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List of Concerts and Programme Notes

Performance ProgrammeVenueProgramme notes
16-Mar-24Smyth, The Prison
Beethoven, Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
Brahms, Nänie
SJMProgramme Mar 2024
25-Nov-23Bach, Magnificat in D, Gloria in excelsis Deo
Handel, Laudate pueri
SJMProgramme Nov 2023
22-Jul-23A Night at the OperaSJMProgramme July 2023
22-Apr-23Ralph Vaughan Williams, A Sea SymphonySJMProgramme notes April 2023
03-Dec-22Handel, Dixit Dominus
Charpentier, Messe de Minuit pour Noel
SJMProgramme notes December 2022
02-Jul-22Cherubini, Requiem in C Minor
Mendelssohn, Psalm 42 Wie der Hirsch schreit
SJM2022-07-22-Programme Notes
09-Apr-22Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
Brahms, Geistliches Lied
SJMProgramme notes April 2022
27-Nov-21Britten, St Nicholas (with Finchley Children’s Music Group)
Parry, I Was Glad
SJMProgramme notes November 2021
03-Dec-20Participating choir in live-streamed Messiah: ‘Messiah Reimagined’ with London Handel FestivalSt George’s Hanover Square, London
13-Mar-20Handel – Israel in Egypt – CANCELLED COVID
30-Nov-19Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle
Verdi, Ave Maria, from Four Sacred Pieces
Verdi, Quartet from Rigoletto
Verdi, Va Pensiero, from Nabucco
SJMProgramme notes November 2019
22-06-19Rutter, Magnificat
Vaughan Williams, Flos Campi
Dyson, Hierusalem
SJMProgramme notes June 2019
09-Mar-19J S Bach, St John PassionSJMProgNotes-2019-03.pdf
17-Nov-18Britten, The Company of Heaven
J S Bach, Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Haydn, Nelson Mass
SJM
ProgNotes-2018-11.pdf
14-Jul-18Salieri, Requiem in C minor
Puccini, Messa di Gloria
SJM/ProgNotes-2018-07.pdf
17-Mar-18Haydn, The Creation (Parts 1 and 2)
Haydn, Insanae et vanae curae
SJM/ProgNotes-2018-03.pdf
25-Nov-17Mendelssohn, Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Vaughan Williams, In Windsor Forest
Dähler, Byzantium
Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre
STH/ProgNotes-2017-11.pdf
17-Jun-17Mozart, Requiem in D minor K626
King, Out of the Depths
SJM/ProgNotes-2017-06.pdf
25-Mar-17Dove, The Passing of the Year
Brahms, Liebeslieder Op 52 & Neue Liebeslieder Op 65
Britten, Mazurka Elegaica
Various Partsongs
SJM/ProgNotes-2017-03.pdf
20-Nov-16Verdi RequiemARTProgNotes-2016-11.pdf
11-Jun-16Bernstein MassSJMProgNotes-2016-06.pdf
 Whitacre Five Hebrew Love Songs  
 Copland Old American Songs  
12-Mar-16Mendelssohn ElijahSJMProgNotes-2016-03.pdf
28-Nov-15Bach MagnificatSJMProgNotes-2015-11.pdf
 Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1, 2 and 3)  
04-Jul-15Handel Acis and GalateaBCBC 
16-May-15Britten War RequiemSEC 
21-Mar-15Fauré Requiem Mass in D minor, Op.48SJMProgNotes-2015-03-21-Faure.pdf
 Liszt Die Seligkeiten ProgNotes-2015-03-21-Liszt.pdf
 Loxley-Blount Chorale Prelude and Postlude ProgNotes-2015-03-21-LoxleyBlount.pdf
 Kodály Missa Brevis ProgNotes-2015-03-21-Kodaly.pdf
