Listed below are all the concerts that are known to have been performed by Exmouth Choral Society since its foundation in 1895. They are listed here in reverse chronological order.
Laurence Blyth, conductor
Brian Northcott, conductor
Donald White, conductor
Archibald J. Marcom, conductor
Raymond Wilmot, conductor
Laurence Blyth, conductor
Year | Month | Composer | Work | Venue |
2023 | Jan | J.S.Bach | St John Passion | Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth |
2022 | April | Haydn | Creation | Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth |
2022 | Jan | Mendelssohn | St Paul | Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth |
2021 | Dec | Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols | Wells Cathedral with Wellington and Exeter Choral Societies | |
2020 | Jan | J.S. Bach | The Christmas Oratorio 1, 2, 3 and 6 | Holy Trinity Church |
2019 | May | Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | |
Goodall | Eternal Light | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | |||
Whitacre | The Seal Lullaby | |||
Feb | J.S.Bach | Magnificat in D | ||
J.S.Bach | Cantata No. 191 | |||
Purcell | Come ye Sons of Art | |||
Vivaldi | Dixit Dominus 595 | |||
2018 | May | Rossini | La Petite Messe Solenelle | |
Feb | Haydn | The Creation | ||
2017 | Nov | Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony | |
Vaughan Willliams | The Old Hundredth | Exeter Cathedral with Wellington and Exeter Choral Societies | ||
May | Handel | Coronation Anthems | Holy Trinity Church | |
Monteverdi | Cantate Domino | |||
Parry | I was glad | |||
Vivaldi | Gloria in D | |||
Feb | J.S.Bach | St Matthew Passion | St John the Evangelist, Withycombe | |
2016 | Apr | Brahms | Geistliches Lied | |
Brahms | Vier ernste Gesänge | |||
Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Jan | Mozart | Solemn Vespers | ||
Mozart | Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | ||
2015 | May | Duruflé | Four Motets | Holy Trinity Church |
Rutter | Requiem | |||
Vierne | Messe Solonelle | |||
Feb | Handel | Dixit Dominus | ||
Haydn | Missa brevis | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Pergolesi | Magnificat | |||
Purcell | O, Lord, rebuke me not | |||
2014 | May | Handel | 'mini-Messiah' | Tower Street Methodist |
Apr | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | Holy Trinity Church | |
Fauré | Requiem | |||
Jan | Mendelssohn | Elijah | Holy Trinity Church | |
2013 | May | Brahms | Geistliches Lied | |
Bruckner | Locus Iste | |||
Caldara | Missa Dolorosa | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | |||
Monteverdi | Beatus Vir | |||
Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus | |||
Schütz | Psalm 100 | |||
Feb | Handel | Samson | Holy Trinity Church | |
2012 | May | Mozart | Coronation Mass | |
Rutter | The Spring of Thyme | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Feb | J.S.Bach | St John Passion | Holy Trinity Church | |
2011 | May | Haydn | The Creation | Holy Trinity Church |
Feb | Duruflé | Requiem | ||
Haydn | Nelson Mass | Holy Trinity Church |
Year | Month | Composer | Work | Venue |
2010 | Apr | Handel | Messiah | Holy Trinity Church |
Jan | Monteverdi | Vespers of 1610 | Holy Trinity Church | |
2009 | Nov | Classics Galore | In the Great Hall, Exeter University - FORCE charity concert | |
Apr | Bach | Suite 1 | ||
Haydn | St Cecilia Mass | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Jan | Bach | Mass in B Minor | Holy Trinity Church | |
2008 | May | Vivaldi | Gloria in D | Holy Trinity Church |
Zelenka | Missa Dei Filii | |||
Jan | Mozart | Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | |
Mozart | Solemn Vespers | |||
2007 | Nov | Classics Galore | In the Great Hall, Exeter University - FORCE charity concert | |
May | Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | Semi staged in Holy Trinity Church | |
Zelenka | Missa Litanae Lauretanae | |||
Jan | Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | Holy Trinity Church | |
Vaughan Williams | Benedicite | |||
Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | |||
2006 | May | Bach | Cantata No. 42 | |
Zelenka | Missa Omnium Sanctorum | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Jan | Bach | Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1,4,5,& 6 | Holy Trinity Church | |
