Previous concerts and programmes

March 2024

Mozart Requiem

December 2023

Christmas Concert

Magnificat  by Pergoles, Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)                               Handel,  Jauchzet Frohlocket (Christmas Oratorio)          Bach, plus Christmas Carols

July 2023

A Night at the Opera

which included the Triumphal March from Aida Verdi, Phantom of the Opera medley Lloyd-Webber, Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore Verdi

April 2023

Spring Concert - Rutter Requiem and Vivaldi Magnificat

DECEMBER 2022

Christmas Concert

APRIL 2022

Elijah

DECEMBER 2021

Christmas Concert

DECEMBER 2019

Handel’s Messiah

SUMMER 2019

For the Beauty of the Earth - John Rutter

The Lord is my Shepherd - Howard Goodall

A Clare Benediction - John Rutter

Cantique de Jean Racine - Faure

Ave Verum - Mozart

The Lord Bless you and Keep you - John Rutter

A Gaelic Blessing - John Rutter

Gloria (RV 589) - Antonio Vivaldi

SPRING 2019

Crucifixion - Stainer

Messiah Part 2 - Handel

AUTUMN 2018

Te Deum - Charpentier

Requiem - Bruckner

I Was Glad - Parry

SUMMER 2018

Dido & Aeneas - Purcell

SPRING 2018

Dream of Gerontius - Elgar

in conjuction with the Dorset Guild of Singers

AUTUMN 2017

Rosa Mystica - David Fawcett

Hymn to the Virgin - David Fawcett

Magnificat - Antonio Vivaldi

Ave Maria - David Fawcett

Mass in G - Franz Schubert

SUMMER 2017

Linden Lea - Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Blue Bird - C.V. Stanford

