Billingshurst Choral Society

History

The Billingshurst Choral Society was formed in January 1986, and performed its first concert in June of that year, under the direction of George Jones, then choirmaster and organist at St Mary's Church.

Date

Venue

Programme

07 June 1986

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Faure's Requiem

Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise

29 November 1986

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Haydn - The Creation

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1986

 

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Venue

Programme

13 June 1987

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Handel's Messiah

21 November 1987

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Highways - Gordon Jacob

A Cotswold Romance -

Maurice Jacobson / Vaughan Williams

12 December 1987

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Carol Concert

1987

 

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Venue

 

 

Programme

 

19 March 1988

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Mass in G - Schubert

Exultate Jubilate - Mozart

Missa Brevis - Kodaly

18 June 1988

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Zadok the Priest - Handel

[Adagio for Strings - Barber]

[Concerto Grosso - Handel]

Requiem Mass - Mozart

12 November 1988

Chichester Cathedral

La Petite Messe Solennelle - Rossini

10 December 1988

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Carol Concert

1988

 

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1989

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

18 March 1989

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Merrie England - Edward German

24 June 1989

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Elijah – Mendelssohn

18 November 1989

Weald School,

Billingshurst

The Revenge - Stanford

Song of Miriam - Schubert

Hiawatha's Wedding Feast - Coleridge Taylor

09 December 1989

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Carol Concert

1990

 

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Venue

Programme

07 April 1990

Weald School,

Billingshurst

St. John Passion - J S Bach

23 June 1990

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Nelson Mass - Haydn

Requiem - Duruflé

17 November 1990

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Messa di Gloria - Puccini

Stabat Mater - Rossini

08 December 1990

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Carol Concert

1991

 

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Venue

Programme

23 March 1991

Weald School,

Billingshurst

King Olaf - Elgar

22 June 1991

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Gloria - Vivaldi

[Serenade for Strings - Tchaikovsky]

Requiem - Fauré

16 November 1991

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Beatus Vir - Monteverdi

Coronation Mass - Mozart

Dixit Dominus - Handel

14 December 1991

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

1992

 

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Venue

Programme

11 April 1992

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Messiah - Handel

20 June 1992

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Requiem - Verdi

21 November 1992

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Gloria - Rutter

Stabat Mater - Dvorak

12 December 1992

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

1993

 

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Venue

Programme

03 April 1993

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Theresienmesse - Haydn

Benedicite - Vaughan Williams

Vesperae Solennes de Confessore - Mozart

03 July 1993

Weald School,

Billingshurst

[Violin Concerto - Bruch]

Requiem - Brahms

20 November 1993

Chichester Cathedral

[Four Seasons (Summer and Winter) -Vivaldi]

Zadok the Priest - Handel

Requiem - Mozart

13 December 1993

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Christmas Carol Concert

1994

 

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Venue

Programme

26 March 1994

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Samson - Handel

25 June 1994

Weald School,

Billingshurst

[Violin Concerto in E minor - Mendelssohn]

Gloria - Poulenc

Magnificat - Rutter

19 November 1994

Weald School,

Billingshurst

King Arthur - Purcell

[Adagio for Strings - Albinoni]

Magnificat - Pergolesi

Magnificat - Vivaldi

10 December 1994

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Ceremony of Carols - Britten

1995

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

01 April 1995

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo - Flanders and Horovitz

Let thy hand be strengthened - Handel

Benedicite - Carter

01 July 1995

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Dream of Gerontius - Elgar

18 November 1995

Chichester Cathedral

Elijah – Mendelssohn

09 December 1995

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, inc
Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Vaughan Williams

1996

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

30 March 1996

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Messe de Minuit – Charpentier

[Symphony No 40 – Mozart]

Requiem – Rutter

22 June 1996

Weald School,

Billingshurst

BCS 10th Anniversary Concert

Creation – Haydn

23 November 1996

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Mass in C – Beethoven

Mass in Bb (Harmoniemesse) – Haydn

December 1996

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, inc

The Flower of Bethlehem – Eric Thiman

1997

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

22 March 1997

Windlesham House School, Washington

St John Passion – Bach

21 June 1997

Windlesham House School, Washington

The Sprig of Thyme – Rutter
In the Mood (anthology)

22 November 1997

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Gloria – Vivaldi
[Karelia Suite – Sibelius]
Te Deum – Bruckner
[Adagio for Strings – Barber]
Budavari Te Deum – Kodaly

December 1997

St Mary's Church,
Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, inc
Born, a King! – William Lloyd Webber

1998

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

April 1998

Windlesham House School, Washington

Magnificat – Cimarosa
Requiem – Archer
Mass in D – Dvorak
Cantique de Jean Racine - Fauré

June 1998

Windlesham House School, Washington

Saul - Handel

21 November 1998

Chichester Cathedral

Requiem - Verdi

12 December 1998

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, including
Follow that Star, ed Peter Griffon

1999

 

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Venue

Programme

27 March 1999

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Requiem – Faure
Gloria – Rutter
Magnificat – Paul Patterson

26 June 1999

Windlesham House School, Washington

Summertime special, including
God Save the Queen, Jerusalem, Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory

20 November 1999

Weald School,

Billingshurst

[Concertino for double bass & orchestra – Bottesini]
German Requiem – Brahms

11 December 1999

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, including
The 12 days of Christmas,
arr Craig Courtney

2000

 

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Venue

Programme

15 April 2000

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Messiah - Handel

24 June 2000

Windlesham House School, Washington

Petite Messe Solonnelle – Rossini

18 November 2000

Chichester Cathedral

Messa di Gloria – Puccini
The Billingshurst Mass – Stanley Vann

09 December 2000

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Carol Concert, inc

A Celebration of Christmas - Jenkins

2001

 

