December 2023
June 2023
December 2022
This concert featured Vaughan Williams ‘Fantasia on Christmas Carols, and Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. As planned, four shorter pieces completed the programme: The Snow by Elgar, O Radiant Dawn by Macmillan, In Dulci Jubilo by Pearsall, and O Magnum Mysterium, by Lauridsen.
June 2022
December 2019
Durufle’s Requiem and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio offered contrasting styles and moods.
June 2019
Amongst several other pieces, Handel’s Coronation Anthems got the Philharmonic treatment in our summer concert, contrasted Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms.
December 2018
John Rutter’s Gloria anchored our Christmas Concert, with a selection of baroque Christmas music including works by Pearsall, Schutz and Praetorius.
December 2017
Vivaldi “Magnificat”
Victoria “Ave Maria”
Finzi “In Terra Pax”
Saint Saens “Christmas Oratorio”
June 2017
Parry “Blest pair of Sirens”,
Vaughan Williams’ “Serenade to Music”, and
a selection of Madrigals
April 2017
J S Bach, Mass in B Minor
December 2016
Carols and other Christmas music including
O Magnum Mysterium – Victoria
Christmas Round – Taverner
Away in a Manger – Taverner
First Nowell – Vaughan-Williams
Shepherds Carol – Chilcott
I Wonder as I Wander – Appalachian trad. arr. Rutter
Sans Day Carol – Rutter
Shepherds Farewell –
Ding dong! Merrily on high trad arr. Wood
Jingle Bells arr. Willcocks
And, of course, some carols for audience to join in.
Noel 2016 concert poster
2015/16
June 2016
Bob Chilcott, A Little Jazz Mass. Rutter, Feel The Spirit. Additional songs from Margaret Ferguson
April 2016
Elgar, The Music Makers, and Purcell. Ode to Saint Cecilia
December 2015
Monteverdi Christmas Vespers , Monteverdi Magnificat
Season 2014/15
All at St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
SUMMER CONCERT
Tuesday 30th June 2015
Poulenc Gloria , Vivaldi Gloria
EASTER CONCERT
Saturday 28th March 2015
Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise, Bach Cantata No. 192 Nun danket alle Gott, Gabrieli Jubilate Deo
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Tuesday 9th December 2014
Handel’s Messiah part one, Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Vaughan-Williams, other carols and Christmas music
COFFEE MORNING & CONCERT
Saturday 8th November 2014
Coffee ,cakes and a selection of the traditional, sacred and contemporary part songs
Season 2013/14
MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING
Saturday 5th July 2014
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Elgar’s Te Deun & Benedictus
Constant Lambert’s The Rio Grande
Part songs by Elgar, Sullivan and Novello
HAYDN’S CREATION
Saturday 5th April 2014
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Haydn’s Creation
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Tuesday 10th December 2013
St Paul’s Church, Withington
Gloria by John Rutter and a selection of Christmas Carols and other music
Season 2012/13
Saturday 29th June 2013
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen
Coronation Anthems – GF Handel
Songs and Sonnets by Shakespeare, music by George Shearing
Aesop’s Fables by Bob Chilcott
Tuesday 18th December 2012
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Christus Natus Est by Cecilia McDowell
and a selection of Christmas Carols
Saturday 20th October 2012
St Michael’s Church, Townley Street, Middleton, Manchester
with St Michael’s Brass Band
Season 2011/12
Saturday 30th June 2012
A Celebration of British Choral Music for the Diamond Jubilee
Soloist: Margaret Ferguson
Saturday 31st March 2012
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Mozart Requiem
Tuesday 13th December 2011
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Vivaldi Gloria
Buxtehude Das Neugebor’ne Kinderlein
Carols & Christmas Music
Season 2010/11
Saturday 2nd July 2011
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Summer Concert
Saturday 9th April 2011
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Handel’s Messiah
Tuesday 14th December 2010
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Benjamin Britten’s St. Nicholas & Christmas Carols
Soloist: Brian Smith Walters
Season 2010/09
Saturday July 3rd 2010
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Madrigals and Part Songs
Saturday March 20th 2010
St Paul’s Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester
Brahm’s Requiem
Tuesday December 15th 2009
St Paul’s Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester
Whitburn’s Missa Carolae, Chichester Psalms (Bernstein)
Carols & Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
September 13th 2009
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
OPEN REHEARSAL
Durufle’s Requiem and Chilcott’s Little Jazz Mass
Season 2008/09
Saturday July 4th 2009
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
The American Dream
Featuring music by Gershwin, Bernstein, Cole Porter, Lauridsen and others
Saturday April 4th 2009
St Paul’s Church, Withington
Elgar – Music Makers
Tuesday 16th December 2008
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Christmas Concert
Sunday 28th September 2008
St Paul’s Church, Withington, Manchester
Sing with the Philharmonic Choir
Vivaldi – Gloria
Haydn – Nelson Mass
Season 2007/08
Saturday 28th June 2008
Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester
Feel the Spirit!
Saturday 15th March 2008
St Paul’s Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester
Dvorak – Mass in D
Fauré Requiem
Tuesday 18th December 2007
St Paul’s Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester
Christmas Concert
Respighi – Laud to the Nativity
Season 2006/07
Saturday 30th June 2007
Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester
Benedicite! A programme of Carter’s Benedicite for adult and children’s choir and spirituals
In association with St Catherine’s RC Primary School
Sunday 29th April 2007
St Paul’s Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington
Fauré Requiem Workshop
Saturday 31st March 2007
ChorltonMethodistChurch, Manchester Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester
Gounod: St Cecilia Mass
Tuesday 19th December 2006
St Paul’s Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester
Christmas Concert including Geoffrey Bush’s Christmas Cantata
Season 2005/06
Saturday July 1st 2006
Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester
A Night at the Opera & Chilcott “The Making of the Drum”
Tuesday April 4th 2006
ChorltonMethodistChurch, 3 Manchester Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester
Stainer’s Crucifixion
Saturday March 25th 2006
EastDidsburyMethodistChurch, Parrswood Road, Didsbury, Manchester
A celebration of Mozart including Solemn Vespers
Tuesday December 13th 2005
St. Paul’s Church, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit and Christmas music
Season 2004/05
Saturday July 16th 2005
Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester
Sacred and Secular Music for Summer
Karl Jenkins “The Armed Man Suite”
Saturday June 18th 2005
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
with Manchester Bach Choir, Burnley Municipal Choir, StockportGrammar School Choir and Sale Chamber Orchestra
Saturday March 19th 2005
St Paul’s Church, Moor Lane, Kersal
Cherubini – Requiem in C minor
Pergolesi – Stabat Mater
Soprano: Carin Johnson, Counter Tenor: Simon Hunt
Sunday 12th December 2004
St Catherine’s Roman Catholic Church, School Lane, Didsbury, Manchester
Service for Advent
Tuesday 7th December 2004
St Bartholomew’s Church, Wilmslow, Cheshire
Britten’s Ceremony of Carols
Friday 16th July 2004
Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester
Vaughan Williams “Toward the Unknown Region” and other music by English Composers
Soloist Ray Peake and members of Manchester Boys’ Choir