The Chester Music Society Choir has sung many major choral works since its foundation in 1946. They are listed below by year of performance.
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| Choral Work | Composer | Year |
|---|---|---|
Opera Arias and Choruses | Various | 2024 |
Coronation Anthems | Handel | 2024 |
Coronation Mass | Mozart | 2024 |
St John Passion | Chilcott | 2024 |
Lo, The full final sacrifice | Finzi | 2024 |
Procession of Palms | Williamson | 2024 |
Requiem | Verdi | 2023 |
Requiem | Faure | 2023 |
Requiem | Rutter | 2023 |
German Requiem | Brahms | 2023 |
Schicksalslied | Brahms | 2023 |
A Sea Symphony | Vaughn Williams | 2022 |
Songs of the Fleet | Stanford | 2022 |
Messiah | Handel | 2022 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 2021 |
St John Passion | J S Bach | 2019 |
The Creation | Haydn | 2019 |
The Armed Man | Jenkins | 2019 |
Intimations of Immortality | Finzi | 2019 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 2018 |
Blest Pair of Sirens | Parry | 2018 |
O hearken thou | Elgar | 2018 |
Confortare | Dyson | 2018 |
Let my prayer come up | Harris | 2018 |
Ubi Caritas | Mealor | 2018 |
I was Glad | Attwood | 2018 |
All people that on earth do dwell | Vaughn Williams | 2018 |
Funeral Music for Queen Mary | Purcell | 2018 |
Zadok the Priest | Handel | 2018 |
Behold, O God our Defender | Howells | 2018 |
I was Glad | Parry | 2018 |
Blest Pair of Sirens | Parry | 2018 |
Te Deum (for Empress Marie Therese) | Haydn | 2018 |
Requiem | Mozart | 2018 |
Solemn Vespers | Mozart | 2018 |
Opera Arias and Choruses | Various | 2017 |
Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cecile | Gounod | 2017 |
Psalm 150 | Franck | 2017 |
Panis Angelicus | Franck | 2017 |
Ave verum corpus | Faure | 2017 |
Cantique de Jean Racine | Faure | 2017 |
Dona Nobis Pacem | Vaughan Williams | 2017 |
The Garden of Proserpine | Vaughan Williams | 2017 |
Messiah | Handel | 2016 |
Lux Aeterna | Lauridsen | 2016 |
Insanae Et Vanae Curae | Haydn | 2016 |
Magnificat | Pergolesi | 2016 |
Spatzenmesse | Mozart | 2016 |
Belshazzar's Feast | Walton | 2016 |
The Music Makers | Elgar | 2016 |
Noah's Fire | Cooke | 2015 |
St Nicolas | Britten | 2015 |
Israel in Egypt | Handel | 2015 |
Crucifixion | Kelly | 2015 |
Mass in D | Dvorak | 2015 |
War Requiem | Britten | 2014 |
Symphony No. 9 | Beethoven | 2014 |
Mass in B Minor | Bach | 2014 |
Opera Arias and Choruses | Various | 2013 |
Mass in C Minor | Mozart | 2013 |
Nelson Mass | Haydn | 2013 |
Requiem | Chilcott | 2013 |
Songs of Farewell | Parry | 2013 |
Jerusalem | Parry | 2013 |
Blest Pair of Sirens | Parry | 2013 |
The Kingdom | Elgar | 2012 |
Requiem | Durufle | 2012 |
Three Motets | Durufle | 2012 |
Chichester Psalms | Bernstein | 2012 |
Rejoice in the Lamb | Britten | 2012 |
Messiah | Handel | 2011 |
Symphony No. 2 : The Resurrection | Mahler | 2011 |
Mass of the Children | Rutter | 2011 |
Gloria | Poulenc | 2011 |
Requiem | Faure | 2011 |
Beatitudes | Part | 2011 |
Crucifixus | Lotti | 2011 |
Christmas Cantata | Bush | 2010 |
Requiem | Verdi | 2010 |
I was glad: Psalm 122 | Parry | 2010 |
Hear my prayer: Psalm 55 | Mendelssohn | 2010 |
Domine ne in furore: Psalm 6 | Plainsong | 2010 |
Exsultate Deo: Psalm 81 | Palestrina | 2010 |
Sicut cervus: Psalm 42 | Palestrina | 2010 |
Lord who hast made us thy own: Psalm 148 | Holst | 2010 |
To my humble supplication: Psalm 86 | Holst | 2010 |
Jubilate Deo: Psalm 100 | Gabrieli | 2010 |
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: Psalm 121 | Walford Davies | 2010 |
The Lord is my shepherd: Psalm 23 | Schubert | 2010 |
Out of the deep: Psalm 130 | Rutter | 2010 |
Judge me O God: Psalm 43 | Mendelssohn | 2010 |
How lovely are thy dwellings: Psalm 84 | Brahms | 2010 |
Stabat Mater | Dvorak | 2010 |
Requiem | Mozart | 2009 |
Solemn Vespers | Mozart | 2009 |
Magnificat in D | Bach | 2009 |
Gloria | Handel | 2009 |
Coronation Anthems | Handel | 2009 |
Petite Messe Solennelle | Rossini | 2009 |
