Saturday March 28th 7.30pm St Chad’s Church, Campleshon Road, York
Requiem: Herbert Howells
Gaude et Laetare Ierusalem: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Duo Seraphim: Francisco Guerrero
Stetit Angelus: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Stetit Angelus: Rihards Dubra
Panis Angelicus: Pierre Villette
Factum est Silentium: Peter Philips
Ave Maria: William Byrd
Faire is the Heaven: William Henry Harris
The Angel: Ivo Antognini
Evening Prayer: Joanna Marsh
Saturday December 7th, 2024, 1.00 pm
Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York YO1 8NQ
Presented by York Late Music
In Winter’s House
A journey from Joanna Marsh’s acclaimed In Winter’s House, through wintry landscapes evoked by Poulenc’s Un Soir de Neige, and Chilcott’s Rose in the Middle of Winter, leading to a to a foretaste of Christmas with Tallis, Praetorius, Bruckner and more. Yuletide cheer provided by Holst and Vaughan Williams.
We were also delighted to give the first performance of A Little Snow, a new setting of words by Emily Dickinson, written for the Micklegate Singers by local composer James Else.
Videte miraculum: Thomas Tallis
Virga Jesse floruit: Anton Bruckner
Wassail Song: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Bring us In Good Ale: Gustav Holst
In Winter’s House: Joanna Marsh
The Waiting Sky: Oliver Tarney
A Little Snow: James Else
Venite Gaudete: Adrian Peacock
Un Soir de Neige: Francis Poulenc
Resonet in laudibus: Michael Praetorius
The Rose in the middle of Winter: Bob Chilcott
Mrs Beeton’s Christmas Plum Pudding (Average Cost 3s & 6d): John Harle
God and the Universe: Charles Stanford
The Apotheosis of Apollo: Melissa Dunphy
Underneath the stars: Kate Rusby, arr. Jim Clements
Sicut Lilium: John Barber
Sicut Lilium inter Spinas: Antoine Brumel
With a Lily in your Hand: Eric Whitacre
En une seule fleur: Morten Lauridsen
Grandmother Moon: Eleanor Daley
Blue Moon: Richard Rogers arr. Blackwell
Stargazer: Alec Roth
Sing to the Moon: Laura Mvula
Mate Saule (Mother Sun): Petris Vasks
June 8th 2024, 1.00pm, at The Mount School, York
A Quaker Trilogy: from concept to completion
York Festival of Ideas Event
A Quaker Trilogy grew from a concept to inspire young composers at the beginning of their careers by offering funds for the commission of three pieces for the Micklegate Singers. The brief was simple: the composers could choose whichever words they felt they wanted to work with from a passage written by William Penn that is often read at Quaker memorial meetings. The fruits of their labours have proved to be a challenge for the choir, but the pieces are all remarkable, and each has been loved by the choir in rehearsal and by the audiences at their respective first performances.
The three composers (David McGregor, Joe Bates, and Frederick Viner) were given an opportunity to tell us what the appeal of the text was, how they selected which words to set, and what musical thoughts and construction techniques lay behind their compositions.
The three pieces comprising A Quaker Trilogy, now published by University of York Music Press, were performed by the Micklegate Singers, under their Musical Director, Nicholas Carter.
March 23rd 2024, 7.30pm, at St Lawrence’s Church, Lawrence Street , York
Beyond the World
Manuel Cardoso: Et Egressus Est A Filia Sion
Ivo Antognini: Lux Aeterna
James Whitbourn: He carried me away in the Spirit
James MacMillan: Who shall separate us?
Matthew Martin: Mass of St Dominic
Ben Parry: Lighten our Darkness
Herbert Howells: Haec Dies
William Byrd: Haec Dies
A Quaker Trilogy:
Frederick Viner: The truest end
David McGregor: They that love
Joe Bates: Absence
December 2nd 2023, 1pm Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ.
