Past Events
2011
December 11th

Ennio Morricone (b.1928) Gabriel's Oboe
Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998) A Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) O Clap Your Hands
April 10th: Handel and his Contemporaries

From Solomon:
Orchestra: ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’
Choir and Orchestra ‘May no rash intruder’ and ‘Music, spread thy voice around’
Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
Four Sonatas for Organ
J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
From St. Matthew Passion
Baritone and Organ recit: ‘Der Heiland fallt vor seinem vater nieder’
Aria: ‘Gerne will ich mich bequemen’
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
Orchestra: ‘Canon’
Choir and continuo: ‘Magnificat’
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Soloists, choir and orchestra: ‘Dettingen Te Deum’
2010

12th December
St.Nicolas (a cantata): Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
25th April

The Salley Gardens: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
My spirit sang all day: Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Orchestra: Suite of Dances: Henry Purcell (1659–1695) arr. Nicholas Smith
Lamento d'Arianna: Lasciate mi morire: Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Lament from Jephte: Giacomo Carissimi (1605–c.1674)
Motet: Ave Verum Corpus: William Byrd (1543–1623)
DIDO AND AENEAS: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
2009
13th December

The King shall rejoice: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Three movements from Elijah: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1846)
For He shall give his angels charge over thee
Lift thine eyes
He, watching over Israel
Three sequences from Christmas Oratorio: J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Recitative – chorale
Recitative – chorus
Recitative – chorale – chorus
26th April

The Creation: Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
2008
14th December

