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Chronological Listing
| Carleton Etherington | 22 November 2025 | Joseph Haydn The Creation |
| 3rd May 2025 | Rutter Magnificat, Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands | |
| 23rd November 2024 | Purcell Hail! Bright Cecilia, Linley Jr Let God Arise | |
| 4th May 2024 | Stanford, Parry, Coleridge-Taylor & Vaughan Williams | |
| 19th December 2023 | Christmas Charity Concert | |
| 2nd December 2023 | J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio | |
| 20th May 2023 | Dvorak Mass in D Major, Gounod Messe Solonelle de Sainte Cecile in G Major | |
| 3rd December 2022 |
Handel Coronation Anthems, Mozart Coronation Mass |
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| 7th May 2022 |
Haydn – Nelson Mass, Mozart – Requiem | |
| 6th November 2021 |
Great Choral Classics |
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| 17th December 2019 | Christmas Charity Concert | |
| 23rd November 2019 | Faure Requiem and Rutter Requiem | |
| 27th April 2019 |
Haydn Paukenmesse, Mozart, Salieri and J C Bach |
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| 8th December 2018 |
J S Bach Christmas Oratorio |
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| 5th May 2018 | The Glory of Parry and Stanford | |
| 19th December 2017 | Christmas Charity Concert | |
| 25th November 2017 | Vivaldi Gloria and Magnificats by Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Pachelbel | |
| 8th April 2017 | J S Bach St John Passion (Neil Jenkins; English Translation) | |
| 3rd December 2016 | Haydn Harmoniemesse – Mozart Requiem | |
| 7th May 2016 | Chilcott Requiem – Elgar Te Deum and Benedictus | |
| 22nd December 2015 | Christmas Charity Concert | |
| 21st November 2015 | Purcell – Hail! Bright Cecilia, Handel – O Praise The Lord | |
| 2nd May 2015 | Puccini – Messa di Gloria, Rossini – Stabat Mater | |
| 6th December 2014 | Cherubini – Requiem, Haydn – Insanae et Vanae Curae, Te Deum, Trumpet Concerto | |
| 3rd May 2014 | “Bach and Son” – Jesu Joy of man’s desiring – J.S. Bach, Ascension Oratorio – J.S. Bach, Magnificat – CPE Bach | |
| 17th December 2013 | Christmas Charity Concert | |
| 30th November 2013 | Elijah – Mendelssohn | |
| 4th May 2013 | A concert by CHH Parry to start the 150th Anniversary Celebrations, Invocation to Music, I was glad, Hear my words ye people, Lady Radnor Suite | |
| 8th December 2012 | O sing unto the Lord a new song – Henry Purcell, Chaconne in G minor – Henry Purcell, Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in D major – Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell | |
| 5th May 2012 | Tantum Ergo in D (K197) – Mozart, Mass in B flat (op 77) – J.N. Hummel, Stabat Mater – J. Haydn | |
| 10th December 2011 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 7th May 2011 | Messe Solonelle – Vierne, Tantum Ergo – Vierne, Requiem – Faure | |
| 14th December 2010 | Christmas Concert | |
| 27th November 2010 | St. Nicholas – Britten, Awake, Awake, the World is Young – Ian Venables | |
| 1st May 2010 | Solemn Vespers – Mozart, Nelson Mass – Haydn | |
| 5th December 2009 | Christmas Oratorio – Bach | |
| 2nd May 2009 | St. Paul – Mendelssohn | |
| 13th December 2008 | A Christmas Celebration including Christmas Cantata by Geoffrey Bush | |
| 29th November 2008 | Maria Theresa Mass – Joseph Haydn, Magnificat – John Rutter | |
| 3rd May 2008 | A German Requiem (sung in English) – Brahms, Zadok the Priest – Handel | |
| 8th December 2007 | Creation – Haydn | |
| 18th December 2007 | A carol concert for Christmas with the Cirencester Band | |
| 5th May 2007 | Requiem – John Rutter, From the Bavarian Highlands – Edward Elgar, Suite Antique (flute and piano) – John Rutter | |
| 9th December 2006 | Petite Messe Solonnelle – Rossini, Praise the Lord – Jenny Rees | |
| 6th May 2006 | Mass in C (K317) (Coronation Mass) – Mozart, Requiem Mass in D minor (K626) – Mozart | |
