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Chorus
Chansons des bois dAmaranthe
Jules Massenet
Madrigal
Gabriel Faure
Pavane
Gabriel Faure
Pavane pour une infante déefunte
Maurice Ravel
Cantique de Jean Racine
Gabriel Faure
Panis Angelicus
César Franck
Requiem
Gabriel Faure
Jocelyn Somerville
Soprano
Matthew Wood
Bass
The Brandenburg Sinfonia
Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
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CHANTEZ! A Night of French Music
Music from France has a very special quality and this evening's
programme offers a selection of some of the best known works by
leading French composers of the later nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. Fauré's Requiem is now firmly established as
one of the most appealing works in the choral repertoire and this is
joined by his well-known Pavane and Cantique de Jean Racine.
Cesar Franck and Ravel are represented by two familiar works this
evening, with the programme being completed by two fascinating
and little-known pieces - Chansons des bois dAmaranthe by
Massenet and Madrigal by Fauré.
Massenet: Chansons des bois d’Amaranthe
Chorus, Orchestra, Piano
Jules Massenet was born in St. Etienne in 1842 and died in Paris in
1912. As with several other French composers, Massenet studied at
the Paris Conservatoire, assisting his parents financially by playing a
drum and triangle in a theatre orchestra. His compositions included
orchestral
suites, oratorios, around 200 songs and 27 operas,
including 3 favourites: Werther, Manon and Thais. Massenet's operas
contain music which is both dramatic and tuneful, and one of his
best known items is the orchestral intermezzo known as Meditation
from Thais.
Massenet's collection of 5 songs, Chanson des bois dAmaranthe,
was first performed at the Paris Opéra on Christmas Eve in 1907. The
text by Marc Legrand, after Redwitz, has an enchanting pastoral
nature and Massenet provided colourful and intensely appealing
music. The first song O bon printemps depicts the lively bright
sunshine experienced in spring and this is followed by Oiseau des
bois, a joyful presentation of birds and their song, suitably sung by
the soprano/alto section of the chorus. The mood changes with the
lento setting of Cheres fleurs, representing the beauty of flowers
generating love and this is followed by a radiant, slow-moving song
O ruisseau, concentrating on the tender flowing of a stream. A
wonderful contrast to these 2 atmospheric slow chansons is the
fortissimo opening to the final chanson Chantez! - a gloriously joyful
outburst from
the full chorus,
supported
by sparkling
magical
accompaniment.
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Chansons des_ bois d’Amaranthe
1. O bon printemps
O bon printemps, printemps fidéle!
O lovely spring, faithful spring,
Tu nous reviens les bras chargés,
You come back with laden arms,
Pour l'arbre, de feuilles nouvelles,
For the tree, new leaves,
Pour la fleur, d’habits ramages.
For the flower, new colours.
Tu rends au ciel sa clarté pure,
You give to the sky its pure clarity,
A l'oiseau son chant plein d'émoi,
Le gai soleil a la nature...
Mais que rapportes-tu pour moi?
2. Oiseau des bois
To the bird its song full of feeling,
To all nature the bright sunshine...
But what do you bring for me?
Oiseau des bois, petit farouche,
Oh woodbird, tiny bird so wild,
Dis pourquoi ta chanson me touche
Tell me why your song moves me
Plus que de coutume, aujourd'hui?
More than usual today?
En t'écoutant, ma joie est telle
Que je voudrais avoir des ailes
Et jusqu'a Dieu mon cceur te suit.
Hearing you, my happiness soars
So that | wish | could have wings
And my heart follows you up to the
Lord.
As-tu vu, cette nuit, en songe,
Ta compagne pour cet avril?
Prends bien garde a ce doux
mensonge!
Comme moi, tu cours grand peéril.
3. Cheres fleurs
Cheres fleurs, ne vous fiez point
Au vent qui vous fréle de l'aile!
Il parle trop d'amour fidéle :
L'amour fidéle parle moins.
4. O ruisseau
O ruisseau, ta voix est caline
Et je t'ai surpris plus d'un jour
Echangeant avec l'‘églantine
Secretement des mots d'amour.
