The choir is a sociable and committed group, well established in the community. It was founded 65 years ago and has performed much of the great classic choral repertoire, as well as a wide selection of contemporary and more unusual material. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Monteverdi's Vespers, and Mendelssohn's Elijah, as well as The Golden Dawn, the first performance of a new work compos
ed by Cyril Lloyd, and other well-known contemporary works, such as John Rutter's Magnificat and Karl Jenkins's Stella Natalis. It is led by its energetic and enthusiastic young conductor, Jamie Powe
The choir rehearses every Monday evening from 7.15pm - 9.15pm at Putney High Junior School, Lytton Grove, Putney. We currently have approximately 50 active members, with a range of musical ability, and we are always pleased to welcome new singers in all parts. You are welcome to come along for a few weeks without any commitment. Once you decide to join us you will need to pay a subscription, which goes towards covering our costs. These are as follows:
Adults aged 30+: £80.00 per term
Under 30s: £40.00 per term
Previous concerts:
May 2025 - Mozart: Requiem, Pergolsei: Magnificat
December 2024 - Rossini: Petite Messe Solonelle
May 2024 - Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat, Dan Forrest: Requiem for the Living
December 2023 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
May 2023 - Mozart: Great Mass in C minor
December 2022 - Faure: Requiem
May 2022 - Haydn: The Creation
December 2021 - Handel: Messiah
June 2015 - Purcell, King Arthur exceprts
01 December 2014- Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas; Finzi: In Terra Pax. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 June 2014- A selection of Operatic Choruses. Informal summer concert at Putney High School.
01 May 2014- Mozart: Requiem. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 December 2013- Handel: The Messiah. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 April 2013- Haydn: The Creation. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 December 2012- Charpentier: Messe de Minuit; and Rutter : Magnificat. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road. (Stephen's Retirement Concert after 65 years as conductor.)
01 May 2012- J S Bach: St Matthew Passion. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 December 2011- Karl Jenkins: Stella Natallis. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 May 2011- Puccini: Messa di Gloria. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 December 2010- Vaughan Williams: Hodie. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 June 2010- Monteverdi: Vespers; and Bach: Cantata. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 December 2009- Mendelssohn: Elijah. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 May 2009- Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; and Cyril Lloyd: A Golden Dawn. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 December 2008- Faure: Requiem; and Bach: Christmas Oratorio (excerpts). At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 June 2008- Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.(Summer Fund Raising Concert)
01 May 2008- Mozart: Requiem; Liszt: Malédiction Concerto and Selected Operatic Works: (Carmen and Magic Flute). At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 December 2007- Britten: St Nicolas; and Beatrice Gauld: Fantasia of Christmas Carols. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
01 June 2007- Seiber: Yugoslav Folksongs; and Rutter: Magnificat. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
01 May 2007- Seiber: Yugoslav Folksongs; and Jenkins: The Armed Man. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
09 December 2006- Verdi: Requiem. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
08 July 2006- Seiber: Yugoslav Folksongs; Bach: Mass in B Minor: Sanctus and Donna Nobis. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
21 May 2006- Handel: Alexander’s Feast. With Le Choeur Regional de Flandre. At L’Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste, Dunkirk.
13 May 2006-Handel: Alexander’s Feast. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
10 December 2005- Handel: Messiah, Parts 1 and 3 and Hallelujah Chorus. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
14 May 2005- Haydn: Imperial Nelson Mass; Charpentier: Te Deum.At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
11 December 2004- Vivaldi: Gloria; Respighi: Lauda per la Nitivita del Signore.At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
19 June 2004- Selections from Vivaldi: Gloria; Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore; Brahms: Requiem. (Summer Garden Party.)
08 May 2004- Brahms: Requiem. (In German ). At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
13 December 2003- Bach: Christmas Oratorio. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road
05 July 2003- Constant Lambert: The Rio Grande; Selections from Poulenc: Gloria and Mozart: Colloredo Mass. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
09 February 2003-Durufle: Requiem. In Dunkirk.
07 December 2002-Haydn: The Creation. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
22 June 2002- Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Barber: Agnus Dei. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
18 May 2002- Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Barber: Agnus Dei; Durufle: Requiem. At St John's Church, Waterloo.
08 December 2001-Mendelssohn: Elijah. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
02 December 2001- Mozart: Requiem Mass. In Dunkirk.
22 June 2001-Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer and a selection from the Elijah; Borodin: Polovstian Dance Number 23. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
05 May 2001- Bach: St Matthew Passion. At Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road.
09 December 2000- Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Mozart: Coronation Mass. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
03 December 2000- Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Mozart: Coronation Mass. At St Eloi Church, Dunkirk.
06 May 2000- Verdi: Requiem. At Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street.
04 December 1999- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
26 June 1999- Britten: St Nicholas. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
24 April 1999- Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle. At Holy Trinity, Sloane Street.
05 December 1998- Handel: Messiah. At St Paul’s Church, Augustus Road.
27 June 1998- Pergolesi: Magnificat; J.S. Bach: Ascension Cantata. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
16 May 1998- Schubert: Mass in E Flat Major; Paul Rhys: Cantata of Praise, Part 1. At Holy Trinity, Sloane Street.
06 December 1997- Pergolesi: Magnificat. At St Michael and All Angels, Southfields.
08 November 1997- Mozart: Requiem Mass. Stephen Rhys 50th Anniversary Concert (since he founded the Putney Choral Society.
26 April 1997- CarlOrff: Carmina Burana. At Holy Trinity, Sloane Street.
05 April 1997-Marie Schodet was the French conductor; Stephen Rhys was ours.
14 December 1996- Alan Bush: A Winter Journey; Handel: Dixit Dominus. At St Michael’s and All Angels, Southfields.
22 June 1996- Simon Proctor: The Sleeping Beauty; Ronald Duncan Martin: Libretto; Flanders and Horowitz: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo. At Christ Church, East Sheen.
06 May 1995- Paul Rhys: Gloria,(first performance); Faure: Requiem. At St James' Church, Piccadilly