22-Nov-14Haydn Te Deum No 2 in CSJMProgNotes-2014-11-22-Haydn.pdf
 Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A major ProgNotes-2014-11-22-Mozart.pdf
 Beethoven Mass in C ProgNotes-2014-11-22-Beethoven.pdf
14-Jul-14Mendelssohn Verleih uns FriedenMHBProgNotes-2014-07-14.pdf
 Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten  
 Brahms Nänie  
 Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem  
15-Mar-14Schubert Mirjams SiegesgesangSJM 
 Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer  
 Korngold Passover Psalm  
 Bernstein Chichester Psalms  
21-Nov-13Britten War RequiemKHBProgNotes-2013-11-21.pdf
29-Jun-13A programme of classical favourites and songs
from the great American musicals,
including works by
Tippett, Fauré,
Cole Porter, Bernstein,
Gershwin and Sondheim
SJM/ProgNotes-2013-06-29.pdf
20-Apr-13Bach Mass in B MinorSJMProgNotes-2013-04-20.pdf
15-Dec-12Mozart Mass in C MinorSJMProgNotes-2012-12-15-2.pdf
 King Out of the Depths  
30-Jun-12Dvorak Mass in DSJMProgNotes-2012-06-30.pdf
 Howells An English Mass  
 Rheinberger Organ Concerto No. 1  
24-Mar-12Handel Israel in EgyptSJMProgNotes-2012-03-24.pdf
19-Nov-11Britten Rejoice in the LambSJMProgNotes-2011-11-19.pdf
 Tavener Svyati  
 Messiaen L’Ascension Parts II and III  
 Duruflé Requiem  
25-Jun-11Rossini Petite Messe SolennelleSJMProgNotes-2011-06-25.pdf
 Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium  
 Barber Agnus Dei  
 Karg-Elert Totentanz  
 Adams This is Prophetic (Nixon in China)  
26-Mar-11Mozart Davidde PenitenteSJMProgNotes-2011-03-26.pdf
 Beethoven Christus Am Ölberge  
27-Nov-10Orff Carmina BuranaSJMProgNotes-2010-11-27.pdf
 Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands  
03-Jul-10Mozart Solemn VespersSJMProgNotes-2010-07-03.pdf
 Bliss Pastoral ‘Lie Strewn the White Flocks’  
20-Mar-10Buxtehude Membra Jesu NostriSJMProgNotes-2010-03-20.pdf
 Bach Mass in F  
 Handel Dixit Dominus  
28-Nov-09Mendelssohn ElijahSJMProgNotes-2009-11-28.pdf
27-Jun-09Haydn Nelson MassSJMProgNotes-2009-06-27.pdf
 Handel Four Coronation Anthems  
 Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord  
21-Mar-09Beethoven Missa SolemnisSJMProgNotes-2009-03-21.pdf
22-Nov-08Schubert Mass in GSMHProgNotes-2008-11-22.pdf
 Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem  
28-Jun-08Britten Cantata MisericordiumSJMProgNotes-2008-06-28.pdf
 Jenkins The Armed Man  
 Tippett Five Negro Spirituals  
15-Mar-08Haydn The Seven Last WordsSJMProgNotes-2008-03-15.pdf
 Rossini Stabat Mater  
15-Dec-07Pergolesi MagnificatSMHProgNotes-2007-12-15.pdf
 J S Bach Ich freue mich in dir  
 Schönberg Friede auf Erd  
 Handel Messiah Part I  
30-Jun-07King Season of SingingARTProgNotes-2007-06-30.pdf
 Finzi Let Us Garlands Bring  
 Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits  
24-Mar-07Various, Rutter PsalmfestSMHProgNotes-2007-03-24.pdf
02-Dec-06Mendelssohn St PaulSJMProgNotes-2006-12-02.pdf
24-Jun-06King The Season of Singing World premièreJUDProgNotes-2006-06-24.pdf
 Mozart Requiem  
