Past performances


2010
19th June	Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical songs Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine Duruflé: Requiem	Kingston Parish Church
27th March	60th Annivesary Concert Handel : Messiah	Kingston Parish Church

2009
12^th December	Rutter : Magnificat Britten : St Nicholas Cantata	Kingston Parish Church
21^st November	John Rutter Workshop	Tiffin Boys School
20^th June	Fauré : Requiem Haydn : The Nelson Mass	Kingston Parish Church
4^th April	Howells : Requiem Britten : Rejoice in the Lamb Tippett : Spirituals	Kingston Parish Church

2008
13^th December	Handel : Choruses from the Messiah Carols for choir and audience	Kingston Parish Church
*<Graham Ross takes over as Musical Director and regular Conductor>*
15^th November	Elgar : Dream of Gerontius	Kingston Parish Church
21^st June *Guest Conductor : Christopher Dawe*	Handel : Dixit Dominus C P E Bach : Magnificat	Kingston Parish Church
8^th March *Guest Conductor : Martin Hall*	Duruflé : Requiem Schumann : Songs	Kingston Parish Church

2007
15^th December *Guest Conductor : Mark Uglow*	Charpentier : Messe de Minuit Carols for choir and audience	Kingston Parish Church
10^th November	Dvorak : Stabat Mater	Kingston Parish Church
16^th June	Mozart : Requiem Handel : Laudate Pueri Dominum	Kingston Parish Church
2^nd June	Mozart : Requiem Handel : Laudate Pueri Dominum	Norwalk Concert Hall,Connecticut, USA
29^th May	A Choral Celebration	The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, New York, USA
24^th March	A Choral Celebration	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton

2006
16^th December	Handel : Choruses from the Messiah Carols for choir and audience	Kingston Parish Church
4^th November	Stravinsky : Symphony of Psalms Bruckner : Mass in E minor	Kingston Parish Church
10^th June	Brahms : Ein Deutsches Requiem	Kingston Parish Church
8th April	Dvorak : Motets Orff : Carmina Burana	Kingston Parish Church

2005
10^th December	Family Carol Concert	St Andrew's Church Surbiton
12^th November	Bach : Mass in B Minor	Kingston Parish Church
25^th June	Mozart : Coronation Mass Bruckner : Te Deum	Kingston Parish Church
12^th March	Rutter : Birthday Madrigals Shearing : Songs and Sonnets Maxwell Davies : Kestrel Road	Kingston Parish Church

2004
11^th December	Britten : St Nicolas Cantata Carols	Kingston Parish Church
20^th November	Mendelssohn : St Paul : Sibelius Coronation Cantata (1st UK performance) Puccini : Messa di Gloria	Kingston Parish Church
12^th June	Bizet : Carmen (concert version) Well-known opera choruses	Kingston Parish Church
30^th May	Songs to celebrate the Official Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen	St George’s Anglican Church, Venice, Italy
6^th March	Handel : Dixit Dominus Bach : Jesu Meine Freude	Kingston Parish Church

2003
13^th December	Carols from the British Isles	St Andrew's Church Surbiton
22^nd November	Haydn : Te Deum Beethoven : Mass in C	Kingston Parish Church
28^th June	Sibelius : Coronation Cantata (1st UK performance) Sibelius : Finlandia Puccini : Messa di Gloria	Kingston Parish Church
5^th April	Haydn : Paukenmesse Fauré : Requiem	Kingston Parish Church

2002
14^th December	Carols from around the world	St Andrew's Church Surbiton
9^th November	Bach : Magnificat Purcell : Hail, Bright Cecilia	Kingston Parish Church
8^th June	Lambert : Rio Grande Bernstein : Chichester Psalms Antony Le Fleming : Matilda	Kingston Parish Church
23^rd February	Mozart : Ave Verum Corpus Schubert : Deutsche Mass Cherubini : Requiem	Kingston Parish Church

