| 1905 to February 1942 - All concerts conducted by Francis Foote | ||||
| In the years for which no concerts are recorded it was either because Mr Foote was ill or the concerts were given in Eastbourne, Seaford or Heathfield as it was not easy to find anywhere in Tunbridge Wells to accommodate his large forces. | ||||
| Year | Date | Composer | Works | Venue |
1905  |
10 May | Brahms | Requiem | GH |
| 1906 |
2 May | Dvořák | Stabat Mater | GH |
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Brahms | Song of Destiny | ||
| Foote | Mass in C minor (Kyrie & Gloria) | |||
| 13 Dec | Bruch | Psalm 23 | GH | |
| Dvořák | Psalm 149 | |||
| Brahms | Song of Destiny | |||
| 1907 |
27 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | GH |
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4 Dec | Mendelssohn | Elijah | GH |
| 1908 |
8 Apr | Brahms | Requiem | GH |
| 1909 |
12 May | Handel | Messiah | GH |
| 1910 |
17 Feb | Brahms & Tchaikovsky | Chamber Concert with Part songs | GH |
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25 May | Verdi | Requiem |
GH |
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(In Memoriam: King Edward VII) |
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1911 |
8 June | Grand Coronation Concert | GH | |
| (K and S Couriers missing) | ||||
| 1912 |
8 May | Bach | Mass in B Minor | GH |
| (In Memoriam: Titanic disaster) | ||||
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11 Dec | Handel | Messiah | GH |
| 1913 |
10 Dec | Handel | Messiah | GH |
1914 |
6 May | Mendelssohn | Elijah | GH |
| 24 June | Brahms | Requiem | Eastbourne | |
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16 Dec | Handel | Messiah | GH |
| 1915 | 10 Feb | Brahms & Mendelssohn | sundry works | GH |
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8 Dec | Handel | Messiah | GH |
| 1916 | 26 Apr | Concert for Zenana Mission | ||
| 25 Sept | Musical evening | |||
| 18 Oct | Concert for St Dunstan's | |||
| 13 Dec | Handel | Messiah | VR | |
| 1917 |
25 July | Mendelssohn | Elijah | B (o/a) |
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5 Dec | Handel | Messiah | Spa Hotel |
| 1918 |
10 July | Brahms | Requiem | B (o/a) |
| 1919 |
9 Apr | Handel | Messiah | HT |
| 30 Apr | Handel | Messiah | St Peter's | |
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16 July | Handel | Judas Maccabeus | HT |
| 30 July | Peace Choir | Calverley Grounds & GH | ||
| 26 Nov | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha (I and II) | GH | |
| 2 Dec | Carol Concert | BH | ||
| 1920 | 30 June | Mendelssohn | Elijah | B (o/a) |
| 26 Dec | Carol Concert |
GH | ||
| 1921 | 16 Mar | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha (part I) | PR |
| 13 Apr | Handel | Messiah (twice) | HT | |
| 25 May | Handel | Messiah (twice) | St John's | |
| 1922 | 17 May | Brahms | Song of Destiny | PR |
| 26 May | Choral and Orchestral Concert | BH | ||
| 6 Nov | Choral and Orchestral Concert | PR | ||
| 1923 | 28 Feb | Mendelssohn | Elijah | HT |
| 11 Apr | Handel | Messiah | HT | |
| 1924 | 30 Jan | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha (twice) | PR |
| 3 Dec | Handel | Messiah (twice) | PR | |
| 1925 | 4 Nov | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha (twice) | PR |
| (1926/1927) - no records | ||||
| 1928 | 20 June | German | Merrie England | D (o/a) |
| 1929 | 11 Dec | Handel | Messiah | HT |
| 1930 | 26 Feb | Mendelssohn | Elijah | HT |
| 17 Dec | Handel | Messiah (twice) | Ht | |
| (1931) | no records | |||
| 1932 | 23 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | HT |
| 7 Dec | Handel | Messiah | HT | |
| 1933 | 29 Mar | Mendelssohn | Elijah (twice) | HT |
| (1934) | no records | |||
| 1935 | 13 Mar | Handel | Messiah (twice) | HT |
| 3 July | German | Merrie England | PemPI(o/a) | |
| 1936 | 1 Apr | Bach | St Matthew Passion | PR |
| (1937/1938) no records | ||||
| 1939 | 1 Mar | Handel | Messiah | ChCh |
| (1940) no records | ||||
| 1941 | 26 Oct | Handel | Messiah | AH |
| 1942 | 22 Feb | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
| September 1942 to September 1943 - Concerts conducted by George Weldon | ||||
| Year | Date | Composer | Work | Venue |
| 1942 | 13 Sept | Elgar | King Olaf | AH |
| The Music Makers | ||||
| 13 Dec | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH | |
1943 |
11 Apr | Handel | Messiah | AH |
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5 Sept | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha | AH |
| December 1943 to March 1944 - Concerts conducted by Sir George Dyson | ||||
1943 |
12 Dec | Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | AH |
| Bach | Sleepers wake | |||
1944 |
26 Mar | Handel | Messiah | AH |
| April 1944 to December 1945 - Conductor Sidney Ansell unless otherwise shown | ||||
| 1944 | 30 Apr | Haydn | Creation | BT |
| 22 Oct | Handel | Judas Maccabeus | StA | |