Did you see, last night in your dream,
Your companion for this April?
Beware of that sweet lie!
Like me, you are in great danger.
Dear flowers, place not any trust in
the wind that brushes you with its
wing!
It talks too much of faithful love:
True love speaks less.
O stream, your voice is tender
And | have surprised you more than
once
Secretly exchanging words of love
with the dog rose.
Vivace Chorus
Des que tu parlais, d'elle méme
As soon as you spoke, of its own
Sa branche s'inclinait vers toi,
accord Its branch leaned down to
N'est-ce pas? Si jamais on m'‘aime,
you. Is that not so?
Tes mots d'amour, apprends-les moi,
If ever someone loves me,
Please teach me your words of love.
5. Chantez!
Chantez tout a votre loisir,
Sing at your leisure,
Petits oiseaux aux voix légeres,
Sweet birds with voices fair,
Chantez les splendeurs printanieres,
Chantez l'‘amour et le plaisir!
Lorsque vous chanteriez encore
Des milliers de soirs et d'aurores,
S
,
~ Sing of the splendours of spring,
Sing of love and pleasure!
Even were you to sing
For thousands of evenings and
dawns,
Vous n'auriez pas assez chanté
You would not have sung enough
L'ceuvre divine et sa beaute.
Of the Creator's work and its beauty.
Fauré: Madrigal - Opus 35
Chorus, Orchestra, Piano
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) enjoyed a long and fruitful life as a leading
French composer, teacher, pianist and organist. The youngest of 6
children, in his early years he spent hours playing the harmonium in
the chapel adjoining his school. An elderly blind lady often came to
hear him and give advice; she was so impressed by his playing that
she told his father about his son's exceptional gift for music.
Faure was widely regarded as the greatest master of French Song.
His attempts at symphonies and a violin concerto were not a
success and, apart from some stage music, his main compositions
were songs, sacred music, chamber music and solo piano works.
Gabriel Fauré's Madrigal Op.35 is a four-part vocal setting of a poem
by Armand Silvestre, written in 1883 as a wedding gift for the French
composer, André Messager, and what could be better for such an
occasion than a text which centres so positively on the word love.
Faure's setting is a great pleasure from start to finish. Basses and
tenors open the madrigal as a beautiful melodious duet which is
then taken over in similar fashion by altos and sopranos. Gentle
individual vocal phrases follow and all the singers join together for
the final section, supported by a delightful flowing accompaniment.
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Madrigal
Inhumaines qui, sans merci,
Inhumanly cruel women,
Vous raillez de notre souci,
You mock our cares without mercy,
Aimez quand on vous aime!
Love when you are loved!
Ingrats qui ne vous doutez pas
Ungrateful men, who do not know
Des réves eclos sur vos pas,
The dreams that flower at your feet,
Aimez quand on vous aime!
Love when you are loved!
Sachez, o cruelles Beautes,
Learn, cruel beauties, that your
Que les jours d'aimer sont comptes.
Sachez, amoureux inconstants,
Que le bien d'aimer n'a qu'un temps.
days of loving are numbered.
Learn, inconstant lovers, that the gift
of love comes only once.
Aimez quand on vous aime!
Love when you are loved!
Un méme destin nous poursuit
The same destiny awaits us
And our folly is the same,
Et notre folie est la meme:
C'est celle d'aimer qui nous fuit,
C'est celle de fuir qui nous aime!
It's those who love us that we shun
And those that shun us whom we
love.
Fauré: Pavane
Chorus, Orchestra
If the Requiem is Fauré's best known substantial work, it is his Pavane
which undoubtedly remains his most familiar shorter composition.
This nostalgic piece, with its famous melody, appeared first for
orchestra alone. However, his patroness, Vicomtesse Elizabeth
Greffulhe, requested that Fauré should add some vocal parts, so
that the piece could be performed in a dramatic context as part of
an entertainment given by her in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris - the
chorus adding their contribution to the proceedings from a position
off-stage. The verses they sang were inconsequential, but the effect
was pure magic.
