Canterbury Choral Society




			Over the course of its history, the Canterbury Choral Society has sung works both traditional and modern. Browse the list below for your favorites. CONCERT LISTING BY YEAR 1952-2006 1st Season 1952-1953 11-05-56 Honegger – King David 12-23-56 Handel – Messiah (Part I) (4) 12-23-56 Vivaldi – Gloria 04-19-57 Bach, J.S. – St. Matthew Passion 2nd Season 1953-1954 10-18-53 Buxtehude – Cantate Domino 10-18-53 Buxtehude – Sicut Moses 10-18-53 Purcell – Saul and the Witch of Endor 10-18-53 Schuetz – Der Herr is Mein Lich Handel – Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat Major 11-22-53 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 158, Der Friede Sei Mit Dir Bach, J.S. – Cantata 202, Weichet nur, betrubte Scha 11-22-53 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 37, Wer da glaubet 12-10-53 Bach, J.S. – Magnificat 12-10-53 Palestrina – Missa Brevis (2) 03-21-54 Faure – Requiem 03-21-54 Langlais – Missa In Simplicitate (1st U.S. Performance) 3rd Season 1954-1955 11-07-54 Vaughan Williams – The Hundreth Psalm Vaughan Williams – O Clap Your Hands Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs 11-07-54 Vaughan Williams – Toward the Unknown Region Vaughan Williams – Festival Te Deum 12-19-54 Handel – Messiah (Part I) (3) 12-19-54 Buxtehude – Magnificat Anima Mea 03-13-55 Brahms – A German Requiem 05-15-55 Haydn – Lord Nelson Mass 4th Season 1955-1956 11-06-55 Mozart – Great Mass in C Minor 12-18-55 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 140, Wachet auf 12-18-55 Bach, J.S. – Magnificat (2) 02-26-56 Langlais – Missa Salve Regina (1st U.S. Performance) 02-26-56 Gabrieli – In Ecclesiis 02-26-56 Gabrieli – Benedictus 02-26-56 Gabrieli – O Jesu Mi Dulcissime 02-26-56 Gabrieli – Jubilate Deo Mozart – Requiem (2) 5th Season 1956-1957 11-05-56 Honegger – King David 12-23-56 Handel – Messiah (Part I) (4) 12-23-56 Vivaldi – Gloria 04-19-57 Bach, J.S. – St. Matthew Passion 6th Season 1957-1958 11-24-57 Kodaly – Te Deum 11-24-57 Schuetz – Herzlich Lieb hab’ Ich Dich 11-24-57 Schuetz – The Annunciation 11-24-57 Buxtehude – Jesu meine Freude 11-24-57 Worgan – The Spacious Firmament 11-24-57 Schein – Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland 12-22-57 Holst – The Coming of Christ 01-26-58 Beethoven – Equali for All Saints Day 01-26-58 Dufay – Magnificat in the Eighth Mode 01-26-58 Dufay – Gloria “Ad Modum Tubae” 01-26-58 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 118, O Jesu Christ 01-26-58 Senfl – Ewiger Gott 01-26-58 Purcell – Music for Queen Mary II 01-26-58 Willaert – O Salutaris Hostia 01-26-58 Bowman – Festival Te Deum (1st U.S. Performance) 01-26-58 Schuetz – Sehet an den Feigenbaum 01-26-58 Schuetz – Fili Mi, Absalon 02-16-58 Handel – Samson 03-30-58 Carissimi – Jephte 03-30-58 Schuetz – The Seven Last Words 04-27-58 Brahms – A German Requiem 7th Season 1958-1959 11-02-58 Vaughan Williams – The Hundreth Psalm (2) 11-02-58 Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs (2) 11-02-58 Vaughan Williams – Benedicite (2) 11-02-58 Vaughan Williams – Festival Te Deum (2) 12-21-58 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 140, Wachet auf (2) 12-21-58 Bach, J.S. – Magnificat (3) 03-08-59 Handel – Samson (2) 8th Season 1959-1960 11-01-59 Verdi – Requiem 12-20-59 Handel – Messiah (5) 12-20-59 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 51, Jauchzet Gott 02-28-60 Honegger – King David (2) 05-08-60 Haydn – The Creation 9th Season 1960-1961 10-30-60 Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli 10-30-60 Langlais – Missa Salve Regina (2) 12-18-60 Charpentier – Messe de Minuit 12-18-60 Vivaldi – Gloria (2) 04-30-61 Bach, J.S. -- Mass in B Minor 10th Season 1961-1962 11-05-61 Coke-Jephcott – Variants for “St. Anne” 11-05-61 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 29, “Wir Danken Dir, Gott” 11-05-61 Handel – Organ Concerto No.5 in F Major 11-05-61 Hanson – The Cherubic Hymn 11-05-61 Piston – Prelude and Allegro (Organ & Strings) 11-05-61 Vaughan Williams – Festival Te Deum (3) 12-17-61 Bach, J.S. -- Christmas Oratorio 02-18-62 Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb 02-18-62 Kodaly – Missa Brevis 03-18-62 Satie – Messe des Pauvres 04-15-62 Mozart – Requiem (3) 11th Season 1962-1963 11-04-62 Bloch – Sacred Service 12-16-62 Scheutz – The Christmas Story 12-16-62 Buxtehude – In Dulci Jubilo 12-16-62 Buxtehude – The Infant Jesus 03-31-63 Bach, J.S. -- St. Matthew Passion 12th Season 1963-1964 10-27-63 Mozart – Great mass in C Minor (2) 12-22-63 Britten – A Ceremony of Carols 12-22-63 Vaughan Williams (arr.) – Sussex Carol 12-22-63 Praetorius – Lo, How a Rose e’r Blooming 12-22-63 Walther – Joseph, lieber Joseph mein 12-22-63 Costeley – Allon, Gay Bergeres 12-22-63 Willan – The Three Kings 12-22-63 Victoria – O Magnum Mysterium 02-23-64 Vaughan Williams – Mass in G Minor 02-23-64 Vaughan Williams – Old Hundreth Psalm Tune 02-23-64 Gabrieli – In Eclesiis (2) 02-23-64 Langlais – Psaume Solennel, No.1 (1st Public Performance) 04-26-64 Brahms – A German Requiem (4) 13th Season 1964-1965 10-25-64 Hindemith – Apparebit Repentina Dies 10-25-64 Britten – Hymn to St. Cecilia 10-25-64 Holst – The Hymn of Jesus 12-20-64 Mozart – Regina Coeli 12-20-64 Mozart – Exultate, Jubilate 12-20-64 Mozart – Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339 04-11-65 Bach, J.S. -- St John Passion 14th Season 1965-1966 10-31-65 Handel – Solomon 12-19-65 Britten – Saint Nicholas 12-19-65 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 191 (2) 03-27-66 Verdi – Requiem (2) 15th Season 1966-1967 Cherubini – Requiem Charpentier – Messe de Minuit (2) Charpentier – Te Deum 03-12-67 Gabrieli – Jubilate Deo (2) 03-12-67 Langlais – Psaume Solennel, No.1 (2) 05-05-67 Handel – Samson (3) (Philharmonic Hall) 16th Season 1967-1968 10-29-67 Durufle – Requiem 12-17-67 Copland – In the Beginning Bach J.S. – Magnificat (4) Poulenc – Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani 02-16-68 Haydn – Missa in Tempore Belli “Paukenmesse” 05-05-68 Berlioz – Te Deum (Cathedral of St. John the Divine) 17th Season 1968-1969 10-27-68 Dvorak – Stabat Mater 12-15-68 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 140, Wachet auf (3) 12-15-68 White – Rejoice, Emmanuel Shall Come 04-27-69 Gregorian Chant – Te Deum 04-27-69 Haydn – Te Deum 04-27-69 Verdi – Te Deum 04-27-69 Kodaly – Te Deum (2) 18th Season 1969-1970 10-26-69 Hadyn – The Creation (2) 12-14-69 Poulenc – Gloria 12-14-69 Starer – Ariel 12-14-69 Brahms – Geistliches Wiegenlied 04-26-70 Brahms – A German Requiem (5) 04-26-70 Brahms – Alto Rhapsody 19th Season 1970-1971 11-01-70 Honegger – King David (3) 12-10-70 Handel – Messiah (Part I) (6) 12-10-70 Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on “Old 104th” 05-02-71 Bach, J.S. – Mass in B Minor (2) 20th Season 1971-1972 10-31-71 Palestrina -- Missa Brevis (3) 10-31-71 Purcell – Te Deum 10-31-71 Purcell – Jubilate 12-19-71 Mozart – Coronation Mass. K317 12-19-71 Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus, K618 12-19-71 Mozart – Exultate, Jubilate, K165 12-19-71 Mozart – “Epistle” Sonatas (Organ and Strings) 05-05-72 Berlioz – Te Deum (2) (Philharmonic Hall) 05-05-72 Britten – St. Nicholas (2) (Philharmonic Hall) 21st Season 1972-1973 10-29-72 Gabrieli – In Eclesiis (3) 10-29-72 Schuetz – Sehet an den Feigenbaum (2) 10-29-72 Purcell – Music for Queen Mary II (2) 10-29-72 Kodaly – Missa Brevis (2) 10-29-72 Langlais – Psaume Solennel No. 3 12-17-72 Vaughan Williams – Hodie 05-06-73 Mendelssohn – Elijah 22nd Season 1973-1974 10-28-73 Rorem – A Sermon on Miracles 10-28-73 Pinkham – Three Lenten Poems of Richard Crashaw 10-28-73 Messaien – O Sacrum Convivium 10-28-73 Durufle – Requiem (2) 02-03-74 Mozart – Great Mass in C Minor (3) 04-07-74 Bach, J.S. – St. John Passion (2) 23rd Season 1974-1975 11-10-74 Haydn – The Seasons 02-09-75 Verdi – Quattro Pezzi Sacri 02-09-75 Britten – A Ceremony of Carols (2) 05-04-75 Stravinsky – Symphonie des Psaumes 05-04-75 Poulenc – Gloria (2) 24th Season 1975-1976 11-09-75 Mahler – Eighth Symphony (Part I) 11-09-75 Mahler – Kindertotenlieder 01-25-76 Parker – Hora Novissima 03-14-76 Britten – Noye’s Fludde 04-16-76 Bach, J.S. – St. Matthew Passion (3) 25th Season 1976-1977 11-11-76 Kodaly – Psalmus Hungaricus 11-07-76 Barber – Toccata Festiva (Organ and Strings) (2) 02-06-77 Brahms – A German Requiem (6) 02-06-77 Piston – Prelude and Allegro (Organ and Strings) (2) 05-08-77 Handel – Messiah (Complete) 05-08-77 Handel – Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major 26th Season 1977-1978 11-11-77 Mahler – Eighth Symphony (Avery Fisher Hall) 02-05-78 Honegger – King David (4) 04-30-78 Britten -- Hymn to St. Cecilia (2) 04-30-78 Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb (2) 04-30-78 Vaughan Williams – Mass in G Minor (2) 27th Season 1978-1979 11-05-78 Verdi – Requiem (3) 02-11-79 Debussy – Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien 05-06-79 Schubert – Mass in E Flat 28th Season 1979-1980 10-28-79 Handel – Saul 02-10-80 Faure – Requiem (3) 02-10-80 Poulenc – Mass in G 04-19-80 Britten – Noye’s Fludde (2) 29th Season 1980-1981 11-05-80 Loewe – Die Sieben Schlafer (Alice Tully Hall) 12-21-80 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along 02-08-81 Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast 02-08-81 Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs (3) 04-17-81 Bach, J.S. – St. John Passion (3) 30th Season 1981-1982 11-08-81 Bach, J.S. – Mass in B Minor (3) 12-20-81 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (2) 02-07-82 Janacek – Slavonic Mass 02-07-82 Brahms – Alto Rhapsody (2) 05-09-82 Brahms – A German Requiem (7) 05-09-82 Debussy – La Demoiselle Elue 31st Season 1982-1983 10-30-82 Mahler – Eighth Symphony (Avery Fisher Hall) (2) 12-19-82 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (3) 02-13-83 Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle 05-01-83 Bloch – Sacred Service (2) 32nd Season 1983-1984 11-06-83 Beethoven – Mass in C 11-06-83 Beethoven – Elegisches Gesang 12-18-83 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (4) 02-05-84 Haydn – The Seasons (2) 04-15-84 Bach, J.S. – St. Matthew Passion (4) 33rd Season 1984-1985 11-04-84 Bach, J.S. – Magnificat (5) 11-04-84 Palestrina – Missa Brevis (4) 12-23-84 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (5) 02-10-85 Handel – Belshazzar 05-05-85 Honegger – Joan of Arc at the Stake 34th Season 1985-1986 11-03-85 Gabrieli – In Ecclesiis (4) 11-03-85 Purcell – Music for Queen Mary II (3) 11-03-85 Schuetz – Die mit Tranen saen 11-03-85 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 118, O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht (2) 11-03-85 Beethoven – Equali for All Souls’ Day (2) 11-03-85 Bruckner – Ecce Sacerdos 11-03-85 Strauss – Feierlichen Einzug 11-03-85 