City of Bath Bach Choir

The City of Bath Bach Choir (CBBC), based in Bath, Somerset, England, is a choir, founded in October 1946 by Cuthbert Bates, who was also a founding father of the Bath Bach Festival in 1950. The choir gave its inaugural concert in June 1947 in Bath Abbey, a performance of J. S. Bach's great Mass in B Minor. Cuthbert Bates, as well as the founder, was also the choir's principal conductor. He was an amateur musician with a great love and understanding of the works of J. S. Bach. The Choir's original aim was to promote Bach's music by means of periodic festivals [2] of music dedicated to the works of J. S. Bach.

Overview

The first President of the CBBC was Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams OM. Sir Arthur Bliss CH KCVO KT, then Master of the Queen's Music, took over as President in 1959 followed by Sir David Willcocks CBE MC, in 1975, who remains the choir's current President.

Nigel Perrin, musical director.

Denys Darlow, the distinguished Handelian scholar, succeeded Cuthbert Bates as Musical Director in 1980 and remained in post until 1990. He was then followed by Nigel Perrin, who has been conducting the CBBC since that time. Nigel Perrin began his musical life as a boy chorister at Ely Cathedral, from where he won a choral scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, to study under Sir David Willcocks. He became well-known as the high voice of The King's Singers.

The choir continues to perform demanding choral works, from all era, to a professional standard [1]. Membership is therefore governed by an informal audition. Recent performances have included the Mass in Blue by Will Todd, accompanied by the composer. Elis Pehkonen's Russian Requiem was performed in Bath Abbey in 2008, in the composer's presence. Early performances of works by Dr Karl Jenkins have been given. The choir's 60th Anniversary Concert, in the Wiltshire Music Centre in 2007, comprised a newly commissioned work by Ed Hughes; Song for St Cecilia. Karl Jenkins’ Requiem was performed at Carnegie Hall, New York in 2008.

The choir regularly tours abroad. Concerts have been performed at Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Paris, and in Hungary, Belgium and Germany. The choir's latest tour was to Leipzig in 2009, singing in the famous Thomaskirche, where Johann Sebastian Bach was choirmaster. The City of Bath Bach Junior Choir is sponsored by the Senior Choir.

The early years 1946-1980

The City of Bath Bach Choir (CBBC) was formed in October 1946 and gave its inaugural concert in June 1947 in Bath Abbey, a performance of J. S. Bach's great Mass in B Minor. Its founder and principal conductor until his death in April 1980 was Cuthbert Bates, an amateur musician with a great love and understanding of the works of J. S. Bach. The Choir's primary aim was to promote Bach's music by means of periodic festivals of music dedicated to the works of J. S. Bach. The Choir's first President was the distinguished composer Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams O.M.

As his collaborator, assistant musical director and assistant director of the Bath Bach Festivals Cuthbert chose Alan Bennett, then head of music at Bath Boys School (today Beechen Cliff School). The two men made a formidable team – Cuthbert meticulous, dedicated, determined and something of a figure of awe, and Alan Bennett a superlative musician, a bit of a ‘rough diamond’ and a perfect foil for Cuthbert.

The first Bath Bach Festival took place in October 1950, commemorating the bicentenary of the composer's death, and proved to be a great success. A further 8 festivals were held at approximately 4 year intervals until 1982. Unfortunately, the 8th Festival was a significant financial disaster and it was decided to close the periodic festival at that time. However in 1985 the Bath Bach Festival tradition was revived by Elizabeth Bates, Cuthbert Bates’ daughter, and periodic Bach Festivals continue under Elizabeth's direction in Bath to this day.

In its first 35 years of existence the Choir gave many performances of Bach's major choral works – its signature work, the Mass in B Minor, as well as the St Matthew Passion, the St. John Passion and the Christmas Oratorio as well as a large number of the cantatas, motets and other lesser-known pieces. However the Choir by no means confined its attention in these early years solely to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and put on an average of two full choral and orchestral concerts every season at which a wide range of works was performed.

Perhaps not unsurprisingly the work of Vaughan Williams, the Choir's first President featured strongly in this period. Margaret Dewey (née Pitt) recalls that during a dress rehearsal for a Vaughan Williams work in the Abbey the scaffolding that supported the Altos and Basses slowly, and with great dignity, collapsed. No one was hurt and the scaffolding was re-instated in time for the concert. Margaret does not recall whether the singers missed a note during the process! The composer himself conducted the choir in a performance of his own work The Hundredth Psalm in Bath Abbey in June 1957. Vaughan Williams came to the Choir's rescue at this concert for the famously union-minded London Symphony Orchestra were about to "down tools" for their tea break during the rehearsal at 4 o’clock, thus upsetting the rehearsal plan. Vaughan Williams took the rostrum and told the orchestra that the rehearsal would run over just a bit and that he felt sure that they "wouldn’t mind"! Such was the power and reputation of the great man that the LSO continued without a murmur - even the brass section. At the same concert Vaughan Williams decided that he wanted to include the optional trombone parts for his performance of The Hundredth Psalm. Of course the Choir did not have them and so Alan Bennett spent most of the rehearsal and some time after copying out the parts by hand for use in the concert that night.

Sadly Ralph Vaughan Williams died in August 1958 and was succeeded as the Choir's President by Sir Arthur Bliss, CH, KCVO, KT, Master of the Queen's Music, a year later in August 1959.

During this period most of the major European composers have found a place in the choir's programmes. However, in its first 35 years the policy of the Choir was to explore the lesser-known masterpieces as well as giving performances from the more popular choral repertoire. It gave one of the first modern performances of the Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, and other concerts have included works by Bononcini, Francesco Cavalli, Antonio Vivaldi, Heinrich Schütz, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gustav Holst, Anton Bruckner and William Walton. In October 1966 the Choir gave the first ever performance of the Duruflé Requiem in Bath – certainly one of the first performances of the work in this country. Michael Tippet's oratorio A Child of our Time was given under the composer's baton as a part of the Bath Festival in June 1968.

