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- 15th December 2006, St Paul's, Covent Garden, London
Carols by Candlelight
For the 3rd year in succession and in
association with the Musician's Benevolent Fund, Vasari returns to the
atmospheric "Actor's Church" in the heart of Covent Garden,
for a beautiful Carols by Candlelight service.
The programme will feature a mix of traditional, and contemporary
carols, with a range of festive readings and audience carols. Repertoire
will include:
Kenneth Leighton: Coventry Carol
Jonathan Rathbone: Corpus Christi Carol
Jonathan Rathbone: Silent Night
Nigel Short: Away in a manger
John Rutter: Mary's Lullaby
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Tickets are £12 and available in advance from the MBF box office,
please call:
020 7636 9106
Do make sure to book in advance as this concert has sold out in advance
for the last two years - don't miss out!
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- 9th December 2006, St Luke's, Clapham, London
Carols by Candlelight
Vasari returns to St Luke's, Clapham, for
another concert in their extremely popular St Luke's Music Society
series. The concert will be raising money for the church's organ
appeal.
St Luke's Church is a lively, growing congregation that serves in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark between Wandsworth and Clapham Commons. For more information, please visit the St Luke's Website.
St Luke's is modelled on an Italian basilica and built in the 1880s, the church has superb acoustics and provides a very beautiful venue for any kind of music, with an an audience capacity of about 450. The facilities of the new Community Hall, adjacent to the church, are available to members of the audience and there is an excellent sound system and loop system. Access is provided for all.
Address: St Luke's Church, Thurleigh Road, London, SW12 8RQ
St Luke's Church is on the corner of Thurleigh and Ramsden Roads London SW12. Clapham South Underground Station (Northern Line) and local bus routes are within easy reach, and there is ample unrestricted parking in adjoining streets when concerts are on.
Tickets are £15 and £10 and can be bought online now from the St
Luke's Music Society Website
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- 6th December 2006, St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London
Carols by Candlelight
The concert is a charity event to raise
money for Pelican Cancer Research Foundation and the Prostate Research
Campaign UK charities. It is sponsored by BUPA and LAZARD.
In the presence of HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, this festive evening
will feature Christmas reading by
Sir Ian Holm
Ken Loach
Geoffrey Palmer
Corin Redgrave
Dr Thomas Stuttaford.
The programme will feature a range of tradidional and contemporary
carols including:
Up! good Christen folk, and listen
In dulci jubilo (German, arr. Robert de Pearsall)
Quem pastores (arr. Nigel Short)
Love came down at Christmas: Humphrey Clucas
Mary's Lullaby: John Rutter
Tickets are £20 and are available in advance from the Prostate Cancer
Research box office:
020 8877 5840
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The choir returns to one of its favourite concert venues, St
Martin-in-the-Fields, in Trafalgar Square, London, with a truly
innovative concert of sacred choral music.
2 settings of the Mass from across the ages that
burst the bounds of tradition
Palestrina (c.1526–1594): Missa Papae Marcelli
(1565)
Will Todd (b. 1970): Mass in Blue (2003)
Legend has it that Palestrina's setting was a reaction
to the Council of Trent's demanding the elimination of all themes of
reminiscent of, or resembling, secular music and the
rejection of musical forms and elaborations tending to mutilate or
obscure the liturgical text. Palestrina's greatest work combines all the
most glorious features of polyphony, whilst still making the text
audible. Both traditionalists and modernists were appeased.
Will Todd takes the Latin Mass text and creates from
it a vibrant and completely idiomatic jazz mass, drawing on his own vast
experience as a jazz musician. Scored for piano, bass, drum kit, soprano
solo and choir (with optional brass and percussion), the work challenges
the traditional view of a mass setting yet through its sheer vitality
and sincerity convinces in the most powerful and uplifting way.
The concert will also feature works by Lotti and
Gesualdo, plus other works by Will Todd.
Tickets may be purchased from the SMitF box office:
020 7839 8362.
www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
Click on the picture to download the flyer as a pdf.
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- Saturday 26th -Tuesday 29th August 2006, Canterbury
Cathedral
Vasari returns to Canterbury Cathedral for our regular summer
visit to sing choral evensongs, and Sunday eucharist, with a range of
repertoire from the Renaissance to the 21st Century.
Saturday Evensong
Responses: Ayleward Service
Service: Blair in B minor
Wood: Expectans expectavi
Sunday Eucharist
Mass: Rheinberger in E flat
Brahms Geistliches Lied
Sunday Evensong
Responses: Ayleward Service
Howells: Gloucester Service
Moles: Drop, drop slow tears
Monday Evensong
Responses: Ayleward Service
Filsell: Windsor service
Dove: Seek Him that maketh the seven stars
Tuesday Evensong
Responses: Ayleward Service
Parsons: First Service
Parsons: Ave Maria
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- Saturday 22nd July 2006
Summer Songs
Charity concert in support of The Heart of Kent
Hospice, at Allington Castle, near Maidstone, Kent. Click here
to download the flyer. Tickets are £75, including drinks and a tour of
the castle, it's a black tie event to raise money for the Hospice,
enjoy!
