The 90s

Nov 13, 1999

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Ben Nicholas, organ

• Britten, Benjamin: Rejoice in the Lamb
• Howells, Herbert: Take him, earth, for cherishing
• Kodály, Zoltan: Missa Brevis
• Pärt, Arvo: Seven Magnificat antiphons
• Penderecki, Krzysztof: Stabat Mater
• Poulenc, Francis: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël 
• Schoenberg, Arnold: Friede auf Erden
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: O clap your hands all ye people

Jul 23, 1999

Petworth Festival

Conducted by Michael Nicholas at the Sacred Heart, Petworth

• Blitheman, John: Il pace
• Burrell, Diana: Ave verum corpus
• Byrd, William: Magnificat (Great Service)
• Byrd, William: Nunc dimittis (Great Service)
• Gibbons, Orlando: O clap your hands
• Oliver, Stephen: Trinity mass (excerpts)
• Walker, Robert: Theology
• Wilby, Philip: A peace prayer
• Wilby, Philip: Vox Dei

Jun 19, 1999

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Ben Nicholas, organ, with soloists John Nightingale and Patricia Williams.

• Brahms, Johannes: Liebeslieder-Walzer Op 52
• Britten, Benjamin: Choral dances from Gloriana
• Byrd, William: Magnificat (Great Service)
• Carter, Sydney: Lord of the dance (arr)
• Gibbons, Orlando: O clap your hands
• Holst, Gustav: This have I done for my true love
• Wilby, Philip: A peace prayer
• Wilby, Philip: Vox Dei

Mar 6, 1999

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Philip Scriven, organ

• Byrd, William: Justorum animae
• Haydn, Joseph: Mass in D minor (excerpts)
• Kodály, Zoltan: Missa Brevis (excerpts)
• Lassus, Orlande de: Missa bel’ amfitrit altera (excerpts)
• Liszt, Franz: Missa Choralis (excerpts)
• Messiaen, Olivier: O sacrum convivium
• Monteverdi, Claudio: Christe adoramus te
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Missa Brevis in F K192: Credo
• Oliver, Stephen: Trinity mass (excerpts)
• Palestrina, Giovanni: Missa aeterna Christi munera (excerpts)
• Rossini, Gioacchino: O salutaris Hostia (1863) – From his 1863 ‘Petite messe solennelle’
• Various, : Plainsong / 2 & 3 part organum

Dec 16, 1998

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Neil Cockburn, organ

• Archer, Malcolm: I saw three ships (arr)
• Archer, Malcolm: Lute book lullaby
• Davies, Walford: Christmas is coming (arr)
• Ebeling, Johann: All my heart this night rejoices
• Finzi, Gerald: In terra pax
• Ridout, Alan: See to us a child is born
• Sanders, John: Whence is that goodly fragrance? (arr)
• Terry, Richard: Myn Liking
• Warrell, Arthur: A Merry Christmas (arr) 

Jul 3, 1998

Winchester Weekend

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, part of a choir weekend at Winchester Cathedral

• Harris, William: Strengthen ye the weak hands
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Mass in G Minor

May 2, 1998

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Rupert Gough, Max Spiers and Julian Empett, performed at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, SW1.

• Burrell, Diana: Ave verum corpus – Premiered by the Allegri Singers
• Burrell, Diana: Be thy right hand, O God, under my head (2 blessings)
• Burrell, Diana: Benedicam Dominum
• Burrell, Diana: Christo paremus cantica
• Burrell, Diana: Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
• Burrell, Diana: Creator of the stars of night
• Burrell, Diana: Heil’ger Geist in’s Himmels Throne
• Burrell, Diana: Hymn to wisdom 
• Burrell, Diana: Wisdom of serpent be thine (2 blessings)
• Grieg, Edvard: Four psalms Op 74

Mar 28, 1998

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Ben Nicholas, organ.

• Allegri, Gregorio: Miserere
• Byrd, William: Miserere mei
• Chapple, Brian: Miserere mei
• Górecki, Henryk Mikołaj: Miserere
• Mendelssohn, Felix: Hear my prayer – O for the wings
• Purcell, Henry: Hear my prayer O Lord

Feb 14, 1998

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Alexander Mason, organ.

