EXMOUTH CHORAL SOCIETY
CONCERT PROGRAMMES 1895 -2013
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With Raymond Wilmot as conductor
1895
Mendelssohn
MacFarren
Elijah
May Day
1896
Mendelssohn
Gounod
Lloyd
Tozer
Dvorak
Beethoven
Hymn of Praise
Messe Solonnelle
Hero and Leander
Balaam and Balah
Stabat Mater
Mount of Olives
1897
Handel
Messiah
1898
Haydn
Handel
The Creation
Messiah
1899
Handel
Handel
Judas Maccabaeus
Messiah
1900
Sullivan
Barner
Bridge
The Prodigal Son
Ancient Mariner
Ballard of Clamperdown
1901
Gounod
Haydn
Faust
The Creation
1902
Smart
Handel
Sterndale Bennett
Bridge of Dunkerron
Messiah
May Queen
1903
Elgar
Stanford
Gounod
Haydn
Banner of St George
Phaudrig Crohoore
Faust
The Creation
1904
Coleridge Taylor
Coleridge Taylor
Death of Minihaha
Hiawatha’s Wedding
1905
Elgar
Cliffe
Brahms
King Olaf
North East Wind
Death of Trenar
1906
Sullivan
Elgar
Elgar
Golden Legend
Black Knight
Banner of St George
1907
Gounod
Lloyd
German
Redemption
Hero and Leander
Merrie England
1908
Elgar
Haydn
King Olaf
The Creation
1909
Mendelssohn
Elgar
Coleridge Taylor
Elijah
Go Song of Mine
Hiawatha’s Wedding
1910
Sullivan
Handel
Elgar
Sterndale Bennett
Golden Legend
Messiah
Spanish Serenade
May Queen
1911
Mendelssohn
Elgar
Spohr
Mendelssohn
Hymn of Praise
Coronation Ode
Last Judgement
Hear my Prayer
1912
Handel
Elgar
Judas Maccabaeus
Music Makers
1913
Coleridge Taylor
Coleridge Taylor
Coleridge Taylor
Coleridge Taylor
German
Hiawatha’s Wedding
Hiawatha’s Departure
Death of Minihaha
Tale of Old Japan
Merrie England
1914
Handel
Messiah
Patriotic Concerts
1915
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Patriotic Concerts
1916
Handel
Messiah
Patriotic concerts
1920
Handel
Messiah – two concerts
1921
Coleridge Taylor
Coleridge Taylor
Coleridge Taylor
Hiawatha’s Wedding
Hiawatha’s Departure
Death of Minihaha
1922
Haydn
Handel
Creation
Messiah
1923
Elgar
Handel
Music Makers
Messiah
1924
Gounod
Elgar
Coleridge Taylor
Faust
Banner of St George
Hiawatha’s Wedding
1925
Handel
Messiah
1927
Bizet
Carmen
1928
Handel
Messiah
1926
Haydn
Elgar
1929
The Creation
Banner of St George
Symphony Concert
1930
Coleridge Taylor
Handel
3 scenes from Hiawatha
Messiah
1931
Elgar
Handel
King Olaf
Messiah
1932
Haydn
Handel
The Seasons (Spring and Summer)
Messiah
Old HTC Hall
With Archibald J Marcom as conductor
1938
Coleridge Taylor
Hiawatha
1939
Mendelssohn
Elijah
1940
Haydn
The Creation
1942
Handel
Messiah
1943
Carol concert
1944 March 30
Handel
Messiah
1945 May 1 and 2
Nov 29
Mendelssohn
German
MacDowell
St Paul
Merrie England
AD 1620
1946 March
Oct 22
Oct 23
Stanford
Mendelssohn
German
Revenge
Hymn of Praise
Merrie England
1947
Sullivan
Borodin
?
