RECENT CONCERTS

Saturday 15 November 2008
St. Paul 's Church Kirkgate, Shipley
MAGNIFICAT

Settings of the Magnificat by J.S. Bach, Herbert Murrill and John Rutter

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Saturday 18 October 2008
Bradford Cathedral
CONCERT FOR THE HEART
with The Wilsden Band
promoted by Bradford West Rotary Club

Roving in the dew (arr E T Chapman)
Mae n'ghariad in fenws (arr D Dawson)
The lark in the clear air  (arr G Ives)

Two for the price of one (arr Andrew Carter)
Mangwani M'pulele (arr M Brewer)
Salmo 150 - Psalm 150 (E Aguiar)

Gwine to ride up in the chariot (Spiritual arr Jacobson/Simms)
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (arr C Davis)
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (M Sherwin arr D Anderson)

The music of the night (A Lloyd Webber arr D Anderson)
Think of me (A Lloyd Webber arr D Anderson)
All I ask of you (A Lloyd Webber arr D Anderson)

Saturday 28 June 2008
St. Paul 's Church Kirkgate, Shipley
SONGS OF LOVE

Fyer, Fyer! (T Morley)
Though Amaryllis dance in green (W Byrd)

Come live with me (W Sterndale Bennett)

Ich Liebe Dich (E Grieg)

The ‘Flower Duet' from ‘Lakmé' (L Delibes)

I praise the tender flower (G Finzi)
My spirit sang all day (G Finzi)

The Poppy Field (M Haley) ** First Performance **

Wedding Chorus  (R Vaughan Williams)
I will give my love an apple (arr A Carter)
The water of Tyne arr. (WG Whittaker)
The keel row (arr J Byrt)

Light of the moon (arr H Hughes)

Marianne (arr P Wilby)
I love my love (arr G Holst)

Cavatina (S Myers arr B Baines)
But not for me (G Gershwin)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (J Dankworth arr K Hepworth)

All I ask of you (A Lloyd Webber arr D Anderson)

26 April 2008
St. Paul 's Church, Kirkgate, Shipley
SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC:Settings of Shakespeare's words by composers from the 17th to the 21 st century

O Mistress mine (R Vaughan Williams)
O Mistress Mine (A Carter)

When that I was  (Anon).
It was a lover (T Morley)

Hark! Hark! the lark (B Cooke)
Ye Spotted Snakes (R J S Stevens)

Where the bee sucks (T Arne)

Full fathom five (C Wood)
Full fathom five (R Vaughan Williams)
Cloud Capp'd Towers (R Vaughan Williams)
Over hill, over dale (R Vaughan Williams)

It was a lover (J Rutter)
Blow blow thou winter wind (J Rutter)
When daisies pied (J Rutter)

Who is Sylvia? (F Schubert )

A Fantasy of Longing (M Harness)
Shall I compare thee (N Lindberg )

Orpheus with his lute (R Vaughan Williams)

Tell me where is fancy bred (M Harris)
Ye spotted snakes (M Harris)
It was a lover (M Harris)


23 February 2008
Bradford Cathedral
A CONCERT FOR THE LORD MAYOR OF BRADFORD'S CHARITIES
with the YBS CONCERT BRASS BAND

The gift to be simple (Trad Shaker Tune arr B Chilcott)
Nobody knows (Spiritual arr M Tippett)
Didn't it rain? (Spiritual arr M Paget)

Three North Country Folk Songs (arr P Wilby)
The Farmer's Boy
Marianne
Byker Hill

Shakespeare Settings
O Mistress Mine (R Vaughan Williams)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (N Lindberg)
It was a lover and his lass (J Rutter)

In Lighter Mood
Night and Day (C Porter arr A Carter)
Chattanooga Choo-Choo (H Warren arr Susanne Sheard)
Over the rainbow (Arlen/Harburg arr Turner)  


26 January 2008
Haworth Parish Church West Yorkshire
A CONCERT FOR THE HAWORTH AND WORTH VALLEY ROTARY CLUB
In aid of Braithwaite School

Three North Country Folk Songs:
Dance to your Daddy (arr D Stone)
The Water of Tyne (arr Whitaker)
The Keel Row (arr J Byrt)

The Sally Gardens (arr B Britten)

Two American Folk Songs
Sourwood Mountain (arr J Rutter)
Black Sheep (arr J Rutter)

Contrappunto bestiale alla mente (A Banchieri )

The Hippopotamus Song (Flanders and Swann)

The Tailor and the Mouse (arr G Ives)
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (J Rutter)

Three Spirituals
Didn't it rain? (arr M Paget)
Nobody knows (arr M Tippett)
Down to the River to Pray (arr. P Lawson)

The Tale of the Oyster (C Porter)

On the lighter side
Night and Day (C Porter arr Carter)
Chattanooga Choo-Choo (Warren arr S Sheard)
Over the Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg arr Turner)


21 December 2007
St. Paul 's Church Kirkgate, Shipley
CHRISTMAS CHEER

Sussex Carol (Trad Harm R Vaughan Williams)
The Little Road to Bethlehem (M Head )
Masters in this Hall (French arr D Anderson)

Hymn to the Virgin (E Rubbra)
Here is the little door (H Howells)

Unto us a boy is born

Benedicamus Domino (P Warlock)
Nativity Carol (J Rutter )
Lux Arumque (E Whitacre)
Glory to the Christ Child (A Bullard)

Shepherds' Chorus from ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors' (Menotti)

O magnum mysterium (G Gabrieli)
Riù, riù, chiù (Trad Spanish)
Stille Nacht (Grüber arr D Cashmore)

The Sans Day Carol (Trad Cornish arr J Rutter)
Hymn to Mary - Maríukvæði ( Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson)

Good King Wenceslas arr. Reginald Jacques

Kings of Orient (Hopkins arr M Shaw)
Sing we all Nowell (C Duncan)
The Three Kings (P Cornelius arr I Atkins)

White Christmas (I Berlin)
We wish you a merry Christmas (Trad arr A Warrell)