Faure Requiem - 26 June 2021

An emotional first concert post-lockdown for both choir and audience at St Marie's Cathedral Church, performing in memory of those we have lost during the covid pandemic: 

• Faure - Requiem with Peter Taylor (baritone)
• Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine

"Around the World in 80 Minutes" - 6 July 2019

Songs from across the globe following the trail of Phineas Fogg in a cafe-style setting.  including music by Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Verdi, Mozart, Sondheim and Lennon & McCartney among others

"A Fragile Peace" 30 years on, recalling the  Berlin Wall - 30 November 2019

Choral music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Purcell, Ireland, Bernstein, Jenkins, Poulenc, Part, Bainton among others

Sterndale Singers 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert - 8 July 2017

A celebratory concert for our 40th anniversary involving both current and many former members of Sterndale Singers. Performing pieces from Sterndale's extensive repertoire from over the years including Tallis' 40-part motet "Spem in Alium" in the round in St Mark's Church, Broomhill

"A Venetian Celebration" - 27 January 2018

Sumptuous music for choir and brass including  

• Monteverdi - Cantate Domino
• Gabrieli - Jubilate Deo
• Schutz - Psalm 150
• Lotti - Crucifixus a8

Christmas Concert - 15 December 2018

Telling the Christmas story through music by Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Byrd, Cornelius, Warlock and Lauridsen and traditional carols arranged by Willcocks, Kodaly, Wood, Shaw and Webb

Classical Sheffield Weekend - 9 & 10 March 2019

9 March - Sterndale Singers perform William Sterndale Bennett's "The Woman of Samaria" at The Upper Chapel

10 March - four Sheffield chamber choirs - The Abbeydale Singers, Sheffield Chorale, Sheffield Chamber Choir and Sterndale Singers - join together for "Sounds of Heaven" singing a feast of choral music exploring texture, harmony and space at Sheffield Cathedral

JS Bach "St Matthew Passion" - November 2018

Sterndale Singers and Sheffield Chamber Choir perform St Matthew Passion with English Touring Opera conducted by Jonathan Peter Kenny

"Music for a Summer Evening" - 23 June 2018

Choral music by Tallis, Weelkes, Britten, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky as well as traditional Part Songs, Spirituals and other lighter items 

"Fun Family Concert" - 21 April 2018

Costumed fun for children and their families, with Sterndale Singers performing Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo and St George and the Dragon 

Sterndale Singers with Sheffield Symphony Orchestra - 8 February 2020

A joint concert with SSO featuring: 

• Vaughan Williams - Sinfonia Antartica
• Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
• Lambert - Rio Grande

Music for All Saints - 30 October 2021

With Joshua Stephens on Organ, including choral music by: 

• Britten - Te Deum in C
• Durufle - Tu Es Petrus
• Brahms - How lovely are thy dwellings
• Bainton - And I saw a new heaven
• Gabrieli - Angeli, Archangeli
• Victoria - O Quam Gloriosum 

Christmas Concert - 11 December 2021

Performing a selection of old and new carols and seasonal choral music to celebrate the festive season including:

• Britten - A boy was born
• Lauridsen - O magnum mysterium
• Ord - Adam lay y-bounden
• Rodney Bennet - What sweeter music
• Warlock - Bethlehem Down 

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle - 5 and 6 March 2022

Sterndale Singers and Bel Canto, both conducted by Robert Webb, joined forces to sing Rossini's gloriously operatic style mass in performance with top class soloists:  

• Rachel Nicholls - Soprano
• Sally Perkins - Alto
• David Watkin Holmes - Tenor
• Charles Cunliffe - Bass
• Philip Collin - Piano
• Ruth Milsom - Harmonium

Not the Eurovision Concert - 21 May 2022

Sterndale Singers performed an imaginative and original alterative to the Eurovision Song Contest, selecting music from 18 of the countries which compete in Eurovision, including for example:

• Austria - Mozart "Ave Verum Corpus"
• Finland - Mantyjarvi "Double Double Toil and Trouble"
• Germany - Brahms "Ach, Arme Welt"
• Portugal - Fernandes "Xicochi Xicochi"
• Scotland - Trad. "An Eriskay Love Lilt"
• Sweden - Lindberg "Shall I compare thee"
• Ukraine - Lysenko "Prayer for Ukraine"

Music for Stage & Screen - 10 July 2022

A light-hearted Summer Concert in aid of South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice which contained many great songs from the world of Stage and Screen, including: 

A medley of the best James Bond themes; songs by Cole Porter and Gershwin; the theme song from 'Titanic'; Moon River from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and many other favourites.

