Concert archive

Annunciation – John Tavener
Virga Jesse – Anton Bruckner
Which was the son of… – Arvo Pärt
A Tender Shoot – Kerensa Briggs
From Christ’s Nativity – Benjamin Britten
i) Sweet was the Song 
ii) New Prince, New Pomp
Gloria in Excelsis Deo – J.S. Bach
Sussex Carol – English trad. arranged Bob Chilcott
A Heavenly Song – Cecilia McDowall
In Bethlehem Above – Yshani Perinpanayagam
From All-Night Vigil, Nunc Dimittis – Sergei Rachmainoff
Silent Night – German trad. arranged Bob Chilcott
Ding Dong! Merrily on High – Mack Wilberg
My Lord Has Come – Will Todd

Zadok the Priest – George Frideric Handel
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anon
Eternal Source of Light Divine – George Frideric Handel
Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke
Thou knowest Lord – Henry Purcell
Blest are the departed – Louis Spohr
Coronation March – Edward Elgar
Gloria in Excelsis – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Jubilate Deo – Benjamin Britten
I was Glad – Sir C Hubert H Parry
This is the Day – John Rutter
Let the Bright Seraphim – George Frideric Handel
Let thy hand be strengthened – John Blow
How lovely are thy dwellings – Johannes Brahms
Crown Imperial – William Walton
Laudate Dominum – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Blest pair of Sirens – Sir C Hubert H Parry

Miriam Allan Soprano
David Blackadder Trumpet
Luke Bond Organ
Richard Bannan Musical Director

Zadok the Priest – George Frideric Handel
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anon
Eternal Source of Light Divine – George Frideric Handel
Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke
Thou knowest Lord – Henry Purcell
Blest are the departed – Louis Spohr
Coronation March – Edward Elgar
Gloria in Excelsis – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Jubilate Deo – Benjamin Britten
I was Glad – Sir C Hubert H Parry
This is the Day – John Rutter
Let the Bright Seraphim – George Frideric Handel
Let thy hand be strengthened – John Blow
How lovely are thy dwellings – Johannes Brahms
Crown Imperial – William Walton
Laudate Dominum – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Blest pair of Sirens – Sir C Hubert H Parry

Elin Manahan Thomas Soprano
David Blackadder Trumpet
Luke Bond Organ
Richard Bannan Musical Director

Rachmaninoff
All-Night Vigil and Preludes

1. Priidite, poklonimsya (Come, let us worship)
2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda (Bless the Lord, O my soul)
3. Blazhen muzh (Blessed is the man)
4. Svete tikhii (Gladsome light)
5. Nyne otpushchaeshi (Lord, now let Your servant)
6. Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin)
7. Shestopsalmie (The Six Psalms)
8. Khvalite imya Gospodne (Praise the name of the Lord)
9. Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi (You are blessed, O Lord)
10. Voskresenie Khristovo videvshe (Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ)
11. Velichit dusha moya Gospoda (My soul magnifies the Lord)
12. Slavoslovie velikoe (The Great Doxology)
13. Dnes spasenie (Today salvation has come)
14. Voskres iz groba (You rose from the tomb)
15. Vzbrannoi voevode (To You, the victorious leader)

i) Prelude in D major, op. 23, no. 4
ii) Moments Musicaux, op. 16, no. 3 in B minor
iii) Moments Musicaux, op. 16, no. 4 in E minor
iv) Prelude in G major, op. 32, no. 5
v) Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32, no. 12
vi) Prelude in C sharp minor, Morceaux de Fantasie, op. 3, no. 2
vii) Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 23, no. 5
viii) Elegie in E flat minor, Morceaux de Fantasie, op. 3, no. 1
ix) Daisies, op. 38, no. 3 in F major

Libby Burgess, Piano
Richard Bannan, Musical Director

Fiona Williams, Alto
Ben Alden, Tenor
Luca Caravaggio, Tenor

Willcocks Merrily on High
McDowall Gaude et Laetare
Darke In the bleak midwinter
Holst Christmas Day
Sametz Gaudete
Frances-Hoad Good Day, Sir Christemas
Gruber Stille Nacht, arr. Michael Emery
Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Chilcott The Twelve Days of Christmas
Bannan (arr.) An American Christmas Medley

Musical director Richard Bannan
Piano and organ Andrew Wells

Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Lili Boulanger Pie Jesu
Gabriel Fauré Pavane
Gabriel Fauré Tantum Ergo op. 55
Lili Boulanger Pour les funérailles d’un soldat
Gabriel Fauré Requiem

Musical Director Richard Bannan
Baritone Robert Davies
Soprano Alice Gribbin
The Garter Ensemble

Schubert Der Tanz
Fanny Hensel Schweigend sinkt der Nacht
Holst Light Leaves Whisper
Pearsall Light of My Soul

Rutter Birthday Madrigals
It was a lover and his lass
Draw on sweet night
Come live with me
My true love hath my heart
When daisies pied

Gershwin arr. Aspden Summertime
Lennon/McCartney arr. Bannan Here Comes the Sun
Anderson/Ulvaeus arr. Piper When all is said and done
Ellington/Hodges/James/George arr. Rice I’m beginning to see the Light
Amy Beach Peace I leave with you

Musical Director Richard Bannan
Piano Oliver Lallemant

arr. Bob Chilcott Sussex Carol
arr. Ralph Allwood We three King
Berlioz Shepherd’s farewell
Betty Roe The Oxen
John Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
arr. Edmund-Jones As with Gladness
arr. Tobias Frank Angels from the realms
Warlock Bethlehem Down
Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree
Will Todd My Lord has Come
J. S. Bach Gratias agimus tibi

Amy Beach Peace, I leave with you
arr. Arthur Warrell We wish you a Merry Christmas

English trad. arr. Elizabeth Poston The Boar’s Head Carol
Welsh trad. arr. Keith Roberts Deck the Halls
Betty Roe The Holly & the Ivy
German trad. arr. John Rutter O Tannenbaum
Benjamin Britten A Shepherd’s Carol
Nicholas Bannan Twas the Night before Christmas
English trad. arr. Bob Chilcott The Twelve Days of Christmas
J. Pierpont arr. David Willcocks Jingle Bells
Gustav Holst Bring us in good ale
English trad. arr. R. Vaughan Williams Wassail Song
English trad. arr. William Whitehead Here we go-a wassailing
Arthur Sullivan The last night of the year
Gustav Holst arr. Richard Bannan In the Bleak Midwinter
American trad. arr. Michael Higgins Away in a Manger
Various arr. Richard Bannan American Christmas Medley
Trad. arr. Berty Rice Auld Lang Syne

Organ Andrew Wells
Musical Director Richard Bannan

Elgar Light of the World
Rachmaninoff Svete tikhi
Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben
J. S. Bach O Jesu Christ Meins Lebens Licht
Rutter Hymn to the Creator of Light
Whitacre Lux Aurumque
Charles Wood Hail! Gladdening Light
Kerry Andrew O lux Beata Trinitas
Holst Light leaves whisper
Amy Beach Through the house give glimmering light
Pearsall Light of my Soul
Elgar Light out of darkness
George Harrison arr. Richard Bannan Here comes the sun
 Duke Ellington arr. Berty Rice I’m beginning to see the light
arr. Richard Bannan This little light of mine

Organ Andrew Wells
Musical Director Richard Bannan