The 2010s

Nov 16, 2019

20th Century British Choral Masterpieces

An a capella programme at St Mark’s, Bromley

Bax, Arnold: This Worldës Joie
Britten, Benjamin: Hymn to St Cecilia
Harris, William: Faire is the Heaven
Holst, Gustav: The Evening Watch
Howells, Herbert: Take him, earth, for cherishing
Naylor, Edward: Vox dicentis: Clama
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
Tavener, John: The lamb
Tippett, Michael: Five spirituals from A Child of our Time
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Shakespeare songs
Walton, William: Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Nov 9, 2019

20th Century British Choral Masterpieces

An a capella programme at St Katharine Cree (City of London). A Brandenburg Choral Festival of London event.

Bax, Arnold: This Worldës Joie
Britten, Benjamin: Hymn to St Cecilia
Harris, William: Faire is the Heaven
Holst, Gustav: The Evening Watch
Howells, Herbert: Take him, earth, for cherishing
Naylor, Edward: Vox dicentis: Clama
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
Tavener, John: The lamb
Tippett, Michael: Five spirituals from A Child of our Time
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Shakespeare songs
Walton, William: Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Jun 29, 2019

Dido & Aeneas

Blow, John: God Spake Sometime in Visions
Humfrey, Pelham: Lift up your Hearts
Purcell, Henry: Dido and Aeneas – with Baroque orchestra
Purcell, Henry: Rejoice in the Lord alway – with Baroque orchestra

Apr 13, 2019

St John Passion – by JS Bach

Performed in the original German with a small orchestra of players from the Brandenburg Sinfonia at St Mark’s Church, the Allegri Singers were conducted by Stephen Anthony Brown, who also sang the part of the Evangelist. The part of Jesus was sung by baritone Jon Stainsby. We were also delighted to welcome soprano Chloe Morgan, mezzo Cathy Bell and tenor Gareth Edmunds. Other solo parts were sung by members of the choir.

Nov 18, 2018

Faith & Remembrance

Part two of our collaboration with the Rosenau Sinfonia, who played JS Bach’s ‘Brandenburg Concerto No. 3’. Soloists: Zita Syme (soprano), Kate Warshaw (mezzo), Greg Tassell (tenor), & James Oldfield (baritone).

Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms
Hamilton, Timothy: Requiem

Nov 17, 2018

Love & Remembrance

Part one of a collaboration between the Rosenau Sinfonia and The Allegri Singers at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Included JS Bach’s ‘Brandenburg Concerto No. 3’, Vaughan Williams ‘The Lark Ascending’, Berlioz ‘Les nuits d’été’ and an exciting new work by Timothy Hamilton – his “Requiem”. The Requiem was commissioned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War and we are delighted to be among the first amateur choirs performing it. Soloists: Zita Syme (soprano), Kate Warshaw (mezzo), Greg Tassell (tenor), James Oldfield (baritone) and violinist Mardiah Tucker, the leader of the Rosenau Sinfonia.

Hamilton, Timothy: Requiem

Jul 1, 2018

A Summer Idyll

A wonderful evening, singing summer treats, both well known and new, and we were particularly proud to present the World Première of “The Lake at Carrowmore” by Sir Granville Bantock.

Bantock, Granville: The Lake at Carrowmore – First performance: the manuscript of this work was rescued by the conductor, Stephen Anthony Brown.
Bennett, William Sterndale: Come live with me
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: Sea Drift Op. 69
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: Summer is gone
Elgar, Edward: As Torrents in Summer
Elgar, Edward: Owls (an epitaph)
Elgar, Edward: They are at rest, anthem
Grainger, Percy: Brigg Fair (arr)
Macfarren, George: Orpheus with his Lute
Macfarren, George: When daisies pied
Parry, Hubert: Music, when soft voices die
Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief
Stanford, Charles Villiers: The Bluebird
Stanford, Charles Villiers: The Swallow
Sullivan, Arthur: The Long Day Closes
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Rest
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Turtle Dove (arr)

