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’Since singing is so good a thing, I wish all men would learn to sing.’

In honour of William Byrd’s famous maxim, we present a concert extolling the virtues of singing. Featuring secular music by Thomas Weelkes and Judith Weir, alongside sacred anthems by Claudio Monteverdi and Byrd himself, the performance will also include J.S. Bach’s totemic motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues lied as well as organ solos from our new accompanist, Alex Knight.

Richard Bannan, Musical Director
Alex Knight, Organ

Programme
Sing joyfully unto God – William Byrd
Sing we at pleasure – Thomas Weelkes
Come, shepherds, sing with me – Thomas Tomkins
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied – J.S. Bach
The song sung true – Judith Weir
Cantate Domino – Claudio Monteverdi
Il bianco e dolce cigno – Jaques Arcadelt
My spirit sang all day – Gerald Finzi
In praise of song – C. Hubert H. Parry

Tickets £20 | £17 concessions | £5 under 30

Four Carols, Op. 34 – Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
This have I done for my true love
Lullay my liking
Of one that is so fair and bright
Bring us in good ale

Glad Christmas Comes – Andrew Wells (b. 1962)
This advent moon
Christmas time
The world’s desire
Seen by the waits

A Tender Shoot – Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991)

Christus Natus Est – Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Personent hodie
Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris
Gaudete!
Infant holy, infant lowly
Angelus ad virginem

Christmas Day – Gustav Holst (1874–1934)

Three Carol Anthems – Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Here is a little door
A Spotless Rose
Sing lullaby

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – John Gardner (1917–2011)

In the bleak mid-winter – Gustav Holst, arr. Richard Bannan (b. 1982)

Wassail Song – English trad. arr. William Whitehead (b. 1970)

Musical Director Richard Bannan
Piano and Organ Alex Knight

Spem in Alium – Thomas Tallis
Sung by the Workshop Choir

Loquebantur variis linguis – Thomas Tallis
Justorum Animae – William Byrd
St Peter – Kerensa Briggs
Miserere Nostri – Thomas Tallis
Sung by Petros Singers

When shall my sorrowful sighing slake – Thomas Tallis
Ye Sacred Muses – William Byrd
Ave Verum Corpus – William Byrd
Domine quis habitabit – William Byrd
Sung by The Garter Consort

The Garter Consort
Sopranos
Kate Ashby
Rachel Ambrose Evans
Altos
Lissie Paul
Alexander Turner
Tenors
Tom Robson
Toby Ward
Basses
Nick Ashby
Will Dawes

Musical Director Richard Bannan

Passing of the Year – Jonathan Dove
Invocation
i) The narrow bud opens her beauties to the sun
ii) Answer July
iii) Hot sun, cool fire
iv) Ah, Sun-flower!
v) Adieu! Farewell earth’s bliss!
vi) Ring out, wild bells
Petros Singers, Richard Bannan, Michael Higgins

London Youth Choir West – Set 1
LYCW, Olivia Shotton, Michael Higgins

Choral Song – S.S. Wesley
Allegretto grazioso – Frank Bridge
Andrew Wells – Organ

St Peter – Kerensa Briggs 
World Premiere of 40th-anniversary commission
Petros Singers, Richard Bannan

Wie lieblich sind deine wohnungen – Brahms
Petros Singers, Richard Bannan, Andrew Wells

Pange Lingua – Bob Chilcott
Petros Singers, Richard Bannan

Bogóditse Devo – Rachmaninoff
Petros Singers, Richard Bannan

London Youth Choir West – Set 2
LYCW, Olivia Shotton, Michael Higgins

Postlude in G – Andrew Wells

Andrew Wells – Organ

Sleep – Eric Whitacre
Lay a Garland – Pearsall

Petros Singers, Richard Bannan

I was Glad – Parry

Petros Singers + Alumni, Duncan Aspden, Andrew Wells

Matilda Medley – Tim Minchin, arr. Richard Bannan

LYCW, Petros Singers, Richard Bannan, Michael Higgins

Andrew Wells – Organ
Michael Higgins – Piano
London Youth Choirs West and Olivia Shotton
Guest conductor: Duncan Aspden (previous MD)

J S Bach Mass in B Minor

Miriam Allan, Soprano
Martha McLorinan, Mezzo-Soprano
Thomas Elwin, Tenor
Ashley Riches, Bass-Baritone
The Garter Ensemble
Richard Bannan, Musical Director

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