THE CAPPELLA SINGERS – UPMINSTER

EXAMPLES OF RECENT PROGRAMMES

Updated 18.01.08

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Saturday 1^st December 2007, at Trinity United Reform Church, Station Road, Upminster.

A Christmas Concert

Conductor: Huw Morgan.

Hans Leo Hassler – Missa Dixit Maria Kyrie

Gloria

Basque Noel, Arr Edgar Pettman The Angel Gabriel

Hans Leo Hassler – Missa Dixit Maria Sanctus

Benedictus

Agnus Dei

William Matthias – Ave Rex Ave Rex

Alleluya, a new work is come on hand

There is no rose

Sir Christemas

Ave Rex (repeat)

Huw Morgan - Aperiatur Terra (Let the Earth Open):

First Performance of a piece Composed for the Cappella Singers:

Mattins Responsory

Advent Prose

There is a flow’r sprung of a tree

Shone to him

Vespers Responsory

Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams O Little Town of Bethlehem

Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman I Saw a Maiden

Arr. John Rutter Sans Day Carol

Basque Noel, arr. David Willcocks The Infant King

John Rutter Nativity Carol

Arr. David Willcocks The First Nowell

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Friday 6^th July at James Ogelthorpe School, Ashvale Gardens, Cranham, Upminster:

Songs for a Summer’s Evening

Conductor: Huw Morgan.

A joint concert with the School Choirs.

Programme to include, from the Cappella Singers:

Anon (arr Huw Morgan) Summer is icumen in

Thomas Morley Now is the month of Maying

Henry Lawes Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

John Farmer Fair Phillys

Thomas Morley Sing we and chant it

Luca Marenzio Scaldava il sol

John Dowland Weep you no more, sad fountains

Robert Pearsall Who shall have my lady fair?

Edward Elgar As Torrents in Summer

Benjamin Britten The Evening Primrose (from 5 Flower Songs)

Arthur Sullivan The Long Day Closes

George Gershwin Prelude number 2 (Huw Morgan piano solo)

Samuel Barber Sure on this shining night

Saturday 21^st April 2007.

Langtons Hall, Hornchurch.

Conductor: Will Dawes

“William Byrd and Other Birds”

Choir:

Kyrie (from the Mass for four voices) William Byrd (1543-1623)

The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

The Blue Bird C Villers Stanford (1852-1924)

Soloist: Jill Luff

Gloria (from the Mass for four voices) William Byrd

Harp & ‘Cello Duet: The Swan Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) from The Carnival of Animals arr. David Burton

On Wings of Song Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) arr. Daniel Burton

Harpist: Hilary Barkwith

‘Cellist: Tim Handel

Choir:

The Turtle Dove R Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Soloist: Ian Pirie

Credo (from the Mass for four voices) William Byrd

Sanctus, Benedictus William Byrd

Sweet Suffolk Owl Thomas Vautour (1600-20)

Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno Jacques Arcadelt (1507-68)

Agnus Dei William Byrd

Harp & Flute Duet: The Gentle Dove Trad. Welsh adapted from an arrangement by Meinir Heulyn

The Blackbird Trad. Welsh adapted from an arrangement by Meinir Heulyn

The Rising of the Lark Trad. Welsh arr Meinir Heulyn

Harpist: Hilary Barkwith

Flautist: Linda Hayden

Choir:

Ye Little Birds Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Lullaby of Birdland George Shearing (b.1919) arr. Jenny Ewington

The Goslings Frederick Bridge (1844-1924)

Saturday 9^th Dec. 2006.

Trinity United Reform Church, Station Rd, Upminster.

