Concert archive

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

Brahms Geistliches Lied
Mendelssohn Lauda Sion
Mendelssohn Ave Maria
Schubert Psalm 23
Rheinberger Hymne
Schubert Die Nacht
Attributed to Bruch Ave Maria

Soprano Lisa Wilson
Mezzo Martha McLorinan
Tenor Ben Thapa
Bass-baritone William Gaunt
Organ Jonathan Lilley
Musical director Duncan Aspden

Purcell (1659-1695)
O sing unto the Lord
I was glad
Awake and with attention hear
Hear my prayer
O God, Thou art my God
Dido and Æneas

Erica Eloff Dido, or Elissa, Queen of Carthage
Matthew Brook Æneas, Prince of Troy
Katie Trethewey Belinda, Dido’s sister and first lady-in-waiting
Frances Scott Dido’s second lady-in-waiting
Polly Jeffries Sorceress
Fiz Markham and Christine FahyWitches
Xavier Bellouard Spirit
David Hudson A Sailor
Petros Singers Chorus of Courtiers, Witches, etc.

Interplay period instrument ensemble led by Sarah Moffatt
Musical director Duncan Aspden

Walton Coronation Te Deum
Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor
Britten The Ballad of Little Musgrave & Lady Barnard
Chilcott The Lily and the Rose
Arch (arr.) She Moved Through the Fair
Elgar Great is the Lord

Petros Singers and Thame Chamber Choir
Organist Timothy Wakerell
Musical director Duncan Aspden

Gauntlett Once in Royal David’s City
Walther Joseph, Lieber, Joseph Mein
Cooman Adam Lay Ybounden
Goldschmidt A Tender Shoot
Rutter Nativity Carol
Leuner The Shepherds’ Cradle Song
Chilcott (arr.) Away in a Manger
Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Victoria O Magnum Mysterium
Aston Balulalow
Chilcott (arr.) Still, still, still
Rütti I Wonder as I Wander
Hadley I Sing of a Maiden
Stopford Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Edwards No Small Wonder
Chilcott (arr.) Jingle Bells

Musical director Duncan Aspden
Piano and organ Andrew Wells

Ireland The Hills

Will Todd Angel Song II
Byrd Justorum animae

Parry Never Weather-Beaten Sail

Elgar They are at Rest

Vaughan Williams Four English Folk Songs

Musical director Duncan Aspden
Accompanist Andrew Wells

Ireland Greater Love Hath No Man
Donato Chi la Gagliarda, Donne, vo’ Imparare?
Britten Antiphon
Tomkins My Beloved Spake unto Me
Parry Crabbed Age and Youth
Lauridsen Ubi Caritas et Amor
Palestrina Vox Dilecti Mei
Purcell My Dearest, My Fairest
Whitacre A Boy and a Girl
Vaughan Williams Four English Folk Songs

Bass-baritone Edmund Saddington
Piano and Organ Greg Morris
Musical director Duncan Aspden