Recent Concert Repertoire
In Quiet Life Rejoice: William Byrd Anniversary Concert
2 July 2024: Blackmore Priory
| This Sweet and Merry Month of May | William Byrd |
| Just as the tide was flowing | (arr. Vaughan Williams) |
| What Pleasure have great princes | William Byrd |
| I sowed the seeds of love | (arr. Gustav Holst) |
| Dartford Camp & Oats and Beans | (trad.) |
| The Dark Eyed Sailor | (arr. Vaughan Williams) |
| Crowned with Flowers | William Byrd |
| The Song of the Blacksmith | (arr. Gustav Holst) |
| I Love my Love | (arr. Gustav Holst) |
| Thule, the period of cosmography | Thomas Weelkes |
| Retire my soul | William Byrd |
| Loch Lomond | (arr. Jonathan Quick) |
| Sun Assembly & Bonny Kate | (Handel and trad.) |
| The Maid on the Shore | (arr. Kathleen Allan) |
| In Fields abroad | William Byrd |
| Tri Martolod | (arr. Frank Galmart) |
| Gypsy Davy | (arr. Imogen Holst) |
Lifting the Veil
9 March 2024: Church of St Mary and St Lawrence, Great Waltham
| Deus in adjutorium | Chiara Cozzolani |
| Dixit Dominus | Cozzolani |
| Instrumental | Antonia Bembo |
| Surge Jerusalem | Rafaella Aleotti |
| Laetatus sum | Isabella Leonarda |
| Instrumental | Antonia Bembo |
| Nisi Dominus | Isabella Leonarda |
| Felix namque | Leonora d’Este |
| Lauda Jerusalem | Isabella Leonarda |
| Stabat Mater | Sulpitia Cesis |
| Instrumental | Antonia Bembo |
| Veni sponsa | d’Este |
| Magnificat Primo | Cozzolani |
Christmas at Blackmore
19 December 2023: Blackmore Priory
| Winter Wonderland | arr. Gritton |
| Out of Your Sleep | Imogen Holst |
| Ave Maria | Dubra |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | |
| Beata es Virgo | Maria Verdelot |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Willaert |
| Today the Virgin | Tavener |
| I Wonder as I Wander | Rütti |
| Hark the Herald Angels Sing | |
| Shepherd’s Pipe | Carol Rutter |
| Lux Aurumque | Whitacre |
| O Come, All Ye Faithful | |
| No Small Wonder | Edwards |
| Ding Dong! Merrily on High | arr. Wilberg |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | arr. Gritton |
Wit and Wisdom
7 November 2023: Church of St Michael and All Angels Galleywood
| Which was the son of… | Pӓrt |
| Super flumina Babylonis (à 5) | Lassus |
| Die Katze lӓsst das Mausen nicht | Bach |
| Shine, Jesus shine | Busiakiewicz |
| Little organ mass (Gloria) | Haydn |
| The Highway Code | Master Singers |
| Contrapunto Bestiale | Banchieri |
| On a Puritan Drunk | Hayes |
| Geistliches Lied | Brahms |
| O where shall wisdom be found | Boyce |
| O virtus sapientiae | Bingen |
| O sapientia | Chilcott |
| O sapientia | Lully |
| All wisdom cometh from the Lord | Moore |
William Byrd 400th Anniversary Concert
4 July 2023: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey
| Vigilate | Byrd |
| Miserere nostri | Tallis |
| Love bade me welcome | Weir |
| Ambe | Balfour |
| In winter cold | Byrd |
| Whereat an ant | Byrd |
| Tristitia et anxietas | Byrd |
| O clap your hands together | Gibbons |
| Sing joyfully | Byrd |
| Rest | Woolley |
| Miserere mei | Byrd |
| Vision Chant | Balfour |
| Sanctus | Carver |
| Ave Maria | Parsons |
| Haec dies | Byrd |
Songs of Farewell
15 March 2023: Church of St Michael and All Angels Galleywood
| The Turtle Dove | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Fantasia No 12 (viols) | Henry Purcell |
| Songs of Farewell | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry |
| My soul, there is a country | |
| I know my soul hath power to know all things | |
| Never, weather-beaten sail | |
| There is an old belief | |
| At the round earth’s imagined corners | |
| Lord, let me know mine end | |
| Yarmouth fair | arr. Peter Warlock |
| Afton water | arr. David Willcocks |
| Swansea Town | arr. Gustav Holst |
| The ‘Frog’ Galliard (viols) | John Dowland |
| Fantasia No 1 (viols) | William Byrd |
| Lugebat David Absalon | Nicolas Gombert |
| Come to me, grief, forever | William Byrd |
| Take him, earth, for cherishing | Herbert Howells |
Christmas at Blackmore
13 December 2022: Blackmore Priory
| Es ist ein Ros’ (Organ solo) | Johannes Brahms |
| Ther is no Rose of swych vertu | Anonymous |
