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St Martin of Tours Church
Church Street
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 4PX
England
Programme
George Shearing – Songs and Sonnets
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Four Shakespeare Songs
Henry Purcell – If Music be the Food of Love, Z.379
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story - Medley
Eric Whitacre – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
John Farmer – Fair Phyllis
Orlando Gibbons – The Silver Swan
Thomas Morley – April Is in My Mistress' Face
Thomas Morley – Now is the Month of Maying
Billy Joel – And so it goes (arr. Bob Chilcott)
George Gershwin – I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin – Summertime
Performers
Tristan Weymes – guest conductor
Stephen Ridge – piano
Epsom Chamber Choir
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Programme Note
A MUSICAL FEAST FROM EPSOM CHAMBER CHOIR
Epsom Chamber Choir’s summer concert takes place at St Martin’s Church, Epsom on Saturday 28th June.
Titled ‘The Food of Love’, the programme is inspired by the words of – you’ve guessed it - William Shakespeare, interpreted by rather more contemporary composers George Shearing, Leonard Bernstein and Finnish composer Mäntyjärvi.
Jazz legend Shearing’s uplifting Songs & Sonnets take centre stage along with Mäntyjärvi’s setting of texts from Shakespeare plays and a medley of music from Bernstein’s magical update of Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story. The Shakespeare link is maintained with music by near contemporary Purcell and a selection of English madrigals, sung by small groups within the choir. They then swing firmly into modern times with Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine and a couple of toe-tapping Gershwin arrangements.
Epsom Chamber Choir is a highly-regarded choir regularly performing ambitious and exciting programmes in St Martin of Tours Church, Epsom. They will be directed in this concert by guest conductor Tristan Weymes and accompanied by pianist Stephen Ridge.