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- Saturday 3rd June 2006, St John's, Smith Square, Westminster,
London, 7.30pm
Rachmaninov Vespers
Vasari returns to St John's for the choir's annual concert, this
year performing the fantastic Rachmaninov Vespers.
Speaking about the forthcoming performance, Vasari's musical director
Jeremy Backhouse explains that "The Rachmaninov Vespers is regarded
as one of the finest works in the choral repertoire, and Rachmaninov
himself considered it one of his two best compositions. It is
spectacular and demanding work for the choir to perform, stretching the
traditional boundaries of choral music with Rachmaninov's use of divided
voices, and the very wide range he sets for the singers - bottom B flats
are a constant threat for the 2nd basses, top B naturals for the 1st
tenors. This is exactly the type of music that Vasari thrives on
performing."
The Vasari Singers first performed this work in the
fabulous setting of Canterbury Cathedral, the long acoustic perfectly
suiting the wide sound of the music; more recently giving performances
in November 2000 at Holy Trinity Church, Clapham, and in June 2002 at St
Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
The programme also features music by Britain's Sir
John Tavener, American composers Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen, and
Polish composer Henryk Gorecki.
Tickets go on sale from the St John's box office in April, priced from
£10 to £20 with concessions available.
St John's, Smith Square, London, SW1P-3HA, England
Telephone: 020 7222 1061
Facsimile: 020 7233 1618
www.sjss.org.uk
Click on the
picture to download a flyer
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- Saturday 13th May 2006, Closing concert of the
London Festival of Contemporary Church Music,
St Pancras Church, Euston, London, 7.30pm
World Premiere
performance of Francis Pott's "The Cloud of Unknowing"
The choir is delighted to be performing our 25th Anniversary Commission
from Francis Pott "The Cloud of Unknowing", in association
with the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.
Featuring Tenor soloist James Gilchrist and organist Jeremy Filsell.
At 7.30pm there will be a pre-concert talk from the composer Francis
Pott.
The concert also features Vaughan Williams's Mass in G Minor
Tickets are £10 and £15 and will be available in advance from the box
office 020 7388 1461
More information to follow soon. Click on the picture to download a flyer
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- Thursday 20th and Friday 21st April 2006
Vasari returns to Westminster Abbey for two choral evensongs
Repertoire includes:
Phillip Moore I saw him standing
Parry I was glad
Howells Gloucester service
Stanford in C
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- Saturday 8th January 2006
Services in St Alban's Abbey
The choir is delighted to have been invited to sing Sunday's
services at St Alban's Abbey. Repertoire will include Vaughan Williams's
Mass in G Minor, Jeremy Filsell's Mysterium Christi, and Will
Todd's Christus est Stella.
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- Friday 16th December 2005, St Paul's, Covent Garden,
London
Carols by Candlelight
Continuing the choir's close association with the Musicians'
Benevolent Fund, our Christmas carol concert will again be held in the
beautiful St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. With a mixture of
traditional and more modern carols, audience carols to sing, and
seasonal readings given by John Amis, this will be a beautiful evening
of Christmas music by candlelight.
Tickets
are £10 and may be bought in advance from the MBF by telephoning 020
7299 8357
Tickets may also be bought on the night at the door,
but do arrive early to avoid disappointment: last year's event was
completely sold out and this year demand is expected to be even higher.
Please click on the image to download a concert flyer
Vasari Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of
the PRS Foundation for this concert.
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- Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th December 2005,
Le Manoir, Oxfordshire
Carols by Candlelight
After a successful debut in 2004, Vasari Singers is
returning to Le Manoir in 2005 for two Christmas programmes at this famous
restaurant venue in Oxfordshire as part of their Christmas Carols events.
Enjoy an evening of Christmas Carols in the nearby St Mary's Church, with a champagne reception first at Le
Manoir, then returning to the Restaurant for a stunning 4-course meal at this World Famous restaurant by Raymond Blanc. Tickets are from £155 a head, evening wear/DJs are compulsory! Enjoy. For more information, visit
Le
Manoir website . Tickets can be booked by phoning: 01844 278811
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- Friday 14th October 2005, Dover College, Kent
Lamentations
Vasari Singers is pleased to be performing in the 2005
Canterbury Festival, with a concert of English sacred choral music.
Performing in the beautiful refectory at Dover College, this will be a
night of the best of English choral music across the centuries.
Thomas Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor
Stanford: Magnificat
Parry: Songs of Farewell
Tickets are £10, or £5 for students and are
available from the festival box office. For more information visit the Canterbury
Festival Website
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The choir returns to one of its favourite concert venues, St
Martin-in-the-Fields for a concert entitled Requiem. Featuring
three major sacred choral works and accompanied by Jeremy Filsell on
organ, this is a concert not to miss:
Thomas Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Tickets are £17, £14, £12, £10 with concessions
available.
Tickets may be purchased from the SMitF box office:
020 7839 8362.
www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
Click on the image to download the flyer
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- Monday 25th -Tuesday 26th July 2005, Canterbury
Cathedral
Vasari returns to Canterbury Cathedral for choral evensongs and
a Free Evening Recital,
including repertoire from our new 25th Anniversary commissions.
