1951

Gluck: Orpheus

Cyril Gell

1952

Haydn. The Seasons

Herbert Bargett

1953

Handel. Mirth and Melancholy

John Clements

1954

Handel. The Messiah

Herbert Bargett

1955

Purcell. King Arthur
Vaughan Williams, Towards the Unknown Region

Anthony Hopkins

1956

Bach, Sleepers Awake
Brahms, Song of Destiny
Parry, Pied Piper

Iris Lemare

1957

Bach, St Mathew Passion

David Wilcocks

1958

Stanford, Songs of the Fleet
Parry, Blest Pair of Sirens
Elgar, From the Bavarian Highlands
Armstrong Gibbs, The Highwayman

Herbert Wiseman

1959

Haydn, The Creation

Allan Wicks

1960

Handel, Samson

Allan Wicks

1961

Brahms, requiem

Meredith Davies

1962

Bach, Magificat

Britten, St Nicholas

Allan Wicks

1963

Bach, St Mathew Passion

Meredith Davies

1964

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
Vaughan Williams, Cotswold Romance

Henry Havergal

1965

Handel, Judas Maccabaeus

Charles Groves

1966

Bach, St Mathew Passion

Dr Chalmers Burns

1967

Mendelssohn, Elijah

Eric Chadwick

1968

Haydn, Nelson Mass
Handel, Chandos Anthem No 6

Eric Chadwick

1969

Verdi, Requiem

Eric Chadwick

1970

Dyson, Canterbury Pilgrims

Marcus Dodd’s

1971

Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius

Charles Groves

1972

Mozart, Requiem
Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music

Charles Groves

1973

Bach, B Minor Mass

Allan Wicks

1974

Tippett. A Child of our Time
Dvorak, Te Deum

Norman del Mare

1975

Vivaldi, Gloria
Faure, requiem

Meredith Davies

1976

Handel, Israel in Egypt

Eric Chadwick

1977

Bach, St Mathew Passion

Eric Chadwick

1978

Verdi, Requiem

Simon Rattle

1979

Brahms, Requiem and Song of Destiny

Stewart Robertson

1980

Bach, St John Passion

Paul Steinitz

1981

Poulenc, Gloria
Vaughan Williams, Donna Nobis Pacem

Paul Steinitz

1982

Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius

Donald Hunt

1983

Bach, B Minor Mass

Paul Steinitz

1984

Handel, Solomon

Donald Hunt

1985

Elgar, The Kingdom

Donald Hunt

1985

Handel, The Messiah

Hugh Davies

1986

Mendelssohn, St Paul

David Hill

1987

Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
Vaughan Williams, A Sea Symphony

David Hill

1987

Handel, The Messiah

Hugh Davies

1988

Verdi, Requiem

Charles Groves

1989

Haydn, The Creation

Hugh Davies

1990

Rossini, Stabat Mater
Bruckner, Te Deum

James Lockhart

1991

Bach, St Mathew Passion

David Hill

1992

Dvorak, Mass in D
Durufle, Requiem

Philip Ledger

1993

Mendelssohn, Elijah

Donald Hunt

1994

Schultz, Psalm 150
Gabrielli, In Ecclesis
Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb
Kodaly, Missa Brevis

Philip Ledger

1995

Bach, St John Passion

David Hill

1996

Walton, Belshazzar’s Feast
Borodin. Polovtsian dances

Philip Ledger

1997

Haydn, Te Deum
Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem

Simon Halsey

1997

Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem
Hare, Sing to us

Ian Hare

1998

Bach, Magnificat
Mozart, Requiem

Philip Ledger

1999

Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms
Orff, Carmina Burana

Philip Ledger

2000

Handel, Coronation Anthems
Beethoven, Mass in C

Philip Ledger

2001

Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius

Donald Hunt

2002

Carter, Benedictine
Taverner, Song for Athene
Haydn, Nelson Mass

Nigel Perrin

2003

Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
Lambert, The Rio Grande
Rodgers arr.Hunt, With a Song in my Heart
Copland, Old American Songs

Donald Hunt

2004

Verdi, Requiem

Philip Ledger

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Fanshawe - African Sanctus
Hare - A Cumbrian Canticle(composed especially for our 60th Anniversary)