Archive and History
Welcome to the Wantage Choral Society online archive, currently undergoing some re-arrangement. Inevitably, some information has been mislaid over the years: do you have any WCS concert programmes or newspaper cuttings from years gone by which could fill in some of the gaps?
The links in blue below will lead you to old concert posters, programmes and some pictures.
Please click here to browse our poster archive
We have not included:
- The concerts of Christmas music we promote each December, often collaborating with other local musicians
- Purely orchestral items, or vocal or instrumental items by our invited soloists
| Concert History | ||||
| 2009 | Nov. | PERGOLESI: Magnificat; VIVALDI: Gloria (from memory) | Poster | |
| June | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Folk Songs; SCHUBERT: Four Quartets; FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine; Elgar and Sullivan Partsongs | Poster | ||
| March | TIPPETT: A Child Of Our Time | |||
| 2008 | Nov. | HUMMEL: Mass in B Minor; PALESTRINA Stabat Mater; VARIOUS Motets | Poster | |
| June | VARIOUS: Music for a Summer’s Evening | Poster | Concert Notes | |
| March | ELGAR: Dream of Gerontius | Poster | Concert Notes | |
| 2007 | Nov. | BRITTEN: Rejoice in the Lamb; PARRY: I Was Glad; TAVENER: The Lamb; PÄRT: Beatitudes | Poster | |
| June | Come and Sing: HANDEL (various works) | |||
| March | MOZART: Requiem | Poster | ||
| 2006 | July | Come and Sing: FAURÉ Requiem, MASSENET: Mélodies, English Partsongs | Poster | |
| 2005 | Dec. | G.GABRIELI: Vespers of St. Mark; Vespers by other Italian masters | Poster | |
| July | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In Windsor Forest, The Pilgrim’s Journey; Five variants on Dives and Lazarus | Poster | ||
| 2004 | Dec. | HANDEL: Messiah | Review | |
| July | JEROME KERN: Showboat (concert version) | Poster | ||
| March | MOZART: Coronation Mass K317; Passiontide Cantata K42 | Poster | ||
| 2003 | Dec. | BACH: Christmas Oratario | ||
| July | MENDELSSOHN: Hymn of Praise; MOZART: Vesperae Sollennes de Confessore; PURCELL: Welcome to All the Pleasures | Poster | ||
| Spring | BACH: St John Passion | |||
| 2002 | BRAHMS: German Requiem, Alto Rhapsody; GILBERT & SULLIVAN Yeomen of the Guard; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 1 “Sea Symphony” | |||
| 2001 | ??? | BEETHOVEN: Mass in C Major; BRAHMS: Nanie, Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny); HANDEL: Foundling Hospital Anthem, Anthem on the Peace; HAYDN: Harmoniemesse | ||
| June | OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld | Poster | ||
| 2000 | Dec. | BACH: Cantata 140, Sleepers Wake; PERGOLESI: Magnificat; VIVALDI: Gloria | ||
| July | GILBERT & SULLIVAN: HMS Pinafore | Poster | ||
| Spring | BACH: Mass in B Minor | |||
| 1999 | Dec. | GEOFFREY BUSH: Christmas Cantata; Carols | ||
| July | STANFORD: Songs of the Fleet; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs, In Windsor Forest | Poster | ||
| March | DVORAK: Mass in D; ROSSINI: Stabat Mater | Poster | ||
| 1998 | Dec. | HAYDN: The Seasons | Poster | |
| June | FLANDERS/HOROWITZ: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo; GILBERT & SULLIVAN: Trial By Jury | Poster | ||
| March | BACH: St Matthew Passion | Poster | ||
| 1997 | Dec. | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols | ||
| ??? | HANDEL: Messiah | |||
| Summer | SLADE: Salad Days | |||
| April | HANDEL: Judas Maccabaeus | Poster | ||
