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The Rotary Club of Guildford
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SUNDAY, 10th DECEMBER, 1989
at 3.00 p.m.
THE CIVIC HALL, GUILDFORD
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
Guildford Cathedral Choristers
Neville Creed : Conductor
Special Guest : FATHER CHRISTMAS
Sponsored by:
Les Deeprose Ltd. - Guildford Shades - G. Morgan Ltd. (Chemists)
British Telecom Community Fund and Royal Mail Letters (Guildford)
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PROGRAMME
Please stand for the singing of 'Audience' Carols.
Children will be invited to the stage to sing 'Away in a manger’.
Audience
H J Gauntlett
Once in royal David's city
Choir
Samuel Scheidt
Gustav Holst
A child is born in Bethlehem
In the bleak mid-winter
Orchestra
'Wassail Song and Children's Christmas Song'
from 'Folk Songs of the Four Seasons'
Vaughan Williams
Audience
John Goss
See amid the winter's snow
Choristers
A virgin most pure
John Rutter
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
John Rutter
Choir
Sir Christ®mas
William Mathias
Peter Warlock
Balulalow
Audience
Arthur Sullivan
It came upon the midnight clear
Orchestra
Johan and Josef Strauss
Pizzicato-Polka
Choir
Nativity carol
John Rutter
The holly and the ivy
John Gardner
Choristers
Franz Gruber
Silent night
Audience
David Willcocks
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Choir
W J Kirkpatrick
David Willcocks
Away in a manger
Sussex carol
Audience
O come,
J F Wade
all ye faithful
Choir
Arthur Warrell
A merry Christmas
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Audience carol texts
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY
Solo
Choir
Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for his bed:
Mary was that mother mild
Jesus Christ her little child.
He came down to earth from heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
And his shelter was a stable,
And his cradle was a stall;
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
All
And through all his wondrous childhood
He would honour and obey,
Love, and watch the lowly maiden,
In whose gentle arms he lay:;
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as he.
And our eyes at last shall see him,
Through his own redeeming love,
For that Child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above;
And he leads his children on
To the place where he is gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see him: but in heaven,
Set at God's right hand on high:
When like stars his children crowned
All in white shall wait around.
SEE AMID THE WINTER'S SNOW
See amid the winter's snow,
Born for us on earth below;
See the tender Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years:
mom!
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Hail, redamption’
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all Jerusalem,
Quist is bam in Bethlehem.
Lo, within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies;
He who, throned in height sublime,
Sits amid the cherubim:
Sacred Infant, all divine,
What a tender love was thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this!
Teach,
o teach us,
By thy
Holy Child,
face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble thee,
In thy sweet humility:
IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
'Peace on the earth, goodwill to men,
From heaven's all-gracious Kina!'
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lonely plains
They bend on hovering wing;
And ever o'er
its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
Yet,
with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong:
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring;
Oh, hush the noise,
ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing.
For lo!
the days are hastening on,
By prophet-bards foretold,
When,
with the ever-circling years,
Comes round the age of gold:;
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendours fling,
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing!
GOD REST YOU MERRY,
GENTLEMEN
God rest you merry,
gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day,
To save us all
from Satan's power
When we were gone astray:
Otidings
of comfrt and Joy.
From God our heavenly Father
A blessed angel came,
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name:
Otidings
of comfrt and joy.
The shgpherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
and left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest,
storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway
This blesseéd Babe to find:
O tidings of comfiort and joy.
But when to Bethlehem they came,
Whereat this infant lay,
They found him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay:
His mother Mary kneeling
Unto the Lord did pray:
Otidings
of confrt and joy.
Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All others doth deface,
Otidings
of confirt of Joy.
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
O come,
all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye,
O come ye to Bethlehem,
Come and behold him
Born the King of Angels
O care, let us adore him,
O care, let us adore him,
O acare, let us adore him,
Ghrist the Land!
God of God,
Light of Light,
Lo!
he abhors not the Virgin's womb,
Very God,
Begotten,
not created:
Sing,
choirs of Angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing,
all ye citizens of heaven above,
Glory to God
In the Highest:
Yea,
Lord,
we greet thee,
Born this happy morning,
Jesu,
to thee be glory given,
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing:
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GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
The Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra is the professional 'Orchestra of the
South East'.
