Historic Repertoire

1994 Easter St. Matthew Passion - Bach
1993 Christmas Beatus Vir - Vivaldi
Mass in Time of War - Haydn
1993 Easter The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar    
1992 Christmas Three Carols - Joubert
Oratorio de  Noel - Saint-Saens
Magnificat in D Major - Bach
1992 Easter Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo - Haydn
Motet: Valiant fro Truth - R. Vaughan Williams
A Sea Symphony - R. Vaughan Williams
1991 Christmas Messiah - Handel
1991 Easter Gloria - Vivaldi
1990 Christmas Cantata: South of the Line - Joubert
Requiem - Faure
1990 Easter  
 

The 1980's

 
1989 Christmas  
1989 Easter St. Mark's Passion - Wood
1988 Christmas Chandos Anthem No. 9 - Handel
Exsultate Jublilate - Mozart
Christmas Music
1988 Easter Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands - Elgar
100th Psalm - R. Vaughan Williams
1987 Christmas The Messiah - Handel
1987 Easter St. John's Passion - Bach
1986 Christmas With Richmondshire Orchestra
Fantasia on Christmas Carols - R. Vaughan William
1986 Easter Foundling Hospital Anthem - Handel
Mass in G - Schubert?
1985 Christmas A joint concert with Reeth Brass Band?
1985 Easter A Mendelssohn Concert including items from Elijah                                                                              
1984 Christmas A joint concert with Reeth Brass Band
1984 Easter English Folk Songs - R. Vaughan Williams
Songs of England -
Blest Pair of Sirens - Parry
1983 Christmas The Midnight Mass - Charpentier
1983 Easter  
1982 Christmas Judas Maccabaeus - Handel
1982 Easter Judas Maccabaeus - Handel - Postponed
1981 Christmas Israel in Egypt - Handel?????????
1981 Easter Requiem - Brahms
1980 Christmas Requiem - Mozart
1980 Easter Te Deum - Haydn
 

The 1970's

1979 Christmas Messiah - Handel
1979 Easter Te Deum - Haydn
1978 Christmas Creation - Haydn
1978 Easter  
1977 Christmas Choral Fantasia  - Beethoven
Mass in G - Schubert                  With the Northallerton Choral Society
Dixit Dominus - Handel
1977 Easter Song of Destiny - Brahms
1976 Christmas  
1976 Easter St. John's Passion - Bach
1975 Christmas  
1975 Easter Requiem - Faure
1974 Christmas  
1974 Easter Elijah - Mendelssohn
1973 Christmas An Evening of Carols in the Gilling West Old People's Home
1973 Easter  
1972 Christmas Carols in the Castle Grounds
1972 Easter Gloria - Vivaldi
1971 Christmas Fantasia on Christmas Carols - R. Vaughan Williams                                                                           
1971 Easter  Requiem - Faure
Carmen (Concert version) - Bizet
1970 Christmas  
1970 Easter Missa Brevis - Mozart
Mannine????(somebody email me what this is) - Brahms
Jesu Joy and Ave Verum - Mozart

The 1960's

1969 Christmas  
1969 Easter The King Shall Rejoice - Handel
The Music Makes - Elgar
Six Shakespeare Songs - Shaw
1968 Christmas  
1968 Easter St. Mark's Passion - Wood
1967 Christmas Christmas Cantata - Harrison
On Christmas Night - Wolfe
Nun's Priest's Tale - Jacobs
A selection of part songs - various
1964 (Nov) Messiah - With the Methodist Church Choir
Mass in Ab - Schubert
Requiem - Faure
1964 Easter  In Windsor Forrest - R. Vaughan Williams
Just So Songs - German
Vocal Pavane - Rowley
1963 (Aprill) Winter and Spring - Schubert
In London Town - German
Songs of Farewell - Parry
1962 (Dec) Song of Destiny - Brahms
Christmas Cantata - Bush with Carol Andrews as the soloist
1962 (March) Requiem - Mozart
1960 (Mar) A promenade concert with the Garrison Choral Society and The Royal Signals Orchestra                                  