Mindful of the fact that the success of a concert does not depend on choral singing alone, from the earliest time the Choir strived to obtain the services of the highest quality professional support. From the outset professional orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boyd Neel Orchestra and several others were engaged. However for a period during the 1970s rising costs necessitated a modification of this practice. Similar attention was also given to the selection and engagement of soloists. Singers such as Kathleen Ferrier, Dame Janet Baker, Margaret Cable, Wendy Eathorne, Eric Greene and John Shirley-Quick are among many of the famous names who sung with the Choir during this period.

Some indication of the standards that were achieved during this period may be found in the number of distinguished conductors who have accepted invitations to conduct concerts. They include Ralph Vaughan Williams, Josef Krips (who was so impressed with the Choir's performance of Haydn's The Creation with the London Symphony Orchestra that he repeated it at the Royal Festival Hall, London), Yehudi Menuhin, Basil Cameron, Reginald Jaques, Nadia Boulanger, Charles Groves, István Kertész and Sir David Willcocks.

In addition to the major choral and orchestral concerts outlined above, un-accompanied music has not been neglected. There were frequent recitals and serenade concerts in which a wide field of music, generally well away from the beaten track, has been explored, from the great sixteenth century school to the present day. Moreover in December 1947 the Choir gave its first performance of Carols by Candlelight in the Pump Rooms at which the Choir displayed its versatility and musicianship in introducing new and interesting carols as well as offering old favourites and carols for audience participation. These concerts have continued ever since and are now a well loved feature of Bath's Christmas celebrations.

The Choir's President, Sir Arthur Bliss died on 27 March 1975, and was replaced in July 1975 by the distinguished choral musician, Sir David Willcocks CBE MC then famous for his work at the Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, and at that time recently appointed as Director of the Royal College of Music.

Cuthbert Bates's sudden death in April 1980 pre-empted his planned retirement concert performance of the Bach B Minor Mass scheduled for July 1980, and effectively ended this first period of the Choir's history.

The next decade 1980-1990

To replace Cuthbert Bates as Musical Director the Choir had already planned to appoint the distinguished Handelian scholar Denys Darlow. However, in recognition of Cuthbert Bates's long and distinguished service to the Choir the Choir's President, Sir David Willcocks conducted the July 1980 performance of the Bach B Minor Mass as a tribute and memorial to Cuthbert and Denys Darlow took over the Choir thereafter. At the time of appointment Denys was a senior professor at the Royal College of Music, Director of Music at St George's Church,Hanover Square, London, and for many years director of the Tilford Bach Festival and London Handel Festival. He had appeared playing the harpsichord continuo at a number of the Bath Bach Festivals in the preceding years and was thus well-known to the Choir and in sympathy with its aims and objectives.

Under Denys's baton the Choir spent the next 10 years moving forward from the Bach Festival legacy of its earlier years and building upon its reputation for exploring most other works in the choral cannon. Stephen Dodgson's Te Deum was performed in October 1982 as a part of the last Bach Festival at which the Choir sung, and the Choir continued throughout the period performing two major orchestral concerts per annum, with a lighter concert in the Summer and three performances of Carols by Candlelight.

In April 1986 the Choir gave the first performance of Denys Darlow's own Requiem, dedicated to the City of Bath Bach Choir.

From 1988 onwards, summer concerts were moved from Bath Abbey at which practically every performance had been given since the Choirs inception, to the Michael Tippett Centre at Bath Spa University. In 1988 and 1989 these performances were conducted by Marcus Sealy, who joined the Choir in January 1982 as accompanist, and sometime Musical Director and remains in that post today.

From 1987 to 1989 the annual Carols concerts were conducted by Cuthbert's daughter, Elizabeth and attracted steadily increasing audiences.

A further decade and beyond: 1990-2010

Denys Darlow found weekly travel to Bath for regular rehearsals was becoming something of a strain. Therefore on January 8, 1990 Nigel Perrin took over the baton as the Choir's new Director of Music and his appointment was confirmed later that year.

Nigel Perrin had been a chorister at Ely Cathedral, a choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge, under Sir David Willcocks, and for about 10 years was the ‘top’ (counter-tenor) voice of the famous vocal group The King's Singers, singing all over the world with them and with other professionals ranging from Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Cliff Richard. Appointing a singer as Musical Director was something of a challenge for the Choir, but has proved to be a wise move for Nigel Perrin has brought with him an amazing insight into the mechanics and techniques of choral singing as well as a determination to lead the Choir forward to even higher professional standards. Nigel Perrin's first concert was a performance of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 in Bath Abbey in April 1990.

Under Nigel Perrins's musical leadership the Choir has continued to move forward in its professional standing and is now widely regarded as one of the leading musical forces in the West Country. The Choir has remained true to its roots, and continues to give two major orchestral concerts every year in the Autumn and Spring, with a lighter concert in the Summer. The Choir has made many tours in the UK and abroad to France, Belgium, Hungary and Germany and looks forward to extend its touring activities in the future.

In 1995 the Choir used The Forum, the old Bath cinema which has been converted into an evangelical church and which offers more space than the Abbey for a concert performance with large orchestras. Previously Cuthbert Bates had used the Forum for a concert on 26 May 1954 but disliked the venue so much he never returned. Today concerts in Bath can take place at either Bath Abbey – perhaps best suited for baroque – or work which only requires smaller musical forces, the Forum, for larger scale works, the Michael Tippett Centre for a more intimate setting a cappella or with simple piano accompaniment or the Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon.

The Choir continues to explore new and ‘different’ works and in this period notably gave a performance of David Fanshawe's African Sanctus, and Benedicam Dominum by Diana Burrell, a work which also enabled Marcus Sealy to demonstrate the magnificent new Klais organ that had just been installed in Bath Abbey. The Choir gave the second performance of Requiem Aeternam by Jonathan Lloyd in the presence of the composer which necessitated the choir synchronising with a pre-recorded backing track. More recently the Choir has given performance of two ‘cross-over’ works by Karl Jenkins, The Armed Man and Requiem, which undoubtedly stretched the boundaries of its musical experience. The performance of The Armed Man in particular was given in The Forum and full use was made of the lighting and projection facilities to enhance the music and to stage a full audio-visual event.