Christmas Concert - 16 December 2022

Performing a range of Christmas music both familiar and new, including songs by some well known contemporary choral composers including:

• Ola Gjeilo - Northern Lights
• Howard Skempton - Adam lay ybounden
• Will Todd - My Lord has come
• John Rutter - Candlelight Carol
• Cecilia McDowall - A Heavenly Song
• Bob Chilcott - Sussex Carol 

A Venetian Celebration - 25 February 2023

Sterndale Singers were  joined by an experts Brass Group for a programme of uplifting and joyful music for choir, brass and organ, including music by:

• Giovanni Gabrieli
• Claudio Monteverdi 
• Heinrich Schutz
• Lodovico da Viadana

Classical Sheffield "Sounds of Heaven" -18 March 2023

Sterndale Singers, Sheffield Chamber Choir, Sheffield Chorale and Steel City Choristers performed individually and also joined together to sing John Tavener's masterpiece "God is with Us" in St Marie's Cathedral.

Sounds of Heaven

A Garland of Flowers -17 June 2023

Our summer concert including a variety of choral music inspired by nature including pieces by: 

William Billings, Benjamin Britten, Nils Lindberg, Jakko Mantyjarvi, Hubert Parry, Camille Saint-Saens, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Thomas Wilbye and others.

Let Your Spirit Soar - 7 October 2023

Joint concert with Sheffield Chamber Choir and Sheffield Symphony Orchestra:

• Puccini - Messa di Gloria
• Jenkins - The Armed Man

with organist Jonathan Gooing & soloists Ben Thapa (Tenor), Peter Taylor (Baritone), Daniel Summer (Bass)

Concerts for Remembrance in Swinton and Sheffield - 11 & 12 November 2023

We joined forces with our friends Bel Canto in two separate concerts commemorating Remembrance Day: 

• Puccini - Messa di Gloria
• Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man

with organist Jonathan Gooing & soloist Clare Wheat (soprano)

Christmas Concert - 22 December 2023

Our concert featured Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols" in the original version for upper voices with harp accompaniment by Alley York-Bridge.

We were also joined by organist Peter Heginbotham, who accompanied us as we performed a seasonal programme of music both old and new, including:

When thou wast born in wintertime - Lennox Berkeley; A Boy was born - Benjamin Britten; In the bleak midwinter - Harold Darke; There is no Rose - John Joubert; I sing of a maiden - Matthew Martin; Nativity Carol - John Rutter.

O Vos Omnes - 24 March 2024

A choral meditation for Passiontide taking us on a journey from Christ's triumphant entry to Jerusalem through to his crucifixion on Good Friday.

The programme featured several settings of the text "O Vos Omnes" (O ye that pass by, attend and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow) as well as one of the finest unaccompanied settings of the Mass ever written - The Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd. Other composers included: Weelkes, Tallis, Victoria, Bruckner, Lassus and Durufle.

Carnival of the Animals - 6 July 2024

Our summer concert was a delightful and eclectic programme of choral music about animals... and a few birds too! Everything from peacocks to pussy cats and blackbirds to bears, and many more in between!

Music included pieces by Andrew Carter, Aaron Copeland, Flanders and Swan, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Rutter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Eric Whitacre, Clement Janequin, Orlando Gibbons, John Wilbye and others.

Choral Jazz Concert - 26 October 2024

We were joined by jazz trio Jonathan Gooing (piano), Michael Bardon (double bass) and Nicholas Honeybone (drum kit) in a wonderful concert which included: 

• Bob Chilcott - A Little Jazz Mass 
• George Shearing - Music to Hear by
• John Rutter - Birthday Madrigals 

Faure Requiem - 10 November 2024

To commemorate Remembrance Sunday, we performed one of the best loved Requiem Masses. 

Featuring  Jonathan Gooing (Organ), Taylor (Baritone) and Susan Austin (Soprano for Pie Jesu).

Christmas Concert - 20 December 2024

Performing with the West Riding Ensemble, Jonathan Gooing (organ) and Peter Taylor (baritone) provided a truly festive feast of Christmas music, including:

• Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
• Charpentier - Messe de Minuit
• Buxtehude - Magnificat and In Dulci Jubilo 
• Gjeilo - The Rose and much more

Sounds of Heaven - 23 March 2025

Sheffield Choral, Sterndale Singers, Sheffield Chamber Choir and Steel City Choristers joined forces to sing John Tavener's "God is with Us" and a selection of other heavenly choral pieces.