Jesu meine Freude

Orlando Chamber Choir
Ian Brown, director
Lee Ward, organ

Friday April 22nd 1994, 19:30
location unknown
address unknown

Programme details

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Rejoice in the Lamb
Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) Behold, thou hast made my days
Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623) When David heard
Give the King thy judgements
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Organ Sonata nr 3:
      Allegro
      Andante tranquillo
Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) Fugue sur le nom d'Alain
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Jesu meine Freude

Christmas Concert

Orlando Chamber Choir
Ian Brown, director
Deborah Peake-Jones, soprano
Leigh Wolf, treble
Vernon Kirk, tenor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Andrew Parnell, organ

Monday December 19th 1994, 19:30
location unknown
address unknown

Programme details

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621) Hodie Chirstus natus est
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Christmas hymn
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) My heart is inditing
Charles-François Gounod (1818 - 1893) Ave Maria (soprano)
César Franck (1822 - 1890) Panis angelicus (tenor)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) St Matthew Passion - Buss und Rei
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Why do the nations (baritone)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Vesperae solennes de confessore

Requiem

Orlando Chamber Choir
Piers Maxim, director
Kate Carter, soprano
Jo Paine, soprano
Robert Rice, baritone
Andrew Parnell, organ

Monday April 3rd 1995, 19:30
location unknown
address unknown

Programme details

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Lobet den Herrn
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) I was glad when they said unto me
Remember not, Lord, our offences
Funeral Sentences:
      Man that is born of a woman
      In the midst of life
      Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets
Jean Gilles (1668 - 1705) Messe des Morts (extracts)
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Cantique de Jean Racine
Requiem

Christmas Concert

Orlando Chamber Choir
Brian Gordon, director
Kate Marlar, soprano
Jo Paine, soprano
Leigh Wolf, treble

Wednesday December 20th 1995, 19:30
location unknown
address unknown

Programme details

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Das neugebor'ne Kinderlein
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) Concerto Grosso op.6 nr 8
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Let thy hand be strengthened
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Gloria

Music in the Air

Orlando Chamber Choir
Brian Gordon, director
Valerie Kampmeier, piano
Paul Plummer, organ

Friday March 29th 1996, 19:30
St George's Hanover Square
St George's Street, London W1 1HS

An evening of choral, organ and piano music by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934).

Programme details

Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934) Ave verum corpus
Te Deum
Sonata Op.28 - Allegro maestoso (organ)
Ave Maris Stella
Chanson de matin (piano)
Chanson de nuit (piano)
Give unto the Lord - Psalm 29
O happy eyes
Salut d'amour (piano)
In Smyrna (piano)
The shower
The fountain
Concert Allergo (piano)
Imperial March (organ)
Benedictus

Handel's Athalia

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Jennifer Smith, soprano (Athalia)
Bronwen Mills, soprano (Josabeth)
Richard Wilberforce, treble (Joas)
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor (Joad)
Nigel Robson, tenor (Mathan)
Hugh Mackey, baritone (Abner)

Saturday November 9th 1996, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Programme details

George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Athalia

Christmas Concert

Orlando Chamber Choir
Brian Gordon, director

Friday December 13th 1996, 19:30
St Mark's Church
249 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QT

Programme details

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Zion hears the watchmen's voices
David Willcocks (1919 - ) O come, Emmanuel
Sussex carol
The angel Gabriel
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) O little town of Bethlehem
John Rutter (1945 - ) The shepherd's pipe carol
David Willcocks (1919 - ) Away in a manger
Richard Terry (1864 - 1938) Myn lyking
anon The virgin Mary had a baby boy
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) God rest you merry gentlemen
Charles Wood (1866 - 1926) Ding dong merrily on high
Reginald Jacques (1894 - 1969) Good king Wenceslas
Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) In the bleak midwinter
Ivor Atkins (1869 - 1953) The three kings
David Willcocks (1919 - ) Silent night
John Rutter (1945 - ) The twelve days of Christmas
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621) Hodie Christus natus est
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) O little one sweet
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Hark the herald angels sing

