Repertoire

The choir has a large library of music we have sung in the past. We often draw from this to provide a well-balanced programme for our concerts, supplementing it with new pieces.

It is the job of our hardworking music librarian to keep track of our collection, and all the members who have held the position in the past deserve a great deal of recognition for the hard work they have done.

Below are listed just a few of the pieces that we have performed recently.

Composers

We recognise that there's a shortage of choirs today willing to try out new music, so if you've written or arranged something that you'd like to showcase, why not contact us

2009/2010 Season

Summer term

  • My Bonny Lass She Smileth, Thomas Morley
  • Good Wine, E. J. Moeran
  • How Calmly the Evening, Sir Edward Elgar
  • Morning Glory, Starlit Sky, Barry Rose
  • Toss the Pot, trad. arr. Thomas Ravenscroft
  • Shenandoah, trad. arr. James Erb
  • The Goslings, Fredrick Bridge
  • Up Where We Belong, Jennings, Saint-Marie, Nitzsche arr. Strommen
  • What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor, trad. arr. Wombat
  • Marianne, trad. arr. Wilby
  • I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside, John A Glover-Kind arr. Andrew Carter
  • Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Richard Leigh arr. Woods
  • The Bare Necessities, Terry Gilkyson arr. Nicholas Hare
  • Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat, Loesser arr. Meredith
  • Jabula Jesu, trad. arr. Hatfield & Stephenson

Autumn term

  • The Truth from Above, trad. arr. R. Vaughan Williams
  • The Teddy Bears' Picnic, John Bratton arr. Andrew Carter
  • Skye Boat Song, trad. arr. Harold Boulton
  • Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddy Mercury
  • God Be In My Head, John Rutter
  • What Sweeter Music, John Rutter
  • Goodnight Sweetheart, Carter & Hudson arr. Shaw
  • In the Bleak Mid-winter, Harold Darke
  • Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day, trad. arr. David Willcocks
  • O Holy Night!, Adolphe Adam arr. John E. West
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem, trad. arr. E. Vaughan Williams & T Armstrong
  • Gabriel's Message, trad. arr. David Willcocks
  • The Cherry Tree Carol, trad. arr. David Willcocks
  • The Holy and the Ivy, trad. arr. H. Walford Davies
  • Hark! the Herald-angels Sing, F. Mendelssohn arr. David Willcocks
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High, trad. arr. Charles Wood

2008/2009 Season

Summer term

  • Ave Verum Corpus, W.A. Mozart
  • Fair Phyllis I Saw, John Farmer
  • We Sing To Thee, A.I.Labinski
  • When I'm 64, The Beatles
  • Lets Face the Music, Irving Berlin arr. Walter
  • Spanish Ladies, trad. arr. Walter
  • Bring Him Home from ‘Les Miserables', Schonberg arr. Shaw
  • A Foggy Day, Gershwin arr. Walter & Stephenson
  • Theme Academy, Goodall arr. L'Estrange
  • Pokarekare Ana, trad. Maori
  • De Battle ob Jerico, trad. arr. Lang
  • Dubula, trad. Xhosa arr. Andre van der Merwe

Spring term

  • Belle Que Tiens Ma Vie, Thoinot Arbeau
  • The Ash Grove, trad. Welsh arr. Thomas F. Dunhill
  • Afton Water, trad. Scottish arr. David Willcocks
  • The Way You Look Tonight, Jerome Kern arr. George Mitchell
  • Adiemus from ‘Songs of Sanctuary’, Karl Jenkins
  • Can You Feel The Love Tonight from ‘The Lion King', Elton John arr. Keith Christopher
  • Steal Away, trad. arr. C. Clegg
  • Megaru, trad. Kavango arr. Stephenson
  • Jabula Jesu, trad. arr. Hatfield & Stephenson

Autumn Term

  • Viva la musica, Ivan Erod
  • Ding dong! Merrily on high, 16th cent. French harm. Wood
  • I wonder as I wander, Appalachian trad. arr. Rutter
  • O nata lux, Thomas Tallis
  • Sans day carol, Cornish trad. arr. Rutter
  • Twilight, Thomas Koschat arr. Matt Ferguson
  • Sussex Carol, English trad. arr. Willcocks
  • Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Samuel S. Wesley
  • O come all ye faithful, J. F. Wade arr. Willcocks
  • What shall we do with the drunken sailor?, Trad. arr. Packer, Shaw and Wombat
  • In the bleak mid-winter, Gustar Holst
  • Jesus Christ the apple tree, Elizabeth Poston
  • Desk the hall, Welsh trad. arr. Willcocks
  • We three kings, J. H. Hopkins arr. Willcocks
  • O little one sweet, German harm. J. S. Bach
  • While shepherds watched their flocks, Este's Psalter arr. Willcocks
  • Rejoice and be merry, John Rutter
  • Hark! the herald angels sing, Mendelssohn arr. Willcocks

