Keele Staffordshire
Repertoire
Artistic Director
Repertoire
Recent works include Hindemith Apparebit Repentina Dies, Bach Motets, Stravinsky Mass, Tallis Spem in Alium and Elgar Dream of Gerontius. Keele Bach Choir regulary works with professional and ameteur orchestras such as The Northern Chamber Orchestra, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and The North Staffs Symphony Orchestra along with Keele Universitys resident student orchestra and choir, Keele Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir. Some of our featured soloists have been Helena Dix, Louise Poole, Derek Welton, Karen Radcliffe and Richard Newman.
Conductor |
Composer |
Work |
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Matthew Willis |
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2010 |
Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | |
| Finzi | For St Cecilia | ||
| Lennox Berkeley | Mass for Five Voices | ||
| Copland | In the Beginning | Soloist Karen Radcliffe | |
Darrell Simkins and Margaret Carpenter |
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| Finzi | Unnacompanied Part Songs (1,2,3,4 &6) |
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| Delius | Two songs to be sung of a summer night on the water | ||
| Bartok | Four Slovak Songs | ||
| Seiber | Three Hungarian Folk Songs | ||
| Whitacre | Lux Aurumque | ||
| Allegri | Miserere Mei, Deus | ||
| Handel | The King Shall Rejoice | With KPOC String Ensemble | |
| Handel | Zadok the Priest | With KPOC String Ensemble | |
Matthew Willis |
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| Beethoven | Mass in C | Soloists: Natalie Windsor soprano, |
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2009 |
Hindemith | Apparebit Repentina Dies | With RNCM Brass Ensemble |
| Bruckner | Te Deum | With RNCM Brass Ensemble | |
| Bach | Motets | ||
| Gesualdo | Sabbato Sancto | ||
| Handel | Dixit Dominus | ||
| Mozart | Requiem | Soloists: Helena Dix soprano, Louise Poole mezzo soprano, Richard Newman tenor, Derek Welton bass. With Keele Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir (KPOC) | |
2008 |
Bruckner | Mass in E Minor | With KPOC Wind Ensemble |
| Stravinsky | Mass | With KPOC Wind Ensemble | |
| Tallis | Spem in Alium | ||
| Bach | Mass in B Minor | With the Northern Chamber Orchestra | |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | With KPOC | |
2007 |
Mozart | Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore | |
| Mozart | Litaniae Lauretanae | ||
| Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | With KPOC and Ceramic City Choir (CCC), venue: Victoria Hall, Hanley | |
| Rutter | Requiem | With KPOC | |
| Bach | Wachet Auf | ||
| Britten | Ceremony of Carols | ||
| Charpentier | Messe de Minuit | ||
| Vivaldi | Gloria | ||
2006 |
Haydn | Stabat Mater | |
| Vaughan Williams | Mass in G Minor | ||
| Dufay, Victoria et al | Renaissance Anthems | ||
| Richard Norris | Endlessly Rocking | Premiere | |
| Liszt | Christus Part 1 | ||
| Schubert | Mass in A flat | ||
| Verdi | Four Sacred Pieces I | ||
2005 |
Berlioz | Grande Messe des Morts | With KPOC and CCC and Audley Brass Band. venue: Victoria Hall, Hanley |
| Handel | Messiah | ||
| Mozart | Coronation Mass | ||
| Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | With Corda | |
2004 |
Bach | Magnificat | |
| Bennett | Carols | ||
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | ||
| Copland | Old American Songs | ||
| Mendelssohn | Elijah | Venue: St Mark’s Church, Shelton | |
| Richard Norris | Meditations on Snow | Premiere | |
2003 |
Bartok | Folk Songs | |