| 1945 | 7 Jan | Carol Concert | St John's | |
| 11 Feb | Choral Concert | Hartfield | ||
| 27 May | Mendelssohn | St Paul | St James' | |
| 30 Sept | Handel | Samson | Cranbrook | |
| (Conducted by A D Croucher) | ||||
| 25 Nov | Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | VR | |
| V Williams | Toward the unknown Region | |||
| 23 Dec | Carol Service | Langton | ||
| 30 Dec | Carol Service | Penshurst | ||
| March 1946 to March 1948 - Conductor Albert Croucher unless otherwise shown | ||||
| 1946 | 25 Mar | Brahms | Requiem | Mayfield |
| 11 Mar | Brahms | Requiem | BT | |
| 18 Mar | Brahms | Requiem | Cranfield | |
| 24 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH | |
| (Conducted by John Hollingsworth) | ||||
| 1947 | 20 Apr | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha | AH |
| Conducted by John Hollingsworth) | ||||
| 23 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH | |
| 1948 | 10 Mar | Haydn | Creation | St James' |
| November 1948 to May 1953 - Conductor Robert Miller unless otherwise shown | ||||
1948 |
14 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
| 1949 |
6 Apr | Bach | St Matthew Passion | St James' |
| Good Friday | 15 Apr | Bach | St Matthew Passion | Glyn |
| (Conducted by Dr Reginald Jacques) | ||||
| 13 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH | |
| 1950 |
19 Apr | Bach | Mass in B minor | St James' |
| Good Friday | 7 Apr | Bach | St Matthew Passion | Glyn |
| (Conducted by Dr Reginald Jacques) | ||||
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8 Nov | Brahms | Requiem | St James' |
| 10 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1951 |
18 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | AH |
| Good Friday | 23 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | Glyn |
| (Conducted by Dr Reginald Jacques) | ||||
| 1 July | Festival of Britain Concert | AH | ||
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | |||
| Handel | Zadok the Priest | |||
| (Conductors: John Hollingsworth and Robin Miller) | ||||
| 18 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH | |
| 9 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1952 |
18 Feb | Brahms | Requiem | ChCh |
| Memorial Concert - George VI | ||||
| 2 Apr | Bach | Mass in B minor | AH | |
| 21 May | Mozart | Requiem | ChCh | |
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19 Oct | Handel | Messiah | AH |
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21 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1953 | 22 Mar | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
| 6 May | Haydn | Creation | ChCh | |
| December 1953 to May 1964 - Conductor Dr Harold May unless otherwise shown | ||||
| Year | Date | Composer | Work | Venue |
| 1953 | 13 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1954 | 31 Jan | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha | AH |
| 14 Apr | Bach | St Matthew Passion | ChCh | |
| 51st | 21 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
| season | 12 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1955 | 30 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | St James' |
| 8 June | Bach | Jesu, priceless Treasure | AH | |
| 18 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1956 | 30 Mar | Handel | Messiah | AH |
| 7 Nov | Mozart | Requiem | St Luke's | |
| Ave Verum | ||||
| 16 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1957 | 19 Apr | Bach | St Matthew Passion | AH |
| 22 May | Haydn | Creation | ChCh | |
| 13 Nov | Handel | Messiah | St Luke's | |
| 15 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1958 | 23 Mar | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
| 15 Apr | Handel | Messiah | StS | |
| 12 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | St John's | |
| 14 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1959 | 15 Mar | Verdi | Requiem | |
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24 May | 50th Anniversary of Royal Tunbridge Wells | ||
| Ireland | These things shall be | AH | ||
| Conducted by John Hollingsworth - in presence of John Ireland | ||||
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15 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH |
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13 Dec | Carol Concert with Owen Brannigan | AH | |
| 1960 |
2 Mar | Bach | Mass in B minor | ChCh |
| 4 May | Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | St Luke's | |
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Rossini | Stabat Mater | ||
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20 Nov | Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony | AH |
| Brahms | Requiem | |||
| (Attended by Mrs Vaughan-Williams) | ||||
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18 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1961 |
30 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | AH |