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Venue

Programme

07 April 2001

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Mass in Bb – Hummel
[St Paul’s Suite – Holst]
Requiem – Duruflé

30 June 2001

Weald School,

Billingshurst

In Lighter Mood (Gilbert & Sullivan)

24 November 2001

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Requiem – Rutter
Psalmfest - Rutter

08 December 2001

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Carol Concert, inc
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
– Vaughan Williams

2002

 

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Venue

 

Programme

23 March 2002

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Hymn of Praise – Mendelssohn
The Billingshurst Mass – Stanley Vann

29 June 2002

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo – Flanders & Horovitz
African Sanctus – David Fanshawe

23 November 2002

Chichester Cathedral

Four Coronation Anthems – Handel
Requiem - Mozart

14 December 2002

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

2003

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

12 April 2003

Weald School,

Billingshurst

St John Passion – Bach

28 June 2003

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Songs for Summer
(including Feel the Spirit – John Rutter)

16 November 2003

Arundel Cathedral

German Requiem – Brahms
The Armed Man : A Mass for Peace – Karl Jenkins

13 December 2003

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, including The Flower of Bethlehem – Gass & Thiman

2004

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

03 April 2004

Weald School,

Billingshurst

[Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart]
Paukenmesse – Haydn
Nelson Mass – Haydn

26 June 2004

Weald School,

Billingshurst

The Greatest Choral Classics (Novello)

20 November 2004

Chichester Cathedral

Requiem – Verdi

11 December 2004

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

2005

 

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Venue

Programme

19 March 2005

Weald School,

Billingshurst

[Pavane – Faure]
Benedicite – Andrew Carter
Mass of the Children – John Rutter

25 June 2005

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Jack Leaman Memorial Concert :
Great Oratorio Choruses (ed Brian Kay)

27 November 2005

Arundel Cathedral

Belshazzar’s Feast – William Walton
The Armed Man : A Mass for Peace – Karl Jenkins

10 December 2005

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

2006

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

08 April 2006

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Elijah – Mendelssohn

24 June 2006

Weald School,

Billingshurst

The Sprig of Thyme – Rutter
A Cotswold Romance -
Jacobson / Vaughan Williams

18 November 2006

Chichester Cathedral

[Finlandia – Sibelius]
Gloria – Poulenc
A Sea Symphony – Vaughan Williams

09 December 2006

St Mary's Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

2007

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

15 January 2007

Carnegie Hall,

New York

The Armed Man : A Mass for Peace – Karl Jenkins

31 March 2007

Weald School,

Billingshurst

The Billingshurst Mass – Stanley Vann
Stabat Mater – Rossini

10 June 2007

Royal Festival Hall,

 

London

Symphony No. 9 (Choral),
fourth movement - Beethoven

23 June 2007

Weald School,

Billingshurst

21st Anniversary Concert :
Messiah – Handel

06 October 2007

Lancing College Chapel

Voices for Hospices concert :
Excerpts from Handel’s Messiah

09 October 2007

Royal Festival Hall,

London

Royal Gala Concert :
Zadok the Priest – Handel
Symphony No. 9 (Choral),
fourth movement – Beethoven

17 November 2007

Arundel Cathedral

Messa di Gloria – Puccini

Mass in C Minor – Mozart

15 December 2007

St Mary’s Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, including
Hymn of the Nativity
by Terence  Allbright

2008

 

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Programme

 

05 April 2008

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Requiem – Fauré

Requiem – Karl Jenkins

21 June 2008

Weald School,

Billingshurst

Opera Choruses (ed. John Rutter)

19 October 2008

Royal Festival Hall,

London

Requiem – Fauré

Feel the Spirit – John Rutter

08 November 2008

St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton

Symphony No 2 'The Resurrection' - Gustav Mahler

22 November 2008

Arundel Cathedral

Lux Aeterna - Morten Lauridsen

Magnificat - Rutter

Feel the Spirit – Rutter

13 December 2008

St Mary’s Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert, including ‘A musicological journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas’ by Craig Courtney

2009

 

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Venue

Programme

19 January 2009

Lincoln Centre,

New York

Stabat Mater - Karl Jenkins

04 April 2009

Billingshurst

Leisure Centre

Stabat Mater – Dvorak

20 June 2009

Billingshurst

Leisure Centre

Mass in Blue – Will Todd

Sing Britannia - songs from
the Last Night of the Proms

21 November 2009

Chichester Cathedral

Dixit Dominus – Handel

Requiem – Mozart

05 December 2009

St Mary’s Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

2010

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

20 March 2010

Billingshurst

Leisure Centre

Eternal Light – Howard Goodall

Lux Aeterna – Morten Lauridsen

Gloria - Vivaldi

26 June 2010

Billingshurst

Leisure Centre

Songs from the Shows

(In the Mood – Ed. David Blackwell)

30 October 2010

De Montfort Hall,
Leicester

Choruses by Orff, Rutter, Handel, Poulenc and Verdi, plus:

The Armed Man - Karl Jenkins

[with Leicester Philharmonic Choir and The Angmering Chorale]

27 November 2010

Billingshurst

Leisure Centre

Requiem - Mack Wilberg

Stabat Mater - Karl Jenkins

11 December 2010

St Mary’s Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert

2011

 

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Date

Venue

Programme

19 March 2011

Billingshurst

Leisure Centre

Bach - St John Passion

25 June 2011

Billingshurst

Leisure Centre

Te Deum - Will Todd

Mass in Blue – Will Todd

19 November 2011

Chichester Cathedral

Requiem - Fauré

Suite from The Armed Man -
Karl Jenkins

Feel the Spirit - John Rutter

10 December 2011

St Mary’s Church,

Billingshurst

Christmas Concert