2016-17 Season
Mozart Requiem and Faure RequiemSaturday 1 April
St John's in the Square
Vaughan Williams Five Folk Songs
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Irish Blessing
Saturday 1 July 2017, Cranmer Methodist Church
2015-16 Season
A Festival of Folk
including folk songs by Rutter and Vaughan Williams
Saturday 2nd July 2016
Cranmer Methodist Church
Gloria
Tenebrae Factae Sunt
including a Holst ode, a Byrd mass and Vivaldi's Gloria
with the Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra Saturday 9 April 2016
St. John's in the Square
That Glorious Song of Old
with readings and carols
Saturday 19 December 2015
St. John's in the Square
Shared Heritage
including Randall Thompson's Frostiana and works by Purcell, Amy Beach, Vaughan Williams and Gilbert & Sullivan
Saturday 7 November 2015
Penn United Reformed Church
2014-15 Season
Masquerade - an extravaganza of opera choruses
Saturday 20st June 2015
Cranmer Methodist Church
England expects
Haydn's Nelson Mass, Holst's Two Psalms, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs
Saturday 21st March 2015
St. John's in the Square
Christmas through the Ages
including the premiere of "O Magnum Mysterium", a new piece by Ed Denham
Saturday 20th December 2014
Springdale Methodist Church, Penn
2013-14 Season
World Song
Saturday 28th June 2014
Cranmer Methodist Church
Magical Mozart
Saturday 29th March 2014
St Bart's
Festive fun: Christmas carol concert
Saturday 21st December 2013
St. John's in the Square
Tettenhall Christmas Lights
Saturday 23rd November 2013
Tettenhall Common
2012-13 Season
If Music Be The Food Of Love
Saturday 15th June 2013
Cranmer Methodist Church
Bach St. John Passion
Saturday 23rd March 2013
St. John's in the Square
Handel's Messiah
Saturday 22nd December 2012
St. John's
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Saturday 1st December 2012
St. John's in the Square
2011-12 Season
Taverner and Tavener
Saturday, 7th July 2012
St Bart's
Jubilee Concert
Saturday, 2nd June 2012
St. Bart's
Carmina Burana
Saturday, 24th March 2012
St. John's
Carmina Burana
Saturday, 17th March 2012
Pattingham
Christmas cake and carols
Monday, 19th December 2011
Monday, 19th December 2011
Cranmer Methodist Church
Handel's Messiah
Saturday, 17th December 2011
Saturday, 17th December 2011
St. John's
Civic Carol Service
Thursday, 8th December 2011
Darlington Street Methodist Church
Brahms Requiem
Saturday, 12th November 2011
Saturday, 12th November 2011
Cranmer Methodist Church
2010-11 Season
A Tour of Europe
Pieces by Monteverdi, Vaughan Williams, RachmaninovA Tour of Europe
Saturday 2nd July 2011
Cranmer Methodist Church
Rejoice! Featuring Zadok the Priest
Saturday 9th April 2011
St. John'sSaturday 9th April 2011
Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man (Sing from Scratch concert)
Saturday 12th March 2011
St. Bart's
Mayor's Carol Service
Thursday 9th December 2010
Darlington Street Methodist Church
Requiems by Rutter & Faure
Saturday 13th November 2010
St Michael's Church
Penn
2009-10 Season
A Little Britten
Britten - St Nicholas & Rejoice in the Lamb
Saturday 3rd July 2010 7:30pm
Cranmer Methodist Church
The French Connection
Poulenc - Gloria
Langlais- Missa Salve Regina
Saturday 13th March 2010 7:30pm
St Johns in the Square
In Anticipation Of Christmas
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
William Mathias - Ave Rex
Saturday 12th December 2009 7:30pm
St Bartholomews Church
The Magic of Mozart en Masse
Featuring: The Requiem Mass &
The Coronation Mass - soloists from the choir
& Extracts from The Magic Flute
14th November 2009
St Bartholomews Church, Penn
2008-09 Season
Stars & Stripes
Our summer concert so titled to reflect the day of its performance.
Featuring Rio Grande - Lambert
The Chichester Psalms & Extracts from Porgy & Bess
4th July 2009, 7:30pm
Cranmer Methodist Church
The Creation
A joint collaboration with Wombourne & District Choral Society
'To celebrate the bicentennial of Josef Haydn's death the City and Wombourne choirs combined their considerable talents to perform one of the composer's best loved works - The Creation. This was the first time since 1975 that local choral societies have got together to present a large choral work and the result was most impressive...The 150-strong ensemble soon settled to produce a bright and confident sound. Soprano Rachel Major showed a very pleasant tone, tenor Christopher Turner sang with great character and bass Christopher Foster contributed significantly. Music director Ian Clarke always had matters very much under control.'
Jerald Smith - Express and Star
Christmas is Coming!