Mar 24, 2018

Beyond the Stage

This concert will feature music written by composers normally associated with the world of opera. including the very unusual setting of the Stabat Mater of 1590 by Palestrina as adapted by Wagner in 1848. Another unusual and rarely performed item will by Wagner’s homage to his hero Weber, An Webers Grabe.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Pater noster
Monteverdi, Claudio: Hor ch’el ciel e la terra e’l vento tace
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Ave verum corpus
Palestrina, Giovanni: Stabat mater (arr. Wagner) Soloists: Claire Jones, Sue Theodoreson, William Gould, Will Kendal, Julie Evans, Olivia Tassell, Ian Jones, Robert Wicke
Rossini, Gioacchino: O salutaris Hostia (1857)
Rossini, Gioacchino: Salve o Vergine Maria
Strauss, Richard: Fröhlich im Maien – arranged by Stephen Anthony Brown
Verdi, Giuseppe: Ave Maria
Verdi, Giuseppe: Pater Noster
Wagner, Richard: An Webers Grabe (Hebt an den Sang) – arranged by Stephen Anthony Brown

Nov 18, 2017

Monteverdi Vespers

This seminal work from 1610 was performed with original instruments, fittingly in the 450th year of Monteverdi’s birth. The Allegri Singers were joined by tenors Greg Tassell and Gareth Edmunds, sopranos Eloise Irving and Chloe Morgan, and The Queen’s Players early music ensemble with Adrian Woodward.

Monteverdi, Claudio: Vespers

Jul 8, 2017

Summertime

Our summer concert was held at the delightful St Barnabas Church, Beckenham and featured a light programme including, of course, George Gershwin’s Summertime, John Rutter’s Birthday Madrigals, works by Eric Whitacre, and choral arrangements of some popular songs.

Anon, : Sumer is icumen in – arranged by Tom Bullard
Arlen, Harold: Over the Rainbow – arr. Stephen Anthony Brown
Bennet, John: All Creatures Now
Gershwin, George: Summertime – arranged by Keith Roberts
Gibbons, Orlando: The silver swan
Morley, Thomas: Now is the month of maying
Porter, Cole: Let’s do it – arr. Stephen Anthony Brown
Porter, Cole: Night and Day – arr. Keith Roberts
Rutter, John: Birthday Madrigals
Sherwin / Maschwitz, : A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – arr. Tom Bullard
Tomkins, Thomas: Music divine
Whitacre, Eric: Cloudburst

May 13, 2017

French and American Choral Songs

A short concert of around one hour of music.

Barber, Samuel: Agnus Dei
Barber, Samuel: Three Songs: 1 Sure on this Shining Night
Barber, Samuel: Three Songs: 2 To Be Sung on the Water
Barber, Samuel: Three Songs: 3 Under the Willow Tree
Copland, Aaron: The boatmen’s dance
Copland, Aaron: I bought me a cat
Debussy, Claude: Trois chansons de Charles d’Orleans – Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder! Quand j’ai ouy le tambourin Soloist: Hannah Urbanczyk. Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain Soloists: Julie Evans, Kathryn Strachan, Ian Jones, Robert Wicke
Fauré, Gabriel: Cantique de Jean Racine
Poulenc, Francis: Sept Chansons 1. La blanche neige
Poulenc, Francis: Sept Chansons 2. À peine défigurée
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Deux Chansons 1. Calme des nuits
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Deux Chansons 2. Les fleurs et les arbres
Whitacre, Eric: Sleep

Feb 25, 2017

Holst Rig Veda and Brahms’ Liebeslieder

A delightful evening at our home venue, St. Mark’s, Westmoreland Road, Bromley where we performed a concert centred around Holst’s Rig Veda, with harp accompaniment, and those lilting Liebeslieder-Walzer (‘Love song waltzes’) by Johannes Brahms, with piano four hand accompaniment. The Holst item was for upper voices only, so the men took their turn with Britten’s Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, while the full choir performed Britten’s Choral Dances from Gloriana. Harpist: Bethan Semmens; piano: Paul Jeanes and Louisa Green; soloists: Zita Syme, Greg Tassell

Brahms, Johannes: Liebeslieder-Walzer Op 52 – with Zita Syme, Greg Tassell and accompanied by Paul Jeanes and Louisa Green, piano
Britten, Benjamin: Choral dances from Gloriana – with Greg Tassell, tenor, and accompanied by Bethan Semmens, harp
Britten, Benjamin: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard – performed by the gentlemen of the choir, accompanied by Paul Jeanes, piano
Holst, Gustav: Hymns from the ‘Rig Veda’ – performed by the ladies of the choir, accompanied by Bethan Semmens, harp

Dec 10, 2016

Christmas Carol Concert

The Allegri Singers and the Highfield Junior Voices.

