Here we explore the choir’s past. In the Past Concerts section, we have a selection of past repertoire and posters where available. This archive is still under construction as we work our way back to our roots.
Recent Away Weekends
- 2022 & 2023 – Whitstable, Kent
- 2019 – Deal, Kent
- 2018 – Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- 2017 – Sheringham, Norfolk
- 2016 – Bexhill-on-Sea
- 2015 – Battle, Sussex
- 2014 – Broadstairs, Kent
- 2013 – Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Past Musical Directors
| Fred Mercer 1946-1961 |
| Natalie Seymour 1961 – 2002 |
| Paul Rhys 2002 – 2008 |
| Huw Morgan 2008 – 2016 |
| Victoria Longdon 2016 – 2019 |
Past Concerts
Scroll down memory lane, or jump to the year of your choice.
2023
December
| Eric H. Thiman | Gloria in Excelsis Deo |
| Sir George J. Elvey | Arise, shine, for thy light is come. |
| Arr. Bob Chilcott | Gaudete! |
| Basque carol, arr. David Willcocks | Gabriel’s Message |
| John Rutter | Angels’ Carol |
| G.F. Handel | Hallelujah Chorus |
| Sally Beamish | In the Stillness |
| William Mathias | Sir Christèmas |
| Matthew Owens | The Holly and the Ivy |
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Magnificat (mvt 1 from The Magnificat) |
| Traditional African-American carol | Go Tell It On the Mountain |
| Jule Styne, arr. Alexander L’Estrange | Let It Snow |
July
| Antonio Vivaldi | Gloria |
| George Frideric Handel | Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest The King Shall Rejoice My Heart is Inditing of a Good Matter Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened |
April
| César Franck | The Seven Last Words of Christ |
| Maurice Duruflé | Requiem |
2022
December
| Malcolm Sargent | The Boars Head Carol Winter |
| Igor Stravinsky | Ave Maria |
| Philip WJ Stopford | What Sweeter Music |
| Hector Berlioz | Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier | Ten Noëls from Midnight Mass |
| Eric H. Thiman | Gloria In Excelsis Deo |
| Michael Praetorius | Christmas Song |
| James MacMillan | O Radiant Dawn |
| R. Vaughan Williams | The Truth from Above |
| H. Walford Davies | The Holly and the Ivy |
| John Goss | See Amid the Winter’s Snow |
| David Willcocks | I Saw Three Ships |
| Hugh Martin & Ralph Blanc | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
| John Rutter | The Twelve Days of Christmas |
July
| John Rutter | Mass of the Children |
| Charles Gounod | Mass for Saint Cecilia |
April
| Henry Purcell | Te Deum in D Jubilate Deo |
| Hubert Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens |
| Benjamin Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb |
2021
December
| arr. Charles Wood | Ding Dong Merrily On High |
| Herbert Howells | A Spotless Rose |
| Felix Mendelssohn | There Shall a Star from Jacob Come Forth From Christus |
| Philip Stopford | What Sweeter Music |
| Benjamin Britten | This Little Babe From A Ceremony of Carols |
2019
December
| Benjamin Britten | A Ceremony of Carols |
| Herbert Howells | Here is the Little Door |
| Edward Elgar | The Snow |
| Sergei Rachmaninov | Bogoroditse Devo |
| Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson | Heyr Himna Smiður |
| Leroy Anderson | Sleigh Ride |
July
| Edward Elgar | My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land |
| Gerald Finzi | Clear and Gentle Stream My Spirit Sang All Day |
| Josquin Des Prez | El Grillo |
| Adrian Willaert | Vecchie Letrose |
| Benjamin Britten | Dances from Gloriana: Time Conchord Rustics & Fishermen |
| Anton Bruckner | Locus Iste Os Justi |
| Fleetwood Mac | The Chain |
March
| R. Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony |
2018
December