2001
15^th December	Bach : Christmas Oratorio	Kingston ParishChurch
10^th November	Franck : Panis Angelicus Duruflé : Requiem Poulenc : Gloria Fauré : Cantique de Jean Racine	St Andrew's Church Surbiton
16^th June	Five centuries of Choral Music	Kingston ParishChurch
24^th March *– Guest Conductor Mark Uglow*	Stainer : Crucifixion Handel : Choruses from the Messiah	Kingston ParishChurch

2000
16^th December	Two Millennia of Carols	St Andrew's Church Surbiton
11^th November	Nielsen : Hymnus Amoris Brahms : Requiem	Kingston ParishChurch
17^th June	Verdi : Requiem	Fairfield Hall, Croydon
8^th April	Bach : St John Passion	Kingston ParishChurch

1999
11^th December	A Victorian Christmas	Kingston ParishChurch
6^th November	Handel : Coronation anthems Mozart : Requiem	Kingston ParishChurch
26^th June	Gershwin and friends	Kingston Parish Church
1^st May	Brahms : Song of Destiny Nicholas O'Neill : The Clocks of Cassiodorus (Commissioned for KCS) Bruckner : Mass in F minor	Kingston Parish Church

1998
12^th December	A Medieval Christmas	Kingston Parish Church
7^th November	CPE Bach : Magnificat Monteverdi : Beatus Vir Charpentier : Messe de Minuit	Kingston Parish Church
27^th June	Vivaldi : Gloria Fauré : Requiem	St Agatha’s Church, Kingston
16^th May	Horovitz : Samson Orff : Carmina Burana	Kingston Parish Church
14^th March	Mendelssohn : Elijah	Kingston Parish Church

1997
13^th December	Motets and Music for Christmas	Kingston Parish Church
8^th November	Handel : Messiah	Kingston Parish Church
17^th May	Prokofiev : Alexander Nevsky Borodin : Prince Igor Rachmaninov : Folk Songs	Kingston Parish Church
1^st March	Rossini : Petite Messe Solennelle	Kingston Parish Church

1996
21^st December	Music for Christmas including Puccini : Messa di Gloria	Kingston Parish Church
19^th October	Mozart : Ave Verum Corpus Mozart : Mass in C Minor	Guildford Cathedral
22^nd June	Haydn : The Nelson MassRutter : Gloria	Kingston Parish Church
4^th May	Bach : Mass in B Minor	Kingston Parish Church

1995
23^rd December	Music for Christmas	Kingston Parish Church
11^th November	Brahms : Tragic Overture Poulenc : Gloria Brahms : A German Requiem	Kingston Parish Church
15^th July	Summer Serenade including Holst, Grainger, Gershwin, Kern, and Porter	Kingston Parish Church
13^th May	Walton : Belshazzar’s Feast Larsson : Förklädd Gud Sibelius : Finlandia	Kingston Parish Church

1994
17^th December – Guest Conductor Martin Hall	Music for Christmas	St Agatha’s Church, Kingston
10^th December	Bach : Christmas Oratorio	Kingston Parish Church
22^nd October	Fauré : Requiem Vivaldi : Gloria	Kingston Parish Church
2^nd July	St Agatha’s Centenary Celebrations	St Agatha’s Church, Kingston
4^th June	Beethoven : Missa Solemnis	Guildford Cathedral
26^th March	Schütz : Seven Last Words Poulenc : Four Motets for Lent Messiaen : O Sacred Convivium! Bach : Cantata No. 4	Kingston Parish Church

1993
18^th December	Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols	Kingston Parish Church
13^th November	Mozart : Requiem Telemann : Die Tageszeiten	Kingston Parish Church
24^th July	Handel : As Pants the Hart Bach : Magnificat in D	Kingston Parish Church
8^th May	Kodaly : Psalmus Hungaricus Janacek : Glagolitic Mass	Kingston Parish Church

