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Date	Programme	Venue	Notes link
20 April 2013	Bach Mass in B Minor	SJM
15 December 2012	Mozart Mass in C Minor	SJM
	King Out of the Depths
30 June 2012	Dvorak Mass in D	SJM
	Howells An English Mass
	Rheinberger Organ Concerto No. 1
24 March 2012	Handel Israel in Egypt	SJM
19 November 2011	Britten Rejoice in the Lamb	SJM
	Tavener Svyati
	Messiaen L'Ascension Parts II and III
	Duruflé Requiem
25 June 2011	Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle	SJM
	Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
	Barber Agnus Dei
	Karg-Elert Totentanz
	Adams This is Prophetic (Nixon in China)
26 March 2011	Mozart Davidde Penitente	SJM
	Beethoven Christus Am Ölberge
27 November 2010	Orff Carmina Burana	SJM
	Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands
3 July 2010	Mozart Solemn Vespers	SJM
	Bliss Pastoral 'Lie Strewn the White Flocks'
20 March 2010	Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri	SJM
	Bach Mass in F
	Handel Dixit Dominus
28 November 2009	Mendelssohn Elijah	SJM
27 June 2009	Haydn Nelson Mass	SJM
	Handel Four Coronation Anthems
	Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord
21 March 2009	Beethoven Missa Solemnis	SJM
22 November 2008	Schubert Mass in G	SMH
	Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
28 June 2008	Britten Cantata Misericordium	SJM
	Jenkins The Armed Man
	Tippett Five Negro Spirituals
15 March 2008	Haydn The Seven Last Words	SJM
	Rossini Stabat Mater
15 December 2007	Pergolesi Magnificat	SMH
	J S Bach Ich freue mich in dir
	Schönberg Friede auf Erd
	Handel Messiah Part I
30 June 2007	King Season of Singing	ART
	Finzi Let Us Garlands Bring
	Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits
24 March 2007	Various, Rutter Psalmfest	SMH
2 December 2006	Mendelssohn St Paul	SJM
24 June 2006	King The Season of Singing World premičre	JUD
	Mozart Requiem
8 Apr 2006	Holst The Hymn of Jesus	SMH
	Finzi Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice
	Fauré Requiem
14 Jan 2006	JS Bach Mass in B minor	SJM
10 Jul 2005	Horses in Harmony Opera choruses	WSP [13]
25 Jun 2005	Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri	JUD
	Vivaldi Gloria
17 Apr 2005	Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms	ART
	Puccini Messa di Gloria
27 Nov 2004	Haydn The Creation	SJM
26 Jun 2004	Various Opera choruses	JUD
14 May 2004	Rutter Magnificat (excerpts)	STM [12]
	Pärt The Beatitudes
	Kodály Missa Brevis (excerpts)
27 Mar 2004	Bernstein Chichester Psalms	SMH
	Kodály Missa Brevis
	Pärt The Beatitudes
6 Dec 2003	Bach Magnificat in D	SJM
	Rutter Magnificat
29 Jun 2003	Bruckner Christus Factus Est, Locus Iste
	Brahms Geistliches Lied, Ein Deutsches Requiem
5 Apr 2003	Mozart Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus, Dixit Dominus	SJM
7 Dec 2002	Handel Messiah	SJM
30 Jun 2002	Elgar The Later Part Songs	ADR [11]
	Burgon Magic Words
	Handel Theodora (chorus highlights)
	Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
16 Mar 2002	Mozart Mass in C major (Coronation Mass)	SJM
	Poulenc Gloria
8 Dec 2001	Handel Theodora	SJM
30 Jun 2001	Songs by Gershwin, Copland, Arlen, Rodgers and Hart	SJN
31 Mar 2001	Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle	SMH
	Puccini Requiem
9 Dec 2000	Bach Christmas Oratorio	SJM
8 Jul 2000	Bach Jesu, meine Freude	SJM [10]
	Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Antiphon, Missa Brevis, Traditional Sprituals
9 Apr 2000	Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine	OLM[8]
	Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
	Sarah Rodgers Windhover Te Deum [9]
4 Dec 1999	Mozart Benedictus sit Deus	SJM
	Haydn Mass in B flat “Harmoniemesse”
12 Jun 1999	Victoria O Quam Gloriosum	SJM
	Vaughan Williams A Vision of Aeroplanes
	Bernstein Chichester Psalms
13 Mar 1999	Bach Mass in G minor	SJM
	Handel Dixit Dominus
5 Dec 1998	Byrd Various	SJM [7]
	Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noel
	Pinkham Various
	Holst Christmas Day
20 Jun 1998	Mozart Mass in C Minor	SJM
23 May 1998	Beethoven Symphony no 9	REH
4 Apr 1998	Handel Israel in Egypt	WLS[6]
21 Mar 1998	Bach Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden	SJM
	Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi Munera
	Brahms Liebeslieder
6 Dec 1997	Handel Israel in Egypt	SJM
12 Jul 1997	Various	SJM [5]
28 Jun 1997	Various	SSD [5]
15 Mar 1997	Palestrina Tu es Petrus	SJM
	Frank Chorale No 3 in A minor
	Vaughan Williams Benedicite
	Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in F# Minor
	Ireland Elegaic Romance
	Kodály Missa Brevis
7 Dec 1996	Haydn The Creation	SJM
22 Jun 1996	Mozart Regina Coeli, Requiem	SJM
23 Mar 1996	Bach Jesu, meine Freude, Mass in G minor	SJM
2 Dec 1995	Britten Saint Nicholas	SJM [4]
	Various Christmas music
10 Jun 1995	Mendelssohn Elijah	SJM
5 Mar 1995	Various Opera choruses	SJM
3 Dec 1994	Handel Messiah	SJM
25 Jun 1994	Byrd Mass in Five Voices	SJM
	Howells Magnificat, Nunc Dimitis, Te Deum
	Kodály Missa Brevis
26 Feb 1994	Bach Mass in B minor	SJM
26 Jun 1993	Vivaldi Beatus Vir	ADR
	Haydn Harmonie Messe
21 Mar 1993	Copland In The Beginning	LJS
	Vaughan Williams A Vision of Aeroplanes
	Bernstein Chichester Psalms
29 Nov 1992	Haydn Te Deum Laudamus	QEH [3]
	Handel Coronation Anthem No 4
	Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
21 Jun 1992	Schutz Aller Augen Warten Auf Dich, Herre Meine Seele Erhebt Den Herren	SJS
	Bruckner Three Graduals, Mass No 2 in E minor
1 Dec 1991	Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle	SJS
30 Jun 1991	Stravinsky Mass	SJS
	Mozart Missa Longa in C
09 Mar 1991	Fayrfax Magnificat (Regale)	AD
	Pergolesi Magnificat
	Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Missa Brevis
1 Dec 1990	Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts i-iv)	ADR
10 Jun 1990	Vivaldi Gloria	SJS
	Bach Magnificat
24 Mar 1990	Fauré Pavane, Cantique de Jean Racine	URT
	Rutter Requiem
25 Nov 1989	Mozart Mass in C major, Requiem	SJS
18 Jun 1989	Mozart Kyrie in D minor	SJS
	Haydn Nelson Mass
18 Mar 1989	Palestrina Missa Brevis	EFM
	Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer
26 Nov 1988	Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Mass in C minor	SJS
19 Mar 1988	Vivaldi Beatus Vir	ADR
	Rutter Requiem
8 Nov 1987	Beethoven Mass in C major	QEH
21 Mar 1987	Britten Two Flower Songs	EFM
	Messiaen Sacrum Convivium
	Bruckner Christus Factus Est
	Purcell Te Deum Laudamus, Jubilate Deo
15 Mar 1986	Haydn Missa Brevis, St Joannis de Deo	EFM
	Pergolesi Magnificat
	Vaughan Williams Benedicite
10 Nov 1985	Handel Zadok the Priest	SJS
	Thomas Linley Jnr Music in the Tempest
	Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
23 Mar 1985	Geoffrey Burgon Short Mass	EFM [2]
	Victoria O Quam Gloriosum
	Kodály Missa Brevis
4 Jul 1984	Handel Messiah	SMH
24 Mar 1984	Bach Cantata No 9	SJM
	Haydn 'Maria Theresa' Mass
28 Jan 1984	Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Dies Irae from Requiem	BRE
12 Nov 1983	Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Requiem	EFM
26 Mar 1983	Britten Rejoice in the Lamb	URT
	Stravinsky Mass
29 Jan 1983	Britten Rejoice in the Lamb	BRE [1]
	Handel Zadok the Priest
27 Jan 1982	Handel Zadok the Priest, Dettingen Te Deum	SJM
3 Apr 1982	Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle	SJM
4 Apr 1981	Handel Belshazzar	SJM
6 Dec 1980	Fauré Pavane, Requiem	SJM
15 Jul 1980	Songs by various English composers	CMH
2 Feb 1980	Vivaldi Gloria
	Bach Magnificat in D	SMH
30 Jun 1979	Beethoven Mass in C	URT
16 Dec 1978	Various Christmas Carols	ADR
13 May 1978	Haydn Nelson Mass	ADR
10 Dec 1977	Schubert Mass in G	ATR
	Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
	Handel Zadok the Priest

