Previous Concerts
Here you'll find a record of the works performed by the Society. Once completed it will list all performances since 1947.
2021
4th December 2021 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Messiah – George Frederic Handel
Cantata No. 122 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Helen Lacey (Soprano)
Angharad Rowlands (Mezzo Soprano)
Sam Utley (Tenor)
Dan D'Souza (Bass)
2020
Concerts were planned for April and December 2020, but both were cancelled owing to restrictions on gatherings imposed by HM government in response to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
2019
7th December 2019 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Christmas Oratorio – Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Anne-Sofie Søby Jensen (Mezzo Soprano)
Guy Withers (Tenor)
27th April 2019 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Overture from Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Messa di Gloria – Giacomo Puccini
Voyagers' Chorus – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Habanera from 'Carmen' – Georges Bizet
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from 'Nabucco' – Giuseppe Verdi
Pilgrims' Chorus from 'Tannhäuser' – Richard Wagner
Anvil Chorus from 'Il Trovatore' – Giuseppe Verdi
Dido's Lament from 'Dido & Aeneas' – Henry Purcell
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Peter Harris (Tenor)
Meilir Jones ( Bass)
Catriona Holsgrove (Soprano)
2018
8th December 2018 – St Andrew's Church. Burgess Hill
The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Cydnei Barnes (Soprano)
Jonathan Summers (Baritone)
21st April 2018 – St Andrew's Church. Burgess Hill
Elijah – Felix Mendelssohn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Clare Tunney (Soprano)
Frances Gregory (Mezzo Soprano)
Joel Williams (Tenor)
Kieran Rayner (Baritone)
Alex Edwards (Treble)
2017
9th December 2017 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) – Joseph Haydn
Wachet Auf – Johann Sebastian Bach
Double oboe concerto – Tomaso Albinoni [orchestra]
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Nardus Williams (Soprano)
Frances Gregory (Mezzo Soprano)
Joel Williams (Tenor)
Robert Garland (Baritone)
1st April 2017 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Messiah – George Frideric Handel
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Louise Fuller (Soprano)
Kamilla Dunstan (Mezzo Soprano)
Stephen Mills (Tenor)
Kieran Rayner (Baritone)
2016
10th December 2016 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Gloria – John Rutter
Coronation Mass K317 – W A Mozart
Excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite– Tchaikovsky [orchestra]
The Cow and the Bear – Simon Austin
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Josephine Goddard (Soprano)
Lauren Joyanne Morris (Alto)
Benjamin Durrant (Tenor)
Daniel D'Souza (Baritone)
23rd April 2016 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
The Creation – Joseph Haydn
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Louise Fuller (Soprano)
Peter Aisher (Tenor)
Kieran Rayner (Baritone)
2015
12th December 2015 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Gloria – Karl Jenkins
Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Carol Symphony – Victor Hely-Hutchinson [orchestra]
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Nicholas Morton (Baritone)
Hannah Summers (Reader)
25th April 2015 – The King's Church, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill
Ein Deutsches Requiem – Johannes Brahms
Symphony no. 6 (Pastoral) – Ludwig van Beethoven [orchestra]
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Nicholas Forrest (Baritone)
Gemma Summerfield (Soprano)
2014
13th December 2014 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Christmas Oratorio – Camille Saint-Saëns
The Lamb – John Tavener
Recorder Concertino – Simon Austin
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Douglas Brion (Recorder)
Sinéad O'Kelly (Soprano)
He Wu (Soprano)
Amy Lyddon (Mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Erlank (Tenor)
Timothy Nelson (Baritone)
26th April 2014 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Requiem – Giuseppe Verdi
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Martin Palmer (Leader)
Ruth Kerr (Soprano)
Thomasin Trezise (Mezzo-soprano)
Nicholas Ransley (Tenor)
Timothy Dawkins (Bass)
2013
14th December 2013 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Mass in D major – Antonín Dvořák
Te Deum in C – Benjamin Britten
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Natasha Day (Soprano)
Rose Setten (Mezzo soprano)
Peter Kirk (Tenor)
Matthew Buswell (Bass)
20th April 2013 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Requiem – Alan Smith
Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20 – Edward Elgar [orchestra]
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Hilary Andrews (Mezzo soprano)
Andrés Hernández-Salazar (Tenor)
Rachel Shouksmith (Soprano)
Hannah Summers (Mezzo soprano)
Fiona Baines (Soprano)
Antonia Hyatt (Soprano)
Rachel Taylor (Soprano)
Laura Whitbread (Soprano)
Luke Churchill (Tenor)
Kat Carson (Soprano)
2012
15th December 2012 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Cantata BWV214 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Dettingen Te Deum – George Frideric Handel
Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Katherine Crompton (Soprano)
Emilie Renard (Mezzo-Soprano)
Simon Gilkes (Tenor)
Morgan Pearse (Bass-Baritone)
12th May 2012 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
(with Burgess Hill Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony no. 9 (Choral) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture – Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto – Ludwig van Beethoven
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Andrew Biggs (Leader)
Katie Lowe (Soprano)
Rosie Aldridge (Mezzo-Soprano)
Andrew Dickinson (Tenor)
James Platt (Bass)
Andrew Biggs (Violin)
21st April 2012 – St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill
Ave Verum Corpus – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 40 'Great' in G minor (KV.550) – W A Mozart
Zadok the Priest – George Frideric Handel
The King Shall Rejoice – George Frideric Handel
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K.339) – W A Mozart
Michael Stefan Wood (Conductor)
Richard Sutcliffe (Leader)
Katherine Nicholas (Soprano)
Hilary Andrews (Mezzo-Soprano)
Richard Newman (Tenor)
Mike Bunting (Bass)