Others Dates

 
1959 Saint Nicholas - Britten
Fantasia on Christmas Carols - R. Vaughan Williams
1952 St John's Passion - Bach
1951 Merrie England - German (cancelled)
1950 (Dec) Christmas Music
1950 (Mar) Acis and Galatea - Handel
1949 (Dec) The Christmas Oratorio - Bach
1949 (May) Light of Life - Elgar
Five Mystical Songs - R. Vaughan Williams
1947 (Dec) Messiah - Handel
1947 (April) Tom Jones - German
1946 (April) St. John's passion - Bach
1946 (Feb) Elijah - Mendelssohn
1945 (Dec) The Messiah - Handel
1945 (Mar) The Creation - Haydn
1945 (Feb) Requiem - Mozart
1944 (Dec) The Messiah - Handel
1941 (Mar) Elijah - Mendelssohn
1940 (May) Merrie England - German
1940(March) Requiem - Brahms
1939 King Olaf - Elgar
1938 (Mar) Hiawatha - Coleridge Taylor
1937 (Mar) The Light of Life - Elgar
1936 (Feb) The Highwayman - Gibbs
Songs of the Sean - Stanford
In the Windsor Forrest - R. Vaughan Williams
1935 (Mar) The Coffee Cantata - Bach
Songs of the Bavarian Highlands - Elgar
1934 (Feb) Acis and Galatea - Handel
1932 Richmondshire Choral Society "disbanded owing to the lack of numbers"
1931 St. Mark's Passion - Wood
1930 (Nov) Full Chorus rehearsals abandoned due to lack of tenors
Various part songs for female voices
1930 (Feb) Various Part song for female voices and included a Folk Song Suite for Strings composed by Dr. A.J. Bull
1930 Soloman - Handel (Concert cancelled "The Society struggled for many weeks to keep going and then owing to the lack of support in the tenor line the full chorus had to be abandoned"
1929 Requiem - Brahms (not performed because of illness among the members of the choir)
1929 (Feb) News from Whydah - Gardiner
Blest Pair of Sirens - Parry
1928 (Mar) St. John's Passion - Bach
1928 (Feb) Spring from the Seasons - Haydn
Towards the Unknown Region - R. Vaughan Williams
1927 (April) St. John's Passion - Bach
1927 (Feb) The Pied Piper of Hamlin - Parry
The Dirge for Two Veterans - Stanford
1926 The Spirit of England - Elgar
1925 (Dec) Messiah Part 1 - Handel
1925  Requiem - Brahms
1924 (Dec) Fantasia on Christmas Carols - R. Vaughan Williams
1924 Songs of Farewell - Parry
Songs of the Open Air - Dear
1923 Messiah - Handel
1923 Song of Destiny - Brahms
1922 Music Makers - Elgar
1920 An Ode for St. Cecilia Day - Parry
Songs of the Fleet - Stanford
1919 Madrigals and part songs
1914/15 Martyr of Antioch - Sullivan - Again I don't think there was a performance because of the lack of attendance due to the war.
1913 Martyr of Antioch - Sullivan - I'm not sure if this was ever performed as the conductor (Mr. Brown) discontinued the practices (as of 13th December 1913) and went of to a nursing home. The minutes of the 6th of May 1914 mention his appointment to Grantham.
1913 The Sun Worshipers - Thomas?
Ode to the Passions - Cowen
1912 The Crusaders - Gade
1911 (Feb) The Page and the King's Daughter - Volbach (with orchestra)
1909 Launda Sion - Mendelssohn
1908 Hiawatha Wedding Feast - Coleridge Taylor (composed in 1899)
1906 Inchcape Rock - Bridge. With orchestra, and various other part songs
1905 (Dec) Launda Sion - Mendelssohn
1903 (Dec) Various part songs and instrumental soloists
1903 Elijah - Mendelssohn
1902 Christus - Mendelssohn with Northallerton Choral Society
1902 Various part songs, instrumental trios and solos
1900 Choruses from Ode on St. Cecilia's Day - Handel
1898 (April) The Last Judgement - Spohr
1897 The Last Judgement - Spohr
1897 (April) Samson - Handel
1896 The Seasons - Handel
1896 Come Let Us Sing- Mendelssohn
1895 The Rose Maiden. Concert abandoned due to Mr. Ellis being ill?
1894 (Dec) Erl King's Daughter - Gade
1893 (Dec) Hymn of Praise - Mendelssohn
The Rose Maiden
1891 (May) The Messiah - Handel
1880 (April) Athalie - Mendelssohn
1879 Bride of Dunkerron - Smart

Featured Event

Our next concert on Saturday 4th May is part of Richmond MayFest 2024 and features contrasting works composed a hundred years apart. Verdi, a master of opera, returned to a liturgical text for his final composition Four Sacred Pieces. The influences of Palestrina who he much admired, can be heard throughout. John Rutter took seven well known spirituals, usually solo works in concert, setting them for chorus, solo and ‘orchestra’. It is both joyful and moving. We look forward to seeing you at St Mary's Church, Richmond.

 

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