Last update: 13/08/2007
Our concerts
Thanks to Brenda who has kept all her programmes since 1968, and to Heather who has typed them all up busily typed up the details, we have a list of works we have sung listed
(a) by date of concert - click here
Here are our forthcoming concerts and the most recent:
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Leith Hill Festival
Thursday 20th April 2006 Dorking Halls |
Full Chorus: Hymn of Praise ("Lobgesang")
- Mendelssohn (Novello)
Choral Fantasia - Beethoven (Novello - a
chorus part is published)
Men's Song: Whup! Jamboree - arr. Alice Parker
& Robert Shaw (Roberton)
Women's Song: Sleep My Baby (Suo Gan) - arr.
Tomlinson (Electrophonic Music)
Madrigal: In Youth is Pleasure - Howells (Novello)
Part Song: My Soul, There is a Country - Parry
(Banks Year Book Press C 1916)
Ensemble: The Ash Grove - arr. Gordon Jacob
(Oxford Folk-Song Series F10 - Banks)
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Christmas Carol Concert
Wednesday 14th December 2005
St Mary's Church, West Horsely |
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Autumn Concert
Saturday 12th November 2005 Cranmore School, West Horsley
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Saturday 16th April 2005 Dorking Halls. |
A Sea Symphony - Vaughan Williams
Soloists: Susan Gritton, Stephen Gadd - English Festival Orchestra
Like Two Proud Armies - Weelkes
Commission - Andrew Carter
The Mulligan Musketeers - R W Atkinson
Two Shakespeare Songs - John Hind
The Hills - John Ireland
Click here for details |
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Thursday 15th April 2004, Leith Hill Music Festival, Dorking Halls. |
Dixit Dominus - Handel
Fire, fire - Morley; Three Hungarian Folk Songs - Seiber; Hunters' Chorus - Weber (G. Schirmer) (men); All my trials - Neaum (Roberton) (women); Since thou O fondest and truest - Parry (Nov.) (ensemble) |
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Saturday 15th November, 2003. Autumn Concert, Cranmore School. |
Pergolesi: Magnificat Handel: Dixit Dominus |
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Leith Hill Music Festival, Dorking Halls. |
Coronation Te Deum - William Walton Jubilate - Bob Chilcott Magnificat - Jonathan Willcocks All Creatures Now - John Bennet; Honeybrook- Eric H Thiman; The Lighthouse Keeper and the Mermaid; When May is in his prime - John Ireland; O, Clap your Hands - Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| April 2002 - Vivaldi's Gloria & Patterson's Millennium Mass | Friday April 12th 2002 - book ahead! |
| March 2002 - Bach St John Passion | Sunday March 10th - Leith Hill Music Festival Choir |
| Christmas Concert '01 | Monday 17th December - The choir sang with Raleigh School Choir at Cranmore. |
| April 2001 - Porgy & Bess! | |
| March 2001 - Bach St Matthew Passion |
| Christmas Concert '00 | It was very good, of-course! |
Autumn Concert - November '00
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Vivaldi - Gloria
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Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 trumpets
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Vivaldi - Credo
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Handel - Concerto for Organ
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Purcell - My Heart is Inditing
April 2000
The Programme:
- Cantate Domino - Antony Le Fleming (b. 1941)
- Capriol Suite - Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
- Ensemble: Ye Spotted Snakes - R J Stevens (1757 - 1837)
- Men's Song: It was a lover and his lass - C Armstrong-Gibbs (1889 - 1960)
- Madrigal: O let me live - Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
- Women's Song: So she went into the garden - Wilfred Josephs (1927 - 1997)
- Part Song: Whether men to laugh - R V Williams (1872 - 1958)
- Full Chorus: Kyrie Gloria from Mass in B Minor - J S Bach (1685-1750)
The conductor, solists and orchestra:
- Brian Kay - Conductor
- The English Festival Orchestra
- Katharine Fuge - Soprano
- Arlene Rolph - Alto
- Christopher Saunders - Tenor
- Edward Cassell - Bass
- Robin Wells - Organist
Autumn Concert - November '99
- Purcell - Rejoice in the Lord
- Britten - rejoice in the Lamb
- Handel - Chandos anthems
- Gorecki - In Manus Tuas
- Rutti - O Maganam Mysterium
Works which we have sung, in date order.
