Sunday, 14th May 2017 - MUSIC BY THE GREEN. |
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| Elm Singers: English Madrigals | Now is the month of Maying; April is in my mistress′ face; Sing we and chant it | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Solo: Stephen Locke | Mailied | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | |
| Duet: John Harrison & Dick Allard | The Bedstead Men | Michael Flanders (1922-1975) & Donald Swann (1923-1994) | |
| Elm Singers | Ave verum corpus | W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Elm Singers: Romantic Part Songs | Come live with me | William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) | |
| As torrents in summer | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | ||
| O hush thee my babie | Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | ||
| Elm Singers | Three Hungarian Folksongs (The Handsome Butcher; Apple, Apple; The Old Woman) | Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) | |
| Just as the tide was flowing | English folk song, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1972-1958) | ||
| Solo: Heather Swain | Tell me, lovely shepherd | William Boyce (1711-1779), arranged by Elizabeth Poston | |
| Solo: Peter Openshaw | E′en as a lovely flower | Frank Bridge (1879-1941) | |
| Elm Singers | Songs of Springtime: Under the greenwood tree (Shakespeare); The River-God′s song (John Fletcher) | E.J. Moeran (1894-1950) | |
| Elm Singers | My bonny lass she smileth | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Elm Singers | The silver swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
Saturday, 26th November 2016 - a concert by BECKENHAM JUNIOR CHOIR, BECKENHAM YOUTH VOICES and THE ELM SINGERS - director John Webber with Neil Draisey, Nehara Fernando, Nilumi Fernando, Chloe Harwood, Stuart Kale , Stella Rosen-Morado (piano) and Mark Edwards (guitar). |
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| Junior Choir and the Elm Singers | Three Hungarian Folksongs (The Handsome Butcher; Apple, Apple; The Old Woman) | Matyas Seiber | |
| Junior Choir | Songs from Mary Poppins (Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious; Feed the birds; A spoonful of sugar) | Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman | |
| Solo (Ella Fraser) | I'll rock you to rest | Charles Villiers Stanford | |
| Youth Voices | What a wonderful world | George David Weiss & Bob Thiele | |
| Youth Voices (with Stella, flute) | The Wild Rover | trad. Irish | |
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| Solo (sung by Margaret Cadney) | Harvest | Gerald Finzi | |
| Elm Singers (octet) | Autumn Leaves | Joseph Kosma, arranged by Andrew Carter | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | Three Japanese haiku | ||
| Elm Singers | You are the new day | John David | |
| Elm Singers | O hush thee, my babie | Arthur Sullivan | |
| Elm Singers | Full fathom five | Charles Wood | |
| Junior Choir | Two spirituals (My Lord, what a morning; Swing low, sweet chariot) | arranged by Kenneth Pont | |
| Junior Choir | The drunken sailor | traditional English | |
| Youth Voices | A foggy day in London Town; Someone to watch over me | George Gershwin | |
| I N T E R V A L | |||
| Junior Choir | Who do you think you are kidding, Mister Hitler? | Jimmy Perry and Derek Taverner | |
| Junior Choir | The happy wanderer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Moller | |
| Elm Singers and Youth Voices (with Singing Parents) | As torrents in summer | Edward Elgar | |
| Elm Singers | When daffodils begin to peer; It was a lover and his lass | from "Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare" by George Shearing | |
| Solo (Malachi) | On Mondays I never go to work | trad. English | |
| Solo (Georgina) | But it's mine (from Songs of the North East) | Eric Boswell | |
| Junior Choir (solos Katja and Olivia) | The three ravens | anon, published in 1611 | |
| Junior Choir | London Pride | Noel Coward | |
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| Solo (John Harrison) | Bunt sind schon die Wälder | Johann Friedrich Reichardt | |
| Reading Margaret Cadney | Colours | Adeline White | |
| Solo (Stella, flute) | The willow song | anon. English lute song of 1583 (from Shakespeare's "Othello") | |
| Youth Voices and Elm Singers | My bonny lass she smileth | Thomas Morley | |
| Elm Singers | Sing we at pleasure | Thomas Weelkes | |
| ditto | Though Amaryllis dance in green | William Byrd | |
| Junior Choir | Edelweiss (from "The Sound of Music") | Richard Rodgers | |
| Junior Choir | Old woman | Traditional | |
Friday, 13th May 2016 - a concert by the Elm Singers, director John Webber with Laura Corbin, flute. |
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| Elm Singers | English Madrigals: Now is the month of Maying; Though Amaryllis dance in green; All creatures now are merry-minded | Thomas Morley; William Byrd; John Bennet | |
| Solo (Paul Harris, bass) | Mailied | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| Solo (Laura Corbin, flute) | Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino | Paul Taffenel | |
| Quartet (Claudine Rice, Maggie Whisson, Terry Heard, John Rogers) | Il est bel et bon | Pierre Passereau | |
| Elm Singers | Haec Dies | William Byrd | |
| Elm Singers | Hear my prayer | Henry Purcell | |
| Duet (Litsa Breingan and Sue O'Neill, sopranos) | In Praise of May | John Ireland | |
| Elm Singers | Come live with me | William Sterndale Bennett | |
| Elm Singers - English folk song | Just as the tide was flowing | Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams | |
| Solo (Peter Openshaw, tenor) | Th' Month o' May | Douglas Lloyd | |
| Elm Singers | Songs of Springtime: Under the greenwood tree The River-God's Song | E.J. Moeran | |
| Solo (Laura Corbin, flute) | Sonata No.6 in C major (Opus 1, No. 7) - Larghetto | G.F. Handel | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney, soprano) | Die Mainacht | Johannes Brahms | |
| Elm Singers | Three Hungarian folksongs :The handsome butcher; Apple, apple; The old woman | Matyas Seiber | |
Friday, 11th December 2015 - a concert by the Elm Singers, director John Webber with Miriam & James Carpenter, flute and piano in aid of Sydenham Garden. |
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| Audience carol | Come, thou long-expected Jesus | Words: Charles Wesley (1757-1834); tune: Cross of Jesus, by John Stainer (1840-1901) | |
| Elm Singers | Adam lay ybounden | Boris Ord (1897-1961) | |
| Elm Singers: | All this time | William Walton (1902-1983) | |
| Flute and piano (Miriam and James Carpenter) | Catalina (second movement of Flute Sonata) | Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | Signs of winter | John Clare (1793-1864) | |
| Solo (Barbara Smith) | O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Messiah) | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Elm Singers | Pater noster | Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) | |
| Elm Singers | O magnum mysterium | Morten Lauridsen (b.1943) | |
| Reading (David Burkitt) | Winter Time | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | O Gloriosa Domina | Michael Head (1900-1976) | |
| Audience carol | Lo! he comes with clouds descending | Words: Charles Wesley (1757-1834); tune: Helmsley by Thomas Olivers (1725-1799) | |
| I N T E R V A L | |||
| Elm Singers | Nativity Carol | John Rutter (b.1945) | |
| Elm Singers | The Lamb | John Tavener (1944-2013) | |
| Reading (Maggie Webber) | The Tyger | William Blake (1757-1827) | |
| Audience carol: | Silent night, holy night | Words: Joseph Mohr (1792-1848; tune: Stille Nacht, by Franz Gruber (1787-1863) | |
| Solo (Claudine Rice) | Maria Wiegenlie | dMax Reger (1873-1916) | |
| Elm Singers | Unser lieben Frauen Traum | Max Reger (1873-1916) | |
| Elm Singers | Infant holy, infant lowly | Polish, arranged by David Willcocks (1919-2015) | |
| Flute (Miriam Carpenter) | Fantasy in E minor, first two movements | Geog Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) | |
| Readings (Maggie Whisson) | A small parcel | by Richard Church (1893-1972) | |
| Trio (Claudine Rice, Fiona Rogers and Jeanette Purcell) | Two items from a book of French carols, compiled in 1955 | with harmonies by AM & M Dautremer | |
| Item 1 | Canciones de Navidas (Noë Espagnol) | words by Pierro Pivo | |
| Item2 | Des bergers et des bergéres (Noël Bressau) | words by Pierre Bourgeois | |
| Elm Singers | Away in a manger - traditional tune from Normandy | arr. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969) | |
| Elm Singers | Good King Wenceslas | From Piae Cantiones (1582), arr. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969) | |
| Audience carol | It came upon the midnight clear | Words: Edmund Sears (1810-1876); tune: Noel, English trad. melody, arr. Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | |
Saturday, 6th June 2015 - A SUMMER CONCERT BY THE ELM SINGERS AT ST JOHN'S CHURCH, DEPTFORD, SE8 4EA |
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| Elm Singers | ENGLISH MADRIGALS: • Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone • Sweet Suffolk owl • Come away, sweet love |
• John Farmer (c. 1565-c. 1605) • Thomas Vautor (fl. 1592-1619) • Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604) |
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| Solo: Peter Openshaw (singer) | Early in the morning | Ned Rorem (b. 1923) | |
| Reading: Maggie Webber | Adlestrop | Edward Thomas (1878-1917) | |
| Elm Singers | • Tu est Petrus • The Lamb |
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) • John Tavener (1944-2013)/ |
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| Solo: John Webber (organ) | Scherzoso (Sonata No.8) | Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) | |
| Solo: Margaret Cadney (singer) | Summertime (from "Porgy and Bess") | George Gershwin (1898-1937) | |
| Elm Singers | Pater noster | Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) | |
| Elm Singers | Hear my prayer | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Duet: Litsa Breingan and Sue O'Neill (singers) | In summer woods | John Ireland (1879-1962) | |
| Reading - David Burkitt | Summer (from the Second Pastoral) | Alexander Pope (1688-1744) | |
| Elm Singers | ENGLISH PARTSONGS • As torrents in summer • Heraclitus |
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) |
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| Solo - John Webber (organ) | Prelude in F (Op.101, No.1) | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Elm Singers | All in the April evening | Hugh S. Roberton (1874-1952) | |
| Elm Singers | From "Songs of Springtime" • Under the greenwood tree (William Shakespeare) • The River-God's song (John Fletcher) |
Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) | |
| Reading - Margaret Cadney | Bed in summer | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) | |
| Solo - Paul Harris (singer) | Satire on paying calls in August | Eugene Bonner (1889-1963) | |
