Past Events
2010
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)
