Concert archive

J.S. Bach arr. Richard Bannan Comfort, Comfort ye My People Michael Wise Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord William Byrd Ecce Virgo Concipiet G.P. da Palestrina Surge, Illuminare, Jerusalem John Tavener God is With Us Gerald Finzi In Terra Pax Claudio Monteverdi Exulta Filia Sion Edward Naylor Vox Dicentis: Clama Lowell Mason arr. John Rutter Joy to the World arr. David Willcocks Sussex Carol Peter Cornelius The Three Kings Peter Warlock Balulalow John Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol Adolphe Adams arr. Dudley Buck, adapted Richard Bannan O Holy Night
Soprano Philippa Boyle Baritone Robert Davies Organ Andrew Wells Musical Director Richard Bannan

John Bennet All creatures now
John Bartlet Of all the Birds that I know now
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
Thomas Vautor Sweet Suffolk Owl
Anon (1500) Dindirin, dindirin
Jacques Arcadelt Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orlando de Lassus Chi chi li chi
Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals (for two pianists)
Eric Whitacre Animal Crackers – Panther/Cow/Canary
Michael Flanders & Joseph Horovitz Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo
Charles Villiers Stanford What the Bee is to the Flow’ret
Frank Bridge The Bee
Charles Villiers Stanford The Swallow
Charles Villiers Stanford The Bluebird
Eric Whitacre Animal Crackers – Firefly/Eel/Kangaroo

Pianists Yoon-Seok Shin and Matthew McCombie
Musical Director Libby Burgess

G.F. Handel Belshazzar

Belshazzar Rupert Charlesworth
Nitocris Emma Kirkby
Cyrus James Hall
Gobrias Giles Underwood
Daniel David Allsopp
Musical Director Richard Bannan

Steven Sametz Gaudete
William Walton All this time
Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols
William Matthias A babe is born
Kenneth Leighton Of a rose is all my song
Herbert Howells A spotless rose
John Rutter There is a flower
John Rutter The King of Blis

Harp Tanya Houghton
Organ Andrew Wells
Musical Director Richard Bannan

Gerald Finzi My spirit sang all day
Eric Whitacre I thank you God for most this amazing day
Joseph Rheinberger Morgenlied
Gabriel Jackson To morning
Anton Leanderson-Andréas Coffee time
Bob Chilcott Fragments from his dish
John Ireland Man in his labour rejoiceth
Peter Cornelius Die drei Frühlingstage
Joseph Rheinberger Abendlied
Benjamin Britten The Evening Primrose
Arthur Sullivan The Long day closes
Eric Whitacre Sleep
Ralph Vaughan Williams Rest

Piano and organ Andrew Wells
Musical Director Richard Bannan

Kenneth Leighton Let all the world in every corner sing
Maurice Duruflé Quatre motets sur des thèmes Grégoriens
Kenneth Leighton Crucifixus pro nobis
Maurice Duruflé Requiem

Mezzo soprano Vanessa Heine
Tenor Simon Wall
Organ Mathew Jorysz
Musical director Graham Ross

Felix Mendelssohn Lasset uns frohlocken
Samuel Scheidt Nu komm der Heyden Heyland
arr. Sir David Willcocks O come, o come Emmanuel
Anton Bruckner Virga Jesse floruit
Arvo Pärt Magnificat
Robert Parsons Ave Maria
arr. Michael Emery Stille Nacht
William Mathias A babe is born
Max Reger Maria Wiegenlied
John Rutter What sweeter music
Michael Head The little road to Bethlehem
Bob Chilcott The shepherd’s carol
Joathan Dove The three kings
Harold Darke In the bleak midwinter
arr. John Rutter The twelve days of Christmas
arr. Arthur Warrell We wish you a merry Christmas

Piano and organ Andrew Wells
Musical Director Libby Burgess

James Whitbourn The twenty eight-times Words from Ecclesiastes 3
John Tavener The Lamb
Eric Whitacre Lux aurumque
Sir Edward Elgar Lullaby
Benjamin Britten Begone, dull care!
Bill Douglas The voices of children
Johannes Brahms Gaudeamus igitur
C. Hubert H. Parry O mistress mine
Zoltán Kodály The bachelor
Eric Whitacre A boy and a girl
Andrea Gabriele La battaglia
arr. John Rutter The British Grenadiers
Maurice Greene Lord, let me know mine end
C. Hubert H. Parry Crabbed age and youth
John Dowland His golden locks time hath to silver turn’d
arr. Andrew Carter Two for the price of one
Franz Schubert Der Tanz
Thomas Campion Never weather beaten sail
Sir Arthur Sullivan The long day closes
Franz Schubert Das Grab
Robert Lucas de Pearsall Lay a garland

Reader Bruce Alexander
Piano Eleanor Meynell
Musical Director Duncan Aspden

J.S. Bach St John Passion

Evangelist Mark Dobell
Jesu Jonathan Brown
Soprano Julie Cooper
Counter tenor Owen Willetts
Tenor Christopher Bowen
Bass Edmund Saddington
Orchestra London Mozart Players
Musical director Duncan Aspden

H.J. Gauntlett Once in Royal David’s City
arr. John Rutter Sans day carol
Francisco Guerrero Niño Dios d’amor herido
Hector Berlioz Thou must leave thy lowly dwelling
Melody from ‘Piae Cantiones’ Of the Father’s heart begotton
Bob Chilcott The time of snow
arr. Peter Gritton Mary’s boy child
arr. David Willcocks Resonemus laudibus
arr. Peter Gritton Have yourself a merry little Christmas
arr. David Willcocks Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Gustaf Norqvist Saviour, prize of the world
arr. Sir Arthur Sullivan It came upon a midnight clear
arr. David Willcocks The infant King
Max Reger Maria Wiegenlied
Peter Gritton Follow that star
René Clausen Sweet was the song

Soprano Robyn Allegra Parton
Piano and organ Andrew Wells
Musical director Duncan Aspden