08-Apr-06Holst The Hymn of JesusSMHProgNotes-2006-04-08.pdf
 Finzi Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice  
 Fauré Requiem  
14-Jan-06JS Bach Mass in B minorSJMProgNotes-2006-01-14.pdf
10-Jul-05Horses in Harmony Opera chorusesWSP [13] 
25-Jun-05Buxtehude Membra Jesu NostriJUDProgNotes-2005-06-25.pdf
 Vivaldi Gloria  
17-Apr-05Stravinsky Symphony of PsalmsARTProgNotes-2005-04-17.doc
 Puccini Messa di Gloria  
27-Nov-04Haydn The CreationSJMProgNotes-2004-11-27.doc
26-Jun-04Various Opera chorusesJUDProgNotes-2004-06-26.doc
14-May-04Rutter Magnificat (excerpts)STM [12] 
 Pärt The Beatitudes  
 Kodály Missa Brevis (excerpts)  
27-Mar-04Bernstein Chichester PsalmsSMHProgNotes-2004-03-27.doc
 Kodály Missa Brevis  
 Pärt The Beatitudes  
06-Dec-03Bach Magnificat in DSJMProgNotes-2003-12-06.doc
 Rutter Magnificat  
29-Jun-03Bruckner Christus Factus Est, Locus Iste ProgNotes-2003-06-29.doc
 Brahms Geistliches Lied, Ein Deutsches Requiem  
05-Apr-03Mozart Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus, Dixit DominusSJMProgNotes-2003-04-05.doc
07-Dec-02Handel MessiahSJMProgNotes-2002-12-07.doc
30-Jun-02Elgar The Later Part SongsADR [11] 
 Burgon Magic Words  
 Handel Theodora (chorus highlights)  
 Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs  
16-Mar-02Mozart Mass in C major (Coronation Mass)SJMProgNotes-2002-03-16.doc
 Poulenc Gloria  
08-Dec-01Handel TheodoraSJM 
30-Jun-01Songs by Gershwin, Copland, Arlen, Rodgers and HartSJN 
31-Mar-01Rossini Petite Messe SolennelleSMH 
 Puccini Requiem  
09-Dec-00Bach Christmas OratorioSJM 
08-Jul-00Bach Jesu, meine FreudeSJM [10] 
 Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, 
Antiphon, Missa Brevis,
Traditional Sprituals
  
09-Apr-00Fauré Cantique de Jean RacineOLM[8] 
 Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore  
 Sarah Rodgers Windhover Te Deum [9]  
04-Dec-99Mozart Benedictus sit DeusSJM 
 Haydn Mass in B flat “Harmoniemesse”  
12-Jun-99Victoria O Quam GloriosumSJM 
 Vaughan Williams A Vision of Aeroplanes  
 Bernstein Chichester Psalms  
13-Mar-99Bach Mass in G minorSJM 
 Handel Dixit Dominus  
05-Dec-98Byrd VariousSJM [7] 
 Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noel  
 Pinkham Various  
 Holst Christmas Day  
20-Jun-98Mozart Mass in C MinorSJM 
23-May-98Beethoven Symphony no 9REH 
04-Apr-98Handel Israel in EgyptWLS[6] 
21-Mar-98Bach Lobet den Herrn, alle HeidenSJM 
 Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi Munera  
 Brahms Liebeslieder  
06-Dec-97Handel Israel in EgyptSJM 
12-Jul-97VariousSJM [5] 
28-Jun-97VariousSSD [5] 
15-Mar-97Palestrina Tu es PetrusSJM 
 Frank Chorale No 3 in A minor  
 Vaughan Williams Benedicite  
 Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in F# Minor  
 Ireland Elegaic Romance  
 Kodály Missa Brevis  
07-Dec-96Haydn The CreationSJM 
22-Jun-96Mozart Regina Coeli, RequiemSJM 
23-Mar-96Bach Jesu, meine Freude, Mass in G minorSJM 
02-Dec-95Britten Saint NicholasSJM [4] 
 Various Christmas music  