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31 May | Kodaly | Missa Brevis | St Luke's |
| End of Season Choral & Orchestral Concert | ||||
| 19 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH | |
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(Conducted by Charles Groves) | |||
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17 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1962 |
25 Mar | Haydn | Creation | AH |
| 9 May | Purcell | Te Deum | ChCh | |
| Mozart | Requiem | |||
| |
18 Nov | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
| (Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult) | ||||
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1 July | Handel | Messiah | AH |
| Kent Regional Festival - combined choirs (Conducted by Trevor Harvey) | ||||
| 16 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1963 |
24 Mar | Beethoven | Missa Solennis | AH |
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8 May | Brahms | Song of Destiny | St Luke's |
| Faure | Requiem | |||
| 17 Nov | Verdi | Aida | AH | |
| Diamond
Jubilee Season - Combined Programme for all concerts (Nov 1963
- May 1964) |
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| 15 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1964 | 15 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | AH |
| (Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult) | ||||
| 10 May | 60th Anniversary Concert | AH | ||
| V Williams | A Sea Symphony | |||
| Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | |||
| Le Fleming | Five Psalms | |||
| (Conductors: Trevor Harvey, Albert Croucher and Robin Miller) | ||||
| November 1964 to May 1972 - Concerts conducted by Trevor Harvey | ||||
| Year | Date | Composer | Work | Venue |
| 1964 |
15Nov | Brahms | Requiem | AH |
| 61st | Kodaly | Missa Brevis | ||
| season | 20 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1965 |
21 Feb | Handel | Messiah | AH |
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11 Apr | Purcell | Te Deum | AH |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass | |||
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21 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
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12 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1966 |
27 Mar | Rossini | Stabat Mater | AH |
| Bruckner | Mass No 3 (F minor) | |||
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20 Nov | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha | AH |
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18 Dec | Carols (inc. excerpt from Vivaldi's Gloria) | AH | |
| 1967 | 9 Apr | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
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19 Nov | Haydn | Creation | AH |
| 17 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1968 |
24 Mar | Verdi | Requiem | AH |
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17 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH |
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15 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1969 |
16 Mar | Elgar | The Music Makers | AH |
| Lambert | The Rio Grande | |||
| Handel | Zadok the Priest | |||
| signed programme |
15 June | 60th Anniversary of Royal Tunbridge Wells | ||
| Beethoven | 9th Symphony | AH | ||
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | |||
| Duckworth | Man of Kent | |||
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(dedicated to RTWCS and Cyril Wood, Secretary) | |||
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16 Nov | Verdi | Aida | AH |
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14 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1970 preview |
15 Mar | Bach | St John Passion | AH |
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9 May | Kodaly | Missa Brevis | Frant Ch |
| Stanford | Songs of Farewell | |||
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15 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
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13 Dec | Carol Concert (conductor Anthony Gould) | AH | |
| 1971 |
21 Mar | Wood | St Mark Passion | StB |
| 28 Mar | Wood | St Mark Passion | Penshurst | |
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3 Apr | V Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | RFH |
| Brahms | How lovely are Thy Dwellings (Requiem) | |||
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18 Apr | V Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | AH |
| Brahms | (Requiem) | |||
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14 Nov | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
| 12 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
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18 Dec | Handel | Messiah (part 1) | StJ |
| Carols (record made) | ||||
| 1972 |