In all this modernism the Choir has not neglected its roots and has often returned to the music of J. S. Bach. Most notably the Choir gave a performance of the B Minor Mass in the Abbey under the baton of the President, Sir David Willcocks, to mark its 50th anniversary celebrations in April 1997, and more controversially gave a semi-staged performance of the St. John Passion in The Forum in April 2005 – again using lighting and moving images to assist the performance, to critical acclaim.

In 2000 the Choir took the decision to invest in the creation of its own Junior Section, and formed ‘the Junior Choir’ with the aim of offering local schoolchildren the opportunity of learning how to sing. The aim of the Junior Section was to inculcate a love of music amongst the children of Bath, and to do the Choir's own ‘bit’ to ensure that there remained a regular pool of talent to join the CBBC at some stage in the future. The Musical Director decided that all should be able to join the choir, without any audition and without having to demonstrate the ability to read music. Since its formation the Junior Choir has gone from strength to strength and now consists of some 50 singers – aged 8 – 15 – who give regular performances for charity or with the CBBC as a part of one of its regular concerts.

Over the years the Choir has travelled widely and has developed relationships with singers in Bath's twin cities in Hungary, the fabulous Béla Viká Choir, in Braunschweig (Brunswick) with the Cathedral Dom Chor and with Les Bengalis de Liége in Liege, Belgium. Bath's twin City of Braunschweig was heavily bombed by the allies on the nights of the 14th and 15 October 1944. The bombing inflicted substantial damage to the Dom (Cathedral) and many lives were lost. In October 2004 the CBBC was honoured to be invited to join our good friends the Dom Chor in a performance of the Benjamin Britten War Requiem in the Dom, in the presence of HM Ambassador to Germany, HE Sir Peter Torry. This concert was a centrepiece of the City's commemoration and an act of remembrance and reconciliation. In 2009 the Choir was privileged to travel to perform in Bach's own Church, the Thomaskirche in Leipzig in what was for all the singers, a very moving and important concert. In October 2011 the choir toured Rome performing in both La Chiesa di Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome and The Venerable English College (colloquially referred to as English College), founded in 1579 by William Allen.

The Carols by Candlelight series perhaps merit a special mention having become something of a fixture in the pre-Christmas calendar in Bath. The first performance of ‘Carols’ was given in the Pump Room in December 1947, and has continued uninterrupted ever since. The Choir for "Carols" is selected by the Musical Director and is a sub-set of the Choir because space in the Pump Room is limited to about 30 singers. A recent innovation has been the inclusion of a ‘set’ from the Choir's junior section which is a favourite with audiences. In addition the Choir provides opportunities for talented young musicians to provide an interlude. Whilst the Choir has experimented with the number of performances of ‘Carols’ that it gives, it seems to have settled that a total of 3 performances as the optimum, and usually manages to completely sell-out the Pump Room for all three concerts.

The City of Bath Bach Choir today

Today the maximum number of singers the CBBC will admit is about 100, though the actual strength varies from time to time because of singer's commitments and the need for balance between voices. Singing with the City of Bath Bach Choir is always something of a musical challenge and singers are drawn from all walks of life from Bath and its environs and are accepted into the Choir after passing an audition to about ABRSM Grade 5 standard. The Choir has a policy of re-auditioning all singers every 4 years to ensure that the overall musical ability does not get diluted. Singing with the Choir entails a significant commitment of time and effort from its members. Singers are expected to take part in all three concerts every year which entails attendance at about twelve, two-hour rehearsals for each concert. In return for that commitment the Choir offers its singers the opportunity to sing challenging works at the very highest level with high quality, professional orchestras and soloists – exactly the same offering that was offered by Cuthbert Bates back in 1946. Singers pay an annual subscription which is intended to cover the annual running costs of the Choir, and the Choir has a policy of offering discounted subscriptions to students and unwaged singers, depending on their circumstances.

The Choir maintains an active list of Patrons and Friends who generously support the musical work of the Choir and who are offered a range of benefits in return for their support. The Choir is a Registered Charity and makes every effort to keep down the ticket prices for its concerts, though inevitably they must keep pace with the increased costs of hiring professional orchestras and soloists. A full scale concert with a professional orchestra and four top flight soloists will never make a profit, and so the Choir tries to achieve an overall financial balance throughout the year by subsidising its loss-making full scale concerts with profits from smaller scale events.

References

This article is a review of one of the choir's concerts in Bath Abbey, written by © Bath Chronicle (Peter Lloyd Williams) [1]

Music Australia Historic press release from Mr T. B. Donovan, Chairman, Publicity Committee, Bach Festival Office, about the 1954 Festival. [2]

The City of Bath Bach Choir is a Registered Charity No 1043756 [3]

Review by Gordon Eggington, Wiltshire Times. [4]

