Spring 2024
Elgar – From the Bavarian Highlands
1 The Dance All| Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas
2 False Love All | Sop| Alt | Ten| Bas
3 Lullaby All | Sop | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2
4 AspirationAll | Sop | Alt | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2
5 On the Alm All | Sop | Alt | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2
6 The Marksman All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2
Elgar – From the Bavarian Highlands – YouTube
Stanford – Songs of the Fleet
1 Sailing at Dawn – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
2 Song of SouWester – All | Sop | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
3 Middle Watch – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
4 Little Admiral – All | Sop | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
5 Farewell – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
Stanford – Songs of the Fleet – YouTube
Vaughan Williams – 5 Mystical Songs
1 Easter – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
2 I Got Me Flowers – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
3 Love Bade Me Welcome – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
5 Antiphon – All | Sop | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas |
Vaughan Williams – 5 Mystical Songs – YouTube
Summer 2024 – Madrigals & Sonnets
From the Oxford Book of English Madrigals
YouTube – the timings are found in the expanded video description
- Page 24 – April is in my mistress’ face – Morley – YouTube
- Page 42 – Come away, sweet love – Greaves – YouTube
- Page 106 – Fair Phyllis I saw – Farmer – YouTube
- Page 310 – The Silver Swan – Gibbons – YouTube
- Page 373 – Weep, O mine eyes – Bennet – YouTube
April is in my mistress face – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
Come away sweet love – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas |
Fair Phyllis – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
Silver Swan – All | Sop | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
Weep O mine eyes – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
Songs and Sonnets – George Shearing
08 Live with me and be my love – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
09 When Daffodils Begin – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
11 Spring – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
12 Who is Silvia – All | Sop | Alt | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
13 Fie on Sinful Fantasy – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
14 Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
17 It was a lover and his lass – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
Birthday Madrigals – Sir John Rutter
Come live with me – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
Daisies – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
Draw on sweet night – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
It was a lover and his lass – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
My true love – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
Listen to a performance:-
- 08 Live with me and be my love – MP3
- 09 When Daffodils Begin to Peer – MP3
- 11 Spring – MP3
- 12 Who is Silvia – MP3
- 13 Fie on Sinful Fantasy – MP3
- 14 Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain – MP3
- 17 It was a lover and his lass – MP3
Autumn 2024 – Workshops – Handel Choruses
Ed had kindly prepared a YouTube Playlist for us – Click Here
The Vocal Scores are here – 5.1 MB – 38 pages
Rehearsal Tracks are listed below
Thick darkness – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
All we like sheep – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
Endless Pleasure – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
Happy we – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
He gave them hailstones – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
He spake – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
Christmas 2024
- Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen – YouTube
- O Nata Lux – YouTube
- Ave Maria – YouTube
- Winds through the olive trees (see below)
- Dormi Jesu – YouTube
- Carol of the Bells – YouTube
- Carol of the Bells – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- Ave Maria – Arcadelt – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- Dormi Jesu – Boykin – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- Es ist ein Ros’ – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- O Nata Lux – Hall – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- Winds through the olive trees – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
From 100 Carols for Choirs
- 72 – Deck the Hall – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- 73 – Jingle Bells – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
- 83 – God rest you merry – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- 102 – Good King Wenceslas – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- 164 – A Merry Christmas – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- 211 – Coventry Carol – YouTube – Lyrics
- 212 – Coventry Carol 51b – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- 213 – Sir Christemas – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas
- 219 – Sans Day Carol – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- 242 – Sussex Carol – All | Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
- 246 – Twelve Days of Xmas – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- 330 – Jesus Christ The Apple Tree – All | Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |