Our History
Alan Pickard founding musical director
1980 Mozart: REQUIEM
1981 Orff: CARMINA BURANA
1982 Vaughan Williams: SERENADE TO MUSIC Britten/Fauré: REQUIEM
1983 Verdi: REQUIEM
1984 Gounod/Smetana/Poulenc: GLORIA
1985 Elgar: MUSIC MAKERS and other Elgar works
1986 Handel: CORONATION ANTHEMS
1987 Handel: MESSIAH
1988 Orff: CARMINA BURANA V. Williams: SERENADE Rutter: REQUIEM
1989 Dvořák: MASS IN D
1990 Mozart: REQUIEM
1991 Bach: MAGNIFICAT Handel: DIXIT DOMINUS
1992 Brahms: GERMAN REQUIEM
1993 Fauré: REQUIEM and some of his other works
1994 Vaughan Williams: A SEA SYMPHONY
1995 Handel / Mozart / Britten: CORONATION MUSIC
1996 Parry / Tippet / Mozart: REQUIEM
1997 Orff: CARMINA BURANA Vaughan Williams: SERENADE TO MUSIC
1998 Dvořák: STABAT MATER Smetana: CESKÁ PÍSEN
1999 Verdi: REQUIEM
2000 Vivaldi / Rutter / Poulenc: GLORIA
2001 Brahms: GERMAN REQUIEM
2002 Rutter / Dvořák / Kodály / Mozart: REQUIEM
Pam Duchars appointed musical director
2003 Duruflé: REQUIEM Beethoven: CHORAL FANTASIA
2004 Handel: CORONATION ANTHEMS Rutter: TE DEUM
2005 Handel: MESSIAH
2006 Jenkins: THE ARMED MAN & REQUIEM
2007 Mendelssohn: ELIJAH
Julian Power appointed musical director
2008 Verdi: REQUIEM
2009 Webber: REQUIEM Parry: I WAS GLAD Brückner: TE DEUM
2010 Dvořák: STABAT MATER Fauré: REQUIEM
2011 Mozart: REQUIEM Vivaldi: GLORIA
2012 Coronation Music incl. Parry: I WAS GLAD Walton: TE DEUM
2013 Brahms: GERMAN REQUIEM
2014 Poulenc: GLORIA Jenkins: THE ARMED MAN
2015 Handel: MESSIAH
2016 Giacomo Puccini: MESSA DI GLORIA John Rutter: REQUIEM
2017 Mendelssohn: HYMN OF PRAISE John Rutter: GLORIA Mascagni: EASTER HYMN
2018 Verdi: REQUIEM, after 50 members attended the world premiere of SING! THE MUSIC WAS GIVEN, Sir Karl Jenkins, New York on 15th January
2019 Gounod: ST CECILIA MASS: Jenkins LAMENTATION and SING! THE MUSIC WAS GIVEN (British Premiere)
2020 Postponed due to COVID-19
2021 Beethoven: Choral Fantasia: Orff: Carmina Burana
Dr Mandy Griffin appointed director of music
2022 Mozart Requiem and Weber Jubelmesse