Pavane
C'est Lindor, c'est Tircis et c'est tous
It's Lindor! It's Tircis! And all our
nos vainqueurs!
conquerors!
C'est Myrtil, c'est Lyde! Les reines
It's Myrtil! It's Lydé! The queens of
de nos coeurs!
our hearts!
Comme ils sont provocants!
How provocative they are, how
Comme ils sont fiers toujours!
forever proud!
Vivace Chorus
Comme on ose régner sur nos sorts
et nos jours!
Faites attention! Observez la
How they dare to reign over our
destinies and our lives!
Watch out! Keep to the measure!
mesure!
O la mortelle injure! La cadence est
moins lente!
O the mortal injury! The cadence is
not so slow!
And the fall more certain!
Et la chute plus sdre!
Nous rabattrons bien leurs caquets!
Nous serons bientét leurs laquais!
Qu'ils sont laids! Chers minois!
We'll tone down their chatter!
Soon we'll be their lackeys!
How ugly they are! Sweet faces!
How madcap they are!
Qui'ils sont fols! Airs coquets!
Coquettish airs!
Et c'est toujours de méme,
And always it is the samel!
Et c'est ainsi toujours!
And so will always be!
They love one another! They hate
On s'adore! On se hait!
On maudit ses amours!
one another! They curse their loves!
Adieu Muyrtil, Eglé, Chloé!
Farewell, Myrtil, Eglé, Chloé!
Démons moqueurs!
Adlieu donc et bons jours aux tyrans
de nos coeurs!
Mocking demons!
Farewell and good day to the tyrants
of our hearts!
Et bons jours!
And good day!
Ravel : Pavane pour une infante défunte
Orchestra
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a pupil of Fauré
at the Paris
Conservatoire. He and Debussy became the best
known French
composers of the early twentieth century and
they both excelled
particularly in orchestral and chamber music, togethe
r with music
for solo piano.
A Pavane is strictly a slow, stately dance of Italian origin
dating from
the sixteenth century. Probably the two most familiar
Pavanes are
those written by Fauré and Ravel, both of which are feature
d in this
concert.
Ravel's
composed
for
Pavane pour une infante défunte
solo
piano
and
this
was
was
orchestrated
composer himself at a later date, along with other solo
originally
by
the
piano works.
This Pavane is a six-minute, gently flowing piece
representing a
dance in memory of the sad death of a young princess.
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Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Chorus, Orchestra
The Cantique de Jean Racine dates from Fauré's early years and was
a work for which he gained a major composition prize. The text is
one of the Cantiques spirituels written by the French dramatist, Jean
Racine, and this inspired Fauré to compose a miniature masterpiece,
whose gently flowing vocal and instrumental lines leave a lasting
impression on the listener. This work was originally written for choir
with harmonium and string quartet accompaniment and it is the
instrumental music which provides such a hauntingly beautiful
background to the equally impressive choral music of this piece. The
choral basses, followed by other members of the choir, open with
the text “Verbe egal au Tres-Haut" (O divine Word above.)
Cantique de Jean Racine
Verbe égal au Tres-Haute,
Word equal to the Most High,
notre unique espérance,
our only hope,
Jour éternel de la terre
et des cieux,
and heavens,
De la paisible nuit
nous rompons le silence,
Divin Sauveur, jette sur nous les
yeux!
Eternal day of the earth
We break the silence
of the peaceful night
Divine Saviour, look down upon us!
Repands sur nous le feu
Imbue us with the fire
de ta grace puissante,
of thy great mercy;
Que tout l'enfer fuie
All hell flees at the sound of your
au son de ta voix;
voice.
Dissipe le sommeil
Dispel the sleep
d'une ame languissante,
of a languishing soul
Qui la conduit a l'oubli de tes lois!
That leads to forgetting your laws!
O Christ, sois favorable
O Christ show your favour
a ce peuple fidele
to your faithful people
Pour te benir maintenant rassemblé,
Now gathered here to worship you.
