In order to show the variety of music performed, there follows a list of some past concerts.
May 2018 | Purcell – Dido and Aeneas, Handel – Zodok the Priest, Byrd – Ave Verum Corpus |
Dec 2017 | Mozart – Coronation Mass, Carols for all |
Apr 2017 | Bernstein – Chichester Psalms, Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music, Bernstein – West Side Story (excerpts) |
Dec 2016 | Handel – Messiah (Part 1), Christmas carols for choir and audience |
Mar 2016 | Spring concert: Rutter – Sprig of Thyme, various folk song settings |
Dec 2015 | Fauré – Requiem, Mendelssohn – Jauchzet Dem Herrn and Christmas Music for choir and audience |
Apr 2015 | Light Opera – Music by Gilbert and Sullivan, Offenbach, Lehár and Johann Strauss |
Dec 2014 | Charpentier – Messe de Minuit pour Noel, Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Mozart – String Quartet, No. 4 K.157, Various Carols for Choir and Audience |
Mar 2014 | Vivaldi: Gloria, Schubert: Psalm 23 and the Mass in G Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine |
Dec 2013 | ‘Christmas through the Ages’ – Music for Voices and Brass from the 15th Century to the present day. |
Nov 2013 | Handel’s Messiah – An immensely successful ‘Come and Sing’ event. |
Mar 2013 | Purcell & Handel inc Purcell’s Come ye Sons of Art |
Dec 2012 | Bach: Christmas Oratorio Parts 1 & 2 with choir and congregational carols and solos |
Mar 2012 | Handel: Coronation Anthems and Haydn: Nelson Mass |
Dec 2011 | ‘Carols with the Choral’ – choir and congregational carols readings and solos |
Nov 2011 | Riding Mill on Broadway: A selection of choral arrangements of songs from musicals |
Apr 2011 | Folk Song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Britten, Canteloube, Butterworth and arrangements of local songs by Percy Lovell |
Dec 2010 | ‘Carols with the Choral’ – A selection of choir and congregational carols readings and solos |
Nov 2010 | Rutter: Requiem and Mozart: Coronation Mass |
Apr 2010 | A Night at the Opera: selection of opera choruses |
Feb 2010 | Faure: Requiem |
Dec 2009 | Cancelled due to a deluge of snow that arrived after the final rehearsal! |
Apr 2009 | West Side Story: a selection of choruses and solo items |
Dec 2008 | Rachmaninov: Vespers, Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Finzi: In Terra Pax |
Apr 2008 | Haydn: Creation – a joint concert with Jesmond Choral Group |
Nov 2007 | Elgar: Music Makers – with the Tynedale Orchestra (cond. Alex Lewis) |
Concert Posters
During the late 1980s and through the 1990s there were some excellent posters drawn mainly by Bob Tully. There is a selection of these below. Please click on a thumbnail image to see a larger version.
- September 1989
- December 1989
- December 1989
- April 1990
- December 1991
- April 1992
- December 1992
- April 1993
- December 1993
- December 1993
- September 1994
- December 1994
- December 1995
- December 1996
- December 1996
- December 1997
- April 1998