GILBERT & SULLIVAN: THE SORCERER


Friday, 29th June 2018 at 7.30pm
Witney Congregational Church, Welsh Way, Witney, OX28 6JF
(free admission, collection for Christian Aid)

Saturday, 30th June 2018 at 7.30pm
Christ Church, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PL 
(free admission, collection for The Abingdon Bridge - counselling and supporting young people)

Friday/Saturday, 6th/7th July 2018 at 7.30pm
Kennington Methodist Church, Upper Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LR
(free admission, collection for Kennington Overseas Aid)

HANDEL: THE MESSIAH
Sunday, 28th October 2018 at 2.30pm   (N.B. change of date)
Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3SA
(free admission, collection for SSNAP - Support for Sick Newborns and their parents)



Past Performances

2018 - Collections for charities to date:
£1,030.97

Brahms: Requiem and Vivaldi: Gloria

2017 - Total collections taken for charities: £22,700.52

Stabat Mater - Dvorak
The Mikado - G&S (4)
Messiah - Handel
The Pirates of Penzance - G&S (4)


2016 - Total collections taken for charities:
£32,623.38

Four Coronation Anthems - Handel 
Requiem - Mozart (Programme)
Ruddigore - G&S (x 4)
Messiah - Handel
Patience - G&S (4)
Carols - in Covered Market

2015 - Total collections taken for charities:
£25,932.37

Requiems - Durufle and Faure
Iolanthe - G&S (x 4)
Messiah - Handel
Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach x 4
Carols - in Covered Market

2014 - Total collections taken for charity: £19,735.07

Another Afternoon of Grand Opera
Trial by Jury and HMS Pinafore - G & S (x 4)
Messiah - Handel
The Gondoliers - G&S (x 4)
Carols -  in the Westgate

2013 - Total collections taken for charity: £20,888

An Afternoon of Grand Opera
The Merry Widow - Lehar (x 4) 
Messiah - Handel
Princess Ida - G&S (x 4)

2012 - Total collections taken for charity:
£23,975.06

Verdi: Aida 
The Sorcerer - G&S (x 4)
Messiah - Handel
Yeomen of the Guard - G&S (x 4)
Carols - in the Westgate

2011 - Total collections taken for charity: £19,676

Mendelssohn: Elijah (x 2)
BBC1 Songs of Praise x 2
The Mikado - G&S (4)
Messiah - Handel
The Pirates of Penzance - G&S (4)

2010 - Total collections taken for charity: £19,908

Rossini: Stabat Mater and Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives
Dearest Heart - Christopher Sambrook (x 6)
The Creation - Haydn
Patience - G & S (x 4)

2009 - Total collections taken for charity: £23,383

Requiem - Mozart
Imperial “Nelson” Mass - Haydn
Iolanthe - G & S (5)
Messiah - Handel
Ruddigore - G & S (4)
Carols - in the Westgate

2008

Mass in C - Beethoven
Requiem - Faure
HMS Pinafore G&S (5)
Messiah- Handel
Gondoliers - G&S (4)
Carols - in the Westgate

2007

Samson - Handel
The Sorcerer – G & S (5)
Messiah – Handel
Princess Ida – G & S (4)
Carols – in the Westgate

2006

The Creation – Haydn
Yeomen of the Guard - G & S (5)
Messiah - Handel
The Pirates of Penzance– G & S (5)
Carols – in the Westgate

2005

Aida - Verdi
Patience - G & S (5)
Messiah - Handel
The Mikado - G & S (5)
Carols - in the Westgate

2004

Gloria - Verdi
Christ on the Mount of Olives - Beethoven
Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach (5)
Messiah - Handel
Ruddigore - G & S (5)
Carols - in the Westgate

2003

Requiem – Verdi
Die Fledermaus – Strauss (5)
Messiah – Handel
Iolanthe – G & S (5)
Carols – in the Westgate

2002

Petite Messe Solennelle - Rossini
The Merry Widow – Lehár (5)
Messiah – Handel
Gondoliers – G & S (5)
Carols – in the Westgate

2001

Stabat Mater - Dvorak
Song of Destiny – Brahms
Zadok the Priest – Handel
Princess Ida – G & S (5)
Messiah – Handel
HMS Pinafore & Trial by Jury – G & S (5)
Carols - in the Westgate

