This video clip shows The Farrant Singers taking part in Bob Chilcott's Salisbury Vespers in Salisbury Cathedral on 23rd May 2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA7r8F8USmo

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The Farrant Singers Collection

A new recording of The Farrant Singers Collection, with some favourites from the Farrant repertoire. This CD features seven new pieces commissioned by the choir for its 50th anniversary in 2008, including works by Barry Ferguson, Richard Shephard, David Halls and Richard Lloyd.

There are also performances of Stanford's Three latin motets, Vaughan Williams' Three Shakespeare songs, and Britten's Choral Dances from Gloriana with the rarely-heard interpolations by the 'Spirit of the Masque'.

The CD costs £12.00, and is available at Farrant Singers concerts or by mail order from: Heather Bamber, 493 Mill Lane, Figheldean, Salisbury SP4 8JJ. Please send a cheque for £13.00 (inc p&p), made out to 'The Farrant Singers'. It is also available at The Collectors' Room in Endless Street, Salisbury, and at Sarum College Bookshop in Salisbury Cathedral Close.

The full track-listing is below:

View me Lord (Richard Lloyd)
Three latin motets (Charles Villiers Stanford) - Coelos ascendit hodie; Justorum animae; Beati quorum via
Three Shakespeare songs (Ralph Vaughan Williams) - Full fathom five; The cloud-capp’d towers; Over hill, over dale
O Lord support us all the day long (Barry Ferguson)
Choral dances from Gloriana (Benjamin Britten) - Time; Concord; Time and concord; Country girls; Rustics and fishermen; Final dance of homage
Nonino (Howard Moody)
A week is a long time in love (Barry Ferguson)
Laugh and be merry (Sam Hanson)
To music (Richard Shephard)
Praise the Lord (David Halls)
O Thou who camest from above (Richard Lloyd)
A new song (Philip Lawson)

Souvenir Anniversary Brochure

Colour 40 page brochure produced for The Farrant Singers 50th Anniversary, including a comprehensive illustrated history of the choir by Julian Wiltshire.

The brochure is available at Farrant Singers concerts or by mail order from: Heather Bamber, 493 Mill Lane, Figheldean, Salisbury SP4 8JJ. Please send a cheque for £5.50 (inc p&p), made out to 'The Farrant Singers'.

New CD - The Organ Music of Sir Walter Alcock

Daniel Cook, the choir's conductor and Salisbury Cathedral’s organist, has recently recorded a CD of music by Sir Walter Alcock, who was the Cathedral's organist from 1917.

Daniel has chosen what he considers to be Alcock’s greatest organ music and, at the same time, represents the broadest possible spectrum of the different styles in which he wrote.  The disc has a comprehensive booklet insert detailing Alcock’s biography and work, his life as a performer, full programme notes on the pieces performed and a section on the Father Willis organ including its complete specification.

The CD is available from the Cathedral Shop, price £13.50, and from all leading classical CD retailers.