Whilst the choir’s ‘home’ for concerts is the fine church of St. Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall, a further step to maintain the vitality of Witham Choral Society is to perform at other venues. In the summer 2004 we gave a lively concert 'Last Night of the Proms' at Cressing Temple Barns and the year 2006 included a memorable joint performance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius at the renowned Snape Maltings Concert Hall.

A highlight of the 2004-2005 season was a performance of Elgar's Caractacus. Caractacus presented a considerable challenge for the choir and unique opportunity for both singers and audience to experience this rarely performed work. WCS was fortunate in receiving sponsorship from The Elgar Society for this concert. Members of the Society who attended the concert were warm in expressing their appreciation saying they thought the 'performance tremendous' and that the concert 'did Elgar proud'.

In 2007 we performed both the Verdi and Brahms Requiems. We gave two performances of the Verdi combining once again with The Ipswich Bach Choir. Chelmsford Cathedral was the venue for the Brahms Requiem the concert also including a performance of Mendelsohn's Piano Concerto No 1.

Some examples of our interesting and varied repertoire are:

Bach - St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio.

Bruckner - Mass in E Minor.

Britten - St Nicholas, Hymn to St Cecilia.

Coleridge Taylor - Hiawatha's Wedding Feast.

Elgar - Caractacus

Elgar - Dream of Gerontius.

Faure - Requiem.

Handel - Zadok the Priest, Messiah.

Mozart - Mass in C minor, Requiem.

Orff - Carmina Burana.

Rutter - Requiem.

A complete list of our repertoire may be found here.