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In the Autumn of 2022, we were pleased to appoint
David Chan as our MD/Conductor.
We have held three concerts, all on the final week of
term.
We have reallyenjoyed the
varied and exciting programmes David has chosen for us:
Christmas Concert
2022.
For this concert we were
joined by some of the singers from St Laurence, Upminster.
In the bleak mid-winter (Darke)
I Wander as I Wonder (arr. John Rutter)
Away in a Manger (Michael Higgins)
Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your head (arr. Bob Chilcott)
A Lullaby of The Nativity (Richard Blackford)
Soprano Solo (Kathryn Reynolds,
piano: Ian Pirie): This Endris Night (Sarah Quartel)
Candlelight Carol (John Rutter) - Cappella only
There is no rose (trans. by John Steven) -
Cappella/St Laurence
Quem
Pastores (Patrick Hawes)
A New Year Carol (Britten) - Cappella only
Congregational Carol: First Noel
Congregational Carol: O Come all ye Faithful
Spring Concert 2023.
The Lark in the Clear Air - Irish Air, arr.
John Vine
Sure on this Shinning Night - Samuel Barber
Four Bird Songs - Alan Bullard
A Red, Red Rose - Eric Barnum
My Love is Like a Red Red
Rose - Scottish Song, arr. Donald Cashmore
Ave Maria - Franz Biebl
Linden Lea - Vaughan Williams
Bushes and Briars - Essex Folk Song, arr.
Vaughan Williams
Down Among the Dead Men - Old English Air, arr.
Vaughan Williams
The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre
Summer Concert 2023
Sing Gently - Eric Whitacre
The Goslings - Frederick Bridge
As She Goes - Stephen Hatfield
Vocal Solo (Kathryn Reynolds, harp: Hilary Barkwith): The Blackbird & the Thrush
A Swan - Grieg, arr. Alan Bullard
The Tiger - Alan Bullard
Flute (Linda Hayden)
and Harp (Hilary Barkwith):
The Eagles Whistle
Alas Poor World, Op.110 No.2 - Brahms
Ubi Caritas - Ola Gjeilo
Vocal Solo (Jane Keene, harp: Hilary Barkwith): She Moved Through the Fair
Like A Rainbow Shining - Will Todd
Stars of the summer night - Andy Brooke
What is the song the stars sing? - Malcolm Archer
Stars - Eriks Esenvalds
Summer Concert 2022.
Conductor: Joe Tobin
From Flexible Choral
Songs:
Spring Term 2022
Conductor: Joe Tobin
Oxford book of flexible Anthems
Were you there? Arr.Peter Hunt
O for a
closer walk with God Stanford(?)
Hosanna to the Son of David Telleman
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Schubert
Hide not thou thy face from
us O Lord Farrant
Be still for the presence of
the Lord arr.
Shepherd
A prayer of St Richard of
Chichester L J White
Psalm 150 Chilcott
Madrigals
Springtime mantleth every bough Morley
Change then, for she changeth Holborne
Though
Philomena lost her love
Byrd Mass for three voices:
Sanctus, Agnus Dei (finishing off what we
started in 2019!)
Christmas 2021.
Conductor: Joe Tobin
Concert at last rehearsal: 2nd
Dec.
Songs for Spring:
Youll - Whilst joyful springtime lasteth
Sweet Phyllis stay
Tomkins - How great delight
Byrd - The Eagle's force
Mendelssohn - Departure
Arr. L'Estrange - Afton Water
Christmas Songs: (Carols for Choirs 1):
Ding dong, merrily on high
Hark the herald
O come all ye faithful
God rest ye merry Gentlemen
Away in a manger (2nd tune)
Gloucestershire Wassail
Rutter SAMen book:
Star carol
What sweeter music
The very best time of the year
Angel carol
All bells in paradise
Separate sheet:
O come, O come Emmanuel (2 part original verses)
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Summer 2020, Christmas 2020, Spring and
Summer 2021 cancelled owing to Covid pandemic
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Spring concert 2020 cancelled, but the choir worked on
the following:
Bush - Henry Martin
Byrd - Of Flattering Speech
Byrd - The Eagles Force
Mendelssohn - Departure
Parry - Auld Lang Syne
Parry - The Birks of Abergeldie
Purcell - He that drinks is immortal
Tomkins - How Great Delight
Youll - Sweet Phyllis Stay
Youll - Whiles Joyful Springtime
Christmas 2019
Conductor: Joe Tobin
6th Dec 2019
Carols:
Four part:
- Ding Dong – 4
- Hark the Herald – 3:30
- King Jesus had a Garden – 3:30
- Once in Royal David’s City – 4
- O come all ye faithful – 4
Three Part:
- Coventry Carol ed. Tobin – 3:30
- There is no rose, 15th cent – 3:30
Rutter Three part collection (SA & Men):
- Candlelight carol – 4
- What sweeter music – 2:30
- Angel’s Carol – 3:30
- The very best time of the year – 3:30
Other:
Byrd 3 part mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus + Ben, Agnus Dei) – 11
Mendelssohn: There shall a star from Jacob come forth
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Summer
Concert 2019
Conductor: Jamie Sperling
Choir: Exsultate
Justi Lodovico
Viadana
Laudate Dominum J
P Sweelinck
Sicut
Cervus G
P da Palestrina
Ach, arme
Welt Johannes
Brahms
Locus iste Anton
Bruckner
Choir: Abendlied Josef
Rheinberger
Solo: Verborgenheit Hugo Wolf
Soprano Kathryn Reynolds; Accompanist
Ian Pirie
Solo: Prelude No 1 in C major J
S Bach
Pianist Ian Pirie
Jesu, meine Freude (excerpts) J
S Bach
SHORT INTERVAL
Choir: God and the Universe Sir Charles Villiers
Stanford
The Shower Edward
Elgar
Solo: Salut d’Amour Edward Elgar
Jenny Reckless Violin;
Piano Hilary Barkwith
Solo: Pleading Edward Elgar
Tenor Ian Pirie; Piano
Daphne Ewington
Choir: Songs of Nature Antonin Dvorak
Jesu, joy of man’s
desiring J S Bach
Accompanist: Hilary Barkwith
Spring
Concert 2019
Conductor:
Jamie Sperling
Programme
FIRST HALF
John Bennet (fl. 1599 – 1614): All Creatures
Now
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897): 6 Lieder und Romanzen
op.93a :
1.
Der bucklichte Fiedler (The Hunch-back fiddler)
2. Das Mädchen (The
maiden)
3.
O süßer Mai (O sweet May)
Solo – Daphne Ewington
(Soprano): Brahms, Die Mainacht acc
Ian Pirie (piano)
Brahms: 6 Lieder:
4. Fahr wohl
(Fare well)
5. Der Falke (The
Falcon)
6. Beherzigung (Taking to Heart)
C.V. Stanford (1852 – 1924):
Heraclitus
Brahms: Von edler Art (from Deutsche Volkslieder)
SECOND HALF
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958): Linden Lea
Ralph Vaughan Williams - from Five English Folk Songs:
The Dark
Eyed Sailor
Solo - Ian Pirie (piano): Edvard Grieg
(1843 – 1907):
Shepherd’s Boy (Lyric Pieces Op 54)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - from Five English Folk Songs:
Just as the tide was flowing
The Lover’s
Ghost
Solo - Hilary Barkwith
(harp): ‘I will leave my country and go along
with you’
(Trad Irish)
(Traditional Shaker tune) arr. Bob Chilcott The Gift to be Simple (b.
