Somerset Chamber Choir
Southern Sinfonia
Anita D’Attellis & Duncan Honeybourne piano
Richard Pearce organ TBC
Andrew Tortise tenor
George Humphreys baritone
Graham Caldbeck conductor
ENGLISH GENIUS – One Country, Two Centuries, Great Music
Purcell (1659-95) Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei
Hear my prayer
Gibbons This is the record of John - arr, Nico Muhly (b.1981)
Gibbons (1583-1625) O clap your hands
Hosanna to the son of David - arr, Muhly
Gibbons Jesu, grant me this, I pray arr. Bairstow (1874-1946)
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Hymn tune prelude on Gibbons’ Song 13 - Arr. Helen Glatz (1908-96)
Vaughan Williams Five mystical songs
Holst (1874-1934) Psalm 148
Britten St Nicolas
Britten’s popular cantata was composed in 1948 for the centenary of Lancing College. In it, no mention is made of Christmas, reindeer, chimneys or sleighs. Instead, we attend Nicolas’s birth and bath time, witness his consecration as Bishop, almost drown in a storm, and observe three ‘Pickled Boys’ being brought back to life, among other vivid legends and miracles associated with the famous Saint. The score is hugely imaginative – dramatic and light-hearted by turns, colourful and full of fun.
We are delighted to welcome back tenor soloist Andrew Tortise as St Nicolas, en route to the Endellion Festival in Cornwall and George Humphreys, one of the most promising young British baritones.
Tickets from:-
Taunton Tourist Information Centre, Market House, Fore Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JD
Open Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 4.30pm Tel 01823-340470
Wells Cathedral Shop Tel: 01749-672773
Somerset Chamber Choir www.somersetchamberchoir.org.uk