Recois les chants qu'il offre
Receive the songs which they offer
a ta gloire immortelle,
to your immortal glory,
Et de tes dons qui'il
And to your gifts, so that they
retourne combleé!
may return fulfilled!
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Franck: Panis Angelicus
Chorus, Orchestra, Organ
Cesar Franck (1822-1890) was born at Liege in Belgium. His father
was a banker, but being passionately fond of music, he ensured his
two sons, Cesar and Joseph, received the best education in music,
moving to Paris so that they could study at the Conservatoire.
Cesar died at the age of 68 having composed many works including
a fine symphony, symphonic poems and chamber music, as well as
songs, organ music and an immensely impressive work for soloists,
chorus and orchestra, Les Béatitudes. However, his best known vocal
piece is undoubtedly his famous setting of Panis angelicus (Bread of
the
angel-host).
accompanied
This
was
originally
scored
for
tenor
solo
by organ and other instruments (a great hit in a
recorded version by Luciano Pavarotti and other leading tenors).
However, there are other versions of this piece, including the well-
known
John
Rutter arrangement for an accompanied four-part
chorus and this is the version to be heard this evening.
Panis Angelicus
Panis angelicus
Bread of the angel host
fit panis hominum;
sent down from God above
Dat panis caelicus
figuris terminum:
O res mirabilis!
irabilis!
manducat Dominum
Pauper, servus et humilis.
Body of Christ our Lord in token of his
love.
O gift most wonderful!
Christ as our sacrament:
Humble, lowly, all share his sacred
feast.
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Requiem
Introit - Kyrie
Requiem aeternam dona eis
Grant them eternal rest, Lord:
Domine:
And may perpetual light shine on
Et lux perpetua luceat eis.
them.
Thou, Lord, art praised in Sion:
Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion:
et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.
Exaudi orationem meam,
ad te omnis caro veniet.
and a vow shall be paid to Thee in
Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer, to Thee all flesh
shallcome.
Kyrie eleison.,
Lord have mercy upon us.
Christe eleison.
Christ have mercy upon us.
Offertorium
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae,
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
libera animas defunctorum
Deliver the souls of all the faithful
de poenis inferni et de profundo
dead from the pain of hell and from
lacu.
the deep pit.
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae,
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
libera animas defunctorum de ore
Deliver them from the lion's mouth,
leonis,
ne absorbeat tartarus,
ne cadant in obscurum.
Hostias et preces tibi Domine,
That hell may not swallow them up,
That they not fall into darkness.
Sacrifices and prayers we offer Thee,
laudis offerimus.
Lord; receive them for those souls
Tu suscipe pro animabus illis,
Whom we commemorate this day.
quarum hodie memoriam facimus.
Fac eas, Domine,
De morte transire ad vitam,
Quam olim Abrahae promisisti
Et semini eius.
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae,
Lord, let them pass from death into
life,
Which Thou didst promise to
Abraham and his seed.
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
libera animas defunctorum
Deliver the souls of all the faithful
de poenis inferni et de profundo
dead from the pain of hell and from
lacu:
the deep pit.
ne cadant in obscurum.
That they not fall into darkness.
Amen
Amen
Sanctus
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,
Holy, holy, holy,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Lord God of Hosts.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis.
Heaven and Earth are full of Thy
glory.
Hosanna in the highest
Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu Domine,
Blessed Lord Jesus,
Dona eis requiem,
Grant them rest,
Dona eis sempiternam requiem
Grant them eternal rest
Agnus Dei
Agnus Deli, qui tollis peccata mundi,
Lamb of God, who takest away the
dona eis requiem.
sins of the world, grant them rest.
Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine,
Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum,
May eternal light shine upon them,
Lord,
With Thy saints for ever,
Quia pius es.
For Thou art merciful.
Requiem aeternam dona eis,
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
Domine,
And may perpetual light shine upon
Et lux perpetua luceat eis.
them.
Libera me
Libera me, Domine, de morte
Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death,
aeterna
On that fearful day
In die illa tremenda,
Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra;
dum veneris judicare saeculum per
ignem.
