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1921
July – Merrie England – German
1922
June – Tom Jones – German
Dec – Battle of the Baltic – Stanford
1923
May – Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – Coleridge-Taylor, Toward the Unknown Region & Wassail Song – Vaughan Williams, The Shepherds Had an Angel & Sleep – Besly, As Torrents in Summer – Elgar, Since thou O fondest and truest – Parry, Dove Sono – Mozart, Full Fathom Five – C. Wood
Dec – Toward the Unknown Region & Wassail Song – Vaughan Williams, The Shepherds Had an Angel – Besly, Since thou O fondest and truest – Parry, Dove Sono – Mozart, I vow to thee my country – Holst, Shenandoah – arr. Besly, As Torrents in Summer – Elgar, The Angel’s Greeting – Brahms
1924
April – O Lord, support us – Besly, Hymn to the Trinity – Tchaikovsky, Two Psalms – Holst, O lily, lady of loveliness & The Shepherds Had an Angel – Besly, Jerusalem – Parry
June – Pied Piper of Hamelin – Parry, O can ye sew cushions – Bantock, Shenandoah – arr. Besly, Hymn to the Trinity – Tchaikovsky, I vow to thee my country – Holst
Dec – A Festival Chime & Lullay my Liking – Holst, Noel – Besly, A Song of Darkness & LIght – Parry, After many a dusty mile – Elgar
1925
Mar – Pied Piper of Hamelin – Parry
Mar – Parts I & II of Creation – Haydn, Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart, Two Psalms – Holst
June – Ode to Music – Parry, Faery Chorus – Boughton, The Springtime of the Year – Vaughan Williams, News from Whydah – Balfour Gardiner, Liebeslieder – Brahms
Nov – Dettingen Te Deum – Handel, Song of Destiny – Brahms, The Blackbird’s Song – Buck, Here is the Little Door – Howells, Noel – Besly
1926
May – Song of Destiny – Brahms, The Silence of Maternal Hills – Besly, News from Whydah – Gardiner, Forty Singing Seamen – T. Wood, Toward the Unknown Region – Vaughan Williams
Dec – Carmen – Bizet (concert arr. by Besly), Arise ye Stubborn Winds & Droop not Young Lover – Handel, Toward the Unknown Region & Linden Lea – Vaughan Williams, The Blackbird’s Song – Buck, Bobby Shaftoe – trad.
1927
Feb – A Seamen’s Overture & Forty Singing Seamen – T. Wood
May – Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – Coleridge Taylor
Nov – Christmas Oratorio – Bach, Song of Destiny – Brahms, The Blackbird’s Song – Buck, Noel – Besly
1928
Mar – King Arthur – Purcell, The Ballad of Hampstead Heath – T. Wood
May – Ode to Music & Motets – Parry
Nov – The Death of Minnehaha – Coleridge Taylor, Songs by Dowland & Ford, Folk Songs – arr. Cecil Sharp, In Honour of the City – Dyson
1929
Mar – Overture and Choral Dances from Prince Igor – Borodin
1930
May – Motets Praise Jehovah, Be Not Afraid, Come Jesu Come, Arias To My Shepherd, Hear now the Flute – Bach
May – Missa Solemnis – Beethoven
1931
Feb – Acis and Galatea – Handel
May – Requiem – Mozart
1932
Jan – In Windsor Forest – Vaughan Williams, Dirge for Two Veterans – C. Wood
May – The Creation – Haydn
1933
Jan – My Spirit was in Heaviness – Bach, Benedicite – Vaughan Williams
May – The Glories of our Blood and State – Parry, Three folk songs – Vaughan Williams, The Ballad of Hampstead Heath – T. Woods
1934
Feb – Stabat Mater – Verdi, Three Choral Hymns – Vaughan Williams
June – Cryes of London – Deering, In Honour of the City – Dyson
1935
May – Magnificat in D – Bach
Nov – Symphony No 9 – Beethoven
1936
May – Requiem – Verdi
1937
May – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar, Cantata O Light Everlasting – Bach
1938
May – Sancta Civitas & Benedicite – Vaughan Williams
1939
Feb – Sirènes – Debussy
1940
May – St John Passion – Bach
1941
Mar – St Matthew Passion – Bach
Dec – Requiem – Mozart
1942
Mar – St Matthew Passion – Bach
June – Western Wynd Mass – Taverner
1943
Mar – Messiah – Handel
June – Missa Asumpta Est Maria – Palestrina
1944
Mar – Elijah – Mendelssohn
June – Missa Papae Marcelli & Exaltabo Te – Palestrina
1945
Mar – Acis and Galatea – Handel, Festival Te Deum – Vaughan Williams, Magnificat in D – Bach
June – Mass Dixit Maria – Hassler, Coronation Anthem – Parry
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1946
May – Requiem – Mozart, Te Deum – Haydn, Jauchzet Gott – Bach
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1947
