Past Performances

Sat, 6 Jun 2026

Summer 2026 Concert

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

Jesu, Meine Freude, BWV 227        
Orchestral Suite No.1, BWV 1066
Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke BWV 84
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich BWV 150

Sat, 21 Mar 2026

Spring 2026 Concert

Michael Haydn - Requiem in C minor            
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem (completion by Duncan Druce)
Tyler Zwink - Let All Mortal Flesh (first performance)

Sat, 13 Dec 2025

Christmas 2025 Concert

Highlights include:
Roxanna Panufnik  - Coronation Sanctus       
James MacMillan - Magnificat                    
Arvo Pärt - The Deer’s Cry            
Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum mysterium        
Charlotte Baskerville, Katherine Parton, Joy Williams - Three Prayers of Jane Austen     
Benjamin Britten - A hymn to the Virgin
Benjamin Britten - New Year Carol
Gustav Holst - Christmas Day

The winner of our Young Composers Advent Carol Competition:
Fraser David Macdonald - Late Lies the Wintry Sun

plus Carols for all

Sat, 7 Jun 2025

Summer 2025 Concert

George Frideric Handel - Belshazzar

 

Sat, 12 Apr 2025

Bruckner Centenary Concert

Anton Bruckner - Mass in E minor
Anton Bruckner - Motets
JS Bach - O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht
Samuel Scheidt - Surrexit Christus Hodie
William Byrd - Ave Verum Corpus
 

Sat, 14 Dec 2024

Wolcum Yole!

Benjamin Britten - A ceremony of Carols
Johann Sebastian Bach - Komm, Jesu, Komm
Samuel Scheidt - Puer natus in Bethlehem
James MacMillan - The Christ Child's lullaby
Oliver Tarney - The wise man and the star
Mateo Flecha el Viejo - Riu, riu chiu
John Gardner - The holly and the ivy
John Rutter - A Clare Benediction

plus Carols for all

Sat, 8 Jun 2024

Summer 2024 Concert

George Frideric Handel - Overture to the Occasional Oratorio

Antonio Vivaldi - Dixit Dominus

Claudio Monteverdi - Beatus Vir

Marc-Antione Charpentier - Te Deum
( Hear the Eurovision theme tune as it was originally intended! )

Sat, 16 Mar 2024

Bach at the Double! - Music for Double Choir and Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn

Johann Sebastian Bach - Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt

Johann Sebastian Bach - Double Concerto for Oboe & Violin BWV1060

Heinrich Schütz - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

George Frideric Handel - The many rend the skies

Felix Mendelssohn - Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen

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Sat, 9 Dec 2023

Nowell! Music for Christmas

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Gerald Finzi - In Terra Pax

Francis Poulenc - Christmas Motets

Johann Sebastian Bach - In Dulci Jubilo

and Carols for all to sing

 

Sun, 28 May 2023

Summer 2023 Concert - Linlithgow

Zoltán Kodály - Missa Brevis

Zoltán Kodály - Laudes Organi

Zoltán Kodály - Esti Dal

Mátyás Seiber - Three Hungarian Folk-Songs

Zsolt Gárdonyi - Singin' wid a sword in ma han', Lord

Sat, 27 May 2023

Summer 2023 Concert - Edinburgh

Zoltán Kodály - Missa Brevis

Zoltán Kodály - Laudes Organi

Zoltán Kodály - Esti Dal

Mátyás Seiber - Three Hungarian Folk-Songs

Zsolt Gárdonyi - Singin' wid a sword in ma han', Lord

Sat, 25 Mar 2023

Spring 2023 Concert

James Robertson - Requiem for the Innocent (World Premiere)

Morten Lauridsen - Lux Aeterna

Hubert Parry - My Soul, There is a Country

Sun, 11 Dec 2022

Christmas Oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio

with Carols for the audience to sing
 

Sun, 12 Jun 2022

Sing Joyfully ! - a feast of Great British choral music

Gerald Finzi (arr. Gower) - For St Cecilia
C Hubert H Parry - Blest pair of sirens
Henry Purcell - O God, thou art my God
James MacMillan - Benedicimus Deum caeli
George Frideric Handel - Your voices raise
John Tavener - God is with us
William Byrd - Sing joyfully
Michael Tippett - Steal away
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Rest

Sat, 9 Apr 2022

Saint Luke Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach - St Luke Passion

Sat, 11 Dec 2021

Sing, Choirs of Angels!