| Elm Singers | THREE HUNGARIAN FOLKSONGS • The handsome butcher • Apple, apple • The old woman |
set by Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) | |
Friday, 12th December 2014 - A CONCERT BY THE ELM SINGERS WITH MEMBERS OF ST JOHN'S CHURCH CHOIR AND BECKENHAM YOUTH VOICES IN AID OF SYDENHAM GARDEN |
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| Elm Singers | Hodie Christus natus est | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) | Men of the Elm Singers | O magnum mysterium | Cristóbal de Morales (c.1500-1553) | Duet - Tabitha & Savannah, Head Choristers of St John's Junior Choir | The Earl of Salisbury's Carol | William Byrd (1543-1623) | John Webber (organ) | Jesus' tender mother, make thy supplication (Op.18 No.7) | Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) | Beckenham Youth Voices and St John's Choir | Prepare Thyself, Zion (from The Christmas Oratorio) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | Lia Breingan (harp) | Angelus | Henriette Renie (1875-1956) | Elm Singers | Joseph, lieber Joseph mein | Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629) | Beckenham Youth Voices | A New Year Carol (from Friday Afternoons) | Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) | Elm Singers | The Wassail of Figgy Duff | Michael Flanders (1922-1975) | All sopranos and altos, with Lia Breingan (harp) | Ceremony of Carols | Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) | Elm Singers and St John's Choir | O quam gloriosum | Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611) | Men of the Elm Singers | Confitemini Domino | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) | John Webber (organ) | Pastoral Symphony (from Messiah) | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | Elm Singers and St John's Choir | Magnificat - plainsong with fauxboudons | Andreas Carolus |
Saturday, 21st June 2014 - A concert to celebrate John Webber's Fifty Years of Music Making with Choirs and Organs |
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| St John's Adult and Junior Choirs | God so loved the world | John Stainer (1840-1901) | |
| St John's Choir and the Elm Singers (with Neil Stevenson, organ) | Cantique de Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | |
| St John's Choir and the Elm Singers | You are the new day | John David (b. 1946), arranged by Peter Knight | |
| Sue O'Neill (member of St John's Choir and the Elm Singers) | I will sing of thy great mercies, O Lord (from "St. Paul") | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | |
| John Webber (organ) | Great Prelude in A minor (BWV 543) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir (with Megan White, piano) | Cat and mouse games | Malcolm Abbs | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir and Beckenham Youth Voices (with Anna Porritt, piano) | Sweet gingerbread man | Michel Legrand (b. 1932) | |
| Beckenham Youth Voices, with Year 6 members of the Beckenham Junior Choir (Soloist: Emily Swift; Sophie Kale, piano) | Take me home, country roads | Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver | |
| John Webber (organ) | Sortie in E flat | Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure Wély (1817-1869) | |
| Christine Camplin (member of St John's Choir and the Elm Singers) | When you're feeling like expressing your affection | Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) | |
| St John's Junior Choir (with Andrew Baars, piano and Mark Edwards, guitar) | I need a boat, man (from "Jonah-Man Jazz") | Michael Hurd (1928-2006) | |
| St John's Choir (with Nick Jones, organ) | A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester | L.J. White | |
| Ditto (soloists: Savannah McFarlane and Vince Turner) | Psalm 121 | Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941) | |
| ditto | The First Disciples | John Webber | |
| St John's Adult Choir and the Elm Singers (with Marilyn Harper, organ) | Ave verum corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| The Elm Singers | Who is Sylvia? | George Shearing (1919-2011) | |
| The Elm Singers (soloist: Margaret Cadney) | The Blue Bird | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Stephen Locke (member of the Elm Singers) | Dream pedlary; At the mid hour of night | John Webber | |
| John Webber (piano) | Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (first section; Op.65, No.6) | Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) | |
| Rachel Mills (member of St John's Choir) | Angels, ever bright and fair (from "Theodora") | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir and Beckenham Youth Voices Soloists: Hannah F, Joe, Alice, Sophia, Ivan, Oliver, Niamh; Ensemble: Miriam (flute), Sophie (oboe), Aisling (sax), Mike Ibbott (violin), Mark Edwards (guitar) |
Joys Seven | Medieval English carol, arr. John Webber | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir, Beckenham Youth Voices and parents (Sophie Kale, piano) | A la cart | Judith Watson, after W.A. Mozart | |
| Beckenham Youth Voices and parents with the Elm Singers | As torrents in summer | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir, Beckenham Youth Voices and the Elm Singers | The silver swan Now is the month of Maying |
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Thomas Morley (1557-1602) |
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| St John's Choir and the Elm Singers (with Andrew Baars, organ) | Hallelujah (from "Messiah") | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| All singers (with Sophie Kale, piano). Soloists: Sabrina Giampieri-Smith and Tabitha Minett |
Lead me, Lord | Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) | |
Saturday, 17th May 2014 - Concert at St Mary's Church, Shortlands |
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| Elm Singers | Romantic Partsongs: Home, sweet home As torrents in summer |
Henry Bishop (1786-1855) Edward Elgar (1857-1934) |
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| Stone Road Single Reeds | Overture "Hansel and Gretel" | Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) | |
| Elm Singers | Sixteenth Century motets: Tu es Petrus O vos omnes O quam gloriosum |
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) |
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| Trio - Margaret Cadney (soprano), Margaret Archibald (clarinet), John Webber (piano) | The Shepherd on the Rock, Op.12 | Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | |
| Elm Singers | Two motets: Have mercy on us, O Lord Sing ye praises to our King |
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) | |
| Stone Road Single Reeds | Elite Syncopations | Scott Joplin (1868-1917), arr. Peter Spink | |
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| Elm Singers | Madrigals: Now is the month of Maying The silver swan |
Thomas Morley (1557-1602) Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) |
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| Stone Road Single Reeds - David Wong and Alex Russel (clarinets), Alan Shellard, Rebecca Ellard and Margaret Archibald (basset horns) | Adagio, K.411 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Elm Singers | From "Quatre Motets": Ubi caritas; Tu es Petrus | Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) | |
| Stone Road Single Reeds | Moonglow from "The Benny Goodman Suite" | Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills, arr. Chris Burn | |
| Stone Road Single Reeds | Liza | George Gershwin (1898-1937), arr. Art Marshall | |
| Elm Singers | Who is Sylvia? and Spring, from "Songs and Sonnets" | George Shearing (1919-2011) | |
| Stone Road Single Reeds | Medley from "HMS Pinafore" | Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | |
Friday, 13th December 2013 - Concert at St Michael's Church, Sydenham |
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| Organ Solo (John Webber) | Choral Prelude for Advent: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Audience Carol | O come, o come, Emmanuel | Words: Cologne 1710, based on the ancient Advent Antiphons, translated by T.A. Lacey and others Tune: from a fifteenth century French Franciscan Missal | |
| Reading (Daid Burkitt) | Christmas 1913 | ||
| Choir | Ding Dong! Merrily on High | Sixteenth-century French tune, arranged by Charles Wood (1866-1926) | |
| Solo Song (Stephen Locke) | Comfort ye (from Messiah) | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Reading (Barbara Smith) | Horace and Gustav | ||
| Solo Song (Margaret Cadney) | The Monkey Carol | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Choir - Ladies' voices | I sing of a maiden | Patrick Hadley (1899-1973) | |
| Audience Carol | Long ago, prophets knew | Words: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) Tune: from Piae Cantiones, 1582 |
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| Audience Carol | Virgin-born, we bow before thee | Words: Bishop Reginald Heber (1783-1826) Tune: Quem Pastores, fourteenth century German carol, melody harmonised by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
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| Organ Solo (John Webber) | Penguins’ Playtime | Nigel Ogden | |
| Solo Song (Paul Harris) | Pastorcito | Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) | |
| Reading (Maggie Whisson) | Excerpt from Cider with Rosie | Laurie Lee (1914-1997) | |
| Choir | The Lord at first did Adam make | English traditional carol, arranged by David Willcocks | |
| Choir | Lullay my liking | Gustav Holst (1874-1934) | |
| Songs (Jeanette Purcell, Claudine Rice & Fiona Rogers | Fleurs pour Noël Noël de St Amand |
French regional Noels | |
| Reading (Maggie Webber) | The Darkling Thrush | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
| Audience Carol | God rest you merry, gentlemen | Words: traditional Tune: English traditional, arr. David Willcocks |
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| Organ Solo (John Webber) | Toccata from Gothic Suite | Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) | |
Friday, 28th June 2013 - Concert at St John's Church, East Dulwich |
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| Elm Singers | • Hark, all you lovely saints above • Come, gentle swains |
Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) Michael Cavendish (c.1565-1628) |
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| Duet (Heather Benyayer & John Harrison) | The garden of your heart | Music by Francis Dorel, Words by Edward Teschemacher (1876-1940), alias Edward Frederick Lockton |
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| Organ (Nick Jones) | Sonata in C minor: Allegro ma non presto - Moderato - Presto |
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c.1704-1766) | Elm Singers | Tu est Petrus | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) |
| Solo song (Paul Harris) | Les Roses d'Ispahan | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | |
| Elm Singers with Nick Jones, piano | • Cantique de Jean Racine • Ave verum corpus |
