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Gresham Centre
Gresham Street
City of London
London
EC2V 7BX
England

Saturday 11th July 2015
7:30 PM

Programme

Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque for SATB (Poem by Edward Esch)
Edward Elgar – Chanson de Matin, Op.15 no.2
John Wilbye – Draw on, Sweet Night
Orlando Gibbons – Out of the Deep
Robert Johnson – Full Fathom Five (The Tempest: Act I Scene 2)
Irving Berlin – Blue Skies (arr. Hamilton)
Gustav Holst – I Sowed the Seeds of Love
Gustav Holst – There was a Tree, Op.36 no.2
Elway Bevin – Browning
Jennifer Fowler – The Apple Tree
Thomas Tomkins – Above the Stars
Samuel Barber – Sure on this shining night, Op.13 no.3
~ Interval ~
Thomas Vautor – Sweet Suffolk Owl
Traditional – Dance to your Daddy (arr. Simmons)
William Byrd – The Nightingale
Josquin Desprez – El Grillo
Heinrich Isaac – Der Hund
Max Reger – Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit, Op. 138, no. 1
John Bennet – All Creatures Now are Merry-minded
William Byrd – In Nomine no 1
William Byrd – In Nomine no 2
Eric Whitacre – Sleep

Performers

Chandos Chamber Choir
Chelys Consort of Viols

Programme Note

Celebrating the choir's 30th anniversary with a programme spanning from the Renaissance up to the present day.

The concert is themed around the traditional Biblical story of creation, with songs featuring aspects of each "day".

For some songs we will be accompanied by Chelys Consort of Viols, who will also play a number of pieces.