Choral works performed since 1980
To give an idea of the kind of music we sing, here is a list of works performed in recent decades.
| April 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Stanford | How beauteous are their feet |
| Wood | O thou the central orb |
| Harris | Faire is the Heaven |
| Holloway | On the drop of dew |
| Stainer | I saw the Lord |
| Naylor | Vox dicentis |
| Wesley | Wash me throughly |
| Howells | Like as the hart |
| Walton | Set me as a seal |
| Mendelssohn | Hear my prayer |
| December 2018 | |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass |
| Howells | Hymnus Paradisi |
| July 2018 | |
| Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony |
| Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms |
| March 2018 | |
| Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna |
| Godfree | Requiem |
| Finzi | Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
| December 2017 | |
| Bach | Christmas Oratorio |
| November 2017 | |
| Tallis | Spem in Alium |
| Parry | Three of the Songs of Farewell |
| MacMillan | Benedicimus Deum caeli |
| O Radiant Dawn | |
| Purcell | Hear my Prayer, O Lord |
| July 2017 | |
| Purcell | Hear my Prayer, O Lord |
| Schütz | Musicalische Exequien |
| Purcell | O, sing unto the Lord |
| Scheidt | Ich hebe meine Augen auf |
| Purcell | My heart is inditing |
| April 2017 | |
| Poulenc | 4 Penitential Motets |
| Macmillan | 5 Strathclyde Motets |
| Parry | 6 Songs of Farewell |
| December 2016 | |
| Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms |
| Rachmaninov | The Bells |
| October 2016 | |
| Vivaldi | Gloria |
| July 2016 | |
| Elgar | Dream of Gerontius |
| April 2016 | |
| Pizzetti | Missa di Requiem |
| Duruflé | Requiem |
| December 2015 | |
| Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise |
| Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle |
| October 2015 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| Vivaldi | Gloria |
| September 2015 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| July 2015 | download programme |
| Handel | Israel in Egypt |
| March 2015 | download programme |
| Bach | Fürchte dich nicht |
| Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf | |
| Knut Nystedt | Immortal Bach |
| Miserere | |
| Stabat Mater | |
| January 2015 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| December 2014 | |
| Domenico Scarlatti | Stabat Mater |
| Iain Farrington | The Burning Heavens |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem |
| May 2014 | |
| Verdi | Requiem |
| March 2014 | |
| Monteverdi | Lamento d’Arianna |
| April 2014 | |
| Bach | St Matthew Passion |
| March 2014 | |
| Monteverdi | Lamento d’Arianna |
| December 2013 | |
| Mahler | Veni Creator Spiritus, from the 8th Symphony arranged by Iain Farrington |
| Haydn | Harmoniemesse |
| May 2013 | |
| Tallis | Spem in Alium |
| Farrington | An Old Belief |
| Parry | I was glad |
| March 2013 | |
| Parry | I was glad |
| Panufnik | Song to the Virgin Mary |
| Spicer | Come, Lord Jesus |
| Britten | Te Deum and Jubilate in C |
| Leighton | Crucifixus pro nobis |
| Elgar | Give unto the Lord |
| Farrington | An Old Belief (TCS commission) |
| December 2012 | |
| Monteverdi | Vespers |
| September 2012 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| June 2012 | |
| Bach | cantata no.50 – Nun ist das Heil |
| Bach | cantata no.21 – Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis |
| Bach | Magnificat |
| March 2012 | download programme |
| Pärt | Which was the Son of… |
| Pärt | The Beatitudes |
| Naji Hakim | Gloria |
| Villette | O sacrum convivium |
| Villette | Notre Père |
| Villette | Tu es Petrus |
| Langlais | Messe Solennelle |
| January 2012 | |
| Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem |
| December 2011 | |
| Schönberg | Friede auf Erden |
| Dvořák | Te Deum |
| Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem |
| April 2011 | download programme |
| Byrd | Haec dies, quam fecit Dominum |
| Byrd | O quam gloriosum est regnum |
| Byrd | Ave verum Corpus |