A Feast of English Music

Orlando Chamber Choir
Brian Gordon, director
Chris Lee, piano (London)
Helen Ireland, piano (Charlbury)
Hugh Mackey, baritone

Friday May 9th 1997, 19:30
St Paul's Knightsbridge
32a Wilton Place, London SW1X 8SH

Saturday June 7th 1997, 19:30
Charlbury

Programme details

Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) Passtime with good company
Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602) Fire, fire! My heart
Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) The silver swan
Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656) Two voluntaries (organ)
Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) Hosanna to the son of David
William Byrd (1543 - 1623) Justorum animae
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Five mystical songs:
      Easter; I got me flowers
      Love bade me welcome
      The call; Antiphon
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes
William Boyce (1710 - 1779) O where shall wisdom be found?
Turn thee unto me, O Lord
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Down by the Sally Gardens
Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930) Yarmouth Fair
George Alexander MacFarren (1813 - 1887) Orpheus with his lute
Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934) The shower
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Night piece (piano)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) The blue bird
Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956) My spirit sang all day

Haydn's Nelson Mass

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Nanna Brincker, soprano
Yvonne Fontane, mezzo-soprano
John Oakman, tenor
Mark Wildman, bass
Alastair Mitchell, bassoon

Thursday December 11th 1997, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Programme details

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Veni sancte spiritus
Bassoon Concerto
      (bassoon and orchestra)
Te Deum
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis)

Buxtehude, Bach, Vivaldi, Caldara

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Ruth Holton, soprano
Jonathan Peter Kenny, counter-tenor
James Gilchrist, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass

Thursday April 2nd 1998, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Programme details

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Der Herr ist mit mir
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Cantata 182:
      Himmelskönig, sei wilkommen
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736) Stabat mater

Music for Foundling Hospitals

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Nancy Argenta, soprano
Ingrid Attrot, soprano
Yvonne Howard, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Sears, tenor
Stephen Keavy, trumpet
Matthew Wells, trumpet

Tuesday December 15th 1998, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Let thy hand be strengthened
Blessed are they that considereth the poor
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Concerto in C
      (trumpets and orchestra)
Dixit Dominus

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Catrin Johnsson, mezzo-soprano (Dido)
Rodney Clarke, baritone (Aeneas)
David Currey, tenor (sorceress, spirit)
Betsabée Haas, soprano (Belinda)
Lucy Crowe, soprano (second woman)
Jaime Morgan Hitchcock, treble (spirit)

Saturday May 8th 1999, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Programme details

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Quattro scherzi musicali
Lamento d'Arianna (from Arianna)
Alessandro Stradella (1645 - 1682) Piangete occhi dolenti
Clori, son fido amante
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) What shall I do? (from Dioclesian)
Shepherd's scene (from King Arthur)
Dido and Aeneas

Mozart's Requiem

A one-day choral workshop

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director

Saturday July 3rd 1999
St Mark's Church
249 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QT

A one-day choral workshop exploring one of the greatest works in the choral repertoire.

Programme details

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Requiem

Handel's Joshua

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Catherine Bott, soprano
Jonathan Peter Kenny, counter-tenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Mark Wilde, tenor
Matthew Hargreaves, bass

Monday December 6th 1999, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Joshua

Celebrate Christmas!

Orlando Chamber Choir
Brian Gordon, director
Joseph Nolan, organ and piano
Peter Bolgar, reader

Friday December 17th 1999, 19:30
St John's Hyde Park
Hyde Park Crescent, London W2 2QD

Christmas music and reading of works by Thomas Hardy, John Betjeman, John Milton, Charles Dickens and others.

