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on our past concerts - we have also included our programme notes
for may of the pieces - this is indicated and linked by PROG.
If you use the programme notes (which you are free to do so) please
either credit the writer (if they are cited) or this website (www.rfms.org) |
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| 2008 Summer |
Conductor: Andrew Rochford
Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves
Mahler - 4th Movement of symphony No. 5
Vaughan Williams - 5 Variants of Dives & Lazarus |
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| 2008 Great Braxted |
Conductor: Andrew Rochford
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Handel - Let the King Rejoice
Faure - Requiem |
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2008 Spring
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Conductor: Andrew Rochford
Beethoven - Opus 34 Egmont Overture
Mozart - K 299 Flute & Harp Concerto in C
[Soloists: Harp Solo: Peggy Guglielmino Flute Solo: Tiffany Hore]
Elgar - Opus 47 Introduction & Allegro
Mozart - K 317 Mass in C Major ‘Coronation’
[Soloists: Laura Armstrong (s) Tiffany Hore (a) James Dooley (t) Anthony Ordman (bar)]
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2007 Christmas
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Christmas Concert
*Once in royal David’s City – HJ Gauntlett Arr. AH Mann, D Willcocks
Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
In the bleak mid-winter – Harold Darke
Infant holy, infant lowly – Polish Traditional Arr. D Willcocks
The Virgin's Cradle Hymn – Edmund Rubbra
O little one sweet – Johann Sebastian Bach
Coventry Carol – English Traditional Arr. M Shaw
Away in a manger – WJ Kirkpatrick Arr. D Willcocks
The World’s fair rose – Michael Praetorius
*It came upon the midnight clear – Trad. Arr. A Sullivan & D Willcocks
INTERVAL
Hodie Christus natus est – Jan Pieters Sweelinck
*As with gladness men of old – German Trad. Arr. C Kocher & D Willcocks
Jesus Child – John Rutter
Make we joy now in this fest – William Walton
Adam lay ybounden – Peter Warlock
What cheer? – William Walton
Deck the hall – Welsh Trad. Arr. D Willcocks
Ding dong! Merrily on high – French Trad. Arr. D Wood
Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland - Dick Smith & Felix Bernard
The twelve days of Christmas – Trad. Arr. J Rutter
*The first Nowell – Trad. Arr D Willcocks
Sir Christèmas – William Mathias
* Audience participation carols |
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| 2007 Autumn |
[conductors: Wyn Hyland & Andrew Rochford]
Albinoni - Concerto no.1 in B
flat major
Gibbons - Blessed art all they
Bach - Concerto for Oboe & Violin in D minor BWV 1060
Handel
- My Heart is Indighting
Warlock - Capriol Suite |
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| 2007 Summer |
"Motets
and Madrigals"
[conductor: Wyn Hyland]
Motets
Part - Magnificat
Duruflé - Ubi Caritas
Duruflé - Tantum Ergo
Bruckner - Os Justi
Bruckner - Christus Factus Es
Bruckner - Vexilla Regis
Mozart - Ave Verum
Tchaikovsky - The Crown of Roses
Madrigals
V-Williams - Just as the Tide was Flowing
Vautor - Mother, I Will Have a Husband!
Morley - Arise, Awake!