Langlais – Missa Salve Regina (3) 11-03-85 Hoiby – The Lord is King 12-14-85 Handel -- Messiah Sing-Along (6) 02-09-86 Dvorak – Requiem 05-04-86 Bach, J.S. – Mass in B Minor (4) 35th Season 1986-1987 11-09-86 Handel -- Dettingen Te Deum 11-09-86 Schubert – Mass in G 12-14-86 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (7) 02-08-87 Mozart – Great Mass in C Minor (4) 05-11-87 Mahler – Eighth Symphony (Carnegie Hall) (3) 36th Season 1987-1988 11-15-87 Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music 11-15-87 Vaughan Williams – The Hundreth Psalm (3) 11-15-87 Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem 12-20-87 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (8) 02-06-88 Verdi – Requiem (4) 05-08-88 Haydn – The Creation (3) 37th Season 1988-1989 11-13-88 Brahms – A German Requiem (8) 11-13-88 Brahms – Alto Rhapsody (3) 12-11-88 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (9) 02-11-89 Handel -- Israel in Egypt 05-14-89 Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms (2) 05-14-89 Poulenc – Gloria (3) 05-14-89 Poulenc – Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani (2) 38th Season 1989-1990 11-12-89 Mendelssohn – Elijah (2) 12-20-89 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (10) 02-11-90 Bach, J.S. – St. John Passion (4) 05-06-90 Copland – In the Beginning (2) 05-06-90 Durufle – Requiem (3) 39th Season 1990-1991 11-11-90 Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli (2) 11-11-90 Haydn – Lord Nelson Mass (3) 12-19-90 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (11) 02-10-91 Kodaly – Missa Brevis (3) 02-10-91 Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb (3) 05-12-91 Faure – Requiem (4) 05-12-91 Verdi – Quattro Pezzi Sacri (2) 40th Season 1991-1992 11-11-91 Mozart – Litany in B flat. K125 11-11-91 Mozart – “Epistle” Sonatas for Organ and Strings (2) 11-11-91 Haydn – Mass in Time of War “Paukenmesse” (2) 02-09-92 Britten – Saint Nicholas (3) 02-09-92 Vaughan Williams – Benedicite (2) 05-10-92 Bach, J.S. – St. Matthew Passion (5) 41st Season 1992-1993 11-03-92 Mahler -- Eighth Symphony (Carnegie Hall) (4) 02-07-93 Bach, J.S. – Magnificat (6) 02-07-93 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 146, Wir Mussen durch viel Trubsal 02-07-93 Palestrina – Missa Brevis (5) Haydn The Seasons (3) 42nd Season 1993-1994 11-14-93 Brahms – A German Requiem (9) 11-14-93 Brahms – Alto Rhapsody (4) 02-06-94 Thompson – The Peaceable Kingdom 02-06-94 Various Composers – A Celebration of Alleluias 04-26-94 Handel – Judas Maccabaeus 43rd Season 1994-1995 11-06-94 Mozart – Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339 (2) 11-06-94 Beethoven – Mass in C (2) 12-15-94 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (12) 04-30-95 Bernstein – Chichester Psalms 04-30-95 Hoiby – Psalm 92 (2) 04-30-95 Langlais – Psaume Solonnel No. 1 (3) 04-30-95 Vaughan Williams – Old Hundreth Psalm Tune (2) 44th Season 1995-1996 12-03-95 Bach, J.S. – Christmas Oratorio (2) 12-18-95 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (13) 03-03-96 Mozart – Great Mass in C Minor (5) 05-19-96 Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs (4) 05-19-96 Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast (2) 45th Season 1996-1997 11-04-96 Mendelssohn – Elijah (3) 12-18-96 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (14) 03-02-97 Honegger – King David (5) 05-18-97 Handel – Samson (4) 46th Season 1997-1998 11-04-97 Mahler – Eighth Symphony (Carnegie Hall) (5) 12-09-97 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (15) 02-22-98 Bruckner – Locus Iste 02-22-98 Bruckner – Virga