10-Jun-95Mendelssohn ElijahSJM 
05-Mar-95Various Opera chorusesSJM 
03-Dec-94Handel MessiahSJM 
25-Jun-94Byrd Mass in Five VoicesSJM 
 Howells Magnificat, Nunc Dimitis, Te Deum  
 Kodály Missa Brevis  
26-Feb-94Bach Mass in B minorSJM 
26-Jun-93Vivaldi Beatus VirADR 
 Haydn Harmonie Messe  
21-Mar-93Copland In The BeginningLJS 
 Vaughan Williams A Vision of Aeroplanes  
 Bernstein Chichester Psalms  
29-Nov-92Haydn Te Deum LaudamusQEH [3] 
 Handel Coronation Anthem No 4  
 Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore  
21-Jun-92Schutz Aller Augen Warten Auf Dich,
Herre Meine Seele Erhebt Den Herren
SJS 
 Bruckner Three Graduals, Mass No 2 in E minor  
01-Dec-91Rossini Petite Messe SolennelleSJS 
30-Jun-91Stravinsky MassSJS 
 Mozart Missa Longa in C  
09-Mar-91Fayrfax Magnificat (Regale)AD 
 Pergolesi Magnificat  
 Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Missa Brevis  
01-Dec-90Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts i-iv)ADR 
10-Jun-90Vivaldi GloriaSJS 
 Bach Magnificat  
24-Mar-90Fauré Pavane, Cantique de Jean RacineURT 
 Rutter Requiem  
25-Nov-89Mozart Mass in C major, RequiemSJS 
18-Jun-89Mozart Kyrie in D minorSJS 
 Haydn Nelson Mass  
18-Mar-89Palestrina Missa BrevisEFM 
 Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer  
26-Nov-88Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Mass in C minorSJS 
19-Mar-88Vivaldi Beatus VirADR 
 Rutter Requiem  
08-Nov-87Beethoven Mass in C majorQEH 
21-Mar-87Britten Two Flower SongsEFM 
 Messiaen Sacrum Convivium  
 Bruckner Christus Factus Est  
 Purcell Te Deum Laudamus, Jubilate Deo  
15-Mar-86Haydn Missa Brevis, St Joannis de DeoEFM 
 Pergolesi Magnificat  
 Vaughan Williams Benedicite  
10-Nov-85Handel Zadok the PriestSJS 
 Thomas Linley Jnr Music in the Tempest  
 Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore  
23-Mar-85Geoffrey Burgon Short MassEFM [2] 
 Victoria O Quam Gloriosum  
 Kodály Missa Brevis  
04-Jul-84Handel MessiahSMH 
24-Mar-84Bach Cantata No 9SJM 
 Haydn ‘Maria Theresa’ Mass  
28-Jan-84Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, Dies Irae from RequiemBRE 
12-Nov-83Mozart Ave Verum Corpus, RequiemEFM 
26-Mar-83Britten Rejoice in the LambURT 
 Stravinsky Mass  
29-Jan-83Britten Rejoice in the LambBRE [1] 
 Handel Zadok the Priest  
27-Jan-82Handel Zadok the Priest, Dettingen Te DeumSJM 
03-Apr-82Rossini Petite Messe SolennelleSJM 
04-Apr-81Handel BelshazzarSJM 
06-Dec-80Fauré Pavane, RequiemSJM 
15-Jul-80Songs by various English composersCMH 
02-Feb-80Vivaldi Gloria  
 Bach Magnificat in DSMH 
30-Jun-79Beethoven Mass in CURT 
16-Dec-78Various Christmas CarolsADR 
13-May-78Haydn Nelson MassADR 
10-Dec-77Schubert Mass in GATR 
 Britten Rejoice in the Lamb  
 Handel Zadok the Priest  

Venue codes
ATR All Saints, Talbot Road, Highgate
ADR All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley
BCBC Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
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