When the heavens and the earth
shall tremble;
When thou shalt come to judge the
world by fire.
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo,
| tremble, and | fear the judgment
dum discussio venerit atque
and the wrath to come,
ventura ira.
Vivace Chorus
{ Dies il a, dies irae calamitatis et Day of wrath, that day of ter or,
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[
miseriae,
dies illa, dies magna et amara
calamity and misery,
That great and bitter day.
valde.
Requiem aeternam dona eis
Domine,
Et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
And may perpetual light shine upon
them.
Deliver me, Lord.
Libera me, Domine.
In Paradisum
In paradisum deducant angeli;
May the angels lead you into
In tuo adventu suscipiant te
paradise;
martyres,
May the martyrs receive you and
et perducant te in civitatem
lead you into the holy city Jerusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat,
May choirs of angels receive you
Et cum Lazaro quondam paupere
And with Lazarus, once a beggar,
aeternam habeas requiem.
May you have eternal rest
sanctam Jerusalem.
Printed music for this evening's concert has been obtained from
Surrey Performing Arts Library
Oxford University Press
Yorkshire Music Library
We are most grateful to these organisations.
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Jocelyn Somerville - Soprano
Currently
studying
with
Elizabeth
Ritchie at the Royal Academy of Music,
Jocelyn
previously
completed
Masters in Advanced
(Performance)
at
a
Musical Studies
Royal
Holloway,
University of London. Previously having
won the Sir Geraint Evans award, she
completed a choral scholarship with St
Martin-in-the-Fields and sang as part of
the London Symphony Chorus at The
Barbican.
She
has
English
Baroque
sung
Choir
with
The
under
the
direction of Jeremy Jackman, briefly with the Bach Choir under
David Hill, and has enjoyed singing with Howard Williams after an
introduction
by Dame Emma Kirkby, who continues to take an
interest in Jocelyn's musical progress.
As a member of the Vasari Singers under Jeremy Backhouse, she
has
performed
solos
in
Canterbury
Cathedral,
St
Pauls
Knightsbridge, and Douai Abbey in Berkshire, as well as in the
soprano soloist role on their recording of Gabriel Jackson's Requiem
which reached No. 5 in the Specialist Classical Charts. She featured
on their 2014 disc, singing the well-known solo line in Allegri's
Miserere, and recently took part in an unusual project featuring
renaissance choral music with reggae backing tracks. More recently
Jocelyn embarked on a three week American tour, singing in
Charleston, York, and Savannah, with a programme including
Renaissance French repertoire and English Song. She regularly
travels around the country performing with choirs and orchestras.
As well as possessing a pure tone and ringing flexibility, Jocelyn has
an engaging and memorable platform presence which makes her
enjoyable to watch as well as to listen to.
She has performed professionally for the last seven years, and
enjoys Baroque music, as well as light opera, lieder, melodie, and
English
Song.
She
can
be
contacted via
her
website,
www.jocelynsomerville.com.
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Matthew Wood - Baritone
Having begun his musical education as
Head
Chorister of his
parish
church
choir in Kent, Matthew went on to read
Music
and
University
with
Mary
English
where
Hitch
he
at
Lancaster
studied
and
singing
directed
the
teacher
in
University Chamber Choir.
While
training
as
a
Canterbury, Matthew became director
of the Kent Youth Barbershop and his
college chamber choir.
Specialising in oratorio and English song, Matthew has performed as
a soloist in St John's, Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields and on
choral tours of France and ltaly. As well as deputising with several
London choirs, he sings with the Vasari Singers, one of Britain's
leading chamber choirs, and has sung solo baritone with them in
recent performances of Requiems by Fauré and Durufle.
Matthew is a keen composer and arranger and has written several
arrangements for the Kent Youth Barbershop and various school
choirs. His Versicles and Responses are published by Shorter House
and have been performed by the Vasari Singers in Bath Abbey and
Chester Cathedral.
Matthew is Head of Music at St Dunstan's College, Lewisham.