| A spotless Rose | Piers Connor Kennedy |
| Lo, how a Rose arr. | David Blackwell |
| Come, thou Redeemer of the earth | |
| This day Christ was born | William Byrd |
| Ave Maria, virgo serena | Josquin Desprez |
| Angelus ad virginem arr. | David Willcocks |
| There is no Rose of such virtue | John Joubert |
| Of the Father’s heart begotten | |
| The angel Gabriel | arr. Edgar Pettman |
| Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming | Russell Pascoe |
| Sans day carol arr. | John Rutter |
| O come, all ye faithful | |
| In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke |
| A Patre unigenitus | Carl Rütti |
O Taste and See
8 November 2022: Church of St Michael and All Angels Galleywood
| O Taste and See | RVW |
| O Clap your Hands | RVW |
| This have I done for my true love | G. Holst |
| Cupid and Rosalind | Stanford |
| Praised be Diana | Stanford |
| Mass in G minor | RVW |
| Festival Te Deum | RVW |
| A Hymne to Christ | I. Holst |
| The blessed son of God | RVW |
| My soul, there is a country | Parry |
| Rhosymedre (organ solo) | RVW |
| Three Shakespeare Songs | RVW |
| Lord, Thou hast been my refuge | RVW |
William Byrd Anniversary
5 July 2022: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey
| Victimae Paschali | Byrd |
| Peccantem me quotidie | Clemens |
| Ne Irascaris | Byrd |
| Pater Noster | Wilder |
| Ecce quam bonum | Clemens |
| Ecce quam bonum | Byrd |
| Praeparate corda vestra | de Sermisy |
| Manus tuae Domine | Lassus |
| Il bianco e dolce cigno | Arcadelt |
| La Guerre | Jannequin |
| La la la | Certon |
| Il est bel et bon | Passereau |
| Matona mia cara | Lassus |
| Bon jour mon coeur | Lassus |
| This sweet and merry month of May | Byrd |
Soirée
19 March 2022: Church of St Michael and All Angels Galleywood
| Ave Regina | Dufay |
| Salva Nos | Mouton |
| Nesciens Mater | Mouton |
| Laboravi | Rameau |
| Messe Solennelle | Vierne |
| Belle et ressemblante | Poulenc |
| La blanche neige | Poulenc |
| A peine defigurée | Poulenc |
| Symphony no 3 (organ) | Vierne |
| Madrigal | Fauré |
| Trois chansons | Debussy |
| Prelude in B major (organ) | Saint-Saëns |
| Calme des Nuits | Saint-Saëns |
Christmas at Blackmore
14 December 2021: Blackmore Priory
| Ecce virgo concipiet | Byrd |
| Lo! he comes with clouds descending | |
| The Shepherds' Farewell | Berlioz |
| A Heavenly Song | McDowall |
| The word was God | Powell |
| In the bleak midwinter | |
| Jesus Christ the Apple Tree | Poston |
| Scots Nativity | Bullard |
| A Spotless Rose | Howells |
| Fantasia on Christmas Carols | Vaughan Williams |
| God rest you merry, gentlemen | |
| Candlelight Carol | Rutter |
| Mary walked through a wood of thorn | Radcliffe |
| Child of the stable’s secret birth | Hewitt Jones |
| O come, all ye faithful | |
| Away in a manger | arr. Chilcott |
'The Best Beloved'
9 Novermber 2021: Great Waltham church
| Chichester Psalms | Leonard Bernstein |
| Four Motets | Aaron Copland |
| Help Us, O Lord | |
| Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth For Ever | |
| Have Mercy on Us, O My Lord | |
| Sing Ye Praises to Our King | |
| The Best Beloved | Chris DeBlasio |
| Beneath These Alien Stars | Libby Larsen |
| The Word Was God | Rosephanye Powell |
| This Little Light of Mine | arr. Moses Hogan |
| Joshua Fit the Battle | arr. Moses Hogan |
Christmas at Blackmore
17 December 2019: Blackmore Priory
| I look from afar | Palestrina |
| O come O come Emmanuel | |
| In dulci jubilo a8 | Praetorius |
| The Earl of Salisbury’s carol | Byrd |
| Hodie Christus natus est | Sweelinck |
| A tender shoot | Goldschmidt |
| O little town of Bethlehem | |
| Quelle est cette odeur agréable | arr. Willcocks |
| Lo, how a rose | arr Blackwell |
| Ding dong merrily on high | arr. Mack Wilberg |
| Sing Lullaby | Howells |
| When Icicles Hang | Rutter |
| While Shepherds watched | |
| The Crown of Roses | Tchaikovsky |
| The Three Kings | Cornelius |
| My Lord has come | Will Todd |
| Hark the Herald | |
| Flemish Carol | arr. Rutter |
'In the Mood'
12 November 2019: Church of St Michael and All Angels Galleywood
| Porgy and Bess Gershwin et al | arr. Clay Warnick |