AFTER BYRD
Thomas Weelkes: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Heyr þú oss himnum á
Sergei Rachmaninov: Izhe kheruvimy (The Cherubic Hymn)
Chris Sketchley: Tristitia vestra (First performance)
Roxanna Panufnik: Kyrie after Byrd
Thomas Weelkes: Hosanna to the son of David
Roderick Williams: Byrd’s Ave Verum Corpus re-imagined
Sergei Rachmaninov: Bogoroditsye Dyevo
William Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby
Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf
Kerensa Briggs: A tender shoot
Sally Beamish: In the Stillness
William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
July 1st 2023, 7.30 St Columba’s Church Priory Street , York
GRASS ROOTS
Richard Allain: Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel
Moses Hogan: The Battle Of Jericho
Bob Chilcott: Steal Away
Gustav Holst: 6 Choral Folksongs
Jonathan Dove: Who Killed Cock Robin?
Henry VIII (arr. Swingle) Pastime With Good Company
Philip Wilby: Marianne
Philip Wilby: Byker Hill
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ca' The Yowes
Moses Hogan: Elijah Rock
April 1 2023, 7.30pm. St Lawrence Church, Lawrence St. York
OF LOVE AND LOSS
Ronald Corp: Forever Child
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Rest
Thomas Tomkins: When David heard
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Versa est in luctum
Frederick Viner: The Truest End (Micklegate Singers commission – first performance)
James MacMillan: So Deep
Pierre Passereau: Il est bel et bon
Howard Goodall: The Star of the County Down (arr.)
Ward Swingle: It Was A Lover And His Lass
Eric Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl
Billy Joel (arr: Bob Chilcott): And So It Goes
Josef Rheinberger: Abendlied
Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night
Saturday December 3rd 2022 1pm. York Unitarian Chapel presented by York Late Music
AND THERE WERE SHEPHERDS……
Rorate cœli desuper: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
BC: AD - This was the moment: David Bednall
Quem vidistis, pastores? : Orlande de Lassus
This have I done for my true love: Gustav Holst
The Road of Evening (composed for the Micklegate Singers; first performance): James Else
Wellcome, all Wonders in one Sight: Jonathan Dove
Quem vidistis, pastores? : Richard Dering
Absence (commissioned for the Micklegate Singers; first performance): Joe Bates
Quem vidistis pastores dicite: Francis Poulenc
The Shepherd’s Carol: Bob Chilcott
A Hymn of the Nativity: Kenneth Leighton
Epiphany Carol: Alexander L’Estrange
Gloria, Gloria: Richard Rodney Bennett
Now may we singen: Cecilia McDowall
Saturday 2nd July 2022. 7.30pm, St Michael le Belfry, York
ELEMENTAL FORCES
Three Spiritual Nocturnes: Peter Klatzow
SANCTUS: London: Ola Gjeilo
The Hills: John Ireland
O Wild West Wind: Edward Elgar
The Dove Descending: Peter Moger Composed for the Micklegate Singers - first performance
The Shadows: Herbert Howells
Weary Wind of the West: Edward Elgar
Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain: Claude Debussy
Spring, the Sweet Spring: EJ Moeran
The Spring Time of the Year: Ralph Vaughan Williams
The World on Fire: Phillip A Cooke
Pure River of Life: James Whitbourn
Deux Chœurs, Op 68: Camille Saint-Saëns
Autumn: Jussi Chydenius
Autumn Leaves: Joseph Kosma arr. Andrew Carter
Over Hill, Over Dale: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Saturday April 2nd, 2022. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate, York
STAR OF THE SEA
Missa Sancta Maria: Duarte Lobo
Splendid Jewel: Stephen Paulus
Ave Maris Stella: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ave Maris Stella: Edvard Grieg
They that love beyond the World: David McGregor Commissioned for the Micklegate Singers (First performance)
Salve Regina: Pierre Villette
Hortus Conclusus: Rodrigo de Ceballos
Ave Regina: Cecilia McDowell
