Early Concerts

This is a time ordered list. Please also see a work ordered list.

1982-3 Advent

Haydn: Little Organ Mass

1982-3 Passiontide

Choral Evensong

1983-4 Advent

Buxtehude: “Jesu, Joy and Treasure”.
Purcell: Chaconny.
J S Bach: Cantata No 61.
Holst: 2 Psalms (86 and 148)

1983-4 Passiontide

Three motets by Morley, Weelkes and Byrd.
Purcell: Evening Hymn
Telemann: Suite for Flute and Strings
Schubert: Mass No 3 in G Major

1984-5 Advent

J S Bach: Cantata No 140 “Sleepers Awake”.
J S Bach Violin Concerto In E major.
Vivaldi: Gloria

1984-5 Passiontide

Handel: The Passion of Christ;
Handel: Organ Concerto in B Flat;
Handel: Foundling Hospital Anthem

1985-6 Advent

Handel: selections from The Messiah.
3 Advent miniatures (arr. Willcocks) Praetorius, Palestrina and Piae
Cantones.
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

1985-6 Passiontide

J S Bach: St. John Passion

1986-7 Advent

Purcell: Trumpet Overture ‘The Indian Queen’;
Purcell: Jubilate Deo
Haydn: Nelson Mass

1986-7 Passiontide

Purcell: “Jehovah quam multi sunt hostes”
Faure: Requiem

1987-8 Advent

3 short Advent choral pieces by Redford, Gardiner and Holst
J S Bach: Piano Concerto in F Minor.
Britten: St Nicholas

1987-8 Passiontide

Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary.
Mozart: Requiem

1988-9 Advent

Purcell: ‘O Sing unto the Lord’
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves.
Finzi: “In Terra Pax”.
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A Minor.
Britten: Ceremony of Carols

1988-9 Passiontide

Handel: Messiah

1989-90 Advent

Palestrina: Matin Responsory
Mozart: Missa Brevis
Veni Emmanuel
Handel: Concerto in B flat for Piano and Strings
Vaughan Williams: Benedicite

1989-90 Passiontide

Haydn: The Creation

1990-91 Advent

Pachelbel: Canon
J S Bach: Cantata “Sleepers Awake”
Pergolesi: Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Geoffrey Bush: A Christmas Cantata

1990-91 Passiontide

Mozart: “Dixit Dominus” from Vesperae Solennes;
Mozart: “Ave Verum”
Mozart: Requiem

1991-92 Advent

Handel: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day
J S Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Strings
Vivaldi: Gloria

1991-92 Passiontide

Stanford: Justorum animae
Bruckner: Locus iste
Parry: My soul there is a country
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

1992-93 Advent

Purcell: “Rejoice in The Lord, alway”
Handel: Organ Concerto in B Flat
Schubert: Mass No 3 in G major
Vaughan Williams: 5 mystical Songs
Purcell: Chaconny
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

1992-93 Passiontide

J S Bach: St John Passion

1993-94 Advent

Handel: Messiah

1993-94 Passiontide

Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai
Haydn: Symphony No 49
Faure: Requiem

1994-95 Advent

J S Bach: Christmas Oratorio Parts 1 and 2
Handel: “Let the Bright Seraphim” (Samson)
J S Bach: Orchestral Suite No 3
Handel: Coronation Anthem “Zadok the Priest”

1994-95 Passiontide

Purcell: Te Deum Laudamus
Purcell: “O sing unto the Lord”
Purcell: Jubilate
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures
Purcell: Trumpet Overture from “The Indian Queen”
Purcell: “Come ye sons of Art”

1995-96 Advent

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

1995-96 Passiontide

Allegri: Miserere
Tartini: Concertino fior Clarinet and Strings
Vivaldi: Beatus Vir
Haydn: Theresa Mass

1996-97 Advent

Redford: “Rejoice in the Lord alway”
J S Bach: Cantata No 61 “Come Redeemer of our race”
J S Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel

1996-97 Passiontide

Purcell: Evening Canticles in G Minor
J S Bach: Cantata No 78 – duet
J S Bach: Suite No 2 in B Minor for Flute and Strings
Haydn: Nelson Mass

Advent Passiontide
1997-8 Clarke: Music on Henry Purcell’s Death
Vaughan Williams: Motet “Valiant-for-Truth”
Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for 2 trumpets
Purcell: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Rossini: O salutaria Hostia
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Faure: Sicilienne
Rutter: Requiem
1998-9 King John of Portugal: Crux Fidelis
att. Buxtehude: Magnificat
Handel: Coronation Anthems for George II
Handel: Music for Royal Fireworks
Handel: Coronation Anthems
J S Bach: St John Passion
1999-2000 Haydn: Missa Cellensis “Mariazellermesse”
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Bush: A Christmas Cantata
Mozart: Requiem
2000-1 Pachelbel: Chaconne for String Orchestra
Hassler: Dixit Maria
Victoria: Jesu, dulce memoria
Bruckner: Locus iste
J S Bach: “Prepare thyself Zion” from Christmas Oratorio
J S Bach: Cantata No 6 “Bide with me”
Schubert: Mass No 3 in G Major
J S Bach: St Matthew Passion
2001-2 Purcell: 3 anthems: “Rejoice in the Lord alway”, “Remember
not, Lord, our offences”, “O sing unto the Lord a new
song”
Holst: St Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra
Holst: 2 Psalms (86 and 148)
Mozart: Missa Brevis
Handel: Messiah
2002-3 Salisbury: Reflections on an Avian Logo
Spohr: Scherzo in D Minor from Nonet in F, Op 31
Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Rutter: Magnificat
Brahms: “Ach, arme Welt”
Arensky: “Otche nash”
Grieg: “Ave Maria stella”
Mendelssohn: “Verleih uns Frieden”
Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Minor Op 8, No 6
Haydn: Stabat Mater
2003-4 Charpentier: Te Deum Laudamus
J S Bach: “Sheep may safely graze” from Cantata No 208
J S Bach: Cantata No 140 “Wachet Auf”
J S Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Strings
Schubert: Mass in C
Haydn: The Creation
2004-5 Parry: “Blest pair of Sirens”
Elgar: Two choral songs from the Bavarian Heights
Warlock: Capriol Suite for String Orchetsra
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs
Stanford: Te Deum Laudamus in B Flat
Finzi: In Terra Pax
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Vivaldi: “Winter” from 4 Seasons
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Faure: Requiem
2005-6 Buxtehude: Cantata “Jesu, joy and treasure”
J S Bach: “O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht”
Corelli: Concerto Grosso No 8 in G Minor
J S Bach: Cantata No 61 “Come Redeemer of our race”
Vivaldi: Gloria
J S Bach: St John Passion
2006-7 Mozart: Litaniae Lauretanae
Mozart: “Alleluia” from Exultate Jubilate
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart: Serenade No 6 Serenata Notturna
Mozart: 2 movements from Vesperae Solennes
Mozart: Church Sonata in C
Mozart: Missa Brevis
Salisbury: Reflections on an Avian Logo
Salisbury: Motet: “O God the Protector of all that trust in Thee”
Vaughan Williams: Romance for Violin and Orchestra “The Lark
Ascending”
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleaves
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Rutter: Requiem
2007-8 Purcell: “Welcome to all the Pleasures”
Purcell: Jubilate
Purcell: Trumpet Overture from “The Indian Queen”
Purcell: “Rejoice in the Lord alway”
Elgar: Serenade in E Minor for Strings
Elgar: “Ave Verum”, “O salutary Hostia”
Elgar: Vesper Voluntary No 7
Elgar: “Light of the world, we know thy praise” from The Light of Life
Handel: Messiah
2008-9 Vivaldi: Gloria
Bruckner: “Locus iste”
Mozart: “Ave Verum”
J S Bach: “Jesu, Joy of man’s Desiring”
Haydn: Missa Brevis (Jugendmesse)
Vivaldi: 4 Seasons – Spring and Summer
Vivaldi: Double Violin Concerto in D
Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti de Deo (Little Organ Mass)
2009-10 Mozart: “Ave Verum”
Albinoni: Concert for Oboe
Handel: “Let the Bright Seraphim”
J S Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D
Bruckner: “Locus iste”
Vivaldi: Gloria
Mozart: Divertimento in F
Schubert: Mass in G
Vaughan Williams: Dives and Lazarus
Faure: Requiem
2010-11 Vivaldi: Credo
Handel: “Caro Sposa” from Rinaldo
Mozart: Divertimento K136
Mozart: Laudate Dominum
Mozart: “Sancta Maria”
J S Bach Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Schubert: Quartett-Satz
J S Bach: Motet: “Jesu Mein Freude”
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel: “The King Shall Rejoice”
J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Handel: “My Heart is Inditing”
Haydn: Nelson Mass
2011-12 Haydn: “Salve Regina”
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D
Mozart: Requiem
Rossini: Overture Il Barbieri di Seviglia
Rossini: “Cruda Sorte” from L’Italiana in Algeri
Mozart: Sonata for 2 pianos in D K$88
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle