Below are detailed the major works which the Society has performed since 1904 – as far as we know from the records we have.
| Composer | Work | Year |
| Bach | Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) | 1976, 1999 |
| St. John Passion (BWV245) | 1989 | |
| St. Matthew Passion (BWV244) | 1967, 1993, 2009, 2012 | |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | 2002 |
| Bizet | Carmen (Concert version) | 1937, 1950, 1958, 1971, 1987 |
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances | 2019 |
| Boughton | Bethlehem | 1981 |
| Brahms | German requiem, Opus 45 | 1974, 1982, 1994, 2004, 2016 |
| Britten | St. Nicholas, Opus 42 | 1965 |
| Coleridge-Taylor | The Song of Hiawatha, Opus 30/1,2 & 4 | 1947, 1964, 1978, 1985, 1992 |
| Durufle | Requiem | 2014, 2023 |
| Dvorak | Te Deum | 2004, 2016 |
| Stabat Mater | 2011 | |
| Dyson | The Canterbury Pilgrims | 1983 |
| Elgar | The Apostles, Opus 49 | 1981, 1985 |
| The Dream of Gerontius, Opus 38 | 1976, 1995, 2003, 2010, 2018 | |
| From the Bavarian Highlands Opus 27 | 1905, 1954, 2007 | |
| The Kingdom, Opus 51 | 1977, 1985, 1988 | |
| The Light of Life (Lux Christi), Opus 29 | 1980 | |
| The Music Makers, Opus 69 | 1955, 1967, 1994, 1999, 2008 | |
| The Spirit of England | 2017 | |
| Ellis | Carols for an Island Christmas | 1995 |
| A Distant Horizon (OCS Commission) | 1998 | |
| Faure | Requiem, Opus 48 | 1960, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2014 |
| Cantique de Jean Racine | 2000, 2019 | |
| Forrest | Requiem for the Living | 2017 |
| German | Merrie England (Concert Version) | 1939, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1971, 1977, 1986 |
| Merrie England (Highlights) | 2013 | |
| Gershwin | Porgy & Bess (Concert Version) | 1980 |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | The Gondoliers | Concert Version 1987; Highlights 2009, 2015 |
| HMS Pinafore | Concert Version 1990; Highlights 2012 | |
| The Mikado | Concert Version 1980; Highlights 2009 | |
| Iolanthe | Highlights 2011 | |
| The Pirates of Penzance | Highlights 2011 | |
| HMS Pinafore | Highlights 2012 | |
| Ruddigore | 1973; Highlights 2015 | |
| The Yeomen of the Guard | Concert Version 1973, 1979; Highlights 2012 | |
| The Ladies in Gilbert & Sullivan | 1986 | |
| Goodall | Eternal Light | 2014 |
| Gounod | Faust | 1947, 1958, 1971 |
| Saint Cecilia Mass | 2000, 2013 | |
| Handel | Coronation Anthems | 2012 |
| Israel in Egypt | 1991 | |
| Judas Maccabeus | 1909, 1975, 1989 | |
| Messiah | Often since 1909; annually for many years. Recently 2003, 2008, 2009 | |
| Harty | The Mystic Trumpeter | 1954 |
| Haydn | Creation | 1889, 1906, 1941, 1962, 1973, 1979, 1984, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2022 |
| Mass in Time of War | 2014 | |
| Horowitz | Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo | 1972 |
| Jenkins | The Armed Man | 2006, 2010 (choral suite), 2018 |
| Lloyd-Webber | Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat | 1972 |
| Lehar | The Merry Widow (Concert Version) | 1981 |
| Liszt | Psalm XIII | 1979 |
| Mascagni | Cavalleria Rusticana (Concert Version) | 1966 |
| Maunder | Olivet to Calvary | 1997 |
| Mendelssohn | Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Opus 52 | 1913, 1948, 1957, 1978, 1983 |
| Elijah, Opus,70 | 1904, 1945, 1946, 1959, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2011 (twice), 2023 | |
| St. Paul, Opus 36 | 1986, 1989, 1998 | |
| Mozart | Requiem KV626 | 1983, 1991, 2001, 2005, 2013 |
| Vesperae Solennes de Confessore KV339 | 1991 | |
| Monckton | The Arcadians (Highlights) | 2013 |
| Offenbach | The Tales of Hoffmann (Concert Version) | 1945, 1952, 1964 |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | 1999 (X2), 2010, 2019 |
| Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | 1936, 2008 |
| Poulenc | Gloria | 1999, 2023 |
| Puccini | Messe di Gloria | 1995, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2022 |
| Purcell | Ode – St. Cecilia’s Day “Hail Bright Cecilia” | 1982 |
| Te Deum in D (St. Cecilia’s Day 1694) | 1982 | |
| Jubilate Deo in D (St. Cecilia’s Day 1694) | 1962 | |
| Dido and Aeneas (Concert Version) | 1963 | |
| Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | 1979, 1982, 1987, 1996, 2007, 2022 |
| Stabat Mater | 1999, 2005, 2015 | |
| Rutter | Magnificat | 1995 |
| Requiem | 2002 | |
| Feel the Spirit | 2006 | |
| A Sprig of Thyme | 2006, 2007, 2022 | |
| Gloria | 2021 | |
| Saint-Saens | Samson and Delilah, Opus 47 (Concert Version) | 1963 |
| Smart | The Bride of Dunkerron | 1912 |
| Smetana | The Bartered Bride (Concert Version) | 1951, 1956, 1967, 1974 |
| Stainer | The Crucifixion | 1972, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1990, 2005 |
| Sullivan | The Golden Legend | 1911 |
| Light of the World | 1988 | |
| Tippet | Five spirituals from ‘A Child of Our Time’ | 2002 |
| Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | 2006 |
| Hugh the Drover (Concert Version) | 1987 | |
| Symphony No.1 “Sea Symphony” | 1933, 2015 | |
| Verdi | Aida (Concert Version) | 1983 |
| Requiem | 1990, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2019 | |
| Vinter | The Trumpets | 1984 |
| Vivaldi | Gloria in D | 1974, 1980, 1982, 1995, 1998, 2009, 2021 |
| Wallace | Maritana (Concert Version) | 1938 |
| Williamson | The World at the Manger | 1977 |
| Young | And Beautiful Be The Dawn (Oldham Choral Society commission) | 2000 |
| Various | Queen Victoria’s Musical Knights | 1986 |
| The Life and Music of Ivor Novello | 1978, 1985 | |
| The Life and Music of Lerner & Loewe | 1982 | |
| An Evening with Dr. Evadne Hinge & Dame Hilda Bracket | 1980 | |
| The Life and Music of Rogers & Hammerstein | 1981 | |
| The Glory of the Baroque – with Adrienne Murray | 2001 | |
| A Night at the Opera – with Helen Field and the Nelson Arion Male Voice Choir | 2004 | |
| Summer Serenade – Miscellaneous Works with Sean Ruane | 2010 | |
| Carol, Christmas & Miscellaneous Concerts | Since 1984 |