History of performances from 1971

Compiled by Neil Pont

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1971 
18 DecChristmas Music
1972 
21 Apr
22 Nov
20 Dec
Haydn: Creation
Music for St Cecilia’s Day
Carols
1973 
24 Mar
30 Nov/
01 Dec
Selections from ‘The Gondoliers & Fauré: Requiem
Handel: Messiah
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1974 
04 May
14 Dec
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast etc.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio + Carols
1975 
17 May
06 Dec
Vivaldi: Gloria, Mozart: Requiem
Carols and Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo
1976 
22 May
06/18Dec
Elgar: The Music Makers
Handel: Messiah
1977 
Spring
12 Dec
Music for the Royal Jubilee
Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo, Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
1978 
Spring
16 Dec
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Schubert: Song of Miriam, Haydn: Te Deum & Imperial Mass
Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Forest, Brahms: Songs of Love, Lehar: The Merry Widow
1979 
13 Jan
12 May
06 Dec
08 Dec
22 Dec
Sing it yourself Messiah
Vivaldi Gloria, Schubert: Mass in G, Fauré: Requiem
Britten: St Nicholas
A Concert of Christmas Music
Carol Concert
1980 
29 Mar
10 May
27 Sep
06 Dec
Sing it yourself Messiah
Haydn: Creation
A Concert with Denis Weatherley
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas + Carols
1981 
17 Jan
16 May 05 Dec
13 Dec
Handel: Messiah
Mozart: Coronation Mass, Solemn Vespers, Haydn: Paukenmesse
Britten: Ceremony of Carols + Carols
Handel: Messiah 
1982 
15 May
18 Jul
04 Dec
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Bach: St John Passion
A Service of Thanksgiving
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Serenade to Music, Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise + Carols
1983 
14/21May
03 Dec
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Brahms: A German Requiem
Vivaldi: Credo, Handel: O come, let us sing unto the Lord
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir, Christe Adoramus te, Pergolesi: Magnificat + Carols
1984 
17 Mar
08 Jun
08 Dec
Handel: Messiah
G&S: The Pirates of Penzance
Puccini: Messa di Gloria, Tippett: Spirituals from ‘A child of our Time’
1985 
11 May
23 Nov
15 Dec
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Handel: Alexander’s Feast
Carols
1986 
17 May 