2005 | May | Handel | Coronation Anthems | |
Haydn | Missa Cellensis | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Jan | Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | |
Ireland | These Things Shall Be | |||
2004 | Apr | Bach | Cantatas – 42, 45, 78 and 106 | |
Bruckner | Motets – Os Justi | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Bruckner | Christus Factus Est | |||
Tippett | Negro Spirituals – from A Child of Our Time | |||
Jan | Bruckner | Mass in F minor | Holy Trinity Church | |
2003 | May | Haydn | St Theresa Mass | Holy Trinity Church |
Vanhal | Missa Solemnis | |||
Jan | Monteverdi | Vespers of 1610 | Holy Trinity Church | |
Haydn | The Creation | From scratch in the Exmouth Festival | ||
2002 | May | Haydn | Harmonie Messe | Holy Trinity Church |
Jan | Handel | Judas Maccabeas | Holy Trinity Church | |
2001 | May | Haydn | St Nicholas Mass | Holy Trinity Church |
Rutter | Requiem | |||
Jan | Bach | Mass in B minor | Holy Trinity Church | |
2000 | May | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | |
Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | |||
Haazen | Missa Luba | |||
Haydn | Little Organ Mass | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Jan | Poulenc | Gloria | ||
Rutter | Gloria | |||
Vivaldi | Gloria in D | Holy Trinity Church | ||
1999 | May | Charpentier | Midnight Mass | |
Haydn | Mass in the Time of War | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Vivaldi | Nulla in Mundi Pax | |||
Feb | Vaughan Williams | Sancta Civitas | ||
Walton | Belshazzar’s Feast | In Exeter Cathedral with OSM choir | ||
1998 | Apr | Mozart | Mass in C Minor | Holy Trinity Church |
1997 | Dec | Britten | St Nicholas | |
Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | |||
Vaughan Williams | Fantasy on Christmas Carols | |||
May | Brahms | Choruses | ||
Finzi | God is Gone up | |||
Handel | Choruses | |||
Parry | I was Glad | Methodist Church, Tower St – centenary concert | ||
Feb | Verdi | Requiem (With OSM choir) | Exeter Cathedral | |
1996 | Apr | Elgar | Music Makers | |
Fauré | Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | ||
1995 | Dec | Duruflé | Requiem ` | Holy Trinity Church |
Purcell | Ode to St Cecilia | |||
Feb | Handel | Coronation Anthems | ||
Janacek | Glagolitic Mass | Holy Trinity Church | ||
May | Haydn | The Creation | Holy Trinity Church | |
1994 | Dec | Carols from scratch | Fund raising | |
Apr | Bach | St John Passion | Holy Trinity Church C | |
1993 | Nov | Borodin | Polotsvian Dances | |
Elgar | From the Bavarian Highlands | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | |||
Tchaikovsky | Hymn to the Trinity | |||
Jun | Beethoven | Mass in D - Missa Solemnis | Holy Trinity Church | |
Feb | Holst | Hymn of Jesus | In Exeter Cathedral with OSM choir | |
Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony | |||
1992 | Dec | Carols, from scratch | Fund raising | |
May | Ireland | These Things Shall Be | ||
Orff | Carmina Burana | Holy Trinity Church | ||
1991 | Dec | Langford | Christmas Fantasy | |
Haydn | Nelson Mass | Holy Trinity Church | ||
May | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Wedding | ||
Mozart | Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | ||
Feb | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | In Exeter Cathedral with OSM choir | |
1990 | Dec | Carols, from scratch | Fund raising | |
May | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | Holy Trinity Church | |
Lambert | Rio Grande | |||
Monteverdi | Beatus Vir | |||
Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms | |||
1989 | Dec | Britten | Ceremony of Carols | |
Bach | Magnificat in D | Rolle College | ||
Apr | Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | Rolle College | |
Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | |||
1988 | Dec | Fanshawe | African Sanctus | The Pavilion |
Apr | Mendelssohn | Elijah | Main Hall, Rolle College | |
1987 | Dec | Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Christmas Carols | |
Handel | Dixit Dominus | Main Hall, Rolle College | ||
Apr | Handel | Israel in Egypt | St Andrew’s Church | |
1986 | Dec | Finzi | Dies Natalis | |
Carols | ||||
Vivaldi | Gloria in D | Tower Street | ||
Mar | Bruckner | Te Deum | ||
