| Date |
|
Principal work |
|
Conductor |
| 1948 |
May |
Handel |
Messiah |
C Sutcliffe |
| 1949 |
|
Handel |
Acis and Galatea |
|
| 1950 |
|
Handel |
Semele |
|
| 1952 |
January |
Haydn |
Creation |
W B Brierley |
| |
December |
Bach |
Christmas Oratorio (Pts 1-3) |
J Senior |
| 1953 |
May |
Gluck |
Orpheus & Euridice |
J Senior |
| |
|
Various |
Part Songs |
|
| |
December |
Fauré |
Requiem |
J Senior |
| |
|
Handel |
Messiah (Excerpts) |
|
| 1954 |
April |
Bach |
St John Passion |
P Salisbury |
| |
December |
|
Christmas Music |
P Salisbury |
| 1955 |
March |
Brahms |
Requiem |
C Strafford |
| |
|
Vaughan Williams |
Benedicite |
|
| |
December |
|
Christmas Music |
H Stephens |
| 1956 |
March |
Haydn |
Nelson Mass |
C Strafford |
| |
|
Dvorak |
Te Deum |
|
| 1957 |
March |
Bach |
St John Passion |
C Strafford |
| |
April |
Vaughan Williams |
Folk Songs |
|
| |
|
Purcell |
King Arthur (abridged) |
|
| 1958 |
March |
Bach |
Cantatas 150 &151 |
C Strafford |
| |
|
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| 1959 |
March |
Bach |
St Matthew Passion |
H Stephens |
| |
December |
Fauré |
Pavane |
|
| |
|
Stanford |
Songs of the Fleet |
B Kay |
| 1960 |
March |
Dvorak |
Stabat Mater |
S Taylor |
| |
March |
Parry |
Blest Pair of Sirens |
|
| 1961 |
March |
Handel |
Messiah |
B Kay |
| |
|
|
| Musical Director |
|
Amy Pratt |
|
| 1962 |
March |
Haydn |
The Creation |
|
| |
November |
Handel |
Chandos Anthem No 5 |
|
| |
|
Mozart |
Requiem |
|
| 1963 |
April |
Mendelssohn |
Elijah |
|
| |
December |
Bach |
Christmas Oratorio |
|
| 1964 |
April |
Brahms |
Requiem |
|
| |
November |
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Bruckner |
Te Deum |
|
| |
December |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| 1965 |
April |
Haydn |
Harmony Mass |
|
| |
November |
Handel |
Judas Maccabaeus |
|
| |
December |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| 1966 |
May |
Bach |
St Matthew Passion |
|
| |
December |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| 1967 |
February |
Verdi |
Requiem |
|
| |
May |
Haydn |
The Creation |
|
| |
December |
Bach |
Christmas Oratorio |
|
| 1968 |
February |
Mendelssohn |
Elijah |
|
| |
April |
Mozart |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Vivaldi |
Gloria |
|
| |
November |
Berlioz |
Childhood of Christ |
|
| 1969 |
March |
Dvorak |
Stabat Mater |
|
| |
May |
Bach |
St Matthew Passion |
|
| |
November |
Haydn |
Nelson Mass |
|
| |
|
Vaughan Williams
|
Benedicite |
|
| 1970 |
February |
Handel |
Samson |
|
| |
April |
Brahms |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Brahms |
Alto Rhapsody |
|
| |
November |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| 1971 |
February |
Schubert |
Mass in E flat |
|
| |
|
Vaughan Williams |
Serenade to Music |
|
| |
April |
Bloch |
Sacred Service |
|
| |
November |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| 1972 |
February |
Bach |
St Matthew Passion |
|
| |
April |
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Elgar |
The Music Makers |
|
| |
November |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| 1973 |
February |
Vaughan Williams |
Five Mystical Songs |
|
| |
|
Beethoven |
Mass in C |
|
| |
April |
Haydn |
The Creation |
|
| |
December |
Handel |
Messiah (excerpts) |
|
| 1974 |
March |
Brahms |
Alto Rhapsody |
|
| |
|
Dvorak |
Stabat Mater |
|
| |
May |
Verdi |
Requiem (twice) |
|
| |
December |
Vaughan Williams |
Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
|
| 1975 |
February |
Mozart |
Mass in C minor |
|
| |
May |
Mendlessohn |
Elijah |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1976 |
February |
Bach |
Mass in B minor |
|
| |
May |
Brahms |
Song of Destiny |
|
| |
|
Brahms |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1977 |
February |
Vaughan Williams |
Five Mystical Songs |
|
| |
|
Rossini |
Petite Messe Solennelle |
|
| |
May |
Beethoven |
Mass in C |
|
| |
|
Bruckner |
Te Deum |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1978 |
February |
Bloch |
Sacred Service |
|
| |
|
Elgar |
The Music Makers |
|
| |
May |
Mozart |
Mass in C minor |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols (twice) |
|
| 1979 |
March |
Bach |
Two motets |
|
| |
|
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| |