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1968 |
Saul |
Handel |
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1969 |
Mass in C |
Beethoven |
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1970 |
Magnificat |
Bach |
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Serenade to Music |
Vaughan Williams |
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1971 |
Aida |
Verdi |
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1972 |
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore |
Mozart |
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Benedicite (all ye works of the Lord) |
Vaughan Williams |
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1973 |
Mass in C |
Haydn |
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1974 |
Psalm 150 (Lobet den Herrn) |
Schutz |
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The Rio Grande |
Lambert |
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1975 |
Mass in C Minor |
Mozart |
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1976 |
Requiem |
Faure |
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1977 |
Requiem |
Brahms |
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1978 |
St. Nicolas |
Britten |
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1979 |
Carmina Burana |
Orff |
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Choral Dance from Prince Igor |
Borodin |
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1980 |
Jesu Meine Freude |
Bach |
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In the Beginning |
Copland |
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1981 |
Dona Nobis Pacem |
Vaughan Williams |
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Te Deum |
Kodaly |
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1982 |
Song of Destiny |
Brahms |
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Intimations of Immortality |
Finzi |
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1983 |
St. John Passion |
Bach |
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1984 |
Requiem in D Minor |
Mozart |
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Blest pair of Sirens |
Parry |
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Mass in D |
Gardner |
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1985 |
Requiem |
Brahms |
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Mass in B Minor |
Bach |
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1986 |
Two Dialogues |
Schutz |
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Psalm 150 (Lobet den Herrn) |
Schutz |
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Hymn to St. Cecilia |
Britten |
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Gloria |
Rutter |
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1987 |
King Olaf (scenes from the saga) |
Elgar |
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Five Mystical Songs |
Vaughan Williams |
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Belshazzar’s Feast |
Walton |
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1988 |
Dixit Dominus |
Handel |
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Epithalamion |
Vaughan Williams |
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Cantique de Jean Racine |
Faure |
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1989 |
Nelson Mass |
Haydn |
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Chichester Psalms |
Bernstein |
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The Rio Grande |
Lambert |
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1990 |
Te Deum |
Howells |
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A Child of Our Time |
Tippett |
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1991 |
Mass in C Minor |
Mozart |
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Pastoral |
Bliss |
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1992 |
The Kingdom |
Elgar |
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Messiah (extracts) |
Handel |
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1993 |
1610 Vespers |
Monteverdi |
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Eternal Requiem |
Compilation |
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1994 |
Five Tudor Portraits |
Vaughan Williams |
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Elijah |
Mendelssohn |
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1995 |
Requiem |
Verdi |
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Requiem Mass in D Minor (Putney) |
Mozart |
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1996 |
Israel in Egypt |
Handel |
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Blest pair of Sirens |
Parry |
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Cantata no. 34 |
Bach |
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Hymn to St. Cecilia |
Britten |
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Cantique de Jean Racine |
Faure |
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1997 |
Blest Pair of Sirens |
Parry |
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The Music Makers |
Elgar |
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Magnificat |
Pergolesi |
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Nelson Mass |
Haydn |
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1998 |
Singing by Numbers |
Chilcott |
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King David |