Ave Regina Caelorum: Alonso Lobo
Ave Regina Caelorum: Peter Philips
Regina Caeli: Cecilia McDowell
Saturday Nov 30th, 2019. 7.30 in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
IMMORTAL FIRE
Cantantibus Organis: Luca Marenzio
Hymn to Saint Cecilia: Benjamin Britten
St Cecilia Missa Brevis: Nicholas Carter
Verses on St Cecilia’s Day: Richard Rodney Bennet
Cecilia Virgo: Gabriel Jackson
Cantantibus Organis: Peter Philips
O Sapientia: Robert Ramsey
O Radix Jesse: Rihards Dubra
O Oriens: Cecilia McDowall
O Emmanuel: Eriks Ešenvalds
O Adonai: Paweł Łukaszewski
Cantantibus Organis: Philippe Rogier
Saturday July 13th, 2019. 7.30 in the church of St Michael le Belfrey, York
A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Mass in G: Francis Poulenc
Christe qui lux es et dies (III): Robert White
Christe qui lux es et dies: William Byrd
Christe qui lux es et dies (IV): Robert White
O nata lux de lumine: Thomas Tallis
O Light of Light: Harry Escott
Night Prayer: Alec Roth
I will lift up my eyes unto the hills: David Briggs
I’ll Make Music: Karl Jenkins
Simple Pictures of Tomorrow: Robert Chilcott
Psalme 150: Kerry Andrew
Saturday March 30th, 2019. 7.30pm at St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
IN THE BEGINNING
I am the day: Jonathan Dove
The First World: Geoffrey Burgon
In the Beginning: Aaron Copland
Which was the Son Of: Arvo Pärt
Motet for Passion Sunday: Frank Ferko
Deus, Deus Meus (Westminster Mass): Roxanna Panufnik
Attollite Portas: William Byrd
Alpha and Omega: James MacMillan
LIGHTS OUT
Saturday Dec. 1st, 2018. 7.30 at the Citadel, Gillygate, York
Three Songs of Remembrance: David Bednall
Trois Chansons de Guerre: Frank Ferko
Laboravi in Gemitu Meo: Thomas Weelkes
Heu mihi, Domine: Francisco Guerrero
Laboravi in Gemitu Meo: Philippe Rogier
My Soul, There is a Country (Songs of Farewell): Hubert Parry
Bring us, O Lord God: William H Harris
Bring us, O Lord God: James MacMillan
Companions of the Lord: Philip Wilby
Valiant for Truth: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Rest: Ken Burton
Saturday 7th July 2018. 1.00pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
YORK CONNECTIONS
O Praise God in his Holiness: Andrew Carter
Let all mortal flesh keep silence: Edward Bairstow
A Hymn to God the Father: Francis Jackson
Laudate Deum omnes Angeli: John Scott Whiteley
Evening Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Philip Moore
Time is: James Else
Henry Purcell: Hannah Loach
Sweet and Low: Thomas Tertius Noble
Lullaby for the Witching Hour: Kerry Andrew
Sings her blessings: Emily Crossland
A Drop Fell (commissioned for the Micklegate Singers - first performance): Rose Miranda Hall
Ode to a Pill: Francis Jackson
Two for the Price of One: Andrew Carter
Songs and Dances
Saturday March 24th, at the Unitarian Chapel, York
Frank Bridge: Five Partsongs
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki: Kurpian Songs
Herbert Murrill: Two Songs from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Eriks Esenvalds: Only in Sleep
Zoltan Kodály: Esti Dal
Bob Chilcott: Dances in the Streets
Manning Sherwin, (arr. Puerling): A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Duke Ellington: Don’t get around much any more
Jaako Mäntyjärvi: El Hambo
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
Saturday November 25th, 2017. 7.30pm in St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
Psalm 150: Ippolito Baccusi
Pater Noster: Giovanni da Palestrina
Pater Noster: Giuseppe Verdi
Otche Nash (Our Father): Sergei Rachmaninov
Pater Noster: Igor Stravinsky
Otche Nash (Our Father): Nicolay Kedrov
Unicornis Captivatur: Ola Gjeilo
Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt: Heinrich Schütz
Pater Noster: Jacob Handl
Notre Père: Maurice Duruflé
Notre Père d’Aix: Pierre Villette