| Songs of a Rainbow Nation | arr. Alexander L’Estrange |
| Amazing Grace | arr. Justin Doyle |
| Saxophone solo | |
| Five Spirituals from A Child of our Time | Michael Tippett |
| Steal away | |
| Nobody Knows | |
| Go down, Moses | |
| By and by | |
| Deep River | |
| Interval | |
| Autumn Leaves | Joseph Kosma |
| ‘S wonderful | George Gershwin |
| And so it goes Billy Joel | arr. Bob Chilcott |
| Saxophone solo | |
| Let’s do it | Cole Porter |
| Deep Purple | Peter de Rose |
| Over the Rainbow | Harold Arlen |
| In the mood | Joe Garland |
William Byrd Anniversary
2 July 2019: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey
| Laudibus in sanctis | William Byrd |
| Mass for five voices: Gloria | William Byrd |
| Missa de la batalla escoutez: Gloria | Francisco Guerrero |
| Spem in alium | Cristóbal de Morales |
| Mass for five voices: Sanctus and Benedictus | William Byrd |
| Missa de la batalla escoutez: Sanctus and Benedictus | Francisco Guerrero |
| Vidi speciosam | Tomás Luis de Victoria |
| Alma Redemptoris Mater (a 8) | Tomás Luis de Victoria |
| Hæc dies | William Byrd |
| Mass for five voices: Agnus Dei | William Byrd |
| Missa de la batalla escoutez: Agnus Dei | Francisco Guerrero |
| Versa est in luctum | Alonso Lobo |
| Ave Regina coelorum Tomás | Luis de Victoria |
| O quam gloriosum Tomás | Luis de Victoria |
| Gentil señora mía | Juan Vasquez |
| This sweet and merry month of May | William Byrd |
Reflection and Hope
23 March 2019: Blackmore Priory
| Laetatus Sum | Alessandro Scarlatti |
| Timor et Tremor | Orlande de Lassus |
| Timor et Tremor | Francis Poulenc |
| Sicut Cervus | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| Like as the hart | Herbert Howells |
| The Cherubic Hymn | Mikhail Glinka |
| The Fruit of Silence | Peteris Vasks |
| Cantique de Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré |
| Christus Factus Est | Felice Anerio |
| Christus Factus Est | Anton Bruckner |
| Exsultate Domino | G. P. da Palestrina |
| Lord of all Gardens | Christopher Tinker |
| Ave Maris Stella | Edvard Grieg |
| Ave Maris Stella | James Macmillan |
| Psalm 23 (Gott ist mein Hirt) | Franz Schubert |
| The Lord is my Shepherd | Lennox Berkeley |
| Da Pacem Domine | Arvo Pärt |
| Laetatus Sum | J Michael Haydn |
Christmas at Blackmore
18 December 2018: Blackmore Priory
| Lullaby | William Byrd |
| Lo! He comes with clouds descending | |
| Shepherds, guarding your flocks | Alan Bullard |
| from A Ceremony of Carols: | Benjamin Britten |
| Wolcum Yole! | |
| There is no Rose | |
| Balulalow | |
| Deo Gracias | |
| Interlude (harp solo) | |
| In the bleak midwinter | |
| Balulalow | Michael Aves |
| The ox he openeth wide the door | Frank Webb |
| All bells in Paradise | John Rutter |
| Interval | |
| from Messiah: | G.F. Handel |
| And the glory of the Lord | |
| And he shall purify | |
| For unto us a child is born | |
| Glory to God | |
| His yoke is easy | |
| It came upon the midnight clear | |
| Carol of the Bells (harp solo) | M. Leontovych (arr. G. Ll?r) |
| The holly and the ivy | Matthew Owens |
| Silent night | Franz Gruber, arr. Bob Chilcott |
| Hark! the herald angels sing | |
| A merry Christmas | arr. Arthur Warrell |
Celebrating English Music
13 November 2018: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Galleywood
| Let all the World | Kenneth Leighton |
| Rejoice in the Lord Alway | Henry Purcell |
| Let all Mortal Flesh keep silence | Edward Bairstow |
| O Clap your Hands | John Rutter |
| An Oxford Elegy | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Interval | |
| Festival Te Deum | Benjamin Britten |
| Beati Quorum Via | Charles Stanford |
| Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis The Worcester Service | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Thou wilt keep him | Sebastian Wesley |
| This have I done for my true love | Gustav Holst |
| The Turtle Dove | Trad arranged Vaughan Williams |
| Swansea Town | Trad arranged Gustav Holst |
William Byrd Anniversary
3 July 2018: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey
| Gaudeamus Omnes | William Byrd |
| Kyrie and Gloria Mass for four voices | William Byrd |
