Past Performances

 

1920s

• 1925: Brahms - Lieberslieder; Arthur Somerville - Passion of Christ

• 1926: Bach - Cantatas

• 1928: Handel - The Messiah; Bach - Christmas Oratorio; Dvorak - Stabat Mater

• 1929: Handel - The Messiah

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1930s

• Brahms - Requiem

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1940s

• 8 Dec 1946: Parry - Oratorio Job; Charles Stanford - Songs of the Fleet

• 1947: Haydn - The Creation

• 1947: Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem

• 1948: Mozart - Requiem. 

• 4 Dec 1948: Handel - The Messiah

• 7 May 1949: Bach - Violin Concerto no.1; Dyson - Three Songs of Praise; Mozart - Requiem Mass

• 17 Dec 1949: Handel - Acis and Galatea; Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 8
   

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1950s

• 29 Mar 1950: Bach - St Matthew Passion.

• 6 Dec 1950: Handel - Messiah (extracts); Fauré - Requiem

• 5 May 1951: A Festival of Britain Concert National Anthem (arr.Edward Elgar); George Dyson - The Canterbury Pilgrims

• 15 Dec 1951: Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Magnificat; Piano Concerto in Fm ; Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens

• 3 May 1952: Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius

• 6 Dec 1952: Moeran - Songs of Springtime; Purcell - Dido and Æneas; Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas carols

• 25 Apr 1953: Bach - Mass in Bm

• 7 Jun 1953: A Choral Offering for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II: Handel - Zadok The Priest; Britten - Three Carols from a ‘Ceremony of Carols’; William Byrd - Mass for Three Voices, extracts; Holst - The Heart Worships; Purcell - Evening Hymn; Quilter - Non Nobis, Domine; Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music; Parry - England

• 5 Dec 1953: Handel - Messiah

• 8 May 1954: Verdi - Requiem

• 18 Dec 1954: Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony; Bach - A Peasant Cantata

• 7 May 1955: Bach - St Matthew Passion

• 17 Dec 1955: Haydn - The Creation

• 5 May 1956: Brahms - Requiem; Verdi - Stabat Mater

• 1 Dec 1956: Handel - Messiah; Bach - Jesu, Priceless Treasure; Bliss - Lie Strewn the White Flocks

• 4 May 1957: Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius

• 7 Dec 1957: Bach - The Christmas Oratorio

• 3 May 1958: Dyson - The Canterbury Pilgrims

• 6 Dec 1958: Handel - The Messiah

• 2 May 1959: Bach - Mass in Bm

• 5 Dec 1959: Handel - Samson

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1960s

• 7 May 1960: Mozart - Mass in Cm

• 3 Dec 1960: Bach - Jesu, Priceless Treasure; Britten - Saint Nicholas; Corelli - Christmas Concerto

• 6 May 1961: Verdi - Requiem

• 2 Dec 1961: Bach - The Christmas Oratorio

• 5 May 1962: Britten - National Anthem; Kodaly - Missa Brevis; Vaughan Williams - Donna Nobis Pacem; Elgar - Prelude to The Kingdom

• 1 Dec 1962: Vaughan Williams - Christmas Carols; Bliss - Pastoral; Stanford - Songs of the Sea; Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens

• 6 Apr 1963: Bach - St John Passion

• 7 Dec 1963: Bach - Sleepers, Wake!; Britten - A Ceremony of Carols; Cornelius - The Three Kings; Faure - Requiem;

• 21 Mar 1964: Bach - St John Passion

• 9 May 1964: Haydn - The Seasons

• 5 Dec 1964: Mozart - Motet, Exsultate, Jubilate; Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia; Howells - A Spotless Rose; Schutz - The Christmas Story; Vaughan Williams - The Blessed Son of God ('Hodie')

• 29 May 1965: Elgar - The Kingdom

• 4 Dec 1965: Handel - Organ Concerto no 2 in B flat; Bach - A Stronghold Sure; Copland, Aaron - In the Beginning; Warlock, Peter - The First Mercy;

• 1966: Constant Lambert Rio Grande, Britten Spring Symphony, Beethoven Mass in C.  

• 1967: Bach St Matthew Passion.  

• 1968: Handel Acis and Galatea, Schubert Mass in G, Vaughan Williams Flos Campi.  

• 1969: Elgar The Music Makers, Delius Sea Drift.  

 

 

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1980s

• 1980: Elgar The Apostles, Puccini Missa di Gloria.  

• 1981: Tippett A Child of our Time, Schubert Mass in G.  

• 1982: Williamson Mass of Christ the King, Handel The Messiah.  

• 1983: Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits, Constant Lambert Rio Grande.  

• 1984: Bach Mass in B Minor, Mozart Requiem, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Gardner Cantata for Christmas.  

• 1985: Walton Belshazzar’s Feast, Bach Magnificat, Handel Dettingen Te Deum.  

• 1986 (13 Dec): Poulenc Gloria, Elgar The Music Makers, Mozart Exsultate, jubilate.  

• 1987: Bach St Matthew Passion, Monteverdi Vespers.  

• 1988: Mendelssohn Elijah, Purcell Te Deum, Vivaldi Gloria, Haydn Paukenmesse.  

• 1989: Elgar The Kingdom, Bach Christmas Oratorio.  

 

 

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2000s

• 19 May 2000: 75th Anniversary Gala Concert – Wells Festival Te Deum, Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, Walton Belshazzar’s Feast.  

