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Congleton Choral Society, Congleton, Cheshire, UK
President: Sir Bernard Lovell FRS - Music Director: David Johnson
Reg Charity No: 515851

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CONGLETON CHORAL SOCIETY (Formed by Councillor Gladys Worthington 1971)

Directors since the formation of the Choral Society:

1971/2 Alan Baker; 72/3 Rev George Pratt; 73/4 Pam Eaton; 74/5 Ray Woodfine

1975 - David Johnson

Major Works Performed Since 1975

Cantata 112 The Lord Is My Shepherd

Bach

1976

Cantata 118 O Jesu Christ, Mein Liebens Licht

Bach

1982

Cantata 34 O Light Everlasting

Bach

1985

Cantata 40 Sleepers Wake

Bach

1978

Cantata 68 God So Loved The World

Bach

1984

Cantata 82 Ich Habe Genüg

Bach

1981

Mass in B Minor

Bach

1987, 2000

Peasant Cantata

Bach

1977

St John Passion

Bach

1980, 1989, 2002

Christmas Oratorio

Bach

1990

St Luke Passion (* Good Friday)

Bach

1991*

Choral Fantasia

Beethoven

1995

Chichester Psalms

Bernstein

1996, 1998 (Congleton + Boston Stump)

Liebeslieder

Brahms

1979, 2006

Requiem

Brahms

1984

English Folk Song Suite

Britten

1987

St Nicolas

Britten

1987

Ceremony of Carols

Britten

1987, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2007

Missa Brevis (CCS Commission)

Burr

2007 (Kyrie + Gloria only), 2008 (First complete performance)

Messe de Minuit

Charpentier

2003

Canticles of Light

Chilcott

2003 (including performances in Congleton, Mechelen Cathedral and Brussels)

Canticles of Light

Donaldson

2006

Requiem

Duruflé

1989, 1999

The Music Makers

Elgar

1986

African Sanctus

Fanshawe

2001

Cantique de Jean Racine

Fauré

1982, 1995, 2005, 2007

Requiem (* Good Friday)

 

Fauré

1976, 1983*, 1985*, 1989*, 1999, 2000*, 2007*

In Terra Pax

Finzi

1987

Acis & Galatea

Handel

1977

O Praise the Lord with One Consent

Handel

1997

Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened

Handel

1985, 1994

Messiah (* Messiah from Scratch)

Handel

1978, 1979, 1990, 1992*, 1997, 2000*, 2005 (part 1)

Sing Unto God

Handel

1981

The King Shall Rejoice

Handel

1985, 2001

Zadok The Priest

Handel

1977, 1985, 1994, 2001

My Heart is Inditing

Handel

1994

The King Shall Rejoice

Handel

1994

Creation

Haydn

1978, 1988, 2008

Maria Theresa Mass

Haydn

1984, 1996, 2002, 2006

The Seasons

Haydn

1982

Insanae et Vanae Curae

Haydn

1991

Seven Last Words (* Good Friday)

Haydn

1997*, 1999*, 2005*

Te Deum

Haydn

2000

Little Organ Mass

Haydn

2005

The Armed Man

Jenkins

2006

The Rio Grande

Lambert

1990 (Congleton + Stockport)

Captain Cat + The Carol Singers

Lloyd

1990

Olivet to Calvary (* Good Friday)

Maunder

2006*, 2007*

Elijah

Mendelssohn

1981, 1991, 2005

Hear My Prayer

Mendelssohn

1982, 1995, 2003, 2007

Sechs Sprüche

Mendelssohn

1995, (Congleton and Bruges), 2003 (Congleton and Mechelen Cathedral, Belgium)

As the Hart Pants

Mendelssohn

1999

A Christmas Carol (CCS Commission)

Milne & Messham

1984

Beatus Vir

Monteverdi

1981, 1991

Vespers 1610

Monteverdi

1985, 1993

Coronation Mass

Mozart

1986

Requiem

Mozart

1979, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2003

Sancta Maria

Mozart

1984

Solemn Vespers

Mozart

1984, 2002

Sparrow Mass

Mozart

2001

Carmina Burana

Orff

1990, 1998 (Congleton + Boston Stump)

Blest Pair of Sirens

Parry

1993, 2001

Songs of Farewell

Parry

1994

Litanies a la Vierge Noire

Poulenc

1989

Messa di Gloria

Puccini

1983, 1999

Come Ye Sons Of Art

Purcell

1978, 1985

Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn

Purcell

1981

Missa Criolla

Ramirez

2004

Stabat Mater (* Good Friday)

Rheinberger

2003*, 2004*

Stabat Mater

Rossini

1986

Requiem (* Good Friday)

Rutter

1994* 1996*

Brother Heinrich’s Christmas

Rutter

2000

Feel the Spirit

Rutter

2007 (3/7)

Mass in G

Schubert

1988

Easter Passion Music

Schütz

1976

Psalm 100

Schütz

1982

Crucifixion (* Good Friday)

Stainer

1988*, 2002*

Trial By Jury

Sullivan

1983

A Night at the Opera

Various

2004, 2007

Dona Nobis Pacem

Vaughan Williams

1986, 1995

Serenade to Music

Vaughan Williams

1991, 1993, 2001

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Vaughan Williams

1999

Five English Folksongs

Vaughan Williams

2003

Requiem

Verdi

1983

Gloria

Vivaldi

1978, 1981, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2004

Beatus Vir

Vivaldi

1998

Astbury Ayres (CCS Commission)

Wesley-Barker

1996

OVERSEAS TOURS

1995: Bruges. With Claire Allen (Trumpet) and Roger Briscoe (Organ)

 2003: Antwerp, Mechelen, Ghent and Brussels. With Keith Hearnshaw (Organ)

 2007: Diksmuide, Bruges, De Panne, Bondues, The Menin Gate, Ypres. With Keith Hearnshaw (Organ)

 CHORAL WORKSHOPS

 Nigel Perrin: Oct 2004

 John Rutter: Sept 2007

 

 

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