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier | Messe de Minuit |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Magnificat: Freut Euch und Jubiliert Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Herr |
| Morten Lauridsen | O Magnum Mysterium |
| James MacMillan | In Splendoribus |
| John Gardner | The Holly and the Ivy |
| Adolphe Adam | Minuit Chrétiens |
July
| Irving Berlin | Let’s Face the Music and Dance |
| Harry Warren | Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| Anders Edenroth | Words |
| Consuelo Velázquez | Bésame Mucho |
| Jorge Ben | Más Que Nada |
| Antônio Carlos Jobim | One Note Samba |
| Jerome Kern | All the Things You Are |
| Cole Porter | Begin the Beguine Let’s Do It |
| Fabian Andre & Will Schwandt | Dream A Little Dream |
| Maurice White, Al McKay, & Allee Williams | September |
March
| Antonio Vivaldi | Gloria |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Magnificat |
2017
December
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light |
| Roger Cooper | Cradle Song |
| R. Vaughan Williams | Wassail Song Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
| Mykola Leontovych | Carol of the Bells |
| Kenneth Leighton | Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child |
| Adolphe Adam | Minuit Chrétiens |
| Will Todd | My Lord Has Come |
July
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Magnificat Prima Toni a 8 |
| Hans Leo Hassler | Missa Super Dixit Maria |
| Robert Parsons | Ave Maria |
| Edward Elgar | Ave Maria |
| Graham Keitch | Ave Maria |
| Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla | Ave Regina |
| Sergei Rachmaninov | Bogoróditse Djévo |
| Morten Lauridsen | O Magnum Mysterium |
| Arvo Pärt | Bogoróditse Djévo |
April
| Johannes Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem Nänie |
2016
December
| James MacMillan | O Radiant Dawn In Splendoribus |
| Guillaume Bouzignac | Noé, noé! Pastores Cantate Domino Dum Silentium |
| Kenneth Leighton | Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child |
| William Byrd | Sing Joyfully |
| Peter Warlock | Bethlehem Down |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light |
| Benjamin Britten | A Hymn to the Virgin |
| Hans Leo Hassler | Angelus ad Pastores Ait |
| Will Todd | My Lord Has Come |
July
| R. Vaughan Williams | O How Amiable |
| Henry Purcell | King Arthur: The Chorus of the Cold People Fairest Isle Thou Knowest Lord |
| Paul Patterson | Canterbury Psalms: Psalms 97, 121, 148 |
| Georg Frideric Handel | Alexander’s Feast: Break his bands of sleep asunder Let Old Timotheus Your Voices Tune |
| Samuel Sebastian Wesley | Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace |
| Gerald Finzi | My Spirit Sang All Day I Praise the Tender Flower |
| Hubert Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens |
March
| Franz Joseph Haydn | Missa in Tempore Belli (“Paukenmesse”) The Heavens are Telling (from The Creation) Insanae et Vanae Curae Te Deum in C |
2015
December
| Antonio Vivaldi | Beatus Vir |
| Charles Gounod | Nazareth |
| Melchior Vulpius | Es Ist Ein Ros |
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Magnificat |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | Oratorio de Noël |
| William Ballet | Sweet Was the Song |
| Huw Morgan | Make We Joy |
July
| Samuel Barber | Under the Willow Tree Sure on this Shining Night |
| Frederick Frahm | Annabel Lee (World Premiere) Words by Edgar Allen Poe |
| R. Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region Words by Walt Whitman |
| Ned Rorem | O Deus, Ego Amo Te |
| Morten Lauridsen | Dirait-On |
| George Gershwin | Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ Summertime It Ain’t Necessarily So Bess, You Is My Woman Now There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York |
| Richard Rodgers | Blue Moon |
March