| Haydn | Nelson Mass | ||
| Stravinsky | Mass | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Sea Symphony | With KPOC; Victoria Hall | |
| Russian composers | Various | ||
2002 |
Charpentier | Te Deum | |
| Palestrina | Missa Papae Marcelli | ||
| Poulenc | Gloria | ||
| Respighi | Laud to the Nativity | ||
Christopher Hand |
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2002 |
Byrd | Mass for Four Voices | |
| Byrd et al | Anthems and Madrigals | ||
| Chilcott | Canticles of Light | ||
| Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | ||
| Liszt | Via Crucis | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | ||
2001 |
Charpentier | Messe de Minuit | |
| Handel | Messiah (Christmas and Choruses) | Bring and sing | |
| Haydn | Creation | ||
| Parry | Songs of Farewell | ||
| Tippett | Five Negro Spirituals | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music | ||
| Verdi | Requiem | With CCC; Vic Hall; Triennial Festival | |
2000 |
Bach | St John Passion | |
| Bach | Wachet Auf | ||
| Fauré | Requiem | Bring and sing | |
| Handel | O Praise the Lord with one Consent | ||
| Puccini | Messa di Gloria | ||
| Purcell | Rejoice in the Lord Alway | ||
1999 |
Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | |
| Gabrieli | Jubilate Deo and In Ecclesias | ||
| Howells | Requiem | ||
| Schütz | Psalm 100 and German Magnificat | ||
Marion Wood |
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1999 |
Childe | Anthems | |
| Croft | Anthems | ||
| Greene | Anthems | ||
| Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | ||
| Purcell | My Heart is Inditing | ||
| Poulenc | Stabat Mater | ||
1998 |
Bach (CPE) | Magnificat | |
| Bach (JS) | Magnificat | ||
| Brahms | Requiem | ||
| Bruckner | Motets | ||
| Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | With CCC; Vic toria Hall; Triennial Festival | |
| Handel | Messiah | ||
| Haydn | Paukenmesse | ||
| Stanford | Motets | ||
| - - - - - | Gospel Songs and Spirituals | ||
1997 |
Bach | Christmas Oratorio | |
| Duruflé | Requiem | ||
| Handel | Jephtha | ||
| Rachmaninov | Vespers | ||
1996 |
Arvo Pärt | Te Deum | |
| Bach | St Matthew Passion | ||
| Dufay | Ave Regina Coelorum | ||
| Machaut | La Messe de Nostre Dame | ||
| Orff | Carmina Burana | ||
1995 |
Bach | Furchte Dich Nicht | |
| Mendelssohn | Te Deum | ||
John Sloboda |
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1995 |
Brahms | Liebeslieder Walzer | |
| Britten | AMDG | ||
| Purcell | Various | Tercentenary concert | |
1994 |
Bach | Singet dem Herren | |
| Bach | Wachet Auf | ||
| Byrd | Great Service | ||
| Cardoso | Requiem | ||
| Deering | Motets | ||
| Haydn | The Seasons | ||
1993 |
Bach | St Mark Passion | 2nd edn - Andor Gomme |
| Esteves | Missa a 8 Voces | ||
| Handel | Theodora | ||
| Victoria | Lauda Sion | ||
1992 |
Bach | Mass in B Minor | Victoria Hall for War on Want |
| Beethoven | Bundeslied and Opferlied | ||
| Mendelssohn | Three Psalms | ||
| Scarlatti | Stabat Mater | ||
| Schubert | Part Songs | ||
1991 |
Handel | Utrecht Jubilate | |
| Monteverdi | Christmas Vespers | ||
| Mozart | Mass in C Minor | ||
| Naylor | Vox dicentis | ||
| Purcell | My Heart is Inditing | ||
| Randall Thompson | The Peaceable Kingdom | ||
| Schütz | German Magnificat | ||
| Schütz | Psalm 150 | ||
1990 |
Bach | St Mark Passion | 1st edn – Andor Gomme |
| Bach | Cantata 182 | ||
| Brahms | Requiem | ||
| Brahms | Alto Rhapsody | ||
| Britten | Five Flower Songs | ||
| Handel | Dettingen Te Deum | ||
| Kodaly | Jesus and the Traders | ||
| Tavener | Hymn to the Mother of God |