Past Performances

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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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

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

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

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

Petite Messe Solennelle

Gioachino Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle
Gavin Bryars – On Photography

Rejoice!

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

and well-known carols for all

For the Fallen

Laura Rossi – Voices of Remembrance
Maurice Duruflé – Requiem

Mass in B Minor

Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B Minor

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

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

6 Centuries of Sacred Music

Monteverdi
Faure
Mendelssohn
Gabrieli
Widor
Parry
Doherty

St John Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion

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

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

The Canterbury Pilgrims

George Dyson - The Canterbury Pilgrims

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

French Music

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

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

Magnificat

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

Bruckner and Fauré

Anton Bruckner - Mass in F Minor

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem

Christmas Oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach – Christmas Oratorio

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

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

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’)

Jesu Meine Freude

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