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Jeremy
is
one
of
conductors
of
amateur
Britain's
leading
choirs.
He
began his musical career in Canterbury
Cathedral
Chorister.
where
In
he
1980
was
Senior
he was appointed
Music Editor at the RNIB, where he was
responsible for the transcription of print
music into Braille. He has worked for
both EMI Classics and later Boosey &
Hawkes Music Publishers as a Literary
Editor, but now pursues his career as a
freelance conductor.
Jeremy
has
been
the
sole
conductor
of
the
internationally-
renowned chamber choir Vasari Singers since its inception in 1980.
Since winning the prestigious Sainsbury's Choir of the Year
competition in 1988, the Vasari Singers has performed regularly at
concert venues and cathedrals throughout the UK and abroad.
Jeremy and Vasari have broadcast frequently on BBC Radio and
Classic FM, and have a discography of over 25 CDs on the EMI,
Guild, Signum and Naxos labels; they have recently launched their
own VasariMedia label with a recording of Jonathan Rathbone's
Under the shadow of His wing, which they premiered in 2014.
In January 1995, Jeremy was appointed Music Director of the Vivace
Chorus.
Alongside
the
standard
classical
works,
Jeremy
has
conducted the Vivace Chorus in some ambitious programmes,
including Howells' Hymnus Paradisi and Szymanowski's Stabat
Mater, Mahler's ‘Resurrection’ Symphony (No. 2), Prokofiev's Alexander
Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, Mahler's 'Symphony of a Thousand'’ (No.
8) and Verdi's Requiem in the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra.
In January 2009, Jeremy took up the post of Music Director of the
Salisbury Community Choir. In 2013 the choir celebrated its 21st
Anniversary with a major concert in Salisbury Cathedral in October,
featuring the world premiere of a specially-commissioned
community work by Will Todd, The City Garden, which they
subsequently toured to Lincoln (2014) and Guildford (2015).
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Artistic Director: Robert Porter
Associate Music Director: Sarah Tenant-Flowers
The Brandenburg Sinfonia is one of the most dynamically versatile
musical organisations in the country. It is renowned for its special
quality of sound and poised vivacity in performance. The orchestra
performs regularly in the majority of the major venues across the
country, and in London at the Barbican, Royal Albert Hall, Queen
Elizabeth Hall, Fairfield Halls and St John's, Smith Square. The
Brandenburg Sinfonia is also in great demand abroad and has visited
France, USA, Bermuda, the Channel Islands, Barbados, Russia,
Germany, Japan and Hong Kong. In 1999 the orchestra established a
major concert series at both St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Crystal
Palace Bowl.
A large number of artists of international standing have worked with
the orchestra including Emanuel Hurwitz, Lesley Garrett, John
Georgiadis, John Wallace, Michael Thompson and Gordon Hunt. Its
repertoire ranges from Bach to Lloyd Webber and its members give
around 100 performances of orchestral, chamber, choral and
operatic music during the year.
Violin 1
Cello
Bassoon
Mihkel Kerem
Ali McKenzie
Adam Mackenzie
Bob Porter
Stephen Bryant
Steffan Morris
Anna Harpham
Harriet Wiltshire
Miriam Teppich
Sarah Westley
Lukas Hank
Charis Jensen
Violin 2
Elizabeth van Ments
Horn
Martin Grainger
Bass
Hugh Sisley
Jan Zahourek
Harp
Andrew Davies
Gabriella dal'Olio
Barbara Dziewiecka
Flute
lan Mull!n
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Thea Spiers
Chloe Vincent
Plaio/Organ
Greta Mutlu
Oboe
William Nicholson
Viola
Lydia Griffiths
Matthew Quenby
Rachel Broadbent
Jgn Thorne
Clarinet
Richard
Cookson
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Andrew Harper
Moty Cookbim
Marie de Bry
Vivace Chorus
Fiona Mitchell
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About Vivace Chorus
Jeremy Backhouse
Music Director
Francis Pott
Accompanist
James Garrow
Chairman
The choir has come a long way since it began in 1946 as the
Guildford Philharmonic Choir, and now has an enviable
reputation for performing first-class concerts across a wide
range of musical repertoire. Particular successes include a
sell-out performance in May 2011 of Mahler's Symphony No. 8,
the 'Symphony of a Thousand', at the Royal Albert Hall, a
highly acclaimed performance in November 2012 of Britten's
War Requiem and another Royal Albert Hall success in May
2014 when we performed the Verdi Requiem.