| 1996 | HAYDN: Nelson Mass; MENDELSSOHN: Elijah; PUCCINI: Messa Di Gloria; PURCELL: Come Ye Sons of Art | |||
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| 1995 | ELGAR: As Torrents in Summer; FAURÉ: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Pavane; HANDEL: Messiah; MOZART: Coronation Mass; ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle | |||
| 1994 | GIBBS: The Highwayman; ELGAR: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands; MOZART: Coronation Mass; BACH: Cantata 140 (Sleepers Wake), Cantata 161 (Come Redeemer); HANDEL: The King shall Rejoice; HAYDN: Creation | |||
| 1993 | Autumn | BACH: Lobet den Herrn, Christmas Oratorio (excerpts) | ||
| July | BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasia; PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens | Poster | ||
| Spring | ELGAR: Dream of Gerontius | |||
| 1992 | BACH: St John Passion; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Death of Minnehaha; MOZART: Vesperae Sollennes de Confessore, Requiem; STANFORD: The Revenge | |||
| 1991 | BRAHMS: German Requiem; BRUCKNER: Motets; FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine; GODDARD: At the Year’s Spring; PURCELL: Five Songs; SCHUBERT: Mass in Ab | |||
| 1990 | BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; DIACK: Nursery Rhymes; HANDEL: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened; HAYDN: St Cecilia Mass; HOROWITZ: Summer Sunday; MENDELSSOHN: Elijah | |||
| 1989 | Dec. | BACH: Magnificat in D; HANDEL: Zadok the Priest; SCHUTZ: The Christmas Story | Poster | |
| May | BERLIOZ: Te Deum; WAGNER: Parsifal Act I | |||
| ??? | BRUCKNER: Locus Iste; SPOFORTH: Hail Smiling Morn; STANFORD: Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Psalm 150; VERDI: Requiem; WOOD: O Thou, the Central Orb | |||
| 1988 | ??? | BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes; GEOFFREY BUSH Christmas Cantata; FINZI: In Terra Pax; KODALY: The Music Makers (An Ode); SEIBER: 3 Yugoslav Folk Songs; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols | ||
| March | HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 9; MOZART: Mass in C Minor | Poster | ||
| 1987 | BEETHOVEN: Mass in D (Missa Solemnis); BYRD: Heyho to the Greenwood Tree; BYRD: Would you know my Celia’s Charms; CARTER: Two for the price of one; DURUFLÉ: Requiem; FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine; HOLST: I Love my Love; MORLEY: Fire, Fire; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Turtle Dove | |||
| 1986 | BACH: Christmas Oratorio; BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia; BRUCKNER: Mass in E Minor, Ecce Sacerdos; FLANDERS/HOROWITZ: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo; GENEE: Italian Salad; HAMMERSLEY: Magnificat | |||
| 1985 | Nov. | HANDEL: Utrecht Te Deum; PERGOLESI: Magnificat; VIVALDI Gloria | ||
| June | June | ELGAR: As Torrents in Summer, Feasting I Watch, My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land; STANFORD: The Blue Bird; SULLIVAN: The Long Day Closes; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oxford Elegy, On Wenlock Edge | ||
| May | VERDI: Requiem (with Abingdon Musical Society) | |||
| 1984 | Dec. | HANDEL: Messiah | ||
| July | TOCH: Geographical Fugue; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 5 English Folk Songs; Madrigals | |||
| Apr. | BACH: Mass in B Minor | |||
| 1983 | Nov. | DVORAK: Mass in D; FAURÉ: Requiem | ||
| June | COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast; DYSON: Three Songs of Courage, The Seekers and Reveille | |||
