Here is a list of the works performed by the Society over the last half century. If you can fill in any gaps or suggest any corrections please email choralsocsecretary@gmail.com.
Date | Work | Composer | Conductor |
1954 | Gypsy Songs (arr Whittaker) | Brahms | Fred Rimmer/Basil Deane |
Five English Folk Songs | R. O. Morris | ||
1955 | St John Passion | Bach | Fred Rimmer |
Jesu, Priceless Treasure | Bach | Basil Deane | |
Supplicatio et Laus Dei | Rimmer | Fred Rimmer | |
1956 | Magnificat | Bach | Fred Rimmer |
St Nicholas | Britten | ||
Stabat Mater | E. Astorga | Fred Rimmer | |
Sing joyfully unto God | Byrd | ||
My Heart is inditing | Purcell | ||
1957 | Imperial (Nelson) Mass | Haydn | Fred Rimmer |
Dona Nobis Pacem | Vaughan Williams | ||
L’Amfiparnaso | Vecchi | Fred Rimmer | |
Wachet Auf | Bach | ||
1958 | Vespers (1610) | Monteverdi | Robin Orr |
L’Enfance du Christ | Berlioz | Fred Rimmer | |
1959 | Praise the Lord , O my Soul | Purcell | Robin Orr |
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostias | Purcell | ||
My beloved spake | Purcell | ||
Spring Cantata | Orr | ||
Concerto Grosso No 7 | Handel | Robin Orr | |
Organ Concerto No 3 | Handel | ||
Ode on St Cecilia’s Day | Handel | ||
1960 | Mass in B minor | Bach | Fred Rimmer |
Sonata Piano e Forte | Gabrieli | Robin Orr | |
Mass for Five Voices | Byrd | ||
Suite from the Royal Brass Music of King James I | |||
1961 | Requiem | Cherubini | Fred Rimmer |
Morceau Symphonique (Rédemption) | Franck | ||
Te Deum | Bruckner | ||
Requiem | Fauré | Robin Orr | |
1962 | King David | Honegger | Fred Rimmer |
March and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary | Purcell | Robin Orr | |
Mass : The Western Wind | Taverner | ||
In Exitu Israel | Wesley | ||
Music for his Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornetts | Locke | ||
1963 | St John Passion | Bach | Fred Rimmer |
Christ lag in Todesbanden | Bach | Fred Rimmer | |
Harpsichord Concerto in a minor | C. P. E. Bach | ||
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht | Bach | ||
Dettingen Te Deum | Handel | ||
1964 | 100th Psalm | Vaughan Williams | Robin Orr |
Walk in the way of faith | Bach | ||
The Spirit also helpeth us | Bach | ||
Nun Danket alle Gott | Bach | ||
Fairy Queen | Purcell | Robin Orr | |
1965 | St Matthew Passion | Schütz | Fred Rimmer |
Concerto Grosso No 3 | Handel | ||
Seven Last Words | Schütz | ||
A Child of Our Time | Tippet | Fred Rimmer | |
1966 | Lamentations | Tallis | John Currie |
Concerto for Two Recorders | Telemann | ||
Four Poems of St Theresa of Avila | Berkeley | ||
Rejoice in the Lamb | Britten | ||
Christmas Concerto | Corelli | Fred Rimmer | |
Messa Concertata | Cavalli | ||
1967 | St Matthew Passion | Bach | Fred Rimmer |
Dioclesian | Purcell | Fred Rimmer | |
Les Noces | Stravinsky | ||
Concerto for four harpsichords | Vivaldi/Bach | ||
1968 | Saul | Handel | Michael Tilmouth |
A German Requiem | Brahms | Kenneth Elliott | |
1969 | Jephte | Carissimi | Edward Garden |
Sinfonia Op 18 No 4 | J. C. Bach | ||
Coronation Mass | Mozart | ||
Magnificat in D | Bach | Fred Rimmer | |
Komm, Jesu, komm | Bach | ||
Violin Concerto | Bach | ||
Wachet auf | Bach | ||
1970 | Symphony of Psalms | Stravinsky | Fred Rimmer with Reginald Dowd, tenor |
Vom Himmel Hoch | Bach/Stravinsky | ||
Oedipus Rex | Stravinsky | ||
Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi | Schütz | Michael Tilmouth | |
Christmas Oratorio (Parts I, II and III) | Bach | ||
1971 | Four Sacred Pieces | Verdi | Fred Rimmer |
Five Ages of Man | Musgrave | ||
Messa Concertata | Cavalli | Fred Rimmer | |
Magnificat | C. P. E. Bach | ||
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor | Bach | ||
1972 | Missa Brevis | Kodály | Fred Rimmer |
Canticum Sacrum | Stravinsky | ||
Dona Nobis Pacem | Vaughan Williams | ||
