Concert History
This is a list of all known concerts. Follow the links in the left-hand column to find programmes, pictures, recordings, and other memorabilia.
Use of programme notes
Programme notes are produced by the choir for all concerts, and where available historically are linked from the relevant concert pages. These notes can be used by other choirs, without restriction, but we would ask that you acknowledge the author and our choir.
| Date | Programme | Venue | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24 | Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Franck Prélude, Choral et Fugue Brahms A German Requiem | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 24 | Mozart Great Mass in C Minor Purcell Funeral Sentences & They that go down to the sea in ships | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 23 | Liszt Missa Choralis Dvořák Six Moravian Songs Tchaikovsky Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (movements 1 & 13) Clara Schumann Abendfeier in Venedig Bortniansky Cherubic Hymn Brahms Geistliches Lied, In Stiller Nacht Liszt Ad nos ad salutarem undam (finale), Appassionata | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 23 | Haydn Nelson Mass Handel Coronation Anthems | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 22 | Vierne Messe Solennelle Franck Panis angelicus Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine Saint-Saëns Requiem Gounod St Cecilia Mass | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 22 | Handel Messiah | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 20 | Bach Mass in B Minor | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jun 19 | Schubert Mass in E♭ Ives (arr.) One Morning in Spring: Three Folksongs from Oxfordshire (Première) | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 19 | Monteverdi Vespers (1610) | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 18 | Parry Four Part Songs (Since thou, o fondest; O love, they wrong thee much; Come pretty wag and sing; In praise of song); There is an old belief; Long since in Egypt’s plenteous land and Put off, O Jerusalem from Judith Walter Parratt Tears for the good and true Vaughan Williams Te Deum in G Stanford If ye then be risen with Christ; Preludes for piano op. 163, nos. 2, 10 and 15 Purcell My heart is inditing; Chaconne in D minor; My beloved spake | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 18 | Handel Israel in Egypt | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jun 17 | Puccini Messa di Gloria Wagner Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin Mozart Agnus Dei from the Coronation Mass; Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K339; Voyagers’ Chorus from Idomeneo Purcell Dido’s Lament and ‘With drooping wings’ from Dido and Aeneas Joseph Parry Y Cychod ar yr Afon Berlioz The Shepherds’ Farewell from L’Enfance du Christ Verdi Va, pensiero from Nabucco | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 17 | Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 4-6) Bach Lobet denn Herrn Buxtehude ‘Ad ubera portabimini’ from Membra Jesu nostri | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jun 16 | Haydn ‘Spring’ and ‘Summer’ from The Seasons Bartók Four Slovak Folksongs Dvořák Songs of Nature Arensky Praise ye the Lord in Heaven | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 16 | Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1-3) Monteverdi ‘Nisi Dominus’ from the Vespers of 1610 Carissimi ‘Plorate Filii Israel’ from Historia di Jephte | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jun 15 | Mozart Coronation Mass Handel Israel in Egypt Schubert Mass in G Verdi Chorus of the Scottish Refugees Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves | St. Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 15 | Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle Rossini O Salutaris Hostia Giacomo Meyerbeer Pater Noster | St. Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jun 14 | A Celebration of English Melody: Vaughan Williams Bushes and Briars; Dives and Lazarus; Linden Lea; O clap your hands; Old Hundredth; The Turtle Full fathom five Weelkes Hark all ye lovely saints Parry Blest pair of sirens Holst My sweetheart’s like Venus; There was a tree Finzi I praise the tender flower Tallis Why fum’th in flight Gant RVW Suite: Prelude on a theme of Thomas Tallis; In the windless stillness; The fall of the leaf; The ploughboy’s dream (Première) | St. Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 14 | Haydn Nelson Mass Purcell Come ye Sons of Art; I was Glad; My Heart is Inditing | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jun 13 | Murder, Morse & Mozart: Mozart Requiem Bruce Montgomery Spring the Sweet Spring; Full Fathom Five; My Joy, My Life, My Crown! Dorothy Sayers I’ve got a Little List Herbert Howells St. Hugh’s Galliard George Dyson Reveille Franz Schubert An die Musik Geoffrey Bush Prélude and Sicilienne (from Suite Champêtre) George Dyson Evening Service in D Charles Wood Expectans Expectavi Albert Peace Hymn 699; O Love That Will Not Let Me Go | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 13 | Bach St. John Passion | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 12 | Randall Thompson Frostiana: Seven Country Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Benjamin Britten Rejoice in the Lamb; A Hymn of St. Columba; Hymn to St. Peter Charles Villiers Stanford Songs of the Sea Gerald Finzi My Spirit Sang All Day | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 12 | Bach Mass in B Minor | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jul 11 | Handel My Heart is Inditing; Foundling Hospital Anthem Mendelssohn Ave Maria Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem (1,7); In Stiller Nacht Philip Moore Three Oxford Songs (Première) Tippett Five Negro Spirituals (1,2,4) Parry My Delight Copland The Boatmen’s Dance Ives Songs of Ariel | Sheldonian Theatre | Duncan Saunderson |
