Repertoire

 

 

concentrating on Elgar in the Alto section (2altos.jpg 2.67 KB)The choir mainly performs the major sacred and secular choral works, normally in church with organ, but increasingly with string or orchestral accompaniment.  For example:

  • Verdi, Requiem
  • Handel, Messiah
  • Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius
  • Elgar, The Music Makers
  • Mendelssohn, Elijah
  • Mozart, Requiem
  • Orff, Carmina Burana
  • Rutter, Requiem

The repertoire includes shorter works such as:Peter takes us through Elgar's the Music Makers (conductor1.jpg 4.04 KB)

  • Palestrina, Stabat Mater
  • Vivaldi, Gloria
  • Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
  • Monteverdi, Beatus Vir
  • Britten, St Nicholas
  • Brahms, Liebeslieder Waltzes