Monday evensong
Responses: Sheppard
Service: MacMillan - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Anthem: Filsell - Mysterium Christi
Monday recital 7.30pm
Will Todd: Angel Song II
Humphrey Clucas: Hear my crying, O God
Stephen Barlow: When I see on Rood
Gabriel Jackson: Now I have known, O Lord
Philip Moore: I saw him standing
Richard Blackford: On Another's Sorrow
Barrie Bignold: Peace
Ward Swingle: Give us this day
Parry: Songs of Farewell
Note the recital is Free
Vasari Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of
the PRS Foundation for this concert
Tuesday Evensong
Responses: Sheppard
Service: Stanford in A
Anthem: Balfour Gardiner - Evening Hymn
Evensongs and the recital will be held in the quire.
The Vasari Singers is very grateful to the Dean and Chapter for the
opportunity to perform our new commissions in the Cathedral.
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Clément Janequin: Chants des oiseaux
Pierre Passereau: Il est bel et bon
Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Thomas Weelkes: Thule, the period of Cosmography
Robert de Pearsall: Lay a garland
Martin Wimpress: Weep no more
John Rutter: My true love hath my heart
John Rutter: It was a lover and his lass
John Tavener: The Lamb
Daniel Burges: O Lord, support us all the day long (World Premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 3 Shakespeare Songs
Edward Elgar: The Shower
Donald Swann: A red, red rose
Rathbone: Danny Boy
Rathbone: The Ash Grove
Swingle: Bach Prelude
Swingle: All the things you are
Swingle: Give us this day
Tickets are £10, or £25 for families and includes
refreshments. The concert is part of the Staple Flower Festival, and is
raising money for the Church Redecoration Appeal. Tickets may be bought
in advance from the box office at Wingham, and Woodnesborough Post
Offices.
Click on the image to download a pdf flyer
Vasari Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of
the PRS Foundation for this concert
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Thomas Weelkes: Thule, the period of Cosmography
Robert de Pearsall: Lay a garland
Martin Wimpress: Weep no more
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 3 Shakespeare Songs
Humphrey Clucas: 3 Shakespeare Songs
John Rutter: My true love hath my heart
John Rutter: It was a lover and his lass
Tickets are £45 and are available from the Musicians
Benevolent Fund
Tel: 020 7636 4481
For more information, visit the MBF Website.
Click on the image below to download the flyer.
Vasari Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of
the PRS Foundation for this concert
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- Saturday 4th June 2005, Douai Abbey, Berkshire
Songs of Farewell
Continuing Vasari's 25th Anniversary year performances, the
choir returns to one of the best choral venues in the South - Douai
Abbey. Vasari has performed at the abbey several times in concert,
and also recorded both of the award-winning CDs of music of Marcel
Dupré.
This concert will include selected works from our new commissions, and
Parry's gorgeous collection of songs - Songs of Farewell.
Tickets are £8, and £6 for concessions, available in advance from the
box office
:
The Corn Exchange
Market Place
Newbury
Berkshire RG14 5BD
Email: boxoffice@cornexchangenew.co.uk
Phone for Tickets: 01635 522733
Fax: 01635 58222
Click on the picture above to download the flyer
Vasari Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of
the PRS Foundation for this concert
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Sunday 15th May 2005, St John's, Smith Square, Westminster,
London, 6pm
25th Anniversary Concert
This landmark gala concert celebrates Vasari's 25th Anniversary year
with a stunning programme of newly commissioned British choral music,
and some of the finest choral music of our time, including Herbert
Howells' seminal work, his remarkable Requiem.
The evening will see the World Premiere performances of 10 new British
Choral Works, all commissioned by the choir. The 10 new works are:
Stephen Barlow When I see on Rood
Barrie Bignold Peace
Richard Blackford On Another's Sorrow
Humphrey Clucas Hear my crying, O God
Jeremy Filsell Mysterium Christi
Gabriel Jackson Now I have known, O Lord
Philip Moore I saw him standing
Francis Pott The Lord is my Shepherd
Ward Swingle Give us this day
Will Todd Angel Song II
Barrie's piece features newly commissioned poetry from
Irish poet Bob Cassidy, and Ward's piece new poetry from his long-time
lyricist partner Tony-Vincent Issacs.
The concert will also feature:
Weelkes Gloria
Byrd Sing Joyfully
Walton The Twelve
Tickets go on sale from the St John's box office in April, priced from
£10 to £20.
St John's, Smith Square, London, SW1P-3HA, England
Telephone: 020 7222 1061
Facsimile: 020 7233 1618
www.sjss.org.uk
Don't miss out on this incredible event! Click on the picture
above to download the flyer
Vasari Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of
the PRS Foundation for this concert
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- Sunday 3rd April 2005, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool
Sunday sees Vasari in the gigantic Liverpool Anglican
Cathedral, for two services, with a typically varied and versatile
programme of music.
Eucharist
Setting: Vierne - Messe Solennelle
Communion Motet: Dupré - Tantum Ergo
Evensong
Introit: Tarik O'Regan - Surrexit Christus
Setting: Wood in F (Collegium Regale)
Responses: Richard Shephard
Anthem: Stanford - Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem
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- Saturday 2nd April 2005, Liverpool Metropolitan
Cathedral, Liverpool
A free lunchtime concert in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral,
featuring a programme dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Time TBC.