Since 1995, Vivace has thrived under the exceptional
leadership of this evening's conductor, Jeremy Backhouse.
Jeremy's passion for choral works and his sheer enthusiasm
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for music-making are evident
at every rehearsal and every
performance. He is supported
by Francis Pott, who is not just
a
very
fine
rehearsal
accompanist, but is also a
composer
of
international
repute and an accomplished
concert pianist.
In addition to our own concerts in Guildford and London, we
also sing in various charity concerts and, with our regular
orchestra, the Brandenburg Sinfonia, take part in the
Brandenburg Choral Festival each year in St Martin-in-theFields. We also like to take our music-making overseas and
have toured to France, Italy, Germany and later this year, will
be heading to Austria to sing in Salzburg and Vienna.
We're a friendly and sociable choir that enjoys singing
traditional choral classics alongside the challenge of
contemporary and newly-commissioned music. If that whets
your appetite, do come and join us! We rehearse on Monday
evenings in the Millmead Centre, Millmead, Guildford.
Contact
our
membership
secretary Jane
Brooks
at
membership@vivacechorus.org and for more information, visit
our website, vivacechorus.org, and follow us on Facebook and
Twitter - @VivaceChorus.
Vivace Chorus Singers
FIRST SOPRANO
Jane Brooks
Carol Hobbs
FIRST BASS
Selam Adamu
Liz Durning
Roz Marshall
John Bawden
Pam Alexander
Kate Emerson
Catherine Middleton Phil Beastall
Amelia Atkinson
Valentina Faedi
Val Morcom
Richard Broughton
Frances Bamber
Sheila Hodson
Pamela Murrell
Simon Browning
Michael Dudley
Helen Beevers
Jean Leston
Jacqueline Norman
Joanna Bolam
Judith Lewy
Beryl Northam
Brian John
Mary Broughton
Liz Martin
Sheila Rowell
Jeremy Johnson
Rebecca Kerby
Lois McCabe
Prue Smith
Jon Long
Mo Kfouri
Penny McLaren
Rosey Storey
Malcolm Munt
Alex Nash
Kay McManus
Pamela Usher
Chris Newbery
Susan Norton
Christine Medlow
Anne Whitley
Robin Onslow
Rosalind Milton
Gillian Rix
Mary Moon
Sarah Smithies
Lilly Nicholson
Joan Thomas
Gill Perkins
Hilary Vaill
Linda Ross
Lesley Scordellis
SECOND SOPRANO
Catherine Shacklady
Jacqueline Alderton
Carol Sheppard
Amy Cowan
Ann Smith
Anna Durning
Marjory Stewart
Ginny Heffernan
Jo Stokes
Isobel Humphreys
Hilary Trigg
Krystyna Marsden
Maggie Woolcock
Alison Newbery
June Windle
Elisabeth Yates
FIRST TENOR
Mike Bishop
Bob Bromham
Bob Cowell
Owen Gibbons
Nick Manning
Martin Price
Chris Robinson
John Trigg
SECOND TENOR
Ewan Bramhall
Alison Palmer
SECOND ALTO
Kate Peters
Valerie Adam
Paula Sutton
Geraldine Allen
Valerie Thompson
Evelyn Beastall
Christine Wilks
Sylvia Chantler
Fiona Wimblett
Mary Clayton
Stephen Linton
Andrea Dombrowe
Peter Norman
Sheena Ewen
Arnfinn Overas
Jo Glover
Jon Scott
Margaret Grisewood
John Thornely
Frances Worpe
FIRST ALTO
Barbara Barklem
Grace Beckett
Monika Boothby
Peter Butterworth
Tony Chantler
Simon Dillon
Geoff Johns
Peter Pearce
Chris Peters
Robin Privett
David Ross
Philip Stanford
Kieron Walsh
SECOND BASS
Peter Andrews
Alan Batterbury
Norman Carpenter
Geoffrey Forster
James Garrow
Stuart Gooch
Nick Gough
Eric Kennedy
Neil Martin
Adrian Oxborrow
John Parry
Roger Penny
David Robson
Michael Taylor
Richard Wood
John Yeomans
Liz Hampshire
Barbara Hilder
Vivace Chorus
Vivace Chorus Patrons
The Vivace Chorus is extremely grateful to all patrons
for their support.