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
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| Elm Singers | Mother, I will have a husband | Thomas Vautor (c.1580-?) | |
| Duet (Barbara Smith and Mary Hodgson) | Scarborough Fair | traditional English song (arr. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel) | |
| Elm Singers | • The long day closes • There rolls the deep |
Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) |
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| Trio (Jeanette Purcell, Claudine Rice and Fiona Rogers) | Four arms, two necks, one wreathing | Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) | |
| Organ (Nick Jones) | Prelude on the hymn tune "Song 22" of Orlando Gibbons | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Duet: Margaret Cadney (Soprano), Terry Heard (Clarinet) | from "A Garden of Weeds": Buttercup - Poppy - Bella Donna |
Terence Greaves (b.1933) | |
| Elm Singers with Terry Heard (double bass) and Nick Jones (piano) | from "Songs and Sonnets": • When daffodils begin to peer • Live with me and be my love |
George Shearing(1919-2011) | |
Friday, 14th December 2012 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St Michael's Church, Sydenham |
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| Audience Carol | Come, thou long expected Jesus | Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788)Tune: Cross of Jesus by John Stainer (1840-1901) | |
| Reading (Millie) | Forever our friend | E.M. Napier | |
| Choir | • Ave Maria • Ave Virgo sanctissima |
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) |
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| Solo (Stephen Locke) | Nun wandre, Maria | Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) | |
| Organ Solo (John Webber) | Wachet auf (BWV645) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | Songs my mother taught me | Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) | |
| Choir | Rocking | Czech, arranged by David Willcocks | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | Sonnet 116 | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Audience Carol | It came upon the midnight clear | Words: Edmund Sears (1810-1876)Tune: Noel, English traditional melody, arranged Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | |
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| Audience Carol | Lo! He comes with clouds descending | Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788)Tune: Helmsley by Thomas Olivers (1725-1799) | |
| Choir | Hodie Christus natus est | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) | |
| Solo (Heather Benyayer) | The Second Minuet | Maurice Besly (1888-1945) | |
| Organ Solo (John Webber) | Prelude "Founded on an old Irish melody" (Opus 101, No. 6) | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Reading (Margaret Cadney) | "Cratchit Family Christmas" from A Christmas Carol | by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) | |
| Choir | In dulci Jubilo | old German tune, arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856) | |
| Duet (Barbara Smith and Mary Hodgson | Down to the river | Anon | |
| Audience Carol | Silent night, holy night | Words: Josef Mohr (1792-1848)Tune: Stille Nacht by Franz Gruber (1787-1863) | |
Friday, 22nd June 2012 - Elm Singers Summer Concert |
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| Choir | Sing we and chant it | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir | Thule, the period of Cosmography | Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) | |
| Solo Song (Heather Benyayer) | Greensleeves | Traditional Song, sometimes attributed to Henry VIII | |
| Organ Solo (Marilyn Harper) | Concerto in C (BWV 595) | Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), transcribed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Choir | Miserere (Psalm 51) | Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) | |
| Harp | • Au Matin • Fire Dance |
Marcel Lucien Tournier (1879-1951) David Watkins (b.1939) |
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| Solo Song (Christine Camplin) | The colors of my life (from Barnum) | Cy Coleman (1929-2004) | |
| Choir with Marilyn Harper, organ | Beatus vir | Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) | |
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| Choir | Ave maris stella | Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) | |
| Solo Song (Peter Openshaw) | A red rose | Peter Openshaw | |
| Choir | Ubi caritas (from "Quatre Motets") | Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) | |
| Choir with Marilyn Harper, piano & Terry Heard, double bass | It was a lover and his lass (from Songs and Sonnets) | George Shearing (1919-2011) | |
| Solo Song (Paul Harris) | Plucking the rushes | Martin Dalby (b.1942) | |
| Choir | • Departure • Orpheus with his lute |
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) George MacFarren (1813-1887) |
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| Choir with soloist, Margaret Cadney | The blue bird | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Solo Song (Margaret Cadney | Silver | Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) | |
| Organ Solo (Marilyn Harper) | Toccata in A | Reinken (1643-1722) | |
| Solo Song (Stephen Locke) | Black Stitchel | Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) | |
| Choir | • Weep, O mine eyes • All creatures now |
John Bennet (c.1575-c.1614) | |
Friday, 2nd December 2011 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St Michael's Church, Sydenham |
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| Choir | Matin Responsory | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) | |
| Audience Carol | O come, o come, Emmanuel | Words: Cologne 1710, based on the ancient Advent Antiphons, translated by T.A. Lacey and othersTune: from a fifteenth century French Franciscan Missal | |
| Organ Solo (Charlie Warren) | Chorale Prelude Herzlich thut mich erfreuen (Opus 122, No. 4) | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| Reading (Terry Heard) | Greenwich Fair | Charles Dickens (1812-1870) | |
| Choir | O magnum mysterium | Morten Lauridsen (b.1943) | |
| Solo Song (Peter Openshaw) | On the brow of Richmond Hill | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Reading (David Burkitt) | The oldest thing in London | Cicely Fox Smith (1882-1954) | |
| Duet (Dick Allard & John Harrison) | Transport of Delight | Michael Flanders (1922-1975) & Donald Swann (1923-1994) | |
| Choir | Magnificat | Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707) | |
| Reading (Claudine Rice) | Upon Westminster Bridge | William Wordsworth (1770-1850) | |
| Audience Carol | Long ago, prophets knew | Words: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)Tune: from Piae Cantiones, 1582 | |
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| Audience Carol | Virgin-born, we bow before thee | Words: Bishop Reginald Heber (1783-1826)Tune: Quem Pastores, fourteenth century German carol, melody harmonised by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
| Organ Solo (Charlie Warren) | Fugue in G minor (BWV 578) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Solo Song (Paul Harris) | Limehouse Reach | Michael Head (1900-1976) | |
| Reading (Barbara Smith) | Buckingham Palace | Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) | |
| Choir | Hail! Blesséd Virgin Mary! - Italian carolThe Coventry Carol | arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)from the fifteenth century pageant, arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958) | |
| Solo Song (Margaret Cadney) | Lavendar Pond | Michael Head (1900-1976) | |
| Audience Carol | God rest you merry, gentlemen | Words: traditionalTune: English traditional, arr. David Willcocks | |
Friday, 20th May 2011 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St Michael's Church, Sydenham |
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| Choir - Madrigals | Sweet Suffolk owlThule, the period of CosmographyLady, when I behold | Thomas Vautor (c.1580–1619)Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623)John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Solo Song (Heather Benyayer) | Spring Sorrow | John Ireland (1879-1962) | |
| Choir | Psalm 100 | Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) | |
| Bass clarinet & piano (Terry Heard & Peter Openshaw) | The Worm Descending | Peter Openshaw | |
| Choir - Partsongs | HeraclitusWho shall win my lady fair? | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)Robert Pearsall (1795-1856) | |
| Choir | Come live with me and be my love | William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875), words: Christopher Marlowe | |
| Choir | Orpheus, with his lute | George Macfarren (1813-1887), words: William Shakespeare | |
| Choir (with Jean Parker, piano) | Who is Sylvia? | George Shearing (1919-2011), words: William Shakespeare | |
| Solo Song (Paul Harris) | Chanson épique(from Don Quichotte à Dulcinée) | Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) | |
| Choir | Ubi caritasPanis angelicus | Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)César Franck (1822-1890) | |
| Solo Song (Dick Allard) | Misalliance | Michael Flanders (1922-1975) & Donald Swann (1923-1994) | |
| Choir - madrigals | Weep, o mine eyesMy bonny lass she smileth | John Bennet (c.1575-fl.1614)Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
Saturday, 3rd December 2010 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham |
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| Organ (John Webber) | Gavotte in F | Samuel Wesley | |
| Audience Carol | Come, thou long-expected Jesus | Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788); tune: Cross of Jesus, by John Stainer (1840-1901) | |
| Choir | Ding dong! merrily on high Dostoino yest (Hymn to the Virgin) |
Sixteenth-century French tune, arranged by Charles Wood (1866-1926) Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) |
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| Solo Song (Stephen Locke) | Adelaide | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | |
| Reading (David Burkitt) | Tell me the truth about love | W.H. Auden (1807-1973) | |
| Trio (Margaret Cadney, Maggie Whisson and Stephen Locke) | There is no rose | Anon. fifteenth-century English, edited by John Stevens | |
| Reading (Barbara Smith) | The burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna | Charles Wolfe (1791-1823) | |
| Audience Carol | It came upon the midnight clear | Words: Edmund Sears (1810-1876); tune: Noel, English trad. melody Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | |
| Audience Carol | Lo! he comes with clouds descending | Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788); tune: Helmsley, by Thomas Olivers (1725-1799) | |
| Choir | Tomorrow shall be my dancing day The truth from above |
English traditional, arranged by David Willcocks (b.1919) Herefordshire carol, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
