Works Performed
Welcome to the Wantage Choral Society online archive. 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 most Decembers, often collaborating with other local musicians
- Purely orchestral items, or vocal or instrumental items by our invited soloists
- Performances in competitive Music Festivals
| Concert History | ||||
| 2012 | Mar. | HAYDN: Creation | Poster | |
| 2011 | Nov. | CHILCOTT: Little Jazz Mass; Arrangements of classic popular songs | Poster | |
| July | Come and Sing HANDEL Choruses, Dorchester Abbey, Oxon. | Poster | ||
| Mar. | SAMUEL BORDOLI: Orbs of Light and Shade, Almighty and Everlasting God; PAUL BURKE: Lumen ad Revelationem Gentium; KARL JENKINS: The Armed Man | Poster | ||
| 2010 | Dec. | BENJAMIN BRITTEN: St. Nicolas; Carols and Christmas music | Poster | |
| June | JOHN RUTTER: Psalmfest | Poster | ||
| Mar. | BRAHMS: A German Requiem | Poster | ||
| 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 | Dec. | PUCCINI: Messa di Gloria; BACH Boxing Day Cantata BWV 40, GABRIELI Hodie Christe Natus Est | ||
| July | Come and Sing: FAURÉ Requiem, MASSENET: Mélodies, English Partsongs | |||
| (Recording) Polyphonic Motets by Giovanni Gabrieli | ||||
| May | May: WALTON: Belshazzar’s Feast (with Abingdon & District MS) | |||
| 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 | ||
| Apr. | MASCAGNI: Easter Hymn; HAYDN: Te Deum; PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens; VERDI: Anvil Chorus; Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves; Triumphal Scene from Aida: WAGNER: Spinning Chorus. | |||
| 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 | Dec. | HANDEL: Christmas Music from Messiah; Carols and Christmas music | ||
| Nov. | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 1 “Sea Symphony” (with Abingdon & District MS) | |||
| June | GILBERT & SULLIVAN: Yeomen of the Guard | |||
| March | BRAHMS: German Requiem, Alto Rhapsody | |||
| 2001 | Nov. | BRAHMS: German Requiem (with Abingdon & District MS) | ||
| June | OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld | Poster | ||
| Mar. | BEETHOVEN: Mass in C Major; BRAHMS: Nanie, Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny); HANDEL: Foundling Hospital Anthem, Anthem on the Peace; HAYDN: Harmoniemesse | |||
| 2000 | Dec. | BACH: Cantata 140, Sleepers Wake; PERGOLESI: Magnificat; VIVALDI: Gloria | ||
| July | GILBERT & SULLIVAN: HMS Pinafore | Poster | ||
| Apr. | 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 | ||
| June | Evening of music in aid of the Kosovo Appeal | |||
| 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 | ||
| Oct. | HANDEL: Messiah | |||
| July | SLADE: Salad Days | |||
| April | HANDEL: Judas Maccabaeus | Poster | ||
| 1996 | Dec. | HAYDN: Nelson Mass; PURCELL: Come Ye Sons of Art | ||
| July | PUCCINI: Messa Di Gloria | |||
| March | MENDELSSOHN: Elijah (with Didcot CS) | |||
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| 1995 | Dec. | ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle | ||
| July | FAURÉ: Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Pavane | |||
| Apr. | HANDEL: Messiah | |||
| 1994 | Dec. | MOZART: Coronation Mass; BACH: Cantata 140 (Sleepers Wake), Cantata 161 (Come Redeemer); HANDEL: The King shall Rejoice | ||
| June | GIBBS: The Highwayman; ELGAR: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands, As Torrents in Summer; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Dark Eyed Sailor, Linden Lea, Just As The Tide; DYSON: The Seekers, Reveille |
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| Mar. | HAYDN: Creation (with Didcot CS) | |||
| 1993 | Dec. | BACH: Lobet den Herrn, Christmas Oratorio (excerpts); HANDEL: Zadok the Priest; HOLST: Christmas Day; Carols | ||