1955)
Adapted by Stephen Paulus (1949 – 2014) The Road
Home
Christmas
2018
Conductor:
Jamie Sperling
Choir:
Tomas Luis de Victoria
(1548 – 1611) - O Magnum Mysterium
Jacob Handl
(1550 – 91) - Resonet in laudibus
Solos:
Linda Hayden
(Flute), Hilary Barkwith (Harp):
‘Arioso’ by J.S. Bach, based on cantata 156, arr. Barton.
Nick lamb (Tenor), Hilary Barkwith
(Harp):
‘O Holy Night’ by Adolph Adam, arr.
Rohrbacher
Choir:
Arr. Michael
Praetorius (1571 – 1621) - Quem pastores
laudavere
William Byrd
(ca. 1539 – 1623) - O magnum mysterium
Solos:
Jane Keane (Soprano), Ian Pirie (Piano):
O Tannenbaum (trad.)
Kathryn Reynolds (Soprano), Ian Pirie (Piano):
The First Mercy by Peter Warlock (1894 –
1930)
Choir:
Michael Praetorius - A great and mighty
wonder
Anton Bruckner
(1824 – 1896) - Virga Jesse
Flecha (Mateo
Flecha el Viejo, 1481 – 1553) - Riu, riu, chiu
Short Interval
Audience: Once in Royal David’s City
Choir:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 –
1958)- The truth from above (arr. Willcocks)
Angelus ad virginem (arr. Willcocks)
Of the Father’s
heart begotten (arr. Willcocks)
John Rutter (b.
1945) - Nativity Carol
Audience: Joy to the World!
Choir:
Joanna Gill
(words: Becca Beschizza) – Look to the stable
William Mathias
(1934 – 1992) - A babe is born
Audience: Hark the herald angels sing
Choir Encore: A Merry Christmas
Summer
Concert 2018
Conductor: Jamie Sperling
Accompanist: Hilary Barkwith
(piano)
Folk Songs of the British Isles
First Half
Robert Pearsall Sing
we and chant it
Frederick
Bridge The
Goslings
Edward Bairstow The Oak and The Ash
Instrumental: The Ash
Grove (arr. Skaila Kanga):
Linda Hayden (flute), Hilary Barkwith
(harp)
R.
Vaughan Williams Ca’ the yowes
The turtle dove
Solo: The Wraggle
Taggle Gypsies:
Jill Luff (soprano), John Luff
(guitar)
Duet: Scarborough Fair (arr. Jay Althouse):
Jill Luff, Kathryn
Reynolds (soprano), John Luff (guitar)
Solo: The Foggy Foggy Dew (arr. Benjamin
Britten):
Ian Pirie (Baritone), Paul McDowell (piano)
Gustav Holst I sowed the seeds of love
I love my love
Swansea Town
Second Half
John Rutter The Sprig of Thyme
The Bold
Grenadier
The Keel
Row
The Willow
Tree
Sprig of
Thyme
Down by
the Sally Gardens
The Cuckoo
I know
where I’m going
Willow
Song
O can ye sew
cushions?
The Miller
of Dee
Afton
Water
Spring Concert, 23rd March 2018
The Old Chapel, Upminster
Music Director: Jamie Sperling
Choir: Pastime with Good Company Henry
VIII
Hide Not Thou Thy Face Richard Farrant
Give Almes of thy Goods Christopher Tye
I Heard a Voice Thomas
Tomkins
Duet: Sweet
Nymph Come to thy Lover Thomas
Morley
Jill Luff & Kathryn Reynolds, accompanist Ian
Pirie
Choir: April is in My Mistress' Face Thomas Morley
Weep, weep, mine eyes
John Wilbye
Solo: The Violet, Wolfgang
Mozart
Jane Keane, accompanist
Ian Pirie
Choir: Sweet Suffolk Owl Thomas
Vautor
Short
Interval
Choir: Weep you no more sad fountains John Dowland
Ach, Weh des Leiden Hans
Leo Hassler
Tanzen und Springen Hans
Leo Hassler
Duet: O
Would That My Love Could Be Felix
Mendelssohn
Kathryn
Reynolds & Nick Lamb, accompanist Ian Pirie
Choir: Ancor che col partire
Cipriano de Rore
Shakespeare Settings:
Solo: Crabbed
Age & Youth Madeleine
Dring
Jill Luff, accompanist Ian
Pirie
Duet: Who
is Sylvia
Franz Schubert
Ian
Pirie & Daphne Ewington
accompanist
Paul McDowell
Choir: The Cloud-Capped Towers
from 3 Shakespeare Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams
C Hubert Parry songs:
Choir: Crossing the Bar
Music, when soft voices die
My Soul There Is A Country
Christmas Concert 2017
Conductor: Jamie Sperling
Choir: Matin Responsory Palestrina
Choir: Ceremony of Carols Benjamin
Britten
Harpist:
Hilary Barkwith
Procession
Wolcum Yole
There is no Rose
That Yongë
child
Balulalow (Soloist Daphne Ewington)
As dew in Aprille
This little Babe
Interlude (harp solo)
In Freezing Winter Night
Spring Carol
Deo Gracias
Recession
(short
interval)
Audience: O
Come, O Come Emmanuel
Choir: Adam Lay YBounden Boris Ord
Coventry
Carol arr. Martin Shaw
Audience: The First Nowell
Duet: The Little Road to Bethlehem
Soloists: Jill Luff, Kathryn Reynolds
Choir: Christe Adoramus Te Claudio Monteverdi
Sussex Carol arr. David Willcocks
Audience: O Come All Ye Faithful
Choir: O Little One Sweet Alex Turner
Soloist: Jane Keane
Sans Day Carol John Rutter
Audience: Hark The Herald
Angels Sing
(Encore) The Twelve Days of Christmas John Rutter
Summer
2017
Conductor:
Jamie Sperling
John of Fornsete
–
Trad. – Greensleeves
Anon. - Dindirín, Dindirín
Thomas Morley – It was a lover and his lass
Thomas Morley - My bonny lass she smileth
Thomas Morley – Now is the month of maying
Claudio Monteverdi - Ohimè, se tanto amate
Joseph Haydn - Die Harmonie in der Ehe
Robert Pearsall – Summer is y’comin in
Robert Pearsall – Sing we and chaunt it
Robert Pearsall – Light of my Soul
Gerald Finzi - My Spirit Sang all Day
Edward Elgar - As torrents in summer
Charles V. Stanford - The Blue Bird
John Rutter - It was a lover and his lass
John Rutter - Draw on sweet night
John Rutter – Come live with me
John Rutter – When daisies pied
Wilbye - Weep, Weep, my eyes
Spring Concert 2017
Anthems and Madrigals
through the ages,
including music by Thomas
Tallis, William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Arthur Sullivan, John Rutter
Friday 31st March, 8.00pm, The Old
Chapel
Peter Philips: Ascendit Deus
Thomas Tallis: If Ye Love Me
Richard Farrant/John Hilton:
Lord for thy Tender Mercy’s Sake
William Byrd: Justorum Animae
Ditto: Ave Verum Corpus
Ditto: Sing Joyfully
Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and
Everlasting God
Henry Purcell: Thou Knowest Lord the Secrets of our Hearts (IMSLP)
Ditto: Hear My Prayer
(IMSLP/RAM)
Charles Wood; This Joyful
Eastertide (New English Hymnal)
Thomas Campion: Never Weather-Beaten
Sail
John Bennet: All Creatures
Now
Orlando Gibbons: Ah Dear
Heart
Ditto: The Silver Swan
Athur Sullivan: The Long Day
Closes
John Rutter: My True Love
Hath My Heart (from The Birthday Madrigals)
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The
Cappella Singers Christmas Concert
Christmas
2016
Winter
Wonderland
Conductor: Jonathan Schranz
Congregational: O Little Town of
Choir: The Seven Joys Carol Collection -
Andrew Daldorph Accompanist: Hilary Barkwith
Veni, Veni
The Angel
Carol
Be Still (Jane Keane, Nick
Lamb)
Christ was
born on Christmas Day
Shine On
Three Kings
The Seven
Joys
Congregational: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Solo: Ave Maria - Schubert (Nick Lamb, Hilary Barkwith)
Congregational: Away in a Manger
Choir: Follow that Star - 7 Christmas
Songs in Close Harmony Arr. Peter Gritton
Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Winter
Wonderland
Follow that
Star
Santa Claus
is Coming to Town
Mary’s Boy
Child
Just
Another Star
The
Christmas Song
Solo: The Carol Singers – T.C.