Berlioz, Hector: The Shepherds’ Farewell
Britten, Benjamin: A boy was born
Hall, Jamie W: Sleep, my Jesu – written and performed in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief
Musgrave, Thea: Adam Lay Ybounden – for children’s voices with adult choir – with the Highfield Youth Choir
Robinson, Christopher: The Infant King – for children’s voices with adult choir – with the Highfield Chamber Choir
Tavener, John: The lamb
Walton, William: All this time
Warlock, Peter: Bethlehem Down

Nov 19, 2016

Mozart Requiem

The concert included a performance of Mozart’s Divertimento in D K251 Soloists: Zita Syme (soprano), Kate Warshaw (mezzo), Greg Tassell (tenor), James Oldfield (bass-baritone) Accompanied by James Orford, organ, and the Rosenau Sinfonia

Hamilton, Timothy: Angele Dei – first performance outside London. Also sung at Paviors Service Feb 2017.
Hamilton, Timothy: Salvator Mundi – first performance outside London
Hamilton, Timothy: The Evening Hymn – first performance outside London
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Requiem – in memoriam Michael Sherwin, with the Rosenau Sinfonia
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Serenade to Music – with the Rosenau Sinfonia

Jul 9, 2016

“A Song for all Seasons”

For this concert we return to the delightful venue which we first visited last summer, St Barnabas Church, Beckenham where we shall perform items representing the four seasons by Britten, Finzi, Stanford Vaughan Williams and Whitacre, including Britten’s ‘Five Flower Songs’, Vaughan Williams’ ‘The Springtime of the year’ and Whitacre’s setting of e.e.cummings’ ‘i thank you god’, along with Stanford’s expansive setting of the Magnificat for Double Choir.

Britten, Benjamin: Five Flower Songs
Finzi, Gerald: Clear and gentle stream (7 poems of Robert Bridges No 4)
Finzi, Gerald: Haste on, my joys (7 poems of Robert Bridges No 6)
Finzi, Gerald: I praise the tender flower (7 poems of Robert Bridges No 1)
Finzi, Gerald: My spirit sang all day (7 poems of Robert Bridges No 3)
Finzi, Gerald: Nightingales (7 poems of Robert Bridges No 5)
Finzi, Gerald: Wherefore tonight so full of care? (7 poems of Robert Bridges No 7)
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Magnificat in Bb Op.164
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Spring Time of the Year (arr)
Whitacre, Eric: I hide myself – Three Flower Songs – No 1
Whitacre, Eric: i thank You God for most this amazing day – Poem by e.e. cummings
Whitacre, Eric: With a Lily in Your Hand – Three Flower Songs – No 2

Mar 12, 2016

O for the wings …

The title for this concert is taken from Mendelssohn’s ‘Hear my Prayer’.

Brahms, Johannes: Geistliches Lied
Brahms, Johannes: Warum is das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?
Mendelssohn, Felix: Hear my prayer – O for the wings
Rheinberger, Josef: Abendlied
Rheinberger, Josef: Cantus Missae (Mass in E flat)
Schubert, Franz: Mass in G
Schumann, Robert: An die Sterne
Schumann, Robert: Zuversicht

Nov 14, 2015

Call to Remembrance

Featuring a number of contrasting motets suitable for honouring and remembering the dead, including Victoria’s ‘Office for the Dead’ and Poulenc’s ‘Motets for a time of penitence’, some less-well-known works, together with an old favourite, Bach’s ‘Jesu meine Freude’. We will also include Nystedt’s hauntingly interesting and innovative setting of the Bach chorale ‘Komm süßer Tod’.