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| Duet (Claudine Rice and Maggie Whisson) | The Earl of Salisbury's Carol | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Solo Song (Margaret Cadney) | An die Freundschaft | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | Heraclitus | Translation from the Greek of Callimachus (c.210-246BC) | |
| Choir | In dulci jubilo | Old German tune, arranged by Robert Pearsall (1795-1856) | |
| Audience Carol | Silent night, holy night | Words: Josef Mohr (1792-1848); tune: Franz Gruber (1787-1863) | |
| Organ (John Webber) | Prelude on an Old Irish church melody, Op.101, No.5 | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
Saturday, 26th June 2010 - Summer Concert at St Augustine's, Honor Oak |
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| Choir | Madrigals: Now is the month of Maying Adieu, sweet Amaryllis Come away, sweet love |
Thomas Morley (1558-1603) John Wilbye (1574-1638) Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604) |
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| Choir | Evening | Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) | |
| BLACKHEATH BAROQUE | Concerto in D minor for oboe and violin Allegro - Adagio - Allegro |
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Solo Song (Paul Harris) | The stars looked tenderly upon us | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) | |
| Choir | O salutaris hostia | Francis Jackson (b. 1917) | |
| Choir | I sowed the seeds of love | Hampshire folksong, arranged by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) | |
| Choir | Romantic Partsongs: Full fathom five Oh where art thou dreaming? O hush thee, my babie |
Charles Wood (1866-1926) Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | |
| Solo Song (Stephen Locke) | In summertime on Bredon | George Butterworth (1885-1916) | Choir | Excerpts from "Five Flower Songs", Op. 47: No. 2 "The Succession of the Four Sweet Months" and No. 4 "The Evening Primrose" |
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) words by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) and John Clare (1793-1864) |
| BLACKHEATH BAROQUE | Concerto in E minor Largo - Allegro - Largo - Presto |
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) | Choir with BLACKHEATH BAROQUE | Ave verum corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
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Friday, 4th December 2009 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham | |||
| Audience Carol | O come, o come, Emmanuel | 15th Century French melody | |
| Choir | Songs of Nature (Op.63): No. 1: Melodies fell into my soul No. 2: Evening bells ring No. 3: In the rye fields No. 4: Out of the Woods No. 5: How joyfully all Nature sings |
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), original words by Vitězslav Hálek (1835-1874). Nos 1 to 4 translated by Fergus Black (2005); No. 5 translated by Paul Harris. | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke, tenor) | Das erste Veilchen | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | |
| Organ (John Webber) | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV645) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Reading (Amelia Wright) | Winter | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) | |
| Solo (Litsa Breingan, soprano) | With verdure clad (from "The Creation") | Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) | |
| Choir | "The Succession of the Four Sweet Months" (Song No. 2 from "Five Flower Songs", Op. 47 | Benjamin Britten (1913-1976); words by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) | |
| Audience Carol | Lo! He comes with clouds descending | Thomas Olivers (1725-1799); words by Charles Wesley (1707-1788) and John Cennick (1718-1755) | |
| Audience Carol | Hills of the north, rejoice | Martin Shaw (1875-1958); words by Charles Edward Oakley (1832-1865) | |
| Choir: Romantic Partsong (soloist: Claudine Rice, soprano) | The Blue Bird | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Choir: Romantic Partsong | Slow fresh fount | William Horsley (1774-1858) words by Ben Jonson (1573-1637 | |
| Reading (Barbara Smith) | O worship the King | Sir Robert Grant (1779-1838) | |
| Organ (John Webber) | Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV659) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Solo (Andrew Crozier) | Vaga Luna | Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | Afterwards | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
| Choir: madrigal | The silver swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Choir: madrigal | Sweet Suffolk owl | Thomas Vautor (c.1580-1620) | |
| Choir: madrigal | Though Amaryllis dance in green | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Audience Carol | Silent night, holy night | Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) | |
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Saturday, 27th June 2009 - Summer Concert at St John's Church, St John's Vale, Deptford | |||
| Choir: madrigal | Now is the month of Maying | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir: madrigal | Sing we and chant it | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir: madrigal | Though Amaryllis dance in green | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Strings | Eine kleine Nachtmusik (K.525) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Solo (Andrew Crozier, bass) | Sailor's Song | Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) | |
| Violin Solo (Helen Waites) | Meditation from "Thais" | Jules Massanet (1842-1912), transcribed by M.P. Marsick | |
| Choir, Brass and Timpani | Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1695) | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Choir: Romantic Partsong | Stars of the summer night | John Liptrot Hatton (1809-1886) | |
| Choir: Romantic Partsong | As torrents in summer | Edgar Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Brass quintet | Canzon Primi Toni a 8, arranged for four trumpets | Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1554-1612), arr. S.Q. Smith | |
| Solo (Paul Harris, bass) | Channel Firing | Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) | |
| Choir and orchestra | Chandos Anthem No.8: O come let us sing unto the Lord | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
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Friday, 19th December 2008 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St George's Church, Perry Hill | |||
| Audience Carol | O little town of Bethlehem | English traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams; words by Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke, tenor) | When icicles hang by the wall | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke, tenor) | Snow | Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) | |
| Reading (Margaret Cadney) | Signs of Rain | Edward Jenner (1749-1823) | |
| Choir Carols | 1. The angel Gabriel from heaven came. 2. Sing lullaby! |
Basque carols, arr. by Edgar Pettman (1866-1943) | |
| Piano Duet (Sian & Seamus Conlon) | Overture: "The Magic Flute" | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Solo (Dick Allard, bass) | The Song of the Weather | Michael Flanders (1922-1975) and Donald Swann (1923-1994) | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | Weathers | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
| Choir Carol | Hodie Christus natus est | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) | |
| Piano Solo (Seamus Conlon) | Waldesrauschen | Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | |
| Audience Carol | God rest you merry, gentlemen | English traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams; words by Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) | |
| Audience Carol | The First Nowell | English traditional carol | |
| Clarinet Solo (Terry Heard) | Romance in F | Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) | |
| Choir Carol | I sing of a maiden | John Webber | |
| Choir Carol | I saw a fair maiden | Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938) | |
| Reading (Barbara Smith) | An extract from "The Eternal Christmas Story" | Geraldine McCaughrean (b. 1951) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | Wind's Work | Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) | |
| Piano Duet (Sian & Seamus Conlon) | Last section of the overture "WilliamTell" | Giacchino Rossini (1792-1868) | |
| Audience Carol | While shepherds watched their flocks by night | Este's Psalter (1592); words by Nahum Tate (1652-1715) | |
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Thursday, 13th November 2008 - Concert for the Beckenham & Bromley Historical Association | |||
| Part One | Elizabethan Period - Madrigals | ||
| Choir | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Choir | Weep, O mine eyes | John Bennet (c. 1575-1614) | |
| Choir | Though Amaryllis dance in green | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Trio (Claudine Rice, Litsa Breingen, Stephen Locke) | Strike it up, Tabor | Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) | |
| Choir | Hark, all ye lovely saints above | Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) | |
| Choir | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Choir | Come away, sweet love | Thomas Greaves (1570-1604) | |
| Solo (Peter Openshaw) | Fine knacks for ladies | John Dowland (1563-1626) | |
| Elizabethan Period - Sacred Music | |||
| Choir | O nata lux | Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) | |
| Choir | If ye love me, keep my commandments | Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) | |
| Duet (Claudine Rice and Maggie Whisson) | Sweet was the song the Virgin sang | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Choir | Ave verum corpus | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Choir, with soloist Barbara Smith (alto) | This is the record of John | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Part Two | Victorian Period & early 20th Century | ||
| Choir | Sweet and low | Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) | |
| Choir | As torrents in summer | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Violin Solo (Luke Baxter) | Salut d'amour | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Solo (Amelia Weight) | The last rose of summer | Sir John Stevenson (1761-1833) | |
| Solo (Andrew Crozier) | Sea fever | John Ireland (1879-1962) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris) | Is my team ploughing? | George Butterworth (1885-1916) | |
| Choir | The Blue Bird | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Choir | Home, sweet home | Henry Bishop (1786-1855) | |
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Saturday, 14th June 2008 - Summer Concert at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Lee | |||