• Dvořák, Antonín: Mass in D
• Haydn, Joseph: Insanae et vanae curae
• Messiaen, Olivier: O sacrum convivium
• Palestrina, Giovanni: Missa Papae Marcelli
• Purcell, Henry: I was glad
• Purcell, Henry: Zadoc the priest
• Victoria, Tomas Luis da: Requiem a 6 (extracts)

Dec 13, 1997

Messiah

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with the Brook Street Band, and soloists O’Neill, Baker, Todd, Empett

• Handel, George Frideric: Messiah

Oct 11, 1997

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas.

• 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)
• Holst, Gustav: Nunc dimittis
• Holst, Gustav: This have I done for my true love
• Howells, Herbert: Salve Regina
• Howells, Herbert: The scribe
• Morley, Thomas: Agnus Dei
• Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: Lord let me know mine end
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Magnificat in Bb Op.164
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Mass in G Minor
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Shakespeare songs – Full fathom five – The cloud-cappe’d towers – Over hill, over dale

Jun 21, 1997

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Piano Duets by Edward German and Roger Quilter performed by Muriel Partridge and Robert Hazell.

• Allbright, Terence: Never Again (3 madrigals with words by Stevie Smith)
• East, Michael: Quick, quick, away, dispatch!
• Farnaby, Giles: Construe my meaning
• Gardner, John: Loveliest of trees – Premiered by the Allegri Singers
• Gibbons, Orlando: What is our life?
• Langford, Gordon: Bobby Shaftoe (arr)
• Morley, Thomas: April is in my mistress face
• Morley, Thomas: Fyer, Fyer!
• Morley, Thomas: Leave, alas, this tormenting
• Morley, Thomas: Now is the month of maying
• Seiber, Mátyás: Three nonsense songs
• Walker, Robert: Theology
• Weelkes, Thomas: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending 
• Weelkes, Thomas: Thule, the period of cosmography

May 7, 1997

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with string orchestra, performed at St Giles without Cripplegate. Soloists: Shannon, Mott, WIlde and Empett.

• Brahms, Johannes: Schaffe in mir Gott ein rein Herz
• Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: My soul, there is a country – Andrew Macmillan (organ)
• Parry, Hubert: Songs of Farewell: Never weather-beaten sail
• Schubert, Franz: Mass in G
• Strauss, Richard: Deutsche Motette

Mar 15, 1997

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas.

• Poulenc, Francis: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
• Stainer, John: The Crucifixion
• Tallis, Thomas: Lamentations

Feb 8, 1997

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with organ solo.

• Bax, Arnold: I sing of a maiden
• Berkeley, Michael: The Lord is my shepherd
• Britten, Benjamin: Te Deum Laudamus in C  
• Harvey, Jonathan: Come Holy Ghost
• Holst, Gustav: Nunc dimittis
• Howells, Herbert: Behold O God our defender
• Inglis, Brian: O Noblissima Viriditas – Premiered by the Allegri Singers
• Parry, Hubert: I was glad
• Swayne, Giles: Nunc dimittis
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Praise to the Father of Heaven
• Walton, William: The Twelve

Dec 7, 1996

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with items by the Holy Trinity Concert Prep School Choir conducted by Muriel Partridge and items by a string trio.

• Archer, Malcolm: Love came down
• Harvey, Jonathan: The angels
• Joubert, John: There is no Rose of such Virtue
• Lloyd, Richard: The mother of Jesus (arr)
• MacMillan, James: Seinte Marie Moder Milde
• Nicholas, Michael: ’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died
• Nicholas, Michael: A little child on the earth has been born
• Sanders, John: Whence is that goodly fragrance? (arr) 
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on Christmas carols

Nov 2, 1996

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with Paul Plummer, organ, including organ solo.

• Byrd, William: Justorum animae
• Byrd, William: O quam gloriosum
• Duruflé, Maurice: Requiem
• Howells, Herbert: Take him, earth, for cherishing
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Justorum animae

Oct 5, 1996

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with the XBY Concert Band.

• Bruckner, Anton: Mass No.2 in E minor
• Patterson, Paul: Magnificat
• Patterson, Paul: Missa Brevis
• Walker, Robert: As the apple tree
• Walker, Robert: Dance my heart 

Jul 3, 1996

Concert

Conducted by Michael Nicholas, with soloists Martin Bussey and David Terry.

