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Major works SOCS have performed
Since 1945, the Sittingbourne Orpheus Choral Society has been entertaining audiences with varied
programmes of music through its concerts and its participation in numerous events, many of them of a charitable nature.
The choir's repertoire is extensive and varied.
Listed below is a broad selection of main works performed by the choir over the years to illustrate its
versatility.
See also the Music Library page for other works, and the History page for a chronological list
| Bach J S | Cantata No 140 | 1963 | |||||||||||
| Christmas Oratorio (Excerpts) | 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Cantata No 61 | 1969 | ||||||||||||
| The Passion of our Lord, according to St John | 1973 | 1955 | |||||||||||
| Beethoven | Mass in C | 1975 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Britten | Jubilate Deo | 1970 | |||||||||||
| Bizet | Te Deum | 1993 | |||||||||||
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances | 1996 | |||||||||||
| Brahms | German Requiem | 1974 | |||||||||||
| Requiem | 2002, | 1993 | |||||||||||
| Song of Destiny | 1966 | ||||||||||||
| Cherubini | Requiem | 1997 | |||||||||||
| Chilcott, Bob | Cries of London | 2007 | |||||||||||
| Coleridge-Taylor | Hiawatha's Wedding Feast | 1998, | 1978, | 1959, | 1947, | 1945 | |||||||
| Constant Lambert | The Rio Grande | 1990 | |||||||||||
| Dvorak | Songs of Nature | 1969 | |||||||||||
| Te Deum | 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Dyson | In Honour of the City | 1999, | 1969 | ||||||||||
| The Canterbury Pilgrims | 1983, | 1978 | |||||||||||
| Elgar | Coronation Ode (op. 44) | 2003 | |||||||||||
| Psalm 29 | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Te Deum and Benedictus | 2002 | ||||||||||||
| The Kingdom | 1992 | ||||||||||||
| The Light of Life | 1987 | ||||||||||||
| The Music Makers | 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Fauré | Requiem | 2006, | 1999, | 1991, | 1982, | 1970 | |||||||
| Finzi | In Terra Pax | 1995 | |||||||||||
| Magnificat | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Flanders & Horovitz | Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo | 1981 | |||||||||||
| German | Just So Songs | 1996 | |||||||||||
| Merrie England | 1990, | 1959, | 1953, | 1949 | |||||||||
| Tom Jones | 1960, | 1948 | |||||||||||
| Gershwin | Porgy and Bess | 1989 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Iolanthe | 1995 | |||||||||||
| The Pirates of Penzance | 2002, | 1991 | |||||||||||
| Trial by Jury | 1996, | 1986 | |||||||||||
| Gluck | Orpheus - Acts II & III | 1973 | |||||||||||
| Goodall | Psalm 23 | 2000 | |||||||||||
| Grant and Rutter | The Reluctant Dragon | 1997 | |||||||||||
| Greig | Norwegian Folk Songs | 1971 | |||||||||||
| Handel | Chandos Anthem No 6 | 1963 | |||||||||||
| Chandos Anthem No 9 | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Coronation Anthem | 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Coronation Ode (Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened) | 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Dixit Dominus | 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Judas Maccabeus | 1961, | 1952, | 1949 | ||||||||||
| Messiah | 1994, | 1985, | 1978, | 1972, | 1971, | 1967, | 1964, | 1962, | 1959, | 1954, | 1951, | 1949 | |
| Messiah part 1 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Ode on St Celia's Day | 1970 | ||||||||||||
| Samson | 1957, | 1954 | |||||||||||
| Saul | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| The King Shall Rejoice | 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Xerxes | 1971 | ||||||||||||
| Haydn | Mass in B Flat | 1971 | |||||||||||
| Missa in Angustiis - Nelson Mass | 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Missa Sancti Nicolai | 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Te Deum | 2007, | 1976 | |||||||||||
| The Creation | 2007, | 1998, | 1986, | 1968, | 1960, | 1956, | 1950, | 1949, | 1948 | ||||
| The Seasons | 1960, | 1952 | |||||||||||
| Theresien Messe | 1977 | ||||||||||||
| Jenkins, Karl | The Armed Man | 2007 | |||||||||||
| Lehar | The Merry Widow | 2000, | 1992 | ||||||||||
| Mendelssohn | Christus (There Shall A Star) | 2007 | |||||||||||
| Elijah | 2001, | 1989, | 1961, | 1958, | 1953, | 1951, | 1947 | ||||||
| St Paul | 1958, | 1950 | |||||||||||
| Mozart | Mass in C Minor | 1990 | |||||||||||
| Requiem in D Minor | 2005, | 1996, | 1983 | ||||||||||
| Orff | Carmina Burana (Choruses) | 2003 | |||||||||||
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | 2000 | |||||||||||
| I was Glad | 1995, | 1970 | |||||||||||
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | 1994, | 1974, | 1957 | ||||||||||
| Pergolesi | Magnificat | 1982, | 1977 | ||||||||||
| Phillips, Montague F | The Rebel Maid | 1952, | 1946 | ||||||||||
| Poulenc | Gloria | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Proctor, Simon | The Three Kings | 1996 | |||||||||||
| Puccini | Messa di Gloria | 1991, | 1981 | ||||||||||
| Purcell | Benedicte | 1970 | |||||||||||
| Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | 1979 | |||||||||||
| Stabat Mater | 1969, | 1965 | |||||||||||
| Rutter | Magnificat | 2004, | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Requiem | 1991, | 1989 | |||||||||||
| Te Deum | 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Scarlatti | Christmas Cantata | 1974 | |||||||||||
| Schubert | Mass in A Flat | 1988, | 1982 | ||||||||||
| Mass in G | 1967 | ||||||||||||
| The Song on Miriam | 1965 | ||||||||||||
| Smetana | The Bartered Bride | 1962, | 1955 | ||||||||||
| Stainer | The Crucifixion | 1997, | 1995, | 1989 | |||||||||
| Stanford | Magnificat in C | 1980 | |||||||||||
| Sea Songs | 1946 | ||||||||||||
| Songs of the Fleet | 1999, | 1967, | 1951 | ||||||||||
| Sullivan & German | The Emerald Isle | 1961, | 1950 | ||||||||||
| Var. - ed. by John Rutter | Opera Choruses | 2001 | |||||||||||
| Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony | 1997 | |||||||||||
| Cantata : In Windsor Forest | 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Serenade to Music | 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Vivaldi | Credo | 2003 | |||||||||||
| Gloria | 1994, | 1987, | 1980, | 1975, | 1966 |