May – Coronation Anthems – Handel, Cantatas Praise Jehovah & Sing to the Lord – Bach
Oct – Mass and motet O Quam Gloriosum – Victoria, De Profundis – Lalande
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1948
May – Awake my Lyre – Blow, Soul of the World – Purcell, Solomon – Boyce, The King Shall Rejoice & Dettigen Te Deum – Handel
Nov – Messiah – Handel
Dec – Messiah – Handel
1949
May – Te Deum – Vaughan Williams, Missa Brevis – Kodály , The Music Makers – Elgar
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1950
Feb – Judith – Arne
May – Magnificat in D, Ricercare from “The Musical Offering”, Cantatas “Praise Jehovah” & “Sing to the Lord” – Bach
Nov – Messiah – Handel
Dec – Messiah – Handel
1951
Feb – Mass in E minor – Bruckner, King of Glory – Howells, O Clap Your Hands – Vaughan Williams
Jun – Mass in E minor – Bruckner, King of Glory – Howells, O Clap Your Hands – Vaughan Williams
July – Vocal music of the 17th century
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1952
Feb – Elijah – Mendelssohn
June – Mass for 4 voices – Monteverdi, Jesu, Joy and Treasure – Buxtehude, Fantasia on “Ein feste Burge” – Praetorius, Adoremus in Aeternum – Allegri
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1953
Feb – Four Coronation Anthems – Handel + other national music
May – Mass “Quarti Toni” – Victoria, Ascendit Deus – Philips
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1954
Feb – Requiem in D minor – Bruckner, Te Deum – Haydn, Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day – Handel
May – Songs of Farewell – Parry, Missa “Douce Memoire” – Lassus
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1955
May – Samson – Handel
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1956
May – Mass in F minor – Bruckner, From the Bavarian Highlands – Elgar
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1957
May – Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened – Handel, Four Motets – H K Andrews, Five English Folk Songs – Vaughan Williams
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1958
Feb – The Seven Last Words of Christ & Insanae et vanae curae – Haydn, A Prayer – Frank Bridge
May – Mass “Aeterna Christi Munera” – Palestrina, The Voice out of the Whirlwind – Vaughan Williams
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1959
Feb – Dioclesian, Masque – Purcell, O come let us sing – Handel
May – Missa Brevis – Palestrina, various Mendelssohn & Purcell
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1960
Feb – Elijah – Mendelssohn
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1961
Feb – St. Cecilia Mass – Haydn, Hymn of Praise – Mendelssohn
May – Part songs
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1962
Mar – St. John Passion – Bach
May – Cantata “St. Nicolas” – Britten
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1963
May – Mass in B minor – Bach
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1964
Mar – Jephtha – Handel
May – Requiem – Mozart
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1965
Feb – Gloria – Poulenc, King David – Honegger
May – Jesu, meine Freude – Bach, Rejoice in the Lamb – Britten
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1966
Feb – The Creation – Haydn
May – Missa “O Quam Gloriosum est Regnum” – Victoria, Magnificat – Schütz, Symphony of Psalms – Stravinsky
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1967
May – Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day – Purcell, A Sea Symphony – Vaughan Williams
Dec – Messiah – Handel
1968
Mar – Dixit Dominus – Handel, Magnificat in D – Bach
May – Mass (4 part) – Byrd, Jehovah, quam multi sunt hostes – Purcell, Motets – Bruckner
Dec – Messiah – Handel
1969
Mar – Cantata “Christ lag in Totesbanden” – Bach + other works
May – Requiem – Verdi
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1970
Mar – Five Tudor Portraits – Vaughan Williams, Carmina Burana – Orff
May – O Bone Jesu, Fili Mariae – Schütz, Missa Brevis St Joannis de Deo – Haydn, Festival Te Deum – Britten
Oct – Jephtha – Handel
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1971
Feb – The Damnation of Faust – Berlioz
May – Benedicite – Vaughan Williams, Stabat Mater – Bryan Kelly
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1972
