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Recent Performances by The Waltham Singers
(brackets) denote orchestral or solo pieces not performed by the choir
21st June 2008 Concert
Chelmsford Cathedral
Joint concert with die Kantorei der Schlosskirch Weilburg
with The Salomon Orchestra
Elgar the Music Makers
Mendelssohn Psalm 95
(Brahms Academic Festival Overture)
Sunday 25th May 2008
Schlosskirch, Weilburg, Germany
Joint concert with die Kantorei der Schlosskirch Weilburg
Elgar the Music Makers
Mendelssohn Psalm 95
Saturday 15th March 2008 Choral Workship
New Hall School, Boreham
Poulenc Gloria led by Robert Dean
Saturday 1st March 2008 Andrew Fardell 25th Anniversary Concert
Great Waltham Parish Church
Roxanna Panufnik So Strong is His Love commissioned by The Waltham Singers, world premiere
Mozart Missa Brevis K275; Misericordias Domini K222; Sancta Maria,Mater Dei K273, Ave Verum Corpus K618
Panufnik Olivia
(Mozart Hunt Quartet K458)
with The Maggini Quartet
Wednesday 5th December 2007 Macmillan Carol Concert
Chelmsford Cathedral
Saturday 17th November 2007 Concert
Great Waltham Parish Church
Paul Patterson, The Waltham Singers Patron's 60th birthday celebration
Patterson The Fifth Continent - A Gift from the Sea
Patterson Spare Parts
Rutter Gloria
Elgar Four Choral Songs (Opus 53)
Sunday 30th September 2007 "Reach Out" Concert
St John's Church, Chelmsford
A concert for young people with learning difficulties
Saturday 23rd June 2007 Great Waltham Parish Church
David Bedford The Soft Stars that Shine at Night (Making Music joint commission)
Rutter Mass of the Children with New Hall School Choir
Poulenc Four Christmas Motets
Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
WALTHAM SINGERS TOUR TO YORKSHIRE
Saturday 2nd June 2007 Concert
All Saints Church, Terrington
Bassano Sancta et Immaculata
Priuli Domine Labia Mea
Monteverdi Missa in Illo Tempore (Sanctus and Benedictus)
(Bax The White Peace)
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Chilcott The Marvellous Birth
Rutter Mass of the Children (Kyrie and Agnus Dei)
(Arnold Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano)
Bullard The Brisk Young Widow, Willow Song, Cob-o' Coalin'
Grainger I'm Seventeen come Sunday, Irish Tune from County Derry, Country Gardens
(Quarles Voluntary in F Minor)
Elgar As Torrents in Summer
Mendelssohn
Saturday 17th March 2007 Concert
Chelmsford Cathedral
with The Salomon Orchestra
Haydn Nelson Mass
Beethoven 9th Symphony
Wednesday 6th December Carol Concert
Chelmsford Cathedral
Macmillan Cancer Support
Chilcott The Marvelous Birth (First performance)
Poulenc Four Christmas Motets
Lauridsen O magnum mysterium
Saturday 25th November 2006 Concert
Great Waltham Parish Church
from Venice to London
16th century music with authentic accompaniment
from Quintessential
Monteverdi
Gloria a 7 voci
Missa in illo tempore
Beatus Vir
Ave Maris Stella
Priuli
Mass in 9 parts
Domine, labia mea
Giovanni Bassano
Sancta et immaculata
(Divisions on Anchor che co'l parire)
(Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon XI
Jeronimo Bassano Fantasia)
Saturday 14th October 2006 Workshop
New Hall School
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
lead by Robert Dean (Director, Philharmonia Chorus)
Saturday 17th June 2006 Concert
Great Waltham Parish Church
Mozart Requiem
Salieri Te Deum
(Elgar Serenade for Strings)
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
Elgar Ave Verum Corpus
with the Chameleon Arts Orchestra