| Feb 11 | Handel Messiah | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 10 | Parry Ode on St Cecilia’s Day; My Delight Purcell Though Knowest, Lord; Funeral Sentences; Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Mei Stanford Heraclitus | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 10 | Monteverdi 1610 Vespers (excerpts) Handel Nisi Dominus; The King Shall Rejoice Dering Factum Est Silentium Humfrey Hear O Heavens | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 09 | Mozart Great Mass in C minor Ives Songs of Ariel (Première) Bach Agnus Dei (from Mass in B minor) Haydn The Heavens Are Telling | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 09 | Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Schubert The Lord Is My Shepherd Schumann Widmung (arr. Saunderson) | St Margaret’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 08 | Handel Chandos Anthem No. 9 Haydn Spring, (from The Seasons) Britten Five Flower Songs | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 08 | Haydn Winter (from The Seasons) Walton Jubilate Deo Britten Te Deum in C Mendelssohn Verleih uns Frieden Brahms Geistliches Lied | St Margaret’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 07 | Mozart Ave Verum; Laudate Dominum Stravinsky Mass; Pater Noster Tavener Funeral Ikos Pearsall Requiem; O Who Will O’er the Downs so Free Pitoni Cantate Domino | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 07 | Haydn Maria Theresa Mass Beethoven Mass in C | St Barnabas’ Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 06 | Fauré Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine Vierne Messe Solennelle Duruflé Tota Pulchra Es; Notre Père | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 06 | Vivaldi Gloria J S Bach Lobet den Herrn Handel Utrecht Te Deum Britten Jubilate | St Andrew’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 05 | Sir Michael Tippett Five Negro Spirituals (from A Child of Our Time) Guido Haazen (arr.) Missa Luba Mozart Requiem Mass Aaron Copland The Boatmen’s Dance; Long Time Ago; Simple Gifts R Vaughan Williams Linden Lea; The Turtle Dove | St Margaret’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 05 | J S Bach Magnificat Henry Purcell My Heart is Inditing Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jun 04 | Handel Zadok the Priest; Let the Bright Seraphim Mozart Ave Verum; Laudate Dominum Gibbons This is the Record of John Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Schubert Ave Maria Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae Bruckner Locus Iste Mendelssohn Hear my Prayer Elgar Give Unto the Lord; Ave Verum Stanford Te Deum Stainer God So Loved the World Wise The Ways of Zion Do Mourn Parry I Was Glad | St Peter’s College Chapel | Duncan Saunderson and David Gould with Stanmore Choral Society |
| Jan 04 | Purcell Come Ye Sons Of Art Handel The King Shall Rejoice; My Heart Is Inditing; Birthday Ode for Queen Anne Byrd O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth Our Queen | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 03 | Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 03 | Mozart “Great” Mass in C minor; Who Can Comprehend Thee? (Wind Serenade in B♭) Haydn Te Deum | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 02 | Purcell Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary Blow I Was Glad Haydn Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse) Gant A Hymn for the Golden Jubilee | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 02 | Handel Messiah | St Barnabas Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 01 | Stravinsky Mass Fauré Requiem Mass Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 01 | Purcell Dido & Aenaeas Vivaldi Beatus Vir Handel Zadok the Priest | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 00 | Mozart Requiem Mass Haydn Insanae et Vanae Curae; The Heavens are Telling Süssmayr Ave Verum | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 00 | Handel Judas Maccabaeus | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 99 | Michael Tippett Five negro spirituals (from A Child of Our Time) Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Abbé Theodas Messe Solennelle en l’Honneur de Ste Claire Guido Haazen (arr.) Missa Luba Parry Hear My Words, Ye People | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 99 | Haydn Nelson Mass Charpentier Te Deum Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 98 | Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 98 | Vivaldi Magnificat/Gloria Handel Foundling Hospital Anthem Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 97 | Pergolesi Magnificat Purcell Hush No More (from Faerie Queen); Come Ye Sons of Art Handel Oh, the pleasure of the plains! (from Acis and Galatea) | New College Chapel | Duncan Saunderson |