Jesse 02-22-98 Bruckner – Ave Maria 02-22-98 Schubert – Mass in A Flat Major 05-17-98 Haydn – “Maria Teresa” Te Deum 05-17-98 Mozart – Coronation Mass, K317 05-17-98 Mozart – “Epistle” Sonatas for Organ and Strings (3) 05-17-98 Mozart – Exultate, Jubilate, K165 (3) 47th Season 1998-1999 11-08-98 Anon. – Alleluia Psallat 11-08-98 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 118, Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht 11-08-98 Bingham – Concerto for Organ, Brass & Snare Drum 11-08-98 Bruckner – Locus Iste (2) 11-08-98 Dufay – Gloria “Ad Modum Tubae” (2) 11-08-98 Gabrieli – In Eclesiis (5) 11-08-98 Gregorian Chant – Locus Iste 11-08-98 Purcell – Music for Queen Mary II (4) 11-08-98 Satie – Messe des Pauvres (2) 11-08-98 Schuetz – Sehet an den Feigenbaum (3) 12-15-98 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (16) 02-28-99 Bach, J.S. – St. John Passion (5) 05-16-99 Verdi – Requiem (5) 48th Season 1999-2000 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 140, Wachet Auf (4) 11-14-99 Donizetti – Messa Gloria e Credo 12-13-99 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (17) 02-27-00 Handel – Saul (2) 05-07-00 Dvorak – Te Deum 05-07-00 Poulenc – Gloria (4) 49th Season 2000-2001 11-27-00 Stravinsky – Mass for Mixed Chorus and Double Wind Quartet 11-27-00 Poulenc – Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noel 11-27-00 Messaien – Motet: O Sacrum Convivium 11-27-00 Durufle – Ubi Caritas 11-27-00 Langlais – Missa Salve Regina (4) 12-15-00 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (18) 02-24-01 Brahms – A German Requiem (10) 05-06-01 Haydn – The Creation (4) 50th Season 2001-2002 Evensong at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine: 09-15-01 Parry – Coronation Anthem: I Was Glad 09-15-01 Elgar – Psalm 113 (Anglican Chant) 09-15-01 Goss – St. Paul’s Unison Canticles 09-15-01 Gardner – Evening Hymn (“Te lucis ante terminum”) 09-15-01 Coke-Jephcott – Agnus Dei (Communion Service in C# Major) 09-15-01 Hymn – Christ is the King, Surley the Lord is in this Place 09-15-01 Stanford – Te Deum in B Flat 09-15-01 Hymn – O God, Our Help in Ages Past 11-10-01 Bach, J.S. – Cantata 191, Gloria in Excelsis Deo (3) 11-10-01 Vaughan Williams – Hodie (2) Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (18) Beethoven – Elegischer Gesang (2) 02-24-02 Beethoven – Choral Fantasie Schubert – Mass in E Flat (2) Faure – Requiem (5) 05-19-02 Faure - Pavane 51st Season 2002-2003 11-15-02 Mahler – Eighth Symphony (Carnegie Hall) (6) - 50th Anniversary Gala Concert Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (19) 03-00-03 05-18-03 Haydn – The Seasons (4) 52nd Season 2003-2004 11-00-03 12-00-03 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (20) 02-00-04 05-00-04 53rd Season 2004-2005 11-14-04 Bloch – Sacred Service (3) 11-14-05 Brahms – Nänie (1) 03-06-05 Hadyn – Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War) (3) 03-06-05 Verdi – Quattro Pezzi Sacri (3) 05-15-05 Handel – Esther (1) 54th Season 2005-2006 12-08-06 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (22) 05-07-06 Bach, J.S. – Mass in B minor (5) 05-07-06 Brahms – Alto Rhapsody (5) 05-07-06 Holst – The Hymn of Jesus (2) 05-07-06 Vaughan Williams – Five Mystical Songs (5) 05-07-06 Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music (2) 55th Season 2006-2007 11-19-06 Duruflé – Requiem (4) 12-07-06 Handel – Messiah Sing-Along (23) 02-11-07 C.P.E. Bach – Magnificat 05-06-07 Dvorák – Stabat Mater (2) 56th Season 2007-2008 11-09-07 Mahler – Eighth Symphony (Carnegie Hall) (7) 55th Anniversary Gala Concert Canterbury Choral Society