External links

• choir home page
• bath camerata
• junior choir home page

Performance chronology

Date	Composer	Work	Venue
07 Jun 1947	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
23 Dec 1947	Various	Carols by Candlelight	Pump Room, Bath
24 Apr 1948	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
21 Dec 1948	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 2nd Season	Pump Room, Bath
21 May 1949	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
27 Jun 1949	Various	Recital of Choral Music	Bath Abbey
20/21 Dec 1949	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 3rd Season	Pump Room, Bath
		As a part of the 1st Bath Bach Festival - 14/21 Oct
14 Oct 1950	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
17 Oct 1950	J. S. Bach	BWV 11 – Praise Our God; Jesu, Priceless Treasure; Magnificat	Bath Abbey
19 Oct 1950	J. S. Bach	St John Passion	Bath Abbey
21 Oct 1950	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
19/20 Dec 1950	Various	Carols by Candlelight - 4th Season	Pump Room, Bath
26 May 1951	G. F. Handel	Messiah	Bath Abbey
2 Jun 1951	Various	Unaccompanied Serenade Concert	Roman Baths
8 Dec 1951	J. S. Bach	Christmas Oratorio	Bath Abbey
18/19 Dec 1951	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 5th Season	Pump Room, Bath
24 May 1952	J. Brahms	A German Requiem	Bath Abbey ?
17/18 Dec 1952	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 6th Season	Pump Room, Bath
17/24 May 1953	Various	Unaccompanied Serenade Concert	Roman Baths
23 May 1953	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
21/22Dec 1953	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 7th Season	Pump Room, Bath
26 May 1954	Mozart Beethoven	Requiem Symphony no 7 in A major	Forum
		As a part of the 2nd Bath Bach Festival 9–16 October 1954
09 Oct 1954	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
12 Oct 1954	J. S. Bach	St. John Passion	Bath Abbey
14 Oct 1954	J. S. Bach	Cantata No 80 Ein’ feste Burg. Motet Sing ye to the Lord. Magnificat	Bath Abbey
16 Oct 1954	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
20/21 Dec 1954	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 8th Season	Pump Room c. Allan Bennett
14 May 1955	J. Haydn The Creation	Bath Abbey c. Josef Krips
7 July 1955	Various	Mass in G Minor VW	Bath Abbey c. Allan Bennett
19/20 Dec 1955	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 9th Season	Pump Room, Bath
19 Jan 1956	Haydn	Creation	Royal Festival Hall, London c. Josef Krips
26 May 1956	Beethoven	Mass in D	Bath Abbey c. Allan Bennett
Autumn 1956	Tallis, Palestrina, Bousignac, Vaughan Williams	Motet in 40 parts Spem in alium. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Jubilate Deo. The Voice out of the Whirlwind	Bath Abbey
19/20 Dec 1956	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 10th Season	Pump Room, Bath
		Ralph Vaughan Williams Festival Concert – 1 June 1957
01 Jun 57	Vaughan Williams	Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis. The Hundredth Psalm (c. R. Vaughan Williams). The Voice out of the Whirlwind. Sancta Vivitas. Bendedicte	Bath Abbey
06 Dec 1957	J. S. Bach	Christmas Oratorio	Bath Abbey
18/19 Dec 1957	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 11th Season	Pump Room, Bath
07 Jun 1958	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor (Bath Festival)	Bath Abbey
		Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, the Choir's President dies in August 1958
16/17/18 Dec 1958	Various	Carols by Candlelight -12th Season	Pump Room, Bath
28 Feb 1959	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
		Sir Arthur Bliss CH, KVCO, Master of the Queen's Musick, is appointed Choir President in August 1959
15/16/17 Dec 1959	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 13th Season	Pump Room, Bath
29 May 1960	J. S. Bach and others	A programme of Anthems, Madrigals and Motets given as a part of the Bath Festival (d. Yehudi Menuhin)	The Roman Baths (Bath)
		As a part of the 3rd Bath Bach Festival 22nd – 29 October 1960
22 Oct 1960	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
25 Oct 1960	J. S. Bach	St John Passion	Bath Abbey
27 Oct 1960	J. S. Bach	Motet 'Be not afraid', Cantata No 4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049. Magnificat (Bach) in D major, BWV 243	Bath Abbey
29 Oct 1960	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
20/21/22 Dec 1960	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 14th Season	Pump Room, Bath
09 Jun 1961	Fauré	Requiem	Bath Abbey c. Nadia Boulanger
21 Oct 1961	Holst, Brahms	Hymn to Jesus. A German Requiem	Bath Abbey
19/20/21 Dec 1961	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 15th Season	Pump Room, Bath
26 May 1962	J. S. Bach, Vaughan Williams	Sleepers Wake BWV 140. A Sea Symphony	Bath Abbey
? Nov 62	Vivaldi	Gloria RV 689	?
03 Nov 1962	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
18/19/20 Dec 1962	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 16th Season	Pump Room, Bath
15 Jun 1963	Monteverdi, J. S. Bach	Vespers of 1610. Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 (c Yehudi Menuhin)	Bath Abbey
19 Oct 1963	J. S. Bach	St. John Passion	Bath Abbey
17/18/19 Dec 1963	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 17th Season	Pump Room, Bath
13 Jun 1964	Mozart	Requiem	?
22 Oct 1964	Various	??	Bath Abbey
15/16/17 Dec 1964	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 18th Season	Pump Room, Bath
19 June 1965	Haydn	Nelson Mass (Bath Festival)	Bath Abbey c István Kertész
		As a part of the 4th Bath Bach Festival 23–30 October 1965