Mar – Jesu, meine Freude – Bach, The Wilderness – Wesley
May – Requiem – Duruflé, Te Deum – Bruckner
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1973
Mar – Elijah – Mendelssohn
May – Rejoice in the Lamb – Britten, Petite Messe Solennelle – Rossini
Nov – Christmas Oratorio – Bach
Dec – Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben & Selig ist der Mann – Bach
1974
Mar – Saul – Handel
May – Te Deum in C major – Haydn, Beatus Vir – Monteverdi, Mass in G minor – Vaughan Williams
Dec – Messiah – Handel
1975
Mar – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
May – Missa Brevis – Kodály, Jephthe – Carissimi
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1976
Mar – St Matthew Passion – Bach
May – Songs of Farewell – Parry, God is Gone Up – Finzi, How Lovely are Thy Dwellings from A German Requiem – Brahms
June – Ascendit Deus – Philips, O Quam Gloriosum – Victoria, God is Gone Up – Finzi , L’Ascension (part) – Messaien, Songs of Farewell – Parry
Dec – A Ceremony of Carols – Britten, Ave Rex – Mathias, Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Vaughan Wiliams, Hodie Christus Natus Est – Sweelinck
1977
May – Solomon – Handel
July – Four Coronation Anthems – Handel
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1978
Mar – Requiem – Verdi
May – Part songs – Stanford, Vaughan Williams & Elgar, Folk songs – arr. Morris and Carter, Geographical Fuge – Toch
Oct – Part songs – Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Morris, Carter, Francis & Toch, Zadok the Priest – Handel
Dec – Messiah – Handel
1979
May – Messa di Gloria – Puccini, Belshazzar’s Feast – Walton
Nov – Symphony no. 9 (Choral) – Beethoven
Dec – Christmas Oratorio – Bach
1980
Mar – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
May – Three Graduals – Bruckner, Mass in D minor – Dvořák
Nov – Elijah – Mendelssohn
1981
Mar – Messiah – Handel
May – Mass in B minor – Bach
Nov – War Requiem – Britten
1982
Mar – Kubla Khan – Veale, Te Deum – Bruckner, Sancta Civitas & Flos Campi – Vaughan Williams
June – Carmina Burana – Orff
Nov – Messiah – Handel
Dec – A Christmas Charity Concert
1983
Mar – A German Requiem – Brahms
July – Mass in D – Dvořák, Requiem – Duruflé
Nov – Te Deum – Berlioz, Four Sacred Pieces – Verdi
1984
Mar – St John Passion – Bach
June – Requiem – Mozart, Litaniae Lauretanae – Mozart
Nov – Messiah – Handel
1985
Mar – The Creation – Haydn
June – The Rio Grande – Lambert, Springtime on Funen – Nielsen
Sept – Carmina Burana – Orff
Nov – Requiem – Verdi
1986
May – Easter Oratorio & Ascension Oratorio – Bach
June – Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré, Chorale in A minor – Franck
Nov – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
1987
Mar – Mass in Time of War – Haydn, Stabat Mater – Szymanowski
June – Symphony of Psalms – Stravinsky, Te Deum Laudamus – Bizet
Aug – Carmina Burana – Orff
Nov – Five Tudor Portraits – Vaughan Williams, Belshazzar’s Feast – Walton
1988
Mar – St Matthew Passion – Bach
June – Petite Messe Solennelle – Rossini
Nov – Messiah – Handel (Dublin version)
1989
May – Vespers of 1610 – Monteverdi
Nov – A German Requiem – Brahms
1990
Mar – Mass in B Minor – Bach
June – Symphony No. 9 (Choral) – Beethoven
June – Trial by Jury – Gilbert & Sullivan, Part Songs – Elgar
Nov – Requiem – Mozart
1991
Mar – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
June – Grande Messe des Morts – Berlioz
Sept – From the Bavarian Highlands – Elgar
Sept – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
Nov – Requiem – Verdi
1992
Mar – The Seasons – Haydn
June – A Sea Symphony – Vaughan Williams
Nov – The Apostles – Elgar
1993
Mar – Elijah – Mendelssohn
July – War Requiem – Britten
Nov – Acis & Galatea – Handel
1994
Mar – Missa Solemnis – Beethoven
June – Carmina Burana – Orff
Nov – The Creation – Haydn
1995
Mar – Ein deutsches Requiem – Brahms, Three Graduals – Bruckner, (Four Last Songs – Strauss)
July – The Kingdom – Elgar
Oct – The Kingdom – Elgar
Dec – Messiah – Handel (Mozart orchestration)
1996
Mar – St John Passion – Bach
June – Petite Messe Solenelle – Rossini, Five Motets – Bruckner
Nov – Mass in C minor – Mozart
1997
Mar – Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré, Flos Campi – Vaughan Williams