May |
Verdi |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
| Musical Director |
|
Paul Ferguson |
|
| 1980 |
March |
Britten |
Rejoice in the Lamb |
|
| |
|
Mozart |
Solemn Vespers |
|
| |
|
Dvorak |
Mass in D |
|
| |
May |
Bach |
St Matthew
Passion |
|
| |
|
(Guest conductor
- Amy Pratt) |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1981 |
March |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| |
May |
Kodaly |
Missa Brevis |
|
| 1982 |
March |
Bach |
St John Passion |
|
| |
May |
Haydn |
Creation |
|
| |
|
| Musical Director |
|
Gordon Pullin |
|
| 1982 |
December |
Shutz |
The Christmas Story |
|
| |
|
Carols |
|
| 1983 |
March |
Mendelssohn |
Saint Paul |
|
| |
May |
Rossini |
Petite Messe Solennelle |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1984 |
March |
Bruckner |
Motets |
|
| |
|
Bruckner |
Mass in E minor |
|
| |
May |
Mendelssohn |
Elijah |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1985 |
March |
Handel |
Israel in Egypt (with St Peters Singers) |
|
| |
|
Twice (Heswall
and W Kirby) Chorus Master - Simon Russell |
| |
May |
Handel |
Acis and Galatea |
|
| |
|
| Musical Director |
|
Simon Russell |
|
| 1985 |
November |
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Vivaldi |
Gloria |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1986 |
March |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| |
May |
|
English Music |
|
| |
November |
Parry |
I was glad |
|
| |
|
Parry |
Blest Pair of Sirens |
|
| |
|
Mendelssohn |
Hymn of Praise |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols at Rotary Concert |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1987 |
March |
Mozart |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Purcell |
Dido and Aeneas |
|
| |
May |
Coleridge Taylor |
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
|
|
| |
|
Joseph Horowitz |
Horrortorio |
|
| |
November |
Handel |
Dettingen Te Deum |
|
| |
|
Mozart |
Mass in C minor |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols at Rotary Concert |
|
| 1988 |
March |
Stainer |
The Crucifixion |
|
| |
|
Duruflé |
Requiem |
|
| |
May |
Orff |
Carmina Burana |
|
| |
|
(as part of combined choir with Merseyside
Youth Orchestra) |
| |
November |
Haydn |
The Creation |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols at Rotary Concert |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols (twice
- Hoylake and W Kirby) |
|
| 1989 |
April |
Brahms |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Schubert |
Mass in G |
|
| |
November |
Haydn |
Nelson Mass |
|
| |
|
Rutter |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1990 |
April |
Handel |
Lenten Cantata |
|
| |
|
Mozart |
Solemn Vespers |
|
| |
|
Elgar |
The Music Makers |
|
| |
November |
Dvorak |
Mass in D |
|
| |
|
Vaughan Williams |
Dona Nobis Pacem |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols at Rotary Carol
Concert |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1991 |
April |
Mozart |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Brahms |
Song of Destiny |
|
| |
|
Vaughan Williams |
Five Mystical Songs |
|
| |
November |
Handel |
Dixit Dominus |
|
| |
|
Haydn |
Harmony Mass |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1992 |
April |
Charpentier |
Te Deum |
|
| |
|
Poulenc |
Gloria |
|
| |
|
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| |
November |
Vivaldi |
Gloria |
|
| |
|
Rossini |
Stabat Mater |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1993 |
April |
Mendlessohn |
Elijah |
|
| |
May |
Elgar |
From the Bavarian Highlands |
|
| |
|
Parry |
Blest Pair of Sirens |
|
| |
|
with the St
Bridgets Music Group |
|
| |
November |
Vaughan Williams |
Benedicite |
|
| |
|
Duruflé |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1994 |
March |
Bach |
Easter Oratorio |
|
| |
|
Haydn |
Maria Theresa Mass |
|
| |
November |
Haydn |
The Creation |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1995 |
March |
Mozart |
Mass in C minor |
|
| |
May |
Opera Exerpts |
|
| |
November |
Haydn |
St Bernard Mass |
|
| |
|
Elgar |
The Music Makers |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1996 |
March |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| |
November |
Beethoven |
Mass in C |
|
| |
|
Bruckner |
Te Deum |
|
| |