A Sea Symphony | Vaughan Williams | 2008 |
For St Cecilia | Finzi | 2008 |
I Was Glad | Parry | 2008 |
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence | Bairstow | 2008 |
O Be Joyful | Britten | 2008 |
Missa Sancti Nicolai | Haydn | 2008 |
O Clap Your Hands | Vaughan Williams | 2008 |
Greater Love Hath No Man | Ireland | 2008 |
Faire Is The Heaven | Harris | 2008 |
Turn Back O Man | Holst | 2008 |
We Wait For Thy Loving Kindness | McKie | 2008 |
Blest Pair of Sirens | Parry | 2008 |
St John Passion | Bach | 2008 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 2007 |
The Armed Man | Jenkins | 2007 |
Mirror of Perfection | Blackford | 2007 |
The Crucifixion | Stainer | 2007 |
Rejoice in the Lamb | Britten | 2007 |
Lo the Full Final Sacrifice | Finzi | 2007 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 2006 |
Zadok the Priest | Handel | 2006 |
Psalm 100 | Schutz | 2006 |
Cantique de Jean Racine | Faure | 2006 |
Panis Angelicus | Franck | 2006 |
The Cherubic Hymn | Glinka | 2006 |
Beatus Vir | Monteverdi | 2006 |
Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo | Haydn | 2006 |
O Jesu Christ Meins Lebens Licht | Bach | 2006 |
Ave Maria | Bruckner | 2006 |
Ave Verum Corpus | Mozart | 2006 |
Give Unto The Lord (Psalm 29) | Elgar | 2006 |
German Requiem | Brahms | 2006 |
Stabat Mater | Szymanowski | 2006 |
Gloria | Rutter | 2005 |
Messiah | Handel | 2005 |
Belshazzar's Feast | Walton | 2005 |
Toward The Unknown Region | Vaughan Williams | 2005 |
Serenade to Music | Vaughan Williams | 2005 |
Glagolitic Mass | Janecek | 2004 |
Polovtsian Dances | Borodin | 2004 |
Three Russian Songs | Rachmaninov | 2004 |
Dixit Dominus | Handel | 2004 |
Mass in G | Schubert | 2004 |
Requiem | Verdi | 2004 |
St Nicolas | Britten | 2003 |
Gloria | Vivaldi | 2003 |
Requiem | Faure | 2003 |
Magnificat | Rutter | 2003 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 2003 |
Missa Solemnis | Beethoven | 2002 |
Mass in B Minor | Bach | 2002 |
Dona Nobis Pacem | Vaughan Williams | 2001 |
Spirit of England | Elgar | 2001 |
A Child Of Our Time | Tippett | 2001 |
Te Deum | Bruckner | 2001 |
The Creation | Haydn | 2000 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 2000 |
Messa di Gloria | Puccini | 2000 |
Intimations of Immortality | Finzi | 2000 |
Five Mystical Songs | Vaughan Williams | 2000 |
Messiah | Handel | 2000 |
The Kingdom | Elgar | 1999 |
War Requiem | Britten | 1999 |
Messiah | Handel | 1998 |
Requiem | Rutter | 1998 |
Requiem | Mozart | 1998 |
Requiem | Durufle | 1997 |
Gloria | Poulenc | 1997 |
Carmina Burana | Orff | 1997 |
The Music Makers | Elgar | 1997 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 1996 |
Achieved is the Glorious Work | Haydn | 1996 |
Singing By Numbers | Chilcott | 1996 |
Cantique de Jean Racine | Faure | 1996 |
Zadok the Priest | Handel | 1996 |
A Sea Symphony | Vaughan Williams | 1996 |
Requiem Da Camera | Finzi | 1996 |
Belshazzar's Feast | Walton | 1995 |
Finlandia - Choral Version | Sibelius | 1995 |
Benedicite | Carter | 1995 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 1995 |
Te Deum in C | Haydn | 1994 |
Mass in C Minor | Mozart | 1994 |
Requiem | Verdi | 1994 |
A Sea Symphony | Vaughan Williams | 1994 |
Songs of the Fleet | Stanford | 1994 |
Rule Britannia | arr. M Sargeant | 1994 |
Magnificat | Bach | 1993 |
Gloria | Vivaldi | 1993 |
Grande Messe des Morts | Berlioz | 1993 |
Messiah | Handel | 1992 |
Chichester Psalms | Bernstein | 1992 |
Benedictus | Blake | 1992 |
The Creation | Haydn | 1991 |
For St Cecilia | Finzi | 1991 |
Dona Nobis Pacem | Vaughan Williams | 1991 |
Five Mystical Songs | Vaughan Williams | 1991 |
Gloria | Poulenc | 1990 |
St Cecilia Mass | Gounod | 1990 |
Cantique de Jean Racine | Faure | 1990 |
The Music Makers | Elgar | 1990 |
Te Deum | Bruckner | 1990 |
Zadok the Priest | Handel | 1990 |
Missa Solemnis | Beethoven | 1989 |
Cantata Profana | Bartok | 1989 |
Carmina Burana | Orff | 1989 |
Requiem | Mozart | 1988 |