| Rheinberger | Mass in E flat for double choir |
| Weelkes | Gloria in excelsis Deo |
| Gibbons | Hosanna to the Son of David |
| Weelkes | O Lord, arise into thy resting place |
| Gibbons | O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not |
| Byrd | Sing joyfully unto God our strength |
| Purcell | Lord, how long wilt thou be angry? |
| Purcell | Hear my prayer O Lord |
| Purcell | I was glad when they said unto me |
| Weelkes | When David heard that Absalon was slain |
| Gibbons | O clap your hands together |
| March 2011 | |
| Rheinberger | Mass for Double Choir |
| Fauré | Requiem |
| October 2010 | |
| Charpentier | Te Deum |
| Handel | Dixit Dominus |
| Zadok the Priest | |
| September 2010 | |
| Rachmaninov | Vespers |
| June 2010 | download programme |
| Poulenc | Stabat Mater |
| Berlioz | Te Deum |
| March 2010 | |
| Finzi | I praise the tender flower |
| Haste on, my joys! | |
| Bainton | In the wilderness |
| Murrill | O mistress mine |
| Holst | This have I done for my true love |
| Delius | The splendour falls on castle walls |
| Vaughan Williams | Silence and music |
| Greensleeves | |
| Naylor | Vox dicentis: clama |
| Howells | The scribe |
| Moeran | Love is a sickness |
| Walton | Where does the uttered music go? |
| January 2010 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| Iain Farrington | The Burning Heavens |
| December 2009 | |
| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis |
| July 2009 | |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
| Iain Farrington | The Burning Heavens (world premiere) |
| Anna Meredith | Songless (world premiere) |
| Hall Johnson | Ain't Got Time to Die Elijah, Rock! |
| April 2009 | |
| Bach | Mass in B Minor (at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) |
| March 2009 | |
| Stanford | Three motets |
| Frank Martin | Mass for Double Choir |
| Parry | Songs of farewell |
| November 2008 | |
| Bach | Mass in B minor |
| November 2008 | |
| Bruckner | Locus Iste |
| Ecce Sacerdos | |
| Christus Factus Est | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| July 2008 | |
| Janáček | Glagolitic Mass |
| Walton | Belshazzar’s Feast (at Guildford Cathedral) |
| March 2008 | |
| Victoria | Jesu, dulcis memoria |
| Bruckner | Christus factus est |
| Gabrieli | Jubilate Deo |
| Palestrina | Sicut cervus |
| Casals | O vos omnes |
| Handl | Pater noster |
| Rheinberger | Abendlied |
| Mendelssohn | Richte mich, Gott |
| Schütz | Jauchzet dem Herrn |
| Vaughan Williams | Mass in G minor (Kyrie and Gloria) |
| Howells | Requiem (Psalm 23 and Psalm 121) |
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens |
| February 2008 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| Ave Verum Corpus (at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) | |
| December 2007 | |
| Schönberg | Friede auf Erden |
| Britten | St Nicolas |
| July 2007 | |
| Elgar | Part Songs |
| Howells | Requiem |
| Barber | Agnus Dei |
| Copland | In the beginning |
| March 2007 | |
| Handel | Messiah (at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) |
| Bach | St John's Passion |
| December 2006 | |
| Rachmaninov | Vespers |
| July 2006 | |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah |
| April 2006 | |
| Tallis | Spem in Alium |
| Bruckner | Locus Iste |
| Lassus | Mass for Double Choir |
| Rachmaninov | Bogoroditsye Dyevo |
| Grieg | Ave Maris Stella |
| Tippett | Five Negro Spirituals |
| Britten | Choral Dances from "Gloriana" |
| Tavener | Song for Athene |
| Ivan Zajc | Ave Maria |
| December 2005 | |
| Handel | Messiah |
| July 2005 | |
| Janáček: | Unfinished Mass |
| Otčenáš | |
| Arvo Pärt: | Which was the son of... |
| Kodály: | Pange Lingua |
| Missa Brevis | |
| March 2005 | |
| Poulenc | Gloria |
| Duruflé | Requiem |
| Fauré | Pavane |
| December 2004 | |
| Bach | Christmas Oratorio |
| June 2004 | |
| Mozart | Mass in C minor |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass |
| May 2004 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| Ave Verum Corpus (at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) | |