Founded in 1945 by Guildford Borough Council, it has a regular
playing strength of 75 musicians,
led jointly by Hugh Bean and John Ludlow.
The Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra gives a winter season of concerts in
Guildford's Civic Hall, promoted by Guildford Borough Council with financial
assistance from the South East Arts Association and with the support and goodwill
of the Guildford Philharmonic Society (the orchestra's active concertgoers'
society), local commerce and industry.
This series has attracted national
attention owing to the regular inclusion of works by British composers,
its performance of
Since 1972,
'enterprising'
works,
and
as well as the standard repertoire.
under the sponsorship of the South East Music Trust, which is
supported by the Musicians'
Union, concerts have been given over an area extending
from Salisbury and Canterbury to Ipswich.
The Guildford Philharmonic also
performs in smaller concert venues as a chamber ensemble.
Educational workshops
and children's concerts are a regular part of the orchestra's work.
Sir Charles Groves was appointed the orchestra's Principal Conductor in September
1986; Vernon Handley, Musical Director from 1962 to 1983, is now Conductor
Emeritus.
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GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
(formerly the Festival Choir) was formed in order
to perform the major choral repertoire with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra.
The choir made its first recording in 1973 of Finzi's 'Intimations of Immortality'
with the Guildford Philharmonic and in 1979 recorded Hadley's 'The Trees So
High' with the Philharmonia Orchestra, both recordings being conducted by
Vernon Handley.
Neville Creed was appointed Chorus Master to the Philharmonic Choir in September
1987, when Lynette Newman, the Choir's accompanist was also appointed.
On Saturday 10 March 1290, Sir David Willcocks will conduct the Philharmonic Choir
for a performance of Handel's Messiah and on Saturday 28 April 1990 the Choir
will be joined by the Freiburger Bach Choir with a performance of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis conducted by Sir Charles Groves.
This concert will celebrate
Sir Charles' 75th birthday as well as the 10th anniversary of the twinning
of Guildford and Freiburg.
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CHORISTERS OF GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL
The choir of Guildford Cathedral was formed in 1961 under Barry Rose, the
Cathedral's first Organist and Choirmaster.
Since the Consecration of the
Cathedral, the Choir has maintained a daily Sung Evensong, as practised in
the much older English foundations.
The choristers,
numbering eighteen,
drawn from Lanesborough Preparatory School in Guildford.
boys attend the Royal Grammar School.
are
Some of the older
During its relatively short history, the choir has made numerous recordings,
including an album of Christmas Carols which won a 'Gold Disc' award for the
sale of a million copies.
The choir has toured extensively in Britain, Europe
and North America and has performed at many notable venues, including St John's,
Smith Square (London) and Notre Dame in Paris.
The choir covers a large repertoire from plainsong to contemporary music, including
a wide variety of European styles.
In addition to service music, the choir
occasionally performs larger works with orchestra.
In recent years, these
have included Handel's Messiah, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Honegger's
King David.
The choir has been directed by three choirmasters since the Consecration: in
1974 Barry Rose moved to St Paul's Cathedral, and he was succeeded by Philip
Moore (now at York Minster). The present choirmaster, Andrew Millington, took
up his appointment in 1983.
The choristers are in great demand during the Christmas period, performing
in concerts and at functions at prestigious London venues. The climax to their
singing activities is the service of Nine Lessons and Carols, held at the Cathedral
at 4.00.pm on Christmas Day.
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NEVILLE CREED - Conductor
Neville Creed began his conducting career whilst a choral scholar at Cambridge.
He then became Director of Choral Music at Tiffin School in Kingston-upon-Thames,
providing choirs for several highly acclaimed recordings on radio, TV and disc.
The Tiffin Boys' Choir recording of Mahler's 8th Symphony with the London
Philharmonic under Klaus Tennstedt gained a nomination for a "Grammy" award.