23 Oct 1965	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
26 Oct 1965	J. S. Bach	Cantata No 65. Brandenburg Concerto No 2. Motet for double choir "Sing Ye to the Lord". Cantata No 50.	Bath Abbey
28 Oct 1965	J. S. Bach	St. John Passion	Bath Abbey
30 Oct 1965	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
21/22/23 Dec 1965	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 19th Season	Pump Room, Bath
3 July 1966	Various	Unaccompanied Serenade Concert	Roman Baths
22 Oct 1966	Handel, Duruflé	Dixit Dominus. Requiem	Bath Abbey
20/21/22 Dec 1966	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 20th Season	Pump Room, Bath
1 July 1967	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
9 July 1967	Various	Serenade Concert	Prior Park Chapel
19/20/21 Dec 1967	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 21st Season	Pump Room, Bath
26 June 1968	Tippett	A Child of Our Time	Wells Cathedral c. Sir Michael Tippett OM CH CBE
21 July 1968	Various	Recital of unaccompanied Music	Prior Park Chapel
03 Sep 1968	Various	Selection of Unaccompanied Music	Goslar
05 Sep 1968	J. Brahms, J. S. Bach	Ein Deutsches Requiem. Magnificat (Bach) in D Minor BWV 243	Stadthalle, Braunschweig
12 Oct 1968	Haydn	The Creation	Bath Abbey
17/18/19 Dec 1968	Various	Carols by Candlelight- 22nd Season	Pump Room, Bath
		As a part of the 5th Bath Bach Festival 18th – 25 October 1969
18 Oct 1969	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
21 Oct 1969	J. S. Bach	Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31, Komm Jesu Komm, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21	Pump Room c. Philip Ledger
25 Oct 1969	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
16/17/18 Dec 1969	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 23rd Season	Pump Room, Bath
11 June 1970	Various	Music for voices and organ	St Stephen's Church
15/16/17 Dec 1970	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 24th Season	Pump Room, Bath
02 Jun 1971	Berkeley, Stravinsky, Michael Rose, Herbert Howells, Monteverdi, A. Gabrieli, Byrd, J. S. Bach, Vaughan Williams, Michael Tippett	Missa Brevis. Ave Maria. Sing to the Lord a joyful song. Master Tallis' Testament. Ave Maris Stella from Vespers of 1610. Magnificat for 3 choirs. Vigilante. Contrapuncti 1. 12 & 18 from the Art of Fugue. O Vos Omnes. Festival Te Deum. Plebs Angelica	Bath Abbey
16 Oct 1971	Geminiani, J. S. Bach, Delalande, Handel	Concerto Grosso in E minor, Mass in F, De Profundis, Chandos Anthem No 11a ‘Let God Arise’ [Played and sung from manuscript copies by kind courtesy of David Willcocks Esq. First performance in Bath.]	Bath Abbey
15/16/17 Dec 1971	Various	Carols by Candlelight -25th Season	Pump Room, Bath
25 Mar 1972	J. S. Bach	St John Passion	Bath Abbey
21 Oct 1972	Schütz, Gabrielli, Buxtehude, Cavalli	Der 136 Psalm. Three instrumental canzonas: Sonata 13 (1615), Canzone for 2 choirs (1597), Canzone for 3 choirs (1615). Heut Triumphieret Gottes Sohn from Orgelbüchlein. Messa Concertata	Bath Abbey
13/14/15 Dec 1972	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 26th Season	Pump Room, Bath
23 Jun 1973	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
19/20/21 Dec 1973	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 27th Season	Pump Room, Bath
18 May 1974	W. A. Mozart	Symphony No 41 in C (KV551) The Jupiter,. Mass in C Minor (KV427)	Bath Abbey
		As a part of the 6th Bath Bach Festival 19–26 October 1974
19 Oct 1974	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
22 Oct 1974	J. S. Bach	Cantata No 106. Brandenburg Concerto No 6. Cantata No 6. Magnificat in D	Bath Abbey
24 Oct 1974	J. S. Bach	St. John Passion	Bath Abbey
26 Oct 1974	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
18/19/20 Dec 1974	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 28th Season	Pump Room, Bath
		Sir Arthur Bliss died on 27 Mar 1975 are was superseded as Choir President by Sir David Willcocks KCB CBE MC
19 Jul 1975	R. Vaughan Williams	Benedicte. Serenade to Music. A Sea Symphony	Bath Abbey
05 Nov 1975	Handel	Scratch Messiah	Assembly Rooms c Allan Bennett
17/18/19 Dec 1975	Various	Carols by Candlelight -29th Season	Pump Room, Bath
		The Choir gave 3 Concerts in 1976 to celebrate its 30th Anniversary
20 Mar 1976	Schütz, Handel, Duruflé	Psalm 150 ‘Lobet den Herren’. Chandos Anthem No 6. Requiem	Bath Abbey
03 Jul 1976	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Oxford Town Hall
09 Oct 1976	Mozart, Bruckner	Symphony No 40 in G minor K550. Mass in F Minor	Bath Abbey
21/22/23 Dec 1976	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 30th Season	Pump Room, Bath
		Allan Bennett, Hon. Accompanist and Deputy Conductor of the Choir died on 30 January 1977. He was succeeded in post by Richard Bates.
		The Queen's Silver Jubilee Concert
19 Mar 1977	Vaughan Williams, Charpentier, Handel, Purcell	Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis. Mass for double choir. Organ concerto in F major Op 4 No 4. Coronation Anthem ‘My heart is indicting’	Bath Abbey
		As a part of the 7th Bath Bach Festival 15–22 October 1977
15 Oct 1977	J. S. Bach	St. Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
18 Oct 1977	J. S. Bach	Jesu, nun sei gepreiset’ BWV 78. Mass in F major. ‘Dies sind die helligen zehn Gebot’ BWV 41	Bath Abbey
20 Oct 1977	J. S. Bach	St. John Passion	Bath Abbey
22 Oct 1977	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
20/21/22 Dec 1977	Various	Carols by Candlelight 31st Season	Pump Room, Bath
