Our Repertoire
We focus especially on music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, i.e. 16th to 18th centuries, but we also perform works by more recent composers.
Extensive opportunities are given to choir members to sing solos. In our first concert at Ewenny Priory, 15 of the 22 singers were involved in solo or ‘verse’ (small ensemble) passages and so the motets and anthems of Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins, Blow and Purcell are particularly suited to our group.
Below is a full list of our repertoire in chronological order. To search for a specific piece or composer, please use the find function in your browser.
Repertoire List
- Anon. Make we joy now in this fest
- Anon. Kyrie (Missa de angelis)
- Ockeghem Kyrie (Missa L’homme armé)
- Ockeghem Ave Maria
- Josquin Ave Maria
- Henry VIII? Hélas, Madame
- Cornysh Ah, Robin
- Taverner Credo (Western Wind Mass)
- Taverner Dum transisset
- Tallis If ye love me
- Tallis In ieiunio et fletu
- Tallis O nata lux
- Tallis Videte miraculum
- Tallis Hear the voice and prayer (AATB)
- Ravenscroft Remember, O thou man
- Passereau Il est bel et bon
- Parsons Ave Maria
- Sheppard Gaude, Gaude Maria
- Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth
- Byrd Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (The Great Service)
- Byrd Iustorum animae
- Byrd Sing joyfully
- Byrd Terra tremuit
- Byrd Miserere mei
- Byrd Vigilate
- Byrd 5-part Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
- Gibbons Ah, dear heart
- Gibbons O clap your hands
- Gibbons O Lord, in thy wrath
- Gibbons O Lord of hosts (Song 22)
- Gibbons Forth in thy name (Song 34)
- Gibbons Great King of Gods
- Gibbons Praise the Lord, O my soul
- Gibbons Drop, drop slow tears
- Gibbons The silver swan
- Gibbons This is the record of John
- Morley Nolo mortem peccatoris
- Morley Out of the deep
- Philips Ascendit Deus
- Vautor Sweet Suffolk owl
- Weelkes Give ear, O Lord
- Weelkes Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Weelkes Hosanna
- Weelkes O Lord, arise
- Weelkes Thule, the period of Cosmography
- Weelkes The Andalusian Merchant
- Palesyrina Missa aeterna Christi munera (Gloria)
- Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei)
- Palestrina Canite tuba
- Palestrina Exsultate Deo
- Palestrina Tu es Petrus
- Victoria Caligaverunt oculi mei
- Victoria O vos omnes
- Victoria O magnum mysterium
- Lassus Ave verum
- Sweelinck Laudate Dominum
- Gabrieli Jubilate Deo
- Gabrieli Angelus ad pastors ait
- Scheidt A child is born in Bethlehem
- Handl Pater noster
- Lobo Versa est in luctum
- Tomkins When David heard
- Tomkins My shepherd is the living Lord
- Tomkins Then David mourned
- Tomkins O praise the Lord (12-part)
- Ramsey How are the mighty fallen
- Ballet Lute-book Lullaby
- Monteverdi Cantate Domino
- Monteverdi Lasciate mi morire
- Allegri Miserere mei
- Croft God is gone up
- Blow Salvator mundi
- Purcell Let mine eyes run down with tears
- Purcell Elegy on the death of Queen Mary - O dive custos (sopranos)
- Purcell Funeral sentences
- Purcell Hear my prayer
- Purcell I was glad
- Purcell Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?
