[4] For the Millennium, Southampton Philharmonic Choir, jointly with Leeds Festival Chorus, commissioned a new oratorio The Fall of Jerusalem by Dominic Muldowney, with libretto by James Fenton.
[1] The choir celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2010 with a concert on 24 April in Southampton Guildhall, performing Dominic Muldowney's The Fall of Jerusalem (see above) and Mozart's Requiem.
The choir commissioned a complete English translation of the score, given its first performance at this concert, narrated by actor Samuel West.
The remainder of the season included an accomplished Winchester Cathedral performance of Mozart's Symphony No 29, Solemn Vespers and Mass in C Minor, completed by a summer concert of choral and orchestral music by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Parry, with the City of Southampton Orchestra .
[7] During the 2012-2013 season the choir has performed Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and will follow it with Verdi's Requiem (which will be sung from memory so that the full range and power of this work can be heard), and a joint concert with the City of Southampton Orchestra, comprising Walton's Belshazzar's Feast and Te Deum, along with Elgar's Enigma Variations.