Golden Legend
Prince Igor, choruses
Light as Air
With Donald White as conductor
1948 June
Mendelssohn
Elgar
Sullivan
Handel
Elijah
Exmouth Music Festival, Holy Trinity Church
Bavarian Highlands
Golden Legend
Messiah
1949 March 30
Dec 14
Haydn
The Seasons (Spring and Summer)
Christmas music
Methodist Church, Tower Street
1950 May 10
Dec 11
Bizet
Mendelssohn
Carmen
Hymn of Praise
1951 May 16
Dec
W V Wallance
Handel
Maritana
Messiah
Dec 1
All Saints Church
1952 ?May
Dec
German
Haydn
1953 March
Tom Jones
The Creation
Miscellaneous items
1954 Jan
May
Dec
German
German
Mendelssohn
A Princess of Kensington
Tom Jones
St Paul
1955 Nov
Elgar
King Olaf
1956 April
July 4
Dec
Handel
Mendelssohn
Samson
Miscellaneous items
Elijah
1957 April
Dec
Smetana
Handel
The Bartered Bride
Messiah
1958 Spring
Oct 9
Dec 17
Coleridge Taylor
Haydn
Bizet
Hiawatha
The Creation
Carmen
Holy Trinity Church
Old HTC Hall
Holy Trinity Church
Parade Methodist Church
Holy Trinity Church
Exeter cathedral (Combined choirs)
1959 March
Bach
St Matthew Passion
Soc) in Sidmouth Church and All Saints Church, Exmouth)
Dec 16
Mendelssohn
St Paul
(Combined with Sidmouth Choral
Tower Street
1960 March
Dec
Montague Phillips
Brahms
The Rebel Maid
German Requiem
(with Exmouth Operatic Soc)
All Saints Church
1961 Dec 12
Mendelssohn
Vaughan Williams
Hymn of Praise
Benedicite
All Saints Church
1962 April
Nov
German
Mozart
Tom Jones
Requiem
Old HTC Hall
All Saints Church
1963 Spring
Dec 18
R Planquette
Haydn
Les Cloche de Cornville
Creation
Methodist Church, Tower Street
Methodist Church, Tower Street
1964 April 24 & 25 Sullivan / German
Dec 9
Mendelssohn
Emerald Isle (with B/S choir) B/S Public Hall, Exmouth Pavilion
Elijah
(with B/S choir) Withycombe Church
1965 March 16
Smetana
Handel
The Bartered Bride
Messiah
1966
Handel
Gilbert / Sullivan
Samson
Pirates of Penzance (staged)
Gilbert /Sullivan
Mendelssohn
Gondoliers (staged)
St Paul
1968
German
Vaughan Williams
Handel
Merrie England (staged)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Messiah (excerpts)
Tower Street
1969
Gilbert / Sullivan
Mikado (staged)
Carol concert
Tower Street
1970 April
Brahms
Bach
German Requiem
Christmas Oratorio
April
1967
(with Teign Valley choir)
Withycombe Church
Withycombe Church
Pavilion
Tower Street
Holy Trinity Church
Tower Street
1971
Coleridge Taylor
Hiawatha (staged)
Carol Concert
Pavilion
Holy Trinity Church
1972 May
Dec
Mendelssohn
Haydn
Elijah
The Creation
The Pavilion
Holy Trinity Church
1973 March
Dec
Bizet
Carmen (with ballet and narrator)
Carols
The Pavilion
Tower Street
1974 April
Mozart
Thimen
Mendelssohn
Requiem
Songs of England
St Paul
Tower Street
Haydn
Pergolesi
Handel
The Seasons
Magnificat
Messiah
Carols
1976 March
Dec
Handel
Dvorak
Bush
Brook, Norman
Samson
Mass in D
Christmas Cantata
Nunc Dimitis (written for the concert)
1977 March
Bennett
German
Bardrick and Long
Coleridge Taylor
May Queen
Songs