- Purcell Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei
- Purcell O Lord God of hosts
- Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
- Purcell Since God so tender a regard (TTB)
- Purcell Down will I lie in peace (ATB)
- Purcell/Gray To the name that brings salvation
- Buxtehude Magnificat
- Lotti Credo in F (incl. Crucifixus)
- Croft God is gone up
- Marcello Thy mercy, Jehovah (TB)
- Greene Lord, let me know mine end
- Boyce O where shall wisdom be found
- Handel Zadok the priest
- Handel My heart is inditing (4 mvts)
- Handel Let thy hand be strengthened (3 mvts)
- Handel The King shall rejoice (5 mvts)
- Handel And the glory of the Lord (Messiah)
- Handel Surely he hath borne our griefs? (Messiah)
- Handel And he shall purify (Messiah)
- Handel Glory to God & recits (Messiah)
- Handel Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
- Handel O first created beam (Samson)
- Handel Let the bright seraphim (Samson)
- Handel Let their celestial concerts (Samson)
- Handel He gave them hailstones (Israel in Egypt)
- Handel He sent a thick darkness (Israel in Egypt)
- Handel He smote all the firstborn (Israel in Egypt)
- Handel But as for his people (Israel in Egypt)
- Handel The rising world (Athalia)
- Handel Dixit Dominus (complete work)
- Bach Cantata no. 4 ‘Christ lag in todesbanden’
- Bach ‘Lie still’ (St John Passion)
- Bach Final chorale (St John Passion)
- Bach Chorale: How shall I fitly meet thee (Christmas Oratorio)
- Bach Hear, king of angels (Christmas Oratorio)
- Bach Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
- Bach Motet: ‘Jesu Meine Freude’
- Bach Motet: ‘Lobet den Herrn’
- Bach Mein gläubiges Herze (Cantata 68)
- Bach O lilttle one sweet (arr.)
- Vivaldi Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina
- Vivaldi Magnificat in G minor
- Travers Ascribe unto the Lord
- Hook The lass of Richmond hill (arr. Gray)
- Mozart Ave verum
- Mozart Coronation Mass (Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus)
- Mozart Lacrimosa, Domine Jesu (Requiem)
- Haydn Kyrie, Credo & Sanctus (Missa in tempore belli)
- Haydn In the beginning (The Creation)
- Haydn Insanae et vanae curae
- Schubert Der Tanz
- S. Wesley In exitu Israel
- S.S. Wesley Blessed be the God and Father
- S.S. Wesley Ascribe unto the Lord
- S.S. Wesley Praise the Lord, O my soul
- S.S. Wesley Wash me throughly
- Gruber Stille nacht
- Berlioz The shepherds' farewell (L'enfance du Christ)
- Mason/Handel Joy to the world
- Mendelssohn Hear my prayer
- Mendelssohn Verleih uns Frieden
- Mendelssohn Lord, I flee to thee for refuge
- Mendelssohn Lift thine eyes (SSA)
- Brahms How lovely are thy dwellings (Requiem)
- Grieg Ave maris stella
- Stanford Beati quorum via
- Stanford Coelos ascendit hodie
- Stanford Justorum animae
- Stanford For lo, I raise up
- Stanford Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in A
- Stanford Quick! We have but a second
- Stanford The blue bird
- Pearsall In dulci iubilo
- Pearsall Great God of love
- Pearsall Lay a garland
- Franck Panis Angelicus
- Rheinberger Sanctus (Mass in E flat)
- Rheinberger Abendlied
- Vierne Kyrie, Gloria (Messe Solennelle)
- Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
- Fauré Sanctus (Requiem)
- Bruckner Ave Maria
- Bruckner Christus factus est
- Bruckner Locus iste
- Sullivan The long day closes
- Sullivan The lost chord (arr. Gray)
- Bairstow Blessed city, heavenly Salem
- Bairstow Let all mortal flesh keep silence
- Parry Blest pair of sirens
- Parry I was glad
- Parry Hear my words, ye people
- Parry Jerusalem
- Parry Long since in Egypt’s plenteous land
- Parry Music, when soft voices die
- Parry My soul, there is a country
- Naylor Vox dicentis
- Walford Davies Psalm 130 (chant)
- Wood Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Coll. Reg.)
- Elgar Lux aeterna (‘Nimrod’ arr. Cameron)
- Elgar My love dwelt in a northern land
- Harris Faire is the heaven
- Warrell A merry Christmas (arr.)
- V Williams O taste and see
- V Williams This is the truth (arr.)