December |
|
Carols |
|
| 1997 |
April |
Handel |
Four Coronation Anthems |
|
| |
|
Saint-Saens |
Requiem |
|
| |
November |
Vivaldi |
Gloria |
|
| |
|
Brahms |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with Rock Ferry
Salvation Army Band |
|
| |
|
|
and Red Rocks
Junior Singers |
|
| 1998 |
April |
Rossini |
Petite Messe Solennelle |
|
| |
November |
Gounod |
St Cecilia Mass |
|
| |
|
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with Rock Ferry
Salvation Army Band |
|
| |
|
|
and Red Rocks
Junior Singers |
|
| 1999 |
May |
Mendelssohn |
St Paul |
|
| |
November |
Mozart |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Vaughan Williams |
Dona Nobis Pacem |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with Rock Ferry
Salvation Army Band |
|
| |
|
|
and Red Rocks
Junior Singers |
|
| 2000 |
May |
Handel |
Messiah |
|
| |
|
with Wirral
Symphony Orchestra |
|
| |
|
Conductor
Gabrielle Horne |
|
| |
|
| Musical Director
|
|
Jim Wrightson |
|
| |
November |
Parry |
I was glad & Blest pair of sirens |
|
| |
|
Vaughan Williams |
Five Mystical Songs |
|
| |
|
Puccini |
Messa di Gloria |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with Rock Ferry
Salvation Army Band |
|
| |
|
|
and Junior
Singing Company |
|
| 2001 |
April |
Bach |
St John Passion |
|
| |
November |
Haydn |
Nelson Mass |
|
| |
|
Rutter |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with Rock Ferry
Salvation Army Band |
|
| |
|
|
and Junior
Singing Company |
|
| 2002 |
April |
Mendelssohn |
Elijah |
|
| |
November |
Vaughan Williams |
Toward the Unknown Region |
|
| |
|
|
Five English Folk Songs |
|
| |
|
|
Five Mystical Songs |
|
| |
|
Schubert |
Mass in A flat |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with Rock Ferry
Salvation Army Band |
|
| |
|
|
|
| 2003 |
April |
Handel |
Israel in Egypt |
|
| |
November |
Rutter |
Magnificat |
|
| |
|
Fauré |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with Rock Ferry
Salvation Army Band |
|
| 2004 |
March |
Baroque
Splendours |
|
| |
|
Handel |
Zadok the Priest
and My Heart is inditing |
| |
|
Bach |
Magnificat |
|
| |
|
Vivaldi |
Gloria |
|
| |
|
|
with Sefton
Chamber Orchestra |
|
| |
May |
Selected items |
West Kirby
Methodist Church Centenary |
| |
November |
Britten |
Rejoice in the Lamb |
|
| |
|
Tippett |
Five Spirituals |
|
| |
|
Haydn |
Mass in Time of War |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with The Awry
String Quartet |
|
| 2005 |
April |
Majestic Mozart |
|
|
| |
|
Mozart |
Coronation Mass & Requiem |
|
| |
|
|
with Sefton
Chamber Orchestra |
|
| |
November |
Rossini |
Petite Messe Solennelle |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with St
Bridget's Primary School Choir |
|
| 2006 |
April |
Haydn |
The Creation |
|
| |
|
|
with Sefton
Chamber Orchestra |
|
| |
November |
Duruflé |
Requiem |
|
| |
|
Rutter |
Requiem |
|
| |
December |
Carols |
with St
Bridget's Primary School Choir |
|
| 2007 |
April |
Homage to Handel |
|
|
| |
|
Handel |
Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest |
|
| |
|
|
The King shall rejoice
|
|
| |
|
|
Arias from Acis and Galatea |
|
| |
|
|
Laudate, Pueri, Dominum |
|
| |
|
|
Ode to St Cecilia |
|
| |
|
|
with Sefton
Chamber Orchestra |
|
| |
November |
Verdi |
Requiem |
|
|
December
|
Carols |
with St
Bridget's Primary School Choir |
|
2008
|
April
|
Romantic Sacred Music
|
|
|
|
|
Fauré
|
Requiem
Cantique de Jean Racine
Tu es Petrus
Sancta Mater
|
|
|
|
Mendelsshon
|
Verleih uns Frieden
Psalm 43
Ave Maria
|
|
|
|
Bruckner
|
Os justi
|
|
Special Diamond Jubilee Concert
|
June
|
Handel
|
Messiah
|
|
|
Nov
|
Crowning Glories
|
|
|
|
|
Elgar
|
Coronation Ode
From the Bavarian Highlands
|
|
|
|
Parry
|
I was Glad
|
|
|
| Stanford
| Songs of the Sea
|
|
|
December
|
Carols
|
with Blackhorse Hill Junior School Choir
|
|
2009
|
April
|
Haydn
|
Nelson Mass
|
|
|
|
Mozart
|
Great C minor Mass
|
|
|
|
|
with Sefton
Chamber Orchestra |
|
2009
|
November
|
Mendelsshon
|
Verleih uns Frieden |
|
|
|
Brahms
|
Geistliches Lied
A German Requiem
(sung in English)
|
|
|
December
|
Carols
|
with Blackhorse Hill Junior School Choir
|
|
2010
|
April
|
Handel
|
Coronation Anthems 1 & 4
Chandos Anthem 9
Organ Concerto in F
Dettingen Te Deum
|
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