May – Elijah – Mendelssohn
July – Little Organ Mass – Haydn, Part Songs – Schubert, Motets – Bruckner
Aug – Elijah – Mendelssohn
Nov – Nänie – Brahms, Triumphlied – Brahms
1998
Mar – Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart, Requiem – Mozart
June – Litany – Pärt, Motets – Bruckner, Cantata No. 12 – Bach
Nov – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
1999
Mar – Requiem – Verdi
June – Mass in C (Coronation) – Mozart, Magnificat – Pergolesi
Aug – Requiem – Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart, Exultate Jubilate – Mozart
Nov – Symphony No. 9 – Beethoven, Te Deum – Bruckner
2000
Mar – Moses – Bruch
June – Nelson Mass – Haydn, Pastoral – Bliss
Nov – A Child of Our Time – Tippett
Dec – A Concert of Carols and Christmas Music
2001
Mar – Ein deutsches Requiem – Brahms, (Four Last Songs – Strauss)
June – Magnificat – Bach, Dixit Dominus – Handel
Nov – Messiah – Handel
2002
Mar – St Matthew Passion – Bach
June – Requiem – Mozart
Nov – Elijah – Mendelssohn
2003
Mar – Das Feuerkreuz – Bruch
June – The Creation – Haydn
Nov – The Christmas Oratorio (parts 1, 2, 4 & 6) – Bach
2004
Apr – Requiem – Verdi
June – Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré, Svyati – Tavener
Nov – A Sea Symphony – Vaughan Williams
2005
Mar – St John Passion – Bach
June – Vespers of 1610 – Monteverdi
Nov – St Paul – Mendelssohn
2006
Mar – Ave Verum Corpus, Mass in C minor – Mozart
June – Gloria, Dixit Dominus – Vivaldi
Nov – Messiah – Handel
2007
Mar – The Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
June – Requiem, Four Motets on Gregorian Themes – Duruflé, Prayer Before Birth – David Kay
Nov – The Childhood of Christ – Berlioz
2008
Mar – Mass in B minor – Bach
June – Mass No. 2 in G – Schubert, Mass in D – Dvořák
Nov – War Requiem – Britten
2009
Apr – Requiem Mass, Solemn Vespers – Mozart
July – Imperial Nelson Mass – Haydn, Magnificat in B flat – Pergolesi, Stabat Mater – Caldara
Nov – Stabat Mater – Dvořák
2010
Mar – St Matthew Passion – Bach
June – Petite Messe Solenelle – Rossini, Five English Folk Songs – Vaughan Williams
Nov – Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1, 2, 4 & 6) – Bach
2011
Apr – Ein deutsches Requiem – Brahms
July – An Oxford Elegy – Vaughan Williams, Feel the Spirit – Rutter
Nov – Messiah – Handel
2012
Mar – Passion Oratorio – Loewe
June – The Creation – Haydn
Nov – Requiem – Fauré, Christmas Oratorio – Saint-Saëns
2013
Mar – St John Passion – Bach
June – Saul – Handel
Nov – Messe de Minuet – Charpentier, Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Vaughan Williams, Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré, Beatus Vir – Monteverdi
2014
Mar – Elijah – Mendelssohn
June – Requiem – Mozart, Solemn Vespers – Mozart
Nov – Requiem – Verdi
2015
Mar – Last Judgement – Spohr
June – Mirjams Siesesgesang – Schubert, St Cecilia Mass – Gounod
Nov – Choral Symphony – Beethoven, Te Deum – Bruckner
2016
Mar – The Spectre’s Bride – Dvořák, Vitava – Smetana
June – Mass in B minor – Bach
Nov – Dream of Gerontius – Elgar
2017
Mar – A Child of Our Time – Tippett
June – Alexander’s Feast – Handel
Nov – Christmas Oratorio – Bach
2018
Mar – Missa Solemnis – Beethoven
June – The Seasons – Haydn
Dec – Christmas Oratorio – Saint-Saëns, Gloria – Vivaldi, Puer Natus – Praetorius
2019
Mar – Mass in E Flat Major – Schubert, Hear My Prayer – Mendelssohn
June – Of Trumpets and Angels – David Lancaster, Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart, Requiem – Mozart
Nov – Odysseus – Bruch
2021
Nov – Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Star of Bethlehem – Josef Rheinberger, Pastorale per il santissimo natale – Francesco Manfredini, Cantata pastorale per la nascita di nostro signore – Alessandro Scarlati
2022
Mar – Messiah – Handel (Sir Andrew Davis version)
June – Solemn Vespers K339, Mass in C minor K427 – Mozart
Nov – Christmas Oratorio (Parts I, III, V, VI) – Bach
2023
Apr – Elijah – Mendelssohn
June – Requiem – Duruflé, Requiem – Fauré
Nov – Solomon – Handel
2024
Mar – Edward Elgar The Music Makers; Johannes Brahms The Song of Destiny; Bedřich Smetana Vyšehrad
June – Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture; Mendelssohn Lauda Sion; Haydn Nelson Mass