March 2022 – “IN TUNE WITH HEAVEN”
– Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise (extracts)
– Britten: Three Folk Song Arrangements
– Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
– Vaughan Williams: O Be Joyful in the Lord
– Jonathan Palmer: She Walks in Beauty (extracts)
December 2020 – A Celebration of Singing Together Again
Review by Jonathan Palmer
In January 2020 PCS began rehearsing for a concert which was to include Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of Praise” and Parry’s “Blest Pair of Sirens”. The Choir clearly relished the excitement of the music and preparation went well with the choir producing an excellent sound. As the Covid 19 pandemic developed PCS decided to cancel rehearsals until such a time as meeting together was safe again.
December 2019 – A Baroque/Romantic Christmas:
– Das neugeborne Kindelein: Buxtehude
– Christus: Mendelssohn
– Messe de Minuit: Charpentier
– Magnificat: Durante
– Carols for Choir and Audience
June 2019 – From Russia with Love including:
– Liturgy of St John Chrysostom: Rachmaninov
– Russian Folk Songs: Shostakovich
– Polovtsian Dances: Borodin
– Russian Songs
March 2019 – La Plus Belle Musique Sacrée Française
– Fauré: Requiem
– Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
– Lilli Boulanger: Hymn to the Sun
– Franck: Panis Angelicus
December 2018 – Awake the Voice!
A collaborative Christmas-themed concert with Nailsea Choral Society and Chew Valley Choral Society
– Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
– Finzi: In terra pax
– Palmer: Awake the Voice!
November 2018 – We Will Remember Them
– a concert to commemorate the end of WW1
June 2018
Music from the Americas including:
– Ariel Ramirez: Missa Criolla
March 2018
– Handel: Messiah
December 2017 – Festive December Concert
Excerpts from:
– Bach: Christmas Oratorio
– Mendelssohn: Elijah
– Borodin: Prince Igor
– Orff: Carmina Burana
Carols for choir and audience
June 2017 – Music from Venice and the Mediterranean
– Music by Monteverdi, Gabrielli and Schutz
– Well-known songs from France, Spain, Italy and Greece
March 2017 – A Classical Celebration
– Mozart: Kyrie K341
– Schubert Magnificat D486
– Beethoven: Choral Fantasia Op 80
– Haydn: Mass in Time of War
December 2016
– Poulenc: Gloria
– Opera choruses and Christmas carols
June 2016 – An English Summer Serenade
– Music by Morley, Gibbons, Purcell, Parry, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten
– John Rutter: A Sprig of Thyme
March 2016 – A Grand Tour of the Baroque
– Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (excerpts)
– Vivaldi: Gloria
– Bach: Air from Suite in D
– Purcell: King Arthur (excerpts)
December 2015
– Rutter: Magnificat
– Palmer: Happy Returns
Three Carol Arrangements
June 2015 – An Evening at the Opera
March 2015
– Haydn: Te Deum
– Mozart: Ave verum corpus
– Mozart: Requiem
December 2014
– Handel: Zadok the Priest
– Bach: Magnificat in D
– Palmer: Awake the Voice
June 2014
– German: Merrie England
March 2014
– Gounod: St Cecilia Mass
– Bach: Sleepers Wake
December 2013
– Handel: Messiah Part 1
– Christmas Carols
May 2013
– Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
– Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
– Dvořák: Mass in D
December 2012
– Karl Jenkins: Gloria
– Christmas Carols
May 2012
– Dyson: Three Songs of Courage
– Holst: Five Partsongs, Op 12
– Vaughan Williams: Five English Folksongs
March 2012
– Bach: St John Passion
December 2011
– Vivaldi: Gloria and Magnificat in D
– Christmas Carols
May 2011
– Puccini: Messa di Gloria
– Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
March 2011
– Brahms: A German Requiem
January 2011
– Handel: Messiah
– Christmas Carols
May 2010
– Haydn: Little Organ Mass
– Fauré: Requiem
March 2010
– Rossini: Petite Messe solenelle