While Leslie Woodgate continued to be Chorus Master of the BBC Choral Society, Sargent was succeeded as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra by Rudolf Schwarz. This took place in 1957; Sargent continued to conduct the Society on many occasions (particularly at the Proms), but a change in direction was immediately apparent with the inclusion in programmes of such new works as "The Bermudas" by lain Hamilton (on 30 October 1957) and such (then) rare works as Monteverdi's "Vespers of 1610 " (on 20 October 1958). Schwarz also conducted "Ulysses" by Matyas Seiber for two concerts in December 1957. In 1958 the BBC Choral Society under Leslie Woodgate travelled to Aachen, where they gave an "a cappella" concert including Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia, and then went on to the Herkulesaal in Munich, where Handel's "Messiah" was performed.