While the great oratorios of Bach were performed by more than 40 singers, only three voices per part sang the six-part St John Passion by Johann Christoph Demantius in 1981.

[2] The year 1970 was milestone in the choir's history, when van der Meer devoted himself entirely to Baroque music in historical performance.

[5] In 1975, the choir performed and recorded Bach's Mass in B minor at the Holland Festival; the orchestra was La Petite Bande with concert master Sigiswald Kuijken).

[7] The choir also performed vocal compositions of Josquin Desprez, Heinrich Schütz, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and George Frideric Handel.

[1] Van der Meer's farewell concert was in 1982, a performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt, with the Fiori Musicali and three trombonists from the Musicalische Compagney.