| 10th December 2005 | Te Deum in C major – Haydn, Mass in C major – Beethoven | |
| 14th May 2005 | Elijah – Mendelssohn | |
| David Whitehead | 4th December 2004 | Blest Pair of Sirens – Parry, O Praise the Lord with One Consent – Handel, Gloria – Poulenc |
| 15th May 2004 | Zadok the Priest – Handel, Mass in G, D167 – Schubert, Capriol Suite for Strings – Warlock, Gloria in D, RV 589 – Vivaldi | |
| 21st May 2004 | Zadok the Priest – Handel, Mass in G, D167 – Schubert, Piano Concerto – Mozart, Gloria in D, RV 589 – Vivaldi, For the Beauty of the Earth – Rutter | |
| 6th December 2003 | A Christmas Celebration. A programme of choral music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries | |
| 12th April 2003 | Festival Te Deum – Britten, Five Mystical Songs – R. Vaughen Williams, Solemn Vespers – W A Mozart | |
| 7th December 2002 | Samson – Handel | |
| 13th April 2002 | Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure, Requiem – Duruflé, Requiem – Faure | |
| 8th December 2001 | The Christmas Story – Schultz, Magnificat – Rutter | |
| John Wright | 7th April 2001 | Mass in B Minor – Bach |
| 11th November 2000 | I Was Glad – Parry, Awake, Awake, the World is Young – Ian Venables, Carmina Burana – Carl Orff | |
| 15th April 2000 | Gloria – Vivaldi, Nelson Mass – Haydn, Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury – Britten | |
| 4th December 1999 | Chandos Anthem: O Come let us Sing unto the Lord – Handel, St. Nicholas – Britten | |
| 27th March 1999 | Creation – Haydn | |
| 5th December 1998 | Cantata No. 140 – Bach, Requiem – Mozart | |
| David White | 4th April 1998 | Blest Pair of Sirens – Parry, I was Glad – Parry, Towards the Unknown Region – Vaughan Williams, The Hymn of Jesus – Holst |
| 6th December 1997 | Messiah – Handel/Mozart | |
| 22nd March 1997 | Mass in C minor – Mozart | |
| 23rd November 1996 | Stabat Mater – Palestrina, Harmoniemesse – Haydn | |
| 30th March 1996 | Deutsches Magnificat – Schutz, In the Beginning – Copeland, Gloria – Rutter | |
| 19th December 1995 | Christmas Carols | |
| 25th November 1995 | Jesu, Priceless Treasure – Bach, Mass in D – Dvorak | |
| 8th April 1995 | St, Matthew Passion – Bach | |
| 3rd December 1994 | Gloria – Poulenc, Maria Theresa Mass – Haydn | |
| 19th March 1994 | Requiem – Brahms | |
| 21st December 1993 | Christmas Carols | |
| 4th December 1993 | Messiah – Handel/Mozart | |
| 27th March 1993 | Beatus Vir – Monteverdi, Magnificat in B flat – Stanford, Dixit Dominus – Handel | |
| 5th December 1992 | Mass in E minor – Bruckner | |
| 1st June 1992 | Magnificat – Bach | |
| 11th April 1992 | St. John Passion – Bach | |
| 23rd March 1991 | Vespers – Monteverdi | |
| 8th December 1990 | Zadok the Priest – Handel, Magnificat – Bach | |
| Joyce Lang | 7th April 1990 | Mass in B Minor – Bach |
| 9th December 1989 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 18th March 1989 | Vespers – Mozart, Nelson Mass – Haydn | |
| 3rd March 1989 | Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure, At the round of earth’s imagined corners – Kelly, Cantata 140 – Bach | |
| 26th March 1988 | Requiem in C minor – Cherubini, Blest Pair of Sirens – Parry, Filius Prodigus – Charpentier | |
| 5th December 1987 | Christmas Oratorio Parts I, II, III – Bach | |
| 11th April 1987 | Magnificat – Finzi, Rejoice in the Lamb – Britten, Jesu, Priceless Treasure – Bach | |
| 13th December 1986 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 22nd March 1986 | Benedicite – Vaughan Williams, Requiem – Mozart | |
| 7th December 1985 | The King Shall Rejoice – Handel, This Day to Man – Hurd, Hymn to the Virgin – Britten, Ave Rex – Matthias | |
| 30th March 1985 | St. John Passion – Bach | |
| 8th December 1984 | Gloria – Vivaldi, Christmas Oratorio – Saint Saens | |
| 31st March 1984 | Cantata 147 – Bach, Mass No. 3 – Schubert | |
| 3rd December 1983 | St. Nicholas – Britten, In Terra Pax – Finzi | |