As Torrents in Summer - Edward Elgar

The Shower - Edward Elgar

Music, When Soft Voices Die - C.H.H. Parry

Evening - Sir Arthur Sullivan

The Sprig of Thyme - John Rutter

SPRING 2017

Requiem - Mozart

Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart

Insanae et Vanae Curae - Haydn

Alma Dei Creatoris - Mozart

CHRISTMAS 2016

Traditional carols

Joys Seven - trad. arr. S. Cleobury

A Hymn to the Virgin - Benjamin Britten

Jesus Child - John Rutter

Birthday Carol - David Willcocks

The Crown of Roses - P.I. Tchaikovsky

Lo! Star-led Chiefs - William Crotch

Excerpts from Messiah - G. F. Handel

AUTUMN 2016 - MUSIC FOR REMEMBRANCE

National Anthem - arr. Benjamin Britten

We Will Remember Them - D. Everett

Nunc Dimittis - Geoffrey Burgon

My Soul There is a Country - C.H.H. Parry

Requiem - John Rutter

SUMMER 2016

Nelson Mass - F. J. Haydn

Insanae et Vanae Curae - F. J. Haydn

Exsultate, Jubilate - W. A. Mozart

Laudate Dominum - W. A. Mozart

SPRING 2016

Dvorak - Mass in D

Elgar - Give Unto the Lord

Mendelssohn - O for the Wings of a Dove

CHRISTMAS 2015

Traditional carols

Nativity Carol - J. Rutter

Whence is that goodly fragrance - Trad. arr. D. Willcocks

Lo, how a rose - German arr. M. Praetorius

Sussex Carol - Trad. arr. D. Willcocks

O Holy Night - A. Adam arr. D. Everett

Excerpts from Messiah - G. F. Handel

AUTUMN 2015 - MUSIC FOR REMEMBRANCE

National Anthem - arr. Benjamin Britten

Greater Love Hath No Man - John Ireland

Before the Dawn - D. Everett

Thou knowest, Lord - Purcell

We Will Remember Them - D. Everett

Armed Man Choral Suite - Jenkins

SUMMER 2015

Requiem : Light Everlasting - D. Everett

I Was Glad - Parry

Te Deum & Jubilate - Purcell

EASTER 2015

The Passion of Our Lord According to Saint Mark - Charles Wood

CHRISTMAS 2014

Traditional Carols

Angelus ad Virginem - arr. D. Willcocks

In Dulci Jubilo - arr. R. L. Pearsall

The Shepherds' Farewell - Hector Berlioz

Excerpts from A Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten

Excerpts from Christus - F. Mendelssohn

What Sweeter Music - D. Everett

Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary - C. Wood

Jesus Child - J. Rutter

Silent Night - arr. Marsh

Deck the Hall - arr. D. Willcocks

Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day - J. Gardner

AUTUMN 2014 - MUSIC FOR REMEMBRANCE

National Anthem - arr. Benjamin Britten

We Will Remember Them - David Everett

Thou Wilt Keep Him - Samuel S. Wesley

Jerusalem - C.H.H.Parry

Requiem - Gabriel Faure

SUMMER 2014

Blest Pair of Sirens - CHH Parry

Linden Lea - Vaughan Williams

As Torrents in Summer - Elgar

The Armed Man - Karl Jenkins

EASTER 2014

The Crucifixion - Stainer

CHRISTMAS 2013

Traditional Carols

Magnificat - Pergolesi

Sussex Carol - Trad. arr. D. Willcocks

O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen

Pie Jesu - David Everett

Good King Wenceslas - Piae Cantones arr. R. Jacques

Ding Dong - J. F. Wade arr. D. Willcocks

AUTUMN 2013 - MUSIC FOR REMEMBRANCE

National Anthem - arr. Benjamin Britten

The Lord is my Shepherd - Howard Goodall

Pastorale - Percy Whitlock

Pie Jesu - David Everett

Jerusalem - Parry

Requiem - John Rutter

SUMMER 2013

Requiem - J. Rutter

Five Mystical Songs - R. Vaughan Williams

Full Fathom Five - C. Wood

The Turtle Dove - R. Vaughan Williams

The Blue Bird - C. V. Stanford

CHRISTMAS 2012

Traditional Carols

Fantasia on Christmas Carols - R. Vaughan Williams

Sans Day Carol - Trad arr. J. Rutter

A Spotless Rose - H. Howells

Shepherd's Pipe Carol - J. Rutter

The Three Kings - P.Cornelius arr. I. Atkins

Ding Dong Merrily on High - French trad. arr. C. Wood

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Trad. arr. J. Rutter

AUTUMN 2012 - MUSIC FOR REMEMBRANCE

National Anthem - arr. Benjamin Britten

I Was Glad - Parry

Elegy - George Thalben-Ball

Jerusalem - Parry

Laudate Dominum - Mozart

Fauré - Requiem

SUMMER 2012

Zadok the Priest - G. F. Handel

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart

Vesperae Solennes de Confessore - Mozart

Gloria (RV 588) - Vivaldi

CHRISTMAS 2011

Traditional Carols

Adam Lay y-bounden - David Everett

Sussex Carol - Trad arr. D. Willcocks

Break Forth - J. S. Bach

Excerpts from Christus - F. Mendelssohn

I Sing of a Maiden - David Everett

Excerpts from Messiah - G. F. Handel

AUTUMN 2011 - MUSIC FOR REMEMBRANCE

Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine

C.V. Stanford - Nunc Dimittis in G

Elgar - "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations

Burgon - Nunc Dimittis

Parry - My Soul, There is a Country

Fauré - Requiem

SUMMER 2011 - 20TH ANNIVERSARY

J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat

Fauré - Requiem

Vivaldi - Gloria (RV 589)

Domine Deus Agnus Dei

Qui Tollis peccata mundi

Qui sedes ad dexteram patris

Soloist - Elizabeth Rathbone

Linden Lea - Vaughan Williams

All in the April Evening - Hugh Roberton

In Such a Night - Alan Bullard

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - arr. Steve Gregson

CHRISTMAS 2010

Traditional Carols

The Cherry Tree Carol - Trad. arr. Willcocks

O Magnum Mysterium - Tomas Luis de Victoria

Patapan - Burgundian tune arr. Ken Lee

Hodie Christus Natus Est - Sweelinck

The Virgin Mary - Trad. arr. Alan Vincent

Benedicamus Domino - Warlock

Go, Tell it on the Mountain - Trad. arr. Steve Gregson

SUMMER 2010

Mass No 3 in B flat - Franz Schubert

Divertimento for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons and 2 horns in B flat major, K270 - Mozart