Song (written for this Jubilee concert)
Hiawatha
1978 March
Dec
Handel
Mendelssohn
Judas Maccabeus
Psalm 93 / 95
Carols and choruses
Old HTC Hall
Tower Street
1979 March
Nov
Mendelssohn
Handel
Elijah
Messiah
Old HTC Hall
Tower Street
1980 March
Dec
Brahms
German Requiem
Carols and choruses
1981 March
Haydn
Vivaldi
Handel
Mendelssohn
Britten
Nelson Mass
Gloria
Faithful Shepherd
Hymn of Praise
Hymn to the Virgin
Tower Street
1982 March
Dec
Haydn
Handel
The Creation
Samson
Tower Street
Tower Street
1983 March
German
Tom Jones
Old HTC Hall
Tower Street
Dec
1975 April
Dec
Nov
Dec
All Saints Church
Tower Street
Tower Street
Withycombe Church
Tower Street
The Pavilion
The Pavilion
Holy Trinity Church
Tower Street
Tower Street
With Brian Northcott as conductor
1983 Dec 8
Bush
Christmas Cantata
1984 April 4
Dec 12
Rossini
Bach
La Petite Messe Solonnelle
Christmas Oratorio
Carols
St Andrew’s Church
Tower Street
1985 March 23
Dec 12
1986 March 12
Faure
Mozart
Handel
Finzi
Requiem
Davidde Penitente
Messiah Pt 1
In Terra Pax
Carols
St Andrew’s Church
Handel
Bruckner
Messiah Pts 2 and 3
Te Deum
St Andrew’s Church
Dec 10 Vivaldi
St Andrew’s Church
Gloria
Tower Street
Finzi
Dies Natalis
Carols
Handel
Israel in Egypt
Handel
Vaughan Williams
Dixit Dominus
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Main Hall, Rolle College
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Main Hall, Rolle College
Fanshawe
African Sanctus
The Pavilion
1989 April 26
Brahms
Parry
German Requiem
Blest Pair of Sirens
Rolle College
Dec 9
Bach
Britten
Magnificat in D
Ceremony of Carols
Rolle College
Bernstein
Monteverdi
Lambert
Stravinsky
Chichester Psalms
Beatus Vir
Rio Grande
Symphony of Psalms
1987 April 29
Dec 9
1988 April 27
Dec 1
1990 May 9
Dec
1991 Feb 20
May 18
Dec 7
1992 9 May
Holy Trinity Church
Carols, from scratch (Fund raising)
Elgar
Dream of Gerontius
Mozart
Coleridge Taylor
Haydn
Langford
Requiem
Hiawatha’s Wedding
Nelson Mass
Christmas Fantasy
Orff
Ireland
Carmina Burana
These Things Shall Be
Dec
1993 Feb 17
St Andrew’s Church
(With OSM choir) Exeter Cathedral
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church
HTC
Carols, from scratch (Fund raising)
Holst
Vaughan Williams
Hymn of Jesus
Sea Symphony
(With OSM choir) Exeter Cathedral
June 6
Beethoven
Missa Solemnis
HTC
Nov 20
Elgar
Vaughan Williams
Borodin
From the Bavarian Highlands
Five Mystical Songs
Polotsvian Dances
HTC
Bach
St John Passion
HTC
1994 April 2
Dec
1995 Feb 11
Carols, from scratch (Fund raising)
Janacek
Handel
Glagolitic Mass
Coronation Anthems
HTC
May 13
Haydn
The Creation
HTC
Dec 9
Durufle
Purcell
Requiem
`
Ode to St Cecilia
HTC
1996 April 27
Faure
Elgar
Requiem
Music Makers
HTC
1997 Feb 5
Verdi
Requiem
May 10
Parry
Finzi
Handel
Brahms
I was Glad
Methodist Church, Tower St – centenary concert
God is Gone up
Choruses
Choruses
Dec 6
Vaughan Williams
Mendelssohn
Britten
Fantasy on Christmas Carols