Venue codes
ATR All Saints, Talbot Road, Highgate
ADR All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley
URT United Reformed Church, Tetherdown, Muswell Hill
SMH St Michael’s Church, Highgate
CMH Creighton School, Muswell Hill
SJM St James’ Church, Muswell Hill
BRE National Federation of Music Societies competition, Brent Town Hall
EFM East Finchley Methodist Church
SJS St John’s, Smith Square
QEH Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre
LJS Liberal Jewish Synagogue, NW8
SSD Sint Servaaskerk, Diepenbeek, Belgium
WLS West London Synagogue, W1
REH Regent Hall, W1
OLM Our Lady of Muswell Church, Muswell Hill
SJN St James’ Church, Nayland, Suffolk
URH United Reformed Church, Highgate
STM St Thomas More Church, Maresfield Gardens, NW3
JUD The Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb
ART artsdepot, North Finchley
WSP Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, W12

Notes
1 Winners of National Federation of Music Societies competition
2 First concert as North London Chorus (previously The Hill Singers)
3 In aid of North London Hospice
4 Joint concert with Fitzjohn’s Primary School Chamber Choir
5 Joint concert with Cantores Servadie, Hasselt
6 In aid of Youth At Risk, Barnet
7 Joint concert with St James’ Church Children’s Choir
8 In aid of the Red Cross
9 First performance : commissioned by Muswell Hill Christian Council
10 Joint concert with Bella Cora
11 Part of East Finchley Arts Festival
12 Joint concert with Ensamble Patagonia
13 In aid of the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre

Conductors
10 Dec 1977 to 8 Jul 2000 * Alan Hazeldine
9 Dec 2000 to 30 Jun 2002 Matthew Andrews
7 Dec 2002 Colin Myles
5 Apr 2003 to date Murray Hipkin
*except 28 Jun and 12 Jul 1997 when jointly conducted by R Luts