Past Performances

Sun, 25 Jan 2026

A half-hour concert giving a glimpse of the range of music we sing.

Another Openin', Another Show (Porter)
Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré)
Drunken Sailor (Trad, arr Jonathan Rathbone)
They Dance Alone (Sting, arr Jonathan Rathbone)
Down by the Riverside (Trad, arr Jonathan Rathbone)

The concert raised £450 in aid of St Mary's Organ Fund.

'... An excellent mini-concert with a varied programme... The choir looked respendent with their coloured tops which reflected the beautiful stained glass window above them '
'Such a lovely atmosphere'
'... lots of lovely comments as we left'

Thu, 18 Dec 2025

Programme

Gabriel’s Message (Trad.)
JOY TO THE WORLD (Handel)
A Brighter Light (Christopher Wood) 
Mary’s Lullaby (John Rutter)
Noel (Chris Tomlin)
Poulenc:  Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
            O Magnum Mysterium
            Quem Pastores
            Videntes Stellam
            Hodie Christus Natus Est
Prayer - Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck)
DECK THE HALL (Trad.)
Here we come a-Wassailing (Trad.)

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Pola and Wyle)
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER (Holst)
Angels Singing Gloria (Bailey, Herbert, Redman and Upton)
Ding-Dong (Steve Lowe, ed. Rathbone)
Dormi dormi, bel bambini (Trad.)
Joy, Joy from Every Steeple (Jonathan Rathbone)
Orchestra: Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day
A Spaceman Came Travelling (Chris de Burgh)
Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
White Christmas (Irving Berlin)

Arrangements for Choir and Orchestra by Jonathan Rathbone
Audience carols in capitals



 

Sat, 1 Nov 2025

Conducted by Jonathan Rathbone
Accompanied by Leo Nicholson

Programme:
Thriller
Oh Death
Cold Blows the Wind
Bad Moon Rising
Moon over Bourbon Street
Blood Froze for a Penny
Dust to Dust
Soal Cake
All Souls' Night
For All the Saints
Give us the Wings of Faith
Remember Remember
Fyer Fyer my Hart
Firework
Rocket Man

Sun, 6 Jul 2025

Programme:
Jonathan Rathbone A Day at the Fair

Sat, 17 May 2025

Programme:
Dvorak Stabat Mater

Sat, 1 Mar 2025

Programme:
Purcell Music for a While
Handel Silent Worship
Handel Where'er you walk
Beethoven Adelaide
Schubert An die Musik
Schubert Ständchen
Fauré Après un rêve
Brahms Feldinsamkeit
Brahms O kühler Wald
Finzi Fear no more the heat of the sun
Quilter Weep you no more
Thiman Path to the Moon
Vaughan Williams Silent Noon
Grieg Sechs Sange (op48):  Gruß; Dereinst, Gedanke mein; Lauf der Welt; Die verschwiegene Nachtigall; Zur Rosenzeit; Ein Traum.

Thu, 19 Dec 2024

Baughan & Dudley Smith    Holy Child
Berlin    White Christmas
Bruckner    Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
Cohen, Leonard    Hallelujah (with Christmas words)
Herman    We Need a Little Christmas 
Piae cantiones    Gaudete
Jonathan Rathbone    Night of Wonder
[Dominican Republic carol]    Cantemos a Maria
[English traditional]    The Twelve Days of Christmas
[Traditional]    Down in Yon Forest
[Ukrainian Traditional]    Clear Stars Covered the Sky
[Ukrainian carol]    Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells)

Audience carols:
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Unto Us a Boy is Born
O Come All Ye Faithful 
 

Sat, 9 Nov 2024

 

Sat, 6 Jul 2024

Åhlén    Sommarpsalm
Earl Brown    If I Can Dream
Fauré    Cantique de Jean Racine
Mendelssohn    Be Not Afraid (Elijah)
Mendelssohn    O Come Everyone That Thirsteth (Elijah)
Jonathan Rathbone    A Better World is Possible
Sullivan (& Gilbert)    He is Ukrainian (adapted from HMS Pinafore)
[Spiritual]    Down by the Riverside
[Ukrainian National Anthem]    Shche ne vmerla Ukraina
 

Sat, 18 May 2024

 

Sat, 9 Mar 2024