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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
YearMonthComposerWorkVenue
2022AprilHaydnCreationHoly Trinity Church, Exmouth
2022JanuaryMendelssohnSt PaulHoly Trinity Church, Exmouth
2021Dec Festival of Nine Lessons and CarolsWells Cathedral with Wellington and Exeter Choral Societies
2020JanJ.S. BachThe Christmas Oratorio 1, 2, 3 and 6Holy 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 Bach Magnificat in D
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 Bach St John Passion Holy Trinity Church
2011 May Haydn The Creation Holy Trinity Church
Feb Duruflé Requiem
Haydn Nelson Mass Holy Trinity Church
Brian Northcott, conductor
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
Donald White, conductor
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
Archibald J. Marcom, conductor
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
Raymond Wilmot, conductor
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
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