• 11 Nov 2000: Mozart Requiem, Blatchly For the Fallen, Elgar Serenade for Strings, Mendelssohn Prayer for Peace, Wells Festive Te Deum.  

• 16 Dec 2000: Christmas Concert (St Thomas-on-the-Bourne) – no full programme details.  

• 19 May 2001: Bach Mass in B Minor.  

• 8 Dec 2001: Finzi In Terra Pax, Parry Ode on the Nativity, Rutter Magnificat.  

• 18 May 2002: Handel Judas Maccabaeus.  

• 9 Nov 2002: Beethoven Mass in C, Mendelssohn Prayer for Peace.  

• 14 Dec 2002: Christmas Concert (details unspecified).  

• 15 Dec 2007: Christmas Concert – details include choir, brass, organ & carols.  

• 17 May 2008: Brahms Academic Festival Overture & A German Requiem, Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs.  

• 8 Nov 2008: Vivaldi Gloria, Vaughan Williams works, Elgar “Larghetto from the Serenade for Strings” etc.  

• 20 Dec 2008: Christmas Celebration (St Thomas-on-the-Bourne) – choir and brass.  

• 16 May 2009: J.S. Bach St John Passion.  

• 14 Nov 2009: Concert for anniversaries of Purcell, Handel, Haydn & Mendelssohn.  

• 14 Dec 2009: Christmas Celebration (St Thomas-on-the-Bourne) – choir and brass.  

 

 

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2010s

• 15 May 2010: Mendelssohn Elijah.  

• 13 Nov 2010: Fauré Requiem, Jenkins The Armed Man.  

• 21 May 2011: Gala Concert of English Music: Parry Blest Pair of Sirens, Elgar The Music Makers, Arne Rule Britannia, etc.  

• 17 Dec 2011: Bach Christmas Oratorio.  

• 19 May 2012: Puccini Messa di Gloria, Verdi Four Sacred Pieces.  

• 10 Nov 2012: Haydn Missa Brevis, Duruflé Requiem, Mark Blatchly For the Fallen (arr.).  

• 11 May 2013: Elgar The Dream of Gerontius.  

• 8 Nov 2014: Fauré Requiem, Jenkins The Armed Man.  

• 9 May 2015: 90th Anniversary Concert – Wells Psalmody, Stanford Songs of the Sea, Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony.  

• 14 Nov 2015: Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle.  

• 19 Dec 2015: Christmas Concert – choir, brass, organ & carols.  

• 19 Mar 2016: Messiah - Handel

• 28 May 2016: The Creation - Haydn

• 12 November 2016: Eternal Light / The Lord is my Shepherd - Goodall; Five Mystical Songs / The Seal Lullaby - Whitacre; Little Organ Mass - Haydn

• 10 Dec 2016: Christmas with F & B

• 18 Mar 2017: Vaughan Williams - Fine Mystical Songs ; Stainer - The Crucifixion

• 20 May 2017: Vivat! Handel - Zadok The Priest / The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened / The King Shall Rejoice / My Heart is Inditing; Vivaldi - Gloria

• 11 Nov 2017: Mendelssohn - Elijah;

• 9 Dec 2017: Bach - Christmas Oratorio / Carols;

• 17 Mar 2018: American Connections

• 19 May 2018: Beethoven - Mass in C

• 3 Nov 2018: Handel - Israel in Egypt

• 8 Dec 2018: Finzi - In Terra Pax / Carols

• 9 Mar 2019: Elgar - The Spirit of England; Rutter - Requiem

• 1 Jun 2019: Haydn - Theresienmesse / London Symphony /Insanae et Vanae Curae

• 2 Nov 2019: Handel - Dixit Dominus; Pergolesi/Durante - Magnificat;  Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.  

• 14 Dec 2019: Christmas with F&B – Gabrieli, Schütz.  

 

 

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2020s

• Jan 2020 – Oct 2021: All concerts cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

• 13 Nov 2021: Fauré Requiem, Vierne Messe Solennelle.  

• 12 Mar 2022: Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle.  

• 11 Jun 2022: Mozart (Adagio & Rondo for glass-harmonica), Haydn Missa Sancti Nicolai, etc.  

• 5 Nov 2022: English Anthems: Elgar, Parry, Balfour Gardiner, Ireland, Bairstow, Wood & Howells.  

• 17 Dec 2022: Christmas with F&B – Carols for choir and audience.  

• 11 Mar 2023: “MAGNIFICAT!” – Vivaldi, Zelenka, Bach.  

• 4 Jun 2023: “AHOY!” – L’Estrange, with Farnham Youth Junior Choir.  

• 25 Nov 2023: “NEARLY CHRISTMAS” – Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, Whitbourn Missa Carolae.  

• 8 Dec 2023: Charity Christmas Concert – festive evening in aid of a local charity.  

• 16 Mar 2024: “ALL THAT JAZZ!” – Will Todd Mass in Blue, Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass, Paul Halliday Freedom Trilogy.  

• 8 Jun 2024: Mozart Requiem, Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer.  

• 9 Nov 2024: A Choral Celebration”– Handel - Coronation Anthems, Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens, Rutter - Look at the World,; Graham Ross - Te Deum.  

• 30 Mar 2025: Puccini Messa di Gloria, Schubert Mass in G.  

• 14 Jun 2025: Music for a Summer’s Evening”– works by Whitacre, Bruckner, Goodall, Rutter, Fauré, Ross.  

• 13 Dec 2025: Chilcott, Bob - “Christmas Oratorio"; – plus Carols for Choir and Audience