Jubilate Concert - Friday 27th February 2009

 

An Evening of Choral Music and Vocal Solos

 

Holburn West Church Choir
Musical Director: Dominic Scullion
Assisted by Verna Ward

First Movement (Gloria in D Major) by Antonio Vivaldi
The Passion Chorale (St Matthew Passion) by J. S. Bach
Final Chorus (Dido and Aeneas) by Henry Purcell
"Ave Verum Corpus" by Sir Edward Elgar
"God of Mercy and Compassion" arranged by Pergolesi
Sanctus (Messe de Minuit) by M. A. Charpentier
Surley he hath bourne our griefs? (Messiah) by G. F. Handel

 

The Acclamations
Musical Director: Daphne Cowking
Accompanest: Annabelle Fraser

Psalm 8 (Tune: The Rowan Tree), Scottish Traditional
Two English Folk Songs (O waly, waly and Early One Morning) arranged by Alexander L'Estrange
"O gin I were a Baron's Heir", Scottish Folk Song
"You did this mighty deed O Christ God's Son", Words by W. Rhys Nicholas, Translated by J. H. Griffiths, Tune Pantyfedwen by M. Eddie Evans.
"Go your way in Peace", Mozart, arranged by Jim Scott

 

The Acclamations

 

The Lyric Musical Society
Compered by Craig Pike
Musical Director: Ewen Ritchie

Members of the Lyric Society entertain with a programme of solos and ensemble pieces.

 

The Lyric Musical Society

 

Joyful, Joyful
The evening finishes with members of all three groups getting together to sing Ewen Ritchie's arrangement of 'Joyful Joyful' based on a theme from Beethoven's Choral Symphony and as featured in the movie Sister Act 2.