Programme details

David Willcocks (1919 - ) Of the Father's heart begotten
Angelus ad virginem
Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1612) A great and mighty wonder
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) O little town of Bethlehem
John Rutter (1945 - ) The shepherd's pipe carol
David Willcocks (1919 - ) Infant holy
Reginald Jacques (1894 - 1969) Angels from the realms of glory
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621) Hodie Christus natus est
William Mathias (1934 - 1992) Sir Christèmas
David Willcocks (1919 - ) Deck the hall
God rest you merry gentlemen
Charles Wood (1866 - 1926) Ding dong merrily on high
David Willcocks (1919 - ) We three kings
Edgar Pettman (1865 - 1943) I saw a maiden
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) The shepherds' farewell
Harold Darke (1888 - 1976) In the bleak midwinter
John Rutter (1945 - ) Sans day carol
The twelve days of Christmas
David Willcocks (1919 - ) Away in a manger
The first Nowell

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610

A one-day choral workshop

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director

Saturday February 5th 2000
St Mark's Church
249 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QT

A one-day choral workshop exploring one of the greatest works in the choral repertoire.

Programme details

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Vespers of 1610

Bach's Jesu meine Freude

Orlando Chamber Choir
Brian Gordon, director
Samantha Rogers, soprano
Sylvain Gaudillat, tenor
Imogen Seth-Smith, cello
Cecilia Bruggemeyer, double-bass
Chris Lee, organ

Friday May 12th 2000, 19:30
St Margaret's Church
Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3PA

Programme details

Giovanni da Palestrina (1525 - 1594) Ave Maria
Loquebantur variis apostoli
Jubilate Deo
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Fantasia super Jesu meine Freude (organ)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Laudate pueri
Ave Maria
Hear my prayer
Herr, nun lässest du Deinen Diener
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Jesu meine Freude

Sumer is icumen in

Orlando Chamber Choir
Brian Gordon, director

Friday July 7th 2000, 19:30
St Giles' Cripplegate
Fore Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DA

Thursday July 20th 2000, 19:30
Le Relais Louis XI
Meung-sur-Loire, France

A Summer’s evening of madrigals, chansons and folksongs with Pimms’ and canapés. The same programme will be performed during an open-air concert in the rose garden of the 13th-centrury Relais Louis XI on the banks of the Loire.

Programme details

anon (ca 1250) Sumer is icumen in
John Bennet (1575 - 1614) All creatures now
Thomas Vautor (1579 - 1620) Sweet Suffolk owl
John Farmer (1565 - 1605) Fair Phyllis
Thomas Morley (1558 - 1603) April is in my mistress' face
John Wilbye (1574 - 1638) Adieu sweet Amaryllis
Pierre Passereau (1509 - 1547) Il est bel et bon
Robert Jones (1577 - 1615) Sweet Kate
Thomas Morley (1558 - 1603) Feyr, feyr!
John Bennet (1575 - 1614) Weep o mine eyes
Jacques Maudit (1557 - 1627) Voice le vert et beau Mai
David Willcocks (1919 - ) Afton Water
Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930) Yarmouth Fair

Bach's Magnificat

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Jennifer Smith, soprano
Eirian James, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Peter Kenny, counter-tenor
Mark Wilde, tenor
Jonathan Best, bass

Saturday November 25th 2000, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Nisi Dominus
Te decus virgineum
Haec est regina virginum
Laudate pueri Dominum
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Magnificat

Haydn's Paukenmesse

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Tinuke Olafimihan, soprano
Sally Bruce-Payne, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Sharpe, tenor
Graeme Broadbent, bass

Saturday April 7th 2001, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Stabat Mater
Paukenmesse (Missa in Tempore Belli)

Gloria

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Brian Gordon, director
Hilary Norris, organ
Nicolette Moonen, violin
Matthew Truscott, violin

Friday July 6th 2001, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

A programme of works by Monteverdi, Buxtehude and Johann Sebastian Bach

Programme details

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Beatus vir
Adoramus te Christe
Sancta Maria
Gerolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643) Bergamasca (organ)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Domine, ne in furore tuo
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Der Herr ist mit mir
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden
Dario Castello (1590 - 1630) Sonata Terza (violins and orchestra)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Befiehl dem Engel dass er komm
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Gloria a 7 voci

Schütz's German Magnificat

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wickham, director
Clare Salaman, violin
Iona Davies, violin

Saturday November 24th 2001, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Sunday January 26th 2002, 19:30
St Mary and St Nicolas
Church Street, Spalding, Lincolnshire