| Jan 97 | Mozart Mass in C Schubert Mass in G Handel Zadok the Priest; My Heart is Inditing | St Michael’s Church | Duncan Saunderson |
| May 96 | Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Stanford Songs of the Fleet Walford Davies Nursery Rhymes Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest Hadley My Beloved Spake Elgar O Harken Thou | New College Chapel | Stephen Taylor |
| Jan 96 | Dvorak Mass in D; Blessed Jesu, Fount of Mercy Elgar Give Unto the Lord; The Spirit of the Lord; Ave Verum | St Michael’s Church | Stephen Taylor |
| May 95 | Haydn Harmonie Messe Mozart Laudate Dominum; Ave Verum Corpus | Keble College Chapel | Stephen Taylor |
| Jan 95 | Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols Charpentier Messe de Minuit | St Michael’s Church | Stephen Taylor |
| Apr 94 | Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle | Keble College Chapel | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Jan 94 | Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1-3, 5, and 6) | St Michael’s Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Jun 93 | Vaughan Williams Wasps Overture Malcolm Arnold Little Suite David Pope From Here to Burgess Hill Donald Paine Sea Songs Elgar Pomp and Circumstance Marches | Wesley Memorial Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Apr 93 | Haydn Creation | Keble College Chapel | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Dec 92 | Britten A Ceremony of Carols | St Michael’s Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Apr 92 | Fauré Requiem Schubert Mass in G | St Michael’s Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Dec 91 | Hummel Mass in B♭ | St Michael’s Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Jun 91 | Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts (with Oxford Harmonic Society) | Sheldonian Theatre | Robert Secret |
| Mar 91 | Stainer Crucifixion | St Michael’s Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Dec 90 | Handel Messiah | Oxford Town Hall | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Jun 90 | Beethoven Symphony no. 9 (with Oxford Harmonic Society) | Sheldonian Theatre | Robert Secret |
| Apr 90 | Bach St John Passion | Merton College | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Dec 89 | Bach Christmas Oratorio (Part 1); Sleepers Awake | St Michael’s Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Jun 89 | Verdi Requiem (with Oxford Harmonic Society and others) | Sheldonian Theatre | Robert Secret |
| Dec 88 | Haydn The Seasons | University Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| May 88 | Mozart Requiem; Vesperae Solennes de Confessore | Merton College | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Nov 87 | Vivaldi Gloria; Magnificat | Wesley Memorial Church | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Jun 87 | Mendelssohn Elijah | Oxford Town Hall | Chris Fletcher-Campbell |
| Dec 86 | Haydn Nelson Mass | St Michael’s Church | Neil Sissons |
| May 86 | Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle | Neil Sissons | |
| Dec 85 | Britten A Ceremony of Carols Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols | St Michael’s Church | Neil Sissons |
| May 85 | Dvorak Requiem mass | St Michael’s Church | Neil Sissons |
| Dec 84 | Handel Messiah (selection) Charpentier Messe de Minuit | St Michael’s Church | Neil Sissons |
| May 84 | Haydn Creation | Keble College | Neil Sissons |
| Dec 83 | Handel Dixit Dominus Bach Sleepers Awake | St Andrew’s Church | Neil Sissons |
| May 83 | Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem | Keble College Chapel | David Pritchard |
| Dec 82 | Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1-3, 5, and 6) | SS Philip & James | David Pritchard |
| May 82 | Handel O Praise the Lord With One Consent Haydn Nelson Mass | SS Philip & James | David Pritchard |
| Dec 81 | Vivaldi Gloria Buxtehude The Little Newborn Jesus Child | SS Philip & James | David Pritchard |
| May 81 | Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony | Cherwell School | David Pritchard |
| Dec 80 | Britten A Ceremony of Carols Bernstein Chichester Psalms | David Pritchard | |
| May 80 | Byrd Mass for Four Voices Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Fauré Requiem | David Pritchard | |
| Dec 79 | Charpentier Messe de Minuit | SS Philip & James | David Pritchard |
| May 79 | Handel Judas Maccabaeus | St Michael’s Church | David Pritchard |
| Dec 78 | Handel Messiah (selection) Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols | St Michael’s Church | David Pritchard |
| May 78 | Schubert Mass in G Mozart Requiem | St Michael’s Church | David Langdon |
| Dec 77 | Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1-3) | SS Philip & James | David Langdon |
| May 77 | Dvorak Mass in D; Bach Magnificat | Keble College Chapel | David Langdon |
| Dec 76 | Buxtehude Magnificat Monterverdi Beatus Vir Finzi In Terra Pax | David Langdon | |
| Dec 75 | Handel Messiah (selection) | St Michael’s Church | David Langdon |
| May 75 | Mendelssohn Elijah | Keble College Chapel | David Langdon |
| May 74 | Mozart Coronation Mass | David Langdon | |
| Dec 73 | Charpentier Messe de Minuit | St Michael’s Church | David Langdon |
| May 73 | Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem | Keble College Chapel | David Langdon |
| Dec 61 | Fauré Requiem | St Michael’s Church | Edward Olleson/David Gatwood |