| 28th March 1983 | Cantata 4 – Bach, Requiem – Faure | |
| 11th December 1982 | The Creation – Haydn | |
| Evelyn Webb | 27th March 1982 | Beatus Vir – Monteverdi, Magnificat – Schutz, Cantata 150 – Bach, Five Mystical Songs – Vaughan Williams |
| 12th December 1981 | Saul – Handel | |
| 28th March 1981 | Requiem – Brahms | |
| 6th December 1980 | Messe de Minuit – Charpentier, Christ’s Birthday – Montgomery | |
| 22nd March 1980 | Harmoniemesse – Haydn | |
| 15th December 1979 | Christmas Oratorio – Bach | |
| 25th November 1978 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 18th March 1978 | Nelson Mass – Haydn | |
| 19th November 1977 | Te Deum – Handel, Christmas Cantata – Scarlatti, Cantata 140 – Bach | |
| 26th March 1977 | Mass in C – Beethoven | |
| 26th November 1976 | Jesu, Joy and Treasure – Buxtehude, Cantata 64 – Bach, Hodie Christus Natus Est – Schutz, O Sing unto the Lord – Purcell | |
| 27th March 1976 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 22nd November 1975 | Magnificat – Buxtehude, Cantata 61 – Bach, Chandos Anthem 9 – Handel | |
| 15th March 1975 | Maria Theresa Mass – Haydn | |
| 23rd November 1974 | Beatus Vir – Monteverdi, Gloria – Vivaldi, Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Vaughan Williams | |
| 30th March 1974 | Dido and Aeneas – Purcell | |
| 24th November 1973 | Requiem – Faure, In Terra Pax – Finzi | |
| Peter Sayer | 31st March 1973 | Messiah – Handel |
| 25th November 1972 | O be joyful in the Lord, Hodie – Vaughan Williams | |
| 27th November 1971 | Requiem – Brahms | |
| 27th March 1971 | Cotswold Romance – Vaughan Williams, Spring Cantata – Orr (etc.) | |
| 28th November 1970 | Samson – Handel | |
| John Wilson | 21st March 1970 | Stabat Mater – Dvorak |
| 22nd November 1969 | Christmas Oratorio – Bach (with Rencomb College Choir) | |
| 2nd March 1969 | King Arthur – Purcell | |
| 7th December 1968 | The Creation – Haydn | |
| Peter Rodway | 14th December 1967 | Carol Concert |
| 27th April 1967 | Two Psalms – Holst, Motets – Stanford, Seven Last Words – Schutz | |
| 8th December 1966 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 4th October 1966 | Sacred Service – Bloch | |
| 9th December 1965 | Sleepers Awake, Magnificat – Bach | |
| 29th April 1965 | The Creation – Haydn | |
| 3rd December 1964 | St. Nicholas – Britten | |
| 23rd April 1964 | Missa Brevis – Kodaly, Requiem – Faure | |
| 5th December 1963 | The Bartered Bride – Smetana | |
| 4th April 1963 | Requiem – Mozart | |
| 6th December 1962 | Christmas Oratorio Parts I, II, III – Bach | |
| 12th April 1962 | Stabat Mater – Dvorak | |
| 14th December 1961 | Christmas Cantata (etc.) – Bush | |
| 14th December 1960 | Samson – Handel | |
| Peter Maxwell-Davies | 22nd March 1960 | Dido and Aeneas and Various Songs – Purcell |
| 10th December 1959 | Messiah Part 1 – Handel, A Ceremony of Carols – Britten | |
| Francis Holmes | 17th March 1959 | The Creation – Haydn |
| William Jackman | 9th December 1958 | King Olaf -Elgar |
| William Lugg | 18th March 1958 | Messiah – Handel |
| 3rd December 1957 | The Singing Friar – Le Fleming, A Cotswold Romance (from Hugh the Drover) – Vaughan Williams | |
| 9th April 1957 | Acis and Galatea (etc.) – Handel | |
| 4th December 1956 | Christmas Oratorio – Bach | |
| 7th December 1955 | Elijah – Mendelssohn Conducted by H. Byard | |
| 8th December 1954 | Christmas Oratorio – Bach | |
| 2nd December 1953 | Messiah – Handel | |
| Alfred Taylor | 19th March 1952 | Samson – Handel |
| 7th November 1951 | Songs of Fleet – Stanford, Cowen – John Gilpin | |
| 24th April 1951 | Te Deum – Purcell, Voces Clamantium (etc.) – Parry | |
| 15th November 1950 | Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – Coleridge Taylor, Phaudrig Crohoore – Stanford | |
| 26th April 1950 | St. Paul – Mendelssohn | |
| 30th November 1949 | Dido and Aeneas – Purcell, In Windsor Forest – Vaughan Williams | |
