Past Concerts

Under Dr Michael Downes

March Concert 2024

Bach - Magnificat  
Vivaldi - Gloria

Soloists:-
  • Jessica Leary - Soprano
  • Pavlina Ivanova - Soprano
  • Christine Sjolander - Alto
  • Christian Schneeberger - Tenor
  • Ben McAteer - Bass

November Concert 2023

Schumann : Paradise and the Peri

Brahms : Geistliches Lied op. 30 
Mendelssohn : Verleih und Frieden

Soloists:-
  • Caroline Taylor - Peri
  • Jamie MacDougall - Narrator
  • Rachel Munro - Soprano
  • Tania Holland-Williams - Alto
  • Christian Schneeberger - Tenor
  • Ben McAteer - Baritone

March Concert 2023

Handel's Dixit Dominus and Four Coronation Anthems with the Heisenberg Ensemble led by Ben Shute

Soloists:-
  • Rachel Munro - soprano
  • Nicola Wemyss - mezzo soprano
  • Dominic Mattos - countertenor
  • Gabriel Seawright - tenor
  • Colin Brockie - bass
Autumn Concert 2022

Mozart - Coronation Mass
Paul Mealor - In Paradisum (world premier)
Mozart - Requiem

Soloists:-
  • Jessica Leary - Soprano 
  • Tania Holland Williams - Alto 
  • Jamie MacDougall - Tenor 
  • Jonathan May - Bass 
Spring Concert 2022

Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony
(Joint performance with Dundee Choral Union)

Soloists:-
  • Wilma MacDougall - Soprano
  • Ben McAteer - Bass
Autumn 2021

Verdi - Requiem
(Joint concert with Dundee Choral Union, conducted by Derek Clark)

Autumn 2019

Dvorak - Mass in D
Mealor - A Welsh Prayer
Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Janacek - Otce nas (The Lord's Prayer)

Spring 2019

Elgar - Kingdom

Autumn 2018

Handel - Messiah

Spring 2018

Haydn - The Seasons

Autumn 2017

Faure - Requiem
Stanford - Songs of the Fleet
Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens

Spring 2017

Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast

Autumn 2016

Handel - Jephtha

Spring 2016

Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Berlioz - Tristia

Autumn 2015

Haydn - The Creation

Spring 2015

Elgar - The Apostles

Autumn 2014

C. P. E. Bach - Magnificat
Mozart - Requiem

Spring 2014

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Mealor - Crucifixus

Autumn 2013

Handel - Messiah

Spring 2013

Mozart - Coronation Mass
Britten - Festival Te Deum/Saint Nicolas

Autumn 2012

Faure - Requiem
Sullivan - The Prodigal Son

Spring 2012

Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Verdi - Four Sacred Pieces

Autumn 2011

Handel - Samson

Spring 2011

Elgar - Dream of Gerontius

Autumn 2010

Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine
Haydn - Nelson Mass
Mealor - Stabat Mater

Spring 2010

Mozart - Mass in C minor, Venite Populi, Kyrie in D minor and Ave Verum Corpus

Autumn 2009

Handel - Let God Arise and Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
Vivaldi - Gloria and Magnificat in G minor

Under Edward Caswell

Spring 2009

Bach - St John Passion

Autumn 2008

Handel - Dixit Dominus
Bach - Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 61, Wachet Auf and Ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140

Spring 2008

Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle

Autumn 2007

Handel - Messiah

Spring 2007

Durufle - Requiem
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
Goodall - The Lord is my Shepherd
Maxwell Davies - Lullaby for Lucy

Autumn 2006

Bruckner - Motets (Locus Iste, Ave Maria, Os Justi)
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

Under Stephen Doughty

Spring 2006

Mendelssohn St Paul Oratorio

Autumn 2005

Anon - Cantate Domino
Bach - Lobet den Herrn
A.T.A. - Come let us to the Lord our God
Schubert - The Lord is my shepherd
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Rutter - Psalmfest

Spring 2005

Verdi - Requiem

Autumn 2004

Mendelssohn - Elijah

Spring 2004

Mozart - Requiem
Lauridsen - Lux aeterna

Autumn 2003

Bach - Christmas Oratorio (parts 1-3)
Vivaldi - Gloria

Spring 2003

Haydn - Spring from The Seasons
Mendelssohn - The First Walpurgisnight
Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Autumn 2002

Handel - Messiah

Spring 2002

Elgar - Lux Aeterna
Vaughan - Williams Serenade to Music
Elgar - The Music Makers

Autumn 2001

Poulenc - Four Christmas Motets
Finzi - In Terra Pax
Rutter - Magnificat

Under John Grundy

Spring 2001

Elgar - Dream of Gerontius

Autumn 2000

Music for Christmas - Tom Duncan's translations of medieval poems, Commissions from David Gascoigne and Hannah Given-Wilson

Spring 2000

Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Leighton - Kyrie, Agnus Dei
Kodaly - Missa Brevis

November 1999

Bach -   Christmas Oratorio
               BMV 225 “Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied”
               Cantata No 50 "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft"

May 1999

Britten - Flower Songs

March 1999

Vaughan Williams - Sea Symphony

December 1998

Handel - Judas Maccabaeus

April 1998

Finzi - Lo the Full Final Sacrifice
Thurlow - A Queenlike Closet (world premier)

March 1998

Haydn - The Creation

December 1997

Brahms - Ein Deutches Requiem

March 1997

Bach - St Matthew Passion

December 1996

Handel - Dettingen Te Deum
Rossini - Petit Messe Solennelle

March 1996

Bach - Magnificat

December 1995

Bruckner - Motets (Ave Maria, Ecce Sacerdos, Locus Iste, Afferentur)
Gabrieli - O Jesus me Dulcissime
Schütz - Psalm 150
Rutter - Gloria

Under Gillian Craig

December 1994

Charpentier - Messe de Minuit
Poulenc - Gloria

April 1994

Verdi - Requiem

December 1993

Bach - Christmas Oratorio

Under Tom Duncan

March 1995

Mendelssohn - Elijah

March 1993

Mozart - C Minor Mass

March 1992

Bach - Lobet den Herrn
Haydn - Missa Sancta Caeciliae

March 1991

Beethoven - Mass in C

December 1990
 
Handel - Messiah

March 1990

Bruckner - Mass in E Minor
Bach - Singet dem Herrn
  
December 1989

Handel - Messiah

February 1989

Handel - Israel in Egypt

December 1988

Handel - Messiah

February 1988

Haydn - Nelson Mass
Bach - Cantata No 50 "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft"

December 1987

Handel Messiah

March 1987

Brahms - German Requiem

December 1986

Handel - Messiah

March 1986

Mozart C Minor Mass

March 1985

Bach - Mass in B Minor
  
December 1984

Handel - Messiah

March 1984

Haydn - Marie Theresa Mass

March 1983

Handel - Dixit Dominus
Bach - Magnificat

December 1982

Handel - Messiah

March 1982

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

March 1981

Bach - St John Passion  

December 1980

Handel - Messiah

March 1980

Mozart - Requiem Mass

December 1979 ​

Handel - Messiah

March 1979 ​

Haydn - Paukenmesse

December 1978

Handel - Messiah

March 1978

Bach - Mass in B Minor