Robert Parsons Ave Maria
William Byrd Ave Maria
Francisco Guerrero Ave Virgo sanctissima
Felix Mendelssohn Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner Ave Maria
Giuseppe Verdi Ave Maria
Pierre Villette Hymne a la Vierge
Francis Poulenc Salve Regina ESM38/275 OUP ???
Gustav Holst Ave Maria
Benjamin Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Pytor Tchaikovsky Dostoino yest (Hymn to the Virgin)
Igor Stravinsky Ave Maria
Sergei Rachmaninov Bogorositse Dievo (Ave Maria)
Gorecki Totus tuus
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- Friday 1st -Sunday 3rd April 2005
Liverpool Cathedrals Tour
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, and Liverpool Anglican
Cathedral
Vasari is travelling to Liverpool for this weekend to sing in
both of these magnificent cathedrals.
Friday evening is at the Metropolitan Cathedral, for evening prayer.
Repertoire will include Wood's Magnificat.
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- Saturday 12 February 2005, Tonbridge School
Chapel, Kent
A special preview night of the forthcoming 25th anniversary
commissions for Friends of Vasari. Tonbridge Chapel is the venue for the
forthcoming CD recording of all our new commissions and other
contemporary choral works. A wonderful chapel building with a superb
acoustic, it also features an amazing Marcussen Organ, built in 1995 and
regarded as one of the finest organs in the UK.
Members of the Friends who have not already received their invitations
should contact the Secretary as soon as possible!
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- Friday 17th December 2004, St Paul's Church, Covent
Garden, London
Christmas classics, ancient and modern
Vasari returns to this stunning church in the heart of London for
our Christmas concert, in association with the Musicians Benevolent
Fund. A programme of classic carols, readings, and some new Christmas
music by John Tavener, Bob Chilcott and a world première performance of
a new carol by Jonathan Rathbone.
 Mendelssohn: Frohlokket ihr Völker auf Erden
Anon.: There is no rose
Ron Corp: There is no rose
Jonathan Rathbone: Corpus Christi Carol (World
Première)
John Tavener: Mother and Child
Samuel Scheidt: A child is born in Bethlehem
arr. Gustav Holst: Personent hodie
arr. Willcocks: Resonemus laudibus
Naji Hakim: Trois Noëls
Bob Chilcott: The shepherd's carol
Karl Leuner: The shepherds' cradle song
arr. C H Trevor: The angels and shepherds
arr. Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be my dancing
day
arr. Willcocks: Masters in this Hall
The evening will also feature readings by Richard
Stilgoe. This will be a wonderful night of festive music, not to
be missed! Click here
or on the picture to download the flyer. More information about the venue can
be found at www.actorschurch.org St.
Paul's Church,
Bedford Street,
London WC2E 9ED
020 7836 5221 Tickets will be £10, available
in advance by contacting the MBF on: 020
7636 9106 This event is bound to sell out
so get your tickets fast, don't miss out!
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- Saturday 11th December 2004, St Luke's Church, Battersea,
London 7.30pm
Christmas classics, ancient and modern
A programme of classic carols, readings, and some new
Christmas music by John Tavener, Bob Chilcott and Ron Corp, plus
traditional carols from Willcocks, Mendellsohn and Holst.
Mendelssohn: Frohlokket ihr Völker auf Erden
Anon.: There is no rose
Ron Corp: There is no rose
John Tavener: Mother and Child
Samuel Scheidt: A child is born in Bethlehem
arr. Gustav Holst: Personent hodie
arr. Willcocks: Resonemus laudibus
Naji Hakim: Trois Noëls
Bob Chilcott: The shepherd's carol
Karl Leuner: The shepherds' cradle song
arr. C H Trevor: The angels and shepherds
arr. Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be my dancing
day
arr. Willcocks: Masters in this Hall
St Luke's Church
Ramsden Road
Battersea
London
SW12 8RQ
020 8673 6506
Tickets: £12.00 (Concessions £8.00)
Box Office: 020 8673 9285 or from
Northcote Music Shop, Northcote Road, SW11
Click on the picture, or here
to download the flyer
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- Wednesday 8th December 2004, Le Manoir, Oxfordshire
The choir will be singing a Christmas programme at this famous venue
in Oxfordshire as part of their Christmas Carols events.
Enjoy an evening of Christmas Carols in the nearby St Mary's Church,
with a champagne reception first at Le Manoire, then returning to the
Restaurant for a stunning 4-course meal at this World Famous restaurant
by Raymond Blanc. Tickets are from £155 a head, evening wear/DJs
are compulsory! Enjoy. For more information, visit Le
Manoire
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- Saturday 20th November 2004, St Peter and St Paul Church,
Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire,
7.30pm
Vasari will make its first concert appearance in the lovely church
in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire. The programme is an entirely a
capella mix of sacred British anthems, and sets of folk song
arrangements and jazz numbers. The village of Steeple Morden is
only 1 hour from London:
Programme details 
Stamford: Magnificat for double choir
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Walton: A Litany (Drop, drop slow tears)
Britten: Hymn to the Virgin
Howells: Take him, Earth, for cherishing
Tavener: The Lamb
Leighton: Hymn to the Trinity
arr. Andrew Carter: Three English Folk Songs
i) O Waly Waly
ii) I will give my love an apple
iii) Come you not from Newcastle?