2000

German Requiem – Brahms and Gloria – Vivaldi (2)
La Vie Parisienne - Offenbach (5)
Messiah – Handel (2)
Sorcerer – G & S (5)
Carols - in the Westgate

1999

Carmina Burana - Orff (2)
Vespers - Mozart (2)
Yeomen of the Guard - G & S (5)
Messiah - Handel (2)
The Pirates of Penzance – G & S (5)
Carols - in the Westgate

1998

Requiem - Verdi (2)
Gondoliers - G & S (6)
Messiah - Handel (2)
Mikado - G & S (5)
Carols - in the Westgate

1997

Elijah - Mendelssohn (2)
Die Fledermaus - Strauss (5)
Messiah - (2)
Iolanthe - G & S (5)
Carols - in the Westgate

1996

Requiem - Fauré (2)
Mendelssohn - Hymn of Praise (2)
The Merry Widow - Lehár (5)
Messiah - Handel (2)
HMS Pinafore - G & S (5)
Carols - in Cornmarket

1995

Passion & Easter Music (2)
La Vie Parisienne (5)
Messiah - Handel (2)
The Pirates of Penzance - G & S (6)
Carols - in Cornmarket

1994

German Requiem - Brahms (2)
Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach (6)
Messiah - Handel (2)
Ruddigore - G & S (5)
Carols - in Cornmarket

1993

Creation - Haydn (2)
The Mikado - G & S (6)
Messiah - Handel (2)
Yeomen of the Guard - G & S (5)
Carols - in Cornmarket

1992

The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar
Iolanthe - G & S (6)
Messiah – Handel
Gondoliers - G & S (6)

1991

Requiem - Verdi
The Sorcerer - G & S (4)
Messiah - Handel
The Pirates of Penzance - G & S (7)
Carols - in Cornmarket

1990

Elijah - Mendelssohn
HMS Pinafore - G & S (4)
Messiah - Handel
Patience - G & S (5)

Carols - in Cornmarket

1989

Requiems - Fauré and Mozart
Yeomen of the Guard - G & S (3)
Mikado - G & S (4)
Messiah – Handel
Carols - in Cornmarket

1988

Iolanthe - G & S
St. John Passion - Bach
Gondoliers - G & S (2)
Ruddigore - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1987

G & S Evening at Wesley Memorial Hall
St. Matthew Passion - Bach
Die Fledermaus -Strauss (2)
The Merry Widow - Lehár
Iolanthe - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1986

G & S Evening at Witney
Missa Solemnis - Beethoven, Olivet to Calvary - Maunder
The Merry Widow - Lehár (2)
Elijah - Mendelssohn
The Pirates of Penzance - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1985

G & S Evening at Rose Hill
Requiem - Verdi, Crucifixion - Stainer
La Vie Parisienne - Offenbach (2)
Creation - Haydn
Patience - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1984

The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar
Olivet to Calvary - Maunder
Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach (2)
German Requiem - Brahms
HMS Pinafore - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1983

Carmina Burana - Orff
Crucifixion - Stainer
La Belle Helene - Offenbach (2)
Elijah - Mendelssohn
Mikado - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1982

Judas Maccabaeus - Handel
Olivet to Calvary - Maunder
Die Fledermaus - Strauss (2)
Creation - Haydn
Yeomen of the Guard - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1981

Creation - Haydn, Crucifixion - Stainer
The Merry Widow - Lehár
Large-scale Anthems Gondoliers - G & S (2)
Messiah - Handel

1980

Israel in Egypt - Handel
Merrie England - Edward German (2)
Iolanthe - G & S
Messiah - Handel

1979

St. John Passion - Bach
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast - C. Taylor
The Pirates of Penzance - G & S
Messiah - Handel

1978

Requiem – Mozart
Noah & Joseph - Horowitz & Webber
Elijah – Mendelssohn
Messiah – Handel

1977

Requiem - Fauré
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Webber
B Minor Mass - Bach
Messiah - Handel

1976

St. Matthew Passion - Bach
Captain Noah & His Floating Zoo
German Requiem - Brahms
Messiah - Handel

1975

Messiah Parts 1 & 2 - Handel
Large-scale Anthems
Elijah - Mendelssohn

1974

Crucifixion - Stainer
Messiah Part 1 - Handel

1973

Carols