Pseume 150: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Song of the Crib: Bob Chilcott
Bulalulow: Francis Pott
The King of Blis: John Rutter
Saturday July 1st, 2017. 7.30pm in St Wilfrid’s Church, Duncombe Place, York
GREAT WORKS OF GOD
Missa Rigensis: Uğis Prauliņš
Prelude: Ola Gjeilo
Loquebantur variis linguis: Peter Philips
Loquebantur variis linguis: Thomas Tallis
Laudibus in sanctis: William Byrd
Omnes gentes plaudite: Christopher Tye
O Clap Your Hands: Orlando Gibbons
Ave verum corpus: William Byrd
Benedictio: Urmas Sisask
Saturday March 25th, 2017. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music
WATER NIGHT
Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: Gerald Finzi
The Shower: Edward Elgar
Full Fathom Five (Three Shakespeare Songs): Ralph Vaughan Williams
To be sung on the Water: Samuel Barber
Geographical Fugue: Ernst Toch
Water Night: Eric Whitacre
Rivers of Light: Ēriks Ešenvalds
The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Craig McLeish
Saturday December 3rd, 2016. 7.30pm in St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
O RADIANT DAWN
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Mirabile mysterium: Jacob Handl (Gallus)
O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf: Johannes Brahms
Virga Jesse: Anton Bruckner
Seven Magnificat Antiphons: Arvo Pärt
O Clavis David: Gabriel Jackson
O Oriens: Cecilia McDowall
O Radiant Dawn: James MacMillan
O Rex Gentium: Matthew Martin
Det är en ros utsprungen: Michael Praetorius/Jan Sandström
Magnificat Quinti Toni: Hieronymus Praetorius
Saturday July 2nd 2016. 7.70pm in St Olave’s Church, York
HEARTS AND FLOWERS
Four Estonian Lullabies: Veljo Tormis
The Full Heart: Peter Warlock
Yugoslav Folk-Songs: Mátyás Seiber
Jaanilaul: Veljo Tormis
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal: Paul Mealor
Tykus Tykus: Vaclovas Augustinas
Shenandoah & Frog went a-courtin’ (from Five American Folfsongs): arr. Daryl Runswick
Saturday March 12, 2016. 7.30pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
ALLELUIAH, HE IS RISEN
Woefully Arrayed: William Cornish
Woefully Arrayed: John McCabe
O Tod, wie bitter bist du: Max Reger
Maria Magdalena: Francisco Guerrero
Surrexit Pastor Bonus: Jehan L’Heritier
Regina Caeli a 8: Felice Anerio
Regina Caeli: Cecilia McDowall
Surgens Iesus: Peter Philips
Alleluiah: Eric Whitacre
Ego Sum Resurrectio: Hans Leo Hassler
Christus Resurgens: Peter Philips
SPLENDID JEWEL
Saturday November 28th, 2015. 7.30pm in St Wilfrid’s Church, York
Magnificat Primi Toni: Tomás Luis de Victoria
I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove: Healey Willan
Fair in Face: Healey Willan
Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One: Healey Willan
Splendid Jewel: Stephen Paulus
Song to the Virgin Mary: Andrzej Panufnik
Magnificat: Giles Swayne
Ave Maria a 8: Giovanni da Palestrina
Ave Maris Stella: Lajos Bárdos
A Hymn to the Virgin: Francis Pott
Ave Regina: Cecilia McDowall
Ave Maria: Robert Parsons
Salve Regina: Tomás Luis de Victoria
THE SUN AND STARS
Saturday July 4th, 2015. 7.30pm in the Chapel of York St John University
Che fa oggi il mio sole?: Luca Marenzio
Missa “Che fa oggi il mio sole?”: Gregorio Allegri
The Spheres: Ola Gjeilo
Die Nachtigal; Ruhetal; Jagdlied (Lieder im Freien zu Singen op 59): Felix Mendelssohn
Stars: Ēriks Ešenvalds
Goe and Catche a Falling Star: Betty Roe
Songs for Double Chorus op 141: Robert Schumann
Saturday March 21st 2015. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music
REFORMATION AND REVIVAL
Sancte Deus: Thomas Tallis
Mass in G minor: Ralph Vaughan Wiliams
Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: Thomas Tallis
Iustorum Animae: Charles Villiers Stanford
Iustorum Animae: William Byrd
Beati quorum via: Charles Villiers Stanford
Beati quorum via: James Lavino
Ne Irascaris: William Byrd
STANDING AS I DO BEFORE GOD
