Saturday 25th August 2007 Egham Royal Show
Mrs Caddy's Field
(a.k.a. “Caddeys Field”),
Whitehall Lane, Egham, Surrey
We sung the following music in two sessions (the second accompanied by the roar of a motorbike demonstration):
- Agincourt Carol - anonymous (early 15th century)
- Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria, in Russian) - Sergie Rachmaninov Op.37 No.6
- The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons (1612)
- From “Five Negro Spirituals” from “A Child of Our Time” by Michael Tippett:
- Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Claude Debussy
- A Good Night - Richard Rodney Bennett (1999) from “A Garland for Linda”
- My spirit sang all day - Gerald Finzi
- From “By Popular Request”:
- Where do I begin (Theme from Love Story) Carl Sigman/Francis Lai arr. Adrian Lucas
- Miss Otis regrets - Cole Porter arr. Martin Pickard
- Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't - Billy Austin/Louis Jordan arr. James Oxley
14th July 2007 “Une Soirée Française”, Egham Hythe Centre
Trr turri turri… Qrr quibi quibi… Frr si ti si ti… Frr fouquet fouquet… -
The Hythe Singers - away with the birds
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14th July 2007 “Une Soirée Française”, Egham Hythe Centre
- Piano - Georgina Bridle and Paul Plummer - Petite Suite from Le Carnival des Animaux - Camille Saint-Saens
- Choir - Agincourt Carol
- From “The Oxford Book of French Chansons”:
- Choir - Le Chant des Oiseaux - Clément Janequin
- Choir - Je suis déshéritée - Pierre Certon
- Choir - Las, je me plains - François Regnard
- Choir - La belle se sied au pied de la tour - Francis Poulenc
- Choir - Ah! Mon beau laboureur - Francis Poulenc
- Choir - Les tisserands - Francis Poulenc
- Rebecca Scott-Saunders and Chris Thomas - Flower Duet from Lakmé - Delibes
- From “French Chansons”:
- Georgina Bridle - Chanson Triste - Duparc
- Chris Orr - “Nell” - Gabriel Fauré
- Rebecca Scott-Saunders - Extase - Duparc
- Piano - Chris Orr and Paul Plummer - Bolero - Ravel
- Choir - La Grenouillère - Poulenc
- Choir - Tu vois le feu du soir - Poulenc arr. Paul Plummer
- Rebecca Scott-Saunders - Hotel and Voyage a Paris - Poulenc
- Matthew Kay - Le Bestiaire - Poulenc
- Chris Orr - “Boom” - Charles Trenet
- Choir - Fils de... - Jacques Brel arr. Paul Plummer
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24th March 2007 7.30pm
St. John's Church, Egham.
Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle.
Directed from the keyboard by Paul Plummer.
The Hythe Singers
Sarahjane King (Soprano)
Rebecca Stockland (Mezzo-Soprano)
Richard Barrowclough (Tenor)
Robert Rice (Baritone)
William Petter (Harmonium)
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Saturday 3rd February 2007 10.30am-4.30pm
A Vocal Workshop at the Hythe Centre, Thorpe Road, Egham Hythe.
An Open Workshop on Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. The Hythe Singers' musical director, Paul Plummer, led a day developing vocal techniques culminating in a scratch performance of excerpts from this work.
Christmas Concert 2006:
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Saturday 16th December 2006 8pm,
at St. Stephen's Church, Gloucester Road, London.
Baritone soloist: Thomas Carlisle
A candle-lit evening of Christmas music including the winner of our Carol Composition Competition 2006, and two more world premieres. All proceeds from the concert went to CRISIS - fighting for hope for homeless people.
- Ralph Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on Christmas Carols
- Tomas Luis de Victoria : O Magnum Mysterium
- John Tavener : The Lamb
- Judith Weir : Little Tree
- Cecilia McDowall : Cantate, Astra
- Margaret Haley : Mother Mary, Sing
- Jamie Brown : O Oriens
- Morten Lauridsen : O Magnum Mysterium
- Francis Poulenc : O Magnum Mysterium
- Judith Weir : My Guardian Angel
Research student Margaret Haley won The Hythe Singers' Christmas Carol Competition 2006 with Mother Mary Sing, a four-part work composed to her own text.
Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 8.00pm
The Church of the Assumption, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey
Ancient and Modern: A Lady Day Celebration
The West London Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Paul Plummer, with the Bayeux String Quartet
An exploration of themes ancient and modern, in which a full Mass (made up of different movements written between 1150 and 1650) weaves through a programme of modern music inspired by that period.
- Guillaume de Machaut: Gloria from the Messe de Notre Dame
- Julia Larigo: King Edward's Death
- Jamie Brown: Medieval Dances
- Josquin des Pres: Sanctus from the Missa Pange Lingua
- Judith Weir: Vertue
- Giovanni da Palestrina: Benedictus from the Missa de l'Homme Armee
- Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei
- Cecilia McDowall: 3 Latin Motets
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Sunday 11 December 2005 7.30pm
St John of Rochester, Rochester Road, Egham Hythe, Surrey
Choral music by Vivaldi, McDowall, Brown and Weir
West London Vocal Ensemble, Paul Plummer, conductor
- Vivaldi: Gloria
- Cecilia McDowall: Ave Regina
- Cecilia McDowall: Ave Maria
- James Brown: The Golden Carol of the Three Kings (world première)
- Judith Weir: My Guardian Angel
27th August 2005 7.30pm
Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Wantage
Five Negro Spirituals - Sir Michael Tippett
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Saturday 26th June 2004 at 7.30pm
The Barn Church, Atwood Avenue, Kew
West London Vocal Ensemble with Kew Sinfonia
Conductor - Paul Plummer
Soprano - Jane Gregson
Alto - Nicola Stonehouse
Tenor - James Edwards
Bass - David Kimberg
- Handel - Zadok the Priest
- Stanford - Three motets
- Finzi - Dies Natalis
- Mozart - Requiem
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