Handel | Messiah Pts 2 and 3 | St Andrew’s Church | ||
1985 | Dec | Finzi | In Terra Pax | |
Carols | ||||
Handel | Messiah Pt 1 | St Andrew’s Church | ||
Mar | Fauré | Requiem | ||
Mozart | Davide Penitente | |||
1984 | Apr | Rossini | La Petite Messe Solonnelle | St Andrew’s Church |
Dec | Carols | |||
Bach | Christmas Oratorio | Tower Street |
Year | Month | Composer | Work | Venue |
1983 | Dec | Bush | Christmas Cantata | Tower Street |
Mar | German | Tom Jones | Old Holy Trinity Church Hall | |
1982 | Dec | Handel | Samson | Tower Street |
Mar | Haydn | The Creation | Tower Street | |
1981 | Dec | Britten | Hymn to the Virgin | |
Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | Tower Street | ||
Mar | Handel | Faithful Shepherd | ||
Haydn | Nelson Mass | Tower Street | ||
Vivaldi | Gloria in D | |||
1980 | Dec | Carols and choruses | Tower Street | |
Mar | Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | |
1979 | Nov | Handel | The Messiah | Tower Street |
Mar | Mendelssohn | Elijah | Old Holy Trinity Church Hall | |
1978 | Dec | Mendelssohn | Psalm 93 / 95 | Tower Street |
Carols and choruses | ||||
Mar | Handel | Judas Maccabeus | Old Holy Trinity Church Hall | |
1977 | Nov | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha | The Pavilion |
Mar | Bardrick and Long | Song | Written for this Jubilee concert | |
Sterndale Bennett | May Queen | The Pavilion | ||
German Songs | ||||
1976 | Dec | Brook, Norman | Nunc Dimittis | Written for the concert |
Bush | Christmas Cantata | |||
Dvorak | Mass in D | Tower Street | ||
Mar | Handel | Samson | Withycombe Church | |
1975 | Dec | Handel | The Messiah | Tower Street |
Carols | ||||
Apr | Haydn | The Seasons | Tower Street | |
Pergolesi | Magnificat | |||
1974 | Dec | Mendelssohn | St Paul | All Saints Church |
Thimen | Songs of England | |||
Apr | Mozart | Requiem | Tower Street | |
1973 | Dec | Carols | Tower Street | |
Mar | Bizet | Carmen (with ballet and narrator) | The Pavilion | |
1972 | Dec | Haydn | The Creation | Holy Trinity Church |
May | Mendelssohn | Elijah | The Pavilion | |
1971 | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha (staged) | Pavilion | |
Carol Concert | Holy Trinity Church | |||
1970 | Dec | Carol Concert | Holy Trinity Church | |
Bach | Christmas Oratorio | Tower Street | ||
Apr | Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | Holy Trinity Church | |
1969 | Carol concert | |||
Gilbert and Sullivan | Mikado (staged) | Tower Street | ||
1968 | Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Christmas Carols | ||
Handel | The Messiah (excerpts) | |||
German | Merrie England (staged) | Tower Street | ||
1967 | Mendelssohn | St Paul | Tower Street | |
Gilbert and Sullivan | The Gondoliers (staged) | |||
1966 | Handel | Samson | Withycombe Church | |
Apr | Gilbert and Sullivan | The Pirates of Penzance (staged) | Pavilion | |
1965 | Handel | The Messiah | Withycombe Church | |
Mar | Smetana | The Bartered Bride | With Teign Valley choir | |
1964 | Dec | Mendelssohn | Elijah | In Withycombe Church with Budleigh Salterton choir |
Apr | Sullivan / German | Emerald Isle | In Budleigh Salterton Public Hall and Exmouth Pavilion with Budleigh Salterton choir | |
1963 | Dec | Haydn | The Creation | Methodist Church, Tower Street |
Spring | Planquette | Les Cloche de Cornville | Methodist Church, Tower Street | |
1962 | Nov | Mozart | Requiem | All Saints Church |
Apr | German | Tom Jones | Old Holy Trinity Church Hall | |
1961 | Dec | Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | All Saints Church |
Vaughan Williams | Benedicite | |||
1960 | Dec | Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | |
Mar | Phillips | The Rebel Maid | All Saints Church with Exmouth Operatic Soc | |
1959 | Dec | Mendelssohn | St Paul | Tower Street |
Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | In Sidmouth Church And All Saints Church, Exmouth with Sidmouth Choral Soc | |
1958 | Dec | Bizet | Carmen | |
Oct | Haydn | The Creation | ||
Spring | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha | Exeter Cathedral (Combined choirs) | |
1957 | Dec | Handel | The Messiah | |
Apr | Smetana | The Bartered Bride | ||
1956 | Dec | Mendelssohn | Elijah | Holy Trinity Church |
