Concert: Spring Serenade Saturday 16 February 2013

The concert took place at the Church of St John Baptist in Bishop Monkton. The programme was:

Ave Verum Corpus –  W A Mozart (1756-91)
Jesu joy of man’s desiring  – J S Bach (1685-1750)
A Gaelic Blessing – John Rutter (b. 1945)
The Lamb – John Tavener (b. 1944)
Organ Interlude
— Evensong  – Easthope Martin (1882-1925)
— Caprice  – Cuthbert Harris (1870-1932)
Four-part Mass  – William Byrd (1543-1623)
— Kyrie
— Gloria
— Credo
— Sanctus
— Benedictus
— Agnus Dei
*** Interval ***
Five Flower Songs  – Benjamin Britten (1913-76)
— To Daffodils
— The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
— Marsh Flowers
— The Evening Primrose
— Ballad of Green Broom
Hear my prayer – Henry Purcell (1659-95)
Salvator Mundi  – John Blow (1648-1708)
Organ Interlude
— Pastorale from the 12th Sonata in D flat Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Hear my prayer  – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Blue Moon arr. Blackwell
Night and Day arr. Carter

The choir will be conducted by Sam Gardner and  the organist is Adrian Selway.