Previous concerts and programmes

July 2024

Summer Concert including Brahms

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