St Stephen’s Choir represented Canterbury in Rheims at the Twin Towns Concert on Saturday 20th November, and also performed in a church close to Rheims on Friday 19th.
Concert Programmes
Friday 19th November 2010 - Cormontreuil Church
Music from the English Reformation
- Laudate nomen Domine – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-c. 1572)
- O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-c. 1572)
- If ye love me – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
- God is gone up – William Croft (1678-1727)
Music for Lent, Holy Week and Easter
- Thou knowest Lord, the secrets of our hearts – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake – Richard Farrant (c. 1530-1580) or John Hilton (1599-1657)
- Ave verum corpus – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
- God so loved the world – Sir John Stainer (1840-1901)
- This joyful Eastertide – traditional English carol, arranged by Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Music from the Twentieth Century
- Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
- Love divine – Howard Goodall (b. 1958)
- Day by day – Kenneth Roberts
- Holy is the true light – William Harris (1883-1973)
- Beati quorum via – Charles Villers Stanford (1852-1924)
Music for Advent and Christmas
- The Truth from above – English traditional carol, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
- The Lamb – John Tavener (b. 1944)
- Where riches is everlastingly – Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – John Gardner (b. 1917)
Conclusion
- God be in my head – John Rutter (b. 1945)
Saturday 20th November 2010 - Academy of Music, Rheims
In this concert we performed with a number of other choirs from towns and cities twinned with Rheims. The concert had an (early!) Christmas theme as this weekend and concert was the beginning of Rheim’s Christmas celebrations. Below are the pieces that we sang alone.
- The Truth from above – English traditional carol, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
- The Lamb – John Tavener (b. 1944)
- Where riches is everlastingly – Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – John Gardner (b. 1917)
Audio
The following audio clips were recorded live during the Friday evening concert.
Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Edward Bairstow
Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes
Where Riches is Everlastingly – Bob Chilcott
Photos
Rheims_2010 (217 photos)
19 November 2010, Reims, France
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Note: To see the pictures in the original Picasa album, click here