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10 December 2011
All Saints Church SW14
Alleluia! A BaroqueChristmas
1. Cantata 140 (Sleepers wake!) and Lobet den Herrn - J. S. Bach
2. Omnes de Saba venient - Jacob Handl
3. Missa Brevis and
Stella quam viderant Magi - Palestrina
4. The Christmas Story - Schütz
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Organ: Julian Collings
The Varvisio Baroque Players - Leader: Lynda Hannah-Andersson
Soprano: Carol-Anne Grainger
Tenor: Daniel Turner
Baritone: Paul Charrier
18 June 2011
St Mary's Church, Barnes SW13
Summer Concert with Contrepoint from Le Pecq
Barnes Choir
1. Salve Regina - Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
2. To be sung on a summer night on the water - Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
3. The Blue Bird - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Contrepoint
4. Renaissance profane française:
Que de passions et douleurs - Guillaume Costeley (c. 1531-1606)
Un doux regard - Robert Meigret (c. 1500-1568)
J'ai le rebours - Pierre Certon (c. 1515-1572)
5. Oeuvres Sacrées Renaissance
Alma mater - Giovanni Luigi de Palestrina (1536-1594)
Sicut cervus desiderat
6. Religieux divers
Steal away - Negro Spiritual ( arr. Paul Arma)
Alleluia - Leonard Cohen (arr. Pierre-Gilles Bessot)
7. Chansons latino-américaines
El ultimo café (Càtulo Castillo) - Hector Stamponi (arr. Emilio Dublanc)
Ya se va - Traditional Chilean
El café - Traditional Argentinian (arr. Jean Bernard Fourcaud)
8. Chansons poétiques francophones
Le temps des cerises (Jean-Baptiste Clément) - Auguste Renard (arr. Etienne Daniel)
L'Albatros (Charles Baudelaire 1821-1867) - Patrick Le Mault
Aimer à perdre la raison (Louis Aragon) - Jean Ferrat (arr. Georges Allard)
Soir d'octobre
(Emile Gardaz - Swiss 20th century) - André Ducret
Barnes Choir
9. Three part songs (Charles d'Orléans) - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder
Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin
Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain
10. Two American folk-songs (arr. Daryl Runswick)
Shenandoah
Frog went a-courtin'
Both choirs
11. Two madrigals
Weep O mine eyes - John Bennet (c. 1599)
Since first I saw your face - Thomas Ford (c. 1607)
12. O ma belle Aurore - 17th century English melody - arr. César Geoffray
French words: Léon-Robert Brice
English words: Avril Dankworth
Barnes Choir:
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Organ: Elspeth Wilkes
Contrepoint Choir:
Conductor: Nathalie Delifer
2 April 2011
St Mary Magdalene
Paradise Road
Richmond
St. John Passion - J. S. Bach
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Organ: Elspeth Wilkes
The Varvisio Baroque Players - Leader: Ben Sansom
Evangelist: John Tudhope
Christus: Paul Charrier
Pilate: Ben Karp
Soprano: Sarah Barnes
Counter-tenor: Stephen Burrows
Tenor: Antoine Jomin
Baritone: Julian Empett
11 December 2010
All Saints Church SW14
A Christmas Calendar
1. The Seasons (excerpts) - Josef Haydn
2. In Terra Pax - Gerald Finzi
3. Sequence for All Saints - Kenneth Leighton
4. The world at the manger (exerpts) - Malcolm Williamson
5. The little newborn Jesus child (first section) - Dietrich Buxtehude
Organ: James Hearn
Soprano: Pamela Hay
Tenor: Paul Martyn West
Baritone: John Savournin
26 June 2010
All Saints Church SW14
Summer Concert
1. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
2. Requiem, Op. 48 - Gabriel Fauré
3. Salve Regina - Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
4. Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Organ: Julian Collings
Soprano: Rosalind Coad
Countertenor: Simon Baker
Baritone: Ben Karp
27 March 2010
St Mary Magdalene
Paradise Road
Richmond
Conductor: Andrew Charity
The Varvisio Baroque Players, Leader: Linda Hannah-Anderson
The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
Organ: Julian Collings
Theorbo: Manuel Minguillon-Nieto
Sopranos: Sarah Barnes and Elizabeth Roberts
Tenors: Antoine Jomin and Lawrence Olsworth
Basses: Alexander Duliba and Christopher Foster
12 December 2009
Duke Street Church
Richmond
Handel - Messiah
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Piano & Organ: Julian Collings
Mercury Chamber Orchestra - Leader: Mark Messenger
Soprano: Deborah Stoddart
Countertenor: Simon Baker
Tenor: Robert Millner
Bass: Stefan Sanchez
27 June 2009
All Saints Church SW14
English & French Part Songs
1. Madrigals
Now every tree - Thomas Weelkes
April is in my mistress' face - Thomas Morley
Weep, O mine eyes - John Bennet
Fair Phyllis I saw - John Farmer
2. Harp solo: Etude No. 6 - Michael Grandjany
3. Fear no more the heat of the sun - Andrew Charity
4. Harp solo: Interlude from a ceremony of Carols Op. 28 (1942) - Benjamin Britten
5. Summer Fallow (poem by Lavinia Greenlaw) - Michael Zev Gordon
6. To be sung of a summer night on the water - Frederick Delius
