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Saturday 11th October 2008 at 7:30pm
The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa
conductor Beresford King-Smith
Guest Artists:Huw Gibson(cello), Rosemary Robinson (piano)
Choral Music from England & North America
Venue: United Reformed Church, Brassington Ave.
Sutton Coldield B73 6AA
in aid
of CROSS: 'Church Refurbishment - Our Statement for
Service'
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Saturday 26th April 2008
The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa (conductor Beresford King-Smith) with the Holborne Recorder Consort
A Jubilee Celebration of the Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams(1872-1958)
Venue: Dorridge Methodist Church Centre
Mill Lane, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8NU at 7:30 pm
Proceeds in aid of Mission Aviation Fellowship
The programme – heard at this and the following concerts – provided a chronological survey of Vaughan Williams' choral music, from the Three Elizabethan Part Songs of 1899 right through to the music composed for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, when he was over 80! Other items included the well-known Five English Folk Songs (1913), the motet Valiant-for-truth (1940) and the superb Three Shakespeare Songs which 'RVW' wrote for the 'Festival of Britain' in 1951.
The conductor was Beresford King-Smith, Musical Director of The Circle Singers for the past 15 years, and the choir was accompanied on the piano and organ by Adrian Moore.
In addition the Holborne Recorder Consort played instrumental music by Vaughan Williams, together with some Elizabethan dances and the hymn by Thomas Tallis which VW used as the basis of his famous 'Fantasia' for string orchestra.
~~ Jubilee Celebration ~~
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Saturday 27th April 2008
The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa (conductor Beresford King-Smith) with the Holborne Recorder Consort
A Jubilee Celebration of the Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams(1872-1958)
Venue: St John the Baptist Church
Fleet Street, Coventry, CV1 3AY
Programme:
Unison Song: Let us now praise famous men, 1900
Part song: Linden Lea 1901
The Call / Antiphon from: Five Mystical Songs 1911)
Holborne Recorder Consort:
Vaughan Williams, arr. Paul Clark:Rhosymedre
(from Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn-tunes, 1920)
Thomas Tallis: Third Melody (used by VW in 'Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis')
Five English Folk Songs, 1913
(The Dark Eyed Sailor / The Springtime of the Year / Just as the Tide was Flowing /
The Lover's Ghost / The Wassail Song)
Bereford King-Smith: The World (words by George Herbert)
( Marking the 50th Anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams)
INTERVAL
Wedding Chorus (from In Windsor Forest 1929
Motet, Valiant-for-Truth, 1940
Holborne Recorder Consort:
Vaughan Williams: Valse and Finale (Jig) (from Suite of Pipes 1939)
Anthony Holborne: Two Galliards, 1599 - Wanton / The Widowes Mite
Motet, The Voice Out of the Whirlwind, 1947 ( adapted from Job - A Masque for Dancing)
Three Shakespeare Songs, 1951
(Full Fathom Five / The Cloud-capped Towers / Over Hill over dale)
Anthem, O Taste and see how gracious the Lord is (written for the Coronation 1953)
The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune (written for the Coronation 1953)
Saturday 15th December 2007 7:30pm
Wassail! Wassail!
A Christmas Concert
The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa
Earlsdon Methodist Church
Albany Road, Coventry
Saturday 15th September 2007 7:30pm
The Haseley Clarinet Quartet
with special guests
The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa
Unitarian Chapel, High Street, Warwick
Saturday 21st July 2007 7:30pm
Joint concert with Musica E Parole
St Peter's Church, Coughton, nr. Alcester
The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa
and Musica E Parole
Sunday 22nd July 2007 7:30pm
Joint concert with Musica E Parole
St Peter Apostle Catholic Church, Dormer Place, Leamington
The Circle Singers of Royal Leamington Spa
and Musica E Parole
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