Saturday November 22nd, 2014. 7.30pm in St Denys’ Church, Walmgate, York
Standing as I do before God: Cecilia McDowall
Lamentations of Jeremiah: Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum: Alonso Lobo
Songs of Farewell: Hubert Parry
SONGS AND STORIES
Saturday 5th July, 2014. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music, York
Missa Ego Flos Campi: Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
Songs of Ariel: Frank Martin
Veni, Dilecte Mi!: Wolfram Buchenburg
The Conversion of Saul: Z Randall Stroope
Song Cycle: James Else
Vidi Speciosam : Tomás Luis de Victoria
Many Stories : John Morgan
Jabberwocky : Säde Rissanen
Pseudo-Yoik : Jaako Mäntyjärvi
Saturday 29th March, 2014. 7.30pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
THE ALABASTER BOX
A Canterbury Mass: Cecilia McDowall
Attende Domine: Pierre Villette
Crux Fidelis: formerly attributed to John IV of Portugal
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Anton Bruckner
A Litany: William Walton
The Woman with the Alabaster Box: Arvo Pärt
Two Lenten motets: Paweł Łukaszewski
Were You There? : arranged by Bob Chilcott
Tenebrae Responsories : Tomás Luis de Victoria
O Crux Ave : Rihards Dubra
THE LIGHT PROGRAMME
Saturday November 23rd, 2014. 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York
Lumen: traditional plainsong
Missa Ascendens Christus in Altum: Tomás Luis de Victoria
O Nata Lux: William Matthias
O Nata Lux: Thomas Tallis
O Nata Lux: Morten Lauridsen
Hail Gladdening Light: David Bednall
A Hymn to the Virgin: Benjamin Britten
Lux Aeterna: Edwin Fissinger
Hail, Gladdening Light: Victor Kallinikov
Lux Aurumque: Eric Whitacre
Benedictio: Urmas Sisask
TIME TO DREAM
Saturday July 6th, 2013. 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York
To Morning: Gabriel Jackson
Hosanna to the Son of David: Orlando Gibbons
Hosanna to the Son of David: Thomas Weelkes
O Sacrum Convivium: Thomas Tallis
Three New Motets: Steven Stucky
I Had No Time To Hate: Tarik O’Regan
Even Such is Time: Bob Chilcott
Te Lucis Ante Terminum (ferial): Thomas Tallis
Rorate Caeli: William Byrd
Philomela: Toby Wardman
Long Road: Ēriks Ešenvalds
The Lord Bless You and Keep You: Hannah Loach
Te Lucis Ante Terminum (festal): Thomas Tallis
Had I not Seen the Sun: Tarik O’Regan
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine: Eric Whitacre
Saturday 23 March 2013. 7.30pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
TIME IS ENDLESS
Missa Salve Regina: Tomás Luis de Victoria
The Long Day Closes: Arthur Sullivan
The Day is Done: Stephen Paulus
The Summer is Coming: Herbert Howells
Time is (written for the Micklegate Singers -first performance): James Else
Evening: Ēriks Ešenvalds
Tal Vez Tenemos Tiempo: Tarik O’Regan
Madrigāls: Pēteris Vasks
Time is endless: Vytautas Miškinis
A TIME FOR SILENCE
Saturday 24 November 2012. 7.30pm in the Quire of York Minster
Messe pour Notre-Dame: David Briggs
The Souls of the Righteous: David Bednall
Nunc Dimittis: Paweł Łukaszewski
Lament: Francis Pott
Exhortation & Kohima: John Tavener
They Are At Rest: Edward Elgar
Song of the Crib (Commisioned for the Micklegate Singers - first performance): Bob Chilcott
Dum Medium Silentium: Vytautas Miškinis
THE MODERN MAN I SING
Saturday 7 July, 2012. 8pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
O nata lux; Opening prayer; Before the ending of the day (Dusk Songs): Kerry Andrew
Missa Brevis: Richard Rodney Bennett
Ave Generosa: Margaret Rizza
Lorca Suite—Einojuhani Rautavaara
We watch’d her breathing: Colin Brumby
Christus est stella: Will Todd
Three English Folksongs: Betty Roe
Ubi caritas: Paul Mealor
The Modern Man I Sing: Bob Chilcott
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
Saturday 31 March 2012, 8pm in the Chapter House of York Minster
Ubi caritas et amor: Maurice Duruflé
hope, faith, life, love: Eric Whitacre