- Walton Set me as a seal
- Warlock Adam lay ybounden
- Warlock Bethlehem Down
- Warlock Benedicamus Domino
- Finzi My spirit sang all day
- Darke In the bleak midwinter
- Howells Behold, O God our defender
- Howells Take him earth for cherishing
- Howells Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (St Paul's service)
- Howells Magnficat (Gloucester service)
- Howells Te Deum (Collegium Regale)
- Howells Jubilate (Collegium Regale)
- Howells Magnificat (Collegium Regale)
- Howells A spotless rose
- Jackson For the fruits of all creation (hymn tune – East Acklam)
- Hadley I sing of a maiden
- Casals O vos omnes
- Leighton Lully, lulla
- Britten Festival Te Deum
- Britten Benedictus (Missa Brevis) (SSA)
- Britten Hymn to the virgin
- Britten Advance Democracy
- Tippett Go down Moses
- Tippett By and by
- Lloyd Webber Love Divine, all loves excelling
- Messiaen O sacrum convivium
- Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree
- Kelly Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E flat (Jamaican Canticles)
- McCartney Can't buy me love (arr. Abbs)
- McCartney Yesterday (arr. Chilcott)
- Rutter Hymn to the Creator of light
- Rutter Nativity Carol
- Rutter The Lord bless you and keep you
- Rutter Gaelic Blessing
- Rutter Star Carol
- Willcocks Tomorrow shall be our dancing day (arr.)
- Gardner Tomorrow shall be our dancing day
- Carter A maiden most gentle (arr.)
- Mathias A babe is born
- Mathias Let all the people praise thee
- Mathias Make a joyful noise
- Mathias Sir Christèmas
- R. Bennett Out of your sleep
- Calvert A cry in the night (arr. Gary Dysnial)
- Farrell Christ be our light
- Pärt Bogoroditse Djevo
- Pärt Magnificat
- Pärt The Deer's Cry
- Archer Love divine, all loves excelling
- Hewitt Jones Lead me, O Lord
- Hewitt Jones Lulllay, my liking
- Hewitt Jones My beloved spake
- Hewitt Jones The holly and the ivy
- Hewitt Jones What child is this?
- Chilcott Little Jazz Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Agnus Dei)
- Chilcott Irish Blessing
- Tavener God is with us
- Tavener Song for Athene
- Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God
- Tavener Today the virgin
- Cleobury Joys seven (arr.)
- MacMillan Ave maris stella
- MacMillan Data est mihi
- MacMillan O radiant dawn
- Macmillan The gallant weaver
- Lloyd Magnificat (Lichfield canticles)
- Goodall Love divine, all loves excelling
- Whitacre Lux aurumque
- Whitacre Water night
- Whitacre This marriage
- Roth Sol iustitiae
- Gjeilo Ubi Caritas
- Mealor Ubi caritas
- Kennedy O nata lux
- Blackwell Steal away (arr.)
- Gray Domine Jesu Christe
- Gray Ego sum lux mundi (God gives us light upon our way)
- Gray Not in lordly state and splendour
- Gray My beloved spake
- Gray Missa ipse promontorium (Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
- Gray Psalm 2 (chant)
- Gray Suo Gân (arr.)
- Gray The lass of Richmond hill (arr.)
- Gray The Londonderry Air (arr,)
- Gray We wish you a merry Christmas (arr.)
- Gray Hymn descants / arrangements:
- The King of love
- The day thou gavest
- Jesu, lover of my soul
- Angel voices ever singing
- Dear Lord and Father of mankind
- Gabriel’s Message
- O come, O come Emmanuel
- Glorious things of thee are spoken
- Solos & duets
- Dowland Flow my tears (S)
- Monteverdi Venite, venite (SS)
- Monteverdi Tornate, Tornate (TT)
- Monteverdi Si dolce è’l tormento (T)
- Humfrey Hymn to God the Father (T)
- Purcell Sound the trumpet (AA)
- Purcell What power art thou ('King Arthur')
- Blow If I my Celia (C-T, T )
- Couperin Troisième leçon de tenebres
- Handel He shall feed his flock (A) & Come unto him (S)
- Handel Thy rebuke & Behold and see (‘Messiah’) (T)
- Handel He was cut off, And thou didst not leave (‘Messiah’) (T)
- Handel The Lord is a man of war from ‘Israel in Egypt’ (BB)
- Handel Total eclipse (Samson)
- Bach Betrachte, meine Seel (B)
- Bach Prepare thyself, Sion (A)
- Vivaldi Laudamus te (SS)
- Pergolesi Stabat Mater (1st mvt. ) (S, C-T)
- Mozart Sull’aria from ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ (SS)
- Mozart Recit & Aria: Or che il dove & Tali e contanti sono
- Fauré Pie Jesu (S)
- F & S An Ill Wind (B)