17 June 1978	J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach, J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, C. P. E. Bach	Bach Family Concert. Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79. Overture in D Minor. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80. Symphony in G Minor. Magnificat	Dorchester Abbey
24 June 1978	J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach, J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, C. P. E. Bach	Bach Family Concert. Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79. Overture in D Minor. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80. Symphony in G Minor. Magnificat	Bath Abbey
14 Oct 1978	Haydn, Brahms	Paukenmesse. A German Requiem	Bath Abbey
19/20/21 Dec 1978	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 32nd Season	Pump Room, Bath
29 Apr 1979	Palestrina, Byrd, Bousignac, Duruflé, Vaughan Williams	Assumpta est Maria. Christe quit Lux es et Dies. Jubilate Deo. Ubi Caritas. Mass in G minor	Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows, Prior Park College
30 Jun 1979	Verdi	Requiem	Bath Abbey
20 Oct 1979	Bononcini, Handel, Handel, Vivaldi	Stabat Mater. Let God Arise! Dixit Dominus. Gloria RV 589	Bath Abbey
18/19/20 Dec 1979	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 33rd Season	Pump Room, Bath
		The Choir's founder, Cuthbert Bates, died unexpectedly on 19 April 1980. His son and daughter, Richard and Elizabeth Bates, organised a memorial concert for him on the 18th of June, and the Choir dedicated the concert on 12 July 1990 (which was to have been Cuthbert's last concert as conductor) to his memory. The conductor was the Choir's President, Sir David Willcocks
17 May 1980	Fauré, Mozart, Haydn	Requiem, Symphony no 32 in G Major K 318, Harmonie-Messe	Bath Abbey
18 Jun 1980	Tallis, Byrd, Brahms, Sir William Henry Harris	Lamentations. Laudibus in Sanctis. Thy servant is downcast. Bring us, O Lord God	Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows, Prior Park College c. R Bates and E Bates
20 Mar 1980	Beethoven	Missa Solemnis Mass in D	Bath Abbey c Denys Darlow
12 Jul 1980	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey c. Sir David Willcocks Under Denys Darlow as the Choir's Director of Music
15/16/17 Dec 1980	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 34th Season	Banqueting Room, Guildhall, Bath
31 Jan 1981	Bruckner, Mozart	Mass in E Minor, 2 Orchestral Pieces	Bath Abbey
28 Mar 1981	Elgar	The Dream of Gerontius	Bath Abbey
24 Oct 1981	Berlioz, Saint-Saëns	Music for Praise and Reflection, Te Deum, Requiem	Bath Abbey
15/16/17 Dec 1981	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 35th Season	Pump Room, Bath
		January 1982 - Marcus Sealy joins the Choir in succession to Richard Bates as accompanist, Deputy Director and continuo player
20 Mar 1982	Beethoven	Missa Solemnis in D	Bath Abbey
		As a part of the 8th Bath Bach Festival 16–23 October 1982 (Stephen Dodgson was composer in residence)
16 Oct 1982	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
19 Oct 1982	J. S. Bach	Cantata No 215 Preise dein Glucke. Suite No 3 in D. Cantata No 206 Schleicht, spielende Wellen	Bath Abby
23 Oct 1982	J. S. Bach, Stephen Dodgson	Magnificat. Suite No 4 in D. Te Deum (World Premier)	Bath Abbey
21/22/23 Dec 1982	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 36th Season	Pump Room, Bath
12 Mar 1983	Mozart, Schubert	Requiem KV 626, Mass in E Flat Minor D950	Bath Abbey
30 Apr 1983	Mozart, Haydn, S. S. Wesley, Bairstow, Dupré, Britten	Te Deum KV 141. Motet: In Sanae et Vanae Curiae. Psalm 96:115 Ascribe unto the Lord. Blessed City, Heavenly Salem. Cortège et Litanie. Hymn to St. Cecilia	St. Mary's Bathwick c. Marcus Sealy
23 Jul 1983	Elgar, Britten, Schubert, Kelly	Psalm 48 Great is the Lord, Psalm 29 Give unto the Lord, Missa Brevis. Salve Regina. Exultate. Surrexit Hodie	Bath Abbey (Organ Only)
12 Nov 1983	J. S. Bach	Christmas Oratorio	Bath Abbey
21/22/23 Dec 1983	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 37th Season	Pump Room, Bath
31 Mar 1984	Brahms, Mozart	A German Requiem. Symphony No 34 in C Minor	Bath Abbey
31 Jul 1984	Fauré, Honegger	Requiem. King David (Narrator: Richard Stilgoe)	Bath Abbey
10 Nov 1984	Elgar	The Dream of Gerontius	Bath Abbey
19/20/21 Dec 1984	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 38th Season	Pump Room, Bath
16 Mar 1985	J. S. Bach	St. Matthew Passion	Bath Abbey
27 Jul 1985	Handel, Elgar	The Ways of Zion do Mourn, Coronation Ode	Bath Abbey
09 Nov 1985	Handel	Alexander's Feast	Bath Abbey
18/19/20 Dec 1985	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 39th Season	Pump Room, Bath
19 Apr 1986	Mozart, Darlow	Missa Brevis in C (K258), Requiem (World Premier)	Bath Abbey
28 Jun 1986	J. S. Bach, Kodály, Mozart	Prelude & Fugue in C BWV547. Missa Brevis. Solemn Vespers	Bath Abbey
15 Nov 1986	Beethoven, Howells	Symphony No 3 in E Flat Op 55 (Eroica). Stabat Mater	Bath Abbey
17/18/20 Dec 1986	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 40th Season	Pump Room c.Joyce Honor
28 Mar 1987	J. S. Bach	Mass in A Major. Mass in G Minor. Double Violin Concerto	Bath Abbey
27 Jun 1987	Duruflé, Poulenc	Requiem. Litanies a la Vierge Noire	Bath Abbey (Organ only)
14 Nov 1987	J. S. Bach	Christmas Oratorio	Bath Abbey
Dec 1987	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 41st Season	Pump Room c. Elizabeth Bates
23 Apr 1988	Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Parry	Introduction and Allegro. Donna nobis pacem. Invocation to Music	Bath Abbey
09 Jul 1988	Elgar, Coleridge-Taylor	Bavarian Highlands. Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Victorian Songs	Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University c. Marcus Sealy.