Love on my heart from heaven fell: David Hill
Set me as a seal upon thine heart: William Walton
A Boy and a Girl: Eric Whitacre
Soldier, soldier; The Gipsy’s Wedding Day: Percy Grainger
Klangfelder Raumschwingungen Oszillationen: Wolfram Buchenberg
It was a lover and his lass; L’amour de moi: Ward Swingle
Ubi caritas: Paul Mealor
This Marriage: Eric Whitacre
Song (I gaze upon you): Gabriel Jackson
Mae ’nghariad i’n Fenws: Gustav Holst
The Lord Bless You and Keep You: Hannah Loach
Ubi caritas: John Harper
AUTUMN LANDSCAPES
Saturday 26 November, 2011. 8pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
To Morning: Gabriel Jackson
Laetentur Coeli: William Byrd
Ego Flos Campi: Jacob Clemens non Papa
Water Night: Eric Whitacre
Threshold of Night: Tarik O’Regan
Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Veljo Tormis
O Sapientia: Pawel Łukaszewski
O beatum et sacrosanctum diem; O nomen Jesu: Peter Philips
Salve Regina: Gabriel Jackson
Ave Maria: Javier Busto
Ave Regina Caelorum: Peter Philips
Ave Maria III: Vytautas Miškinis
Alma redemptoris mater à 8: Tomás Luis de Victoria
SHEPHERDS AND SHANTIES
Saturday 2nd July 2011 at 8pm in the Salvation Army Citadel, Gillygate
Phyllida and Corydon: Ernest Moeran
The Wee Wee Man: Vagn Holmboe
Greek Folk Songs: Arnold Bax
The Drunken Sailor: John Morgan
House Carpenter: John Morgan
Chansons Françaises: Francis Poulenc
NOW AND THEN
Saturday 26 March, 2011, 8pm in the Chapter House of York Minster
Exsultate Deo: Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
Jesu, Dulcis Memoria: Peter Wishart
Jesu, Dulcis Memoria: Tomás Luis de Victoria (attrib.)
Into Thy Hands: Jonathan Dove
In Manus Tuas: Richard Sheppard
Timor et Tremor: Francis Poulenc
Timor et Tremor: Orlando di Lasso
O Vos Omnes: Pablo Casals
O Vos Omnes: Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa
When David Heard: Thomas Weelkes
When David Heard: Thomas Tomkins
Absolon, my Son: Jonathan Rathbone
O Salutaris Hostia: Giacchino Rossini
O Salutaris Hostia: Thomas Tallis
Exsultate Deo: Francis Poulenc
OF A ROSE IS ALL MY SONG
Saturday 27 November 2010, 8pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate
O Magnum Mysterium: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Missa ‘O Magnum Mysterium’: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ave Maria: Josquin des Prez
Ave Maria: Paweł Łukaszewski
Salve Regina: John Harper
Regina Caeli: Herbert Howells
Regina Caeli: Orlando di Lasso
Alma Redemptoris Mater: Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
Of a Rose: Marcus Huxley
There is no Rose: Richard Rodney Bennet
Of a Rose is all my Song: Kenneth Leighton
There is no Rose: Steve Martland
One Foot in Eden
Saturday 3rd July at 8pm in the Chapter House of York Minster
Paweł Łukaszewski: Beatus Vir, Sanctus Paulus
James MacMillan: Mitte Manum Tuam
James Macmillan: Data est Mihi
Francis Pott: Jesu Dulcis Memoria
James Macmillan: Sedebit Dominus Rex
James MacMillan: Factus est Repente
Paweł Łukaszewski: Beatus Vir, Sanctus Antonius
Paweł Łukaszewski: Beatus Vir, Sanctus Martinus
James MacMillan: Dominus Dabit Benignitatem
James MacMillan: Videns Dominus
Gavin Bryars: Glorious Hill
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prayer to the Father of Heaven
Nicholas Maw: One Foot in Eden Still, I Stand
A Little Light Shakespeare
Saturday 27 March, 8pm in the Salvation Army Citadel
Matthew Harris: Shakespeare Songs
Bob Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass
Säde Rissanen: Jabberwocky
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Four Shakespeare Songs
George Shearing: Music to Hear
Hail, Bright Cecilia
Saturday 28 November, 2009, 8pm in the Quire of York Minster
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Antiphon
John Gardner: A Song for St Cecilia’s Day
Gustav Host: The Evening-Watch
John McCabe: The Evening Watch