Nelson Mass | Haydn | 1988 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 1988 |
Stabat Mater | Dvorak | 1987 |
Messa di Gloria | Puccini | 1987 |
German Requiem | Brahms | 1987 |
Messiah | Handel | 1986 |
Mass in B Minor | Bach | 1986 |
Requiem | Verdi | 1985 |
St John Passion | Bach | 1985 |
Dona Nobis Pacem | Vaughan Williams | 1984 |
Requiem | Faure | 1984 |
The Seasons | Haydn | 1984 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 1983 |
The Hymn of Jesus | Holst | 1983 |
Four Sacred Pieces | Verdi | 1983 |
Christmas Oratorio | Bach | 1982 |
The Kingdom | Elgar | 1982 |
Messiah | Handel | 1981 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1981 |
Mass in C | Beethoven | 1980 |
Stabat Mater | Rossini | 1980 |
Requiem | Verdi | 1980 |
Belshazzar's Feast | Walton | 1979 |
Symphony No. 9 | Beethoven | 1979 |
Requiem | Mozart | 1979 |
Gloria | Poulenc | 1979 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 1978 |
Theresa Mass | Haydn | 1978 |
German Requiem | Brahms | 1978 |
Messiah | Handel | 1977 |
Symphony No. 8 | Mahler | 1977 |
Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft | Bach | 1977 |
Coronation Anthems | Handel | 1977 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 1976 |
Unaccompanied Motets | Various | 1976 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1976 |
Mass in C (Coronation) | Mozart | 1975 |
A Child of Our Time | Tippet | 1975 |
Requiem | Verdi | 1975 |
Nelson Mass | Haydn | 1974 |
Gloria | Vivaldi | 1974 |
St John Passion | Bach | 1974 |
Star of Bethlehem | Rheinberger | 1973 |
Gloria | Poulenc | 1973 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 1973 |
Messiah | Handel | 1972 |
Mass in B Minor | Bach | 1972 |
The Creation | Haydn | 1971 |
The Kingdom | Elgar | 1971 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 1970 |
German Requiem | Brahms | 1970 |
Messiah | Handel | 1969 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1969 |
Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 1968 |
Requiem | Verdi | 1968 |
Stabat Mater | Rossini | 1967 |
Mass in C (Coronation) | Mozart | 1967 |
Christmas Oratorio | Bach | 1966 |
Parts of Messiah and The Creation | Handel and Haydn | 1966 |
Messiah | Handel | 1966 |
The Creation | Haydn | 1965 |
St John Passion | Bach | 1965 |
Insanae et Vanae Curae | Haydn | 1964 |
Requiem | Mozart | 1964 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 1964 |
German Requiem | Brahms | 1963 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1962 |
Blessed Jesu Fount of Mercy (from Stabat Mater) | Dvorak | 1961 |
Requiem | Faure | 1961 |
Toward The Unknown Region | Vaughan Williams | 1960 |
Mass in B Minor | Bach | 1960 |
Messiah | Handel | 1959 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1959 |
Messiah | Handel | 1958 |
Airs from The Beggar's Opera | arr. Jacobson | 1958 |
St John Passion | Bach | 1958 |
The Creation | Haydn | 1957 |
Mass in B Minor | Bach | 1957 |
Messiah | Handel | 1956 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1956 |
St John Passion | Bach | 1955 |
Messiah | Handel | 1954 |
German Requiem | Brahms | 1954 |
Five Mystical Songs Madrigals and Part Songs | Vaughan Williams | 1954 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1953 |
Elijah | Mendelssohn | 1952 |
Before The Paling of The Stars | Dale | 1951 |
Rant (founded on Cheshire Souling Song) | Pitfield | 1951 |
Music When Soft Voices Die | Wood | 1951 |
Hodie Christus Natus Est | Sweelinck | 1951 |
St Matthew Passion | Bach | 1951 |
Song for A Festival | Dyson | 1951 |
Turn Back O Man | Holst | 1951 |
Blest Pair of Sirens | Parry | 1951 |
Fantasia on Christmas Carols | Vaughan Williams | 1950 |
Jesu Priceless Treasure | Bach | 1950 |
From the Bavarian Highlands | Elgar | 1948 |
Songs of Springtime | E. J. Moeran | 1949 |
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast | Coleridge-Taylor | 1947 |
Toward The Unknown Region | Vaughan Williams | 1947 |
The Music Makers | Elgar | 1946 |
Songs of the Fleet | Stanford | 1946 |