| July | BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasia; PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens | Poster | ||
| Spring | ELGAR: Dream of Gerontius | |||
| 1992 | Dec. | MOZART: Vesperae Sollennes de Confessore, Requiem | ||
| July | COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Death of Minnehaha; STANFORD: The Revenge | |||
| April | BACH: St John Passion | |||
| 1991 | Dec. | BRUCKNER: Motets; SCHUBERT: Mass in Ab | ||
| July | FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine; PURCELL: Five Songs; | |||
| May | BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem; GODDARD: At the Year’s Spring | |||
| 1990 | Dec. | BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; HANDEL: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened; HAYDN: St Cecilia Mass; | ||
| June | HOROWITZ: Summer Sunday; DIACK: Nursery Rhymes | |||
| April | MENDELSSOHN: Elijah | |||
| 1989 | Dec. | BACH: Magnificat in D; HANDEL: Zadok the Priest; SCHUTZ: The Christmas Story | Poster | |
| July | 40th Anniversary Choral Evensong: STANFORD: Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Psalm 150; WOOD: O Thou, the Central Orb | |||
| June | VERDI: Requiem (with massed Oxfordshire choirs) | |||
| May | WAGNER: Parsifal Act 1; BERLIOZ: Te Deum (with Abingdon CS) | |||
| March | North Berks. Festival: BRUCKNER: Locus Iste; GEOFFREY BUSH Christmas Cantata plus (???) | |||
| 1988 | Dec. | GEOFFREY BUSH Christmas Cantata; FINZI: In Terra Pax; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols | ||
| June | BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes; SEIBER: 3 Yugoslav Folk Songs; KODALY: The Music Makers (An Ode) | |||
| March | HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 9; MOZART: Mass in C Minor | Poster | ||
| 1987 | Nov. | DURUFLÉ: Requiem; FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine | ||
| June | BYRD: Heyho to the Greenwood Tree; BYRD: Would you know my Celia’s Charms; CARTER: Two for the price of one; HOLST: I Love my Love; MORLEY: Fire, Fire; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Turtle Dove | |||
| May | BEETHOVEN: Mass in D (Missa Solemnis) | |||
| 1986 | Dec. | BACH: Christmas Oratorio | ||
| June | FLANDERS/HOROWITZ: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo; GENEE: Italian Salad; HAMMERSLEY: Magnificat | |||
| Mar. | BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia; BRUCKNER: Mass in E Minor, Ecce Sacerdos | |||
| 1985 | Nov. | HANDEL: Utrecht Te Deum; PERGOLESI: Magnificat; VIVALDI Gloria | ||
| 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 | Nov. | ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle | ||
| June | SEIBER: 3 Hungarian Folk Songs; MOERAN: Spring, The Sweet Spring, Battle of Jericho, Griping Griefs, Little David | |||
| May | PYKE: Time and Tide; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No 1 “Sea Symphony” (with Abingdon MS) | |||
| Mar. | HANDEL: Come and Sing “Messiah” | |||
| 1980 | Nov. | HANDEL: Samson | ||
| ??? | GIBBS: HANDEL: Israel in Egypt; PALESTRINA Stabat Mater | |||
| June | GIBBS: The Highwayman; BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes | |||
| ??? | BACH: Singet den Herrn, Das ist meine freude; Der Geist Helft (with Abingdon MS; at Wantage and Merton College) | |||
| Feb. | HAYDN: Come and Sing “Creation” | |||
| 1979 | ??? | HANDEL: Come and Sing “Messiah”; HAYDN: Nelson Mass; PURCELL: Te Deum in C; VERDI: Requiem | ||
| Spring | BRAHMS: German Requiem (with Abingdon &D MS) | |||
| 1978 | Nov. | HANDEL: Alexander’s Feast | ||
| June | BACH: Peasant Cantata; GERMAN: Merry England | |||
| Feb. | BRITTEN: Rejoice in the Lamb; MOZART: Mass in C Minor | |||