2007/2008 Season

Spring term

  • Ave Verum, Matthew Ferguson
  • Ubi caritas, Mark Pim
  • Nunc dimittis, Charles Wood
  • Magnificat, Charles Wood
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman
  • Wondrous Cross, Philip Wilby
  • Comfort My People, Philip Wilby
  • Come Sirrah Jack Ho! Thomas Weelkes
  • Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit, Arr. Bob Chilcott
  • Londonderry Air, Arr. Bob Chilcott
  • The Turtle Dove, Arr. Ralph Vaughan-Williams
  • When I'm 64, Lennon and McCartney
  • Softly as I leave you, Arr. Mark Pim
  • All I have to do is dream, Arr. Mark Pim
  • Goodnight Sweetheart, Arr. Kirby Shaw

Christmas Programme (3.5mb, PDF)

  • Angelus ad virginem, arr. Willcocks
  • Adam lay ybounden, Warlock
  • Gabriel's message, arr. Willcocks
  • Coventry carol, arr. Shaw
  • Hodie Christus natus est, Ferguson
  • In the bleak midwinter
  • Hark! the herald-angels sing
  • Four carol arrangements, Rutter
  • Jingle, bells, J. Pierpont, arr. Willcocks
  • Winter wonderland, Bernard and Smith
  • A merry Christmas, arr. Warrell
  • Merry Christmas, everybody, Holder and Lea, arr. Gwyn Arch
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • O little town of Bethlehem
  • O come, all ye faithful

2006/2007 Season

  • Halleluja Chorus, Handel
  • Anything Goes, Cole Porter
  • Ave Verum, Elgar
  • Locus Ist, Bruckner
  • God be in my head, Carter
  • Come again, sweet love, Dowland
  • Liberame Domine, from Fauré's Requiem
  • Banquet Fugue, Rutter
  • New York, New York, Kander, Ebb
  • Bobby Shaftoe, arr. W.G. Whittaker
  • In Paradisum, from Fauré's Requiem
  • Good Wine, E.S. Moeran
  • I Saw the Lord, Stainer
  • Blue Moon, Richard Rodgers
  • Three Minute Messia, Handel, arr. Peter Gritton
  • By the Rivers of Babylon, Steven Errante
  • Old MacDonald, arr. George Mitchell
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Concert Celebration, arr. Mark Brymer

2005/2006 Season

 

2004/2005 Season

Requiem, Gabriel Faure

Other, smaller pieces

  • Locus Iste, Anton Bruckner
  • Ave Maria, Jacques Arcadelt
  • The Goslings, Frederick Bridge
  • Over the Rainbow, Harold Arlen arr. Guy Turner
  • Abendlied, Josef Rheinberger
  • This have I done for my true love, Gustav Holst
  • Christmas is coming, arr. H. Walford Davies
  • I saw three ships, arr. John Rutter
  • Here is the little door, Herbert Howells
  • Three minute Messiah, Petter Gritton (with thanks to G. F. Handel)
  • Nativity carol, John Rutter
  • O little town of Bethlehem, arr. H. Walford Davies
  • Sweet was the song, W. Ballet
  • White Christmas, Irving Berlin arr. Mark Pim
  • Winter Wonderland, Felix Bernard arr. Dennis Pim
  • Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane arr. Jon Halton
  • Silent night, Franz Gruber arr. Ned Bennett
  • Quelle est cette odeur agreeable?, arr. David Willcocks
  • In dulci jubilo, arr. R. L. Pearsall
  • Away in a manger, arr. Matthew Collins
  • Christmas night, John Rutter
  • In the bleak mid-winter, Harold Darke
  • Adeste, fideles, J. F. Wade
  • Shepherd's pipe carol, John Rutter
  • The twelve days of Christmas, arr. John Rutter
  • A merry Christmas, arr. Arthur Warrell
  • A Clare benediction, John Rutter

2003/2004 Season

Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Christmas Oratorio, J.S. Bach
Chichester Psalms, Leonard Bernstein
Requiem, Maurice Duruflé
Vespers, Rachmaninov

Other, smaller pieces

  • Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis in D, Charles Wood
  • My Eyes for Beauty Pine, Herbert Howells
  • Advent Responsary, Adapted from a Magnificat by G. P. da Palestrina
  • Vesper Responsary, G. P. da Palestrina
  • The truth sent from above, English trad. arr. R. Vaughan Williams
  • King Jesus Hath a Garden, Dutch tune harmonized by Charles Wood
  • Carol of the Advent, Eleanor Farjeon, trad. arr. Martin Shaw
  • A Tender Shoot, W. Bartholomew, O. Goldschmidt
  • The Cherubic Hymn, Alexandr Grechaninov
  • Angelus ad virginem, 14th Century arr. David Willcocks
  • A Virgin Most Pure, English trad. arr. Charles Wood
  • Hymne à la Vierge, Pierre Villette
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas, Trad. arr. John rutter
  • Lully, Lulla, thou little tiny child, K. Leighton
  • Jesus Child & Angel Tidings, John Rutter
  • Winter Wonderland, Felix Bernard
  • The Christmas Song, Mel Torme and Robert Wells
  • Song for Athene, John Tavener
  • The Scribe, Herbert Howells
  • To Daffodils, Ernest Farrar
  • Litanies à la Vierge Noire, Francis Poulenc
  • Mass for Three Voices, William Byrd
  • O Happy Eyes, Edward Elgar
  • Hello Mary Lou, Trans. D. Pim
  • Humpty Dumpty Medley, Arr. Paul Hart
  • Linden Lee, Ralph Vaughan-Williams
  • The Ballad of Green Broom, Benjamin Britten
  • God Be In My Head, James Taylor
  • As Torrents in Summer, Edward Elgar