arr. Jonathan Rathbone: Three Folk Songs
i) The Ash Grove (Wales)
ii) Loch Lomond (Scotland)
iii) Danny Boy (Ireland)
Bob Chilcott: Dances in the Streets
Jerome Kern: Long ago and far away (arr. Ken
Naylor)
All the things you are (arr. Ward Swingle)
French trad.: L'Amour de moi (arr. Ward Swingle)
Scott Joplin: Weeping willow (arr. Ward Swingle)
Frank Loesser: Sit down you're rocking the boat (arr. Grayston
Ives)
Tickets will be £7.50, available from:
John Cosgrove
Well Cottage
14 Station Road
Steeple Morden
Herts SG8 0NW
Tel: 01763 852307
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- Tuesday 28th September 2004, St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar London.
7.30pm
Vasari return to St Martins in 2004, performing a
concert of:
Best of British Anthems 
This eclectic mix of works will feature music by some of the
finest British choral composers of the last 150 years:
Parry: Blessed pair of sirens
Vaughan Williams: Let all the world in every corner sing
Elgar: Give unto the Lord
Holst: Nunc dimittis
Stamford: Magnificat for double choir
Britten: Hymn to the Virgin
Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing
Walton: Jubilate Deo
Tavener: The Lamb
MacMillan: Divo Aloysio Sacrum
Dove: Ecce beatam lucem
Pott: My song is love unknown
Tickets are £17, 14, 11, and 8 and may be purchased from the SMitF box office:
020 7839 8362.
www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
Click here, or
on the picture to download a flyer
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- 30th/31st August 2004, Canterbury Cathedral
Vasari travels to Canterbury Cathedral for our regular series of
summer Evensongs. The repertoire will include:
Clucas: Preces, Responses and Lord's Prayer
Howells': St Paul's Service
Dyson: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Leighton: Hymn to the Trinity
The choir is delighted to be returning again to
Canterbury, a trip that is a central feature of our singing year.
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- 1st - 4th July 2004, Northern France
The choir is undertaking an exciting tour of Northern France, including cathedrals in
Rouen, Paris. Vasari will sing Dupré's De Profundis in the Cathedral for which it was
written, and will also be singing in Notre Dame and Rouen Cathedrals.
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- Saturday 8th May 2004, St John's, Smith Square, London.
7.30pm
4- to 40- part choral music paired across the centuries, including Tallis's Spem in
Alium, and works by Jonathan Dove and James MacMillan  Join the Vasari Singers,
conducted by Jeremy Backhouse, for a fantastic night of the best in a cappella
choral music, in the stunning St John’s Smith Square, located in the heart
Westminster. One of London’s major concert venues, St John’s is valued for
its superb acoustic and stunning architecture.
This gala concert will feature some of the most extraordinary choral music of
the renaissance, linked with their direct descendents from British contemporary composers.
The programme will feature works such as Tallis's 40-part motet Spem in Alium - paired
with it's modern counterpart, Remember me O Lord, by Humphrey Clucas (this work will be
receiving its premiere). Other pairings include Robert Carver - James MacMillan
(O Bone Jesu) and Jonathan Dove - Alessandro Striggio (Ecce beatam
lucem) - another massive
polychoral work in 40-parts.
Giovanni Gabrieli Jubilate Deo à 8 -- Jeremy Filsell O
be joyful in the Lord
Antonio Caldara Crucifixus a 16 -- Francis
Pott My song is love unknown
Humphrey Clucas Remember, O Lord (20-part motet) -- Thomas Tallis Spem
in alium (40-part Motet)
Robert Carver O bone Jesu -- James MacMillan O bone
Jesu
Thomas Tomkins When David heard -- Jonathan Rathbone Absolon, my
Son
Jonathan Dove Ecce beatam lucem -- Alessandro Striggio Ecce
beatam lucem (40 part motet)
Tickets will be £20, £16, £13 and £10, available from the SJSS box office
St John's, Smith Square, London, SW1P-3HA, England
Telephone: 020 7222 1061
Facsimile: 020 7233 1618
www.sjss.org.uk
You can download a pdf flyer by clicking the image above, or
click here
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- Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th April 2004, Chester Cathedral,
Chester
Vasari travels to Chester Cathedral for a weekend of singing 4 services in what
will be a fantastic trip to this lovely Cathedral. Repertoire will
include:
Jonathan Rathbone: Absolon, My son
Humphrey Clucas: Magnificat and nunc dimittis (rev. 2001)
Jonathan Dove: Ecce beatem lucem
Jeremy Filsell: O be Joyful in the Lord
Francis Pott: Bring us, O Lord God
Edgar Bainton: And I saw a new Heaven
Daniel Burges: Preces and Responses
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- Saturday 28th February 2004, Holy Trinity, Clapham Common, London. 6.00pm
Cautionary tales & Choral classics
Our regular concert at the lovely Holy Trinity church, Clapham, will this year
be a concert for children, as well as adults... The programme will include
settings of children's' poetry by Allan Bullard and
Alexander Le Fleming, and pieces from our
Deep Purple CD.