Programme details

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Jauchzet dem Herren (Psalm 100)
Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (Psalm 23)
Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener
Die mit Tränen säen
Wo Gott der Herr nich bei uns halt
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Sonata in F (violins and orchestra)
In dulci jubilo
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
Johann Crüger (1598 - 1662) Schmücke dich
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Komm Jesu, komm
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Sonata in G (violins and orchestra)
In dulci jubilo
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Jesu meine Freude

Bach's St John Passion

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wickham, director
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor (Evangelist)
Simon Birchall, bass (Christ)
Rachel Elliott, soprano
Jonathan Peter Kenny, counter-tenor
Matthew Beale, tenor
Jonathan Arnold, bass (Pilate)

Saturday March 23rd 2002, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) St John Passion

Brams' Liebeslieder Walzer

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wickham, director
Chris Lee, piano
Robin Walker, piano

Friday July 5th 2002, 19:45
St Paul's Knightsbridge
32a Wilton Place, London SW1X 8SH

Programme details

Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Ave Maria
Locus iste
Tota pulchra es
Os justi
Christus factus est
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Der Tanz
Gott im Ungewitter
Hymne an den Unendlichen
Des Tages Weihe
Chor der Engel
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Song without words (piano)
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Warum ist das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen?
O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
Liebeslieder Walzer
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Song without words (piano)
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Geistliches Lied

Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Music

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wickham, director

Saturday November 23rd 2002, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704) Domine salvum fac regem
Veni sancte spiritus
De profundis
Symphonies pour un responsoir
Salve regina
Missa assumpta est Maria

Celebrate Christmas!

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director
Peter Westbury, reader
Fiona Clark, soprano
Cathryn Fergie, soprano
Adrian Matthews, tenor
Martin Hudson, bass
Graham Marsden, bass

Thursday December 12th 2002, 19:30
St Mark's Church
249 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QT

A Programme of carols, Christmas music and readings for all the family with mince pies and mulled wine

Programme details

David Willcocks (1919 - ) Once in royal David's city
Charles Wood (1866 - 1926) Ding dong merrily on high
David Willcocks (1919 - ) The Infant King
Elizabeth Poston (1905 - 1987) Jesus Christ the aple tree
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) The shepherd's farewell
Reginald Jacques (1894 - 1969) Good King Wenceslas
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) O little one sweet
Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983) A spotless rose
John Rutter (1945 - ) The twelve days of Christmas
Lucas Osiander (1534 - 1604) Christum wir sollen loben schon
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Hark the herald angels sing
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) O little town of Bethlehem
Reginald Jacques (1894 - 1969) Away in a manger
David Willcocks (1919 - ) O come all ye faithful
Arthur Warrell (1900 - 1970) A merry Christmas

Purcell & Handel

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wickham, director
Ana-Maria Rincon, soprano
Claire Seaton, soprano
William Missin, treble
Adrian Matthews, tenor
Robert Macdonald, bass

Saturday April 5th 2003, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Blow up the trumpet
They that go down to the sea in ships
Hear my prayer, o Lord
The blessed virgin's expostulation
My heart is inditing
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1795) Dixit Dominus

Duruflé's Requiem

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director
Lucy Ballard, mezzo-soprano
Henry Wickham, baritone
Katherine Jenkinson, cello
Hilary Norris, organ

Friday July 11th 2003, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Programme details

Eustache du Caurroy (1549 - 1609) Missa pro defunctis
Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) Requiem

Monteverdi and Stravinsky

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wicham, director
Hillary Norris, organ

Wednesday November 26th 2003, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Pater noster
Mass
Ave Maria
Nicolas Gombert (1495 - 1560) In illo tempore
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Adoramus te, Christe
Missa in illo tempore
Christe, adoramus te

Monteverdi and Carissimi

A concert to celebrate Orlando Chamber Choir's 10th anniversary

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wickham, director
Rebecca Outram, soprano
Peter Crawford, counter-tenor
Greg Tassell, tenor
Jonathan Sells, bass