1992
12^th December	Britten : St Nicolas Cantata Carols	Kingston Parish Church
22^nd November	“Last Night of the Proms”	Symphony Hall, Birmingham
31^st October	Charpentier : Te Deum Fauré : Requiem	Kingston Parish Church
18^th July	Works by Purcell, Poulenc, Handel, and Britten
30^th May	Verdi : Requiem	Guildford Cathedral

1991
19^th November	“Evening of Lollipops”	Fairfield Hall, Croydon
9^th November – Guest Conductor Martin Hall	Haydn : The Seasons
13^th July	Handel : Chandos Anthem ‘O Come, Let us Sing unto the Lord’ Cherubini : Requiem	Kingston Parish Church
1^st June	Elgar : Dream of Gerontius	Kingston Parish Church

1990
15^th December	Christmas Concert	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
10^th November	Mozart : Mass in C Mino	Kingston Parish Chur
14^th July	Duruflé : Requiem
4^th and 6^th May	Martin : In Terra Pax Charpentier : Te Deum	Delft
7^th April	Bach : St Matthew Passion

1989
23^rd December	Christmas Concert
25^th November	Stravinsky : Symphony of Psalms	Kingston Parish Church
8^th July	Early English and French music	Kingston Parish Church
6^th May – Guest Conductor Martin Hall	Brahms : A German Requiem	Kingston Parish Church

1988
10^th December	Handel : Choruses from the Messiah Carols for choir and audience	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
29^th October	Gounod : St Cecilia Mass	Kingston Parish Church
9^th July	A Concert of English Music	Kingston Parish Church
14^th May	Borodin : Prince Igor Orff : Carmina Burana	Kingston Parish Church

1987
19^th December	Music for Christmas	Kingston Parish Church
14^th November	Haydn : The Creation	Kingston Parish Church
11^th July	Gabrieli : In Ecclesiis Monteverdi : Beatus Vir Bruckner : Two Motets Haydn : Summer (from The Seasons)	Kingston Parish Church
11^th April	Bach : St John Passion	Kingston Parish Church

1986
13^th December	Handel : Choruses from the Messiah Carols for choir and audience	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
8^th November	Poulenc : Gloria Fauré : Requiem	Kingston Parish Church
12^th July	Handel : Zadok the Priest Parry : I Was Glad Mozart : Ave Verum Corpus Vivaldi : Gloria	Kingston Parish Church
3^rd May	Haydn : The Nelson Mass Beethoven : Symphony No. 9	Kingston Parish Church

1985
14^th December	Carols for Christmas	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
9^th November	Patterson : Mass of the Sea Vaughan Williams : A Sea Symphony	Kingston Parish Church
*<The Society changes its name from ‘Surbiton Oratorio Society’ to ‘Kingston Choral Society’>*
15^th June	Bernstein : Chichester Psalms Rossini : Stabat Mater	Kingston Parish Church
30^th March	Purcell : Come Ye Sons Of Art Britten : Rejoice In The Lamb Bach : Magnificat	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton

1984
15^th December	Carols for Chrims	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
10^th November	Beethoven : Mass in C	Kingston Parish Church
10^th March	Gabrieli : In Ecclesiis Charpentier : Messe de Minuit Handel : Zadok the Priest Puccini : Messa di Gloria	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton

1983
18^th December 1983	Christmas Conct	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
22^nd October 1983	Brahms : Requiem Haydn : Heiligenmesse	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
9^th July 1983	Mahler : Symphony No. 2	Hounslow
7^th May 1983	Bruckner : Te Deum Walton : Belshazzar’s Feast	Kingston Parish Church