Our annual feast of Christmas music and readings
Tuesday 16 December 2008, 7.30pm
St Bartholomew's Church, Penn
Directed by Gary Cole, Joe Cooper & Alec White
City of Wolverhampton Choir Diamond Jubilee ConcertSaturday 15 November 2008, 7.30pm
St John’s-in-the-Square, Wolverhampton
Jubilee Fanfare/Praise my Soul arr Gary Cole
Bairstow: Blessed City
Three Bach Chorale Arrangements (Brass)
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs (Baritone soloist: Fran Ambrose, conducted by Joe Cooper)
William Walton: Coronation Te Deum
Walton: Three Movements from Henry V (Brass)
John Rutter: Gloria
Midlands Brass Ensemble
Helen Johnson (Soprano)
Fran Ambrose (Baritone)
Nicholas Johnson (Organ)
Conducted by Gary Cole & Joe Cooper
2007-08 Season
Summer Concert
including Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury
5 July 2008
Newhampton Arts Centre 7.30pm
Walton: Coronation Te Deum,
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV 541 (organ solo)
Handel: Messiah (Parts 2 & 3)
with Peter Langford (organ).
15 March 2008
Handel: Coronation Anthems (Zadok the Priest, The King shall rejoice), Oboe Concerto in G minor,
Haydn: 'Nelson' Mass
with Chamber Orchestra.
16 November 2007
St. John's-in-the-Square
2006-07 Season
Ramirez: Missa Criolla/ Orff Carmina Burana
with Mark Bebbington, Peter Langford (pianos), and percussion ensemble
24 March 2007
St John's-in-the-Sqaure
The Christmas News with Tarrington Brass
With Michael Collie (BBC Midlands Today)
16 December 2006
St. John's-in-the-Square
Requiem with Peter Langford - Organ
Faure Requiem | Durufle Requiem
Soloists: Helen Jones Johnson (Mezzo) | Samuel Evans (Baritone)
11 November 2006
St. John's-in-the-Square
2005-06 Season
Captain Noah and his floating zoo
Accompanied by Peter Langford with soloists from the choir
8 July 2006
City of Wolverhampton College, Compton
An Evening with Mr Mozart with the Salomon Ensemble
Mass in C-Minor | Regina Coeli
Soloists: inc. Natalie Clifton-Griffith
1 April 2006
St. John's-in-the-Square
Christmas is Coming! with Tarrington Brass
Peter Langford - organ
17 December 2005
St. John's-in-the-Square
Remembrance with Peter Langford - Organ
The Armed Man (Jenkins - Vocal Suite) | Requiem (Rutter)
12 November 2005
St. John's-in-the-Square
2004-05 Season
Israel in Egypt (Handel) with the Salomon Ensemble
Soloists: Natalie Clifton-Griffiths | Helen Jones | Philip Saxon | Paul Tindall
18 June 2005
St. John's-in-the-Square
English Greats with Peter Langford - Organ & Abigail Bradfield (Soprano)
inc. Give unto the Lord (Elgar) | lo, the full, final sacrifice (Finzi) | Blest Pair of Sirens (Parry)
19 March 2005
St. Leonard's, Bilston
Christmas is Coming! with Peter Langford - Organ & Rachel Heyhoe Flint - Narrator
inc. Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
11 December 2004
St. John's-in-the-Square
The Mayor's Concert with Peter Langford - organ
inc. Rutter - Magnificat | Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs
16 October 2004
Penn URC, Wolverhampton
2003-04 Season
Bella Italia with Ensemble Musicale
Rossini - Stabat Mater | Puccini - Messa di Gloria
12 June 2004
St. John's-in-the-Square, Wolverhampton
Baroque Masters with Ensemble Musicale
JS Bach - Magnificat | Vivaldi - Gloria | Monteverdi - Beatus Vir (+ Pachelbel - Canon | Handel - Arrival of Queen of Sheba)
13 March 2004
St. Leonard's, Bilston
Christmas is Coming!
Christmas carols including Paul Trepte's collection 'My Dancing Day'.
13 December 2003
St. John's-in-the-Square, Wolverhampton
Music Divine with Peter Langford - Organ
inc. Dvorak - Mass in D
18 October
St. Thomas's, Wednesfield
2002-03 Season
Serenade to Music with Ensemble Musicale
Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music | Andrew Carter - Musick's Jubilee | Elgar - The Music Makers
7 June 2003
St. John's-in-the-Square, Wolverhampton
Classical Masterworks with Peter Langford - Organ
Beethoven - Mass in C | Mozart - Requiem
1 March 2003
St. John's-in-the-Square
Christmas is Coming!
inc. Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
14 December 2002
St. John's-in-the-Square
Gloria! with Gemini Brass
Mixed programme for Mayor's Charity Appeal
2 November 2002
St. Leonard's, Bilston
2001-02 Season
Magic of Mozart with Ensemble Musicale
Credo Mass (K527) | Regina Coeli (K108) | Regina Coeli (K276) | Te Deum (K141) | Symphony No. 30 (orchestra)
29 June 2002
St. John's-in-the-Square
Crown Imperial with Gemini Brass
inc Walton - Te Deum | Britten - Gloriana Dances | Handel - Zadok the Priest
9 March 2002
Penn URC
St. John's-in-the-Square
Christmas is Coming!
Peter Langford - organ
with items from the pilot project forming Wolverhampton Young Voices - the new youth choir for 11-18 year olds - directed by Geoffrey Weaver
15 December 2007
St. John's-in-the-Square
Christmas is Coming!
Peter Langford - organ
with items from the pilot project forming Wolverhampton Young Voices - the new youth choir for 11-18 year olds - directed by Geoffrey Weaver
15 December 2007
St. John's-in-the-Square