26 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | AH |
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16 Jul | Carnival Concert - with Salvation Army and others | StB | |
| November 1972 to November 1973 - Conductors: Myer Fredman and Derek Watmough | ||||
| 1972 |
12 Nov | Verdi | Requiem | AH |
| (Conducted by Myer Fredman) | ||||
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17 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| (Conducted by Derek Watmough) | ||||
| 1973 |
25 Mar | Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | AH |
| Handel | Zadok the Priest | |||
| Stanford | Songs of the Sea | |||
| V Williams | Serenade to Music | |||
| With the Bedford Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Derek Watmough | ||||
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8 July | "Alleluiah" - a charity concert with various other choirs and players | AH | |
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11 Nov | V Williams | A Sea Symphony | AH |
| Elgar | Spirit of England | |||
| Duckworth | Man of Kent | |||
| (Conducted by Myer Fredman) | ||||
| December 1973 to May 2004 - Conductor Derek Watmough unless otherwise shown | ||||
| Year | Date | Composer | Work | Venue |
| 1973 |
16 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1974 |
7 Apr | Bach | St John Passion | AH |
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10 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH |
| (Conducted by Myer Fredman) | ||||
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15 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1975 |
13 Apr | Verdi | Four Sacred Pieces | AH |
| Holst | Hymn of Jesus | |||
| Walton | Coronation Te Deum | |||
| (with the Bedford Symphony Orchestra) | ||||
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9 Nov | Orff | Carmina Burana | AH |
| V-Williams | In Windsor Forest | AH | ||
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14 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1976 |
11 Apr | Bach | Mass in B minor | AH |
| (Conducted by Richard Hickox) | ||||
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14 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
| (Conducted by Alan Wicks) | ||||
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19 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| (Conducted by Anthony Smith-Masters) | ||||
| 1977 |
17 Apr | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
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13 Nov | Haydn | Nelson Mass | AH |
| Britten | Cantata Academica | |||
| Brahms | Song of Destiny | |||
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18 Dec | Christmas Entertainment | AH | |
| 1978 |
16 Apr | Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | AH |
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12 Nov | Brahms | Requiem | AH |
| Faure | Requiem | |||
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17 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1979 |
24 Mar | Borodin | Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) | AH |
| Lambert | The Rio Grande | |||
| Orff | Carmina Burana | |||
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11 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH |
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16 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1980 |
23 Mar | Bach | St Matthew Passion | AH |
| (Conducted by Brian Wright) | ||||
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16 Nov | Baroque Concert | AH | |
| Handel | The King shall rejoice | |||
| Monteverdi | Beatus Vir | |||
| Purcell | My Heart is inditing | |||
| Vivaldi | Gloria | |||
| 14 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1981 |
12 Apr | Verdi | Requiem | AH |
78th Season |
13 Dec | Bach | Christmas Oratorio | AH |
| season | (in a blizzard!) | |||
| 1982 |
18 Apr | Poulenc | Gloria | AH |
| V Williams | A Sea Symphony | |||
| 79th season |
14 Nov | Mozart | Mass in C minor | AH |
| 12 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | ||
| 1983 |
10 Apr | Puccini | Messa di Gloria | AH |
| Schubert | Mass in A flat | |||
80th season  |
13 Nov | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
| season |
11 Dec | Carol Concert with Mayfield Band & Pembury Junior School | AH | |
| 1984 |
8 Apr | Beethoven | Choral Fantasia view poster | AH |
| Bruckner | Mass in F minor | |||
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11 Nov | Mozart | Requiem | AH |
| Haydn | Autumn (The Seasons) | |||
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16 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1985 |
24 Mar | Bach (tricentenary) | St John Passion |
AH |
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10 Nov | Handel | Alexander's Feast |
AH |
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15 Dec | Carol Concert (Preview) |