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Jesu meine Freude
Farrant, Richard: Call to Remembrance
Kuhnau, Johann: Tristis est anima mea
Nystedt, Knut: Immortal Bach
Poulenc, Francis: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Victoria, Tomas Luis da: Officium defunctorum (1605)

Jul 11, 2015

Poetry and Music

This was the last concert to be conducted by Tom Bullard.

Britten, Benjamin: Hymn to St Cecilia
Finzi, Gerald: Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Gibbons, Orlando: The silver swan
Harris, William: Bring us, O Lord God
Moeran, Ernest: Songs of Springtime – Under the greenwood tree; The river-god’s song; Spring, the sweet spring; Love is a sickness; Sigh no more, ladies; Good wine; To daffodils
Morley, Thomas: Now is the month of maying
Parry, Hubert: Crossing the bar
Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: At the round earth’s imagined corners
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Rest
Weelkes, Thomas: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending

May 16, 2015

Fauré Requiem

A change from our usual concert format – we will be performing a small number of popular modern choral items including works by Lauridsen and Whitacre, followed by a performance of the ever delightful Requiem by Fauré, in a new arrangement with harp, violin, cello and organ accompaniment

Ešenvalds, Ēriks: Long Road – Original title: Tāls Ceļš (lyrics by Latvian poet Paulīne Bārda)
L’Estrange, Alex: Prayers for Peace – The first item in this series was commissioned by Tom Bullard on the occasion of his wedding.
Lauridsen, Morten: Ave Maria
Rex, Ed: Do not stand at my grave and weep
Whitacre, Eric: Sleep
Fauré, Gabriel: Requiem. Performance in 2015 was with Fauré’s arrangement with harp, violin, cello and organ accompaniment, and with harp, strings and organ with soloist Greg Tassell in 2021.

Mar 14, 2015

Schütz St Matthew Passion, Howells, Leighton and Parry

The Matthew Passion by Schütz is a precursor of the better-known setting by JS Bach. Soloist: Greg Tassell.

Howells, Herbert: Take him, earth, for cherishing
Leighton, Kenneth: Crucifixus pro nobis
Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: Lord let me know mine end
Schütz, Heinrich: St Matthew Passion

Dec 13, 2014

Carols by Candle-Light

Performed with the newly formed Highfield Junior Voices, at a candle-lit concert in Bromley Parish Church.

Dove, Jonathan: The Three Kings
Lauridsen, Morten: O Magnum Mysterium
Mathias, William: A babe is born
Tavener, John: The lamb
Walton, William: All this time
Warlock, Peter: Bethlehem Down

Nov 15, 2014

Eternal Light

Howard Goodall was born in Bromley in 1958, and his setting, Eternal Light: A Requiem, was commissioned by London Musici to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The version of the Brahms Requiem is the one he made himself made for two pianos. Soloists: Soraya Mafi (soprano), Greg Tassell (tenor) and Marc Callahan (baritone).

Brahms, Johannes: Ein deutsches Requiem
Goodall, Howard: Eternal Light

Jul 12, 2014

A New Heaven

A programme filled with heavenly delights, from the Renaissance to the 20th Century, featuring music by Tallis, Gibbons, Parry, Bainton and Jonathan Dove. Performed with Andrew Macmillan (organ).

Bainton, Edgar: And I Saw a New Heaven
Bairstow, Edward: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem
Byrd, William: Laudibus in sanctis
Dove, Jonathan: Ecce Beatam Lucem
Dove, Jonathan: Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Gibbons, Orlando: Hosanna to the Son of David
Harris, William: Faire is the Heaven
Jackson, Gabriel: Creator of the Stars of Night
Parry, Hubert: I was glad
Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: My soul, there is a country
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Coelos ascendit hodie
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Justorum animae
Tallis, Thomas: Loquebantur Variis Linguis
Wood, Charles: Hail, gladdening light

Apr 12, 2014

Tenebrae

An a cappella concert for Lent based around the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Week and Lamentations, including works by Victoria, Gesualdo and contemporary music by James MacMillan.