Sterndale-Bennett (Ian Pirie, Paul
McDowell)
Quartet:
White Christmas - Irving Berlin,
Quartet:
Let it Snow - Julie Styne
(Jill Luff, Mike Ewington,
Ted Simkins, Jonathan Schranz)
Congregational: O Come all ye Faithful
Choir: Rise Up, Shepherd – Traditional
Spiritual Arr. L Ballantine
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The Cappella Singers
Summer Concert 2016
Songs from the
Songs attributed to Henry VIII
Pastime
with Good Company
O
My Heart
Greensleeves
Solo & Harp She
moves through the fair arr.
J Marson
Jane
Keane, Hilary Barkwith
Four Madrigals
Weep
O mine eyes John
Bennet 1599-1614
Weep
you no more, sad fountains John
Dowland 1563-1626
Now
is the month of Maying Thomas
Morley 1557-1602
Fair
Phyllis John
Farmer 1591-1601
Solo & Harp Awake
Sweet Love John Dowland
Ian
Pirie, Hilary Barkwith
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Folk Song arrangements
I
love my love
I
sowed the seeds of love
Solo & Harp Watching
the Wheat arr. H
Greehl
Daphne
Ewington, Hilary Barkwith
Solo Harp The
Golden Harp arr.
A
Hilary
Barkwith
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Folk Song
Arrangements
The
Dark Eyed Sailor
The
Springtime of the year
Just
as the time was flowing
The
Lover’s Ghost
Wassail
Song
Solos & Harp My
Lagan Love arr.
H Harty
The
Lark in the clear air arr.
J Marson
Ian
Pirie, Kathryn Reynolds, Hilary Barkwith
Flower Song The Evening Primrose B.
Britten (1913-76)
Finale: Sing
a song of sixpence John Rutter b. 1945
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Spring
Concert
March
18th 2016.
Conductor: Jonathan Schranz
Choir:
1. John Willbye: Thou Art but Young thou Say’st
2. John Willbye: Weep, Weep Mine Eyes
3. Knud Jeppesen:
Four Shakespeare Songs
Solos:
4. Graham
Robb: Jazz Sonnets (Nick, Jill, Katherine)
5.
Full Fathom Five
The Cloud Capp’d
Towers
Over Hill, Over Dale
6. John
Cook: Fear No More the Heat O’ the Sun
Duet:
7. Roger
Quilter: It Was a Lover and his Lass (Daphne, Ian)
Solo:
8. Gerald Finzi; O Mistress Mine (Ian)
9.
Solo:
10. Ian
Higginson: Fear No More the Heat O’ the Sun (Jane)
11. George
Shearing: Songs and Sonnets
Live with me and be my Love
When Daffodils
It was a Lover...
Spring
Who Is Sylvia?
Fie on Sinful Fantasy
Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain
12. John Willbye: Draw On Sweet Night.
Cappella
Singers Christmas Concert 2015
Conductor: Jonathan Schranz
Choir:
O Magnum Mysterium T.L.
de Victoria (1548 – 1611)
Exsultate
Deo G.P.
da Palestrina (1525 – 1594)
Missa
super Dixit Maria: Hans
Leo Hassler (1564 – 1612)
Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and
Benedictus, Agnus Dei.
Harp Solos (Hilary Barkwith):
Medieval
Hymn: Jesu Christes Mild Moder arr. S. Milligan
Plainsong
meditation: Adoro Te Devots arr. D. Burton
Choir:
Puer Natus est Nobis William Byrd
(ca. 1540 – 1623)
Congregational:
O Come O
Come Emmanuel arr.
David Wilcocks (1919 – 2015)
Choir:
The Crown
of Roses P.I.
Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Jesus
Christ the Apple Tree Elizabeth
Poston (1905 – 1987)
Trio: (Daphne Ewington,
Judith Holt, Jill Luff, acc. Hilary Barkwith)
Maria Walks
Amid the Thorn Andrew
Carter (born 1939)
Solo: (Jill Luff acc. Hilary Barkwith)
The Little
Road to
Congregational:
Hark the
Herald Angels Sing F.
Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Choir:
Cradle Song
Richard
Causton (born 1971)
Indulgent Jubilo – for The Cappella Singers of Upminster
Nicolas
Walker (born 1994)
Congregational:
Ding Dong
Merrily on High 16th
c. French, arr. Charles Wood
(1866
– 1926)
Choir:
Cradle Song
trad.
Flemish arr. John Rutter
(born 1945)
Duets: (Linda Hayden flute, Hilary Barkwith harp):
Charms of
Christmas arr.
S. Morgan-Thomas
Ukrainian Bells
Carol, with God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
arr.
E.& E. Brock
Choir:
I Wonder as
I wander John
Rutter
Congregational:
O Come all
ye Faithful arr.
David Willcocks
Star Carol John
Rutter
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Conductor Robert Jacobs
A programme of Early Music featuring Purcell: Symphony Anthems and Vivaldi: Gloria
Accompanied by a String
Quartet from the Havering Concert Orchestra
Choir: I Was Glad Henry Purcell
Thou knowest,
Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Solo: Sweeter than Roses Henry Purcell
Ian Pirie
Choir: O Sing Unto the Lord Henry Purcell
(HCO Ensemble)
Soloist: Paul McDowell
Choir: O God, the King of glory
Solo: Silent Worship G F Handel
R. Francis Parkin
Choir: Remember not, Lord Henry Purcell
Rejoice in the Lord, alway
(HCO Ensemble)
Solo: Lascia ch’io
pianga G
F Handel
Jill Luff arr.
M Rondeau
Choir & HCO Ensemble
GLORIA Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Et in terra pax hominibus
Laudamus Te: (Jill Luff,
Kathryn Reynolds)
Gratias agimus
tibi
Domine
Deus, Rex Coelestis: (Jill
Luff)
Domine Fili unigenite
Dominus Deus, Agnus Dei: (Judith
Holt)
Qui Tollis peccata mundi
Qui sedes ad dexteram
Patris: (Judith Holt)
Quonium tu solus sanctus
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Havering
Concert Ensemble:
Paul Kelly,
1st violin; Katy Kelly, 2nd violin; Jenny Reckless, viola;
Andrew Crichton, ‘cello;
Paul
Hollingsworth, Trumpet; Dylan Man, Oboe.