• Bullard, Alan: The windhover (from Choristers of Flight) – Composers’ workshop – première
• Bussey, Martin: The evening hymn of King Charles I – Composers’ workshop – première
• Inglis, Brian: O Noblissima Viriditas – Premiered by the Allegri Singers
• le Fleming, Antony: Save me O God – Composers’ workshop – première
• Reeman, John: The hand that made us is divine – Composers’ workshop – première
• Terry, David: Nunc dimittis – Composers’ workshop – première

Jun 19, 1996

Concert

• Handel, George Frideric: Dixit Dominus
• Purcell, Henry: Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei
• Purcell, Henry: My heart is inditing
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Coelos ascendit hodie
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Justorum animae

Mar 16, 1996

Concert

• Pärt, Arvo: St John Passion (Passio)

Feb 24, 1996

Concert

• Battishill, Jonathan: O Lord, look down from heaven
• Boyce, William: O where shall wisdom be found?
• Britten, Benjamin: Antiphon
• Dunstable, John: Veni sancte spiritus
• Gibbons, Orlando: Almighty and everlasting God
• Harvey, Jonathan: I love the Lord
• Howells, Herbert: Te Deum – Collegium Regale
• Ireland, John: Greater love hath no man
• MacMillan, James: Christus Vincit
• Purcell, Henry: Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Magnificat & Nunc Dimitis in G
• Tallis, Thomas: Suscipe, quaesto Domine
• Tavener, John: Two hymns to the Mother of God
• Taverner, John: Western wynde mass
• Various, : Plainsong / 2 & 3 part organum 
• Wesley, Samuel Sebastian: Cast me not away from thy presence

Dec 9, 1995

Concert

• Archer, Malcolm: Ballulalow 
• Archer, Malcolm: Lute book lullaby
• Britten, Benjamin: Christ’s Nativity
• Burrell, Diana: Christo paremus cantica
• Harvey, Jonathan: The angels 
• Nicholas, Michael: Today, maiden Mary (arr)
• Walters, Edmund: Little camel boy
• Wood, Charles: Hail, blessed Virgin Mary (arr)

Jul 15, 1995

Concert

• Bennet, John: All Creatures Now 
• Byrd, William: This sweet and merry month of May 
• Cavendish, Michael: Come, gentle swains
• Farmer, John: Fair nymphs, I heard one telling
• Gibbons, Orlando: The silver swan
• Morley, Thomas: My bonny lass, she smileth 
• Murrill, Herbert: Two songs from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
• Sargent, Malcolm: Little David, play on your harp (arr)
• Tomkins, Thomas: Music divine
• Tomkins, Thomas: See, see, the shepherd’s queen 
• Vautor, Thomas: Sweet Suffolk Owl
• Ward, John: Come Sable Night
• Weelkes, Thomas: Come, Sirrah Jack, ho!
• Weelkes, Thomas: O care, thou wilt despatch me
• Weelkes, Thomas: Thus sings my dearest jewel
• Wilbye, John: Sweet Honey-sucking Bees 
• Wilbye, John: Weep Weep mine eyes 

Apr 1, 1995

Concert

• Bach, Johann Sebastian: Komm Jesu komm
• Gesualdo, Carlo: O vos omnes
• Leighton, Kenneth: Crucifixus pro nobis
• Lotti, Antonio: Crucifixus a 8
• Tavener, John: Lament of the Mother of God
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: O vos omnes

Feb 18, 1995

Concert

• Burrell, Diana: Wisdom of serpent be thine (2 blessings)
• Harvey, Jonathan: I love the Lord
• Howells, Herbert: One thing have I desired of the Lord
• Jackson, Gabriel: O sacrum convivium
• Leighton, Kenneth: Drop drop slow tears
• Nicholas, Michael: Prayer of Saint Benedict
• Oliver, Stephen: O fons amoris 
• Rubbra, Edmund: Miss in honorem Sancti Dominici (extracts)
• Swayne, Giles: Magnificat anima mea
• Tippett, Michael: Plebs angelica
• Wilby, Philip: Vox Dei

Dec 10, 1994

Concert

• Archer, Malcolm: Love came down
• Burrell, Diana: Christo paremus cantica
• Howells, Herbert: A spotless rose 
• Joubert, John: There is no Rose of such Virtue
• Kelly, Brian: I sing of a maiden
• Lloyd, Richard: Dormi Jesu
• Nicholas, Michael: Wexford Carol (arr)
• Nicholas, Michael: Where is this stupendous stranger?
• Ord, Boris: Adam lay ybounden
• Tavener, John: Today a Virgin
• Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Byl u Khrista / Crown of Roses (Legend)
• Terry, Richard: As Joseph was a-walking
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on Christmas carols
• Weir, Judith: Illuminare Jerusalem
• Wood, Charles: Ding, dong merrily on high (arr)