Gesualdo, Carlo: Aestimatus sum (Tenebrae Responsories)
Gesualdo, Carlo: Astiterunt reges terrae (Tenebrae Responsories)
Gesualdo, Carlo: O vos omnes
Gesualdo, Carlo: Sepulto Domino (Tenebrae Responsories)
MacMillan, James: Miserere – Soprano solo: Gerraldine Budds, Alto solo: Olivia Tassell, Tenor solo: Simon Kay, Bass solo: Will Kendal
Poulenc, Francis: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Tallis, Thomas: Lamentations
Victoria, Tomas Luis da: Heth. Misericordiae (from Lamentations)
Victoria, Tomas Luis da: Incipit oratio Jeremiae (from Lamentations

Feb 1, 2014

Bach Motets

A concert with organ including Bach motets and other works from the German Baroque by Hassler, Kuhnau, Pachelbel, Praetorius, Scheidt and Schütz, with William Whitehead, chamber organ, and Bethan Lloyd, cello.

Bach, Johann Michael: Halt, was du hast
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Jesu meine Freude
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Komm Jesu komm
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lobet den Herrn
Buxtehude , Dietrich : Passacaglia in D Minor – organ solo, William Whitehead
Hassler, Hans Leo: Sixit Maria
Kuhnau, Johann: Tristis est anima mea
Pachelbel, Johann: Singet dem Herrn
Praetorius, Hieronymus: Magnificat Quinti Toni
Scheidt, Samuel: Surrexit Christus hodie
Schütz, Heinrich: Jauchzet dem Herrn

Nov 16, 2013

St Nicolas

Accompanied by the St George’s Chamber Orchestra, leader Dominic Moore. Soloists: trebles: Thomas Delgado-Little, Nicholas Field, Luca Franchi; tenor: Greg Tassell; piano: Andrew Macmillan and Siobhan Higgins; organ: Norman Harper

Britten, Benjamin: A Hymn to the Virgin
Britten, Benjamin: Antiphon
Finzi, Gerald: Magnificat
Holst, Gustav: Nunc dimittis
Britten, Benjamin: St Nicolas
Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms

Jul 13, 2013

The English Pastoral

Music by composers who developed and contributed this particularly English style of music, often drawn from folk songs, including Vaughan-Williams’ timeless Mass in G minor and Walton’s The Twelve, together with the Choral Dances from Gloriana by Britten, plus anthems, madrigals and part-songs.

Bainton, Edgar: In the Wilderness – setting of Robert Graves
Balfour, Gardiner: Evening Hymn
Britten, Benjamin: Choral dances from Gloriana – with Greg Tassell, tenor, and accompanied by Bethan Semmens, harp
Finzi, Gerald: I praise the tender flower (7 poems of Robert Bridges No 1)
Hadley, Patrick: My beloved spake
Holst, Gustav: Dream Tryst
Howells, Herbert: Like as the Hart
Ireland, John: The Hills
Pearsall, Robert: Lay a Garland
Stanford, Charles Villiers: The Bluebird
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Mass in G Minor
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Silence and Music – RVW’s response to Stanford’s Bluebird, words by his wife.
Walton, William: The Twelve

Apr 27, 2013

Duruflé – Requiem

A performance of the well-loved Requiem by Duruflé, preceded by Langlais’ Messe Solennelle, Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge Noire and a new choral transcription of a Debussy favourite, La Cathédrale Engloutie.

Debussy, Claude: La Cathédrale Engloutie – choral transcription by Tom Bullard
Langlais, Jean: Messe solennelle
Poulenc, Francis: Litanies à la Vierge Noire de Rocamadour
Duruflé, Maurice: Requiem

Feb 2, 2013

Handel – Joshua

Accompanied by the Sospiri Chamber Orchestra, with Elinor Jane Moran (soprano) Benjamin Williamson (countertenor) Julian Forbes (tenor) and Julian Empett (baritone)

Handel, George Frideric: Joshua – accompanied by the Sospiri Chamber Orchestra

Nov 30, 2012

The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards

The Allegri Singers will once more be providing the choir for their Annual Service of Dedication and Installation of New Master, which is held on St Andrew’s Day at the beautiful Wren church St Andrew by the Wardrobe.