| May | BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 (Choral); DVORAK: Te Deum | |||
| Feb. | MENDELSSOHN: Elijah | |||
| 1982 | Nov. | BRITTEN: Ceremony of Carols; MOZART: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore; PURCELL: Welcome to All the Pleasures | ||
| Summer | BRITTEN: Gloriana Dances; ELGAR: As Torrents in Summer; PURCELL: Welcome to All the Pleasures; ROWLEY: Sailors Garland; Madrigals and Spirituals | |||
| Spring | BACH: St Matthew Passion | |||
| ??? | HANDEL: Messiah | |||
| 1981 | PYKE: Time and Tide; ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle; SEIBER: 3 Hungarian Folk Songs; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No 1 “Sea Symphony”; MOERAN: Spring, The Sweet Spring, Battle of Jericho, Griping Griefs, Little David | |||
| 1980 | GIBBS: The Highwayman; BACH: Singet den Herrn, Das ist meine freude; BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes;HANDEL: Samson, Israel in Egypt; PALESTRINA Stabat Mater | |||
| 1979 | BRAHMS: German Requiem; HANDEL: Messiah; HAYDN: Nelson Mass; PURCELL: Te Deum in C; VERDI: Requiem | |||
| 1978 | BACH: Peasant Cantata; BRITTEN: Rejoice in the Lamb; GERMAN: Merry England; HANDEL: Alexander’s Feast; MOZART: Mass in C Minor | |||
| 1977 | BACH: Cantata 140 (Sleepers Wake); FAURÉ: Requiem; HANDEL: Zadok the Priest; MENDELSSOHN: Elijah; PARRY: I Was Glad |
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| 1976 | BIZET: Carmen; HAYDN: Creation | |||
| 1975 | HANDEL: 9th Chandos Anthem; MONTEVERDI: Beatus Vir; PERGOLESI: Magnificat; ROSSINI: Petite Messe Sollennelle; VIVALDI: Gloria | |||
| 1974 | BACH: St Matthew Passion; BERLIOZ: Grande Messe des Morts; HANDEL: The King Shall Rejoice; MOZART: Requiem | |||
| 1973 | BACH: St Matthew Passion; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast; MENDELSSOHN: Elijah | |||
| 1972 | BACH: St Matthew Passion; FAURÉ: Requiem; HANDEL: Samson; VIVALDI: Gloria | |||
| 1971 | BACH: St Matthew Passion; FAURÉ: Requiem; VIVALDI: Gloria | |||
| 1970 | BACH: Christmas Oratorio; HANDEL: Acis & Galatea | |||
| 1969 | ? | |||
| 1968 | ? | |||
| 1967 | HANDEL: Israel in Egypt | |||
| 1966 | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 1 “Sea Symphony” | |||
| 1965 | HANDEL: Messiah | |||
| 1964 | BALFE: Bohemian Girl; HAYDN: The Seasons(part); VIVALDI: Gloria; WEBER: Jubilee Cantata | |||
| 1963 | ? | |||
| 1962 | KODALY: Matia Pictures; MOERAN: Griping Griefs, Little David, Spring, The Sweet Spring, Battle of Jericho; STANFORD: Songs of the Fleet; VERDI Requiem (November) |
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| 1961 | BRAHMS: German Requiem (November); HANDEL: Judas Maccabaeus | |||
| 1960 | CONSTANT LAMBERT: Rio Grande; MENDELSSOHN: Hymn of Praise | |||
| 1959 | FAURÉ: Requiem | |||
| 1958 | BACH: Mass in B minor | |||
| 1957 | HANDEL: Messiah | |||
| 1956 | BACH: Jesu Priceless Treasure; BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes; MOZART: Requiem; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In Windsor Forest | |||
| 1955 | BACH: St Matthew Passion (May) | |||
| 1954 | GERMAN: Tom Jones; MENDELSSOHN: Elijah | |||
| 1953 | BACH: Christmas Oratorio (December) | |||
| 1952 | BORODIN: Prince Igor Choral Dances; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast;Concert of Church music (May) | |||
| 1951 | GERMAN: Merry England; HAYDN: Creation | |||
| 1950 | HANDEL: Messiah; DUNHILL: Early One Morning | |||