| 1977 | May | MENDELSSOHN: Elijah (with Abingdon MS; in Wantage and Abingdon) | ||
| Mar. | BACH: Cantata 140 (Sleepers Wake); FAURÉ: Requiem | |||
| 1976 | Nov. | HAYDN: Creation | ||
| June | BIZET: Carmen | |||
| 1975 | Nov. | ROSSINI: Petite Messe Solennelle | ||
| May | HANDEL: 9th Chandos Anthem; MONTEVERDI: Beatus Vir; PERGOLESI: Magnificat; VIVALDI: Gloria | |||
| 1974 | Dec. | HANDEL: The King Shall Rejoice; MOZART: Requiem | ||
| May | BERLIOZ: Grande Messe des Morts (at Dorchester Abbey; with various choirs) | |||
| Mar. | BACH: St Matthew Passion | |||
| 1973 | Dec. | HANDEL: Messiah | ||
| Oct. | MENDELSSOHN: Elijah | |||
| May | STANFORD: Songs of the Fleet; COLERIDGE TAYLOR: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast | |||
| Mar. | BACH: St. Matthew Passion | |||
| 1972 | Nov. | HANDEL: Samson | ||
| May | FAURÉ: Requiem; VIVALDI: Gloria | |||
| Mar. | BACH: St Matthew Passion | |||
| 1971 | Nov. | PURCELL: King Arthur | ||
| July | GIBBS: The Highwayman; other choral works | |||
| March | BACH: St Matthew Passion (with St. Mary’s School Choir) | |||
| 1970 | Nov. | BACH: Christmas Oratorio Parts I and II; Part Songs | ||
| Apr. | HANDEL: Acis & Galatea | |||
| 1969 | BACH: Peasant Cantata; PARRY: Blesy Pair of Sirens; ??? Ave Maria; MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus; MASCAGNI: Easter Hymn; COLERIDGE TAYLOR: Hiawatha Part I(overall, a time of turmoil for WCS) | |||
| 1968 | BACH: Jesu, Priceless Treasure; HAYDN: Harmoniemesse (May; with Abingdon MS; at Wantage and Abingdon) | |||
| 1967 | HANDEL: Israel in Egypt | |||
| 1966 | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 1 “Sea Symphony” | |||
| 1965 | Nov. | HANDEL: Messiah | ||
| May | Various Choral Works | |||
| 1964 | ??? | BALFE: Bohemian Girl | ||
| July | HAYDN: Distraught with Care and Anguish; VIVALDI: Gloria; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Hundredth Psalm; WEBER: Jubilee Cantata | |||
| 1963 | Dec. | BACH:Magnificat; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols | ||
| July | PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Towards The Unknown Region; GIBBS: The Highwayman | |||
| 1962 | KODALY: Matia Pictures; MOERAN: Griping Griefs, Little David, Spring, The Sweet Spring, Battle of Jericho; STANFORD: Songs of the Fleet; VERDI Requiem (November) | |||
| 1961 | Nov. | BRAHMS: German Requiem (at Wantage and Didcot) | ||
| May | HANDEL: Judas Maccabaeus | |||
| 1960 | Nov. | CONSTANT LAMBERT: Rio Grande; MENDELSSOHN: Hymn of Praise; JACOB: Highways | ||
| June | BIZET: Carmen | |||
| 1959 | FAURÉ: Requiem; LE FLEMING: Five Psalms | |||
| 1958 | Oct. | BRAHMS: Song of Destiny; HANDEL: Acis & Galatea; Three Partsongs | ||
| May | BACH: Mass in B minor (with Abingdon MS; in Abingdon and Wantage) | |||
| 1957 | HANDEL: Messiah (February) | |||
| 1956 | BACH: Jesu Priceless Treasure; BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes; MOZART: Requiem; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In Windsor Forest | |||
| 1955 | May | BACH: St Matthew Passion (with Abingdon Musical Society: one performance in Abingdon, one in Wantage) | ||
| ??? | Programme of Part Songs | |||
| 1954 | GERMAN: Tom Jones; MENDELSSOHN: Elijah | |||
| 1953 | Dec. | BACH: Christmas Oratorio | ||
| ??? | Coronation Music: Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II | |||
| 1952 | BORODIN: Prince Igor Choral Dances; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast; Concert of Church music (May) | |||
| 1951 | Dec. | HAYDN: Creation | ||
| ??? | GERMAN: Merry England | |||
| 1950 | HANDEL: Messiah; DUNHILL: Early One Morning | |||
| 1949 | July | Evensong in Tewkesbury Abbey | ||
| Apr. | STAINER: Crucifixion | |||