Saturday March 27th 2004, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Beatus vir
È questa vita un lampo
Credidi propter quod locutus sum
Deus tuorum militum
Magnificat a 4 voci
O ciechi ciechi
Dixit Dominus
Giacomo Carissimi (1605 - 1674) Jephte

Bach's Motets

A concert to celebrate Orlando Chamber Choir's 10th anniversary

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director
Hilary Norris, organ

Friday July 9th 2004, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Programme details

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (organ)
Christe, aller Welt Trost (organ)
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist (organ)
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott (organ)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Fantasia super Jesu, meine Freude (organ)
Jesu, meine Freude

Musica sin Fronteras

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director

Saturday July 31st 2004, 20:30
Jimena de la Frontera
Spain

Programme details

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) Missa O quam gloriosum
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Folksongs
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Motets
Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Motets
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Motets

17th Century Italian Music

A concert to celebrate Orlando Chamber Choir's 10th anniversary

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Edward Wickham, director
Philippa Boyle, mezzo-soprano

Thursday November 18th 2004, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Laudate Dominum
In exitu Israel
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) Triosonata Op.1 nr 4 (orchestra)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Laetatus sum
Beatus vir
Antonio Lotti (1667 - 1740) Credo
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) Stabat mater

The Music of Heinrich Schütz

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director

Saturday April 16th 2005, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Programme details

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) from Symphoniae Sacrae III:
      Komm, Heiliger Geist
      Saul, was verfolgst du mich
Es gingen zweene Menschen hinauf
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält
from Symphoniae Sacrae III:
      Vater unser
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
from Geistliche Chormusik:
      Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
      Viel werden kommen
      Die mit Tränen säen
from Musikalische Exequien:
      Nacket bin ich von Mutterleibe kommen
      Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe
      Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener

English Sacred Music

of the 20th century

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director
Fiona Clark, soprano
Clare Arthurs, soprano
Alison Price, alto
Deborah Willey, alto
Adrian Matthews, tenor
Paul Baxter, tenor
Christopher Lawson, bass
Ian Ascough, bass

Friday July 1st 2005, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Programme details

Giles Swayne (1946 - ) Magnificat
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Mass in g
Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983) Take him, earth for cherishing
Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998) Plebs angelica
John Tavener (1945 - ) A hymn to the mother of God
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Hymn to St Cecilia
Gabriel Jackson (1962 - ) O sacrum convivium
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Valiant for truth

Concert in Cornwall

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director

Thursday July 28th 2005, 19:30
St Wyllow's Church
Lanteglos, Cornwall

A week of choral workshops in St Saviour’s Church in the beautiful Cornish village of Polruan on the South Coast, culminating in a concert at the nearby St Wyllow’s Church, Lanteglos. The concert will include the world premiere of Peter Skellern's moving setting of the Beatitudes in Cornish, and is given in aid of the restoration of St Ildierna's - a medieval church in the village of Lansallos, which was sadly damaged by an arson attack that destroyed the roof and organ.

Programme details

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Jesu meine Freude
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Funeral Sentences
Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585) Archbishop Parker's tunes
O sacrum convivium
Peter Skellern (1947 - ) Cornish Beatitudes
Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) Beatitudes

Trafalgar Bicentenary Concert

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director
Cambridge University
    Baroque Ensemble
Claire Seaton, soprano
Kate Symonds, mezzo-soprano
Alexander Millar, tenor
Jonathan Sells, bass

Saturday October 22nd 2005, 19:30
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

Music from Nelson's funeral and Haydn's Nelson Mass which celebrates Nelson's victory over Napoleon in the Battle of the Nile. The victory forced an alliance between France and Spain that culminated in the Battle of Trafalgar.