AH | |
| 1986 |
13 Apr | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha |
AH |
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9 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH |
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14 Dec | Carol Concert (with Pembury Junior School) | AH | |
| 1987 |
29 Mar | Elgar | The Kingdom | AH |
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6 June | Bach | Cantata BWV 147 "Herz und Tat und Leben" | AH |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass | |||
| Pergolesi | Magnificat | |||
| Conductors: Klaus-Uwe Ludwig and Derek Watmough - with Wiesbaden Bach Chor | ||||
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8 Nov | Vivaldi | Gloria | AH |
| Britten | St Nicolas | |||
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13 Dec | Carol Concert (with Pembury Junior School) | AH | |
| 1988 |
27 Mar | Rossini | Petite Messe solennelle | AH |
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13 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
| (Conducted by Jared Armstrong) | ||||
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11 Dec | Carol Concert (with Pembury Junior School) | AH | |
| 1989 |
9 Apr | Bach | Mass in B minor | AH |
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12 Nov | Haydn | Creation | AH |
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10 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1990 |
25 Mar | Brahms | Requiem | AH |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | |||
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9 Dec | Verdi | Requiem | AH |
| Britten | Ceremony of Carols | |||
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(Soloists delayed by snowstorm!) | |||
| 1991 |
14 Apr | V Williams | A Sea Symphony | AH |
| Poulenc | Gloria | |||
| 5 Oct | Haydn | Creation | AH | |
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(for Hospice - with Tonbridge and Crowborough) | |||
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8 Dec | Mozart | Coronation Mass | AH |
| V Williams | Fantasia on Christmas Carols | |||
| 1992 |
10 May | Elgar | The Music Makers | AH |
| Gounod | St Cecilia Mass | |||
| 26 Sep | Handel | Zadok the Priest | AH | |
| (Mayor's Gala concert) | ||||
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4 Oct | Beethoven | Choral Symphony | AH |
| (RTW Symphony Orchestra's "Concert for Europe") | ||||
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29 Nov | Handel | Messiah | AH |
| 1993 | 21 Mar | Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha | AH |
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28 Nov | Handel | Ode on St Cecilia's Day | AH |
| Bach | Sleeper's wake | |||
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12 Dec | Carol Concert | AH | |
| 1994 |
21 May | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | AH |
| With the Wiesbaden Bach Choir | ||||
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8 Oct | Handel | Messiah | AH |
| (for Hospice - with Tonbridge and Crowborough) | ||||
| 27 Nov | Verdi | Aida | AH | |
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11 Dec | Carol Concert | StJ | |
| 1995 |
26 Mar | Rossini | Stabat Mater | AH |
| Haydn | Spring (The Seasons) | AH | ||
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26 Nov | Vivaldi | Gloria | AH |
| Rutter | Magnificat | |||
| 1996 |
24 Mar | Bach | St. Matthew Passion | AH |
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10 Nov | Brahms | Academic Festival Overture | AH |
| German Requiem | ||||
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14 Dec | Christmas Music | StM | |
| 1997 |
17 May | Britten | Simple Symphony | AH |
| Lambert | Rio Grande | |||
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | |||
| Rutter | Magnificat | |||
| With the Wiesbaden Bach Choir | ||||
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9 Nov | Mendelssohn | Elijah | AH |
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14 Dec | Christmas Concert | StM | |
| 1998 |
29 Mar | Verdi | Requiem | AH |
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8 Nov | Beethoven | Coriolanus Overture | AH |
| Choral Fantasia | ||||
| Mass in C | ||||
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13 Dec | Christmas Concert | StM | |
| 1999 |
18 Apr | Mendelssohn | Ruy Bas Overture | AH |
| Click to read text |
Orff | Carmina Burana | ||
| Brahms | Song of Destiny | |||
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28 Nov | Opera Arias & Choruses | AH | |
| 2000 |
15 Apr | Elgar | The Kingdom | AH |
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12 Nov | Rossini | Overture "Thieving Magpie" | AH |
| Petit Messe Solonnelle | ||||
| 9 Dec | Christmas Concert | StM | ||
For Concerts in the 21st Century (2001 to present day) see our Reviews page.
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