2001/2002 Season

  • Adam lay ybounden, choral anthem by Boris Ord
  • And the glory of the Lord, introductory sentence for Evensong
  • Ave verum corpus, choral motet by Mozart
  • Bring him home, song from the musical Les Miserables
  • Byker Hill, traditional north east England folk song
  • Cabaret, song from the musical
  • Canticles in A, Evensong service by Stanford
  • Come, sirrah Jack, ho!, 16th century madrigal
  • A fanfare for Christmas, 20th century choral introit
  • False Love & Lullaby, two partsongs by Elgar
  • Finale, from a Ravel opera
  • Gloria from Missa Brevis, modern a cappella work by Nystedt
  • God be in my head, new composition by James Taylor
  • Goodnight sweetheart, traditional choral encore arranged by Carter & Hudson
  • In the bleak midwinter, carol by Darke
  • Jingle bells, carol with band and audience
  • The Lord's Prayer, from Fanshawe's "African Sanctus"
  • Magnificant and Nunc Dimittis (in A), service by Stanford
  • Marianne, rich choral arrangement of a north country folk song
  • My soul, there is a country, choral anthem by Parry
  • New York, New York, from the motion picture
  • O magnum mysterium, sacred cathedral-style anthem by Poulenc
  • Quick, we have but a second, part-song by Stanford
  • Sit down, you're rockin' the boat, modern spiritual show-tune arranged by Thom Meredith
  • Softly as I leave you, modern a cappella encore
  • Teddy-bears' picnic, traditional song arranged by Andrew Carter
  • Toss the pot, light-hearted English madrigal
  • What shall we do with the drunken sailor?, vigorous new arrangement of the traditional sea shanty
  • Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem by Handel

Highlights from previous seasons

  • Adiemus, Jenkins
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert (medley)
  • Angelus Ad Virginem, Traditional / Blackwell
  • Away In A Manger, Traditional / Jaques
  • Blackbird, Lennon & McCartney / Runswick
  • Bourée For Bach, Bach / Williams
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon / Wardman
  • Cantique de Jean Racine, Fauré
  • Celtic Blessing, Hamilton
  • De Battle ob Jerico, Traditional / Lang
  • Down by the Riverside, Traditional / Rutter / Wardman
  • Down The Quarry, Yarrow / Scott
  • Eternal Flame, Steinberg / Kelly / Hoffs / Wardman
  • Everything's All Right, Lloyd-Webber
  • Fair Phyllis I Saw, Farmer
  • Geographical Fugue, Toch
  • Hazy Shade of Winter, Simon & Garfunkel
  • I Know Him So Well (upper voices), Anderson / Rice / Ulvaeus
  • Ille Bhig (upper voices), Traditional
  • In The Bleak Midwinter, Darke / Christina Rosetti
  • It Might As Well Rain Until September, Bignell
  • Jabula Jesu, Traditional African / Stephen Hatfield
  • La, La, La, Je Ne L'Ose Dire, Certon
  • Lift Up your Heads, O ye Gates, Mathias
  • Marry a Woman Uglier than You, The King's Singers
  • Me Kulemme Me Kaikki Kuin Sumussa, Eino Leino
  • Mister Sandman, Pat Ballard
  • Mother and Son, Taylor
  • My Evaline (barbershop), Traditional
  • My Soul, There is a Country, Parry
  • O Caritas, Cat Stevens
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste, fideles)
  • One By One, Traditional African / Lebo M / Clegg
  • Personent Hodie, Cantiones / Rutter
  • Requiem (Agnus Dei & Libera Me), Fauré
  • Requiem and Pie Jesu, Rutter
  • Rule Britannia, Anon / Wardman
  • Seventeen Come Sunday, Traditional / Grainger
  • Short People, Newman / The King's Singers
  • Shosholoza, Traditional / Egnos / Scott
  • Since First I Saw Your Face, Ford
  • Sir Christèmas, Mathias
  • Somebody's Calling My Name (barbershop), Traditional
  • Stand By Me, King / Stoller / Lieber
  • Steal Away, Traditional African / Clegg
  • Sunset Poem, Troyte / Thomas
  • Tequila Samba, Turner
  • The Lamb, Tavener
  • The Long Day Closes, Chorley / Sullivan
  • The Magic Carpet: A Tourist's Guide, Mozart / Jennings / Spiegel
  • The Silver Swan, Gibbons
  • Twelve Days After Christmas, Silver
  • Vive L'Amour (barbershop), Traditional / Parker / Shaw
  • Wade In The Water, Traditional African / Elliott
  • When Pa Was Courting Ma (barbershop), The King's Singers
  • While Shepherds Watched, Traditional Yorkshire melody / Wardman
  • Ye Jacobites By Dance, Traditional / Elliott
  • You are the New Day, David / Knight