05 Jul
22 Nov 

19 Dec
Schubert: Mass in G, Bach: Jesu, Priceless Treasure, Bruckner: Two Motets, Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Parry: Blest pair of Sirens
A light-hearted Summer Concert of English Church Music
Bach: Cantatas – Sleeper’s wake!, Sehet, wir geh’n hinauf gen Jerusalem, Beethoven: Mass in C
Music for Christmas
1987 
11 Apr
04 Jul
14 Dec
12 Dec
Monteverdi: Christe Adoramus Te, Bruckner: 3 Motets, Rutter: Gloria
Sing America (Music by Porter, Kern, Berstein, Ridgers, Tippett & Gershwin
Bach: Motet – Lobet den Herrn, Fauré: Requiem
Words and Music for Christmas
1988 
26 Mar
25 Jun
03 Dec
Bach: St John Passion
German’s ‘Merrie England’
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
1989 
18 Mar
24 Jun
11 Nov
Handel: Messiah
A Promenade Concert
‘Music for Remembrance Day’ – Elgar: Spirit of England, Stainer: Crucifixion
1990 
31 Mar
30 Jun
Oct
17 Nov
15 Dec
Mozart: Mass in C min
G&S: HMS Pinafore
NE Last Night of the Proms – 1st
Handel: Zadok the Priest, Haydn: Nelson Mass
Music for Christmas including Britten: Ceremony of Carols
1991 
23 Mar
29 Jun
06 Oct
07 Dec
Verdi: Nabucco
Paired Pleasures and Double Delights (G&S, Madrigals & Beatles)
NE Last Night of the Proms – 2nd
Britten: St Nicholas + Carols
1992 
04 Apr
27 Jun
03 Oct
10 Oct
12 Dec
Vivaldi: Gloria, Bach: Cantata No. 51, Magnificat
“Those we have loved” – 21st anniversary of the choir
In aid of Amnesty International
NE Last Night of the Proms – 3rd
Music for Christmas
1993 
13 Feb
03 Apr
26 Jul
16 Oct
06 Nov
13 Nov
11 Dec
Brahms: German Requiem
Handel: Messiah
“A Summer Pot-Pourri”
NE Last Night of the Proms – 4th
Verdi: Requiem
Service of thanksgiving for Jean Robinson
Music for Christmas
1994 
26 Mar
15 Apr
25 Jun
22 Oct
20 Nov
17 Dec
“Vivat!” – mixed concert of church music
Opera chorus for North Sinfonia’s ‘Grand Opera Gala II’
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld
NE Last Night of the Proms – 5th
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Music and Readings for Christmas
1995 
29 Jan
01 Apr
24 Jun
14 Oct
11 Nov
16 Dec
Verdi: Requiem
Mozart: Requiem, Fauré: Requiem
Iolanthe in Concert
NE Last Night of the Proms – 6th
Music for Choir and Organ:Holst, Parry, Kodaly, Britten, Bach, Elgar
“A Festive Evening” – Carols
1996 
13 Apr
06 Jul
19 Oct
14 Dec
Haydn: Paukenmesse, Handel: Coronation Anthems
“Unbuttons!” – Madrigals and party pieces
NE Last Night of the Proms – 7th
Handel: Messiah
1997 
15 Mar
21 Jun
18 Oct
06 Dec
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Bach: St Matthew Passion
Anniversary Summer Concert
NE Last Night of the Proms – 8th
Britten: Ceremony of Carols, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
1998 
21 Mar
08 Jun
10 Oct
17 Oct
12 Dec
Handel: Theodora
G&S: Ruddigore
Handel: Messiah
NE Last Night of the Proms – 9th
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit + Carols
1999 
20 Mar
12 Jun
16 Oct
04 Dec
Mozart: Requiem + Mass in C
‘Brush up your Shakespeare’
NE Last Night of the Proms – 10th
Schutz: A Christmas Story
2000 
01 Apr
29 May
24 Jun
21 Oct
Bach: Mass in B Minor
Orff: Carmina Burana, Verdi Operas – Excerpts
G&S: Princess Ida
NE Last Night of the Proms – 11th
2001 
01 Apr
15 Dec
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Handel: Messiah (Christmas Music) + Carols
2002 
16 Mar
29 Jun
14 Dec
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir, Britten: St Nicolas
An Evening with Gershwin and Friends
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Fantasia on Christmas Carols
2003 
29 Mar
28 Jul
13 Dec
Orff: Carmina Burana
Vivaldi: Gloria, Handel: Coronation Anthems
Bush: Christmas Cantata, Rutter: Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
2004 
28 Apr
26 Jun
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Monteverdi, Palestrina, Bruckner, Mozart, Franck, Fauré, Borodin
2005 
19 Mar
25 Jun
10 Dec
Haydn: The Creation
Songs from around the world
Handel: Messiah
2006 
01 Apr
17 Jun
09 Dec
Bach: Magnificat, Eine Feste Berg, Brandenburg No. 5
Singing Together – project
Christmas Celebration (Rutter: Requiem, Chilcott: Misc)
2007 
31 Mar
23 Jun
08 Dec
Mozart: Coronation Mass, Requiem
Stephen Sonheim: Side by side
Handel: Messiah (selection), Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Chilcott
2008 
15 Mar
14 Jun
13 Dec
Brahms: A German Requiem
All that Jazz (David Murray’s arrangements)
Haydn: Nelson Mass, Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art
2009 
04 Apr
27 Jun
12 Dec
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Christmas Celebration
2010 
20 Mar
12 Jun
11 Dec
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, MacMillian: Where are these angels
Franck: Panis Anelicus, Fauré: Cantique, Requiem
Christmas Celebration
2011 
09 Apr
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 25 Jun
10 Dec
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Hummel: Mass in B flat, Franck: Panis Angelicus, Fauré: Cantique, Mozart: Ave Verum, Schubert: Psalm 23, Goodall: Psalm 23
Jazz Concert (Songs arranged by David Murray)
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs, Britten: Ceremony of Carols, Chilcott: 12 days + Carols
2012 
24 Mar
30 Jun
08 Dec
Choruses from Bach: Magnificat, Haydn: The Creation, Handel: Messiah
Mozart: Requiem, Haydn: St Nicholas Mass
A Jubilee Concert – Monteverdi, Holst, Lucy Walker, Handel
2013 
09 Mar
07 July
14 Dec
Brahms: German Requiem
Orff: Carmina Burana
David Murray: A Christmas Carol + other Christmas music
2014 
12 Apr
14 Jun
13 Dec
Bach: St Matthew Passion
The David Murray Songbook
Haydn: Te Deum, Rutter: Winchester Te Deum + carols
2015 
21 Mar
 
14 Jun
12 Dec
Handel: The ways of Zion do mourn, Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Bach: Brandenburg No. 3
Verdi: Requiem
Duruflé: Requiem + carols
2016 
06 Feb
12 Mar
11 Jun
10 Dec
Christopher Wood: Requiem (Wokshop)
Vivaldi: Gloria, Handel: Coronation Anthems
Songs and Sonnets (Rutter + David Murray Songbook)Chilcott: On Christmas Night, Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
2017 
01 Mar
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02 Jul
09 Dec
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Schubert: Mass in G,
Purcell: O God, Thou Art my God
Song on the Tyne (David Murray Songbook)
Handel: Messiah (Christmas music), Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas carols, Whitacre, Todd, Rutter
2018 
19 May
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07 Jul
17 Nov
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Te Deum, Jubilate
Summer Showcase
Bernstein: West Side Story (arr. Alastair Lord), Shearing: Songs and Sonnets
2019 
04 May
13 Jul 
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16 Nov
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 02 Dec
Haydn: Little Organ Mass, Handel: Chandos Anthems 9 and 4
Summer Showcase (Elgar: Songs from the Bavarian Highlands, American Folk Songs, Renaissance Motets)
Bach: Wachet Auf: 78, Jesu, der du Meine Seele, Corigliano: Fern Hill, Lully: Le Triomphe de l’Amour
Christmas Concert
2020
No activity – Covid Pandemic!
2021 
13 Nov
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11 Dec
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice, Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Mozart: Coronation Mass
Christmas Concert with Northumberland Orchestral Society
2022 
14 May
26 Nov
Bruckner: Mass in D min, Handel: Messiah (part 3)
Rutter: Requiem, Schubert: Mass in G
2023 
01 Apr
24 Jun
13 Nov
Bach: St John Passion
Handel: Messiah (Come and Sing)
Rachmaninov: Two Vespers, Mazé: Mass, Mascagni: Cavelleria Rusticana
2024 
27 Apr
6 July
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
English Pastoral Choral Music ( V Williams: Serenade to Music; Holst: Folksongs; Keel: Saltwater Ballads)