| Gloria Mass for four voices | Thomas Tallis |
| Credo | Thomas Tallis |
| Credo | William Byrd |
| Tu es Petrus Mass for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul | William Byrd |
| Interval | |
| Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei | Thomas Tallis |
| Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei | William Byrd |
| O quam pretiosa | James Davy |
| Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone | John Farmer |
| Flora gave me fairest flowers | John Wilbye |
| Though Amaryllis dance in green | William Byrd |
St John Passion
10 March 2018: Chelmsford Cathedral
St John Passion; J S Bach
Christmas at Blackmore
19 December 2017: Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore
| Rocking | Trad. Czech |
| O come O come Emmanuel | |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Jacob Handl |
| Song of the Nuns of Chester | Trad. |
| I sing of a maiden | Matthew Martin |
| I saw a stable | Alan Bullard |
| Hymne a la Vierge | Pierre Villette |
| Out of your sleep, arise and wake | Imogen Holst |
| While shepherds watched | |
| The Truth from Above | Christopher Tinker |
| How far is it to Bethlehem? | Arr. Willcocks |
| We three kings | Arr, Wright |
| What Child is This? | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Interval | |
| A Winters Night | Cecelia McDowall |
| God rest you merry gentlemen | |
| Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | John Gardner |
| Nativity Carol | John Rutter |
| A Patre Unigenitus | Carl Rutti |
| In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke |
| O little town of Bethlehem | |
| Voices in the Mist | Jussi Chydenius |
Gloria: A Celebration of 20th Century French Music
7th November 2017: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Galleywood
| Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| Messiaen | O sacrum convivium |
| Langlais | Messe Solennelle |
| Interval | |
| Duruflé | Quatre Motets: |
| Ubi caritas | |
| Tota pulchra | |
| Tu es Petrus | |
| Tantum ergo | |
| Poulenc | Gloria |
William Byrd Anniversary
4 July 2017: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey
| Inviolata | Adrian Willaert (1490-1562) |
| Sancte Paule Apostole | Adrian Willaert |
| Missa Ave Domine Jesu Christe Kyrie and Gloria | Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) |
| Descendi in hortum meum | Cipriano de Rore (1516-1565) |
| In spiritu humilitatis | Giovanni Croce (1557-1609) |
| Jubilate Deo | Giovanni Gabrieli (c1557-1612) |
| Missa Ave Domine Jesu Christe Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei | Claudio Monteverdi |
| Interval | |
| Tribue Domine | William Byrd (c1540-1623) |
| O Mirtillo | Claudio Monteverdi |
| Ohime, se tanto amate | Claudio Monteverdi |
| Zephirus brings the time | Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543-1588) |
| The wine that I so dearly got | Alfonso Ferrabosco |
| Susann' un jour | Cipriano de Rore |
| Now is the gentle season | Thomas Morley (1557-1602) |
| The Silver Swan | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) |
| Although the heathen poets | William Byrd |
Queen of Heaven
11 March 2017: Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore
| Ave Maria | Jacob Arcadelt | |
| Ave Maria | William Byrd | |
| Ave Maria | Igor Stravinsky | |
| Assumpta est Maria | William Byrd | |
| Assumpta est Maria | Carlo Gesualdo - Stravinsky | |
| Gaude, Gaude | John Sheppard | |
| Hymn to the Virgin | Benjamin Britten | |
| Two Hymns to the Mother of God | John Tavener | |
| Interval | ||
| Nesciens Mater | Jean Mouton | |
| Ave Virgo Sanctissima | Francisco Guerrero | |
| Ave Maria | Gustav Holst | |
| Salve Regina | Tomas Luis de Victoria | |
| Salve Regina | Herbert Howells | |
| Mother of God, here I stand | John Tavener | |
| Today the Virgin | John Tavener | |
Christmas at Blackmore
20 December 2016: Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore
| Noel | Antoine Busnois |
| Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht | JS Bach |
| Lo He come with clouds descending | |
| O beata infantia | Loyset Pieton |
| Magnificat (St Paul's Service) | Herbert Howells |
