YEAR

WORKS / CONCERTS

CONDUCTOR

OTHER NOTABLES

1943

Carols

Bernard Robinson

1944

Messiah 

Messiah excerpts + various songs

Bernard Robinson 

Claude Powell

1945

Haydn: The Creation 

Summer Concert 

Messiah

Ruth Railton 

Ruth Railton 

Ruth Railton

1946

Handel: Acis and Galatea 

Handel: Messiah

Ruth Railton 

Ruth Railton

1947

English Choral Music (3 Performances) 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Pts 1 & 3)

Dr Reginald Jacques 

Ruth Railton

1948

Mendelssohn: Elijah 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Ruth Railton 

Ruth Railton

1949

Bach: St John Passion 

Handel: Messiah

Ruth Railton 

Ruth Railton

1950

Bach: St John Passion 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Ruth Railton 

Ruth Railton

1951

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (Festival of Britain Concert) 

Messiah

Ruth Railton 

Ruth Railton

Isobel Baillie, Hervey Allen 

1952

Bach: St Matthew Passion 

Christmas Carols

Denys Darlow 

Denys Darlow

Alexander Young 

1953

Bach: B Minor (2 performances) 

Christmas music

Denys Darlow 

John Lovelock

1954

Bach: Christmas Oratorio 

Stanford: The Revenge /             Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest 

Handel: Messiah

John Lovelock 

John Lovelock 

John Lovelock

Archie Camden - bassoon

1955

Bach: St John Passion 

Messiah (Christmas Music) /        Mozart: Requiem

John Lovelock 

John Barker 

1956

Handel: Acis & Galatea 

Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise /      Vaughan Williams: Hodie

John Barker 

John Barker

1957

Mendelssohn: Elijah 

Madrigals and Part-songs 

Handel: Messiah

John Barker 

John Barker 

John Barker

1958

Bach: Mass in B minor 

Vaughan Williams: Te Deum in G / Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm /   Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor

John Barker 

Clement McWilliam

1959

Bach: St John Passion 

Choral and organ music 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Clement McWilliam 

Clement McWilliam 

Clement McWilliam

1960

Fauré: Requiem / Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region /  Harris: Bring us. O Lord God 

Brahms: A German Requiem 

Handel: Messiah (Pts 1 & 2) / Bach: Magnificat

Clement McWilliam 

Clement McWilliam 

Clement McWilliam

1961

Bridge: A Prayer / Stanford: Magnificat / Mozart: Requiem 

Brahms: Song of Destiny /  Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Clement McWilliam 

Colin Campbell

1962

Handel: Lenten Cantata / Thiman: The Last Supper /  Dyson: Three Songs of Praise 

Sea Songs, Folk Songs and Madrigals 

Bush: Christmas Cantata / Thiman: The Nativity

Colin Campbell 

Colin Campbell 

Colin Campbell

1963

Handel: Acis & Galatea 

Handel: Messiah

Colin Campbell 

Colin Campbell, 

Christopher Keyte

1964

Handel: The King Shall Rejoice / Mozart: Exultate, jubilate / Dyson: Songs of Praise / Fauré: Requiem

Colin Campbell

1965

Bach: Christmas Oratorio 

Britten: St Nicholas / Bach: Jesu, meine Freude 

Vivaldi: Gloria + Christmas music

Colin Campbell 

Colin Campbell 

Colin Campbell

1966

Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures /  Elgar: The Banner of St George 

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols /  Vaughan Williams: Benedicite

Pamela Verrall 

Pamela Verrall

1967

Bach: St John Passion 

Fauré: Requiem / Hurd: Missa Brevis / Vivaldi: Gloria

Pamela Verrall, 

Pamela Verrall

Thomas Allen 

1968

Handel: Messiah (Parts 2 & 3) 

Summer concert including: Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest 

Hurd: Canticles of the Virgin Mary / Cashmore: This Child Behold

Pamela Verrall 

Pamela Verrall 

Pamela Verrall

1969

Dvorak: Stabat Mater 

Vivaldi: Gloria (excerpts) /  Bach: Wachet Auf (excerpts) / Messiah (excerpts) etc 

Messiah (Part 1)and Carols

Pamela Verrall 

William Stimson 

William Stimson

1970

Handel: Messiah (Parts 1 & 2) 

Choral Concert including excerpts from Messiah, Elijah, Vivaldi's Gloria 

Bach: Ascension Cantata (NO 11) / Bach: Sleepers Awake /  Vaughan Williams: Psalm 100 

Informal Christmas Concert

William Stimson 

William Stimson 

William Stimson 

Peter Mound

1971

Bach: Mass in B minor 

Haydn: The Creation

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound

1972

Bach: Magnificat /  Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Peter Mound

1973

Holst: Hymn of Jesus / Schubert: Mass in A flat 

Bach: St John Passion

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound

1974

Kodaly: Psalmus Hungaricus / Verdi: Stabat Mater / Bach: Jesu, meine Freude 

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 

Handel: Messiah

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound, 

Oxford Pro Musica

1975

Tippett: A Child of our Time 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound, 

Oxford Pro Musica

1976

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius 

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus

Peter Mound, 

Peter Mound

Martyn Hill / Oxford Pro Musica 

1977

Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia / Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music / Purcell: My heart is indicting 

Rossini: Stabat Mater /  Bruckner: Te Deum 

Brahms: A German Requiem

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound, Edgar Holmes 

Peter Mound, 

Hampshire County Youth Orchestra 

Stephen Roberts

1978

Elgar: The Music Makers / Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem 

Bach: Jesu, meine Freude /  Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia 

Bach: Mass in B minor 

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound 

Peter Mound

1979

Orff: Carmina Burana 

Taverner: Mass "The Westron Wynde" / Copland: In the Beginning /  Bruckner: Three Graduals 

Walton: Belshazzar's Feast /  Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs 

Handel: Messiah

Peter Mound, 

Peter Mound 

Hilary Davan-Wetton 

Peter Mound

Hampshire County Youth Orchestra / Guildford Choral Society