“Seasonal Music”

Choir: A Boy was Born Benjamin Britten

Choir: Gloria in Excelsis Deo Thomas Weelkes

Choir: Torches Jean Joubert

Organ Solo: Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 700 J.S. Bach

Choir: Five Carols Richard Rodney Bennett

1. There is no Rose: (words: Anon.)

2. Out of your sleep: (Words: 15^th century, Anon.)

3. That Younge Child: (Words: Anon.)

4. Sweet was the song: (Words: William Ballett, 17^th century)

5. Susanni: (Words: 14^th century)

Choir: O magnum mysterium William Byrd

Choir: O Holy Night (Words: Cappeau de Roqemaure) Adolphe Adam

Organ: In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729 J.S. Bach

Choir: All this time (Words: 16^th century) William Walton

Choir: The Lamb (Words: William Blake) John Tavener

Choir: Sir Christemas (Words: Anon, ca. 1500) William Mathias

Organ: Chorale (1996) William Mathias

Choir (women): I sing of a maiden (Words: traditional) Patrick Hadley

Choir: Today the Virgin (Words: Mother Thekla) John Tavener

Choir: Ave Maria Robert Parsons

Choir: The Twelve Days of Christmas (Traditional) John Rutter

SUMMER SOIRÉE:

Songs of Love and Devotion

July 8^th 2006 New Windmill Hall, Upminster:

Dixit Maria by Hassler

Crucifixus by Lotti

Exsultate Deo by Palestrina

Bach: Sarabande and Gigue from Suite No. 4, for solo cello – soloist Graham Walker.

Mendelssohn:

Psalm 43 (Richte mich, Gott)

Kyrie Eleison

Lift Thine Eyeyes (from Elijah) – Jenny Ewington, Cathy Edkins and Jill Pirie.

For He shall give His Angels (from Elijah).

Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (mens’ voices)

Brahms: Two Songs Opus 91, for contralto, cello and piano – Jill Luff, Graham Walker and Susie Summers.

Brahms: Love Song Waltze s.

Spring Concert:

Friday 31^st March 2006

At Parish Church of St Laurence, Upminster.

Soloists: Jill Luff, Kathryn Reynolds, Ian Pirie, Tim Handel, Judith Holt.

Trumpet: Stuart Bristow.

Organist: Allan Walker.

Programme:

Mozart: Laudate Dominum, Ave Verum Corpus.

Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae

Organ solo: Bach: Prelude in E Flat BWV 552

Faure: for female voices:

Cantique de Jean Racine;

Maria Mater Gratiae;

Ave verum;

Tantum ergo;

Ave Maria.

Finzi: Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice.

Organ solo: Bach Fugue in E Flat BWV 552.

Elgar: Give unto the Lord.

Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou has been our Refuge.

Friday 2^nd December 2005:

At: Parish Church of St Laurence, Upminster.

Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, with harp accompaniment.

Also:

Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin

Bruckner: Virga jesse Floruit

Flecha: Riu, riu, chiu

Byrd: Rorate Caeli Desuper

Parsons: Ave Maria

Together with some traditional Christmas carols.

Music on a Summer Evening

Friday 8^th July 2005:

James Oglethorpe School Hall, Ashvale Gardens, Upminster

with refreshments in the Garden

The Cappella Singers, together with the James Oglethorpe School Choir:

Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo by Michael Flanders and Joseph Horovitz.

Two Tudor Anthems:

William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus

Orlando Gibbons: O Clap your hands

Gerald Finzi: settings of poems by Robert Bridges.

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Friday December 10^th 2004

at St Laurence Parish Church of Upminster

with The James Oglethorpe Primary School Choir

“Glad Tidings”

Cappella Singers: Dixit Maria, by Hans Leo Hassler

Cappellla Singers: Magnificat from Gloucester Service, by Herbert Howells.

