Repertoire
What I like best is the friendliness, the high standards we are capable of reaching and the passion and excitement of good concert performances
HCS member
December 2017
Carol concert
Finzi – Magnificat
Parry – I was Glad
June 2017
Handel– Chorus of the enchanted Islanders
Donizetti – Chorus of Wedding guests
Wagner – Bridal Chorus
Verdi – Brindisi from La Traviata
Mascagni – Easter Hymn
Verdi – Chorus of the Scottish Refugees
Rossini – Villagers Chorus
Puccini – Nessun Dorma
Verdi – Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
Bernstein – West Side Story Medley
Moulin Rouge – Come What May
March 2017
Purcell – Dido and Aeneas
Vivaldi– Dixit Dominus
December 2016
Carol concert
Handel – Zadok the Priest
Stanford – Te Deum
June 2016
Vierne – Kyrie eleison
de Séverac – Tantum ergo
Duruflé – Quatre Motets
Saint Saens – Messe Solennelle
Fauré– Cantique de Jean Racine
Duruflé- Requiem
March 2016
Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius
December 2015
Carol concert
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols
June 2015
Brahms – Liebeslieder
Tippett – Five Spirituals
George Shearing – Shakespeare Songs
March 2015
Bach – St John Passion
December 2014
Carol concert
Rutter Gloria
June 2014
Elgar – As Torrents in Summer
Elgar – My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Parry – Never weather-beaten sail
Sullivan – The Long Day Closes
Stanford – The Blue Bird
Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Brahms Lieder and Romanzen – Der Bucklichte Fiedler; Das Mädchen; O Süßer Mai
Farmer – Fair Phyllis
Weelkes – Sing We at Pleasure
Wilbye – Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
Gibbons – The Silver Swan
George Shearing – Shakespeare Songs
March 2014
Fauré – Requiem
Poulenc – Gloria
December 2013
Handel – Excerpts from The Messiah
Carol Concert
June 2013
Verdi – Requiem in Reading Concert Hall
February 2013
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Litanaie De Venerabili Sacramento
Vivaldi – Magnificat
Mozart – Kyrie – Coronation Mass