Saturday 18th March 2006 Concert
Chelmsford Cathedral
J S Bach St. John Passion
with Charivari Agreable Simphonie
Saturday 26th November 2005 Thomas Tallis '500' Concert
Great Waltham Parish Church
All works composed by Thomas Tallis (c1505 - 1585)
Spem in Alium
(with Braintree Choral Society, Chelmsford Cathedral Voluntary Choir and Voci Miste)
If ye love me
Hear the voice and prayer
A new commandment
O Lord, give thy holy spirit
Why fumeth in sight
(Lamentations of Jeremiah, Part 1)
Laudate Dominum
O Nata Lux de Lumine
With all our heart
Discomfit them, O Lord
Saturday 18th June 2005 Concert
Great Waltham Parish Church
with The Maggini String Quartet
Peter Maxwell-Davies The Kestrel Road
Schubert Mass in G
Beethoven Elegiac Song
Haydn Salve Regina
(Haydn String Quartet Op 76 No 1)
WALTHAM SINGERS TOUR TO GERMANY
Saturday 28th May 2005
Schlosskirche, Weilburg, Germany
Byrd O Magnum Mysterium and Beata Virgo
Vaughan Williams O Taste and See
(Annabel Malton (Soprano) accompanied by Gerald Malton (piano)
Purcell The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation
Purcell Music for a While)
Bullard Three English Folk Songs
(Duncan Archard (Organ)
Harris Prelude in Eb
Stanford Postlude on an Old Irish Melody)
Elgar
Ave Verum
My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
The Shower
As Torrents in Summer
Joint works performed by the Waltham Singers and die Kantorie Weilburg
Rheinberger Abendlied Conducted by Doris Hagel
Handel Zadok the Priest Conducted by Andrew Fardell
As a light-hearted conclusion to the concert the joint choirs, conducted by Andrew Fardell, performed
Britten Old Abram Brown
Sunday 29th May 2005
Schlosskirche, Weilburg, Germany
During Sunday morning service the Singers sang:
Tallis If ye love me
Britten O be joyful
Wesley thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Rutter The Lord bless you and keep you
Sunday 20th March 2005 Palm Sunday
6.30 pm New Hall School Chapel
Faure Requiem
with New Hall School Choir
Saturday 12th March 2005
Chelmsford Cathedral
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
with The Chameleon Arts Orchestra
Saturday 13th November 2004
Great Waltham Parish Church
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
with Tim Carey (piano) and Robert Poyser (harmonium)
Saturday 26th June 2004 Great Waltham Parish Church
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Constant Lambert Rio Grande
Elgar Give unto the Lord and My Love dwelt in a Northern Land
(Finzi Let us Garlands Bring)
(Copland Long Time Ago)
(Martinu Prelude en forme de foxtrot)
21st March 2004
Snape Maltings
Joint Concert with Colchester Choral Society
with the Salomon Orchestra and Orwell Park School Choir
Walton Belshazzar's Feast
(Panufnik Sinfonia Sacra)
Bullard Canticle of Freedom
Supported by the Arts Council
10th December 2003 Chelmsford Cathedral
MacMillan Cancer Relief Carol Concert
8th November 2003 Great
Waltham
Schubert Deutsche Messe
Bruckner Mass in E Minor
(Mozart Serenade No 12 in C Minor K388)
with The Chameleon Arts Orchestra
21 June 2003 Great Waltham
"The Tingle Factor"
Works which have special meaning for members of The Waltham Singers
Opening sequence
Elgar Opening Chorus from The Music Makers
Handel extracts from The Messiah
Haydn Achieved is the glorious work from The Creation
Stanford The Blue Bird
Finzi My Spirit Sang All Day
Tavener The Lamb
Bruckner Graduals
Winters A smile and a sigh and Seaside sensation from Summer Songs
Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium!
