Recent Concerts
Choral Masterpieces from Venice
9th March 2013
| Beatus vir | Monteverdi |
| Messa Concertata | Cavalli |
| Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus and Benedictus Agnus Dei |
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| Interval | |
| Gloria | Vivaldi |
| Gloria in excelsis Deo Et in terra pax hominibus Laudamus te Gratias agimus tibi Domine Deus, Rex coelestis Domine Fili unigenite Domine Deus, Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Quoniam tu solus sanctus Cum Sancto Spiritu |
Christmas at Blackmore
18th December 2012
| Gaudete! | arr. Ben Parry |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Tomás Luis de Victoria |
| Of the Father’s love begotten | arr. David Willcocks |
| A little child there is yborn | Malcolm Archer |
| Infant holy | arr. David Willcocks |
| Here is the little door | Herbert Howells |
| Magnificat (Collegium Regale) | Herbert Howells |
| O little town of Bethlehem | arr. R. Vaughan Williams |
| The linden tree carol | arr. Reginald Jacques |
| The holly and the ivy | Matthew Owens |
| Christmas Day | Gustav Holst |
| Interval | |
| It came upon the midnight clear | adapted Arthur Sullivan |
| Nativity carol | John Rutter |
| Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming | arr. David Blackwell |
| My Lord has Come | Will Todd |
| Sussex Carol | arr. Bob Chilcott |
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| Eddi’s Service | Rudyard Kipling |
| In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke |
| What child is this? | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Hark! the herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn |
Note-able Anniversaries
27th October 2012
| Laudate Dominum | Sweelinck |
| Dixit Maria | Hassler |
| Edinburgh Mass | Jackson |
| Kyrie and Gloria | |
| Organ solo: | |
| Trio Sonata No. 4 in E minor BWV 528 | J.S. Bach |
| 1st movement | |
| Jubilate Deo | G. Gabrieli |
| Edinburgh Mass | Jackson |
| Sanctus and Agnus Dei | |
| Inviolata | Willaert |
| Interval | |
| Kyrie | G. Gabrieli |
| Komm, Jesu, komm | J.S. Bach |
| Great love hath no man | Ireland |
| Organ solo | |
| Chorale Prelude: In Dir ist Freude BWV 615 | J.S. Bach |
| Trois chansons de Charles d'Orleans | Debussy |
| Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! | |
| Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin | |
| Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain | |
| O Peaceful Night | E. German |
William Byrd Anniversary Concert
3rd July 2012
| Gaudeamus omnes in Domino | Byrd |
| Mass for Five Voices | Byrd |
| Kyrie and Gloria | |
| Ad te levavi | White |
| O Lord, the maker of all thing | Mundy |
| Ave Maria | Parsons |
| Organ solo | |
| Pavan 'The Earle of Salisbury' and Galliard | Byrd |
| Mass for Five Voices | Byrd |
| Sanctus and Benedictus | |
| Agnus Dei | |
| Laudate Dominum | Byrd |
| Interval | |
| Pastyme with good companye | Henry VIII |
| O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth | Byrd |
| All creatures now | Bennet |
| Reading | |
| from 'The Streets of Pompeii' | Henry Reed |
| O Mirtillo, Mirtillo, anima mea | Monteverdi |
| Lieto godea | Gabrieli |
| Scaldava il sol | Marenzio |
| Bella Angioletta | Gesualdo |
| Mátra Pictures | Kodály |
Touches of Sweet Harmony
21st April 2012
Michael Frith - accompanist
Phil Toms - double bass
| Choruses from The Fairy Queen | Henry Purcell |
| Hail! great parent | |
| May the God of Wit inspire | |
| Now join your warbling voices all | |
| Hush! no more! | |
| I press her hand gently | |
| A thousand, thousand ways | |
| They shall be as happy | |
| from Five Elizabethan Lyrics | C. Armstrong Gibbs |
| Fidele | |
| Matin Song | |
| A Lover's Song | |
| Sonnet: How can my Muse want subject to invent | Shakespeare |
| Three Shakespeare Settings (First performance) | Christopher Tinker |
| Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? | |
| Sigh no more, ladies | |
| I know a bank | |
| Sonnet: Let me not to the marriage of true minds | Shakespeare |
| Three Shakespeare Songs | R. Vaughan Williams |
| Full Fathom Five | |
| The Cloud-Capp'd Towers | |
| Over Hill, Over Dale | |
| Full Fathom Five | Charles Wood |
| Interval | |
| Serenade to Music | R. Vaughan Williams |
| Sonnet: Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws | Shakespeare |
| Blow, blow, thou winter wind | John Rutter |
| Sonnet: Anne Hathaway | Carol Ann Duffy |
| Songs and Sonnets | George Shearing |
| Live with me and be my love | |
| When daffodils begin to peer | |
| It was a lover and his lass | |
| Spring | |
| Who is Silvia? | |
| Fie on sinful fantasy | |
| Hey, ho, the wind and the rain |
Christmas at Blackmore
20th December 2011
with Michael Frith - organ
| Hodie Christus natus est | Sweelinck |
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O come, O come, Emmanuel |
arr. Willcocks |
| From "Messiah" | Handel |
| And the glory of the Lord | |
| And he shall purify | |
| For unto us a child is born | |
| Pastoral Symphony | |
| There were shepherds | |
| Glory to God | |
| Magnificat | Arvo Part |
| A Hymn to the Virgin | Britten |
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Reading |
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O little Town of Bethlehem |
arr. Vaughan Williams |
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Videte miraculum |
Tallis |
| The Virgin unspotted | arr. I. Holst |
| The twelve kindly months | I Holst |
| I wonder as I wander | Rutti |
| Child of the stable's secret birth | Hewitt Jones |
| Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child | Leighton |
| What sweeter music | Rutter |
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O come, all ye faithful |
arr.Willcocks |
| Hodie Christus natus est | Poulenc |
An Old Belief - Music spanning five centuries
22nd October 2011
| Ave Regina coeli | Dufay |
| Ave Maria |
Josquin |
| Brentwood Brass | |
| Sonata Pian' e Forte |
Giovanni Gabrieli |
| O magnum mysterium Jubilate Deo |
Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli |
| Brentwood Brass | |
| Earle of Oxford's Marche |
Byrd arr. Howarth |
| Timor et Tremor Ave verum Corpus Crucifixus |
Lassus Lassus Lotti |
| Interval |
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| Songs of Farewell | Parry |
| My soul, there is a country I know my soul hath power Never, weather beaten sail There is an old belief |
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| As torrents in summer My love dwelt in a northern land |
Elgar Elgar |
| Brentwood Brass | |
| Excerpt from Water Music Suite No.1 Shenandoah Eleanor Rigby |
Handel arr. Antonin Vaigl Trad. arr. Alan Fernie Lennon & McCartney arr. Fernie |
| Spirituals from A Child of our Time | Tippett |
| Steal away Nobody knows Go down, Moses By and by Deep river |