Traditional arr. M Wilberg - Ding, dong, merrily on high
A. Oldham - Quem vidistis pastores
Traditional arr. R. Vaughan Williams - Wassail Song
A. Mosakowski - Resonet in laudibus
R. Rodney Bennett - Lullay mine liking
G. Holst - Christmas Day
JS Bach - Gloria (Mass in B minor & Cantata 191)
Saint Saens / S. Hermann - Gloria in excelsis Deo
S. Beamish - In the stillness
Traditional arr. P. Halley - Good King Wenceslas

 

Fri, 5 Nov 2021

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms

Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite No 3 (arranged for piano duet)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arranged Bierey) - 'Moonlight' Sonata arranged for choir
Johannes Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt (BWV Anh 160)
Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem extract
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach – Arioso from Cantata No 156 (arranged for piano)

Sun, 6 Jun 2021

Online Performance

James Robertson - Requiem for the Innocent
Johannes Brahms - Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)

Sun, 20 Dec 2020

Kodály - Online Performance

Esti Dal
Laudes Organi

 

Sun, 31 May 2020

 

Sat, 30 May 2020

 

Sat, 28 Mar 2020

Bach – Beethoven – Brahms

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite in D arranged for piano duet
Johann Sebastian Bach - Lobet den Herr
Johann Sebastian Bach - Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt
Beethoven (arranged Bierey) - ‘Kyrie’ for choir, sung to the ‘Moonlight Sonata’ music
Johannes Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes Op52
Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem 4th movement
Johannes Brahms - Geistliches Lied

Sat, 14 Dec 2019

Magnificat!

Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat
George Frideric Handel – Joy to the World
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf preiset die Tage
Michael Praetorius – Psallite, unigenito
George Frideric Handel – Pifa, And there were shepherds, Glory to God, Rejoice greatly (from Messiah)
Andreas Hammerschmidt – Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Michael Praetorius – Puer nobis nascitur

plus a selection of favourite Christmas carols

Sat, 11 May 2019

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Joseph Haydn – Te Deum
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9

Sat, 30 Mar 2019

Petite Messe Solennelle

Gioachino Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle
Gavin Bryars – On Photography

Sat, 15 Dec 2018

Rejoice!

Andrew Carter – Hodie Christus natus est
Jay Wilcox – Welcome all wonders
Gwyneth Walker – Rejoice!

and well-known carols for all

Sat, 3 Nov 2018

For the Fallen

Laura Rossi – Voices of Remembrance
Maurice Duruflé – Requiem

Sat, 9 Jun 2018

Mass in B Minor

Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B Minor

Sat, 24 Mar 2018

Leonard Bernstein at 100

Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein – Missa Brevis
Charles Pachelbel – Magnificat
Charles Ives – Psalm 90
Samuel Barber – Agnus Dei
Eric Whitacre – Seal Lullaby
William Billings – Modern Musick

Sun, 3 Dec 2017

Christus Natus Est

James Whitbourne – Missa Carolae
Stephen Doughty – Let it snow
Cecilia McDowall – Christus Natus Est
Jonathan Rathbone – Gabriel’s Message
Anne Dudley – O come, O Come Emmanuel

and a selection of modern and traditional Carols

Sat, 27 May 2017

6 Centuries of Sacred Music

Monteverdi
Faure
Mendelssohn
Gabrieli
Widor
Parry
Doherty

Sat, 25 Mar 2017

St John Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion

Sat, 3 Dec 2016

A Concert of Advent and Christmas Music

Antonio Vivaldi – Magnificat
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet Auf
John Rutter – Gloria
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols

and a selection of modern and traditional Carols

Sat, 28 May 2016

Johann Sebastian Bach

Motet – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Cantata No 1 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Cantata No 65 – Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen
Cantata no 79 – Gott, der Herr, is Sonn und Schild

Sat, 19 Mar 2016

The Canterbury Pilgrims

George Dyson - The Canterbury Pilgrims

Sun, 13 Dec 2015

Carol Concert with Brass and Organ

Handel's Messiah excerpts
Once in Royal David’s City
Joys Seven
Jesus Child
This Christmas Night
A Babe is born
Sans Day carol
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
A maiden most gentle
Myn Lyking
The Twelve Days of Christmas
A New Year Carol
The Shepherds’ farewell
Hark the Herald Angels sing

Sat, 30 May 2015

French Music

Francis Poulenc - Gloria
Maurice Duruflé - Requiem
Maurice Ravel - Daphnis and Chloé – second suite
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine

Sat, 21 Mar 2015

400 years of European sacred music

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana – Exsultate justi
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixis
Gabriel Jackson - O Sacrum Convivium
William Minay - He calleth his own sheep by name and Drop, drop slow tears
Felix Mendelssohn - Psalm 43
Johannes Brahms - Warum is das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?
Franz Schubert - Psalm 23
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Tu es Petrus

Sat, 6 Dec 2014

Magnificat

Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat in D
George Frideric Handel – Coronation Anthems
Henry Purcell – Rejoice in the Lord

Sat, 7 Jun 2014

Bruckner and Fauré

Anton Bruckner - Mass in F Minor

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem

Sat, 29 Mar 2014

Spring 2014 Concert

Andrew J Smith – An Die Musik
William Byrd – Mass in Five Voices
Henry Purcell – Funeral Sentences on the death of Queen Mary
Samuel Barber – Agnus Dei
Benjamin Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia
Krzysztof Penderecki – Agnus Dei
Giovanni Gabrieli – Jubilate Deo