Bernard Rose: Feast Song for St Cecilia
Eric Whitare: i thank you God for most this amazing day
Kenneth Leighton: Let all the World in Every Corner Sing
Gerald Finzi: God is gone up
Richard Rodney Bennet: Verses on St Cecilia’s Day
Jonathan Dove: Bless the Lord, O my Soul
Benjamin Britten: Chorale after an Old French Carol
Morten Lauridsen: Ave Maria
John Tavener: God is With Us
Praise him upon the Loud Cymbals
Saturday 4 July, 2009, 8pm in the Quire of York Minster
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Zoltán Kodály: Missa Brevis
Tarik O’Regan: Dorchester Canticles
Of Light and Angels
Saturday 21 March, 2009, 8pm in the Chapter House, York Minster
Thomas Tallis: Te, lucis ante terminum
Thomas Tallis: O nata lux de lumine
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Christe, qui lux es et dies
James MacMillan: Tremunt videntes angeli
Robert Whyte: Christe, qui lux es et dies
William Byrd: O lux beata trinitas
William Harris: Faire is the Heaven
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Lucis creator optime
Will Todd: Angel Song II
John Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Svyete tikhii
Charles Wood: Hail Gladdening Light
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
Francis Pott: O Lord, support us all the day long
Thomas Tallis: Te, lucis ante terminum
THE STOMPING BRIDE AND OTHER TALES
Saturday 29 November, 2008, 8pm in St Wilfrid’s Church
Richard Allain: Three Spirituals
Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons
James MacMillan: The Gallant Weaver
Vaclavos Augustinas: The Stomping Bride
Morten Lauridsen: Madrigali
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Elizabethan Part-Songs
Nicholas Maw: Five Epigrams
OF FLOWERS AND EMERALDS SHEEN
Saturday 5 July, 2008, 8pm in St Olave’s Church, Marygate
Bob Chilcott: Share Creation
Robert Pearsall: Lay a Garland
Geoffrey Burgon: Of flowers and emerald sheen
Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs
Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses
Geoffrey Burgon: Apple Blossom
Jan Sandström: Det är en ros utsprungen
Eric Whitacre: Three Flower Songs
NATURAL FORCES
Saturday 30 June, 2007, 8pm in the National Centre for Early Music
William Byrd: Sing Joyfully
William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
Edward Elgar: The Shower
Edwad Elgar: My love dwelt in a northern land
Ben Parry (arranger): Bushes and Briars
Josquin Desprez: El Grillo
John McCabe: Proud Songsters
William Mathias: A May Magnificat
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst
Steven Wilkinson: I’ve been in the storm so long
Stephen Chatman: Due North
Bob Chilcott: Weather Report
Spring Concert 2007
Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing
Alonso Lobo: Missa pro defunctis
Duarte Lobo: Audivi vocem de caelo
Eric Whitacre: Sleep
John Tavener: Butterfly Dreams
Eric Whitacre: Leonardo dreams of his flying machine
John Morgan: Lullaby
NATIVITAS
November 25th, 2006, in the Quire of York Minster
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Salve Regina
Bob Chilcott: Advent Antiphons
Pierre Villette: O magnum mysterium
Jacob Obrecht: Salve Regina
John Tavener: Birthday Sleep
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
Jean Belmont: Nativitas
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
Late Music Festival Concert
Sunday 13th March, 2005 at the National Centre for Early Music
Thomas Tallis: Salvator Mundi
Thomas Tallis: In ieiunio et fletu
Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus
Knut Nystedt: O Crux
Herbert Howells: Requiem
Charles Ives: Psalm 67
Antonín Tučapský: Five Lenten Motets
Sir Michael Tippett: Five Negro Spirituals
John Taverner: Dum transisset sabbatum
I AM THE TRUE VINE
December 11th 2004, in the Chapter House of York Minster
Kenneth Leighton: What love is this of thine?