Hymn of Praise
St Nicholas
1998 April 25
Mozart
Mass in C Minor
1999 Feb 3
Walton
Vaughan Williams
Belshazzar’s Feast
Sancta Civitas
Haydn
Charpentier
Vivaldi
Mass in the Time of War
Midnight Mass
Nulla in Mundi Pax
HTC
Vivaldi
Poulenc
Rutter
Gloria in D
Gloria
Gloria
HTC
Haydn
Faure
Bernstein
Haazen
Little Organ Mass
Cantique de Jean Racine
Chichester Psalms
Missa Luba
HTC
Bach
Mass in B minor
HTC
Haydn
Rutter
St Nicholas Mass
Requiem
HTC
2002 Jan 26
May 11
Handel
Haydn
CPE Bach
Judas Maccabeas
Harmonie Messe
Magnificat
HTC
HTC
2003 Jan 25
Monteverdi
Vespers of 1610
HTC
May 10
Haydn
Wanhal
St Theresa Mass
Missa Solemnis
HTC
June 21
Haydn
The Creation (from scratch)
Bruckner
Mass in F minor
May 1
2000 Jan 29
May 6
2001 Jan 27
May 5
2004 Jan 24
(With OSM choir) Exeter Cathedral
HTC
(With OSM choir) Exeter Cathedral
(in Exmouth Festival)
HTC
April 24
2005 Jan 29
May 14
2006 Jan 28
May 13
2007 Jan 20
May 12
[Nov 17
2008 Jan 26
May 10
2009 Jan 24
April 25
[Nov 14
2010 Jan 25
Bruckner
Bach
Tippett
Motets – Os Justi and Christus Factus Est
Cantatas – 42, 45, 78 and 106
Negro Spirituals – from A Child of Our Time
HTC
Brahms
Ireland
German Requiem
These Things Shall Be
HTC
Haydn
Handel
Missa Cellensis
Coronation Anthems
HTC
Bach
Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1,4,5,& 6
HTC
Zelenka
Bach
Missa Omnium Sanctorum
Cantata No:42
HTC
Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs
Benedicite
Dona Nobis Pacem
HTC
Purcell
Zelenka
Dido and Aeneas (semi staged)
Missa Litanae Lauretanae
HTC
“Classics Galore” (FORCE charity concert) Great Hall, Exeter University
Mozart
Mozart
Requiem
Solemn Vespers
HTC
Vivaldi
Zelenka
Gloria in D
Missa Dei Filii
HTC
Bach
Mass in B Minor
HTC
Haydn
St Cecilia Mass
(and instrumental Bach Suite 1)
HTC
“Classics Galore” (FORCE charity concert) Great Hall, Exeter University.
Monteverdi
Vespers of 1610
HTC
Handel
Messiah
HTC
Haydn
‘Nelson’ Mass
HTC
Duruflé
Requiem
2011 May 7
Haydn
The Creation
HTC
2012 Feb 4
Bach
St John Passion
HTC
2012 May 5
Rutter
Mozart
The Spring of Thyme
Coronation Mass
HTC
2013 Feb 2
Handel
Samson
HTC
April 24
With Lawrence Blyth as conductor
2011 Feb 5
2013 May 4
Caldara.
various
Missa Dolorosa
Beatus vir; Cantique de Jean Racine, etc.
HTC
2014 January 18
Mendelssohn
Elijah
HTC
2014 April 5
Bernstein
Fauré
Chichester Psalms
Requiem
HTC
2014 May 3
Handel
'mini-Messiah'
2015 February 7
Haydn
Pergolesi
Purcell
Handel
Little Organ Mass
Magnificat
Turn Thee, O Lord
Dixit Dominus
2015 May 2
Vierne
Duruflè
Rutter
Messe Solennelle
Four Motets
Requiem
HTC
2016 January 30
Mozart
Requiem
Vespers
HTC
2016 April 30
Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Geistliches Lied
Four serious songs
HTC
2017 February 11
Bach
St Matthew Passion
2017 May 6
Handel
Parry
Monteverdi
Vivaldi
Coronation Anthems
'I was glad'
Cantate Domino
Gloria RV589
Tower Street Methodist
HTC
St John the Evangelist
HTC