Mass in B minor | Bach | Fred Rimmer | |
1973 | Epitaph for the World and Time | Hamilton | Fred Rimmer |
King David | Honegger | Fred Rimmer | |
1974 | Creation | Haydn | Robert Meikle |
Choir 1 | Edward Garden | ||
Confitemini Domino | Zavaglioli | ||
Beatus Vir | Monteverdi | ||
Pieta (for Organ) | Nystedt | ||
Psalm 121 | Kodaly | ||
Psalm 150 | Mathias | ||
Choir 2 | Robert Meikle | ||
Alma Redemptoris Mater | Maxwell Davis | ||
Ave Plena Gracie | Maxwell Davis | ||
Jesus Autem Hodie | Maxwell Davis | ||
Nowell | Maxwell Davis | ||
Paraphrase from Epitaph | Hamilton | ||
Missa Choralis | Liszt | ||
1975 | St Matthew Passion | Bach | Fred Rimmer |
Choir 1 | Stuart Campbell | ||
Tu es Petrus | Palestrina | ||
Prelude and Carol | Bull | ||
Carol | Bull | ||
Salve Regina | Victoria | ||
Choir 2 | Kenneth Elliott | ||
Messe in 8 | Charpentier | ||
1976 | Israel in Egypt | Handel | Fred Rimmer |
Symphony of Psalms | Stravinsky | Fred Rimmer | |
Les Noces | Stravinsky | ||
Concerto for 4 harpsichords | Vivaldi/Bach | ||
Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 4 | Handel | ||
1977 | Choir 1 | Warwick Edwards | |
Requiem | Ockeghem | ||
Déploration sur la mort d’Ockeghem | Josquin Desprez | ||
Choir 2 | Stuart Campbell | ||
Missa Brevis | Berkeley | ||
Litaniae de SS Nomine Jesu | Michael Haydn | ||
Sea Drift | Delius | Warwick Edwards | |
Spring Symphony | Britten | ||
1978 | Choir 1 | Stuart Campbell | |
Psalm 127 | Schütz | ||
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden | Schütz | ||
Veni, dilecte mi | Schütz | ||
Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich | Schütz | ||
Deutches Magnificat | Schütz | ||
Choir 2 | Marjorie Rycroft | ||
Paukenmesse | Haydn | ||
Christmas Oratorio | Bach | Kenneth Elliott | |
1979 | Aeterna Christe munera (Mass) | Palestrina | Fred Rimmer |
Choral Preludes | Buxtehude | ||
Jesu nostra redemptio | Lassus | ||
Congratulamini mihi omnes | |||
Choral Preludes | Bach | ||
Ascendens Christus (Mass) | Victoria | ||
Ein feste Burg | Bach | Kenneth Elliott | |
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day (1692) | Purcell | ||
Christmas Concerto | Corelli | ||
1980 | Vesperae Solennes de Confessore | Mozart | Marjorie Rycroft |
Requiem | Mozart | ||
Dixit Dominus | Handel | Marjorie Rycroft | |
Requiem | Fauré | ||
Concerto Op 3 No 10 | Vivaldi | ||
1981 | Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | Hugh Macdonald |
Cantata Joseph II | Beethoven | Hugh Macdonald | |
Symphony of Psalms | Stravinsky | ||
1982 | Beatus Vir | Monteverdi | James Wrightson |
Gloria | Vivaldi | ||
Stabat Mater | Szymanowski | Marjorie Rycroft | |
Theresienmesse | Haydn | ||
1983 | Ein deutsches Requiem | Brahms | Stuart Campbell |
Five Songs | Ravel | Hugh Macdonald | |
Pavane | Fauré | ||
Act III Les Troyans | Berlioz | ||
1984 | Creation | Haydn | Marjorie Rycroft |
Saul | Handel | Marjorie Rycroft | |
1985 | Cantata Aus der Tiefe BWV 131 | Bach | Marjorie Rycroft |
Fallt mit Danken | Bach | Kenneth Elliott | |
Come ye Sons of Art | Purcell | ||
Funeral Music for Queen Mary | Purcell | ||
Tempest | Purcell | ||
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1986 | Jephte | Carissimi | Marjorie Rycroft with Stuart Campbell, organ |
Missa Choralis | Liszt | ||
Prelude and Fugue on BACH | Liszt | ||
In Terra Pax | Finzi | Marjorie Rycroft | |
St Nicholas | Britten | ||
1987 | Messa Concertata | Cavalli | Marjorie Rycroft |
In Ecclesiis | Gabrieli | ||
Mass in C minor | Mozart | Marjorie Rycroft | |
1988 | Magnificat | C. P. E. Bach | Marjorie Rycroft |
Mass in C major | Beethoven | ||
St John Passion | Bach | Kenneth Elliott | |
1989 | Requiem | Duruflé | Stuart Campbell |
Cantique de Jean Racine | Fauré | ||
Elijah | Mendelssohn | Marjorie Rycroft | |
1990 | Fairy Queen | Purcell | Kenneth Elliott |