During this time, Neville Creed was also conductor of the Milton Keynes Chorale
and became Assistant Chorus Master of the London Philharmonic Choir. In 1986
he was awarded a scholarship to study conducting at the Guildhall School of
Music where he won the Ricordi Conducting Prize. Whilst a student he conducted
the second British staging of the opera "Julietta" by Martinu and various orchestral
concerts. Since completing his studies at the Guildhall he has founded the
"London Musici Chamber Choir", gained the posts of Conductor of the Bournemouth
Symphony Chorus and the Guildford Philharmonic Choir, as well as being invited
to return to the Guildhall as a conductor. He has recently conducted in Denmark
and Italy, and next summer he will be conducting the Royal Philharmonic "Pops"
Orchestra on two occasions.
In September 1988 he won the second prize in the
First International Choral Conducting Competition held in Italy.
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SIMON DELLER - Presenter
Simon Deller is headmaster of Lanesborough School. This school acts as the
Choir School for Guildford Cathedral as well as being the Junior Department
of the Royal Grammar School. He is also a member of the Guildford Rotary Club.
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THE CAROL CONCERT & THE ROTARY CLUB OF GUILDFORD
The Rotary Club of Guildford received its Charter in 1922. Since then, its
members have been involved continuously in community service within the Borough,
and in the fund-raising which people often think of when Rotary Clubs are mentioned.
The community service and the fund-raising are not the same thing, however.
It is true that many of the Club's projects are impossible without the funds
to which so many people in the town contribute (especially at this time of
year) so generously; but it is the quality of their personal and shared service
to the community that has always mattered most to the members of the Club.
Many years ago,
when there were few Carol Concerts locally or on television,
a group of Rotarians began
what was to become an annual event - a Carol Concert
in Guildford at Christmas.
At first,
the concerts were held in the
(soon to
be demolished) old Methodist Church in North Street, then in the newly built
Civic Hall which has been their home - often to capacity audiences - ever since.
The format of the concerts has changed over the years.
At first,
they were
arranged simply so that families could celebrate the approach of Christmas
by singing carols together.
That intention has never been abandoned; but later,
singing to listen to was also provided,
soloists,
by choirs from local schools,
by choristers from the Cathedral,
and
(for many years now)
by professiocnal
by the
Guildford Philharmonic Choir.
In the early years,
members of the audience suggested that a collection might
be taken for a charity during the concerts.
suggestion;
and for many years,
The Rotary Club welcomed this
the collection was given in its entirety to
the Mayor of Guildford's Christmas Fund.
More recently,
- and increasingly professional - format,
a ticket charge has replaced the
mid-concert collection.
has remained,
however;
in step with the changing
The intention to raise funds for a charitable purpose
and last year the Rotary Club was able to present to
the Mayor's Christmas Fund from the December 1988 Carol Concert just short
of £1000.
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GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
First Violins:
Violas:
HUGH BEAN
JOHN MEEK
JOHN LUDLOW
JUSTIN WARD
SHEILA BECKENSALL
PETER COLLYER
LINDA McLAREN
FREDERICK CAMPBELL
ALEX SUTTIE
PETER NEWMAN
Cellos:
2
Second Violins:
GEOFFREY THOMAS
JOHN STILWELL
CHRISTINA MACRAE
NICHOLAS MAXTED JONES
ROSEMARY ROBERTS
Basses:
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RUTH DAWSON
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Chorus Master: Neville Creed
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Guildford Civic Hall | HANDFL ~ ‘Messial’
BEETHOVEN ‘Missa Solemnis’
11 November 1989
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10 March 1990
28 April 1990
Details from: Mrs K. Atkins, Guildford Philharmonic Choir,
The Lodge, Allen House Grounds, Chertsey Street,
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4HL
Tel: Guildford (0483) 444666
WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU
SATURDAY 6 JANUARY 1990
at 7.00 p.m.
Grand Viennese
Evening
with the
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
VILEM TAUSKY
Conductor
HELEN WALKER
Soloist
A concert of popular Viennese music for all the family with a conductor
renowned for his interpretations of the favourite waltzes and polkas of the
Strauss family.
TICKETS: £7.50, £6.50, £5.50, Available from the Civic Hall
(0483) 444555. (Concessions for OAP/children)
(£1 off with Virtuoso cards)
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