| Herbert Byard | 4th May 1949 | The Creation – Haydn |
| 9th December 1948 | Acis and Galatea – Handel, In Windsor Forest – Vaughan Williams | |
| 5th May 1948 | Elijah – Mendelssohn | |
| 29th April 1948 | Elijah – Mendelssohn | |
| 17th December 1947 | Pied Piper – Parry, Songs of the Fleet – Stanford | |
| 20th March 1947 | Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – Coleridge Taylor, Songs of the Sea -Stanford | |
| 11th December 1946 | Christmas Cantata – Scarlatti, Requiem – Brahms | |
| 15th May 1946 | Judas Maccabeus and Various Songs – Handel | |
| 8th January 1946 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 8th December 1945 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 30th March 1945 | Passion of Our Lord – Wood | |
| Revd. Ernest Swann | 1st December 1944 | Carol Service |
| 1st April 1944 | Crucifixion – Stainer | |
| H W Chuter | 31st December 1939 | Carol Service |
| 15th March 1939 | Countryside Music Festival | |
| 13th December 1938 | Miscellaneous songs and choruses – Christmas Concert | |
| 11th May 1938 | Countryside Music Festival | |
| Arthur Gibbons | 14th February 1914 | The Yeoman of the Guard – Gilbert and Sullivan |
| 3rd April 1913 | St. Paul – Mendelssohn | |
| 1st January 1912 | Selection from Elijah – Mendelssohn and Creation – Haydn | |
| 2nd May 1911 | May Day – Macfarren, Miscellaneous pieces | |
| 9th April 1910 | The Mikado – Gilbert and Sullivan | |
| 15th January 1910 | Acis and Galatea – Handel, 13th Psalm – Mendelssohn, Corydon Arise – Stanford | |
| 10th April 1909 | Miscellany | |
| 23rd April 1908 | Pied Piper of Hamelin – Parry, Departure of Hiawatha – Coleridge Taylor | |
| 29th March 1906 | Stabat Mater – Dvorak, Song of Miriam – Schubert | |
| 6th April 1905 | Oratorio Job – Parry – Conducted by Sir Hubert Parry, Hymn of Praise – Mendelssohn | |
| 13th April 1904 | St. Paul – Mendelssohn | |
| 14th April 1903 | The May Queen – Sterndale Bennett, Revenge, Stanford | |
| 23rd April 1902 | Elijah – Mendelssohn | |
| 14th April 1901 | Creation Parts 1 and 2 – Haydn, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast – Coleridge Taylor | |
| 23rd April 1900 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 27th April 1899 | Song of Miriam – Schubert, Hymn of Praise – Mendelssohn | |
| Edward Brind | 18th April 1895 | Creation Part 1 – Haydn, The Ancient Mariner – Barnett |
| 5th April 1894 | The Golden Legend – Sullivan | |
| 28th April 1892 | The Redemption – Gounod | |
| 9th April 1891 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 17th April 1889 | The Prodigal Son – Sullivan, Messe Solonnelle – Gounod | |
| 23rd April 1889 | Samson – Handel, Stabat Mater – Rossini | |
| 12th April 1888 | Daughter of Jairus – Stainer, Hear My Prayer – Mendelssohn, God Thou Art Great – Spohr | |
| 12th April 1887 | Elijah – Mendelssohn | |
| 9th March 1886 | Judas Maccabaeus – Handel | |
| 14th April 1885 | St. Paul – Mendelssohn | |
| 17th April 1884 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 29th March 1883 | Hymn of Praise – Mendelssohn, Last Judgement – Spohr | |
| 13th April 1882 | Elijah – Mendelssohn | |
| 24th February 1881 | Messiah – Handel | |
| 11th December 1880 | Judas Maccabaeus – Handel | |
| 20th December 1877 | Open Night | |
| Ernest Cockton | 20th April 1871 | Messiah – Handel |
| 20th December 1870 | The Ancient Mariner – Barnett, Miscellany | |
| 27th April 1870 | Selection from St. Paul – Mendelssohn and Creation – Haydn | |
| 14th December 1869 | The Women of Samaria – Sterndale Bennett | |
| Richard Mann | 15th April 1869 | Judas Maccabaeus – Handel – Conducted by Edward Brind |
| 15th December 1868 | Ballad Concert | |
| 21st May 1868 | The May Queen – Sterndale Bennett | |
| 16th May 1867 | Creation – Haydn – Conducted by Edward Brind | |
| 18th December 1866 | Evening Concert | |
| 18th May 1865 | Sacred and Secular Music | |
| Frederick Helmore | 12th May 1864 | Selection from Messiah |