Chamber Choir numbers 20-45 voices according to the repertoire to be performed.
Membership is by audition, usually held at the beginning of the Autumn Term
of each academic year. Rehearsals are held on Wednesday afternoons (2.00-4.00pm
in E058) and the choir usually gives three concerts in each academic year.
Members of Chamber Choir are also members of University Choir.
Bach
St John Passion
St Matthew
Passion
Christmas
Oratorio
Britten
Rejoice in the Lamb
Bruckner
Mass in E Minor
Carissimi
Jephte
Durufle
Requiem
Fauré
Requiem
Handel
Dixit Dominus
Israel in Egypt
Haydn
Harmoniemesse
Howells
Requiem
Kodaly
Missa Brevis
Martin
Mass
Monteverdi Psalms
& motets
Poulenc
Gloria
Purcell
Dido & Aeneas (staged)
Fairy Queen (staged)
Schubert
Mass in Ab
Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
Les Noces
Vaughan Williams An Oxford Elegy
Flos Campi
There have also been programmes of Josquin & his contemporaries; English
music from the 16th century; music from St Marks, Venice (Monteverdi to Cavalli);
Cathedral music from 19th/20th centuries; music for Ash Wednesday; and a
programme of 20th century Scandinavian music.
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Full details of these concerts are available on the Concert Series
welcome page.
Conductors: Peter Seymour
<ps22@york.ac.uk>
Jonathan Wainwright <jpw6@york.ac.uk>
This page is maintained by Peter Seymour. Last updated September 2003.