| Choir | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Choir | April is in my mistress' face | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Double Bass Solo (Adrian Ball) | Largo and Allegro (from Sonata in G minor) | Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) | |
| Choir, with strings and organ | Psalm 117 | Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) | |
| Solo (Arthur Jones) | The Star of the County Down | arr. Herbert Hughes (1882-1937) | |
| Solo (Arthur Jones) | Trottin' to the Fair | arr. Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Choir | Three Latin motets: 1. Justorum animae 2. Coelos ascendit hodie 3. Beati quorum via integra est |
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Duet (Arthur Jones and Paul Harris) | I know a maiden (from "The Bartered Bride") | Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) | |
| Men's voices | Cantate Domino | Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) | |
| Ladies' voices | Confitemini Domini | Alessandro Constantini (1581-1657) | |
| Violin Solo (Helen Waites) | Praeludium und Allegro | Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) | |
| Song (Margaret Cadney, soprano with Terry Heard, clarinet) | The Shepherd on the Rock | Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | |
| Choir | Il bianco e dolce cigno | Jacques Arcadelt (c.1505-1568) | |
| Choir | From "Songs of Nature" (Op.63): 4. Out of the Woods (tr. Fergus Black). 5. How joyfully all Nature sings (tr. Paul Harris) |
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904); orig. words Vitězslav Hálek (1835-1874) | |
| Solo (Barbara Smith) | Where'er you walk (from "Semele") | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Choir | Orpheus, with his lute | George Macfarren (1813-1887), words by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Choir | As torrents in summer | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Choir | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
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Friday, 21st December 2007 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham | |||
| Organ (John Webber) | Berceuse (Op.31, No.19) | Louis Vierne (1870-1937) | |
| Audience Carol | Once in royal David's city | H.J. Gauntlett (1805-1876); words by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) | |
| Choir | Jubilate Deo | Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke) | Carol of the Field Mice | Michael Head (1900-1976) | |
| Reading (Maggie Whisson) | Eddi's Service | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) | |
| Violin Solo (Luke Baxter) | Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| Violin Solo (Luke Baxter) | Stiffkey Blues | Katherine & Hugh Colledge | |
| Choir | O magnum mysterium | Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) | |
| Audience Carol | It came upon the midnight clear | English traditional melody adapted by Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900); words by E.H. Sears (1810-1876) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | Someone is sending me flowers | David Baker | |
| Reading (Amelia Weight) | Winter | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) | |
| Choir | Hodie Christus natus est | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) | |
| Audience Carol | Good King Wenceslas | From Piae Cantiones (1582); words by John Mason Neale (1818-1866) | |
| Choir | Cradle Song | John Webber | |
| Duet (Claudine Rice and Maggie Whisson) | For the beauty of the earth | John Rutter (b. 1945) | |
| Reading (Margaret Cadney) | Forest Trees | William Browne (1588-1643) | |
| Violin Solo (Luke Baxter) | Adagio and Allegro (from Sonata in F) | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris) | It was a lover and his lass | Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) | |
| Reading (Barbara Smith) | Donkey's Glory | Nan Goodall | |
| Choir | Shine, lovely Christmas star | Mary Elizabeth Caldwell (1909-2003) | |
| Audience Carol | Hark! the herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847); words by Charles Wesley (1707-1888) and others | |
| Organ (John Webber ) | Scherzoso (Sonata No. 8) | Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) | |
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Saturday, 19th May 2007 - Beckenham Junior Choir, Youth Voices & Elm Singers at Bromley Road Methodist Church | |||
| Junior Choir (with soloists, Emma and Bethany) | Water come a me eye | Trad. Jamaican | |
| Junior Choir (with soloists, James and Alexander) | Day-Oh! | Trad. Jamaican | |
| Junior Choir | Charley Marley | Trad. Jamaican | |
| Elm Singers | From "Songs of Nature" (Op.63): 1. Melodies fell into my soul. 2. Evening bells ring. 3. In the rye fields |
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904); original words by Vitězslav Hálek (1835-1874), tr. Fergus Black | |
| Solo (Samuel) | This place is on my mind | Eric Boswell | |
| Youth Voices | Cabaret | John Kander (b. 1927) | |
| Youth Voices (with ensemble & soloist, Yvonne) | Georgia on my mind | Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981) | |
| Junior Choir (with ensemble and soloist, Emefa) | Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner | Hubert Gregg (1914-2004) | |
| Junior Choir (with ensemble and soloist, Patrick) | Leaning on a lamp-post | Noel Gay (1898-1954) | |
| Duet (Arthur Jones and Paul Harris) | The Gendarmes' Duet (from "Geneviève de Brabant") | Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) | |
| Elm Singers | Il bianco e dolce cigno | Jacques Arcadelt (c.1505-1568) | |
| Solo (Jay McCarthy) | Bessie, the black cat | Peter Jenkyns | |
| Junior Choir, with soloist Bonnie Sterling | Any old iron? | Charles Collins | |
| Youth Voices (with ensemble) | The Holly and the Ivy | Medieval melody, arr. John Webber | |
| Youth Voices | Summertime | George Gershwin (1898-1937) | |
| Youth Voices | God's Gifts | Carey Blyton (1932-2002) | |
| Solo (Sophie Kale) | The Lord is my Shepherd | Gillian Broome | |
| The Elm Singers | Dirge for the Faithful Lover | Julius Benedict (1804-1885) | |
| The Elm Singers | Stars of the Summer Night | John Liptrot Hatton (1809-1886), words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) | |
| The Elm Singers | O Salutaris Hostia | Francis Jackson (b. 1917) | |
| Junior Choir with ensemble and soloist, Camille | Bye Bye, Blackbird | Ray Henderson (1896-1970) | |
| Junior Choir with ensemble and soloists, Bonnie C. and Grace | Hey, little hen! | Ralph Butler and Noel Gay (1898-1954) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke) | Six Songs (1982): 1. Dream Pedlary 2. At the mid hour of night 3. When we two parted 4. To One in Paradise 5. Love is a Sickness 6. Everyone Sang |
John Webber | |
| The Elm Singers | Hark, all you lovely saints above | Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) | |
| The Elm Singers | Lady, when I behold | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Junior Choir, Youth Voices and The Elm Singers | My bonny lass she smileth | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
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Monday, 9th April 2007 - Evensong at Rochester Cathedral | |||
| The Elm Singers | Introit - Cantate Domino | Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657-1743) | |
| The Elm Singers with soloists, Rachel Mills (soprano) and Roger Nicholls (bass) | Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F |
Sir George Dyson (1883-1964) | |
| The Elm Singers | Anthem - Jubilate Deo | Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641) | |
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Friday, 15th December 2006 - Concert in aid of Sydenham Garden at St George's Church, Forest Hill | |||
| Audience Carol | Away in a manger | William J. Kirkpatrick (1838-1921), words anon. | |
| Choir | Coventry Carol | Modern version of 1591 tune, from the medieval pageant | |
| Choir | O little one sweet | Old German tune, arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Piano Solo (Sophie Kale) | From Pole to Pole | Themes by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) and Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) | |
| Piano Solo (Sophie Kale) | Adeus, bella morena (Goodbye, dark-haired beauty) | Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) | |
| Reading (Margaret Cadney) | The Darkling Thrush | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
| Choir | O men from the fields | Arnold Cooke (1906-2005), words by Padraic Colum (1881-1972) | |
| Choir | Rejoice and be merry | English traditional carol, arr. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969) | |
| Solo (Peter Openshaw) | Nightfall in winter | (Charles) Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) | |
| Solo (Andrew Crozier) | The Vagabond | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
| Audience Carol | O little town of Bethlehem | English traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams; words by Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) | |
| Oboe (Sophie Kale) | Prairie Song | Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951) | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | Intimations of Immortality from "Recollections of Early Childhood" | William Wordsworth (1770-1850) | |
| Choir | Sweet was the song the Virgin sang (Lute-Book Lullaby) | William Ballet (17th Cent.) | |
| Choir | Up! good Christian folk, and listen | Tune from 1582, arr. G.R. Woodward (1848-1934) | |
| Solo (Barbara Smith) | The Little Road to Bethlehem | Michael Head (1900-1976) | |
| Audience Carol | Unto us is born a Son | Words and melody from Piae Cantiones (1582) | |
| Piano Solo (Sophie Kale) | La Tarantelle | Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | Wach auf (from "Six German Songs", Op.103) | Louis Spohr (1784-1859) | |
| Reading (Maggie Webber) | Snowflakes | Clive Sansom | |
| Choir | The Three Kings | Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) | |
| Audience Carol | While shepherds watched their flocks by night | Este's Psalter (1592); words by Nahum Tate (1652-1715) | |
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Saturday, 24th June 2006 - Summer Concert at St James's Church, North Cray | |||
| Choir | Now is the month of maying | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir | Adieu, sweet Amaryllis | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Choir | Sing we and chant it | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Solo (Christine Matthews) | If music be the food of love | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Choir | Chi salirà per me | Jacques de Wert (c.1535-1596) | |
| Choir | Justorum animae | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | Vieille Chanson | Georges Bizet (1838-1875) | |
| Trio (Claudine Rice, Betty Judge, Stephen Locke) | Though Philomena lost her love | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke) | Six Songs (1982): 1. Dream Pedlary 2. At the mid hour of night 3. When we two parted 4. To One in Paradise 5. Love is a Sickness 6. Everyone Sang |
