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Date Programme Venue Notes link
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 Jun 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 Erden  
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

URH

 

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 Solonnelle

SJS

 

30 Jun 1991

StravinskyMass

SJS

 

 

Mozart Missa Longa in C

 

 

09 Mar 1991

Fayrfax  Magnificat (Regale)

ADR

 

 

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

 

5 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