When Percy Hallam founded the Choir in 1932, his ambition was "to perform Bach's great choral masterpieces", and the choir took its name from the composer. In those early years, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach prevailed, but the choir soon began to explore the works of other composers.
Over the years, performances have included music by Brahms, Britten, Elgar, Fauré, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, and many others, including some less well known twentieth-century composers.
The following record of our performances of major works over the years demonstrates a rich and varied repertoire.
Bach
Cantata BWV56
Christmas Oratorio
Der Gerechte kommt um
Magnificat in D
Magnificat in E-flat
Mass in B Minor
O ewiges Feuer
O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht
St John Passion
St Matthew Passion
Beethoven
Mass in C
Elegischer Gesang
Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem
Schiksalslied
Britten
Cantata Misericordium
Ceremony of Carols
Hymn to the Virgin
St Nicolas
Te Deum in C major
The Company of Heaven
War Requiem
Bruckner
Ave Maria
Christus factus est
Inveni David
Locus iste
Magnificat
Mass No. 2 in E minor
Os Justi
Psalm 114
Tota Pulchra es Maria
Cherubini
Requiem
Duruflé
Requiem
Elgar
Caractacus
Sea Pictures (arr. D Fraser for SATB)
The Dream of Gerontius
The Kingdom
The Music Makers
Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine
Ecce Fidelis
Requiem
Sancta Mater
Tantum Ergo
Tu es Petrus
Handel
Dixit Dominus
Jephtha
The King Shall Rejoice
Let Thy Hand Be Strenghtened
Messiah
My Heart is Inditing
Samson
Solomon
The Ways of Zion do Mourn
Zadok the Priest
Harris
Bring us, O Lord God
Haydn
The Creation
Harmoniemesse
Nelson Mass
Te Deum
Gustav Holst
Hymn of Jesus
Imogen Holst
Mass in A minor
Karl Jenkins
Suite from The Armed Man
Kodaly
Missa Brevis
Lotti
Crucifixus a 8
Martines
Dixit Dominus
Laudate Pueri Dominum
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Mozart
Ave verum corpus
Exsultate, jubilate
Mass in C Minor
Misericordias Domini
Requiem
Vesperae solennes de confessore
Orff
Carmina Burana
Parry
I was glad
Blest pair of Sirens
Poulenc
Gloria
Litanies à la Vierge Noire
Puccini
Messa di Gloria
Motetto per San Paolino
Purcell
King Arthur
Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Dido and Aeneas
Sacred anthems
Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle
Tavener
Song for Athene
The Lamb
Tippett
A Child of Our Time
Vaughan Williams
Dona nobis pacem
Hodie
A Sea Symphony
Verdi
Requiem
Vivaldi
Gloria in D
Magnificat
Walton
Belshazzar's Feast
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