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Forthcoming Concerts |
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Services
The choir also sings at several services each year in the City parishes of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe and St James Garlickhythe. For more details of these, click here: Services. |
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Saturday 21 January
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Mozart, Handel & Vivaldi
Mozart Requiem
Vivaldi Gloria in D
Handel Zadok the Priest
Handel Coronation Anthem 'The King Shall Rejoice'
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Tickets from St Martin's Box Office Tel: 020 7766 1100
or online at St Martin's January
where you can also find details of how to get there
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2010-2012 |
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Some Recent Performances |
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Tuesday 17 January
6.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Faré Requiem by candlelight
Fauré Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine; Tantum ergo
Franck Panis angelicus
Saint-Saens Calme de nuit; Les fleurs et les arbres
Guy Protheroe conductor
Ian Curror organ
Rebecca Willows harp
Supper (main course and dessert) is served after the concert in the Café in the Crypt |
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Tickets: £26 (concert and supper); £16 (concert only) from
from St Martin's Box Office Tel: 020 7766 1100
or online at St Martin's January
where you can also find details of how to get there |
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Friday 23 December 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Messiah
Handel Messiah
Belmont Ensemble
Elizabeth Weisbergsoprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Alexander Ashworth bass
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Tickets £28, £24, £20, £14, £8 from St Martin's Box Office Tel: 020 7766 1100
or online at St Martin's December
where you can also find details of how to get there
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Friday 23 December 2011
4.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Christmas with the English Chamber Choir
A popular programme of readings, favourite carols and Christmas music
Guy Protheroe conductor |
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Tickets £12 from St Martin's Box Office Tel: 020 7766 1100
or online at St Martin's December
where you can also find details of how to get there |
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Thursday 22 December 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Messiah
Handel Messiah
Belmont Ensemble
Elizabeth Weisbergsoprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Alexander Ashworth bass
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Tickets £28, £24, £20, £14, £8 from St Martin's Box Office Tel: 020 7766 1100
or online at St Martin's December
where you can also find details of how to get there
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
7.00pm
Holy Trinity Sloane Square
Sloane Street
London SW1X 9BZ |
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Awareness Foundation Carol Concert
An evening of music and readings with appearances by Santa Lucia and St Nicholas, followed by a gala party and raffle.
Guy Protheroe conductor
Oliver Lallimant organ |
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Tickets: £20 (adults)
£10 (children 5-14)
from www.awareness-foundation.com or on the door. |
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Tuesday 13 Decembe 2011r
6.30pm
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 5DE |
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Castle Baynard Ward Club and St Andrew's Parish Carols
A traditional service of Lessons and Carols in the Choir's 'home' Church of St Andrew's. This evening also serves as our 'Friends' evening for December, and we invite all existing or potential friends to join us. The service will be followed by seasonal refreshments. |
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Saturday 10 December 2011
7.30pm
St James' Church
197 Piccadilly
London W1J 9LL |
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Christmas Celebration
Handel Christmas Music from 'Messiah'
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Vivaldi Christmas Violin Concerto
Vivaldi Winter from 'The Four Seasons'
Various Carols and Christmas Music for Choir, Organ and Audience
Belmont Ensemble
Philip Tebb baritone
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Tickets £18, £12 from St Martin's Box Office Tel: 020 7766 1100
or online at St James Concerts
where you can also find details of how to get there
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Thursday 17 November 2011
7.00pm
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 5DE |
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Friends Concert
Victoria Requiem (1605)
Guy Protheroe conductor
Ian Curror organ
The second concert of our new 'Friends' scheme, introduced as part of our 40th anniversary celebrations. This performance.was dedicated to the memory of Julia Singer, a Choir member who died peacefully on 5 November after a few months' illness. She will be sorely missed by her fellow singers. |
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Saturday 12 November 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Remembrance Day Concert
Mozart Requiem
Mozart Laudate Dominum from 'Solemn Vespers'
Handel Zadok the Priest
Purcell When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)
Purcell Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1695)
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson and Guy Protheroe conductors |
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Saturday 15 October 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
Handel Zadok the Priest
Vivaldi Gloria in D
Belmont Ensemble
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebb baritone
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Thursday 13 October 2011
7.30pm
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 5DE |
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Friends Concert
Handel Dixit Dominus
performed on period instruments
with soloists from the choir including:
Ann Manly, Kate Ross, Zoe Triggs sopranos
Jay Venn, David Wheeler, Rebecca Willows altos
Michael Roskell, Rob Scales tenors
Ken Wharfe bass
English Players
Guy Protheroe conductor
The inaugural concert of our new 'Friends' scheme, introduced as part of our 40th anniversary celebrations. The performance. was followed by wine and finger buffet refreshments |
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Tuesday 23 August 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Fauré with the Belmont Ensemble
Mozart Ave verum corpus; Salzburg Symphony No.2
Purcell 'Fairy Queen' Suite; Chaconne
Fauré Pavane; Cantique de Jean Racine; Requiem
Belmont Ensemble
Philip Tebb baritone
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Thursday 7 July 2011
7.30pm
St James' Church
197 Piccadilly
London W1J 9LL
To hear Rick talking about Noah with Anne-Marie Minhall
on Classic fm click here
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MERRIE ENGLAND
John Gardner 5 Philanders
Paul Reade Seascapes
Edward Elgar There is sweet music
Percy Grainger Brigg Fair; I'm seventeen come Sunday
Rick Wakeman Noah
Edward German excerpts from Merrie England
Guy Protheroe conduced the English Chamber Choir, and their long-time collaborator Rick Wakeman, in a typically eclectic programme of English music.
The Choir revived Noah - composed by Rick for their 25th anniversary in 1997, and the grumpy old man's distinctly merry take on the story of the flood - together with some other 'surprise' numbers featuring England's greatest keyboard wizard! The concert also included the revival of another piece commissioned by the Choir - Seascapes by Paul Reade. Paul achieved considerable success with his ballet scores for David Bintley and the Birmingham Royal Ballet - notably Hobson's Choice, but he was better-known for his many television scores - including the signature tune to the BBC's Play School programme, which entertained children for decades!
Also featured was the music of Percy Grainger (he of Country Gardens fame), Grainger was known as "the jogging pianist" for his habit of racing through streets to a concert, where he would bound on stage at the last minute - a bit like Rick really!
When performing with Rick at Hampton Court a couple of years ago, the Choir included a set of a cappella pieces which included a small gem entitled Rejection by John Gardner. This was one of a set called 5 Philanders; it proved so popular that the Choir set about finding the other 4 numbers, and the whole cycle was performed together for the first time since it was composed in the mid-1970s.
These nautical and pastoral aspects of England were complemented by a more 'patriotic' strand, represented by Elgar and, last but by no means least, Edward German, whose robust choruses from his Operetta 'Merrie England' brought the house down at the conclusion of last year's St George's Day concert at St James'. |
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Saturday 4 June 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Mozart and Handel
Mozart Requiem, Coronation Mass
Handel Zadok the Priest; The King Shall Rejoice
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Vanessa Heine mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebb bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Saturday 7 May 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem, Ave verum corpus; Salzburg Symphony No.1
Handel Gloria
Purcell When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament); 'Fairy Queen' Suite
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
David Webb tenor
Alexander Ashworth bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Thursday 28 Aprii 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Handel Theodora
A rare chance to hear Handel's last oratorio
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Ivor Setterfield counter-tenor
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebb bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Monday 25 Aprii 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Handel Messiah
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebb bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Friday 22 April 2011
6.30pm
St Marylebone Parish Church
York Gate
London NW1 5LT |
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Stainer The Crucifixion
The annual performance of this once-again popular Victorian Good-Friday oratorio, written for the Choir of St Marylebone Church in 1887 and performed annually in this Church ever since
Steven Grahl conductor
A CD of a live recording of this work by the ECC in St Marylebone is available from our Buy Online page |
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Friday 4 March 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ
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Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem; Ave verum corpus; Salzburg Symphony No.1
Handel Gloria
Purcell 'Fairy Queen' Suite; Dido's lament: When I am laid in earth
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebb bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Tuesday 22 March 2011
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Faure Requiem
Mozart Solemn Vespers (excerpts); Church Sonata in D
Fauré Requiem; Pavane; Cantique de Jean Racine
Vivaldi Gloria in D
Philippa Hyde soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Philip Tebb
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Friday 25 February 2011
10.00pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Victoria Requiem
Tomás Luis de Victoria Requiem 1605
Guy Protheroe conductor
Ian Curror organ continuo
This late-night concert featured the celebrated Requiem of 1605, Victoria's final composition (he died 400 years ago this year). A work of beguiling beauty and sumptuous simplicity, it can be seen as the summation of both his art and the Spanish Renaissance tradition. His achievement mirrors in music that in the visual arts of some of the greatest of Spanish painters - El Greco, Velasquez and Murillo. |
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Thursday 23 December 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Handel Messiah
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebb bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Thursday 23 December 2010
4.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Christmas with the English Chamber Choir
Take time out from that last-minute Christmas shopping to enjoy well-loved carols, popular Christmas songs and readings.
Guy Protheroe conductor |
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Wednesday 22 December 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Handel Messiah
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebbbass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Tuesday 14 December 2010
7.30pm
Holy Trinity Church
Sloane Street
London SW1X 9BZ |
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'Adeste Fideles'
Christmas with the Awareness Foundation
with visits from St Nicholas and Santa Lucia
Christmas Hymns, Carols and Guest Readers
Followed by a Gala party

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Thursday 9 December 2010
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 5DE |
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St Andrew's Parish Carol Service
Traditional Lessons and Carols
followed by mince pies and mulled wine |
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Saturday 13 November 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Remembrance Day Concert
(Belmont Ensemble's 500th concert at St Martin's)
Mozart Requiem
Mozart 'Great' Mass in C Minor
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Alexander Ashworth bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Tuesday 2 November 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Fauré Requiem
Fauré Requiem;Pavane; Cantique de Jean Racine
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus; Salzburg Symphony No.2;
Church Sonata in D
Bryony Malins soprano
Philip Tebb baritone
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Saturday 23 October 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Trafalgar Day Concert
Mozart Requiem
Haydn Nelson Mass
Handel Zadok the Priest
Arne Rule Britannia
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Alexander Ashworth bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Saturday 4 September 2010
10.00pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Divine Liturgy, Divine Inspiration
Tchaikovsky Liturgy of St John Christostom
Ivan Moody psaltis
Guy Protheroe conductor
More familiar to many as a composer of ballet scores and symphonies, Tchaikovsky, together with Rachmaninov, also explored the rich heritage of chant written for the Russian Orthodox Church, and set about writing music for the liturgy that would combine the familiar chant with the rich harmonic language of the late 19th century. The Liturgy of St John Chrysostom lasted under an hour, and was performed with the appropriate chants that would be sung by the priest in a liturgical setting. The Choir was delighted to welcome Ivan Moody - composer, singer and now Orthodox priest based in Lisbon - as soloist. A late-evening performance, by candlelight, this was magical occasion. |
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Thursday 15 July 2010
6.30pm for 7.15pm
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
St Andrew's Hill
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Russian Evening
A unique blend of the Anglican Prayer Book liturgy with music from the Orthodox tradition, drawn from Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St John Christostom. An introductory talk, on the musical traditions of the Church in Russia, was followed by Solemn Eucharist (celebrant Canon James Rosenthal), accompanied by Tchaikovsky's music, sung by the Choir (Guy Protheroe conductor). |
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Saturday 5 June 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Mozart Requiem; Ave verum corpus
Handel Zadok the priest
Vivaldi Gloria in D
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Friday 23 April 2010
7.30pm
St James' Church
197 Piccadilly
London W1J 9LL
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A Concert for St George's Day
A popular selection featuring the best of the English Choral Tradition. Programme includes:
Parry I was glad; My soul there is a country
Elgar Give unto the Lord
Harris Faire is the Heaven
Gowers Viri Galilei
Handel Coronation Anthem: 'Zadok the Priest';
Chandos Anthem: 'As pants the hart'
Britten Choral Dances from Gloriana
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
John RutterThe Lord bless you and keep you
Wesley Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
WaltonCoronation March: Crown Imperial
German Choruses from Merrie England
Henry VIII Pastime with Good Companye
Trad. The Agincourt Song
and speeches from Shakespeare's Henry V
Ian Curror organ
Dudley Hinton speaker
Guy Protheroe conductor
This programme had two contrasting halves. The first featured some of the most popular favourites from the English anthem repertoire, ranging from coronation anthems by Handel and Parry, through small gems like Rutter’s The Lord bless you and keep you, to Elgar’s majestic setting of Give unto the Lord. The second part featured the more secular pastoral side of English life, although still with a strong monarchical bent – there was music for two Elizabeths and two Henrys, plus of course the words of the ‘immortal bard’ - not only from Henry V but in settings by Vaughan Williams as well. |
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Monday 5 April 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 4JJ |
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Handel Messiah
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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Friday 2 April 2010
6.30pm
St Marylebone Parish Church
York Gate
Marylebone Road
London NW1 5LT |
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The annual Good Friday performance of
Stainer's Crucifixion
Sir John Stainer wrote his 'Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer... interspersed with hymns to be sung by the congregation' for the Choir of St Marylebone Church in 1887 and it has been performed in the Church on Good Friday every year. Although the work fell out of favour during the 20th century (in common with other Victorian gems like St Pancras Station) it has enjoyed a considerable revival in recent years. The performance was conducted by Stephen Grahl, Director of Music at St Marylebone, who co-incidentally studied at Magdalen College Oxford, where Stainer was organist before moving to St Paul's Cathedral back in the 1870s. |
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Tuesday 16 February 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar
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London
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Fauré Requiem;Cantique de Jean Racine; Pavane
Mozart Ave verum corpus; Salzburg Symphony NO.2;
Church Sonata in D
Saint-Saëns Calme de nuit; Les fleurs et les arbres
Franck Panis angelicus
Bryony Malins soprano
Philip Tebb baritone
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson, Guy Prtheroe conductors |
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Saturday 16 January 2010
7.30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar
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St Martin-in-the-Fields Mozart Festival
Mozart Requiem; Laudate Dominum
Handel Zadok the Priest
Vivaldi Gloria in D
Elizabeth Weisberg soprano
Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano
Richard Rowntree tenor
Philip Tebb bass
Belmont Ensemble
Peter G Dyson conductor |
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To view concerts earler than 2010, please click on the link below
Past Concerts |
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