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Spring
Concert,
Conductor:
Robert Jacobs
Choir:
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Geistliches Lied (Sacred song)
Words by
Paul Flemming (1609 – 1640) (Let no
sad thought oppress me...)
Max Reger (1873 – 1916) Unser lieben
Frauen Traum
(Our
Lady’s dream)
Josef Rheinberger (1839 – 1901) Abendlied (Abide with us...)
Words: Luke
24:29
Harp solo (Hilary Barkwith):
J.S.Bach: Andante
from violin sonata no. 2, arr. Grandjany
Choir:
J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) Jesu Meine Freude (Jesus My Joy)
Words
(except for IV) by Johann Frank (1618 – 1677)
I Chorale: Jesu
Meine Freude (Jesus,
my joy... nothing shall be dearer to me)
III Choral: Unter
deinem Schirmen (Under your protection I am
safe...)
IV Chor (Jane, Jill, Kathryn, Daphne, Averil, Judith):
Denn
das Gesetz (For the law of the spirit... Romans 8:2)
V Choral: Trotz (
IX Choral: Gute
Nacht (Good night
to an existence that cherishes the world)
XI Chorale: Weicht,
ihr Trauergeiste (Hence, you spirits of sadness...
Jesus comes)
Harp solo (Hilary Barkwith):
J.S.Bach: Sarabande
from violin partita no.1, arr. Grandjany
Choir:
Hans Leo Hassler (1564 – 1612) Ach, Weh des
(Ah,
woe and grief, must we then part?)
Hans Leo Hassler Tanzen und Springen
(Dancing
and leaping... and celebrating, fills my mind)
John Farmer (fl. 1591 – 1601) Fair
Phyllis I saw sitting all alone
Robert Pearsall (1795 – 1856) Who shall have my lady fair?
Two solos (Jill Luff):
George Butterworth (1885 - 1916) The Cuckoo
George Butterworth
Sowing
the seeds of Love.
Choir:
William Paxton (1735 – 1787) Breathe soft, ye winds
Joseph Barnby (1838 – 1896) Sweet and Low
Thomas Morley (1557/8 – 1602) My Bonny Lass
she smileth
Thomas Morley Now
is the month of Maying.
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Christmas
Concert 2014 (including Carols): What Sweeter Music.
Conductor: Robbie Jacobs
Programme included:
John
Rutter: What Sweeter Music
Benjamin Britten:
A New Year Carol
Richard
Rodney Bennett: Out of Your Sleep
William
Mathais: Sir Christemas
Bach: O
Little One Sweet
Will Todd:
My Lord Has Come
Duruflé
Motets: Ubi Caritas, Tota Pulchra Es, Tu Es Petrus, Tantum Ergo
Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus est.
And
Congregational Carols
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Summer
Concert
Conductor: Robert Jacobs
Programme:
Choir:
Francis
Pilkington (1562 – 1638) With
Fragrant Flowers
Have
I Found her?
John Dowland
(1563 – 1626) Come Heavy Sleep
Can
She Excuse My Wrongs
Weep
You No More Sad Fountains
Octet:
Thomas Ford
(d. 1648) Since
First I Saw Your Face
Jane Keane,
Kathryn Reynolds, Averil Silson, Judith Holt, Ian Pirie, Nick Lamb, Paul
McDowell, Ron Parkin.
Solo:
Francis
Pilkington Flow
Not So Fast Ye Fountains
Soprano:
Jill Luff. Guitar: John Luff
Choir:
Francis
Pilkington Rest
Sweet Nymphs
Short Interval
Choir:
Gerald Finzi (1901 – 1956) From: Seven Poems of Robert Bridges:
1. My Spirit Sang All Day
3.
I Praise the Tender Flower
John Rutter
(b. 1945) From Birthday Madrigals:
3.
Come Live With Me and Be my Love
4.
My True Love Hath My
Heart
John
Rutter: Fancies:
Accompanist:
Phil Mitchell (piano)
1.
Tell me where is Fancy Bred
2.
There is a Garden in her Face
3.
The Urchins’ Dance
4.
Riddle Song
5.
6.
The Bellman’s Song
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Spring
Concert:
Conductor: Robbie Jacobs
With instrumentalists – string
quartet.
David Todd (Piano), Rachel Spencer (1st Violin), Charlotte
Fairbairn (2nd Violin), Heather Bourne (Viola), Duncan Strachan
(‘Cello), Hilary Barkwith (Harp).
Choir:
Old American Songs Aaron
Copland
Set 1
The
Boatmen’s Dance
The
Dodger
Long
Time Ago
Simple
Gifts
O
Bought Me a Cat
Duet: The
Water is Wide arr Mark Hayes
(Daphne Ewington & Kathryn Reynolds)
- Short Interval -
Choir:
Fern Hill Music
by John Corigliano, Poem by Dylan Thomas
(Mezzo-Soprano solo Jill Luff)
Duet: Sourwood
Mountain arr Ruth Elaine Schram
(Ian Pirie & Paul
McDowell)
Choir:
Old American Songs Aaron
Copland
Set 2
The
Little Horses
Zion’s
Walls
At
the River
Ching-a-ring
Chaw
Choir:
Shenandoah arr James Erb
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Christmas
Concert:
Conductor: Robbie
Jacobs
ORGANIST: DAVID
TODD
And With Hilary Barkwith (harp)
Programme included:
Scheidt: Puer Natus in
Peter Warlock:
Flecha: Riu Riu Chiu
Vivaldi: Gloria
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Summer
Concert July 2013
Conductor:
Robert Jacobs.
Programme
Choir:
Come Again,
Sweet Love Doth Now Invite John
Dowland (arr. Stefan Schwartz)
Never
Weather-Beaten Sail Thomas
Campion
Rest, Sweet
Nymphs Francis
Pilkington
Weep, O
Mine Eyes John
Bennet
Solos:
Awake,
Sweet Love John
Dowland
Jill Luff (Soprano), John Luff (Guitar)
Flow My
Tears John
Dowland
Ian Pirie (Baritone), John Luff (Guitar)
Choir:
Ach, Weh
des
Tanzen
und Springen Hans
Leo Hassler
Come Woeful
Orpheus William
Byrd
Short Interval
Choir:
Bushes and
Briars R.
Vaughan Williams
(arr. Donald James)
The Turtle
Dove R.
Vaughan Williams
Harp: Hilary Barkwith
My True
Love Hath My Heart arr.
Ian Pirie
(melody by
Claude Debussy)
Londonderry
Air trad.,
arr. Robbie Jacobs
Harp: Hilary Barkwith
Harp solos:
Hilary Barkwith Two
Irish Folk Tunes (t.b.a.)
Choir:
Three
Spirituals from A Child of Our Time Michael
Tippett
By the
Rivers of Babylon trad.,
arr. Ken Burton
Soloists: Daphne Ewington,
Jane Keane, Jill Luff, Kathryn Reynolds,
Nick Lamb, Ian Pirie, R
Francis Parkin
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Spring
Concert 2013: ‘O be joyful’: secular and sacred
part-songs from John Wilbye
to Benjamin Britten.
