Works performed
Starting with Brahms’s Requiem in 1923, Salisbury Musical Society has performed a wide variety of choral works over the years. Records from the pre-war period are incomplete, but you can see a full list of the choir’s concerts since 1948.
List of works performed since 1948
Paul Carr Awakening
Conducted by David Halls
John Findon, tenor
Verdi Requiem
With Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra:
Rachel Nicholls – Soprano
Jess Dandy – Alto
Thomas Atkins – Tenor
James Platt – Bass
“In the Dies Irae, with the choir and orchestra in perfect balance, the moment was indeed a thrilling one”
Stephen Lycett Reviewer
Bach Mass in B Minor
Conducted by David Halls. With Salisbury Cathedral Choir and Florilegium
Brahms Requiem (sung in German) & Academic Festival Overture. Halls: The Beauty of Holiness
David Halls, Conductor
Brittany King, Soprano
Bozidar Smiljanic, Baritone
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Salisbury Musical Society will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams by performing his much-loved Sea Symphony.
The choir will be joined by its long-standing partners the Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra, and conducted by the Cathedral’s Director of Music David Halls.
Soloists: Eleanor Dennis (soprano) and Dominic Sedgwick (baritone)
Vaughan Williams Overture The Wasps will also be performed.
CENTENARY SEASON Handel Four Coronation Anthems
Elgar Dream of Gerontius
Britten St Nicolas Rutter Magnificat
With Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra conducted by David Halls