John Webber | |
| Choir | Home, sweet home | Henry Bishop (1786-1855) | |
| Choir | Orpheus, with his lute | George Macfarren (1813-1887), words by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Choir | My beloved spake | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Duet (Arthur Jones and Paul Harris) | The Gendarmes' Duet (from "Geneviève de Brabant") | Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) | |
| Choir, with soloists Claudine Rice and Paul Harris | Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F | George Dyson (1883-1964) | |
| Solo (Barbara Smith) | Quae maerebat et dolebat (Stabat Mater) | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) | |
| Choir | Sweet Suffolk Owl | Thomas Vautor (c.1580-1620) | |
| Choir | Weep, O mine eyes | John Bennet (c.1575-1614) | |
| Choir | My bonny lass she smileth | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
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Friday, 16th December 2005 - Blackheath Sings for Age Exchange at All Saints' Church, Blackheath | |||
| Choir | Matin Responsory | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) | |
| Audience Carol | Once in royal David's city | H.J. Gauntlett (1805-1876), words by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) | |
| Choir | Zion hört die Wächter singen | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | Mistletoe | Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) | |
| Reading (Barbara Smith) | Room at the Inn | Judith Nicholls | |
| Audience Carol | O come, O come Emmanuel | 15th Century French melody | |
| Solo (Peter Openshaw) | The Oxen | Edward Dent (1876-1957) | |
| Choir | The Angels and the Shepherds | Bohemian traditional carol, arr. C.H. Trevor | |
| Reading (Derek Cox) | Extract from "The Prelude" | William Wordsworth (1770-1850) | |
| Choir | Il est né le divin enfant | French traditional carol, arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) | |
| Reading (Margaret Cadney) | Listen | Clare Bevan | |
| Solo (Paul Harris) | Coplillas de Belén | Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) | |
| Choir | Jubilate Deo | Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641) | |
| Audience Carol | It came upon the midnight clear | English traditional melody adapted by Arthur Sulliavn (1842-1900), words by E.H. Sears (1810-1876) | |
| Organ | Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from "Solomon") | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
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Saturday, 2nd July 2005 - Summer Concert at St Augustine's Church, Honor Oak | |||
| Choir | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Choir | Though Amaryllis dance in green | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris) | Corre con piede | Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665) | |
| Choir | Il bianco e dolce cigno | Jacques Arcadelt (c.1505-1568) | |
| Choir | Io mi son giovinetta | Domenico Maria Ferrabosco (1513-1574) | |
| Clarinet Solos (Terry Heard) | Fantasy Pieces (Op.43): 1. Andantino con moto 2. Allegro vivace |
Niels Gade (1817-1890) | |
| Choir | My spirit sang all day | Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) | |
| Choir | The Mistletoe Bough | Carey Blyton (1932-2002) | |
| Solos (Stephen Locke) | From Eichendorff Song Cycle (Op.39): 1. Wehmut (Melancholy). 2. Auf einer Burg (in a Castle grounds) 3. Schöne Fremde (A beautiful place far away) |
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) | |
| Solos (Margaret Cadney) | 1. Arrogant poppies. 2. The fields are full |
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) | |
| Choir | Greater love | John Ireland (1879-1962) | |
| Choir | O nata lux | Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) | |
| Duet | The Moon has raised her lamp above | Jules Benedict (1804-1885) | |
| Choir | Sweet and low | Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) | |
| Choir | Heraclitus | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Choir | As torrents in summer | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Clarinet Solo (Terry Heard) | Fantasy Piece (Op.49): 4. Allegro molto vivace |
Niels Gade (1817-1890) | |
| Choir | About the maypole new with glee | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
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Friday, 17th December 2004 - Charity Carol Concert in aid of Age Exchange and the Reminiscence Centre | |||
| Audience Carol | God rest you merry, gentlemen | English traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, words by Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) | |
| Choir Carol | Ding dong! Merrily on high | 16th Century French tune, arr. by Charles Wood | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney, soprano) | O gloriosa Domina | Michael Head (1900-1976) | |
| Reading (Paul Harris) | untitled poem | E.E. Cummings - Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962) | |
| Audience Carol | While shepherds watched their flocks by night | Este's Psalter (1592); words by Nahum Tate (1652-1715) | |
| Solos (Stephen Locke, tenor) | Two winter songs: 1. When icicles hang by the wall 2. Blow, blow, thou winter wind |
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) | |
| Choir Carol | Infant Holy | Polish carol, arranged by David Willcocks | |
| Reading (Betty Judge) | An account of the Oxfordshire custom of the Boar's Head, from "Tales of Old Oxfordshire" | Cecilia Millson | |
| Choir Carol | Torches | John Joubert (b. 1927) | |
| Reading (Margaret Cadney) | "Carol Singers" from "The Turning of the Year" | Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
| Audience Carol | Good King Wenceslas looked out | From Piae Cantiones (1582); words by John Mason Neale (1818-1866) | |
| Choir | The Three Kings | Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris) | The Holy Boy | John Ireland (1879-1962) | |
| Audience Carol | As with gladness men of old (Tune: Dix) | Conrad Cocher (1786-1872) | |
| Organ Solo (John Webber ) | Toccata from Symphony No. 5 | Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844-1937) | |
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Saturday, 26th June 2004 - Summer Concert at the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Finchingfied | |||
| Choir, with soloist, Irene Jones | Blessed be the God and Father | Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) | |
| Choir | Cantique de Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | |
| Choir | I am the rose of Sharon | William Billings (1746-1800) | |
| Flute Solo (June Foster) | Siciliana | Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) | |
| Flute Solo (June Foster) | Waltz | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Choir | Who shall win my lady fair | Robert Pearsall (1795-1856) | |
| Choir | O hush thee, my babie | Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | |
| Choir | Come live with me and be my love | William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris, bass) | Oh, could you but for one hour short? | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) | |
| Choir | Come away, sweet love | Thomas Greaves (1570-1604) | |
| Choir | April is in my mistress' face | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir | All creatures now are merry-minded | John Bennet (c. 1575-1614) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney, soprano and Terry Heard, clarinet) | Heimatlied ("Homesong") Op.17 | Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866) | |
| Choir, with soloist Barbara Smith | This is the record of John | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Choir | Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake | Richard Farrant (c.1530-1580) or John Hilton (1599-1657) | |
| Flute Solo | Bist Du bei mir | Attributed to Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke, tenor) | Rêve d'amour | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke, tenor) | Au bord de l'eau | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | |
| Solo (Stephen Locke, tenor) | Dans les ruines d'une abbaye | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | |
| Choir | William Byrd | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Choir | Teach me, o Lord | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Solo (Barbara Smith, alto) | Art thou troubled? | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Choir (with soloist, Margaret Cadney, soprano) | Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo ("Kleine Orgelmesse"): Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei | Josef Haydn (1732-1809) | |
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Saturday, 19th December 2003 - Blackheath Sings for Age Exchange at All Saints' Church, Blackheath | |||
| Audience Carol | O come, o come, Emmanuel | 15th Century French melody | |
| Choir carol | Adam lay ybounden | Boris Ord (1897-1961) | |
| Solo | Maria Wiegenlied (Virgin's Slumber Song) | Max Reger (1873-1916) | |
| Audience Carol | O Little Town of Bethelehem | English traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, words by Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney, soprano) | Small Christmas Tree | Michael Head (1900-1976) | |
| Reading (Derek Cox) | |||
| Solo (Pam Schweitzer) | The Cherry Tree Carol | English traditional | |
| Choir | Personent Hodie | German, c. 1360, arranged by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) | |
| Reading (Betty Judge) | |||
| Audience Carol | Once in Royal David's City | H.J. Gauntlett (1805-1876), words by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris) | Pastorcito Santo (Holy Shepherd Boy) | Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) | |
| Choir | Noël Nouvelet | French traditional, arranged by John Rutter (b. 1945) | |
| Choir | Sans Day Carol | Cornish traditional, arranged by John Rutter (b. 1945) | |
| Reading (Margaret Cadney) | |||
| Audience Carol | It came upon the midnight clear | English traditional melody adapted by Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), words by E.H. Sears (1810-1876) | |
| Choir | All this time | William Walton (1902-1983) | |
| A Word of thanks from Paddy Ross, Chair of Age Exchange | |||
| Solo (Claudine Rice) | The First Mercy | Peter Warlock (1894-1930) | |
| Audience Carol | Hark! the herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), words by Charles Wesley (1707-1888) and others | |
| Organ Solo | Fugue in C major (BWV 547) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
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Saturday, 28th June 2003 - Summer Concert at St James's Church, North Cray | |||
| Choir | Jubilate Deo | Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641) | |
| Choir | Ave Maria | Robert Parsons (c.1535-1572) | |
| Choir | David's Lamentation | William Billings (1746-1800) | |