Mathias, William: Let the people praise thee O God
Parry, Hubert: I was glad
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Magnificat in Bb Op.164
Victoria, Tomas Luis da: O Quam Gloriosum

Nov 17, 2012

Two Americas

A concert with organ accompaniment, featuring music by Copland, Whitacre, Lauridsen and Harris from North America, contrasted with a fascinating fusion of the Spanish Baroque and Indian music written for the cathedrals of Latin America, and bridged by a setting of the Cantos Sagrados by James MacMillan.

Barber, Samuel: Agnus Dei
Copland, Aaron: Las Agachadas (arr)
Harris, Matthew: Shakespeare Songs – Book 5
Lauridsen, Morten: Ave Maria
Lauridsen, Morten: O Magnum Mysterium
MacMillan, James: Cantos Sagrados
Padilla, Juan Gutiérrez de: Exsultate Justi in Domino
Piazzolla, Ástor: Milonga del Angel arr. Ward Swingle & Tom Bullard
Torrejón y Velasco, Tomás: Desvelado Dueño Mio
Whitacre, Eric: i thank You God for most this amazing day – Poem by e.e. cummings
Whitacre, Eric: I will wade out
Whitacre, Eric: Sleep

Jul 7, 2012

If music be …

A sunny choral medley of settings of Shakespeare from around the world, some familiar and others more unusual.

Barton, Oliver: O England
Harris, Matthew: Shakespeare Songs – Book 3
Harris, Matthew: Shakespeare Songs – Book 5
Martin, Frank: Songs of Ariel 1-4
Moeran, Ernest: Songs of Springtime – numbers 1, 2, 5 & 6.
Shearing, George: Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Shakespeare songs

Apr 28, 2012

Frank Martin and Górecki

An atmospheric, mainly twentieth century, a cappella concert.

Gesualdo, Carlo: O vos omnes
Gesualdo, Carlo: Tribulationem et Dolorem
Górecki, Henryk Mikołaj: Miserere
Martin, Frank: Mass for double choir

Mar 1, 2012

The Worshipful Company of Paviors

The Company – 56th in order of precedence of the City Livery Companies – dates from the 15th century and records of Paviors in the City of London date back to 1276.

Franck , César: Panis Angelicus
Rose, Bernard: Surely thou hast tasted – frequently performed for the Paviors
Rutter, John: The Lord bless you and keep you – Regularly sung at Paviors Services
Schubert, Franz: Psalm 23
Victoria, Tomas Luis da: O Quam Gloriosum

Feb 4, 2012

Mozart, Schubert and more

The spacious acoustic of All Saints’ Church, Rosendale Road, Dulwich ideally suits it to a performance, with strings and organ, of Mozart’s impressive Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Schubert’s delightful Mass No.2 in G and his setting of Psalm 23.

Harvey, Jonathan: I love the Lord
Jackson, Gabriel: O sacrum convivium
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Schubert, Franz: Mass in G
Schubert, Franz: Psalm 23

Nov 19, 2011

Renaissance Classics

A selection of choral gems from the Golden Age.

Allegri, Gregorio: Miserere
Caldara, Antonio: Crucifixus a16
Gabrieli, Giovanni: Jubilate Deo
Gesualdo, Carlo: O vos omnes
John IV, King of Portugal (attrib): Crux Fidelis
Lobo, Duarte: Pater Peccavi
Lotti, Antonio: Crucifixus a 8
Monteverdi, Claudio: Beatus Vir
Morales, Cristóbal de: Tu es Petrus
Palestrina, Giovanni: Stabat mater
Praetorius, Hieronymus: Magnificat Quinti Toni (with Christmas interpolations)
Schütz, Heinrich: Selig sind die Toten
Victoria, Tomas Luis da: O Quam Gloriosum
Victoria, Tomas Luis da: Vidi Speciosam a 6

Jul 2, 2011

Music for a Summer’s Evening

Featuring a delightfully wide-ranging selection of Folk Songs from around the British Isles.

