Past Concerts
2021
Saturday, 18th December 2021, 7:30pm
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraBenjamin Britten – Saint Nicolas
Excerpts from Handel – Messiah
Saturday, 14th August 2021, 7:30pm
St. Peter & St. Paul’s Church, Deddington
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Anne Page (harmonium) & Stewart Taylor (piano)
Gioachino Rossini — Petite Messe Solennelle
2019
Saturday, 21st December 2019, 7:00pm
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Family Christmas Concert:
Carols & Chilcott
Sunday, 3rd November 2019, 5:30pm
Cheltenham Town Hall
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra
& North Cotswold Chamber ChoirWilliam Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast
James MacMillan – Cantos Sagrados
Saturday, 6th April 2019, 7:30pm
Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Deddington
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Fanshawe – African Sanctus
2018
Saturday, 15th December 2018, 7:30pm
St. Mary’s Church, Banbury
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraSoloists: Carris Jones (mezzo-soprano) & Jaes Berry (baritone)
Elgar – The Music Makers
Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem
Saturday, 16th June 2018
Chipping Norton Secondary School & St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Community Sing Day:
Vivaldi – Gloria
Bob Chilcott – The Voyage
Saturday, 12th May 2018
St. Mary’s Church, Witney
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with Baroque Orchestra OxybaroxyVivaldi – Gloria
George Frideric Handel – O Praise the Lord with One Consent (Chandos Anthem No. 9)
Verdi – Pater Noster
Stanford – Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C
2017
Saturday, 9th December 2017
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with Cotswold Baroque PlayersCharlotte Beament (1st soprano), Rebecca Outram (2nd soprano), William Purefoy
(counter tenor) & Robert Rice (bass)J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor
2016
Saturday, 17th December 2016
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with Cotswold Baroque PlayersCharlotte Beament (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor) & Robert Rice (bass)
Haydn – Nelson Mass (Mass in D Minor)
Mozart – C Minor Mass
Sunday, 26th June 2016
All Saints’ Church, Churchill
Conductor: Bernard West
Tim Wakerill (organ) & Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano)
César Franck – Psalm 150
J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541
Hector Berlioz – Premiers transports que nul n’oublie
Felix Mendelssohn – Grant us Thy Peace, Nachtlied, Drei geistliche Lieder, Op 96
Hanny Hensel – Frühling
J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541
Saturday, 7th May 2016
Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Deddington
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Catherine White (harp), Nathan Cole (percussion), Bernard West (piano and organ), Martyn Lane (piano) & Matthew Ernst (treble)
Folk Songs from the British Isles – Braes o’Yarrow, Bobbin John & The Road to Ford
Cecilia McDowall – A Fancy of Folksongs
Trad. – Londonderry Air
Bob Chilcott – Extracts from Songs and Cries of London Town
Francis Poulenc – Piano Sonata for Four Hands
Leonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
2015
Saturday, 5th December 2015
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Julie Cooper (soprano), William Purefoy (alto), Matthew Minter (tenor), Ben Bevan (bass) & The Cotswold Baroque Players – lead by Catherine Weiss
George Frideric Handel – Messiah
2014
Saturday, 21st June 2014
All Saints’ Church, Churchill
Conductor: Bernard West
Cynthia Hall (organ), Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano), Ben Phillips (countertenor) & Martin Davies (baritone)
Stanford – various works including Te Deum Laudamus, Nunc Dimittis and Psalm 150
Purcell – Come, ye sons of art
Saturday, 10th May 2014
Methodist Church, High Street, Witney
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Bernard West (organ) and Oxybaroxy, Esther Brazil (soprano), Rachel O’Malley (alto), Tom Dyer (tenor) & David le Provost (bass)
Vivaldi – Kyrie
George Frideric Handel – Let thy hand be strengthened
George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest
D’Astorga – Stabat Mater
J.S. Bach – Jesu Joy
2013
Saturday, 7th December 2013
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraRebecca Outram (soprano), Greg Tassell (tenor) & Robert Rice (baritone)
Joseph Haydn – Creation
Saturday, 22nd June 2013
St. Mary’s Church, Charlbury
Conductor: Bernard West
David Lee (tenor), David Le Prevost (baritone) & James Brown (organ)Maunder – Olivet to Calvary
Saturday, 18th May 2013
Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Deddington
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraBernard West (piano) & Marion Ackrill (flute)
Dreams of the Summer Night – an evening of music by English composers, featuring:
Arthur Bliss – Pastoral
Hubert Parry – An English Suite for Strings
Colin Touchin – Adlestrop
2012
Saturday, 8th December 2012
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Bernard West
with The Cotswold Baroque PlayersMozart – Requiem
Haydn – Requiem in C minor
Saturday, 23rd June 2012
All Saints’ Church, Churchill
Conductor: Bernard West
Pomp & Pimms:
Coronation Music
Saturday, 26th May 2012
Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Deddington
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Oxfordshire County Percussion Ensemble & Cotswold Children’s ChoirBernard West & Stewart Taylor (piano)
Orff – Carmina Burana
2011
Saturday, 3rd December 2011
St. Mary’s Church, Banbury