| In the bleak midwinter | Gustav Holst |
| Ding Dong! merrily on high | arr. Mack Wilberg |
| Noël nouvelet | arr. Stephen Jackson |
| La peregrinación | Ariel Ramírez |
| Interval | |
| Shepherds, guarding your flocks | Alan Bullard |
| No small wonder | Paul Edwards |
| A little child there is yborn | Malcolm Archer |
| See amid the winter's snow | Goss arr. Willcocks |
| The Christ-child | Gabriel Jackson |
| There's a song in the air! | John Hearne |
| God rest you merry, gentlemen | arr. Mark Sirett |
| My Lord has come | Will Todd |
| O come all ye faithful | arr. Willcocks |
| Silent night | arr Barry Rose |
Feel the Spirit
8 November 2016: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Galleywood
| Feel the Spirit | Rutter |
| Interval | |
| Requiem | Duruflé |
William Byrd Anniversary Concert
5 July 2016: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey
| Haec Dies | Byrd | |
| Vox in Rama | Zielinski | |
| Udite, amanti, udite | Pederson | |
| Son morta | Pederson | |
| Lasso, perche mi fuggi | Pederson | |
| Priambolo & Recercar | Lute | Marco Dall'Aquila |
| In Te Domine Speravi | Lute and Soprano | Josquin des Prez |
| In Te Domine | Lute | Marco Dall'Aquila |
| Donne, Impresteme | Lute | Marco Dall'Aquila |
| O vos omnes | Robert Ramsey | |
| Virga jesse floruit Jam patet in virgine | Ludwig Senfl | |
| Dissimulare | de Rore | |
| Ave Verum | Byrd | |
| Interval | ||
| Regina Celi Letare | Costanzo Festa | |
| Adesto dolori meus, O Deo | De Wert | |
| Sorrow, Stay | Lute and Soprano | Dowland |
| "A Fancy" | Lute | Dowland |
| Vox in Rama SATTB | De Wert | |
| Regina Caeli SSATBB | Manchicourt | |
| Cantate Domino | Byrd |
Anglian Highways and Byways
19 March 2016: Ingatestone Hall
| Gradualia for the Feast of St Peter and St Paul | William Byrd |
| Nunc scio vere | |
| Constitues eos principes | |
| Hodie Simon Petrus | |
| Tu es Petrus | |
| Five Elizabethan Lyrics | C.Armstrong Gibbs |
| 2. Fidele | |
| 3. Matin Song | |
| 5. A Lover's Song | |
| Nunc Dimittis | Gustav Hoist |
| I love my love | Arr. Gustav Hoist |
| Two Shakespeare settings | Christopher Tinker |
| I know a Bank | |
| Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? | |
| Sweet honey-sucking bees | John Wilbye |
| Interval | |
| Lamentations | Osbert Parsley |
| A Hymne to Christ | Imogen Hoist |
| Three English Folk-Songs | Arr. Alan Bullard |
| The Brisk Young Widow | |
| Willow Song | |
| Cob-o'-coalin' | |
| Gypsy Davy | Arr. Imogen Hoist |
| Carry her over the water | Benjamin Britten |
| Draw on, sweet night | John Wilbye |
Christmas at Blackmore
22 December 2015: Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore
| Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern | Michael Praetorius |
| O come, O come, Emmanuel | Arr. David Willcocks |
| Swete was the song the Virgin soong | 16th Century, arr. Thomas Hamond |
| Mirabile mysterium | Jacob Handl |
| Coventry Carol | Arr. Martin Shaw |
| O little town of Bethlehem | Arr. R. Vaughan Williams |
| Fantasia on Christmas Carols | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Child of the stable's secret birth | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Shepherds, guarding your flocks | Alan Bullard |
| Shepherds' Farewell | Hector Berlioz |
| Interval | |
| Sir Christèmas | William Mathias |
| Quelle est cette odeur agréable? | Arr. David Willcocks |
| I sing of a maiden | Patrick Hadley |
| While shepherds watched | Arr. Bob Chilcott |
| My Lord has come | Will Todd |
| Good King Wenceslas | Arr. Bob Chilcott |
| A Hymn to the Virgin | Benjamin Britten |
| Candlelight Carol | John Rutter |
| Hark, the herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn Arr. David Willcocks |
| The Three Kings | Peter Cornelius Arr. Ivor Atkins |
Fauré Requiem and Bernstein Chichester Psalms
14 November 2015: Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore
| Chichester Psalms | Bernstein |
| Deh! Placatevi con me from Orfeo ed Euridice | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
| Litany to the Holy Spirit | Peter Hurford |
| Interval | |
| Requiem | Gabriel Fauré |
Soloists:
Treble: Elliot Harding-Smith