Click the picture above to download a flyer
Note the concert will be early 6.00pm. Tickets are £10 for adults,
children under 12 go free.
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- Saturday 7th February 2004, St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London.
7.30pm
Fauré Requiem
The Vasari Singers will sing a programme of French choral music, including the
beautiful Fauré Requiem, at one of London's finest venues for choral singing.
The choir will be singing alongside the Brandenburg Symphonia, conducted by
Jeremy Backhouse.
Tickets are £20, 16, 12, 8 and 6 and may be purchased from the SMitF box office
www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
This concert is bound to sell out, so get your tickets early!
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2003
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- Thursday 18th December, St Paul's, Covent Garden,
London. 7.30pm
Our Christmas carols concert in this beautiful church in the centre of London.
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- Saturday 6th December, St Andrew's Church, Montpellier Street,
Cheltenham, 8.00pm
Vasari will sing in the Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts festival, with a programme of
20th and 21st Century Sacred choral music.
The programme includes several major works of the 20th Century, and two
newly commissioned anthems for the choir by Daniel Burges and a World Premiere by David
Bray.
Henryk Górecki Totus tuus Op 60
Humphrey Clucas Rorate Coeli (Vasari commission - 2001)
Daniel Burges O Saviour of the world (Vasari commission - 2003)
David Bray Unto thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul (Vasari commission - 2003
World Première performance)
Ildebrando Pizzetti Messa di Requiem
Zoltán Kodály Missa Brevis
The concert will be held at:
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50-1SP Telephone:
01242 575086
Tickets are £7.50 and are available from the CCC Box office:
Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50-1QA
Telephone: 01242 227979
Facsimile: 01242 573902
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Saturday 22nd November 2003, St John's, Smith Square, London. 7.30pm
A festival concert featuring Hungarian music, supported by the Hungarian Ministry
of Culture as part of the Magyar Magic series.
Repertoire includes:
Zoltán Kodály Missa Brevis
Matyas Sieber Folksongs
László Lajtha Moteta
Emil Petrovics Lysistrata
The choir will be accompanied on piano and organ by the internationally renowned
keyboard artist Jeremy Filsell. The Magyar Magic series begins in November 2003
Tickets are £20, £15 and £10, and may be obtained from the SJSS box office
Telephone: 020 7222 1061
Facsimile: 020 7233 1618
www.sjss.org.uk
You can download a pdf flyer here
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- Sunday 3rd August 2003, Olantigh House, Wye, Kent
A concert on the water by the river Stour, in support of the Friends of Canterbury
Festival
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- Friday 1st - Monday 4th August 2003, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent
Vasari travelled to Canterbury Cathedral for a long-weekend of singing
Evensong at this wonderful historic Cathedral. Repertoire includeed works by Jonathan
Rathbone, Howard Goodall, Kenneth Leighton, Edgar Bainton and a premiere of a Vasari
commission by Daniel Burges
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- Tuesday 17th June 2003, St Martin in the Fields, London. 7.30pm
Vasari return to St Martins in 2003, with an Italian Night
music to include works by:
Allegri, Lotti, Puccini, Pizzetti, Scarlatti and Verdi
click here to
download a concert flyer in pdf format
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- Saturday 10th May 2003, St John's, Smith Square, London. 7.30pm
Vasari's regular SJSS concert, repertoire will feature:
Brahms: German Requiem
Parry: Songs of Farewell
click here
to download pre-concert information
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- Saturday 8th/Sunday 9th March, 2003, Potton Hall, Suffolk
Vasari CD recording weekend - "Our love is here to stay". A cd of close
harmony, blues and jazz songs arranged for choir. To be released on the Guild label.
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- Saturday 1st March 2003, Holy Trinity, Clapham Common, London
Blues Night with Vasari - an evening of close harmony, blues and jazz songs including
works by Gershwin, Biderbeck, Chilcott and Swingle..
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- Saturday 25th January, 2003, Blackheath Concert Halls, Blackheath,
London
Let the Peoples Sing Competition, UK Finals. Vasari enters this prestigious
international choral competition. Audience welcome!
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2002
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- Sunday 29th December 2002, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent
Sung Eucharist and a special evensong service, held in the Martyrdom Crypt. Music to
include the Howells St Paul's service, responses by Clucas and a missa brevis by Jeremy
Filsell
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- Saturday 14th December 2002, 7.30pm St Giles in the Barbican, Wood Street,
EC2 London
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
music and readings for the festive season
Organist: Ian Curror
Reader: Michael Elwyn
Saturday 14 December
7.30pm
St Giles in the Barbican
Wood Street EC2
For more information regarding St Giles, please visit this website
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- Monday 28th October 2002, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent
Vasari returns to Canterbury Cathedral for a series of choral evensong services.
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- Saturday September 28th 2002, Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire
Vasari Interactive concert
An innovative concert concept with the programme to be decided by the audience from two OUP volumes,
European Sacred Choral Music and the Tudor Anthems book.
For ticket information, and a list of music to choose from, please contact:
http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/concerts.htm
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- Tuesday 25 June 2002, 7.30pm St Martin in the Fields, London
To download a pdf version of our concert flyer, click here
A concert at this prestigious venue in the centre of London.