Conductors: Christopher Hann & Robbie Jacobs
Guest Organist Jeremy Lloyd.
Programme
April is in My Mistress'
Face Thomas
Morley
Sweet
Ah, Dear
Heart
Weep, Weep, Mine
Eyes John Wilbye
Since First I Saw your
Face Thomas Ford
Who shall have my Lady
Fair Robert Pearsall
Four folk-song settings Benjamin Britten
1. David of
the White Rock
2. Bonny at
Morn
Jill Luff (Soprano),
Hilary Barkwith (Harp)
3. The Foggy,
Foggy Dew
4. The Little
Plough-boy
Ian Pirie
(Baritone), Paul McDowell (Piano)
My Love’s an
Arbutus C.V. Stanford
Music, when Soft Voices
Die C. Hubert H. Parry
The Evening
Primrose Benjamin Britten
2nd Half
Jubilate Deo Benjamin
Britten
Like as the Hart Herbert
Howells
A New Heaven Edgar
L. Bainton
Ave Verum Edward Elgar
O thou the Central Orb Charles
Wood
Greater Love John
Ireland
Blessed be the God and Father Samuel Sebastian Wesley
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Feb 2013: ‘Come and Sing’
FAURÉ’S REQUIEM
Choral workshop from
with Christopher Hann, Music Director
Performance at
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CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2012:
Carol – Ding Dong, Merrily
on High Palestrina
Hymn – As with Gladness
Men of Old
POEM: A Christmas
Thought, by Lucy Larcom, read by Averil Silson.
Carol – Good King
Wenceslas Traditional,
arr. Jaques
Carol – The Holy and the
Ivy Tradtional, arr. Jaques
Carol –
Hymn – God Rest Ye Merry,
Gentlemen
TRIO: Brahms – Geistliches Wiegenlied (Lullaby
for the Christ Child)
Soprano:
Jill Luff, Viola: Jenny Reckless, Piano: Ian Pirie.
You holy angels that hover over the palm trees, in the night and the
wind, bring us some stillness! My child is sleeping. Palm trees of
The child of heaven bears our grief, ah how weary he is from the sorrows
of the world.
Ah, when he is sleeping softly his suffering will stop, so bring some
stillness - my child is sleeping.
Cold winds and storms rush down; how shall I clothe the child? O all you
angels, flying in the wind, bring some stillness, my child is sleeping.
Carol – Away in a Manger Tradtional, arr. Jaques
Carol – Infant Holy,
Infant Lowly Tradtional, arr. Willcocks
POEM: I Heard the Bells
on Christmas Day – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, read by Jenny Reckless
Hymn – O Come All Ye
Faithful
Carol – What Cheer? William
Walton
Short
Interval
Hymn – Once in Royal
David’s City
Carol – Quelle est cette Odeur
Agréable? Traditional, arr.
Willcocks
Carol – Sans Day carol Traditional,
arr. Rutter
Carol – I Sing of a Maiden Hadley
Carol – The Infant King Traditional,
arr. Willcocks
Hymn – It Came Upon the
POEM: The Oxen by
Thomas Hardy, read by Ian Pirie
Carol – Resonemus Laudibus Traditional,
arr. Willcocks
Carol – Dormi Jesu Kilmek
Hymn – Hark! The Herald
Angels sing
POEM: Bright Star by
Linda Hayden, read by Linda Hayden
Carol –
Carol – Jingle Bells Pierpont,
arr. Willcocks
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SUMMER CONCERT 2012:
Music by composers with Royal connections
from Henry VIII to William Walton:
Music Director: Christopher
Hann
Organist: Peter Yardley-Jones
England’s
Green and Pleasant Land
1st Half
1.
Pass time with Good Company Henry VIII
2. Tunes for
Archbishop Parker Tallis
i.
Psalm 1
ii.
Psalm 68
3.
If ye Love me Tallis
4. Tunes for
Archbishop Parker Tallis
i.
Psalm 2
ii.
Psalm 67
5.
Gloria (Mass for 4 Voices) Byrd
6.
Ave Verum Corpus Byrd
7.
I am the Resurrection and the Life Croft
8.
Thou Knowest
Lord Purcell
9.
Lord Let me know mine end Greene
10.
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened Handel
2nd Half
1.
Rejoice in the Lord Always
2.
I Vow to thee my Country (with
audience)
3.
Blessed be the God and Father Wesley
4.
My Soul there is a Country Parry
5.
6.
To Music Dyson
7.
The Blue Bird Stanford
8.
Rest
9.
What Cheer! Walton
Encore.
Rule Britannia (with audience)
SPRING CONCERT 2012:
Remembering anniversaries of the
birth or death of various composers:
The 50th anniversary of the death of John Ireland (1879 – 1962)
The 150th anniversary of the birth of:
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Edward German (1862 – 1936)
Frederick Delius (1862 – 1934)
The 400th anniversary of the death of:
Hans Leo Hassler (1564 – 1612)
Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1554 – 1612)
The 500th anniversary of the birth of John Bull (1562 – 1628)
Programme
1st Half
1.
Dixit Maria Hassler
2. Missa Dixit Maria Hassler
Kyrie
Gloria
3.
Fraile man, despise the
treasures Bull
of this life
4. In
the Departure of the Lord Bull
5. Missa Dixit Maria Hassler
Sanctus
Benedictus
6.
O Magnum Mysterium Gabrielli
7. Missa Dixit Maria Hassler
Angus Dei
8.
Ex
9.
Greater Love
2nd Half
1.
Tanzen
und Springen Hassler
2.
Ach, Weh des
3.
The Hills
Solo (Ian Pirie):
John Ireland: Sea Fever, Spring
Sorrow, If there were Dreams to Sell
4.
O Peaceful Night German
5.
Rolling down to
Solo (Jill Luff):
Edward German: Charming Chloe
Delius: Summer Nights, The
Nightingale
6.
Trois Chansons de Charles
I.
Dieu! qu'il a fait bon regarder!
II.
Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin
III.
Yver, vous n'estes
qu'un villain
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Christmas
Concert 2011:
Conductor:
Christopher Hann
Organist:
Felix Yeung
Carol – Matin Responsory
Hymn – Come, thou
Redeemer of the Earth
Carol – The Truth from
Above Trad, arr.