| Petr Eben | Dominica de Passione (from Suita Liturgica) |
| Leoš Janáček | Otčenáš |
| Antonin Dvořák | Ave Maris Stella Mass in D |
2014
December
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Out of Your Sleep |
| Elizabeth Poston | Jesus Christ the Apple Tree |
| William Mathias | Sir Christemas A Babe is Born |
| Franz Gruber | Silent Night/Stille Nacht |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | In Dulci Jubilo |
| Benjamin Britten | A New Year Carol |
November
| R. Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem |
July
| Joseph Haydn | The Creation |
March
| Judith Weir | Like to the Falling of a Star |
| Frederick Frahm | Who is Wise Among You? Psalm 141 |
| Arvo Pärt | Salve Regina |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Requiem in D Minor |
2013
December
| Henry Purcell | O God, Thou Art My God Rejoice in the Lord Alway |
| Bob Chilcott | Remember, O Thou Man |
| Witold Lutoslawski | Polish Christmas Carols: 14, 8, 11, 17 |
| Roger Cooper | Sleep, King Jesus (Premiere) |
| Claudio Monteverdi | Beatus Vir |
| Karl Jenkins | A Celebration of Christmas |
| Franz Schubert | Zum Sanctus Gott ist mein Hirt |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Verleih uns Frieden |
| Johannes Brahms | Ein Deutches Requiem (Excerpts) |
| Paul Patterson | Milliennium Mass |
July
| Edward Elgar | From the Bavarian Highlands |
| Bob Chilcott | A Little Jazz Mass |
| Thomas Tallis | O Nata Lux de Lumine |
| Benjamin Britten | The Birds A Boy was Born The Evening Primrose (from Five Flower Songs) |
| Huw Morgan | The Mellow Touch of Musick (Premiere) |
| John Dowland | Awake Sweet Love |
| William Byrd | Agnus Dei (from Mass for Four Voices) |
March
| Franz Schubert | Zum Sanctus Gott ist mein Hirt |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Verleih uns Frieden |
| Johannes Brahms | Ein Deutches Requiem (Excerpts) |
| Paul Patterson | Milliennium Mass |
2012
December
| R. Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
| Hans Leo Hassler | Dixit Maria |
| Giovanni Gabrieli | O Magnum Mysterium |
| Gustav Holst | Four Old English Carols |
| Gabriel Jackson | Sing Nowell |
July
| Bob Chilcott | Aesop’s Fables |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Solemn Vespers Ave Verum Corpus Tantum Ergo |
| Gustav Holst | Turn Back O Man |
| Herbert Howells | Like as the Hart |
| Huw Morgan | Crux Fidelis |
March
| Gabriel Fauré | Requiem |
| R. Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs |
| Kenneth Leighton | Solus ad Victimam |
2011
December
| Benjamin Britten | A Ceremony of Carols |
| William Mathias | Ave Rex |
July
| Herbert Howells | Two Folk Songs |
| Alexander L’Estrange | Scottish Melodies |
| R. Vaughan Williams | Five English Folksongs |
| Phyllis Tate | The Lark in the Clear Air |
| Edward Elgar | My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land |
| Robat Arwyn | Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn |
| Cecilia McDowall | A Fancy of Folksongs |
March
| Charles-Marie Widor | Tu Es Petrus |
| Louis Vierne | Tantum Ergo |
| Jehan Alain | O Quam Suavis |
| Charles Gounod | Ave Verum |
| Maurice Duruflé | Requiem |
2010
December
| Antonio Vivaldi | Gloria |
| Giovanni Battista Perolesi | Magnificat |
July
| John Dowland | Weep You No More, Sad Fountains |
| Gerald Finzi | My Spirit Sang All Day |
| Orlando Gibbons | The Silver Swan |
| Charles Villiers Stanford | Heraclitus |
| Orlande de Lassus | Bonjour Mon Coeur |
| Jacques Arcadelt | Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno |
| Edward Elgar | My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land |
| John Blow | Venus and Adonis |
March
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Requiem |
| Francesco Scarlatti | Miserere |
