Past Programmes
From 1957 to 1974 the choir performed Messiah by Handel annually and since 1977 has performed it in alternate years (odd-numbered years). It has also performed the following works:
| 1958 |
Maria Theresa Mass |
Haydn |
|
Songs of Springtime |
Moeran |
|
Dances from Gloriana |
Britten |
| 1959 |
Requiem |
Fauré |
|
Jesu Priceless Treasure |
Bach |
| 1960 |
St Matthew Passion |
Bach |
|
In Windsor Forest |
Vaughan Williams |
|
Serenade to Music |
Vaughan Williams |
| 1961 |
Stabat Mater |
Dvorak |
| 1962 |
Requiem |
Brahms |
|
Leaves to Life |
Joubert |
| 1963 |
Creation |
Haydn |
|
So Bless the Day |
Thiman |
| 1964 |
Elijah |
Mendelssohn |
|
Hymn to St Cecelia |
Britten |
| 1965 |
Mass to Four Voices |
Monteverdi |
|
Jubilate Deo |
Gabrielli |
|
Mystical Songs |
Vaughan Williams |
| 1966 |
St John Passion |
Bach |
|
Mass Without Creed |
Wyse |
| 1967 |
Requiem |
Mozart |
|
Lamentations |
Tallis |
| 1968 |
Requiem |
Fauré |
|
Three Motets |
Stanford |
| 1969 |
B Minor Mass |
Bach |
|
Rejoice in the Lamb |
Britten |
| 1970 |
God's Time is the Best |
Bach |
|
Requiem |
Handel |
|
Rejoice in the Lamb |
Britten |
| 1971 |
St John Passion |
Bach |
|
Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
Vaughan Williams |
| 1972 |
Creation |
Haydn |
| 1973 |
Requiem |
Verdi |
| 1974 |
Nelson Mass |
Haydn |
|
Requiem |
Brahms |
|
Gloria |
Vivaldi |
| 1975 |
Gloria |
Vivaldi |
|
O Clap Your Hands |
Gibbons |
|
Magnificat |
Bach |
|
Petite Messe Solennelle |
Rossini |
|
Christmas Oratorio |
Bach |
| 1976 |
Samson |
Handel |
| 1977 |
Maria Theresa Mass |
Haydn |
|
Stabat Mater |
Dvorak |
|
Christmas Oratorio |
Bach |
| 1978 |
Mass in G |
Schubert |
|
Requiem |
Mozart |
|
St John Passion |
Bach |
| 1979 |
Stabat Mater |
Rossini |
| 1980 |
Mass in C |
Beethoven |
|
Christmas Oratorio |
Bach |
|
Elijah |
Mendelssohn |
| 1981 |
Requiem |
Verdi |
| 1982 |
Christmas Oratorio |
Bach |
|
Gloria |
Vivaldi |
|
Petite Messe Solennelle |
Rossini |
| 1983 |
Gloria |
Poulenc |
|
Hymn of Praise |
Mendelssohn |
| 1984 |
Paukenmesse (Drum Mass) |
Haydn |
|
The Christmas Story |
Schutz |
|
Messe de Minuit |
Charpentier |
|
Gloria |
Vivaldi |
|
St John Passion |
Bach |
| 1985 |
The Creation |
Haydn |
| 1986 |
I Sing the Birth |
Hedges |
|
Gloria |
Vivaldi |
|
Coronation Mass |
Mozart |
| 1987 |
Requiem Mass |
Mozart |
|
Requiem |
Fauré |
| 1988 |
Pavane |
Fauré |
|
Gloria |
Poulenc |
|
I Sing the Birth |
Hedges |
|
Sleepers, Wake |
Bach |
|
Messe de Minuit |
Charpentier |
|
Stabat Mater |
Rossini |
| 1989 |
Nelson Mass |
Haydn |
|
St Matthew Passion |
Bach |
| 1990 |
St Nicholas Mass |
Haydn |
|
St Nicholas Cantata |
Britten |
|
Elijah |
Mendelssohn |
| 1991 |
Solemn Vespers |
Mozart |
| 1992 |
Mass in F Minor |
Bruckner |
|
Christmas Oratorio |
Bach |
|
St Nicholas |
Britten |
|
Requiem |
Verdi |
| 1993 |
The Seasons |
Haydn |
| 1994 |
Saul |
Handel |
|
Messa di Gloria |
Puccini |
| 1995 |
Mass in F Minor |
Bruckner |
|
Stabat Mater |
Dvorak |
|
Requiem Mass |
Mozart |
| 1996 |
Gloria |
Vivaldi |
|
Christmas Cantata |
Scarlatti |
|
Mass in E flat |
Schubert |
| 1997 |
Mass in B minor |
Bach |
| 1998 |
Mass in C |
Beethoven |
|
A Symphonic Mass |
George Lloyd |
|
Te Deum |
Dvorak |
|
Petite Messe Solenelle |
Rossini |
| 1999 |
Stabat Mater |
Poulenc |
|
A German Requiem |
Brahms |
| 2000 |
Requiem |
Verdi |
|
Messe de Minuit |
Charpentier |
|
St Nicholas |
Britten |
| 2001 |
St Matthew Passion |
Bach |
| 2002 |
Magnificat |
JS Bach |
|
Magnificat |
CPE Bach |
|
Elijah |
Mendelssohn |
| 2003 |
Creation |
Haydn |
| 2004 |
Sleepers, Wake |
Bach |
|
Christmas Oratorio |
Bach |
|
Mass in G |
Schubert |
|
Mass in F minor |
Bruckner |
| 2005 |
Belshazzar's Feast |
Walton |
|
Te Deum |
Sullivan |
| 2006 |
Mass in B flat |
Hummel |
|
Mass in C minor |
Mozart |
|
Gloria |
Vivaldi |
|
Magnificat |
JS Bach |
| 2007 |
The Dream of Gerontius |
Elgar |
| 2008 |
Requiem |
Verdi |
|
Hymn of Praise |
Mendelssohn |
|
Gloria |
Poulenc |
| 2009 |
Mass in B Minor |
Bach |