Alto: Oliver El-Holiby
Harp: Gwenllian Llyr
Organ: Michael Frith
William Byrd Anniversary Concert
7 July 2015: Church of St Peter and St Paul, Stondon Massey
| Nunc scio vere | Byrd |
| Constitues eos principes | Byrd |
| Hodie Simon Petrus | Byrd |
| Tu es Petrus | Byrd |
| Mass in A minor | Imogen Holst |
| Kyrie | |
| Gloria | |
| Credo | |
| Infelix ego | Byrd |
| Interval | |
| Salvator mundi | Tallis |
| Blessed are those that be undefiled | Tallis |
| O sacrum convivium | Tallis |
| Mass in A minor | Imogen Holst |
| Sanctus | |
| Benedictus | |
| Agnus Dei | |
| Lay a garland | Pearsall |
| Though Amaryllis dance in green | Byrd |
Mozart and Schubert
7 March 2015: Parish church of St Mary and St Lawrence, Great Waltham
| Missa Brevis in B flat, K275 | Mozart | |
| Misericordium Domini, K222 | Mozart | |
| Laudate Dominum, K339 | Mozart | |
| Mass in G, D167 | Schubert |
Christmas at Blackmore
16 December 2014: Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore
| Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen | Michael Praetorius |
| Lo! he comes with clouds descending | Arr. David Willcocks |
| In dulci jubilo | Hieronymus Praetorius |
| Ave Maria | Robert Parsons |
| In the bleak midwinter | Gustav Holst |
| In Terra Pax | Gerald Finzi |
| The holly and the ivy | Matthew Owens |
| I Saw a Maiden | Christopher Tinker |
| INTERVAL | |
| Scots Nativity | Alan Bullard |
| Jesus Christ the Apple Tree | Elizabeth Poston |
| Away in a manger | Arr. Bob Chilcott |
| See amid the winter's snow | Arr. David Willcocks |
| Bethlehem Down | Peter Warlock |
| A Patre Unigenitus | Carl Rütti |
| Sans Day Carol | Arr. John Rutter |
| A Spotless Rose | Herbert Howells |
| O come, all ye faithful | Arr. David Willcocks |
| Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen | Michael Praetorius arr. Jan Sandström |
For the Fallen
11 November 2014: Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore
| For the Fallen | Douglas Guest |
| Into Battle (Flanders, April 1915) | Julian Grenfell |
| Lux Aeterna | Morten Lauridsen |
| Introitus | |
| In te Domine, speravi | |
| O nata lux | |
| Veni, Sancte Spiritus | |
| Agnus Dei - Lux Aeterna | |
| Interval | |
| Requiem | John Rutter |
| Requiem aeternam | |
| Out of the deep | |
| Pie Jesu | |
| Sanctus | |
| Agnus Dei | |
| The Lord is my shepherd | |
| Lux aeterna | |
| For the Fallen | Douglas Guest |
War & Peace
1 July 2014: Stondon Massey
8 July 2014: Ingatestone Hall
| Let God Arise in majesty | Tallis |
| Why fum'th in fight | |
| Quomodo cantabimus | Byrd |
| Gloria (Missa de la batalla escoutez) | Guerrero |
| Versa est in luctum | Alonso Lobo |
| In ieiunio et fletu | Tallis |
| Civitas sancti | Byrd |
| O quam Gloriosum | Victoria |
| O quam Gloriosum | Byrd |
| Interval | |
| Introit from Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| La Guerre | Janequin |
| Sanctus and Agnus Dei (Missa de la batalla escoutez) | Guerrero |
| Lux aeterna from Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| Emendemus in Melius | Byrd |
| This sweet and merry month of May | Byrd |
Faire is the Heaven
22 March 2014: Brentwood Cathedral
| Zadok the Priest | Handel |
| I was glad | Purcell |
| Hear my Prayer | Purcell |
| The Bell Anthem | Purcell |
| Vox Dicentis | Naylor |
| O pray for the peace | Howells |
| Hear my Prayer | Mendelssohn |
| Interval | |
| Almighty and Everlasting God | Gibbons |
| O Lord increase my faith | Gibbons |
| Beati Quorum Via | Stanford |
| Faire is the Heaven | Harris |
| I was Glad | Parry |
| The King shall rejoice | Handel |
Christmas at Blackmore
17 December 2013
| In dulci jubilo | R.L. Pearsall |
| O come, O come, Emmanuel | arr. David Willcocks |
| I sing of a maiden | Matthew Martin |
| Glory to the Christ Child | Alan Bullard |
| We three kings of Orient are | arr. Paul Eddington Wright |
| O magnum mysterium | Francis Poulenc |
| Hodie Christus natus est | Francis Poulenc |
| Harp solo | |
| O holy night | Adolphe Adam |
| While shepherds watched their flocks | from Este's Psalter |
| Hymne à la Vierge | Paul Villette |
| Ding dong! Merrily on high | Mack Wilberg |