Oct 22, 1994

Concert

• Britten, Benjamin: Amo ergo sum (Wedding anthem)
• Britten, Benjamin: Festival Te Deum in E
• Britten, Benjamin: Rejoice in the Lamb
• Górecki, Henryk Mikołaj: Totus Tuus 
• Pärt, Arvo: Magnificat
• Pärt, Arvo: Seven Magnificat antiphons

Jun 12, 1994

Concert

• Brahms, Johannes: Liebeslieder-Walzer Op 52
• Fauré, Gabriel: Cantique de Jean Racine
• Murrill, Herbert: Two songs from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
• Schubert, Franz: Der Tanz
• Schubert, Franz: Schicksalslenker
• Tavener, John: The lamb
• Tavener, John: The tiger 
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Shakespeare songs – Full fathom five – The cloud-cappe’d towers – Over hill, over dale

Apr 23, 1994

Concert

• Britten, Benjamin: Missa Brevis
• Grier, Francis: The Lord goes up with shouts of joy (Sequence for the Ascension)
• Kelly, Paul: Ave Maria
• Leighton, Kenneth: Let All the World
• Tavener, John: The call
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Five Mystical Songs
• Walton, William: Coronation Te Deum

Dec 15, 1993

Concert

• Aston, Peter: Dormi, Jesu
• Cole, Hugo: Deck the hall (arr)
• Halsey, Louis: Rejoice and be merry (arr) 
• Joubert, John: Here we come a-wassailing (arr)
• Joubert, John: Torches
• Kendell, Robert: Ave, decus seculi
• Leighton, Kenneth: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
• Mathias, William: A babe is born
• Milner, Anthony: Out of your sleep, arise
• Rose, Gregory: Manger Carol
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Magnificat in A
• Tucapsky, Antonin: A child is born
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Withers Rocking Carol
• Walton, William: Make we joy now in this feast
• Williamson, Malcolm: The Boars Head Carol (arr)

Nov 3, 1993

Concert

• Benjamin, Arthur: Three mystical songs
• Britten, Benjamin: Deus in adjutorium meum
• Howells, Herbert: Requiem
• Ives, Grayston: Listen, sweet love
• Leighton, Kenneth: Let All the World 
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Five Mystical Songs 

Jun 5, 1993

Concert

• Bartók , Belá: Four Slovak Folksongs
• Elgar, Edward: The fountain
• Elgar, Edward: The shower
• Finzi, Gerald: White-flowering days
• Gardner, John: Loveliest of trees
• Kodály, Zoltan: Norwegian girls
• Poulenc, Francis: C’est la petit’fill’du prince
• Rawsthorne, Alan: Canzonel
• Rubbra, Edmund: Salutation
• Rutter, John: Five childhood lyrics
• Thompson, Randall: Alleluia
• Toch, Ernst: Geographical fugue

Jun 3, 1993

Concert

• Holst, Gustav: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (arr) 

Jun 1, 1993

Recording Session

• Roe, Betty: Music’s Empire
• Roe, Betty: Two River Songs

Apr 3, 1993

Concert

• Berkeley, Michael: Easter 
• Britten, Benjamin: Rejoice in the Lamb 
• Finzi, Gerald: God is gone up 
• Gibbs, Alan: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
• Hadley, Patrick: My beloved spake
• Harvey, Jonathan: Come Holy Ghost
• Holst, Gustav: The Evening Watch
• Mathias, William: Make a joyful noise (Jubilate Deo) 
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Magnificat & Nunc Dimitis in G
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: O clap your hands all ye people
• Walton, William: Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Jan 3, 1993

Concert

• Fricker, Peter Racine: A babe is born all of a may
• Howells, Herbert: Jubilate Deo (Collegium Regale)
• Howells, Herbert: Te Deum (Collegium Regale)

