The Song of Songs
A memorial concert to mark the day on which Kenneth Leighton would have celebrated his 75th birthday
Carols by Candlelight
Including the first performance of a carol by Tarik O’Regan commissioned by the choir
French Choral Classics from 1350 to 2001
Works by Dufay, Fauré, Binchois, Duruflé, Poulenc and others
Canticles and Psalms
Works by Bernstein, Janáček, Tarik O’Regan, John Tavener and James Whitbourn
Purcell and Parry
By kind permission of the Warden and Scholars of the House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford
Twentieth Century Masterworks
Ten European works, one from each decade of the twentieth century
In Dulci Jubilo
The Music of Language
The first in a series of concerts themed around music written during the choir’s lifetime
O Verbum Patris
A concert celebrating the restoration of the oldest working parish church organ in the country.
Supported by the Music Sales Charitable Trust
Journeys without silence
Part of the 2006 Corsham Festival
All Night Vigil
A candlelit reunion concert to mark the twentieth anniversary of the choir’s founding
Miracles of Christmas
By candlelight. Two hundred years of American festive music, with seasonal readings
Spirit of Hungary
Music by Kodály, Bartók, Mátyás Seiber and Ligeti
The Planets
With the Orchestra of the City. Conductor: Benjamin Bayl
Requiem Aeternam
Duruflé’s enigmatic Requiem, and premieres of works by James Macmillan and Henryk Górecki