Honegger |
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Te Deum in G |
Vaughan Williams |
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Spem in Alium |
Tallis |
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Coronation Anthems |
Handel |
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1999 |
Requiem |
Brahms |
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Five Mystical Songs |
Vaughan Williams |
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Rejoice in the Lamb |
Britten |
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O Magnum Mysterium |
Rutti |
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Rejoice in the Lord Always |
Purcell |
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Chandos Anthems |
Handel |
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2000 |
Cantate Domino |
le Fleming |
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Mass in B Minor (Kyrie and Gloria) |
Bach |
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Credo in E Minor and Gloria in D |
Vivaldi |
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2001 |
Porgy and Bess |
Gerschwin |
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Carmina Burana |
Orff |
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Hymn to St. Cecilia |
Britten |
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Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
Vaughan Williams |
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2002 |
Millenium Mass |
Patterson |
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Gloria in D |
Vivaldi |
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Cantique de Jean Racine |
Faure |
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Requiem |
Faure |
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St. Cecilia Mass |
Gounod |
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2003 |
Coronation Te Deum |
Walton |
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Jubilate |
Chilcott |
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Magnificat |
Willcocks |
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Magnificat |
Pergolesi |
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2004 |
St. Nicolas Mass |
Haydn |
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Dixit Dominus |
Handel |
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Gloria |
Rutter |
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Messiah (extracts) |
Handel |
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2005 |
A Sea Symphony |
Vaughan Williams |
Works we have performed in order of composer name
Bach Johann Sebastian 1685-1750
Magnificat 1970
Jesu Meine Freude 1980
St. John Passion 1983
Mass in B Minor 1985, 2000
Cantata no. 34 1996
Beethoven Ludwig van 1770-1827
Mass in C 1969
Bernstein Leonard 1918-1990
Chichester Psalms 1989
Bliss Arthur 1891-1975
Pastoral (Lie strewn the white flocks) 1991
Borodin Alexander Porfir’yevich 1833-1887
Choral Dances from Prince Igor 1979
Brahms Johannes 1833-1897
Requiem 1977, 1985, 1999
Song of Destiny 1982
Britten Benjamin 1913-1976
St. Nicholas 1978
Hymn to St. Cecilia 1996, 2001
Rejoice in the Lamb 1999
Chilcott Robert 1955-
Singing by Numbers 1998
Jubilate 2003
Copland Aaron 1900-1990
In the Beginning 1980
Elgar Edward 1857-1934
King Olaf (scenes from the saga) 1987
The Kingdom 1992
The Music Makers 1997
Faure Gabriel 1845-1924
Requiem 1976, 2002
Cantique de Jean Racine 1988, 1996, 2002
Finzi Gerald 1901-1956
Intimations of Immortality 1982
Gardner John 1917-
Mass in D (1st performance) 1984
Gerschwin George 1898-1937
Porgy and Bess 2001
Gounod Charles 1818-1893
St. Cecilia Mass 2002
Handel George Frideric 1685-1759
Saul 1968
Dixit Dominus 1988, 2004
The Messiah 1992, 2004
Israel in Egypt 1996
Coronation Anthems 1998
Chandos Anthems 1999
Haydn Joseph 1732-1809
Mass in C 1973
Nelson Mass 1989, 1997
St. Nicolas Mass 2004
Honegger Arthur 1892-1955
King David 1998
Howells Herbert 1812-1983
Te Deum 1990
Kodaly Zoltan 1882-1967
Te Deum 1981
Lambert Constant 1905-1951
The Rio Grande 1974, 1989
le Fleming Antony 1941-
Cantate Domino 2000
Mendelssohn Felix 1809-1847
Elijah 1994
Monteverdi Claudio 1567-1643
1610 Vespers 1993
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore 1972
Mass in C Minor 1975, 1991
Requiem Mass in D Minor 1984, 1994 (with Putney High School)
Orff Carl 1895-1982
Carmina Burana 1979, 2001
Parry C.Hubert H. 1848-1918
Blest Pair of Sirens 1984, 1996, 1997
Patterson Paul 1947-
Millenium Mass 2002
Pergolesi Giovanni 1710-1736
Magnificat 1997, 2003
Purcell Henry 1659-1695
Rejoice in the Lord Always 1999
Rutti Carl 1949-
O Magnum Mysterium 1999
Rutter John 1945-
Gloria 1986, 2004
Schutz Heinrich 1585-1672
Psalm 150 (Lobet den Herrn) 1974, 1986
Two Dialogues 1986
Tallis Thomas 1505-1585
Spem in Alium 1998
Tippett Michael 1905-1998
A Child of Our Time 1990
Vaughan Williams Ralph 1872-1958
Serenade to Music 1970
Benedicite (All ye works of the Lord) 1972
Dona Nobis Pacem 1981
Five Mystical Songs 1987, 1999
Epithalamion 1988
Five Tudor Portraits 1994
Te Deum in G 1998
Fantasia on Christmas Carols 2001
A Sea Symphony 2005
Verdi Giuseppe 1813-1901
Aida 1971
Requiem 1995
Vivaldi Antonio 1678-1741
Credo in E Minor 2000
Gloria in D 2000, 2002
Walton William 1902-1983
Belshazzar’s Feast 1987
Coronation Te Deum 2003
Willcocks Jonathan 1953-
Magnificat 2003
Again, many thanks to Heather and Brenda for making this information available!