Carol – Adam Lay YBounden B
Ord
Carol – Hail! Blessed
Virgin Mary Trad, arr. Wood
Hymn – Lo he comes with
clouds descending
Carol – Gabriel’s Message Trad, arr. Willcocks
Carol – The Cherry Tree
Carol Trad, arr. Willcocks
Carol – A Maiden most
gentle Trad, arr. Carter
Hymn – O Little Town of
INTERVAL
Carol –
Hymn – Once in Royal
David’s City
Carol – O Magnum Mysterium Gabrielli
Carol – Nativity Carol Rutter
Carol – The Shepherds Pipe
Carol Rutter
Hymn – O Come all ye
Faithful
Carol – Up! Good Christian
Folk Trad, arr. Woodward
and Listen
Carol – Torches Joubert
Carol – Sir Christemas Matthias
Hymn – Hark! The Herald
Angels sing
Carol – I’m Dreaming of a
White Christmas arr. Hann
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Summer
Concert 2011:
Conducted
by: Christopher Hann
“The Evening Primrose”
Guest Soloist:
Jessica
Broad (Soprano)
Choir
My Spirit Sang all Day Finzi
I Praise the Tender Flower Finzi
As Torrents in Summer Elgar
The Evening Primrose Britten
Jessica
Down
by the
There
are Fairies at the bottom Lehmann
of
our Garden
O Mio
Babbino Caro Puccini
(from
Gianni Schicchi)
Choir
Calme des Nuits Saint-Saens
Les Fleurs et les Arbres Saint-Saens
Dieu! Qu’il
la fait bon regarder! Debussy
Jessica
Song
to the Moon Dvorak
(from Rusalka)
Summer
Time Gershwin
Someone
is sending me flowers Baker
Choir
The Blue Bird Stanford
All in the April Evening Roberton
Adiemus Jenkins
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Spring
Concert 2011, Friday April 1st, Songs of Love and Loss
Conductor:
Christopher Hann
1st Half
Quam
Pulcra Es John
Dunstable
Descendi in Hortum Meum Giovanni
Palestrina
Lamentation for Maundy
Thursday Tomás Luis de
Victoria
Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae
Amicus
meus Tomás
Luis de Victoria
Lamentation for Good Friday Tomás Luis de
Victoria
Heth. Cogitavit Dominus
Tanquam ad Latronem Tomás Luis
de Victoria
Lamentation for Holy Saturday Tomás Luis de Victoria
Heth. Misericordiae Domini
Astiserunt Reges Tomás
Luis de Victoria
Rise
up My Love Howard
Skempton
Rise up My Love
My Beloved in Gone
Down
How Fair and How
Pleasant
2nd Half
Fair
Phyliss John
Farmer
Weep,
weep mine eyes John
Wilbye
My
Bonny Lass she Smileth Thomas Morley
The
Silver Swan
Adieu,
Sweet Amaryliss John
Wilbye
All
Creatures Now John
Bennett
Heraclitus
Charles
V Stanford
The
Long Day Closes Arthur
Sullivan
Ae
Fond Kiss Trad,
arr. S.K. Hope
My
Love dwelt in a
My Spirit Sang all Day Gerald Finzi
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CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2010: CANCELLED OWING TO EXTREMELY
POOR WEATHER!
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2010 Summer Concert
Trinity United Reformed Church, Friday, June 25th,
music director: Felix Yeung;
Organist: Shing Ma
Thomas Morley
My Bonnie Lass She Smileth
O
Lord In Thy Wrath
Thomas Tallis
If ye Love Me
Salvator
Mundi
William Byrd Teach me O Lord
Solo
Kathryn Reynolds
Thomas Morley Out of the Deep
(Solos
Averil Silson, Judith Holt)
Two Lute Songs by John Dowland
Awake
Sweet Love Thou Art Return’d
Come
Again, Sweet
Love Doth Now Invite
(Soprano Jill Luff, Guitar John Luff)
William
Byrd Mass for four voices (Kyrie, Gloria,
Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
Sing
Joyfully
Charles Villers Stanford Purest and Highest
O
For A Closer Walk With God
Gerald
Finzi Clear and Gentle Stream
My
Spirit Sang All Day
Edward Elgar As Torrents in Summer
Two Duets by Roger Quilter
Weep You No More Sad Fountains
It was a Lover and his Lass
(Soprano
Daphne Ewington, Tenor Ian Pirie
Accompanist
Paul McDowell)
Arthur Sullivan The
Long Day Closes
Hubert Parry
Music, When Soft Voices
Die
My
Soul, There Is A Country
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Spring Concert: “EAST MEETS WEST”
music director: Felix Yeung
folk songs from
Choir:
EARLY ONE MORNING: (English), arr. Thomas F Dunhill
SHE’S LIKE THE SWALLOW: (
MY SWEETHEART’S LIKE VENUS: (Welsh), arr. Gustav Holst
THE OAK AND THE ASH: (English), arr. Edward Bairstow
Trio: MEN OF HARLECH: (Welsh), Ian, Nick & Paul
Solos: YE BANKS & BRAES: (Scottish), Jill
Choir:
ARIRANG: (Korean), arr. Chen Yi, adapted by Felix
Yeung
THE FLOWING STREAM: (
PAO MA LIU LIU: (Xikang), arr. Zhao Yu-shu,
adapted by Felix Yeung
Quartets: THE ASH GROVE: (Welsh),
WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN? (Scottish)
(arr. Felix Yeung), Jill, Felix, Ian & Paul
Solos: THE LARK IN THE CLEAR AIR: (Irish), Daphne
MY LA
Choir:
SHENANDOAH: (Traditional American), arr. Darmon Meader
THE SAILOR & YOUNG
THE DARK EYED SAILOR: (English) arr. R.
Vaughan-Williams
THE LOVER’S GHOST: (English) arr. R. Vaughan-Williams
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Friday 4th
December 2009, Christmas Concert, conducted by Greg Hallam:
Clemens non Papa: Magi Veniunt
Ord:Adam lay ybounden
Perez:Gloria Laus
The Angel Gabriel
Handl: Ecce Concipies
Bruckner: Virga Jesse Floruit
It came upon the
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Guerrero: Canite Tuba
O come, O come, Immanuel
Praetorius: From Jesse’s Stock Upspringing
R R Bennett: Five Carols
There is no Rose
Out of your Sleep
That Younge Child
Sweet was the Song
Susanni
Angels from the Realms of Glory (with audience)
Byrd: O Magnum Mysterium
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Franz Joseph Haydn Te Deum (for the Empress Marie
Therese)
(1732 – 1809)
(1543 – 1623)
Alonso Lobo Vivo ego, dicit Dominus
(ca.1555 – 1617)
Dietrich Buxtehude Magnificat
(1637 – 1707)
Gabriel Faure Requiem:
(1845 – 1924)
Introit –
Kyrie
Offertorium
Sanctus
Pie Jesu
Agnus Dei
Libera me
In Paradisum
Soloists: Jill Luff, Ian Pirie
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March 2009, Conducted by Greg Hallam: “Songs and
Sonnets”
programme
included
George Shearing’s
settings of sonnets by Shakespeare,
Vaughan Williams’s
Shakespeare Songs,
E.J. Moeran: Under the
Stanford: The
Bluebird,
And music by:
John Dowland,
Orlando di Lassus, John Willbye
Hubert Parry, and
Cole Porter.
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December 2008, Conducted by Greg Hallam: Music for Advent:
Resonet in Laudibus – Handl
O Magnum Mysterium – Victoria
Hodie Christus Natus est – Sweelinck
Almighty
and Everlasting God – Gibbons
O Little
Town of Bethlehem (with audience)
Cibavit Eos – Byrd
A Hymn to
the Virgin – Britten
O Quam Gloriosum –
Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen
– Vulpius
Sancte
Deus – Tallis
Dixit
Maria – Hassler
Away in a
Manger – Jacques
Ave Maria
– Parsons
Hark the
Herald Angels Sing (with audience)
Salve
In Dulci Jubilo - Praetorius
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June 2008,
Conductor: Huw Morgan: Summer Concert:
Part-songs and madrigals, featuring the
work of the 19th century composer Robert Pearsall (1795 – 1856) and
his contemporaries.
Pearsall’s music is not as well-known as
it should be, and our conductor Huw Morgan has been researching and editing his
madrigals and part-songs, which seem in style to belong to the sixteenth
century rather than the nineteenth!