Fantasia on Christmas Carols: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Cantique de Jean Racine: Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Per questa bella mano (K.612): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Concerto for Organ no. 13 in F: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
7th December
Carol singing at Eyam Hall.
October 5th (at St. George's Church, New Mills)
Trial by Jury: W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and A. Sullivan (1842–1900)
Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time: Michael
Tippett (1905–1988)
Goin' Home: Spiritual adapted from Symphony no. 9: From the New World by
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Spring
Trial by Jury: W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and A. Sullivan (1842–1900)
Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time: Michael
Tippett (1905–1988)
Goin' Home: Spiritual adapted from Symphony no. 9: From the New World by
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Spring and Summer from The Four Seasons: Antonio
Vivaldi (1678–1741)
2007
Christmas
The best things happen when you're dancing and White Christmas:
Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
A Hymn to the Virgin: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Autumn and Winter from The Four Seasons: Antonio
Vivaldi (1678–1741)
In Terra Pax: Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Spring
Mass in G: Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Rejoice in the Lamb: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd: Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Cantata no. 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben: J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
2006
Christmas
My spirit sang all day: Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Te Deum laudamus/Jubilate Deo: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Concerto for 2 trumpets & strings: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Beatus Vir: Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Spring
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross: Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Divertimento in D (K.136): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Mass in C, "Organ Solo Mass" (K.259): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
2005
Christmas
Canon: Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)
Pastorale 'Gesu Bambino': Pietro Yon
Impromptu for Harp: Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
A Ceremony of Carols: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Zadok the Priest: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Spring
Coronation Mass in C (K.317): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Requiem (Op.48): Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
2004
Christmas
Four Estonian Lullabies: Veljo Tormis
Concerto grosso (Op.6, no. 8): Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Magnificat: James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Messiah: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Spring
St. John Passion (BWV 245): J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
2003
Christmas
The Childhood of Christ: Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
Pastorella (BWV 590): J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Spring
Pilgrim's Journey: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
The Vagabond from Songs of Travel: Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872–1958)
Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time: Michael
Tippett (1905–1988)
My Soul, There is a Country from Songs of Farewell: C. Hubert
Parry (1848–1918)
Blest Pair of Sirens: C. Hubert Parry (1848–1918)
2002
Christmas
Eternal Source of Light: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Cantique de Jean Racine: Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
'Dilys': John Morgan Lloyd
Mattinata: Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919)
The Trumpet Shall Sound!: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Dettingen Te Deum: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Spring
Motet: Venite, populi (K.260): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Motet: Ave verum corpus (K.618): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Requiem Mass (K.626): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
2001
Christmas
Hodie Christus natus est from A Ceremony of Carols: Benjamin
Britten (1913–1976)
Let the bright seraphim from Samson: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Magnificat: James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Gloria: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Spring
Elijah: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1846)
2000
Christmas
Air in D: J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Kanon: Johann Pachelbel (c.1653–1706)
Hosianna dem Sohne David: Franz Tunder (1614–1667)
Messiah: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Spring
Te Deum in B Flat: C. V. Stanford (1852–1924)
Dance Suite: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Jubilate Deo in C: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Welcome to all the pleasures (An Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day): Henry Purcell
(1659–1695)
Psalm 100: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Oboe Solo: Movements from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid: Benjamin Britten
(1913–1976)
O Praise the Lord (Chandos Anthem No. 9): G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
1999
Christmas
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F (HWV 296): G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Magnificat: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Magnificat: J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
May
The Creation: Josef Haydn (1732–1809)
Spring
Petite Messe Solennelle: Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
1998
Christmas
A Ceremony of Carols: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Dancing Day: arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)
Cantata No. 142: To us a Child is born: J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Spring
Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo ("Little Organ" Mass): Josef Haydn
(1732–1809)
Concerto for two oboes and strings: Tommaso Albinoni (1671–1750)
Exultate Jubilate: W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Mass in G, No. 2: Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
1997
Christmas
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Joseph, dearest Joseph: from Mainz, 1605
Joseph, dearest Joseph: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Magnificat: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
The Christmas Story: Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
Spring
Requiem: John Rutter (b. 1945)
Te Deum: C. V. Stanford (1852–1924)
1996
Christmas
Excerpts from Messiah: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Saint Nicolas: a Cantata (Op. 42): Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Joseph, dearest Joseph: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Magnificat: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
The Christmas Story: Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
Summer
Madrigal: April is in my Mistress' Face: Thomas Morley (1557–1602)
Folk Songs: O waly, waly and The Salley Gardens: Benjamin
Britten (1913–1976)
Clarinet and piano: Five Bagatelles: Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Motet: Ave Verum: W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Motet: Virge Jesse: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Liebeslieder Waltzes: Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Summertime and The Man I Love: George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Motet: Ave Verum: William Byrd (1543–1623)
Motet: Christus natus est: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
The Shepherd on the Rock: Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
A selection from The Pirates of Penzance: W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and A. Sullivan (1842–1900)
Spring
Easter Oratorio: J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Gott meine Zuversicht: Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time: Michael
Tippett (1905–1988)
Coronation Mass in C (K.317): W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
1995
Christmas
Messiah: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Spring
Zadok the Priest: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Chacony: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
The King shall rejoice: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Dido and Aeneas: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
1994
Christmas
Ensemble: Concerto grosso (Op.6, no. 8): Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Chacony: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
A Ceremony of Carols: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Sleepers, Wake! (Wachet auf!): J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Spring
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Magnificat: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
Exultate Jubilate: W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Harmonie-Messe: Mass No. 12 in B Flat: Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
1993
Christmas
Fantasia on Christmas Carols: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Christmas Oratorio: J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Summer Serenade
Summer is icumen in
Three Madrigals:
April is in my Mistress' Face: Thomas Morley (1557–1602)
It was a Lover and his Lass: Thomas Morley (1557–1602)
In these delightful Pleasant Groves: Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Five English Folk Songs: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
The Dark-eyed Sailor
The Springtime of the Year
Just as the Tide was Flowing
The Lover's Ghost
Wassail Song
Three Songs: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
The Salley Gardens
O waly, waly
Old Albram Brown
Spring
Gloria: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Requiem (Op.48): Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