| Candlelight Carol | John Rutter |
| Interval | |
| A Ceremony of Carols | Benjamin Britten |
| God rest you merry, gentlemen | arr. David Willcocks |
| I saw a stable | Alan Bullard |
| Child of the stable's secret birth | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke |
| Silent night | arr. Bob Chilcott |
| O little town of Bethlehem | arr. Vaughan Williams |
| Lo, how a rose e'er blooming | arr. David Blackwell |
Watercolours
12 November 2013
| Hard by a crystal fountain | Morley |
| As torrents in summer | Elgar |
| Like as the hart | Howells |
| Water Night | Whitacre |
| Five Flower Songs | Britten |
| To Daffodils | |
| The Succession of the Four Sweet Months | |
| Marsh Flowers | |
| The Evening Primrose | |
| Ballad of Green Broom | |
| My River Runs to Thee | Hawley |
| Memento Mori | Tinker |
| To be sung of a summer night on the water | Delius |
| Flora gave me fairest flowers | Wilbye |
| INTERVAL | |
| Choruses from The Creation | Haydn |
| The marvellous work | |
| Awake the harp | |
| The heavens are telling | |
| Achieved is the glorious work | |
| By thee with bliss | |
| Sing the Lord, ye voices all | |
| Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 545 | J S Bach |
| Draw on, sweet night | Wilbye |
| The blue bird | Stanford |
William Byrd Anniversary Concert 2013
2nd July 2013
| Laudibus in Sanctis | Byrd |
| Emendemus in melius | Byrd |
| Westron Wynde melody | Anon |
| Western Wind Mass | Sheppard |
| Gloria and Credo | |
| Byrd and Ferrabosco: a brief summary by Richard Turbet | |
| Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei | Sheppard |
| O Praise our Lord | Byrd |
| Interval | |
| Susanna Fair | Byrd |
| Susanna Fair | Ferrabosco |
| Mount, Hope | Byrd |
| Penelope ever was praised | Ferrabosco |
| Instrumental solo: Greg Camburn plays the Penny whistle | |
| I saw my lady weeping | Ferrabosco |
| I have been young | Byrd |
| The Nightingale | Byrd |
| The Nightingale | Ferrabosco |
| Italian Salad | Genée |
Choral Masterpieces from Venice
9th March 2013
| Beatus vir | Monteverdi |
| Messa Concertata | Cavalli |
| Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus and Benedictus Agnus Dei | |
| Interval | |
| Gloria | Vivaldi |
| Gloria in excelsis Deo Et in terra pax hominibus Laudamus te Gratias agimus tibi Domine Deus, Rex coelestis Domine Fili unigenite Domine Deus, Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Quoniam tu solus sanctus Cum Sancto Spiritu |
Christmas at Blackmore
18th December 2012
| Gaudete! | arr. Ben Parry |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Tomás Luis de Victoria |
| Of the Father’s love begotten | arr. David Willcocks |
| A little child there is yborn | Malcolm Archer |
| Infant holy | arr. David Willcocks |
| Here is the little door | Herbert Howells |
| Magnificat (Collegium Regale) | Herbert Howells |
| O little town of Bethlehem | arr. R. Vaughan Williams |
| The linden tree carol | arr. Reginald Jacques |
| The holly and the ivy | Matthew Owens |
| Christmas Day | Gustav Holst |
| Interval | |
| It came upon the midnight clear | adapted Arthur Sullivan |
| Nativity carol | John Rutter |
| Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming | arr. David Blackwell |
| My Lord has Come | Will Todd |
| Sussex Carol | arr. Bob Chilcott |
| Reading | |
| Eddi’s Service | Rudyard Kipling |
| In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke |
| What child is this? | Thomas Hewitt Jones |
| Hark! the herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn |
Note-able Anniversaries
27 October 2012
| Laudate Dominum | Sweelinck |
| Dixit Maria | Hassler |
| Edinburgh Mass | Jackson |
| Kyrie and Gloria | |
| Organ solo: | |
| Trio Sonata No. 4 in E minor BWV 528 | J.S. Bach |
| 1st movement | |
| Jubilate Deo | G. Gabrieli |
| Edinburgh Mass | Jackson |
| Sanctus and Agnus Dei | |
| Inviolata | Willaert |
| Interval | |
| Kyrie | G. Gabrieli |
| Komm, Jesu, komm | J.S. Bach |
| Great love hath no man | Ireland |
| Organ solo | |
| Chorale Prelude: In Dir ist Freude BWV 615 | J.S. Bach |
| Trois chansons de Charles d'Orleans | Debussy |
| Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! | |
| Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin | |
| Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain | |
| O Peaceful Night | E. German |
William Byrd Anniversary Concert
3rd July 2012
| Gaudeamus omnes in Domino | Byrd |
| Mass for Five Voices | Byrd |
| Kyrie and Gloria | |
| Ad te levavi | White |
| O Lord, the maker of all thing | Mundy |
| Ave Maria | Parsons |
| Organ solo | |
| Pavan 'The Earle of Salisbury' and Galliard | Byrd |
| Mass for Five Voices | Byrd |
| Sanctus and Benedictus | |
| Agnus Dei | |
| Laudate Dominum | Byrd |
| Interval | |
| Pastyme with good companye | Henry VIII |
| O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth | Byrd |
| All creatures now | Bennet |
| Reading | |
| from 'The Streets of Pompeii' | Henry Reed |
| O Mirtillo, Mirtillo, anima mea | Monteverdi |
| Lieto godea | Gabrieli |
| Scaldava il sol | Marenzio |
| Bella Angioletta | Gesualdo |
| Mátra Pictures | Kodály |
Touches of Sweet Harmony
21st April 2012
Michael Frith - accompanist
Phil Toms - double bass
| Choruses from The Fairy Queen | Henry Purcell |
| Hail! great parent | |
| May the God of Wit inspire | |
| Now join your warbling voices all | |
| Hush! no more! | |
| I press her hand gently | |
| A thousand, thousand ways | |
| They shall be as happy | |
| from Five Elizabethan Lyrics | C. Armstrong Gibbs |
| Fidele | |
| Matin Song | |
| A Lover's Song | |
| Sonnet: How can my Muse want subject to invent | Shakespeare |
| Three Shakespeare Settings (First performance) | Christopher Tinker |
| Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? | |
| Sigh no more, ladies | |
| I know a bank | |
| Sonnet: Let me not to the marriage of true minds | Shakespeare |
| Three Shakespeare Songs | R. Vaughan Williams |
| Full Fathom Five | |
| The Cloud-Capp'd Towers | |
| Over Hill, Over Dale | |
| Full Fathom Five | Charles Wood |
| Interval | |
| Serenade to Music | R. Vaughan Williams |
| Sonnet: Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws | Shakespeare |
| Blow, blow, thou winter wind | John Rutter |
| Sonnet: Anne Hathaway | Carol Ann Duffy |
| Songs and Sonnets | George Shearing |
| Live with me and be my love | |
| When daffodils begin to peer | |
| It was a lover and his lass | |
| Spring | |
| Who is Silvia? | |
| Fie on sinful fantasy | |
| Hey, ho, the wind and the rain |
Christmas at Blackmore
20th December 2011
with Michael Frith - organ
| Hodie Christus natus est | Sweelinck |
| O come, O come, Emmanuel | arr. Willcocks |
| From "Messiah" | Handel |
| And the glory of the Lord | |
| And he shall purify | |
| For unto us a child is born | |
| Pastoral Symphony | |
| There were shepherds | |
| Glory to God | |
| Magnificat | Arvo Part |
| A Hymn to the Virgin | Britten |
| Reading | |
| O little Town of Bethlehem | arr. Vaughan Williams |
| Videte miraculum | Tallis |
| The Virgin unspotted | arr. I. Holst |
| The twelve kindly months | I Holst |
| I wonder as I wander | Rutti |
| Child of the stable's secret birth | Hewitt Jones |
| Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child | Leighton |
| What sweeter music | Rutter |
| O come, all ye faithful | arr.Willcocks |
| Hodie Christus natus est | Poulenc |
An Old Belief - Music spanning five centuries
22nd October 2011
| Ave Regina coeli | Dufay |
| Ave Maria | Josquin |
| Brentwood Brass | |
| Sonata Pian' e Forte | Giovanni Gabrieli |
| O magnum mysterium Jubilate Deo | Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli |
| Brentwood Brass | |
| Earle of Oxford's Marche | Byrd arr. Howarth |
| Timor et Tremor Ave verum Corpus Crucifixus | Lassus Lassus Lotti |
| Interval | |
| Songs of Farewell | Parry |
| My soul, there is a country I know my soul hath power Never, weather beaten sail There is an old belief | |
| As torrents in summer My love dwelt in a northern land | Elgar Elgar |
| Brentwood Brass | |
| Excerpt from Water Music Suite No.1 Shenandoah Eleanor Rigby | Handel arr. Antonin Vaigl Trad. arr. Alan Fernie Lennon & McCartney arr. Fernie |
| Spirituals from A Child of our Time | Tippett |
| Steal away Nobody knows Go down, Moses By and by Deep river |