Concert archive

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

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