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William Croft (1678 - 1727) from Burial Sentences:
      I am the resurrection and the life
      I know that my redeemer liveth
      We brought nothing into this world
Thomas Attwood (1783 - 1859) Dirge for the funeral of Lord Nelson
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Thou knowest Lord
Maurice Greene (1696 - 1755) Lord, let me know myne end
Samuel Wesley (1766 - 1837) In exitu Israel
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Funeral Sentences
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) from Israel in Egypt:
      His body is buried in peace
Dead march (from Saul)
William Croft (1678 - 1727) from Burial Sentences:
      I heard a voice from heaven
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis)

English Carols Through the Ages

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director

Monday December 19th 2005, 19:30
St Mary le Bow
Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU

Programme details

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) The truth from above
This have I done for my true love
anon Lullay, lully, thou little tiny child
Sweet was the song the virgin sung
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Hark the herald angels sing
Thomas Ravenscroft (1582 - 1635) Remember, o thou man
William Byrd (1534 - 1623) Lullaby, my sweet little baby
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) God rest you merry gentlemen
David Willcocks (1919 - ) While shepherds watched their flocks
Arthur Warrell (1900 - 1970) We wish you a merry Christmas
David Willcocks (1919 - ) O come all ye faithful
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Hymn to the Virgin
Boris Ord (1897 - 1961) Adam lay ybounden
Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988) The Conventry carol

Monteverdi's Messa e Salmi

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director

Thursday February 23rd 2006, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

A programme of music for choir and organ continuo drawn from the Messa e Salmi. This posthumous collection of Monteverdi's music dates from 1650 and includes a variety of fantastic settings of vesper psalms.

Programme details

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Lauda Jerusalem
Dixit Dominus
Nisi Dominus
Laudate pueri
Adoramus te Christe
Domine ne in furore
Christe adoramus te
Messa a 4 voci
Canate Domino
Letaniae della beata Vergine

Chansons a Boire

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director

Saturday June 24th 2006, 19:30
St Cyprian's
Glentworth Street, London NW1 6AX

An a cappella evening featuring the double choir mass by Frank Martin and partsongs by Ravel, Duruflé and Debussy. The concert will take place in the beautiful setting of St Cyprian's church, the stunning early 20th century interior of which will provided a remarkable backdrop for the music this period. Wine will be served before and during the concert.

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Frank Martin (1890 - 1974) Mass
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans:
      Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder
      Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin
      Yver, vour n'estes qu'un villain
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Trois chansons:
      Nicolette
      Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis
      Ronde
Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens:
      Ubi caritas et amor
      Tota pulchra es
      Tu es Petrus
      Tantum ergo

Concert in Moggiona

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director

Thursday August 3rd 2006, 21:00
Chiesa di San Jacopo
Moggiona, Italy

Summer school at Casa Teresina in Moggiona, Italy, with a concert in the local Chiesa di San Jacopo.

Programme details

Giovanni da Palestrina (1525 - 1594) Mass - Ecce sacerdos magnus
Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens:
      Ubi caritas et amor
      Tota pulchra es
      Tu es Petrus
      Tantum ergo
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Laetatus sum
Edward Wickham (19.. - ) Ecce sacerdos magnus

Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri

Orlando Chamber Choir
Edward Wickham, director
Cambridge University
    Baroque Ensemble
    and soloists

Friday November 17th 2006, 19:30
St Catherine's College Chapel
Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RL

Saturday November 18th 2006, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

According to legend, when Bach was 20 he walked more than 200 miles to meet Buxtehude, the most influential composer of his time.

Dating from 1680, Dietrich Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri is a cycle of seven cantatas that successively contemplate different parts of the crucified Christ's body, starting with his pierced feet and ending with his face, bloodstained from the crown of thorns. Each corporal allusion in the text becomes the starting point for a meditation on a different aspect of Christian revelation, while the music glides from harmonic suspensions suggestive of great suffering to passages of timeless simplicity. Parts of it, notably the sections on Christ's knees and heart, also tip towards a Song-of-Songs-like sensuality.