Anon, : Sumer is icumen in – arranged by Tom Bullard
Bairstow, Edward: The Oak and the Ash (arr)
Byrt, John: Among the Leaves (arr)
Chapman, Edward): Three Ravens (arr)
Grainger, Percy: Brigg Fair (arr)
Grainger, Percy: I’m Seventeen Come Sunday (arr)
Holst, Gustav: I love my love (arr)
Holst, Gustav: My Sweetheart’s Like Venus (arr)
James, Donald: Bushes and Briars (arr)
Klimek, Jens: I Will Give My Love (arr)
Rice, Robert: O Waly Waly (arr)
Roberts, Keith: Early one morning (arr)
Roberts, Keith: Strawberry Fair (arr)
Rutter, John: Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron (arr)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Ca’ the Yowes (arr)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Greensleeves (arr)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Just as the Tide was Flowing (arr)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Dark-Eyed Sailor (arr)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Spring Time of the Year (arr)
Willcocks, David: Afton Water (arr)
Willcocks, David: Barbara Allen (arr)
Willcocks, David: Bobby Shaftoe (arr)
Willcocks, David: Drink to me only with thine eyes (arr)

Apr 9, 2011

British Passion Music

The great German Passions, especially the settings by Bach, are so well known that other settings are often overlooked. Soloists: Evangelist: Christopher Diffey (Tenor) Jesus: Andrew Davies (Baritone) Organ: Ian Shaw

Finzi, Gerald: Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Harris, William: Faire is the Heaven
L’Estrange, Alex: Prayers for Peace – the first item in this series was commissioned by Tom Bullard on the occasion of his wedding.
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Coelos ascendit hodie
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Justorum animae
Wood, Charles: St. Mark Passion

Mar 3, 2011

The Worshipful Company of Paviors

The Paviors’ Annual Service of Dedication and Installation of New Master, which is held at the delightful Wren church St Martin’s, Ludgate.

Purcell, Henry: I was glad
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
Weelkes, Thomas: Let Thy merciful ears, O Lord

Feb 5, 2011

Handel – Samson

Performed at All Saints’ Church, Rosendale Road, Dulwich.

Monteverdi, Claudio: Beatus Vir
Handel, George Frideric: Samson

Nov 20, 2010

Modern British Sacred Music

Featuring Britten’s varied and tuneful setting of Smart’s ‘Rejoice in the Lamb’.

Britten, Benjamin: Rejoice in the Lamb
MacMillan, James: Mass
Rutter, John: Psalmfest

Jun 26, 2010

Rhythms of the World

Featuring Chilcott’s The Making of the Drum, Ramirez’ Misa Criolla and Fanshawe’s African Sanctus. This exciting concert will be accompanied by an amazing variety of percussion instruments.

Chilcott, Bob: The Making of the Drum
Fanshawe, David: African Sanctus – with tape and band
Ramírez, Ariel: Misa Criolla

Mar 27, 2010

English Anthems

English Anthems, celebrating Wesley’s 200th Anniversary, including Wesley’s The Wilderness and Ascribe unto the Lord, together with Parry’s Songs of Farewell.

Finzi, Gerald: Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Harris, William: Faire is the Heaven
Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian: Ascribe unto the Lord – Wesley’s 200th Anniversary
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian: The Wilderness
Wood, Charles: O Thou the Central Orb

Mar 4, 2010

The Worshipful Company of Paviors

Farrant, Richard: Lord, for Thy tender mercy’s sake
Goss, John: O taste and see
Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: My soul, there is a country – Andrew Macmillan (organ)

Jan 30, 2010

French Choral Classics

Including Fauré’s Requiem, and Poulenc’s Mass in G together with his Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour. Accompanied by organ and talented young musicians from the Bromley Youth Music Trust for the Fauré Requiem.

Fauré, Gabriel: Requiem
Poulenc, Francis: Litanies à la Vierge Noire de Rocamadour
Poulenc, Francis: Mass in G
Poulenc, Francis: Quatre Petites Prières de Saint François d’Assise