Music by Pearsall:
O
Who will o’er the
My
Bonny Lass She Smileth,
I
Saw Lovely Phillis,
Purple
Glow the
Other music in this concert
included:
Thomas
Ford: Since First I Saw Your Face
William
Horsley: Come, Gentle Zephyr
William
Paxton: Breathe Soft, ye Winds
Thomas
Campion: Never weather-beaten sail
John
Stainer: Cupid, Look About Thee
Benjamin
Britten: The Evening Primrose
Gerald
Finzi: My Spirit Sang all day
C
Hubert Parry: Music, when Soft Voices Die
C.V.
Stanford: Heraclitus
Solos: Two Shakespeare settings by Thomas
Arne:
Blow,
Blow Thou Winter Wind (Soloist: Jill Luff)
When
Daisies Pied (Soloist: Ian Pirie).
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Easter 2008, Conductor: Huw Morgan.
Richard Farrant Call To
Remembrance
Henryry Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
Henry Purcell Thou knowest,
Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Cristobal de Morales Peccantem me quotidie
Gregorian chant Vexilla Regis prodeunt
Tomas Luis de Victoria Pueri Hebraeorum
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Gregorian chant Ubi Caritas
Gregorian chant Tantum Ergo
Felice Anerio Christus factus
est
GOOD FRIDAY
Tomas Luis de Victoria Improperia
John IV of
Thomas Tallis Salvator Mundi
Rodrigo de Ceballos Posuerunt
super caput eius
Tomas Luis de Victoria Vere Languores
EASTER VIGIL
GP da Palestrina Sicut cervus
Gregorian chant Vidi aquam
Jacob Handl Ecce quomodo
EASTER DAY
Francesco Soriano
Ludovico da Viadana Exsultate Iusti
Heinrich Schutz Cantate Domino
William Byrd Sing Joyfully
ASCENSCION
Luca Marenzio
O Rex Gloriae
Peter Philips Ascendit
Deus
PENTECOST
Thomas Tallis If ye love me
Gregor Aichinger Factus est repente
GP da Palestrina Gloria (Missa
Iam Christus Astra Ascenderat)
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December 2007,
Conductor: Huw Morgan: A Christmas Concert:
Hans Leo Hassler – Missa Dixit Maria Kyrie
Gloria
Basque Noel, Arr Edgar
Pettman The Angel Gabriel
Hans Leo Hassler – Missa Dixit Maria Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus
Dei
William Matthias – Ave
Alleluya, a new work is come on hand
There
is no rose
Sir
Christemas
Ave
Rex (repeat)
Huw Morgan - Aperiatur Terra (Let the Earth Open):
First Performance of a piece Composed for the
Cappella Singers:
Mattins Responsory
Advent
Prose
There
is a flow’r sprung of a tree
Shone
to him
Vespers
Responsory
Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams O Little Town of
Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman I Saw a Maiden
Arr. John Rutter Sans
Day Carol
Basque Noel, arr. David Willcocks The
Infant King
John Rutter Nativity
Carol
Arr. David Willcocks The First Nowell
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Songs for a
Summer’s Evening
A joint concert with the James Oglethorpe
School Choirs.
Performed
by the Cappella Singers:
Anon (arr Huw Morgan) Summer
is icumen in
Thomas Morley Now is the month of Maying
Henry Lawes Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
John Farmer Fair Phillys
Thomas Morley Sing we and chant it
Luca Marenzio Scaldava il sol
John Dowland Weep you no more, sad fountains
Robert Pearsall Who shall have my lady fair?
Edward Elgar As Torrents in Summer
Benjamin Britten The Evening Primrose (from 5 Flower
Songs)
Arthur Sullivan The Long Day Closes
George Gershwin Prelude number 2 (Huw Morgan piano solo)
Samuel Barber Sure on this shining night
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April 2007, Conductor: Will Dawes
Held at Langtons Hall,
Hornchurch.
“William Byrd and Other Birds”
Kyrie (from the Mass for four voices) William Byrd (1543-1623)
The Silver Swan
The Blue Bird C Villers
Stanford (1852-1924)
Soloist: Jill Luff
Gloria (from the Mass for four voices) William Byrd
Harp & ‘Cello Duet: The Swan Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921) from The Carnival of Animals arr.
David Burton
On
Wings of Song Felix
Mendelssohn (1809-47) arr. Daniel Burton
Harpist: Hilary Barkwith
‘Cellist: Tim Handel
Choir:
The Turtle Dove R
Soloist: Ian Pirie
Credo (from the Mass for four voices) William Byrd
Sanctus, Benedictus William
Byrd
Sweet
Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno Jacques
Arcadelt (1507-68)
Agnus Dei William
Byrd
Harp & Flute Duet: The Gentle Dove Trad. Welsh adapted
from an arrangement by Meinir Heulyn
The
Blackbird Trad. Welsh adapted from an arrangement by Meinir Heulyn
The
Rising of the Lark Trad. Welsh arr Meinir Heulyn
Harpist: Hilary Barkwith
Flautist: Linda Hayden
Choir:
Ye Little Birds Gustav Holst
(1874-1934)
Lullaby of Birdland George
Shearing (b.1919) arr. Jenny Ewington
The Goslings
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December 2006: “Seasonal Music”: Conductor: Will
Dawes
A Boy was
Born Benjamin
Britten
Gloria in
Excelsis Deo Thomas
Weelkes
Torches Jean
Joubert
Organ Solo: Von Himmel hoch, da komm
ich her, BWV 700 J.S. Bach
Five
Carols Richard
Rodney Bennett
1. There is no Rose: (words: Anon.)
2. Out of your sleep: (Words: 15th century,
Anon.)
3. That Younge Child: (Words: Anon.)
4. Sweet was the song: (Words: William Ballett, 17th
century)
5. Susanni: (Words: 14th
century)
O magnum mysterium William
Byrd
O Holy
Night (Words: Cappeau de Roqemaure)
Adolphe Adam
Organ: In Dulci
Jubilo, BWV 729 J.S.
Bach
All this
time (Words: 16th century) William
Walton
The Lamb
(Words: William Blake) John
Tavener
Sir Christemas (Words: Anon, ca. 1500) William Mathias
Organ: Chorale (1996) William
Mathias
Choir (women): I sing of a maiden (Words: traditional) Patrick Hadley
Today the
Virgin (Words: Mother Thekla) John
Tavener
Ave Maria Robert
Parsons
The Twelve
Days of Christmas (Traditional) John
Rutter
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Conductor:
Graham Walker
Dixit Maria by Hassler
Crucifixus
by Lotti
Exsultate
Deo by Palestrina
Bach: Sarabande and Gigue from Suite
No. 4, for solo cello – soloist Graham Walker.
Mendelssohn:
Psalm 43 (Richte
Kyrie Eleison
Lift Thine Eyeyes (from Elijah) – Jenny Ewington,
Cathy Edkins and Jill Pirie.
For He shall give His Angels
(from Elijah).
Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave
and Lady Barnard (mens’ voices)
Brahms: Two Songs Opus 91, for
contralto, cello and piano – Jill Luff, Graham Walker and Susie Summers.
Brahms: Love Song Waltzes.
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March 2006: Spring Concert:
Conductor Graham Walker
Mozart: Laudate Dominum, Ave Verum Corpus.
Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae
Organ solo: Bach:
Prelude in E Flat BWV 552
Faure: for female
voices:
Cantique de Jean
Maria Mater Gratiae;
Ave verum;
Tantum ergo;
Ave Maria.