Les Fleurs et les Arbres - Camille Saint-Saëns

Calme des Nuits - Camille Saint-Saëns

Madrigal - Fauré

Cantique de Jean Racine - Fauré

Five Greek Dances - Nikolaos Skalkottas

CHRISTMAS 2009

Traditional Carols

All my Heart this Night Rejoices - J G Ebeling

Sussex Carol - Trad. arr. Willcocks

The Shepherds' Farewell - Hector Berlioz

In the Bleak Midwinter - Harold Darke

Verleih uns Frieden - Mendelssohn

Love Came Down at Christmas - Alan Bullard

For Him All Stars Have Shone - Bob Chilcott

Ding Dong Merrily on High - arr. Steve Gregson

Sans Day Carol - arr. J. Rutter

The Long Day Closes - Arthur Sullivan

His Praises We'll Sing - Alan Bullard

SUMMER 2009

Mass in D - Dvorak

Serenade in D, "Serenata Notturna" - Mozart

Good News! - arr. Willi Gohl

Steal Away - arr. Steve Gregson

Battle of Jericho - arr. Steve Gregson

Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone - Heitor Villa-Lobos. Soloist - Wen-Yee Gregson

CHRISTMAS 2008

Traditional Carols

Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord

Riu, riu, chiu - Mateo Flecha the elder?

Gaudete! - Piae Cantiones

O Little One Sweet! - Seventeenth c. arr. J S Bach

I Saw a Maiden - Edgar Pettman

The Boar's Head Carol - Trad.

I Saw Three Ships - Trad. arr. David Beeby

My Soul, There is a Country - Parry

Viva la Musica - Richard Grylls

SUMMER 2008

Haydn - The Creation

CHRISTMAS 2007

Traditional Carols

Midwinter - Bob Chilcott

Exultate Deo - Alessandro Scarlatti

Hillside Carol - Alan Bullard

Time of Snow - Bob Chilcott

Lully, lulla - Bob Chilcott

A Cry in the Night - Geoffrey Ainger & Ian Calvert

Christmastide - Bob Chilcott

There is no Rose - Graham Ellis

Follow the Star! - Alan Bullard

SUMMER 2007

Coronation Mass in C - Mozart

Kyrie in D minor - Mozart

The Four Seasons - Vivaldi

The Oak and the Ash - Trad. arr. Edward Bairstow

The Keel Row - Trad. arr. John Byrt

The Turtle Dove - Trad. arr. Vaughan Williams

CHRISTMAS 2006

Traditional Carols

A Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten

No Small Wonder - Paul Edwards

We Three Kings - Ian Wicks

Choruses from Messiah - Handel

And the Glory of the Lord

And He Shall Purify

For Unto Us a Child is Born

Glory to God

Hallelujah Chorus

SUMMER 2006

Credo - Vivaldi

Concerto Grosso in B flat - Handel

Magnificat - Pergolesi

Cantica Mariae - Andrew Goff

CHRISTMAS 2005

Traditional Carols

Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord

This is the Truth sent from above - Trad. arr. Vaughan Williams

Sing we now - Willcocks

Myn Liking - R R Terry

The Snow - Elgar

A Child is born in Bethlehem - Malcolm Archer

Sweet Jesu - William Kinghorn

Lully, lulla - Trad 16th century

Far away, what splendour? - Trad. arr. Bizet

The Lamb - John Taverner

SUMMER 2005

Nelson Mass - Haydn

Te Deum in C - Haydn

Serenade for Strings - Elgar

Weary Wind of the West - Elgar

As Torrents in Summer - T E Brown

CHRISTMAS 2004

Traditional Carols

Gaudete - Piae Cantiones

Lo! Born is our Emmanual - Michael Praetorius

A Virgin Unspotted - Trad.

Shepherd's Cradle Song - Leuner arr. Macpherson

Cantate Domino - David L Brunner

Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day - John Gardner

I saw three ships - Trad. arr. David Beeby

Tres Magi de Gentibus - C S Lang

Sing we merrily - Basque Noel arr. David Beeby