10.11.12
Winter Handel Messiah 8.12.12
Spring Bach, JS St John Passion 23.3.13
Summer Anon Rejoice in the Lord Alway 15.6.13
  Arne  Rule Brittania 15.6.13
  Coates  Knightsbridge 15.6.13
  Qu.Eliz. Coronation Celebration Various 15.6.13
  Elgar Jerusalem,Nimrod, Imperial March 15.6.13
  Elgar Pomp & Circumstance No.1 15.6.13
  Elgar Pomp & Circumstance No.4 15.6.13
  Elgar Sea Pictures 15.6.13
  Handel The King Shall Rejoice 15.6.13
  Handel Zadock the Priest 15.6.13
  Holst I vow to thee my country 15.6.13
  Parry I was Glad 15.6.13
  Stanford  Te Deum in Bb 15.6.13
  Walton Crown Imperial 15.6.13
  Wesley   Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace 15.6.13
  Williams, Ralph O Taste & See 15.6.13

Season 2013 / 2014

Winter Bach, JS Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1,2,3,6) 14.12.13
Spring Jenkins, Karl The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace 29.3.14
  Rutter Magnificat 29.3.14
Summer Bach, JS Magnificat 21.6.14
  Haydn Nelson Mass 21.6.14
  Poulenc Organ Concerto 21.6.14

Season 2014 / 2015

Autumn Lee, Patrick Sacrifices (world premiere) 15.11.14
  Mozart Requiem 15.11.14
Winter Handel Messiah 13.12.14
Spring Elgar Dream of Gerontias 21.3.15
Summer Rutter Feel the Spirit 20.6.15
  Taylor I Have a Dream 20.6.15
  Tippett Negro Spirituals 20.6.15

Season 2015 / 2016

Special Last Night of the Proms Various 3.10.15
Autumn Haydn Mass in Time of War 14.11.15
  Pehkonen Russian Requiem 14.11.15
Winter Handel Messiah 12.12.15
Spring Finzi Imitations of Immortality 19.3.16
Summer Bach JS Cantata No. 51 18.6.16
  Handel Dixit Dominus 18.6.16
  Mozart Solemn Vespers K339 18.6.16

Season 2016 / 2017

Autumn Elgar Serenade for Strings 19.11.16
  Goodall, Howard Eternal Light: A Requiem 19.11.16
  Williams, Vaughan Dona Nobis Pacem 19.11.16
Winter Handel Messiah 10.12.16
Spring Poulenc Gloria 1.4.17
  Williams, Vaughan A Sea Symphony 1.4.17
Summer Haydn The Creation 17.6.17

Season 2017 / 2018

Autumn Jenkins, Karl The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace 18.11.17
  Rutter Requiem 18.11.17
Winter Handel Messiah 9.12.17
Spring Carr, Paul Litany for Organ 17.03.18
  Carr, Paul Seven Last Words From The Cross 17.03.18
  Faure Cantique de Jean Racine & Requiem 17.03.18
Summer Handel Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened 16.6.18
  Puccini Messa Di Gloria 16.6.18
  Vivaldi Gloria 16.6.18

Season 2018 / 2019

Autumn Britten  War Requiem 10.11.18
Winter Handel Messiah 8.12.18
Spring Monteverdi Vespers 1610 6.4.19
Summer Bermstein Chichester Psalms 15.6.19
  Britten Rejoice in the Lamb 15.6.19
  Chilcott Requiem 15.6.19
  Parry  I was Glad 15.6.19