| April 2004 | |
| March concert repeated in Barcelona | |
| March 2004 | |
| Bach | Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied |
| Purcell | I was glad when they said unto me |
| Scarlatti | Stabat Mater |
| December 2003 | |
| Orff | Carmina Burana |
| Holloway | The Spacious Firmament |
| Farrington | Everyone Sang |
| June 2003 | |
| Britten | War Requiem (at Guildford Cathedral) |
| April 2003 | |
| Fauré | Requiem |
| Handl | Pater noster |
| Lassus | Ave verum Corpus |
| Monteverdi | Cantate Domino |
| Victoria | O quam gloriosum |
| Palestrina | Tu es Petrus |
| Brahms | Geistliches Lied |
| Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| Rheinberger | Abendlied |
| Casals | O vos omnes |
| Rachmaninov | Bogoroditsye Dyevo |
| Britten | Jubilate Deo |
| Spicer | Pied Beauty |
| March 2003 | |
| Fauré | Requiem (at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) |
| Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| December 2002 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| Tippett | A Child of our Time |
| June 2002 | |
| Rossini | Messe Solennelle |
| April 2002 | |
| March concert repeated in Budapest | |
| March 2002 | |
| Langlais | Messe Solennelle |
| Fauré | Requiem |
| Duruflé | Ubi caritas |
| December 2001 | |
| Monteverdi | Vespers |
| June 2001 | |
| Handel | Israel in Egypt |
| April 2001 | |
| Rachmaninov | Vespers |
| December 2000 | |
| Vaughan-Williams | A Sea Symphony |
| Finzi | God is gone Up |
| Holst | The Hymn of Jesus |
| September 2000 | |
| Paul Spicer | Easter Oratorio (at Ely Cathedral) |
| July 2000 | |
| Paul Spicer | Easter Oratorio (at Lichfield Cathedral) |
| March 2000 | |
| Purcell | I was glad when they said unto me |
| Remember not, Lord, our offences | |
| Lord, how long wilt though be angry? | |
| Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei | |
| Hear my prayer, O Lord | |
| Holst | Te Deum |
| Finzi | My lovely one |
| God is gone up | |
| Welcome sweet and sacred feast | |
| Walton | Where does the uttered music go? |
| Britten | Jubilate Deo |
| December 1999 | |
| Bach | Magnificat |
| Handel | Dixit Dominus |
| Zadok the Priest | |
| July 1999 | |
| Bach | Mass in B Minor |
| March 1999 | |
| Palestrina | Missa Papae Marcelli |
| Exsultate Deo | |
| Giovanni Gabrielli | Jubilate Deo |
| Rachmaninov | Bogoroditsye Dyevo |
| Bruckner | Christus Factus est |
| Glinka | The Cherubic Hymn(Izhe kheruvimyi) |
| Arensky | Otche Nash(The Lord's Prayer) |
| Franck | Panis angelicus |
| December 1998 | |
| Finzi | Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice |
| Brahms | Requiem |
| July 1998 | |
| Parry | My Soul, There is a Country |
| Never, weather-beaten sail | |
| Lord, Let me know mine end | |
| John Taverner | Mass - The Western Wind |
| Lotti | Crucifixus a8 |
| Mendelssohn | Verleih uns Frieden |
| John Tavener | Song for Athene |
| March 1998 | |
| Bach | St Matthew Passion |
| December 1997 | |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass |
| Mozart | Solemn Vespers |
| Mozart | Ave Verum |
| July 1997 | |
| Elgar | The Kingdom |
| May 1997 | |
| Elgar | The Apostles |
| March 1997 | |
| Monteverdi | Beatus Vir |
| Handel | Chandos Anthem no. 10 |
| Domenico Scarlatti | Stabat Mater |
| December 1996 | |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
| Hindemith | Requiem |
| June 1996 | |
| Martin | Mass for double choir |
| Panufnik | Four-part Mass |
| Kodaly | Laudes Organi |
| March 1996 | |
| Poulenc | Stabat Mater |
| Duruflé | Requiem |
| December 1995 | |
| Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem |
| Britten | Saint Nicolas |
| July 1995 | |
| Tallis | Spem in alium nunquam habui (40 part motet) |
| Victoria | Missa Salve Regina |
| Parry | Songs of Farewell |
| April 1995 | |
| Bach | St John Passion |
| March 1995 | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 "Choral" |
| December 1994 | |
| Vaughan Williams | Five Tudor Portraits |
| Honneger | A Christmas Cantata |
| July 1994 | |
| Beethoven | Mass in C major |
| Schubert | Mass in G major |