12 Nov 1988	Vaughan Williams, Howells	Sea Symphony, Piano Concerto	Bath Abbey
14/15/16 Dec 1988	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 42rd Season	Pump Room c. Elizabeth Bates
29 Apr 1989	Handel	Israel in Egypt	Bath Abbey
08 Jul 1989	Stanford	Songs of the Fleet, The Revenge	Michael Tippett Centrec. Marcus Sealy
04 Nov 1989	Haydn	Te Deum and Mass	Bath Abbey
20/21/22 Dec 1989	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 43rd Season	Pump Room c. Elizabeth Bates
		Nigel Perrin Appointed as Director of Music in March 1990
21 Apr 1990	Monteverdi	Vespers of 1610	Bath Abbey
07 Jul 1990	Vaughan Williams, Fauré, Horovitz	Shakespeare Songs. Cantique de Jean Racine. Captain Noah	Michael Tippett Centre
10 Nov 1990	Handel	Coronation Anthems. Organ Concertos	Bath Abbey
19/20/21 Dec 1990	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 44th Season	Pump Room c Nigel Perrin and Elizabeth Bates
13 Apr 1991	J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn	Komm Jesus, Komm. Hymn of Praise	Bath Abbey
06 Jul 1991	Vaughan Williams, Purcell	Oxford Elegy. Come Ye Sons of Art	Assembly Rooms
27 Aug 1991	Handel, Handel, Ireland, Handel	The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Zadok the Priest. Concerto Pastorale for Strings. The King Shall rejoice	Braunschweiger Dom with the Apollo Ensemble
28 Aug 1991	Schubert, Schumann, Hassler, Fauré, Purcell, Purcell	Der Tanz. Somerleid. Tanzen und Springen. Cantique de Jean Racine. Come Ye Sons of Art. Birthday Ode for Queen Mary 1694	Braunschweiger Dom with the Apollo Ensemble
09 Nov 1991	Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Mozart	Magnificat. Gloria RV 589. Slemn Vespers	Bath Abbey
18/19.20 Dec 1991	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 45th Season	Pump Room, Bath
11 Apr 1992	J. S. Bach, Antonín Tučapský	Magnificat. Stabat Mater (in presence of composer)	Bath Abbey
11 Jul 1992	Carl Orff, Lambert	Carmina Burana, Rio Grande	Assembly Rooms
14 Nov 1992	Rossini	Petit Messe Solenelle	Bath Abbey
16/17/18 Dec 1992	Various	Carols by Canbdlelight – 46th Season	Pump Room, Bath
17 Apr 1993	Haydn	Creation	Bath Abbey
03 Jul 1993	Gershwin, Unknown, Tippett	Porgy and Bess. Missa Luba. Negro Spirituals	Assembly Rooms
13 Nov 1993	J. S. Bach, Britten	Wachet Auf. St. Nicholas	Bath Abbey
15/16/17 Dec 1993	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 47th Season	Pump Room, Bath
26 Mar 1994	J. S. Bach	St. John Passion	Bath Abbey
09 Jul 1994	Various	A night at the Opera	Assembly Rooms
12 Nov 1994	Fauré, Pärt	Requiem. Stabat Mater (Collection of £750 taken for the Estonian Ferry Disaster)	Bath Abbey
Dec 1994	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 48th Season	Pump Room, Bath
Apr 1995	Mendelssohn	Elijah	Forum
Jul 1995	Berlioz	Grande Messe des Morts (with other NFMS Societies)	Imperial College, London
Nov 1995	Mozart	As a part of the Bath Mozartfest. Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus	Forum
Dec 1995	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 49th Season	Pump Room, Bath
Apr 1996	Rossini, Mozart	Stabat Mater. Coronation Mass	Forum
Jul 1996	Fanshawe	African Sanctus	Forum
Nov 1996	Mozart	As a part of the Bath Mozartfest. Coronation Mass	Forum
18/19/20 Dec 1996	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 50th Season	Pump Room, Bath
		1997 was the Choir's 50th Anniversary Year
24 Apr 97	Monteverdi	Vespers of 1610	Bath Abbey
26 Apr 97	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey c. Sir David Willcocks
Jul 1997	Handel	Acis and Galatea	Assembly Rooms
Nov 1997	Mozart	As a part of the Bath Mozartfest. Misericordias Dominum. Solemn Vespers	Forum
Dec 1997	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 51st Season	Pump Room, Bath
Apr 1998	Verdi	Requiem	Forum
04 Jul 1998	Burrell, Dvořák, Britten, Bernstein	Benedicam Dominum, Mass in D, Rejoice in the Lamb. Chichester Psalms	Bath Abbey
15 Nov 1998	Mozart	As a part of the Bath Mozartfest. Dominican Vespers	Forum
16/17/18 Dec 1998	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 52nd Season	Pump Room, Bath
27 Mar 1999	Walton, Elgar, Poulenc	Crown Imperial. The Music Makers. Gloria	Forum
03 Jul 1999	Rutter, Elgar, Kodály	Gloria. Give Unto the Lord. Missa Brevis	Clifton Cathedral, Bristol
07/09 Oct 1999	Mozart, Handel	Mass in C K317. Coronation Anthems	Reformed Templon, Kaposvár, and Pasarét Templon, Budapest
06 Nov 1999	Mozart	As a part of the Bath Mozartfest. Requiem (Duncan Druce Edition)	Bath Abbey
15/16/17 Dec 1999	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 53rd Season	Pump Room, Bath
08 Apr 2000	Walton, Puccini	Belshazzar's Feast. Messa di Gloria. (with Bath Choral Society)	Forum
15 Jul 2000	Various	A Night at the Opera (with the Béla Vikár Choir from Kaposvár, Hungary)	Assembly Rooms
26 Oct 2000	Various, Brahms	Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen and other pieces	St Salvator's Cathedral, Bruges
11 Nov 2000	Brahms	As a part of the Bath Mozartfest. Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45	Forum c. Martyn Brabbins
Dec 2000	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 54th Season	Pump Room, Bath
07 Apr 2001	Bach	St. Matthew Passion (Neil Jenkins Edition)	Bath Abbey
Jul 2001	Various	In the Mood – music on the lighter side. Including Stanford: Songs of the Fleet and Flanders and Horrowitz: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo	Michael Tippett Centre
10 Nov 2001	Haydn	Paukenmesse	Bath Abbey