Finzi: Lo, the Full
Final Sacrifice.
Organ solo: Bach
Fugue in E Flat BWV 552.
Elgar: Give unto
the Lord.
Soloists: Jill
Luff, Kathryn Reynolds, Ian Pirie, Tim Handel, Judith Holt.
Trumpet: Stuart
Bristow.
Organist: Allan
Walker.
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December 2005:
Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols:
Conductor Graham
Walker
Also:
Britten: A Hymn
to the Virgin
Bruckner: Virga jesse Floruit
Flecha: Riu, riu, chiu
Byrd: Rorate
Caeli Desuper
Parsons: Ave
Maria
Together with
some traditional Christmas carols.
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July 2005: Music on a Summer Evening
The Cappella Singers:
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Voices in Spring
Conductor: Graham Walker
with the Rees Quartet
Giovanni
Battista Pergolesi (1710 – 17360: Stabat Mater
Soloists: Jenny Ewington
(Soprano), Jill Luff (Alto).
John Bennett (fl. 1599 – 1614): All Creatures
Now
C.V. Stanford (1982 – 1924): Heraclitus
Robert Pearsall (1795 – 1856): Lay a
John Dowland (1563 – 1626): Can she Excuse
my Wrongs
Frederick Delius (1862 – 1934): To be sung on a
summer night on the water
John Willbye
(1574 – 1638): Draw
on, Sweet Night
Gerald Finzi
(1901 – 1956): My
Spirit Sang all Day.
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December 2004
with The
“Glad Tidings”
Conductors:
Graham Walker,
Michelle Twine
(The
Cappella Singers: Dixit
Maria, by Hans Leo Hassler
Magnificat
from Gloucester Service, by Herbert Howells.
The
Virgin’s Cradle Hymn (Dormi, Jesu!), by Edmund Rubbra
Cappella Singers: There
were shepherds abiding in the field (Recitative from Messiah)
Glory to God (Chorus from
Messiah), by Friedrich Handel
Cappella Singers: Shepherd’s
Pipe Carol, by John Rutter
Cappella Singers: The
Three Kings, by Peter Cornelius, arr. Ivor Atkins
Soloist: Jill Luff
Organist: Paul Plummer
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June 2004 with
The James Oglethorpe Junior Choir: “A Musical Evening”
Conductors:
Graham Walker
Michelle Twine
(The
Duet: Deborah Rowles and Jill Luff: I
Know Him So Well, from Chess.
The Cappella Singers:
Geistliches Lied, by Brahms
Gloria in Excelsis Deo, by Thomas Weelkes
James Ogelthorpe
Junior Choir:
Swing Low Medley
Cello Solo: The Swan, by Saint-Saens
The Cappella Singers:
The Lord is my Shepherd, by Schubert
James Oglethorpe Choir:
Lean On Me
Fame
The Cappella Singers:
Learsongs, by William
Mathias
Solo: Claire London: Fields of gold, by
Eva Cassidy
James Oglethorpe Choir:
Let It Be, Beatles
With a Little help from my Friends,
Beatles
Cappella Singers and James Oglethorpe
Choir: Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart
Piano: Graham Walker and Claire London.
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March 2004 Brahms: Requiem
Conductor: Graham
Walker
Soloists: Armin Zanner (Baritone)
Jill Luff (Soprano)
Also:
“When David Heard” by Thomas Weelkes
Hear My Prayer, by Mendelssohn
Wash Me Throughly
by Samuel Wesley
Litanies a la Vierge
Noire, by Poulenc.
Organist: Allan Walker
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Nov 2003 “Glad
Tidings”
Conductor: Graham Walker
Organist: Allan Walker
Three Renaissance Advent motets:
Vigilate, by William Byrd
Almighty and Everlasting God, by
Gloria in Excelsis Deo, by Thomas Weelkes
Organ solos: Bach’s Chorale Prelude
“Wachet Auf”, and two settings of In Dulci Jubilo
Three English Anthems:
Blessed city, by Edward Bairstow
Evening Hymn, by Balfour Gardiner
For Lo, I Raise Up, by Stanford
Two Christmas Songs:
Jesus the Apple Tree, by Elizabeth Poston
There is a Flower, by John Rutter
Three Christmas songs:
Look Up Sweet Babe, by
Ave Maris Stella, by Grieg
Salve
Two Carols:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
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July, 2003 “Songs
on a Summer Evening”
Conductor: Graham
Walker.
Three
Tudor Anthems by William Byrd :
Rorate
Coeli
Ne
Irascaris Domine
Haec Dies
Cello
solo: Allemande from Cello Suite No 6 by J.S. Bach (soloist:
Graham Walker)
Victorian
anthems:
C.V.
Stanford (Beati Quorum Via, Justorum Animae, Coelos Ascendit Hodie)
C.
Hubert H. Parry: My Soul there is a Country
Three
French Choral pieces:
G.
Faure: Les Djinns
C.
Saint-Saens: Les Fleurs et les Arbres, and Calme des Nuits.
Tenor
solos: En Sourdine by C. Debussy and Nell by
G. Fauré (soloist: Ian Pirie)
Springtime
madrigals and Songs:
Now
is the Month of Maying (T. Morley)
Fire!
Fire! (T. Morley)
Under
the
Spring,
the Sweet Spring (from Songs of Springtime, by E.J. Moeran)
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March 2003, Spring Concert
Conductor: Graham Walker
Marcel Dupre: Le Monde dans l’Attente du Savieur (organist:
Alan Walker)
Thomas Tallis (1505 – 85): O Nata Lux,
and Salvator Mundi
Peter Warlock (1894 – 1930):
John Tavener (b. 1944): O Do Not Move
Jacob Handl (1550 – 91): Omnes de Saba Venient
Schutz: Praise to Thee Lord Jesus
William Byrd (1543 – 1623): Civitas
Sancti Tui
Thomas Tallis: Salvator Mundi
Edward C. Bairstow (1874 – 1946):
Lamentations of Jeremiah
C. Hubert Parry (1848 – 1918): There is
an Old Belief
John Stainer (1840 – 1901): God So Loved
the World (from The Crucifixion)
Marcel Dupre: Crucifixion (organ solo:
Alan Walker)
Heinrich Schutz (1585 – 1672): Praise to
Thee, Lord Jesus
J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750): At The Sepulchre (from the
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Dec. 2002: “An
Advent Celebration”
Conductor: Graham Walker.
Advent Antiphons
Byrd: Rorate Coeli
Wood: O Thou, the Central Orb
Parson: Ave Maria
Hadley: I Sing of a Maiden
Sweelinck: Hodie
Christus Natus Est
Tavener: The Lamb, and A Christmas
Proclamation.
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Nov 2001: “Homage to Saint Cecilia” Conductor: Freda
Drage
Schubert: To Music
Purcell: If
Music be the Food of Love
Britten: Hymn
to St Cecilia
Howells: Hymn
to St Cecilia
Finzi: God is gone up
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July 2001: “Songs
of Love and Longing”: Conductor: Freda Drage.
Schubert: arrangements for choir from Winterreise
Thou
Art my Rest (for trio)
Matthias: Shakespeare
Songs
Farrar: To
Daffodils
Howells: The
Scribe
For list of pieces previous to 2001,
performed under Freda Drage, go to: Freda Drage
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