Pre-1983 (Venues for these early concerts are given where known. It’s believed that in general they were held at St Andrew's Church in Surbiton.)
11^th December 1982	Carols and Christmas Music	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
16^th October 1982	Bach : Mass in B Minor
15^th May 1982	Verdi : Requiem
December 1981	Carols
November 1981	Vivaldi : Gloria Purcell : King Arthur	St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
July 1981	Beethoven : Symphony No. 9	Hounslow
June 1981 – Conducted by Richard Stangroom	Elgar : Dream of Gerontius	Fairfield Hall, Croydon
March 1981	Handel : Messiah	Tolworth Recreation Centre
*<1981 – Robin Page takes over as permanent Conductor and as Musical Director>*
December 1980 – Conducted by David Vinden	Carols
October 1980 – Conducted by Robin Page	Fanshawe : African Sanctus
29^th March 1980	Stainer : Crucifixion
15^th March 1980	Bach : St John Passion
December 1979	Carols
October 1979	Mozart : Mass in C Minor Bach : Cantata No. 82
June 1979	Brahms : Requiem Schubert : Mass in G	Guildford
March 1979	Bach : St Matthew Passion
December 1978	Carols
November 1978– Guest Conductor Richard Stangroom	Britten : War Requiem	Guildford
March 1978	Handel : Chandos Anthem No. 5 Puccini : Messa di Gloria
December 1977	Carols
October 1977	Haydn : Maria Theresa Mass Duruflé : Requiem
June 1977	Verdi : Requiem	Guildford
May 1977	Beethoven : Symphony No. 9
April 1977	Bach : Mass in B Minor
December 1976	Carols
October 1976	Rossini : Stabat Mater Mozart : Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore
June 1976	Orff : Carmina Burana
April 1976	Handel : Messiah
December 1975	Carols
October 1975	Haydn : Paukenmesse Beethoven : Mass in C
June 1975	Poulenc : Gloria Fauré : Requiem
March 1975	Bach : St John Passion
December 1974	Carols
October 1974	Handel : Solomon
April 1974	Bach : St Matthew Passion
December 1973	Carols
October 1973	Mendelssohn : Elijah
June 1973	Vivaldi : Gloria Mozart : Requiem	Guildford
April 1973	Bach : Mass in B Minor
December 1972	Carols
October 1972	Haydn : The Creation
March 1972	Bach : St John Passion
December 1971	Carols
October 1971	Verdi : Requiem
April 1971	Bach : St Matthew Passion
December 1970	Carols
October 1970	Brahms : Requiem
March 1970	Bach : Mass in B Minor
December 1969	Carols
October 1969	Handel : Messiah
March 1969	Bach : St John Passion
December 1968	Carols
October 1968	Mendelssohn : Elijah
April 1968	Bach : St Matthew Passion
December 1967	Carols
October 1967	Fauré : Requiem Bach : Motet
March 1967	Handel : Messiah
December 1966	Carols
October 1966	Vaughan Williams : A Sea Symphony Haydn : The Nelson Mass
April 1966	Bach : St John Passion
December 1965	Carols
October 1965	Brahms : Requiem Dvorak : Mass in D
April 1965	Bach : St Matthew Passion
December 1964	Carols
October 1964	Haydn : The Creation
March 1964	Bach : St Matthew Passion
December 1963	Carols
October 1963	Mozart : Requiem
April 1963	Bach : St John Passion
December 1962	Carols
October 1961	Choral Music
March 1961	Handel : Messiah
December 1960	Carols
October 1960	Choral Music
December 1959	Christmas Music
October 1959	Haydn : The Creation
March 1959	Handel : Messiah
December 1958	Christmas Music
October 1958	Popular Choral Music
March 1958	Popular Choral Music
November 1957	Church Music
22^nd December 1956	Christmas Music	St Mary’s Church, Petworth
16^th December 1956	Christmas Music
October 1956	Church Music
March 1956	Church Music
December 1955	Christmas Music
April 1955	Choral Music
December 1954	Choral Music
October 1954	Choral Music
December 1953	Christmas Music
October 1953	English Church Music
March 1953	Handel : Messiah
December 1952	Christmas Music
December 1951	Carols
March 1951	Handel : Messiah
March 1950	Handel : Messiah
*<1949-50 - The Society comes into being as the ‘Surbiton Oratorio Society’.>* *< John Wilkinson is appointed as the Musical Director>*