| March 1994 | |
| (also performed in Bridport, Dorset)Works by , , and Tallis | |
| Bourgeois | Barchester Choral suite |
| Duruflé | two motets |
| Stanford | three motets |
| Parry | I was glad |
| Tallis | 5 hymns |
| February 1994 | |
| Elgar | The Dream of Gerontius |
| November 1993 | |
| Liszt | Psalm 13 |
| Puccini | Messa di Gloria |
| July 1993 | |
| Martin | Mass for Double Choir |
| Tallis | Five Hymns |
| March 1993 | |
| Monteverdi | Vespers of 1610 |
| December 1992 | |
| Mozart | Mass in C minor |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass |
| July 1992 | |
| Bach | Mass in B minor |
| April 1992 | |
| Holloway | The Spacious Firmament (London Premiere) |
| Stanford | 3 Motets |
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens |
| Part of the above concert was also performed in Paris | |
| December 1991 | |
| Godfree | Requiem |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
| Carols | |
| November 1991 | |
| Verdi | Requiem |
| Bruckner | Te Deum (Royal Albert Hall) |
| July 1991 | |
| Lassus | Mass Bell'Amfitri' altera |
| Allegri | Miserere |
| Tallis | Spem in alium nunquam habui (40 part motet) |
| April 1991 | |
| Janáček | Glagolitic Mass |
| Fauré | Requiem |
| December 1990 | |
| Handel | Israel in Egypt |
| June 1990 | |
| Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| Orff | Carmina Burana |
| March 1990 | |
| Godfree | Requiem |
| Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony |
| December 1989 | |
| Handel | Dixit Dominus |
| Zadok the Priest | |
| Bach | Magnificat |
| July 1989 | |
| Berlioz | Grande Messe des Morts (Royal Albert Hall) |
| June 1989 | |
| Howells | Requiem |
| Byrd | Four-part Mass |
| March 1989 | |
| Mozart | Requiem |
| Tippett | A Child of our Time |
| December 1988 | |
| Poulenc | Gloria |
| Brahms | Requiem |
| June 1988 | |
| Handel | Messiah |
| May 1988 | |
| Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb |
| Tippett | Five Spirituals |
| Duruflé | Requiem |
| December 1987 | |
| Bach | Christmas Oratorio (2 concerts) |
| June 1987 | |
| Choral Evensong (St Mary's Church, Twickenham): | |
| Bruckner | Locus Iste |
| Elgar | Psalm 29 |
| Stanford | Canticles in A |
| Parry | I was Glad |
| May 1987 | |
| Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle |
| March 1987 | |
| Bach | Mass in B minor |
| December 1986 | |
| Elgar | Spirit of England |
| Walton | Belshazzar's Feast (Royal Albert Hall) |
| June 1986 | |
| Godfree | Psalm 150 |
| Bruckner | Mass in E minor |
| March 1986 | |
| Monteverdi | Vespers of 1610 |
| December 1985 | |
| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis |
| June 1985 | |
| Verdi | Requiem (Royal Albert Hall) |
| March 1985 | |
| Bach | St John Passion |
| December 1984 | |
| Handel | Dettingen Te Deum |
| Mozart | Mass in C minor |
| June 1984 | |
| Tudor Anthems | |
| Bruckner | Motets |
| Blest pair of Sirens: words and music with Prunella Scales | |
| March 1984 | |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah |
| December 1983 | |
| Poulenc | Gloria |
| Berlioz | Te Deum (Westminster Abbey) |
| June 1983 | |
| Schubert | Song of Miriam |
| Beethoven | Mass in C |
| March 1983 | |
| Godfree | Durable Fire |
| Howells | Hymnus Paradisi |
| December 1982 | |
| Vaughan Williams | Benedicte |
| Walton | Belshazzar's Feast |
| June 1982 | |
| Monteverdi | Beatus Vir |
| Purcell | O sing unto the Lord |
| Bach | Ascension Oratorio |
| Magnificat | |
| March 1982 | |
| Mozart | Vesperae solenes de confessere |
| Haydn | Te Deum |
| Schubert | Mass in E flat |
| December 1981 | |
| Elgar | The Dream of Gerontius |
| July 1981 | |
| Tudor anthems: Weelkes, Byrd, Philips, Tompkins, Gibbons | |
| June 1981 | |
| Fauré | Requiem |
| May 1981 | |
| Vivaldi | Gloria |
| March 1981 | |
| Godfree | Durable Fire |
| Kodaly | Psalmus Hungaricus |
| December 1980 | |
| Verdi | Requiem |
| June 1980 | |
| Handel | Zadok the Priest |
| Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs |
| Duruflé | Requiem |
| April 1980 | |
| Bach | Mass in B Minor |