First performance: 16 December 1972

Lichfield Canticle is a choral work of major proportions, inspired by the historical fact of Lichfield Cathedral being dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St Chad. The work is built around the principal events of St Chad's life.

Written for SATB chorus, boys' choir, three soloists (soprano, tenor and baritone), chamber organ and orchestra.

First performance: 4 December 1999
Commissioned for the 40th Anniversary Concert

The Coming of the Kingdom is a choral work for SATB choir, alto solo and orchestra. In the final movement there is a duet for cello and oboe (or cor anglais).

The texts deal with different aspects of the season of Advent. The overall mood of the music is intended to convey a sense of expectancy and the reflective feel of the Advent season.

First performed: 15 July 2000

A setting of the resurrection story with libretto by Tom Wright, then Dean of Lichfield Cathedral. Easter Oratorio begins where the Passions end, with Christ's body in the tomb and is divided into two parts. Part One: The New Day, and Part Two: The New Calling. It is based on the ground plan of one of Bach's Passion, with a mixture of choruses, recitatives, arias, chorales and hymns.

The forces involved are SATB choir, boys' choir, four soloists, (Soprano (Mary and arias). Tenor (Evangelist), Tenor (Thomas, Simon Peter and arias), Bass (Jesus and arias), orchestra, and the whole audience who sing some of the well-known Easter hymns at key points.

First performed: 22 December 2005

A carol by Paul Spicer for SATB and organ, first performed at the Carol Concert. Commissioned to celebrate the births of Hannah Scriven and Holly Mason, daughters of Phil Scriven and Alex Mason, our conductor and accompanist at the time . The words were written by Canon Tony Barnard, also a tenor in the choir.

First performed at the Choir's 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Following the success of the Easter Oratorio, Advent Oratorio, The Biblical Hope of the Coming of God, is another collaboration between Tom Wright and Paul Spicer. It is a setting of the Advent story with John the Baptist central to the action, warning that a place in the heavenly kingdom must be earned. It has a similar pattern of choruses, arias, recitatives, chorales which are newly composed hymns for choir only, and big Advent hymns in new arrangements for the audience to sing.