Giles Swayne: Missa Tiburtina
Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach
Gustav Holst: This have I done for my true love
Andrew Carter: I wonder as I wander
Peter Warlock (arr. Carter): Lullaby my Jesus
John Paynter: The Rose
Francis Poulenc: Un Soir de Neige
Arvo Pärt: I am the true vine
Blessed are the Peacemakers
July 17th, 2004, in the Quire of York Minster
Aaron Copland: Four Motets
Arvo Pärt: The Beatitudes
Edward Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
James MacMillan: Changed
Leonard Bernstein: French and Latin choruses from “The Lark”
James MacMillan: A child’s prayer
Roxanna Panufnik: A Westminster Mass
A Matter Between God and Myself
March 27th, 2004, in St. Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
Michael Tippett: Five Negro Spirituals from A child of our time
Pierre Villette: Three Motets
John Taverner: Song for Ariadne
Bob Chilcott: Were you there?
Bob Chilcott: Steal away
Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium
Frank Martin: Mass for two four-part choirs
Ave Maria
December 6th, 2003, in St. Olave’s Church, York
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria
Andrzej Panufnik: Song of the Virgin Mary
Igor Stravinsky: Ave Maria
Francis Poulenc: Salve Regina
Carol Barrat: What child is this?
Lennox Berkeley: I sing of a maiden
Robert Parsons: Ave Maria
Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater
Charles Stanford: When Mary thro’ the garden went
Herbert Howells: Regina Coeli
John Tavener: Magnificat
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Canticum Mariae Virginis
Francisco Guerrero: Ave Maria Sanctissima
Tomas Luis da Victoria: Ave Maria a 8
Songs of Springtime
April 5th 2003, in St. Olave’s Church, York
Frank Bridge: Five Part Songs
Frederick Delius: On Craig Dhu
Frederick Delius: To be sung on a summer night on the water 1
Ernest Moeran: Songs of Springtime
Charles Stanford: The blue bird
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Edward Elgar: The Shower
Peter Warlock: Corpus Christi
Peter Warlock: The rich cavalcade
Peter Warlock: Spring of the year
Gustav Holst: The evening watch
Charles Stanford: Quick, we have but a second
Duruflé & Stanford Anniversaries
November 2002, in the Quire of York Minster
Charles Stanford: Magnificat
Maurice Duruflé: Notre Père
Maurie Duruflé: Four motets on Gregorian Themes
Thomas Stanford: Eternal Father
Thomas Stanford: I heard a voice from heaven
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Lenten Reflections
March 31st 2001, in St. Olave’s Church, York
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Herbert Howells: Salve Regina
Thomas Tallis: Gaude Gloriosa
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Vos Omnes
Kenneth Leighton: Mass for Double Choir
Baroque Contrasts
Saturday July 22nd 2000. 8pm at St. Olave’s Church, York
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Johann Sebastin Bach: Lobet den Herrn
Michael Nyman: Miserere
Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn
December 11th 1999, in the Chapter House of York Minster
Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans
Pierre Villette: Attende, Domine
Arvo Pärt: De profundis
Gabriel Fauré: Messe Basse
Richard Strauss: Der Abend
Pierre Villette: O magnum mysterium
Pierre Villette: Hymne à la Vierge
Francis Poulenc: Salve Regina
Francis Poulenc: Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noël
Summer Thoughts
July 10th 1999, in St. Olave’s Church, York
Ralph Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest
Ralph Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy
Richard Rodney Bennett: Nonsense
John Rutter: Birthday Madrigals
Music from Latvia
November 21st 1998, in the Quire of York Minster
Emilis Melngailis: Four Choruses
Peteris Plakidis: Nolemtiba
Rihards Dubra: Ave Maria 1, 2 & 3
Rihards Dubra: Salve Regina
Rihards Dubra: Christus natus est
Rihards Dubra: O bone Jesu
Philodoro: Passio Domini Nostri Jeus Christi