Meeting Dates

Saturday  6th September 2025 NB not the second Saturday. NB no GBs or CBs needed.

Hilary Worsfold
  • Tchaikovsky Crown of Roses  SATB
  • Anon. First Phantasia SSATB
  • Lewin Midsummer Morris. SSAATTB.
Gloria Pevy
  • Holborn Decrevi SATTB
  • Steve Marshall A Celtic Cluster SAATTB

Saturday 11th October 2025

Hilary Worsfold

  • Lasso Motet Exaltabo te Domine SATB . 
  • JS Bach Canzona BWV588 ATTB
  • Anon Phantasia SSATB
  • Korma Autumn Leaves AATBB

Mandy Phillips

  • Purcell  Chacony SATB
  • Marshall Made in Wales SATB
  • Elgar Nimrod SATBGb

Both conductors happy for bass to be doubled down for greater depth.

Saturday  8th November 2025 Double Choir afternoon with Nick Epton and Gloria Pevy
**to be successful we shall need a minimum of 4 standard basses, 2 in each choir**.
 
Nick Epton
From the start everyone will be seated in double choir formation – basses in the middle, descants on the ends .
  • Bach chorale “Wie sich ein Vat’r erbarmet” from Cantata No 17 for SATB
    • – a simple piece to get players used to their seating before  progressing to double choir.
  • Ann Marshall’s “Four Watercolours of a Country Church”.  SATB+SATB.
NB If you want to play great  or contra, Nick can accommodate you if we know in advance and provided we have 4 standard basses.

Gloria Pevy
  • Viadana –  Canzona ‘La Padovana’ SATB+SATB
  • Bonelli   –   ‘Cleopatra’ from 2 Toccatas SATB+SATB

December 13th 2025

Mandy Phillips

  • From Andrew Challinger’s  Four Christmas Quartets: SATB
  • The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy and While Shepherds Watched 
  • Sussex Carol – a lively SAB version but S can double with tenor

Hilary Worsfold 

  • The Bruce Pennick Suite for large ensemble sopSSAATTBB

Gloria Pevy

  • Carol of the Bells sop S1S2,A1A2T1T2B1B2GBCb
  • Jubilant Christmas AATB

January 10th 2026 

Mandy Phillips
  • Brade  – English Consort (Canzon) S1 S2 A T B
  • Hilling – Celebration Rag S A T B
  • Harvey – Scarborough Fair S A T B G
Gloria Pevy
  • On New Year’s Day  – Mendelssohn arr. H. Hooker SSAATTBB
  • A Celtic Cluster –   Steve Marshall SAATTB
  • Garden Swing –  Healer SATB

February 14th 2026 Double Choir Event with Gloria Pevy and Oliver Hitch

Oliver Hitch

  • Palestrina – Laudate Dominum SATB SATB
  • Mendelssohn – Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe. SATT SATB
    • NB if you want to play Bass all the time, please sit in the second choir as the first choir does not have a bass
  • Wood – Hail Gladdening Light SATB SATB

Gloria Pevy

  • Canzon Trigesimaquarta Massiano SATB SATB
  • O la, o ben eccho  Lassus  SATB SATB
  • Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend J. Styne  SSAATT B B/GB CB

Saturday 14th March 2026

Gloria Pevy

  • Brian Bonsor Festivo  S1 S2 A T B GB CB
  • Arr. Hall   Dobranotsh and Papirosn from Klezmer Collection  SATB 

Hilary Worsfold

  • JSBach: Canzona BWV 588 SATB
  • Canale: L’Avogadra SATB

Happy for bass to double in either/both.

Saturday 18th April 2026
Please note that this month’s meeting will take place on the 18th April as the 11th clashed with the SRP Festival.
 
Oliver Hitch
  • From Irish melodies (suite no 8) by Raymond Harvey: SATB GB
    1.Lord Inchiquin
    5.My brown haired boy
    4.Siobhan Ni Dhuibhir
  • Hob Y Deriv Dando – Welsh folk song arr. Oliver Hitch SATB
Gloria Pevy
  • Two Dutch Folk Songs arr Paul Clark  SATB
  •  Andrew Challinger’s Spring Dance SATB  

Saturday 9th May 2026

Great Bass and Contras needed please.

Hilary Worsfold

  • Sortie:Lefebure-Wely SATB GB/CB
  • 2 Victoria Part Songs SATB
  • (Plus Gibbons Fantasia ATB if needed)

Gloria Pevy

  • Steve Marshall The Dream Country – selected movements
  • S A1 A2 T1 T2 plus GB&CB if possible
  • Rodgers arr. Paul Clark Blue Moon S A1 A2 T1 T2 B

Saturday 13th June 2026 Playing Day with Lyndon Hilling

Saturday 4th July 2026

AGM postponed until September

Mandy Phillips

  • T Ravenscroft – Fantasia No 4 DDTrTB
  • T Sears – Intermezzo SATB
  • A Lewin – Calon Lan (Traditional Welsh Melody) SATTB
  • W H Krell – Shake Your Dusters SATB
  • J P Sousa – The Liberty Bell SAA/TTB
  • G Edwards – By the Light of the Silvery Moon ATTB

No larger instruments specifically cited. Possible to double down but let’s just play our SATB instruments

Saturday 12th September

AGM (short!)

Oliver Hitch

  • Epitaph on a Dormouse – Cooke SATB
  • Coriden Arise – Moeran SATB

Gloria Pevy

  • Walking Tune Grainger Sop, D, Tr 1, Tr 2, T, B  
  • Schubert Marche Militaire D 1 & 2, Tr 1 & 2, Tenor 1 & 2, Bass + GB ad lib.
  • Abendlied Reger arr. Stegmann D, Tr, T, B

Last updated 14 September 2026