Featuring a performance of the Rachmaninov Vespers, and other Russian music.
The Vespers are a collection of 15 canticles of the Orthodox church from 1915.
They are set in Russian for unaccompanied choir and range from simple and very beautiful
to very powerful settings. Many of the texts are the same as those used in the service of
Vespers (Evensong) in western church traditions.
The work is still relatively unknown, all but ignored during the middle of the
20th Century, but has received increasing exposure over the last few years. It has little
in the way of solo voices and may be described as something like Russian Gregorian Chant -
instruments were not permitted in the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Vespers stretches the traditional boundaries of choral music with
Rachmaninov's use of divided voices, and the very wide range he sets for the singers -
bottom Bflats are a constant threat for the 2nd basses, top B naturals for the 1st tenors.
The Vasari Singers first performed this work in the fabulous setting of
Canterbury Cathedral, the long acoustic perfectly suiting the wide sound of the music;
more recently the choir sang several movements of the Vespers at Choral Evensong in
Canterbury Cathedral, and, in November 2000, gave a full performance performance
also including the Howells Requiem, at the Holy Trinity Church, Clapham.
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- Tuesday 14th May: 2002 The United Reformed Church, South Grove, London N6
As part of the Hampstead and Highgate Festival, The Vasari Singers take part in
the UK première of Jean Françaix’s opera London, here I come (originally
Paris, a nous deux!); a work scored unusually for voices and saxophone quartet.
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- Saturday 11 May 2002, 7.30pm St Johns, Smith Square, London
Vasari's regular May concert at St Johns.
Our annual concert at St John’s brings you two choral masterpieces of
twentieth-century France.
The first, Dupré’s De
Profundis had seldom been performed before the Vasari Singers recorded it last
year to critical acclaim. It is a heart-felt
setting of Psalm 130: Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord, completed
in 1917 and dedicated to les soldats morts pour la patrie. This dramatic and moving work is performed here
in the composer’s version for choir, vocal soloists and organ.
The second half of the concert is devoted to a far more familiar work, Duruflé’s
lovely setting of the Requiem, combining the lyricism of French church music with
the atmospheric lines of Gregorian chant.
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- Friday 12 April 2002, 7.30pm St Johns, Smith Square, London
UMPs 70th Anniversary Concert, featuring music published by UMP including
Poulenc and Canteloube
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- Monday 1 - Wednesday 3 April 2002, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
Services at Canterbury Cathedral
Repertoire to include music by Walton, Rachmaninov and Burges
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- Saturday 16 February 2002, St Peter's, Eaton Square, London
Programme to include UK premiere of cantata by Marcel Dupré "La
France au Calvaire"
Church Website http://www.stpetereatonsquare.co.uk/
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- Friday 22 - Sunday 24 February 2002, Douai Abbey, Berkshire
World Premiere Recording of Marcel
Dupré's "La France au Calvaire", plus motets by pupils of
Dupré
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2001
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- Saturday 8 December 2001, St Barnabas Church, Dulwich
A concert of traditional family carols, by candlelight!
Concert starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets available on the door, or in advance from any member of the choir
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- Friday 16 November 2001, Chobham Music Club
Music by Gibbons, Weelkes, Tomkins, Stanford, Holst, Chilcott, Goodall;
also including some Songs of the Bantu and blues arrangements!
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- Saturday 20th - Monday 22nd October 2001, York Minster
Series of Anglican services, repertoire included Flor Peters Mass, Whetton
Magnificat & Nunc Dimmittis
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- Tuesday 23rd October 2001, Sheffield Cathedral
Choral evensong
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- Saturday 29th September 2001, Douai Abbey, Berkshire
Ridout: Litany; Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor;
Diana Burrell: Alleluia; Humphrey Clucas: Rorate coeli; Frank Martin: Mass for
Double Choir
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- Saturday 12th May 2001, Fairfield Hall, Croydon
A joint concert with the New London Chorus and the London Mozart Players, a
performance of Beethoven's masterful "Ninth Symphony", conducted by Andrew
Parrott.
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- Monday 28th May 2001, Canterbury Cathedral
Choral Evensong
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- Wednesday 20 June 2001,
Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and Sir Thomas More. Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London SW3
Repertoire:
A concert of sacred choral music, given as part of the Chelsea Festival. Includes Domenico
Scarlatti's Stabat Mater, and works by Lotti, Gibbons, Weelkes, Byrd, Gibbons, Tallis,
Blow, Mozart, Elgar, Clucas and Cleobury
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- Saturday 7th July 2001, Christ Church, Fairwarp, East Sussex
A concert of unaccompanied choral works. This featured a bass solo by none other than
the Maestro himself!
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- Saturday 5th May 2001, St Johns, Smith Square, Westminster
A special concert to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Vasari
Singers. This exciting concert will have a unique programme, including five new works
commissioned especially for the occasion from Diana Burrell, Roxanna Panufnik, Humphrey
Clucas, Bob Chilcott and Howard Goodall. The programme will also include music that
has featured strongly in the life of the Singers over the last 21 years, including the
Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin, the Duruflé Motets on Gregorian Themes, J.S.