This fabulous work will be preceded and followed by two motets, also by Buxtehude

Programme details

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Nimm von uns, Herr
Membra Jesu Nostri
Der Herr ist mit mir

Gesualdo's Tenebrae

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director
Andrew Griffiths, tenor (cantor)

Saturday March 24th 2007, 19:30
St Andrew Holborn
5 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AB

Gesualdo's most celebrated work: a setting of the Tenebrae Responsories published in 1611. The Tenebrae Responsories is an office of matins and lauds sung on the last three days of Holy Week involving the ceremonial lighting and extinguishing candles. Gesualdo's remarkable setting responds to the text very much in the style of madrigals, using sharp dissonance and shocking chromatic juxtapositions to evoke the emotional content of the text dealing with the suffering of Christ.

The programme will be interspersed with plainchant antiphons, verses and lessons performed by Andrew Griffiths, tenor.

Programme details

Carlo Gesualdo (1561 - 1613) O vos omnes
Tristis est anima mea
Eram quasi agnus innocens
Omnes amici mei
Velum templi scissum est
Vinea mea electa
Tenebrae factae sunt
Jerusalem, surge
Caligaverunt oculi mei

The Song of Songs

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director
Jenny van Heerden, soprano
Alison Price, alto
Peter Morley, tenor

Thursday June 28th 2007, 19:30
St Cyprian's
Glentworth Street, London NW1 6AX

Saturday September 29th 2007, 19:30
St Michael and All Angels
Poplar Walk, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1UA

A concert exploring how composers have treated the erotic and sensual Song of Solomon through the centuries.

Programme details

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Ego dormio
Vulnerasti cor meum
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) Vidi speciosam
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Nigra sum (tenor)
Pulchra es (soprano and alto)
William Byrd (1539 - 1623) The Galliarde for the Victorie (organ)
Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) Pavanna Lord Salisbury (organ)
William Billings (1746 - 1800) I am the Rose of Sharon
Howard Skempton (1947) Rise up, my love
Buxtehude (1637 - 1707) Canzona in D minor (BuxWV 168) (organ)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) Vadam et circuibo civitatem
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Stehe auf meine Freundin

Handel's Jephtha

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
James Weeks, director
Julia Doyle, soprano (Iphis)
Ruth Massey, mezzo-soprano (Storge)
Christopher Field, counter-tenor (Hamor)
Allan Clayton, tenor (Jephtha)
Alexander Ashworth, bass (Zebul)

Friday November 9th 2007, 19:30
St James's Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Oppression, triumph, tragedy and sacrifice manage to reach a happy ending in Handel's Jephtha. Directed by James Weeks, the Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra bring this colourful Old Testament story to life, ably supported by the superb soloists Allan Clayton (tenor), Julia Doyle (soprano), Christopher Field (counter-tenor), Ruth Massey (mezzo-soprano) and Alexander Ashworth (bass). Visionary last oratorio from a composer defying blindness towards the end of his life.

Programme details

George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Jephtha

A Christmas Garland

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director

Friday December 14th 2007, 18:30
St Mary Aldermary
Watling Street, London EC4M 9BW

An evening of Christmas music with compositions by Praetorius, Sweelinck and Poulenc, spiced with traditional carols and a glass of wine. Please do join in!

Programme details

anon Gaudete!
Arthur Mann (1850 - 1929) Once in Royal David's City
anon Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) O little town of Bethlehem
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) Videntes stellam
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621) Hodie Christus natus est
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) God rest you merry gentlemen
anon Swete was the song the virgin soong
David Willcocks (1919 - ) O come all ye faithful
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) Hodie Christus natus est

The Jacobean Muse

Works for voices and organ by Thomas Tomkins and Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director
David Gould, counter-tenor
Gavin Roberts, organ

Friday March 14th 2008, 19:30
St Andrew Holborn
5 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AB

Too often blurred with the bright colours of the Elizabethan era that preceded it, the Jacobean Age displayed a different, and no less striking, musical mien. Religious consolidation, the slow-dawning secularism of thought and society, and a pervasive strain of melancholy left its mark on music that is serious, complex and rich, delighting in subtle variety of mood and intricacy of workmanship. Our concert celebrates the two greatest musical lights of this fascinating time, Thomas Tomkins and Orlando Gibbons, through their madrigals, keyboard works and church music.