Jul | Miscellaneous items | Parade Methodist Church | ||
Apr | Handel | Samson | Holy Trinity Church | |
1955 | Nov | Elgar | King Olaf | |
1954 | Dec | Mendelssohn | St Paul | |
May | German | Tom Jones | ||
Jan | German | A Princess of Kensington | Holy Trinity Church | |
1953 | Mar | Miscellaneous items | ||
1952 | Dec | Haydn | The Creation | |
May | German | Tom Jones | ||
1951 | Dec | Handel | The Messiah | |
May | Wallance | Maritana | ||
1950 | Dec | Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | All Saints Church |
May | Bizet | Carmen | ||
1949 | Dec | Christmas music | Methodist Church, Tower Street | |
Mar | Haydn | The Seasons (Spring and Summer) | ||
1948 | Dec | Handel | The Messiah | |
Jun | Elgar | From the Bavarian Highlands | ||
Mendelssohn | Elijah | Exmouth Music Festival, Holy Trinity Church | ||
Sullivan | Golden Legend |
1947 | Borodin | Prince Igor choruses | |
Gounod | Light as Air | ||
Sullivan | Golden Legend | ||
1946 | Oct | German | Merrie England |
Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | ||
Mar | Stanford | Revenge | |
1945 | Nov | German | Merrie England |
MacDowell | AD 1620 | ||
May | Mendelssohn | St Paul | |
1944 | Mar | Handel | The Messiah |
1943 | Carol concert | ||
1942 | Handel | The Messiah | |
1940 | Haydn | The Creation | |
1939 | Mendelssohn | Elijah | |
1938 | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha |
Year | Composer | Work
1932 | Handel | The Messiah | | Haydn | The Seasons (Spring and Summer) | 1931 | Elgar | King Olaf | 1930 | Coleridge-Taylor | 3 scenes from Hiawatha | | Handel | The Messiah | | Handel | The Messiah | 1929 | | Symphony Concert | 1928 | Elgar | Banner of St George | | Handel | The Messiah | | Haydn | The Creation | 1927 | Bizet | Carmen | 1925 | Handel | The Messiah | 1924 | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Wedding | | Elgar | Banner of St George | | Gounod | Faust | 1923 | Elgar | Music Makers | | Handel | The Messiah | 1922 | Handel | The Messiah | | Haydn | The Creation | 1921 | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Wedding | | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Departure | | Coleridge-Taylor | Death of Minihaha | 1920 | Handel | The Messiah – two concerts | 1916 | Handel (Patriotic Concerts) | The Messiah | 1915 | Mendelssohn (Patriotic Concerts) | Elijah | 1914 | Handel (Patriotic Concerts) | The Messiah | 1913 | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Wedding | | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Departure | | Coleridge-Taylor | Death of Minihaha | | Coleridge-Taylor | Tale of Old Japan | | German | Merrie England | 1912 | Elgar | Music Makers | | Handel | Judas Maccabaeus | 1911 | Elgar | Coronation Ode | | Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | | Mendelssohn | Hear my Prayer | | Spohr | Last Judgement | 1910 | Elgar | Spanish Serenade | | Handel | The Messiah | | Sterndale Bennett | May Queen | | Sullivan | Golden Legend | 1909 | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Wedding | | Elgar | Go, Song of Mine | | Mendelssohn | Elijah | 1908 | Elgar | King Olaf | | Haydn | The Creation | 1907 | German | Merrie England | | Gounod | Redemption | | Lloyd | Hero and Leander | 1906 | Elgar | Black Knight | | Elgar | Banner of St George | | Sullivan | Golden Legend | 1905 | Brahms | Death of Trenar | | Cliffe | North East Wind | | Elgar | King Olaf | 1904 | Coleridge-Taylor | Death of Minihaha | | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha’s Wedding | 1903 | Elgar | Banner of St George | | Gounod | Faust | | Haydn | The Creation | | Stanford | Phaudrig Crohoore | 1902 | Handel | The Messiah | | Smart | Bridge of Dunkerron | | Sterndale Bennett | May Queen | 1901 | Gounod | Faust | | Haydn | The Creation | 1900 | Barnett | The Ancient Mariner | | Bridge | Ballard of "Clampherdown" | | Sullivan | The Prodigal Son | 1899 | Handel | Judas Maccabaeus | | Handel | The Messiah | 1898 | Handel | The Messiah | | Haydn | The Creation | 1897 | Handel | The Messiah | 1896 | Beethoven | Mount of Olives | | Dvorak | Stabat Mater | | Gounod | Messe Solonnelle | | Lloyd | Hero and Leander | | Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | | Tozer | Balaam and Balak | 1895 | MacFarren | May Day | | Mendelssohn | Elijah | |