Morley - April is in My Mistress’ Face
Morley - Sing We and Chant It
Dowling - Come Again! Sweet Love
Morley - No No No No Nigella
V-Williams - Linden Lea |
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| 2007 Spring |
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 PROG
conductor: Andrew
Rochford
Gounod - St Cecilia Mass PROG
(soloists: Meinir Wyn
Thomas [s] , Richard Barrowclough [t], Terrence Den Dulk [b])
conductor: Wyn Hyland
Trad. arr. Cohen - Kol Nidrei |
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| 2006 Christmas |
Christmas Concert
Mendelssohn - There Shall A Star
conductor; Gerry Cornelius |
| 2006 Autumn |
Handel - The Creation (selection)
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
conductor: Andrew Rochford |
| 2006 Spring |
Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture , "Fingal's Cave"
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23
(soloist: Gillian
Cracknell)
Haydn - Paukenmesse, "Mass in the Time of War"
(soloists: Viki
Hart [s], Kristin
Finnigan [a], Graham
Neal [t], Sebastian
Valentine [b]) |
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| 2005 Christmas |
Christmas Concert
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
| 2005 Autumn |
Boyce - Symphony No.5
Handel - Coronation Anthem No.3 "The King Shall Rejoice"
Finzi - Romance for Strings
Schubert - Mass in G
(Soloists: Melanie
Reid [s], Dan Meads
[t] and Terry den Dulk[b]) |
2005 Summer
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Roussel - Impromptu for Harp
(Soloist: Peggy
Guglielmino)
Saint-Saëns - Le carnivaux des animaux (extracts) [Fossils,
Le Signe, L'Elephante, Finale]
Poulenc - Sonata [Prelude, Rustique, Finale]
Debussey - Golliwog's Cake Walk
(Soloists: Wyn
Hyland and Richard
Evans)
A selection of choral music by French composers including:
Poulenc - Salve Regina
Saint-Saëns - Ave Verum
Sévérac - Tantum Ergo
Gounod - Kyrie from Messe Breve No. 7 in C
Duruflé - Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens
(op.10)
Fauré - Ave verum corpus
Rouget de L’Isle - La Marseillaise
Saint-Saëns - Calme des nuits
Saint-Saëns - Les fleurs et les arbres
Fauré - Madrigal
Debussy - Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin
Fauré - Cantique de Jean Raçine
Franck - Panis Angelicus |
2005 Spring
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Stainer - The Crucifixion
(Soloists: Mark
Guerrin [t] and Terry
Den-Dulk [b])
Tallis - Psalm 2:1,2
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Tchaikovsky - The Crown of Roses
Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
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| 2004 Christmas |
Christmas Concert
Poulenc - Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps Noël |
| 2004 Autumn |
Mozart - Overture to "The Magic Flute"
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante
(with the Dorset Square Quartet)
Mozart - Requiem
(soloists - Katherine Manley,
Nicola Stonehouse,
Nathan Vale, Julian Hubbard) |
| 2004 Summer |
Britten - Simple Symphony
Elgar - Les Illuminations
(soloist: Viki Hart)
Elgar - Elegy for Strings
Hindemith - Kleine Kammermusik
(the Dorset Square Quintet)
Rutter - Magnificat
(soloist: Viki Hart) |
| 2004 Spring |
Handel - Messiah PROG
Boieldieu - Harp Concerto in C PROG
(soloist - Peggy Guglielmino)
Boyce - Concerto No 4 PROG |
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| 2003 Christmas |
Christmas Concert |
| 2003 Autumn |
Brahms - A German Requiem (soloists - Katherine
Manley, Julian Hubbard)
Liszt - Totentanz (soloist - Wyn
Hyland) |
| 2003 Summer |
Classical Music from Film and Television |
| 2003 Spring |
Vivaldi - Gloria
Pergolesi - Magnificat
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba PROG
Mozart - Oboe Concerto K314 PROG (soloist - Nicolas
Ridley) |
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| 2002 Christmas |
Christmas Concert |
| 2002 Autumn |
Haydn - Imperial "Nelson" Mass (soloists - Katherine Manley, Nicola
Stonehouse, Nathan Vale,
Sion Goronwy)
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Mozart - Symphony No. 31
Weber - Clarinet Concertino (soloist - Larissa
Joy) |
| 2002 Summer |
Concert of Music by English Composers |
| 2002 Spring |
Fauré - Requiem
Donizetti - Cor Anglais Concertino (soloist
- Chris Astles)
Mendelssohn - Hebridean Overture "Fingal's Cave" |
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| 2001 Christmas |
Christmas Concert |
| 2001 Autumn |
Elgar - The Music Makers
Sibelius - Symphony No.5
Beethoven - Overture to Fidelio |
| 2001 Summer |
Summer Concert |
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| 2000 Christmas |
Christmas Concert |
| 2000 Autumn |
Dvorak - Mass in D Major |
| 2000 Spring |
Spring Concert |
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| 1999 Autumn |
Mozart - Mass in C |