Les Béatitudes | Franck | Stuart Campbell | |
1991 | Litaniae KV 191 | Mozart | Marjorie Rycroft |
Coronation Mass | Mozart | ||
Mass in E flat | Schubert | Stuart Campbell | |
Te Deum | Bruckner | ||
1992 | Messe | Charpentier | Kenneth Elliott |
St Cecilia Mass | Haydn | Marjorie Rycroft | |
1993 | Requiem | Brahms | Vanessa Nield |
Vespers | Mozart | Carlos | |
Mass | Vaughan Williams | ||
1994 | Messe solennelle | Berlioz | Marjorie Rycroft |
Te Deum | Dvorak | Myra Soutar | |
Requiem | Fauré | ||
1995 | Song of Destiny | Brahms | Myra Soutar |
Psalmus Hungaricus | Kodaly | ||
Israel in Egypt | Handel | Marjorie Rycroft | |
1996 | Messa di Gloria | Puccini | Myra Soutar |
Towards the Unknown Region | Vaughan Williams | ||
Old 100th | Vaughan Williams | ||
Vespers (KV339) | Mozart | Cecilia Weston | |
Totus Tuus | Gorecki | ||
Motet | Gabrieli | ||
The World (setting of Kathleen Raine poem) | Hair | ||
1997 | Sea Symphony | Vaughan Williams | Marjorie Rycroft |
Te Deum | Haydn | Marjorie Rycroft with Seren Beckett, clarinet |
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Harmoniemesse | Haydn | ||
Clarinet Concerto | Mozart | ||
1998 | Stabat Mater | Rossini | Myra Soutar |
Rejoice in the Lamb | Britten | ||
Dettingen Te Deum | Handel | Cecilia Weston | |
Schöpfungsmesse (Creation) | Haydn | ||
1999 | Organ Solo Mass | Mozart | Myra Soutar |
Spirituals from A Child of our Time | Tippett | ||
Stabat Mater | Verdi | ||
Ode for St Cecilia’s Day | Purcell | John Gormley | |
Gloria | Poulenc | ||
2000 | Cantique de Jean Racine | Fauré | Cecilia Weston |
Requiem | Fauré | ||
Songs from Rig Veda (not performed) | Holst | Graham Hair | |
2001 | Messa da Requiem | Verdi | Marjorie Rycroft |
Great Pacific Symphony (performed in April) | Hair | Graham Hair | |
2002 | Mass in C major, Op 86 | Beethoven | Marjorie Rycroft with Tim Hunter, horn |
Symphony No. 59 in A major (Feuer) | Haydn | ||
Horn Concerto in E flat major, K447 | Mozart | ||
Messiah | Handel | Giles Brightwell | |
2003 | Jauchzet dem Herrn, all Welt, SWV 36 | Schütz | Marjorie Rycroft |
Deutsches magnificat, SWV 494 | |||
Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich? SWV 415 | |||
Singet dem herren ein neues Lied, SWV 35 | |||
Mass No. 2 in E minor | Bruckner | ||
Songs | Brahms | Graham Hair | |
2004 | St John Passion | J. S. Bach | John Butt |
St Nicolas | Britten | Marjorie Rycroft | |
2005 | B Minor Mass | J. S. Bach | John Butt |
Missa | Dohnányi | James Grossmith | |
2006 | Mass in C minor | Mozart | Marjorie Rycroft with Kevin Bowyer, organ |
Epistle Sonatas, K278 & 329 | |||
Fantasy in F minor for mechanical organ | |||
Messiah | Handel | John Butt | |
2007 | The Apostles (Op. 49) | Elgar | James Grossmith with Kevin Bowyer, organ |
The Creation | Haydn | Marjorie Rycroft | |
2008 | Chichester Psalms | Bernstein | James Grossmith |
Requiem | Rutter | ||
Christmas Oratorio | J.S. Bach | John Butt | |
2009 | Mass in B flat, Hob XXII/10 Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida (Heiligmesse) |
Haydn | Marjorie Rycroft |
Insanae Et Vanae Curae | |||
The Storm, Hob. XXIVa:8 | |||
Organ Concerto in C, Hob. XVIII:1 | |||
Saul | Handel | John Butt | |
2010 | Confitebor tibi Domine | Samuel Wesley | James Grossmith |
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op.50 | Schumann | James Grossmith with The Orchestra of Scottish Opera Leader: Tony Moffat |
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2011 | Magnificat | Bach | |
Dixit Dominus | Handel | ||
2012 | St John Passion | Bach | |
2013 | Scotland at Night | Tom Cunningham | |
A Time of Gifts | |||
Requiem | Mozart | ||
Misa Criolla | Ariel Ramirez | Katy Lavinia Cooper | |
2014 | The Pilgrimage of the Rose (Der Rose Pilgerfahrt) | Schumann | James Grossmith |
Passion Week (Strastnaja Sedmitsa), Op.58 | Alexandre Gretchaninoff |