the Leatherhead chamber choir
| FUTURE CONCERT DATES BY ANTIPHONIA at Christ Church, Epsom Road, Leatherhead Eighth concert: 7.30pm, Saturday 24 October 2009 One Equal Musicmusic for double choir:
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Seventh concert: 7.30pm, Saturday 23 May 2009
Faith, Hope and Love
| Choir: | Mass for four voices | William Byrd |
| interspersed with three organ pieces: | ||
| Fantasia | Gibbons | |
| Largo in C minor | Greene | |
| Ayre in D minor | Blow | |
| Organ: | Wir glauben all | J. S. Bach |
| Fidelis | Whitlock | |
| Flute: | Summer Music: i Allegro tranquillo | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| Choir: | hope, faith, life, love | Eric Whitacre |
| Pavane | Gabriel Fauré, arr. Wye | |
| Choir: | Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans | Claude Debussy |
Karan Humphries, Helen Huxtable, Bryony Jones, Margaret Stephen, sopranos; Stella Baylis, Anne Cairns; Jenny Gordon, Helena Greenwood, Veronica Watts, altos; Tony Kemp, Caroline Praed, tenors; Brian Lamble, Chris Watts, basses. Directed by Anthony Cairns.
Sixth concert: 7.30pm, Saturday 31 January 2009
A Babe is Born
Christmas choral music:| Alleluya! A new work | G Harvey |
| A child is born in Bethlehem | Scheidt |
| Omnis mundus jocundetur/Psallite unigenito | Praetorius |
| AA Hymn to the Virgin | Britten |
| Hymne à la Vierge | Pierre Villette |
| Make we merry | Carol Barratt |
| Out of your sleep/What sweeter music? | RR Bennett |
| A babe is born | William Mathias |
| organ solo | |
| Puer natus | Buxtehude |
| Puer natus | Bach |
| Pastorale | Victor Yates |
| cello and piano | |
| Cradle Song | Frank Bridge |
| Salut d'Amour | Elgar |
| flute and piano | |
| Nocturne et Allegro scherzando | Gaubert |
Catherine Bate, Liz Hargrave, Karan Humphries, Alison Martin, Margaret Stephen, soprano; Stella Baylis, Anne Cairns, Helena Greenwood, Helen Huxtable, Veronica Watts, alto; Anthony Ellis, Ian Hargrave, Tony Kemp, tenor; Steve Neal, Chris Watts, bass; Stella Baylis, flute; Anne Cairns, cello; Anthony Cairns, director, organ, piano.
In aid of Leatherhead Clubhouse. (Rehearsals: 3pm Sun 11, 18 and 25 Jan 2009; 8pm Wed 21 and 28 Jan; 3pm Sat 31 Jan.
Fifth concert: 7.30pm, Saturday 22 November 2008
For Saint Cecilia's Day
| Cantantibus organis Hail, bright Cecilia (from 1692 ode) Out of the whirlwind (1947) God is gone up (1951) Psalm 42: Lord, as that hart (1954) A Song for Saint Cecilia's Day (1973) Feast Song for Saint Cecilia (1975) Come down, O Love divine (1998) Verses on Saint Cecilia's Day (2006) | Lassus Purcell Vaughan Williams Finzi Antony Hopkins Gardner Bernard Rose John Rutter Richard Rodney Bennett | |
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and solo items for soprano, flute and clarinet by Vinci, Purcell, Grieg and Finzi. | |||
| Karan Humphries, Ann James, Bryony Jones, Susan Waton, Margaret Stephen, soprano; Stella Baylis, Jennifer Langham, Jenny Gordon, Anne Cairns, Joanne Oliphant, Veronica Watts, alto; Tony Kemp, William Molesworth, Caroline Praed, Nigel Whitnall, tenor; Tom Appleton, Steve Neal, Chris Watts, bass; Stella Baylis, flute; Anne Cairns, cello; Zoe Humphries, Clarinet; Gina Eason, organ; Anthony Cairns, director.
Programmes at the door £8 (students £3) and refreshments. In aid of The Musicians Benevolent Fund. | |||
Fourth concert: 7.30pm, Saturday 16 February 2008 at Christ Church, Leatherhead:
The Tree of Life
Jesus Christ the apple tree (Poston)
Ave Maria (Josquin Desprez)
An earthly tree SSAT.org (Byrd)
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund: organ variations (Scheidt)
There was a tree (arr. Holst)
The cherry-tree carol (arr. D Willcocks)
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day.organ (John Gardner)
Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen: organ (Brahms, Fruhauf)
As the apple tree.org (Robert Walker)
The Forest at Dawn: organ solo (Andrew Downes, 2000)
There is no rose SSATBB (John Gardner, 1997)
A Good-Night (RR Bennett, 1999)
John Joubert
An Autumn Pastoral
Mellow autumnal music by Walker, Bairstow, Howells and Ireland, Jongen Pensée d'Automne for organ, and a celebration of the birthdays in 2007 of JOHN JOUBERT (80)(Prelude on Picardy for organ, There is no rose, Christ is risen, Autumn Rain, and Divertimento for piano duet) and JOHN GARDNER (90)
(Prelude in G minor and Five Dances 1.-3. for organ, The Turning Year, My Cheerful Soul, Set me as a seal). Programmes £8 at the door (students £3). Refreshments.
Part of the Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival 2007.
John Gardner
Second concert: 7.30pm, Saturday 10 March 2007, Christ Church (United Reformed), Leatherhead
Music All Powerful
Music all powerful (TF Walmisley); Silence and music (R Vaughan Williams); My spirit sang all day (Finzi); Folk Tune & Paean (Whitlock); We wait for thy loving kindness (McKie); Out of the deep (Morley); Sing joyfully (Byrd); Fancy for My Lady Nevell (Byrd); When David heard (Tomkins); A Hymn of St Columba & Jubilate (Britten); O Lorde, the maker (Joubert); The God of love & 2 Variants on Bicclescombe (Gardner); Flourish for an Occasion (Harris); Set me as a seal (Walton); Hear my Prayer (Purcell); Faire is the heaven (Harris); Coelos ascendit hodie (Stanford).With Gina Eason - organ; Anthony Cairns - conductor, organ.
First concert: 3pm, Sunday 15th October 2006, Christ Church (United Reformed), Leatherhead
O Clap Your Hands
GINA EASON organ, IAN HOWARTH baritone and ROSIE HOWARTH soprano.
Anthony Cairns, Richard Price, Ian Howarth, Jenny Gordon, Stella Baylis, Barbara and Rosie Howarth, Heather Cordery)
CDs from our first three concerts are available at £5.00 each (p&p £2.00): (I. O Clap Your Hands; II. Music All Powerful; III. An Autumn Pastoral), and IV. The Tree of Life is in the planning stage. To obtain one, or to ask about membership or future concerts, please email Anthony Cairns at antiphonia@andante5.plus.com whose website is at www.andante5.plus.com .
Organ recitals were given at Christ Church during the 2006 and 2007 Mole Valley Arts Alive Festivals, by Gillian Lloyd, Organist of Guildford URC, Martin Ellis, Director of Music at St Martin's Church, Dorking, and Jessica Cottis, Conductor of Bookham Choral Society, with Rebecca Hodgetts (soprano).
Page updated: 29th May 2009. (Webmaster: Anthony Cairns, antiphonia@andante5.plus.com)