Dec 16, 1992

Concert

• Fricker, Peter Racine: A babe is born all of a may
• Gardner, John: When Christ was born of Mary free
• Halsey, Louis: Missa Brevis: Gloria
• Howells, Herbert: A spotless rose
• Howells, Herbert: Jubilate Deo (Collegium Regale)
• Howells, Herbert: Magnificat & Nunc Dimitiis (Collegium Regale)
• Jacques, Reginald: Rejoice and be merry (arr)
• Leighton, Kenneth: O leave your sheep (arr)
• Maxwell Davies, Peter: Ave Maria
• Maxwell Davies, Peter: Hail, blessed power
• Roe, Betty: The holly and the ivy
• Warlock, Peter: Benedicamus Domino
• Williamson, Malcolm: Ding, dong merrily on high (arr)

Oct 18, 1992

Concert

• Howells, Herbert: Mine eyes for beauty pine
• Howells, Herbert: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem

Oct 17, 1992

Concert

• Brewer, Herbert: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in D
• Holst, Gustav: The Evening Watch
• Howells, Herbert: A spotless rose
• Howells, Herbert: Here is the little door
• Howells, Herbert: Magnificat & Nunc Dimitiis (Collegium Regale)
• Howells, Herbert: Sing lullaby
• Howells, Herbert: Take him, earth, for cherishing
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Beati quorum via
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Coelos ascendit hodie
• Stanford, Charles Villiers: Justorum animae
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: O clap your hands all ye people
• Wood, Charles: Hail, gladdening light – Andrew Macmillan (organ)

Jun 6, 1992

Concert

• Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lobet den Herrn
• Britten, Benjamin: Chorale for unaccompanied chorus
• Britten, Benjamin: Jubilate Deo in C 
• Monteverdi, Claudio: Mass for 4 voices (1651)
• Swayne, Giles: Missa Tiburtina

May 1, 1992

Recording Session

• Warlock, Peter: A Cornish Carol
• Warlock, Peter: A Cornish Christmas Carol
• Warlock, Peter: Adam lay ybounden
• Warlock, Peter: As dew in April
• Warlock, Peter: Balulalow
• Warlock, Peter: Benedicamus Domino
• Warlock, Peter: Bethlehem Down
• Warlock, Peter: Carillon, Carilla
• Warlock, Peter: I saw a fair maiden
• Warlock, Peter: Out of the Orient crystal skies
• Warlock, Peter: Song for Christmas Day
• Warlock, Peter: The Birds
• Warlock, Peter: The first mercy
• Warlock, Peter: The five lesser joys of Mary
• Warlock, Peter: The rich cavalcade
• Warlock, Peter: The sycamore tree
• Warlock, Peter: Tyrley Tyrlow
• Warlock, Peter: What cheer? Good cheer!
• Warlock, Peter: Where riches is everlastingly

Apr 4, 1992

Concert

• Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lobet den Herrn
• Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms
• Gardner, John: Cantata for Easter
• Gardner, John: Loveliest of trees – Premiered by the Allegri Singers

Nov 23, 1991

Concert

• Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms
• Copland, Aaron: Ching-a-Ring Chaw (arr Irving Fine) I bought me a cat
• Duruflé, Maurice: Quatre motets sur des thèmes Grégoriens
• Halsey, Louis: Ye banks and braes (arr)
• Langford, Gordon: Bobby Shaftoe (arr)  
• Lassus, Orlande de: Jubilate Deo
• Porter, Cole: Night and Day (arr. Ken Naylor)
• Rutter, John: It was a lover and his lass
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Bushes and Briars (arr) – Essex Folksong
• Warren, Harry: Lullaby of Broadway (arr Ken Naylor)  
• Williamson, Malcolm: Symphony for Voices

Sep 22, 1991

Concert

• Britten, Benjamin: Venite Exultemus Domino
• Charpentier, Marc-Antoine: O Sacrum Convivium
• Farmer, John: Lord’s Prayer
• Finzi, Gerald: All this night
• Josquin des Pres, : Ave Maria .. Virgo Serena 
• Maxwell Davies, Peter: Lord’s Prayer
• Purcell, Henry: Beati Omnes
• Purcell, Henry: Qui Timent Dominum  
• Verdi, Giuseppe: Pater Noster 

Sep 21, 1991

Concert

• Britten, Benjamin: Festival Te Deum in E 
• Walton, William: Missa Brevis 

May 11, 1991

Concert

• Britten, Benjamin: Te Deum Laudamus in C
• Burgon, Geoffrey: Short Mass
• Tavener, John: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale) 
• Walton, William: Missa Brevis