Concert archive

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

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