Dec 2001	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 55th Season Pump Room
06 Apr 2002	Elgar	The Dream of Gerontius. Second performance on 10 Apr 02 in collaboration with the Exeter Festival Chorus	Forum & Exeter Cathedral
Jul 2002	Orff	Carmina Burana and other works	Assembly Rooms
30 Nov 2002	Haydn, Britten, Tavener	Missa Sancti Nicolai, Saint Nicholas, God is with us	Wells Cathedral
Dec 2002	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 56th Season	Pump Room, Bath
22 Mar 2003	Lloyd, Rossini	Requiem Aeternam (second performance in the presence of the composer) Petite Messe Solonnelle	Bath Abbey
12 Jul 2003	Sullivan	West End! A programme including excerpts from Les Misérables and a performance of Trial by Jury	Wiltshire Music Centre
01 Nov 2003	Handel, Handel, Vivaldi	Ode to St. Cecilia. Silente Venti. Gloria (RV 589) Casella ed.	The Forum
16/17/18/19 Dec 2003	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 57th Season	Pump Room, Bath
07 Mar 2004	J. S. Bach	Mass in B Minor	Bath Abbey
Jul 2004	Ramírez, Jean Berger, Chilcott	Songs from the Southern Hemisphere. Missa Criolla. Psalmo Brasileiro. The Making of the Drum	Tippett Centre
14 & 30 Oct 2004	Britten	A War Requiem (with Braunschweiger Domchor, Bath Choral Society and the boys of Bristol Cathedral choir.)	Brunswick Cathedral & Colston Hall, Bristol
14/15/16/17 Dec 2004	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 58th Season	Pump Room, Bath
19 Mar 2005	J. S. Bach	Semi-staged St John Passion (Neil Jenkins Edition)	Forum
Jul 2005	Various	The Grand Tour a musical travelogue	Wiltshire Music Centre
Nov 2005	Karl Jenkins, Rutter	An Armed Man - A Mass for Peace. Requiem	Forum
Dec 2005	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 59th Season	Pump Room, Bath
01 Apr 2006	J. S. Bach	St Matthew Passion (Neil Jenkins edition)	Forum
08 Jul 2006	Vaughan Williams, George Shearing and others	Sonnets & Songs with a Shakespearean flavour	Wiltshire Music Centre
28 Oct 2006	Karl Jenkins, Haydn	Requiem. Nelson Mass	Bath Abbey
13/14/15 Dec 2006	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 60th Season	Pump Room, Bath
31 Mar 2007	Mozart, Beethoven	‘Great’ Mass in C Minor K427. Christus am Ölberge Op 85	Forum
		60th Anniversary Concert
14 Jul 2007	Hughes, Rutter, Purcell	Song for St. Cecilia (Commission - First Performance). Birthday Madrigals. Birthday Ode for Queen Mary Come Ye Sons of Art	Wiltshire Music Centre
03 Nov 2007	J. S. Bach, Rossini	As a part of Nigel Perrin's Gala Concert. Lobet den Herrn. Peiite Messe Solonelle	Forum
19/20/21 Dec 2007	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 61st Season	Pump Room, Bath
21 Jan 08	Karl Jenkins	Requiem - New York Premier	Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
15 Mar 2008	Duruflé	Requiem and works by Fauré, Messiaen, Poulenc Vierne and Hakim.	Bath Abbey
12 July 2008	Vaughan Williams	An Evening with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Friends. Works by Wood, Parry, Stanford, Holst, Bruch, Ravel, Finzi and Vaughan Williams to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Vaughan Williams's death	Wiltshire Music Centre
01 Nov 2008	Pehkonen, Hughes, Vivaldi	Russian Requiem. A Song for St. Cecilia. Gloria (RV589)	Bath Abbey
17/19 Dec 2008	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 62nd Season	Pump Room, Bath
28 Mar 2009	Handel; Karl Jenkins	Messiah Part II; Stabat Mater	Bath Abbey
04 Jul 2009	Will Todd	Mass in Blue	Wiltshire Music Centre
24 Oct 2009	J. S. Bach, Britten, Bruckner	Lobet den Herrn; Rejoice in the Lamb; Locutus Iste; Ave Maria; Tota Pulchra Est	Thomaskirche, Leipzig
07 Nov 2009	J. S. Bach, Britten, Bruckner	Lobet den Herrn; Jesu meine Freude; Rejoice in the Lamb; Tota pulchra es; Ecce sacrados; Afferentur regi; Inveni David	Bath Abbey
16/18 Dec 2009	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 63rd Season	Pump Room, Bath
		Nigel Perrin's 20th Anniversary Concert
27 Mar 2010	Monteverdi; Rossini; J. S. Bach	Beatus Vir; Stabat Mater; Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen	Bath Abbey
19 Jun 2010	Brahms, Horovitz	Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45; Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo (performed by The CBBC Junior Choir with support from the Senior Choir)	Wiltshire Music Centre[4]
03 Jul 2010	Brahms, Horovitz	Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45; Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo (performed by The CBBC Junior Choir with support from the Senior Choir)	Malmesbury Abbey
06 Nov 2010	Monteverdi, Chilcott	Hymns and Psalms; Salisbury Vespers Performed with Bath Camerata	Bath Abbey
15/17 Dec 2010	Various	Carols by Candlelight – 64th Season	Pump Room, Bath
19 Mar 2011	Mendelssohn	Elijah	Bath Abbey
16 Jul 2011	Tippett, Dahl, Ellington	Five Negro Spirituals (from Child of our Time); Songs by Roald Dahl (performed by The CBBC Junior Choir with Jamie Knights, Piano, Adrienne Hale Conducting); Pacific Song (with Marcus Sealy, Piano); Sacred Concert (Andy Williamson – saxes, Pete Judge – trumpet, Robin Holloway – piano, Al Swainger – double bass, Andy Hague – drums).	Wiltshire Music Centre
22 Oct 2011	Nystedt, Górecki, Ellington, Mozart, Bruckner, Rossinni, Whitaker, Monteverdi, Tippett,	Laudate Domninum; Totus Tuus Op 60; Come Sunday (arr John Høybye); Ave Verum Corpus; Locus Iste; Quando Corpus, Lux Arumque, Cantate Donini, Five Negro Spirituals (from Child of our Time);	La Chiesa di Sant'Agnese in Agone, Rome
23 Oct 2011	Nystedt, Bruckner, Rossinni	Laudate Domninum; Locus Iste, Quando Corpus	The Venerable English College, Rome