Cappella Singers: The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn (Dormi, Jesu!), by Edmund Rubbra

Oglethorpe School: Let me tell you about a baby, by Mark and Helen Johnson

Cappella Singers: There were shepherds abiding in the field (Recitative from Messiah)

Glory to God (Chorus from Messiah), by Friedrich Handel

Guest Soprano: Jenny Ewington

Cappella Singers: Shepherd’s Pipe Carol, by John Rutter

Oglethorpe School: The First Noel, by Chris Carter

Cappella Singers: The Three Kings, by Peter Cornelius, arr. Ivor Atkins

Soloist: Jill Luff

Oglethorpe School: Hi-Dom, Anon., arranged Jan Holdstock

Organist: Paul Plummer

Conductors:

Graham Walker (The Cappella Singers)

Michelle Twine (The James Oglethorpe Primary School Choir)

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Friday 11^th June 2004

at The James Oglethorpe Primary School, Upminster:

with The James Oglethorpe Junior Choir:

“A Musical Evening”

Duet: Deborah Rowles and Jill Luff: I Know Him So Well, from Chess.

The Cappella Singers:

Geistliches Lied, by Brahms

Gloria in Excelsis Deo, by Thomas Weelkes

James Ogelthorpe Junior Choir:

Swing Low Medley

Cello Solo: The Swan, by Saint-Saens

The Cappella Singers:

The Lord is my Shepherd, by Schubert

James Oglethorpe Choir:

Lean On Me

Fame

The Cappella Singers:

Learsongs, by William Mathias

Solo: Claire London: Fields of gold, by Eva Cassidy

James Oglethorpe Choir:

Let It Be, Beatles

With a Little help from my Friends, Beatles

Cappella Singers and James Oglethorpe Choir: Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Piano: Graham Walker and Claire London.

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Saturday, 27^th March 2004

at The Parish Church of St Laurence, Upminster

Brahms: Requiem

Soloists: Armin Zanner (Baritone)

Jill Luff (Soprano)

Also:

“When David Heard” by Thomas Weelkes

Hear My Prayer, by Mendelssohn

Wash Me Throughly by Samuel Wesley

Litanies a la Vierge Noire, by Poulenc.

Conductor: Graham Walker

Organist: Allan Walker

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29^th Nov 2003

at The Parish Church of St Laurence, Upminster

“Glad Tidings”

Conductor: Graham Walker

Organist: Allan Walker

Three Renaissance Advent motets:

Vigilate, by William Byrd

Almighty and Everlasting God, by Orlando Gibbons

Gloria in Excelsis Deo, by Thomas Weelkes

Organ solos: Bach’s Chorale Prelude “Wachet Auf”, and two settings of In Dulci Jubilo

Three English Anthems:

Blessed city, by Edward Bairstow

Evening Hymn, by Balfour Gardiner

For Lo, I Raise Up, by Stanford

Two Christmas Songs:

Jesus the Apple Tree, by Elizabeth Poston

There is a Flower, by John Rutter

Three Christmas songs:

Look Up Sweet Babe, by Lennox Berkeley

Ave Maris Stella, by Grieg

Salve Regina, by Francis Poulenc

Two Carols:

Coventry carol

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

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Saturday 29^th March 2003,

at the Parish church of St Laurence, Upminster

Marcel Dupre: Le Monde dans l’Attente du Savieur (organist: Alan Walker)

Thomas Tallis (1505 – 85): O Nata Lux, and Salvator Mundi

Peter Warlock (1894 – 1930): Bethlehem Down

John Tavener (b. 1944): O Do Not Move

Jacob Handl (1550 – 91): Omnes de Saba Venient

Schutz: Praise to Thee Lord Jesus

William Byrd (1543 – 1623): Civitas Sancti Tui

Thomas Tallis: Salvator Mundi

Edward C. Bairstow (1874 – 1946): Lamentations of Jeremiah

C. Hubert Parry (1848 – 1918): There is an Old Belief

John Stainer (1840 – 1901): God So Loved the World (from The Crucifixion)

Marcel Dupre: Crucifixion (organ solo: Alan Walker)

Heinrich Schutz (1585 – 1672): Praise to Thee, Lord Jesus

J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750): At The Sepulchre (from the St John Passion)