Poulenc Sanctus and Benedictus from Messe in G
Brahms Nos. 1, 2 14 and Zum Schluss from Neue Liebeslieder
Bullard July Evening and Summer Queen from A Summer Garland
Bairstow Blessed City, Heavenly Salem
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
Rutter A Gaelic Blessing
Harris Faire is the Heaven
Randall Thompson Ye shall have a song from The Peaceable Kingdom
22 February 2003 Chelmsford Cathedral
90/60/30 Concert
Benjamin Britten born 1913
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings composed 1943
Waltham Singers formed 1973
The Britten Sinfonia
Nigel Robson, tenor: Stephen Bell, horn: Bibi Heal, soprano
Benjamin Britten Saint Nicolas
(Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings)
Haydn Little Organ Mass
Supported by Birkett Long Solicitors,
9 November 2002 Christ Church
J C Bach Dies Irae
Mozart Litaniae de venerabili altaris Sacramento K243
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
15 June 2002 Great Waltham
16 June 2002 Dedham
A New Garland for the Queen
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Britten - Choral Dances from Gloriana
Bullard - A Summer Garland (Commissioned Work, World Premiere)
Vowles - I was glad (Sponsored Student Composition)
Cracknell - When you're asleep (Sponsored Student Composition)
Coggan - Adoramus Te Domine (Sponsored Student Composition)
Halls - I will arise and go now (Sponsored Student Composition)
Parry - I was glad
Finzi - White Flowering Days (from A Garland for the Queen)
Ireland - The Hills (from A Garland for the Queen)
Vaughan Williams - Silence and Music (from A Garland for the Queen)
23 February 2002 Chelmsford Cathedral
Monteverdi Vespers (1610)
10 November 2001 Great Waltham
(Handel - Occasional Oratorio Overture)
Telemann - Machet die Tore weit
(Festing - Concerto for two Flutes)
Bach - Magnificat
16 June 2001 Great Waltham
Finzi - Magnificat
Stanford - The Blue Bird
Finzi - Poems of Robert Bridges
Byrd - Mass for Four Voices
Rutter - Psalmfest
27 May 2001 St. Marien-Kirche, Ahaus, Germany
Byrd - Mass for Four Voices (Sung in the appropriate context of the Catholic Mass)
Finzi - Magnificat
Stanford - The Blue Bird
Finzi - Poems of Robert Bridges
Rutter - Psalmfest
25 May 2001 St. Pieterskerk, Utrecht, Holland
Finzi - Magnificat
Stanford - The Blue Bird
Finzi - Poems of Robert Bridges
Byrd - Mass for Four Voices
Rutter - Psalmfest
24 February 2001 Chelmsford Cathedral
Haydn - The Seasons
12 November 2000 Bures St. Mary Church
Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine
Poulenc - Salve Regina
Faure - Requiem
11 November 2000 Great Waltham
Poulenc - Sept Chansons
(Faure - En Priere
Les roses d'Ispahan
Nell)
Poulenc - Salve Regina
Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine
Faure - Requiem
17 June 2000 - 500 Years of Music - Great Waltham
Palestrina - Missa Aeterna Christi Munera
(Gaspar Sance - Canarios
J S Bach - Bourree in E minor
Fernando Sor - Minuet in C major)
Mozart - Ave Verum
John Tavener - Song for Athene
Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
Brahms - Geistliches Lied
(Francisco Tarrega - Adelita
Isaac Albeniz - Asturias
Charlie Byrd - Spanish Guitar Blues)
Britten - Five Flower Songs
11 March 2000 Chelmsford Cathedral
(Prokofiev - Classical Symphony)
Vaughan Williams - An Oxford Elegy
Beethoven - Mass in C
13 November 1999 Great Waltham
Bruckner - Motets
(Mozart - Wind Serenade in C minor)
Bruckner - Mass in E minor
19 June 1999 - In America - Great Waltham
Four American Folksongs - arr. Daryl Runswick
Plantation Songs - arr. Stephen Foster
(Gershwin - Three Preludes)
Michael Tippett - Five Spirituals
Aaron Copland - Four American Songs
Alastair King - In Just
Porter arr. Carter- Begin the Beguine
Kosma arr. Carter- Autumn Leaves
(Mason - Yankee Doodle)
Barber - Fourth Excursion)
Gershwin arr. Blackwell - 'S Wonderful
De Rose arr. Carter & Blackwell - Deep Purple
Garland arr. Gritton - In the Mood
13 March 1999 - Christ Church, Chelmsford
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
21 November 1998 - Christ Church, Chelmsford
Paul Patterson - Missa Brevis
(Handel - Concerto Grosso in B minor, Op 6 No 12)
Handel - Dixit Dominus
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