| Organ Solo (Tom Kimber) | Fantasia and Fugue in C minor | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Choir | Sweet and low | Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) | |
| Choir | The Blue Bird | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
| Choir | As torrents in summer | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris, bass) | Spring (Varen) | Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) | |
| Choir | Come, gentle swains | Michael Cavendish (c.1565-1628) | |
| Choir | Come away, sweet love | Thomas Greaves (1570-1604) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney, soprano with Terry Heard, clarinet) | From Six German Songs for voice, clarinet and piano: 1. Zwiegesang (Duet) 2. Das heimliche Lied (Secret Thoughts) |
Louis Spohr (1784-1859) | |
| Organ Solo (Tom Kimber) | Echo Fantasia | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-162•1) | |
| Choir | The Lark is in the clear air | Irish, edited by Alec Rowley | |
| Choir | Linden Lea | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
| Choir | My spirit sang all day | Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) | |
| Solos (Stephen Locke, tenor) | 1. Ah, mai non cessate dal vostro parlar 2. Se tra l'erba un rio novella 3. O del mio amato ben |
Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925) | |
| Choir, with organ (Tom Kimber), trumpets (Chris Dunk & Heather Pearse) and timpani (Mike Grant) | Missa Brevis in C major K.220 "Spatzen Messe") | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
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Saturday, 6th July 2002 - Summer Concert in aid of Demelza House Children's Hospice at Beckenham Baptist Church | |||
| Beckenham Junior Choir (with ensemble) | Climbin' up the mountain | Patsy Ford Simms | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir (with ensemble) | Swing low, sweet chariot | Negro spiritual, arranged by Kenneth Pont | |
| The Elm Singers | Three Hungarian Folk Songs: 1. The Handsome Butcher 2. Apple, Apple 3. The Old Woman |
Mátyás György Seiber (1905-1960) | |
| Solos (Beckenham Junior Choir, soloists: Fergus, Lucy, Stephen, Ben, Alex, Emeline and Rosie) | Dashing away with the smoothing iron | English traditional | |
| Solo (Paul Harris, bass) | The Swallow | Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) | |
| Men's Voices | Cantate Domino | Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) | |
| The Elm Singers | Sing we and chant it | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| The Elm Singers | Lady, when I behold | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir | Keep the home fires burning | Ivor Novello (1893-1951) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir (soloist: Kate Lewis) | Get me to the church on time (from "My Fair Lady") | Frederick Loewe (1901-1988), lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir (soloist: Caitlin McFee) | Georgia on my mind | Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir | Cockles and Mussels | Irish traditional | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir | My Lord, what a morning | Negro spiritual, arranged by Kenneth Pont | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney, soprano with Terry Heard, clarinet) | The Echoing Green | Arnold Cooke (1906-2005) | |
| Ladies' Voices | Lift thine eyes (from "Elijah") | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | |
| Duet (Amelia Weight and Barbara Smith) | Sound the Trumpet (from "Come, ye sons of art") | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Junior Choir | The Monkey's Tale (from "Yanomamo") | Peter Rose | |
| Junior Choir | "Mums and Dads" from "Blitz!" | Lionel Bart (1930-1999) | |
| The Elm Singers | Jubilate Deo | Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641) | |
| The Elm Singers | Now is the month of maying | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| The Elm Singers | Weep, O mine eyes | John Bennet (c. 1575-1614) | |
| Junior Choir and The Elm Singers | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Beckenham Junior Choir | Jonah-Man Jazz - this group of six songs, written in 1966, is a version of the Bible story of Jonah and the whale | Michael Hurd (1928-2006) | |
| Duet for two recorders (Paul Harris & Serena Aylward, with harpsicord accompaniment) | Instrumental Interlude based on "The Drunken Sailor" | ||
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Saturday, 25th May 2002 - Evensong at Romsey Abbey | |||
| Priest and Choir | Responses | Richard Ayleward (1626-1669) | |
| Hymn | O trinity of blessed light (Tune: ILLSLEY) | John Bishop (c.1665-1737), words from the Latin, tr. J.M. Neale (1818-1866) | |
| Choir | Psalm 97: The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof | Stephen Elvey (1805-1860) | |
| Choir | Psalm 98: O sing unto the Lord a new song | George Job Elvey (1816-1893) | |
| Choir | Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: The Second Service | Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) | |
| Choir | Anthem: Jubilate Deo | Guillaume Bouzignac (1592-1641) | |
| Hymn | Bright the vision that delighted (Tune: REDHEAD No. 46) | Richard Redhead (1820-1901), descant by Percy Whitlock (1903-1946) | |
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Saturday, 23rd March 2002 - Concert at St Paul's Church, Deptford in aid of the Organ Restoration Fund | |||
| Choir | Three Hungarian Folk Songs: 1. The Handsome Butcher 2. Apple, Apple 3. The Old Woman |
Mátyás György Seiber (1905-1960) | |
| Choir | Nunc Dimittis (from the Second Service) | Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) | |
| Choir | The Lord is risen indeed! | William Billings (1746-1800) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris) | Sad River | Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris, bass) | The Swallow | Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) | |
| Men's Voices | Cantate Domino | Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) | |
| Choir | Brown Penny | Michael Scott | |
| Choir | Come live with me and be my love | William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) | |
| Duets and Solo (Irene and Arthur Jones) | From "Bless the Bride": 1. I was never kissed before 2. Ma belle Marguerite (solo) 3. This is my lovely day |
Vivian Ellis (1903-1996), words by A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) | |
| Choir | All in the April evening | Hugh Roberton (1874-1952) | |
| Duet | Sound the Trumpet (from "Come ye sons of art") | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Ladies' Voices | Lift thine eyes (from "Elijah") | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | |
| Solos (Margaret Cadney, soprano and Terry Heard, clarinet) | Three Songs of Innocence: 1. Piping down the valleys wild 2. The Shepherd 3. The Echoing Green |
Arnold Cooke (1906-2005) | |
| Choir | Adieu, sweey Amaryllis | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Choir | April is in my mistress' face | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Choir | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
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Saturday, 20th October 2001 - Concert of Sacred and Secular Music at St George's Church, Bickley | |||
| Solo (John Pettit, baritone) | Prologue from "Pagliacci" | Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) | |
| The Elm Singers | O hush thee my babie | Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) | |
| The Elm Singers | Three Hungarian Folk Songs: 1. The Handsome Butcher 2. Apple, Apple 3. The Old Woman |
Mátyás György Seiber (1905-1960) | |
| Solo (Mary Bacon, Mezzo-soprano) | Quae moerebat et dolebat from "Stabat Mater" | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) | |
| Cello (William Rudge) | Aprés un Rêve | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) | |
| Cello | Salut d'amor | Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Excerpts from"Elijah" | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | ||
| Aria (John Pettit, baritone) | It is enough | ||
| Aria (Charles Rudge, tenor) | See now he sleepeth | ||
| Chorus (St George's Choir) | He, watching over Israel, slumbers not | ||
| Solo (Mary Bacon, mezzo-soprano) | O rest in the Lord | ||
| Chorus (St George's Choir) | He that shall endure to the end shall be saved | ||
| Reading (Michael Powell) | Noah's speech from "Noah" | André Obey (1892-1975) | |
| Song (Merle Bennett, soprano) | You spotted snakes | Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) | |
| Song (Merle Bennett, soprano) | Christopher Wren | Colin Taylor | |
| Piano Solos (Michael Riley) | 'Hymn' and 'St Louis Blues' | ||
| St George's Choir | Rejoice in the Lord alway | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| St George's Choir | The Lord bless you and keep you | John Rutter (b.1945) | |
| Solo (George Pettit, baritone) | Wonderful World | George David Weiss (b. 1921) & George Douglas | |
| Duet (Michael Powell & Joyce Powell) | I remember it well (from "Gigi") | Frederick Loewe (1901-1988), lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) | |
| Solos (Jeremy Clitheroe, bass) | Two airs from from "Messiah": 1. Behold I tell you a mystery 2. The trumpet shall sound |
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| St George's Choir | Prayer of St Richard | L.J. White | |
| St George's Choir | Lord, I trust Thee | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Flute solo (Hannah Smart) | Ragtime Doll | Paul Reade (1943-1997) | |
| The Elm Singers | Four madrigals: | ||
| 1. Adieu sweet Amaryllis | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | ||
| 2. April is in my mistress' face | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | ||
| 3. Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | ||
| 4. The silver swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | ||
| Song (Paul Harris, bass) | To the Forest | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) | |
| Aria (Serena Aylward, soprano) | Voi Che Sapete (from "The Marriage of Figaro") | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Song (Margaret Cadney, soprano with Terry Heard, clarinet) | The Shepherd on the Rock | Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | |
| Song (John Pettit, baritone) | Panis Angelicus | César Franck (1822-1890) | |
| St George's Choir | Cantate Domino | Guiseppe Pitou | |
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Saturday, 19th May 2001 - Spring Concert at Beckenham Baptist Church | |||
| Choir | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Choir | Adieu, sweet Amaryllis | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Solo (Margaret Cadney) | The Shepherd on the Rock | Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | |
| Choir | Three Hungarian Folk Songs: 1. The Handsome Butcher 2. Apple, Apple 3. The Old Woman |
Mátyás György Seiber (1905-1960) | |
| Men's Voices | Cantate Domino | Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) | |
| Organ Solo | Cornet Voluntary No. 5 in G: Grave, Allegro | William Walond (1725-1770) | |