Programme details

Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656) Almighty God, the Fountain
O sing unto the Lord
When David heard
Above the stars
See, see the shepherd's queen
Too much I once lamented
Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers
Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625) O clap your hands together
This is the Record of John
O Lord in why wrath
Behold, thou hast made my days
The Silver Swan

La Batalla

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director
Gavin Roberts, organ

Friday June 6th 2008, 19:30
St Mary le Bow
Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU

Orlando Chamber Choir battles it out with a famous French song of battle, and wins with a Spanish Mass for Victory.

In the famous chanson La guerre by Clément Janequin the choir imitates hectic sounds of battle including trumpet calls, cannon fire and cries of victory. The chanson inspired Spain's foremost Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria to write his extravagant nine-part Missa pro Victoria - said to have been a favourite of the Spanish King Philip III, so our concert comes with royal recommendation. The programme also includes choral works by Juan Cererols and organ works by Antonio de Cabezón and Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia.

Programme details

Clément Janequin (1485 - 1558) La guerre
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) Missa pro Victoria
Sebastián de Heredia (1561 - 1627) Dos vajos de 8o tono (organ)
Juan Cererols (1618 - 1680) Suspended, cielos
Antonio de Cabezón (1510 - 1566) Diferencias sobre el canto
del Cavallero (organ)
Juan Cererols (1618 - 1680) ¡Ay! que me muero
Sebastián de Heredia (1561 - 1627) Obra de 8o tono alto: Ensalada (organ)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) Ave Maria a 8

Restoration Day

Exploring Purcell's sacred and secular music with James Weeks

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director

Saturday August 16th 2008, 10:00-16:00


tickets £20 including music and coffee/tea

A restorative workshop with Orlando Chamber Choir and James Weeks exploring Purcell's sacred and secular music. The day will evolve from church to tavern in more ways than one!

The workshop is open to all choral singers, but some sight-reading skills are pre-requisite. We will be using the Faber Music edition Purcell, Henry: 5 Anthems SATB, plus some sheet music, all of which will be provided.

Please book your place in advance, so we can ensure there's enough music for everyone!

Programme details

Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) Anthems
Sacred and secular music

Bach Advent Mass and Cantatas

Orlando Chamber Choir and Orchestra
James Weeks, director
soloists to be announced

Thursday November 13th 2008, 19:30


ticket prices to be announced

Orlando Chamber Choir presents a Bach programme including an Advent Mass, Cantatas and Chorales - and starting off with the magnificent motet Lobet den Herren.

Programme details

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Lobet den Herren BWV 230
Chorale
Missa Brevis in G BWV 236
Cantata BWV 61:
      Nun komm der heiden Heiland
Cantata BWV 54:
      Widerstehe doch der Sunde (alto)
Cantata BWV 196:
      Der Herr denkt an uns
Chorale

Christmas Concert

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director

December 2008
venue to be announced
location to be announced
ticket prices to be announced

Orlando Chamber Choir presents its traditional Christmas Concert which includes plenty of opportunities to sing along. We expect to serve wine and mince pies, too, and there are rumours of a raffle.

Programme details

to be announced  

Ex Venice

Venetian Renaissance music

Orlando Chamber Choir
James Weeks, director
soloists to be announced

March - April 2009
venue to be announced
location to be announced
ticket prices to be announced

A visit to XVIth century Venice with Orlando Chamber Choir and soloists performing Renaissance works written for St Mark's Cathedral.

Adrian Willaert, a Flemish composer appointed maestro di cappella at the basilica, was inspired by its two choir lofts to write antiphonal compositions for double choir - from which evolved composition techniques known as the Venetian Polychoral Style. Andrea Gabrieli was one of Willaert's pupils and organist at St Mark's. Giovanni Gabrieli succeeded his teacher uncle - and eventually surpassed him in fame, spreading the Venetian Style through Europe.

A grand musical gondola ride with director James Weeks on the stern.

Programme details

Adrian Willaert (1490 - 1562) to be announced
Andrea Gabrieli (1532 - 1585) to be announced
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554 - 1612) to be announced