Sat, 7 Dec 2013

Christmas Oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach – Christmas Oratorio

Sat, 8 Jun 2013

Mozart Requiem

Joseph Haydn - Mass in F
Franz Schubert - Mass in G
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem

Sun, 24 Feb 2013

Verdi Requiem

Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi - Te Deum

Sat, 8 Dec 2012

Christmas Concert

Bob Chilcott - On Christmas Night
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols

plus a selection of Christmas Carols

Sat, 16 Jun 2012

Summer Concert

Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell
Henryk Górecki - Totus Tuus
John Tavener - St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Brevis
James Macmillan - A child’s Prayer

Sat, 24 Mar 2012

Easter Oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach - Easter Oratorio
Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in G Major
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata no 4 (‘Christ lag in Todesbunden’)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata no 6 (‘Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden’)

Sun, 20 Nov 2011

Brahms German Requiem

Johannes Brahms - Tragic Overture
Anton Bruckner - Ecce Sacerdos
Johannes Brahms - German Requiem
 

Sat, 19 Nov 2011

Brahms German Requiem - Linlithgow

Johannes Brahms - Tragic Overture
Anton Bruckner - Ecce Sacerdos
Johannes Brahms - German Requiem
 

Sat, 4 Jun 2011

The Creation

Joseph Haydn - The Creation

Sat, 26 Mar 2011

St Matthew Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion

Sat, 4 Dec 2010

Jesu Meine Freude

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu Meine Freude
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas 1, 65 and 79
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.4

Sat, 28 Aug 2010

Edinburgh Fringe Concert

Anton Bruckner: Motets
Arvo Part: Magnificat,Triodion
John Tavener: The Tyger, Song for Athene
Charles Villiers Stanford: Three Motets

Sat, 22 May 2010

Bach B Minor Mass

Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B Minor

Sun, 28 Feb 2010

Dream of Gerontius

Edward Elgar - Dream of Gerontius

Sat, 12 Dec 2009

Vivaldi / Bach

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria
Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio excerpts

plus Christmas Carols

Sat, 9 May 2009

St John Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach - St John Passion

Sun, 8 Feb 2009

Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Ludvig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony
Johannes Brahms - Alto Rhapsody
Johannes Brahms - Song of Destiny

Sat, 29 Nov 2008

Christmas Concert

Alessandro Striggio - Ecce Beatam Lucem
Thomas Tallis - Forty Part Motet Spem in alium
Arvo Part - Magnificat and Triodion
John Tavener - The Tyger and Song for Athene

Sat, 31 May 2008

Magnificat

Johann Sebastian Bach - Magnificat
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantatas nos 39 & 150
Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass no 2 in A

Sun, 16 Mar 2008

Messiah

George Frideric Handel - Messiah

Sat, 24 Nov 2007

Christmas Concert

Franz Schubert - Deutsche Messe
Anton Bruckner - Mass no 2 in E minor
Giovanni Gabrieli - Jubilate Deo

Sat, 26 May 2007

Judas Maccabeus

George Frideric Handel - Judas Maccabeus

Sat, 31 Mar 2007

Spring Concert

Stainer: The Crucifixion
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor

Sat, 2 Dec 2006

Christmas Oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio

Sun, 4 Jun 2006

Fauré Requiem

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem
Maurice Duruflé - Messe cum Jubilo
Claude Debussy - 3 Nocturnes

Sat, 25 Mar 2006

Great Mass / Paukenmesse

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mass in C Minor
Joseph Haydn - Mass in Time of War

Sat, 26 Nov 2005

B Minor Mass

Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B Minor

Sat, 4 Jun 2005

Spring Concert

Byrd The Great Service
Poulenc Messe en Sol Majeur
Stravinsky Ave Maria and Pater Noster

Sat, 12 Mar 2005

St Matthew Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion

Sat, 18 Dec 2004

Christmas Concert

Giovanni Gabrieli - Jubilate Deo
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour le temps de noël
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
George Frideric Handel - Messiah (excerpts)

plus a selection of Christmas Carols

Sat, 29 May 2004

Summer Concert

George Frideric Handel - Dixit Dominus
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata No. 182
Antonio Vivaldi - Magnificat
Henry Purcell - O Sing unto the Lord

Sat, 20 Mar 2004

Spring Concert

Tomás Luis de Vittoria - O Quam Gloriosum est Regnum
John Tavener - Two Hymns to the Mother of God
Benjamin Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia
Anton Bruckner - Four Motets
Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Mein Freude

Sun, 30 Nov 2003

The Symphony of a Thousand

Gustav Mahler - 8th Symphony “The Symphony of a Thousand”

Sat, 31 May 2003

St John Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach - St John Passion

Sun, 23 Mar 2003

Spring Concert

Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Constant Lambert - Rio Grande
Edward Elgar - Music Makers
 

Sat, 7 Dec 2002

Christmas Concert

George Frideric Handel - Zadok the Priest
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Coronation Mass
Joseph Haydn - Nelson Mass