| Choir | Mass in Four Parts: Kyrie; Sanctus; Benedictus | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Choir | Ave verum corpus | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Duet (Amelia Weight and Barbara Smith) | Sound the Trumpet (from "Come, ye sons of art") | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Organ Solo (John Webber) | Alla Marcia | John Ireland (1879-1962) | |
| Choir | O hush thee, my babie | Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), words by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) | |
| Ladies' Voices | Lift thine eyes (from "Elijah") | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | |
| Solo (Paul Harris, bass) | To the Forest | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) | |
| Organ Solo (John Webber ) | Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in D minor | Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) | |
| Choir | April is in my mistress' face | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
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Saturday, 19th May 2000 | |||
| Elm Singers | Liebeslieder-Walzer (Op. 52): | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| 1. Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes | |||
| 2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut | |||
| 3. O die Frauen (Tenor and Bass) | |||
| 4. Wie des Abends schöne Röte (Soprano and Alto) | |||
| 5. Die grüne Hopfenranke | |||
| 6. Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel | |||
| 7. Wohl schön bewandt war es (Soprano oder Alto) | |||
| 8. Wenn so lind dein Auge mir | |||
| 9. Am Donaustrande | |||
| 10. O wie sanft die Quelle | |||
| 11. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen | |||
| 12. Schlosser auf und mache Schlösser ohne Zahl | |||
| 13. Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft (Soprano and Alto) | |||
| 14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar (Tenor and Bass) | |||
| 15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schön | |||
| 16. Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe | |||
| 17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht (Tenor) | |||
| 18. Es bebet das Gestrauche | |||
| The Elm Singers | Three Latin Motets (Op. 38): 1. Justorum animae 2. Coelos ascendit hodie 3. Beati quorum via integra est |
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) | |
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Saturday, 15th May 1999 - Concert at St Nicolas' Church, Great Bookham | |||
| Choir - madrigal | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | Hohn Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Though Amaryllis dance in green | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Poem | The Dance of Love | Sir John Davies (1569-1626) | |
| The Cutting Consort of Viols (Margaret Cundy, Kate Jackson, Ted Cooper) | Three Fantasies | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Choir - anthem | If ye love me, keep my commandments | Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) | |
| Choir - anthem | O sing joyfully | Adrian Batten (1591-1637) | |
| Choir - anthem | This is the record of John | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Poem | Meditation 1 | Edward Taylor (1644-1729) | |
| Organ (Graham Powell) | Toccata in E minor | Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706) | |
| Organ (Graham Powell) | Elegy | George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987) | |
| Choir - anthem | Ave verum corpus | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Choir - anthem | Rejoice in the Lord always | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | |
| Choir - anthem | Let the merciful ears | Thomas Mudd (1619-1667) | |
| Poem | The spacious firmament on high | Joseph Addison (1672-1719) | |
| The Cutting Consort of Viols (Margaret Cundy, Kate Jackson, Ted Cooper) | Three Fantasias | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Organ Solo | Fantasia in G (BMV 572) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Poem | Rosalind and Helen | Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Sweet Suffolk Owl | Thomas Vautor (c.1580-1620) | |
| Choir - madrigal | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Now is the month of maying | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
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Saturday, 14th January 1999 - Concert for Beckenham and Bromley Historical Association | |||
| Choir - madrigal | Sing we and chant it | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Itene mie querele | Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c.1545-1607) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Choir - madrigal | April is in my mistress' face | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Poem | "Song" | Matthew Prior (1664-1721) | |
| Poem | What should I say? | Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) | |
| Recorders | Occhi miei lassi | Jacques Arcadelt (c.1505-1568) | |
| Recorders | Ricercare No. 8 | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Thule, the period of cosmography | Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) | |
| Poem | The King of Thule | Maude Meagher (1895 -1977) | |
| Poem | A Pastoral | John Byrom (1692-1763) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Adieu, sweet Amaryllis | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Hark, all ye lovely saints above | Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623) | |
| Recorders | Two pieces on Henry Purcell's theme "Vestiva I colli":
1. Canzon |
Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634) | |
| 2. Galliard | Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567-1630) | ||
| Choir - madrigal | Weep, O mine eyes | John Bennet (c. 1575-1614) | |
| Poem | They sin who tell us love can die (from "The Curse of Kehama") | Robert Southey (1774-1843) | |
| Choir - madrigal | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Choir - madrigal | My bonny lass she smileth | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Choir - anthem | O nata lux | Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) | |
| Choir | Teach me, o Lord | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Recorders | Fantazia a 4 | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Recorders | Three Elizabethan Dances: Rondo, La Represa, Gallyard | Anon. | |
| Choir - anthem | This is the record of John | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Reading | Christ is made heir (from a sermon by Bishop Launcelot Andrewes, preached on Christmas Day, 1612) | Bishop Launcelot Andrewes (1555-1626) | |
| Choir - anthem | O praise the Lord | Adrian Batten (1591-1637) | |
| Reading | The wholeness of Christ's redemptive work (from a sermon by John Donne) | John Donne (1572-1631) | |
| Choir - anthem | Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake | Richard Farrant (c.1530-1580) or John Hilton (1599-1657) | |
| Reading | The Reformed Pastor | Richard Baxter (1615-1691) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Now is the month of maying | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
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Saturday, 6th June 1998 - Evening of Music and Poetry at Beckenham Baptist Church | |||
| Poem | To his friend R.L. in praise of Music and Poetry | Richard Barnfield (1574-1627) | |
| Poem | The Temper | George Herbert (1593-1633) | |
| Choir - anthem | O praise the Lord | Adrian Batten (1591-1637) | |
| Poem | The Pulley | George Herbert (1593-1633) | |
| Choir | Justorum animae | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Poem | Hymn to God the Father | John Donne (1572-1631) | |
| Choir - anthem | O nata lux | Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) | |
| Harpsichord (James Mead) | Allemande (from Suite in D minor) | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Poem | The world's a bubble | Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) | |
| Poem | From "Florilegium Epigrammatum Graecorum | Thomas Farnaby (1574/5-1647) | |
| Solo Song | Lullaby | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Itene mie querele | Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c.1545-1607) | |
| Poem | Sonnet No. 106 | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Che fa oggi il mio sole | Luca Marenzio (1553/4-1559) | |
| Poem | Sonnet No. 98 | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Descant recorder (Keren Mead) | Allegro from Concerto in F | Giuseppe Sammartini (1693-1751) | |
| Poem | The passionate shepherd to his love | Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) | |
| Poem | The nymph's reply to the shepherd | Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) | |
| Choir - madrigal | About the maypole new | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Harpsichord (James Mead) | Variations in B flat | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) | |
| Poem | The Argument of his Book | Robert Herrick (1591-1674) | |
| Choir - madrigal | Viver lieto voglio | Giovanni Gastoldi (c.1555-1622) | |
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Saturday, 21st June 1997 - Concert of Music and Poetry at Horniman's Museum | |||
| Poetry Reading (Maggie Webber) | The passionate shepherd to his love | Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) | |
| Choir | April is in my mistress' face | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Poetry Reading (Maggie Webber) | The Spring | Thomas Carew (1595-1640) | |
| Poetry Reading (Margaret Cadney) | Go, lovely rose | Edmund Waller (1606-1687) | |
| Choir | My bonny lass she smileth | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Poem (Celia Spence) | Cupid and Campaspe | John Lyly (1554-1606) | |
| Choir | Lady, when I behold | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Poem (Paul Harris) | A sonnet | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Choir | Sing we and chant it | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Poem (Margaret Cadney) | O mistress mine | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Choir | Adieu, sweet Amaryllis | John Wilbye (1574-1638) | |
| Poem (Paul Harris) | Another sonnet | William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Poem (Stephen Locke) | And wilt thou leave me thus? | Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) | |
| Choir | Now is the month of maying | Thomas Morley (1558-1603) | |
| Poem (Betty Judge) | A Country Song | Nicholas Breton (1545-1626) | |
| Choir | The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Poem (Millie Weight) | To Blossoms | Robert Herrick (1591-1674) | |
| Choir | Weep, O mine eyes | John Bennet (c. 1575-1614) | |
| Poem (Millie Weight) | Even such is time | Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) | |
| Choir | Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer (c.1565 - c.1605) | |
| Poem (Betty Judge) | My Phyllis | Thomas Lodge (c. 1558-1625) | |