7. Harp solo: Sonatine pour harpe Op. 30 - Marcel Tournier
8. Deux chansons de Charles D'Orleans - Claude Debussy
9. Harp solo: Fire Dance - David Watkins
10. Three choral songs - Hector Berlioz
Le Ballet des Ombres (Albert Duboys)
Chant sacré (Thomas Gounet)
Sara la Baigneuse (Victor Hugo)
Piano: Julian Collings
Harp: Daniel de-Fry
26 March 2009
Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond
Vaughan Williams , Tippett, Britten and Haydn
Fantasia on Theme of Thomas Tallis - Ralph Vaughan Williams, for string quartet and double string orchestra
Five Spirituals from "A Child of Our Time" - Michael Tippett, for soloists and unaccompanied choir
Cantata Misericordium - Benjamin Britten, for soloists, choir and orchestra
Missa in Angustii ("Nelson Mass") - Josef Haydn, for soloists, choir and orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Piano & Organ: Julian Collings
Barnes Choir Orchestra - Leader: Mark Messenger
Soprano: Deborah Stoddart
Alto: Leonie Saint
Tenor: Ben Regan
Bass: Julian Empett
6 December 2008
All Saints Church SW14
Bruckner and Respighi
Mass in E Minor - Anton Bruckner
Three Motets: Virga Jesse, Afferentur regi, Ecce sacerdos magnus - Anton Bruckner
Lauda per la Nativita del Signore - Ottorino Respighi
Carols for Choir & Audience
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Organist: Julian Collings
Wind Ensemble
Piano duet: Julian Collings and Stuart Turnbull
Jamesina Tait and Soumaya Deeb - Sopranos
Antoine Jomin - Tenor
14 June 2008
All Saints Church SW14
Brahms Sacred and Secular
Song of Destiny Op. 54Geistliches Lied Op. 30
Alto Rhapsody Op. 53
St Anthoni Variations Op. 56
Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Organists: Julian Collings and Russell Hepplewhite
Hilary Fisher - Contralto
5 April 2008
St. John the Divine
Richmond
Bach Mass in B Minor
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Assistant Conductor and Organist: Julian Collings
Sandra Lissenden - Soprano Leonie Saint - Mezzo-soprano Simon Baker - Countertenor Stephen Douse - Tenor Stefan Paul Sanchez - Baritone
1 December 2007
All Saints Church SW14
Vivaldi Gloria, Poulenc Gloria and Christmas Motets
Carols for choir and audience
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Assistant Conductor and Organist: Julian Collings
Sopranos: Charlotte McLean and Lesley Mortley
Contralto: Leonie Saint
16 June 2007
All Saints Church SW14
The English Choral Tradition, Sacred and Secular
featuring a selection of madrigals, glees, motets and part songs, and including a new work by Michael Zev Gordon, commissioned for this concert.Conductor: Andrew Charity
Assistant Conductor and Organist: Julian Collings
Readers: Zoë Waites and Mark Wells
March 31st 2007
St. John the Divine Richmond
Rachmaninoff Vespers (sung in English)
Organ works by Janácek and MartinuConductor: Andrew Charity
Contralto: Hilary Fisher
Tenor: Graham Currie
Organ: Julian Collings
2 December 2006
All Saints Church SW14
JS Bach - Christmas Oratorio
Carols for choir and audience
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Julia Dewhurst
Counter Tenor: Simon Baker
Tenor: Vernon Kirk
Bass: Matthew Sharp
Choir soloist: Ben Karp
The Loki Orchestra, Leader: Ben Swanson
Elgar - The Music Makers
The main work in the programme, The Music Makers, was immensely popular in the years following its composition in 1912, but is now performed less frequently. Barnes Choir revelled in the motifs from the Enigma variations and other familiar tunes which enabled them to show off their excellent mellow tones with good climaxes and contrasts. Katy Bingham-Best was again the thrilling soloist with dramatic interpolations into the choral singing. Julian Collings accompanied the work on the piano with great facility. Pam Frazer, The Richmond & Twickenham Times3 December 2005
All Saints Church SW14
Honegger - Une Cantate de Noël
Bizet - Te
Deum
Poulenc - Four Christmas Motets
Messiaen - O Sacrum Convivium
A Selection of French carols sung by the East Sheen Primary School Choir, conducted by Heather Bryant
Also carols for choir and audience"Une Cantate de Noel' by Honegger provided an exciting opening to the Choir's programme. ... The Choir managed to convey all of the thrilling power and variety of moods of the piece, from the wailing lament of the first section, through the mixture of French, German, Austrian and English carols in the central part to the full bodied Laudate Dominum and final Amen. ... Congratulations to Barnes Choir and especially their conductor, Andrew Charity, for tackling such a rewarding, profound, but difficult work.", Pam Frazer, The Richmond & Twickenham Times
Soprano: Lesley Mortley
Tenor: Graham Currie
Baritone: Ben Karp
Organ: Ashley Grote
18 June 2005
All Saints Church SW14
Bach - Magnificat
Handel - Dixit
Dominus
Bach - Cantata No 51 Jauchzet Gott!
Sopranos: Sandra Lissenden and Charlotte McLean
Countertenor: Simon Baker
Tenor: Stephen Douse
Bass: Paul Charrier
Trumpet: Edward Maxwell
Organ: Julian Collings
19 March 2005
Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond
Beethoven - Ruins of Athens
Beethoven - Mass
in C
Beethoven - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
27 November 2004
All Saints Church SW14
Concert for Saint Cecilia's day - patron saint of music
C.H.H. Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens (At a Solemn Music) Herbert Howells - Psalm Prelude, Set 2, No. 1Benjamin Britten - Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Charles Gounod - Saint Cecilia's Mass (Messe Solenelle de Sainte Cecile)
Soprano: Jamesena Tait
Tenor: Keith McDonald
Bass: Paul Sheehan
Organ: Julian Collings
12 June 2004
All Saints Church SW14
Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle
This concert was dedicated to the memory of former conductor Peter Gellhorn who died on 13 February 2004, aged 93. The concert was attended by his family.Soprano: Katy Tansey
Contralto:- Hilary Fisher
Tenor: Christopher Ovenden
Bass: Matthew Sharp
Harmonium: Julian Collings
Piano: Paul Plummer
20 March 2004
Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond
30th anniversary season performance
Fanshawe - African Sanctus
with David Fanshawe (composer of African Sanctus) in the audience
Rio Grande - Lambert
Jamaican Rumba (piano duet) - Banjamin
Facade (piano duet) - Walton
Conductor: Andrew Charity
Soprano: Susan Stacey
Mezzo-Soprano: Ali Kemp
Solo Piano: Paul Plummer
Piano: Julian Collings
Piano: Andrew Charity
Rhythm Attack Percussion Ensemble
Guitars: Pete Callard and Gareth Huw Davies
Sound Projection: Alan Ferne
6 December 2003
All Saints Church SW14
Gabrielli - In Ecclesiis
Monteverdi - Beatus Vir
Charpentier - Messe de Minuit
Cavalli - Magnificat
The Wathen Hall
St Paul's School
Lonsdale Road
Barnes SW13
Handel - O Praise the Lord with one consent
Schubert - Songs for four voices
Haydn - 'Maria Theresa' Mass
Soprano: Carol-Anne Grainger
Contralto: Frances Jellard
Tenor: Paul Martyn-West
Bass: Julian Empett
Organ & Piano: Paul Plummer
15 March 2003
All Saints Church SW14
Vivaldi - Gloria
Faure -
Requiem
7 December 2002
All Saints Church SW14
Bach - Mass in F
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Britten - Ceremony of Carols
Janacek - Otcena
What an attractive and ambitious programme it turned
out to be... Refreshed after the interval by mulled wine and mince pies, the
choir were in especially good voice and delighted the audience with a setting
of the Lord's Prayer by Janacek. Well done Barnes Choir and here's to the next
50 years!", Pam Frazer, Richmond Arts Council, The Richmond TimesSoprano: Julia Dewhurst
Mezzo-soprano: Yvonne Bracken-Kemish
Counter-Tenor: Simon Baker
Tenor: Stephen Dowse
Bass: Paul Charrier
Organ: Paul Plummer
Harp: Hayley Dredge
Percussion: Chris Kimber
18 May 2002
Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond
'A Journey with Mozart'
Mass in C, K115
Mass in C Minor, K427
Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K546
Motet - Exultate, jubilate, K165
"The Barnes Choir goes from
strength to strength both in its imaginative programme planning and the quality
of the performance. If there were a league of local choral societies, on this
showing the Barnes Choir would certainly be in the Premiership and it deserves
support from the community", Pam Frazer, The Richmond TimesSopranos: Julia Dewhurst, Sandra Lissenden
Tenor: James Dooley
Bass: Gary Tushaw
Organ: Kevin Vockerodt
The Surrey Sinfonietta, Leader: Anne-Marie McDaid
8 December 2001
All Saints Church SW14
'The Journey to Christmas'
| Leighton - Sequence for All Saints | Verdi - Pater Noster |
| Vaughan Williams - 23rd psalm | Britten - Jubilate Deo in C |