Honorary Life Patrons
Mr Bill Bellerby MBE
Dr John Trigg MBE
Mr John Britten
Life Patron
Mrs Joy Hunter MBE
Premier Patrons
Robin & Penny Privett
Platinum Patrons
Mr & Mrs Stephen Arthur
John McLean OBE & Janet MclLean
Mr & Mrs Peter B P Bevan
Ron & Christine Medlow
Richard & Mary Broughton
Mr Lionel Moon
Mr & Mrs G Dombrowe
Dr Roger Muray
Mr & Mrs Joseph Durning
Mr & Mrs John Parry
Celia & Michael Embleton
Idris Thomas
Susan & Cecil Hinton
Mr Tony Thompson
Mrs Carol Hobbs
Mrs Pamela Usher
Mrs Rita Horton
Bill & June Windle
Mr Michael Jeffery
Gold Patrons
Robin & Jill Broadley
Dr Stephen Linton
Roger & Sharon Brockway
Brenda & Brian Reed
Jane Kenney
Sheila Rowell
Mr Geoffrey Johns
Prue & Derek Smith
Silver Patrons
Mrs Iris Bennett
Bob & Maryel Cowell
If you have enjoyed this concert, why not become one of our patrons? We
have a loyal band of followers whose regular presence at our concerts is
greatly appreciated. With the valued help of our patrons, we are able to
perform a wide range of exciting music, with world-class, professional
musicians in venues such as Guildford Cathedral, G Live and the Royal
Albert Hall. Patrons enjoy discounts of between 10% and 30% off concert
tickets, reserved seating and priority booking for the best seats for as little
as £50pa. If you are interested, please contact Joan Thomas on
01483 893178 or email: patrons@vivacechorus.org.
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Vivace Chorus dates for your diary
All the World's a Stage A Tribute to Shakespeare in Words and Music
Saturday 12th November 2016 7.30pm
G Live, Guildford
To celebrate Shakespeare's 400th birthday, we are delighted to
present an evening of music and drama, in collaboration with the
Guildford
Shakespeare Company. With
works from
Tchaikovsky,
Berlioz, Vaughan Williams and Walton, we move from the romance
of Romeo and Juliet to the tragedy of Hamlet and the battle scenes
of Henry V. Book early for this not-to-be-missed event!
Come and Sing 2017 - Bruckner and Mahler
Saturday 28th January 2017 10.30am
Normandy Village Hall
Come and join Jeremy and the Vivace Chorus for a day of practising
and singing the glorious Bruckner Mass in E Minor and Mahler's 2nd
Symphony. This is always a very popular event where, apart from the
enjoying the music-making, you will have fun making new friends
and enjoying the famed Vivace lunch!
Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem
Monday 1st May 2017 7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, London
We're delighted to be closing our 70th season with one of the most-
loved works in choral music, the wonderful Brahms Requiem, in a
beautiful programme which includes Elgar's Sea Pictures and the
world
premiere
of
our
latest
commission
-
Cantus
Maris
by
renowned British composer Francis Pott. Join us on the South Bank
for a concert to remember.,
Printed by WORDCRAFT
15 Merrow Woods, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2LJ. Tel : 01483 560735
Vivace Chorus is a Registered Charity No. 1026337
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Saturday July 2nd 2016, 7.30pm
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