Bach's Singet dem Herrn, along with works by Gorecki, Janequin and Gibbons.
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- Thursday 5th April 2001, Barnes Music Club
An evening of a capella music.
Programme included:
Songs and arrangements by: Barber, Delius, Stanford, "Hymn to St Cecilia"
by Benjamin Britten and "Five English Folk Songs" by Vaughan Williams.
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- Friday 6th April 2001, Guildford
A concert with the Guilford Philharmonic, a performance of Holst's "The
Planets"
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- Friday 16th March 2001, St Martin in the Fields, London
Haydn: Creation. With the London Soloists Ensemble, conducted by David Josefewitz
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- 9th - 11th February 2001, Douai Abbey, Berkshire
Recording weekend - Dupré:
De Profundis/Motets -
world premiere recordings...
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- Saturday
3rd February 2001,
Holy Trinity, Clapham Common
Dupré:
De Profundis/Motets
Fauré: Requiem
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2000
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- Friday 29th December 2000, Canterbury Cathedral
Evensong for St Thomas the Martyr
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- Thursday 7th December 2000, St George's Church, Hanover Square, London
The Vasari Singers Christmas Carol Concert.
A Winter Journey
Music and words for frosty days and snowy nights with Christmas carols
old and new.
by candlelight
Conducted by Jeremy Backhouse
Organist Ian Curror
St George's Church is in St George Street, just off Hanover Square, nearest tube is Oxford
Circus.
Tickets £12 (concessions £10) were available from Jane Beeson (tel 020 8406 4389) or on
the door
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- Tuesday 14th November 2000, Leighton House, London
A concert given for the NCH Action for Children.
Programme included:
Pieces by Massenet, Delibes, Canteloube, the "Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady
Barnard" by Benjamin Britten and the "Birthday Madrigals" by John Rutter.
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- Saturday 11th November 2000, Holy Trinity Church, Clapham Common, London
A candle-lit performance of the Rachmaninov "Vespers", preceded by the
Vasari Singers' highly respected interpretation of Howells' "Requiem". Of the
Vasari Singers' recording of this masterpiece, BBC Music Magazine wrote:
"what is most satisfying is the quality of breath control, with shifts of dynamic
beautifully controlled. A luminous, pliant reading, full of awe and wonder ... their
rendering has 'soul'." The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 1995/96 wrote:
"a well-nigh exemplary performance, possibly finer than its immediate rivals ... the
present account is quite masterly in every respect."
A concert not to be missed.
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- Saturday 30th September 2000,
Douai Abbey, Berkshire
Concert for the St. Johns Ambulance Society, Berkshire.
Programme:
Duruflé: Quatre Motets
Poulenc: Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence
Dupré: Quatre Motets*
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb*
Howells: Requiem
*with Jeremy Filsell (organ)
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- Wed/Thurs 30th-31st August 2000,
Canterbury Cathedral
Anglican Services
Music from:
Responses by Kenneth Leighton
Dyson in D, Healey Willan in A
"Blest Pair of Sirens" by C. Hubert H. Parry; a paraphrase setting of Psalm 148
by Gustav Holst.
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- Saturday 10 June 2000 - 7.30pm,
Guildford Civic, Guildford.
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
with Guildford Philharmonic Choir/Forest Philharmonic Orchestra and Baritone soloist
Robert Rice. Programme also to include David Fanshawe's brand new "Fanfare to Planet
Earth and Millennium March", Edward Elgar's "Serenade for Strings" and
Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Five Mystical Songs". More info visit the
Guildford Phil Choir website
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- Saturday 20th May 2000, Dulwich Festival
Festival Concert featuring much of the programme from St Johns and also the
wonderful Duruflé
Requiem.
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- Saturday 6th May 2000, St Johns, Smith Square, Westminster
JS Bach Motets and Organ Works, with Jeremy Filsell. Click
here for more info. Click HERE for a review of
this wonderful performance.
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- Thursday 13th April 2000 Westminster Abbey
Choral Evensong
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- Thursday 6th January 2000, Westminster Abbey
Sung Eucharist for Epiphany
Kodaly Missa Brevis
Poulenc Videntes Stellam
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1999
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- Tuesday 16th December 1999, Harrow College Chapel, Harrow
Christmas Carols
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- Thursday 2nd December 1999,St Martin-in-the-Fields
Christmas Carols
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- Sunday 24th October 1999, Canterbury Cathedral
Sunday Anglican Services.
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- Saturday 9th October 1999, Douai Abbey, Berkshire
Varied Programme including music by Gorecki, Allegri, Elgar and the Durufle Requiem.
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- Thursday 23rd September 1999, Great Hall, Lambeth Palace, London
Varied programme of French music for the Friends
of Lambeth Palace
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- Sunday 18th July, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall
Holst's Planets Suite
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- Saturday 3rd July 1999, Borden parish Church, Kent. 7.30pm
Varied programme "To Heaven and Back" as part of the Borden Patronal Festival
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- Saturday 29th May 1999, Clapham Common Big Top, London
Programme: Haydn: The Creation.
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- Saturday 8th May 1999, St Johns, Smith Square, London
Programme includes:
David Fanshawe's African Sanctus. To read the composers views of our performance, click Here
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