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraVerdi – Requiem
Saturday, 25th June 2011
All Saints’ Church, Churchill
Conductor: Bernard West
Fauré & Fizz:
Fauré – Requiem
Saturday, 16th April 2011
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Deddington
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cotswold Baroque PlayersJ.S. Bach – St. John Passion
2010
Saturday, 4th December 2010
St. Mary’s Church, Banbury
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraMendelssohn – Elijah
Saturday, 12th June 2010
Charlbury Church
Conductor: Bernard West
Vivaldi and Vino:
Beatus Vir
Gloria
Ostro Picta
Saturday, 8th May 2010
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Deddington
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with Acer Saccharum (Bassoon Quartet)Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb
Rutter – Gloria
2009
Saturday, 5th December 2009
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraBrahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem
Saturday, 27th June 2009
All Saints’ Church, Churchill
Conductor: Bernard West
Edward Tambling (organ scholar-elect, Westminster Cathedral)
Purcell and Pimms:
Funeral Sentences
Thy word is a Lantern
O Sing unto the Lord
Rejoice in the Lord Always
Saturday, 16th May 2009
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraHaydn – Nelson Mass (Missa in Augustiis)
Haydn – Te Deum (for the Empress Maria Therese)
Haydn – Symphony No. 6 in D ‘Le Matin’
2008
Saturday, 13th December 2008
St. Peter’s Church, Hook Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cotswold Baroque PlayersCandlelight Concert:
Buxtehude – Magnificat
Monteverdi – Beatus Vir
Pergolesi – Magnificat
Schutz – Christmas Story
Saturday, 17th May 2008
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with the Adderbury EnsemblePuccini – Messa di Gloria
Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
2007
Saturday, 1st December 2007
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
with The Cheltenham Chamber OrchestraKarl Jenkins – The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Schubert – Symphony No. 8 ‘Unfinished’
Saturday, 16th June 2007
St. Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Bernard West (piano)
Bubbles and Betjeman:
David Pope – From Here to Burgess Hill: Setting of Seven Poems by John Betjeman
Elgar – From the Bavarian Highlands
Saturday, 31st March 2007
Witney Methodist Church
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Bernard West (organ)
An Evening of French Music:
Maurice Duruflé – Requiem and Motets
Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine
2006
Saturday, 16th December 2006
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Handel – Messiah
Saturday, 10th June 2006
All Saints’ Church, Churchill
Conductor: Peter Hunt
An Evening of Musical Entertainment and Summer Refreshment:
Purcell – Dido and Aeneas
Saturday, 1st April 2006
St. Peter’s Church, Hook Norton
Conductor: Peter Hunt
Three Oxbridge Music Professors:
Sir Charles Stanford – Three Motets Op. 38
Sir Hubert Parry – selection of Songs of Farewell
Sir John Stainer – The Crucifixion
2005
Saturday, 10th December 2005
St. Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton
Christmastide Concert:
An evening of carols, readings and seasonal songs for the choir and family audience
Looking back further...
(thanks to Roger Stein for the research)
June 2005
Tippett – A Child of Our Time
2004
December 2004
Vivaldi – Gloria
Haydn – Little Organ Mass
Hummel – Mass in Bb
June 2004
Summer Concert: ForeverEngland!
Rutter – The Reluctant Dragon
2003
December 2003
J.S. Bach – Sleepers Wake
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Mathias – Ave Rex
May 2003
Rossini – Petite Messe Solennelle
2002
December 2002
J.S. Bach – Christmas Oratorio
May 2002
Brahms – Songs of Love
Elgar – From the Bavarian Highlands
2001
December 2001
Charpentier – Messe de Minuit
Fauré – Requiem
May 2001
Sullivan – Trial by Jury; and lighter pieces
February 2001
J.S. Bach – St. Matthew Passion
2000
March 2000
Rutter – Requiem
Andrew Carter – Benedicite
1999
December 1999
Handel – Messiah
May 1999
Mozart – Requiem and Great Mass in C Minor (conducted by Shauni)
1998
December 1998
Britten – Ceremony of Carols
March 1998
Monteverdi – Vespers
1997
November 1997
Dvorák – Mass in D
Kodály – Missa Brevis (Peter’s first concert)
July 1997
Music for a Summer Evening (conducted by Shauni)
March 1997
Handel – Israel in Egypt (Stewart Taylor’s final concert)
1996
November 1996
Fauré – Requiem (from scratch)
June 1996
Purcell – The Fairy Queen
1995
November 1995
Haydn – St. Nicolas Mass
Mozart – Piano Concerto in F K459 (Michael Liddell, soloist)
Britten – St. Nicolas
March 1995
Mendelssohn – Elijah
1994
November 1994
Music for Choir and Organ:
Parry – I was Glad
Gardiner – Evening Hymn
Parry – Blest Pair of Sirens
Durufle – RequiemPlus organ solos performed by Thomas Trotter
June 1994
Handel – Chandos Anthem No 11 “Let God Arise” and Acis and Galatea
March 1994
J.S. Bach – Mass in B minor
1993
Summer 1993
Pergolesi – Magnificat
Schubert – Mass in G
March 1993
Purcell – Rejoice in the Lord Alway
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Handel – Dixit Dominus
1992
November 1992
Brahms – A German Requiem
June 1992
German – Merrie England
April 1992
J.S. Bach – St. John Passion
1991
November 1991
Mozart – Solemn Vespers and Mass in C
June 1991
Purcell – Bell Anthem, Come ye sons of art and King Arthur
March 1991
Stainer – Crucifixion
1990
November 1990
Vivaldi – Gloria
Haydn – Nelson Mass
July 1990
Handel – Semele
March 1990
Handel – Coronation Anthems
J.S. Bach – Magnificat
1989
November 1989
Handel – Messiah