| Finzi - God is gone up | Stevens - Blow, blow thou winter wind |
| Rubbra - Virgin's Cradle Hymn | Harold Darke - In the Bleak Midwinter |
| Herbert Howells - The Spotless Rose | Finzi - In Terra Pax |
| Adrian Cruft - Run, Shepherds, Run | Finzi - All This Night |
| Walford Davies - O Little Town of Bethlehem |
This featured mainly English music, although it also included Verdi's 'Pater Noster' to celebrate the centenary of his death.The centenary of the birth of Gerald Finzi was celebrated with three of his works.
Baritone: Gary Tushaw
Soprano: Jamesena Tait
Organ: Kevin Vockerodt
19 May 2001
Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond
Bach - St Matthew Passion
"The total musical projection of Christ's Passion was impressive..." - Oliver Blakeney in the Richmond Times.Amorosi Orchestra: leader Lynn Cook
Ripieno Choir: Putney High School GDST Junior Choir (Music Director - Jo Nicholls)
The Evangelist: Paul Martyn-West
Christ: Paul Charrier
Soprano: Cheryl McGuiness-Oxley
Mezzo-soprano: Hilary Fisher
Tenor: Stuart Rathie
Baritone: Julian Empett
Solo parts sung by choir members:
High Priest, First Priest, Pilate: Ben Karp
Judas: Gary Smith
Peter, Second Priest: David Fellows
False Witnesses: Frances Moorhouse & Robert Cowham
Second Maid: Jackie Jackson
Pilate's Wife: Elizabeth Blishen
9 December 2000
All Saints Church SW14
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Brahms: Liebeslieder
Mozart: Mass in C - K115
Carols for choir and audienceBaritone: Gary Tushaw
Organ: Kevin Vockerodt
Piano duet: Kevin Vockerodt and Jonathan Williams
The Millennium Series
When considering how it might celebrate the Millennium the Choir decide that it might be appropriate and different to use the occasion to lead into the new century with a selection of 20th century music. The works were selected for a variety of particular reasons. The first thought was to start the series with a work from the very beginning of the century and to end 1999 with one composed at the very end. Thus we chose Parry's "I was Glad" which was composed for the coronation of King Edward VII and appropriate 1998 was the sesqui-centenary of his birth. To end the December 1999 concert we commissioned a work from a local composer Brian Daubney specially for the occasion. Of the other works performed for 1999 concerts, Sir Michael Tippett's "A Child of our Time" was selected for its significance to one of the major forces shaping the century - the Second World War and also because he was a local resident. The work was selected before his death in January 1998 and provided a fitting tribute to a notable 20th century composer. Francis Poulenc was born in 1899 so the Gloria was chosen as a centenary celebration. In December 1999 we decided to include a work by our own Conductor, Peter Gellhorn and to couple this with one by Benjamin Britten with whom Peter worked while with the Royal Opera conducting the second performance of Billy Budd, Britten himself having conducted the first. Finally to recognise that the year 2000 was the anniversary of the birth of Christ, the Choir performed Handel's Messiah to end the series in May 2000.2000
Landmark Arts Centre Teddington
Verdi - Requiem
This was a joint concert organised by Barry Buttenshaw with other local choirs and groups: Cantanti Camerati, Teddington Choral Society, Whitton Choral Society, Richmond Music Trust and The Richmond Orchestra. Performed at the , and .
Ingela Beglund - Soprano
Hyacinth Nicholls - Alto
Philip Slane - Tenor
Keel Watson - Bass
Queen Charlotte Hall
Richmond
Handel - Messiah
Amorosi Orchestra, leader: Lynn Cook
Tracie Penwarden - Soprano
Aileen Sim - Alto
James Browning Geer - Tenor
Trevor Alexander - Bass
Organ - Timothy Ball
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