'Requiem'
Saturday 11th November, 2023
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
William Byrd's 'Mass for 5 Voices' interspersed with movements from the Requiems of Brahms, Howells, Rutter and Mozart
William Byrd - KYRIE
Johannes Brahms - Wie lieblich
William Byrd - GLORIA
Herbert Howells - Requiem aeternam
*Johann Sebastian Bach - Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
William Byrd - CREDO
John Rutter - The Lord is my shepherd
William Byrd - SANCTUS
INTERVAL
William Byrd - BENEDICTUS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Dies irae
William Byrd - AGNUS DEI
*George Thalben-Ball - Elegy
Herbert Howells - Take him, earth, for cherishing
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*Organ solos
Philip Lawson, conductor
Simon Dinsdale, organ
Sarum Reflections
with Barney Norris and John Cox
A concert of words and music in aid of St. Thomas's Appeal
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Saturday 1st July, 2023
St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
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Part One: Visitors to Salisbury
Shephard, Richard - To Music (written for the Farrant Singers)
From: The Diary of Samuel Pepys Thursday 11 June 1668
From: An Autobiography by Anthony Trollope
From: English Hours by Henry James
Anonymous - Edi beo thu hevene quene (XIV c.)
From: Travels and Travelling 1616-1653 by John Taylor
From: In Pursuit of Spring by Edward Thomas
From: Guilt and Sorrow or Incidents on Salisbury Plain
by William Wordsworth
From: The Complete Adventures of Henry Chalk
by Nick Cowen
From: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
by Laurie Lee
Roth, Alec - Men and Angels (words by George Herbert)
(written for the Farrant Singers)
From: Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
From: The Longest Journey by E. M. Forster
Uffereri, Giovanni - Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei
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A Walk in Melchester with Thomas Hardy
From: The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840–91
A Cathedral Façade at Midnight
From: Jude the Obscure - Part Third At Melchester
The High-School Lawn
From: Jude the Obscure - Part Third At Melchester
From: Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Mackay, Andrew – Summer Dreams
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INTERVAL
Part Two: Residents in Salisbury
Moody, Howard - Nonino (written for the Farrant Singers)
A Walk in Salisbury with George Herbert
The Water-course by George Herbert
From: The Life of Mr. George Herbert by Izaak Walton
Love III by George Herbert
Host by Vikram Seth
Uttendal, Alexander - Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam
From: Without Knowing Mr Walkley by Edith Olivier
Home Thoughts in Laventie 1916 by Edward ‘Bim’ Tennant
From: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
From: The Spire by William Golding
Rheinberger, Josef - Abendlied
From: The Enigma of Arrival by V. S. Naipaul
From: Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch
From: Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
Archer, Malcolm Cloths of Heaven
From: Five Rivers met on a Wooded Plain by Barney Norris
Sullivan, Arthur - I hear the soft note
Pater Noster
Reflections on The Lord's Prayer
Saturday 4th March, 2023
St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
Plainsong (in procession) - Pater Noster (complete)
Plainsong line 1 - "Pater noster....tuum"
William Harris - Holy is the True Light
Orlando di Lasso - Domine Dominus Noster
Plainsong line 2 - "Adveniat....in terra"
Heinrich Schütz - Vater Unser
Anton Bruckner - Locus Iste
Plainsong line 3 - "Panem....hodie"
Maurice Duruflé - Notre Père
READING
Bob Chilcott - Oculi Omnium
Plainsong line 4 - "Et dimitte .... Nostris"
John Tavener - The Lord's Prayer
Henry Purcell - Remember Not, Lord
Plainsong line 5 - "Et ne nos.....amalo"
Richard Farrant - Hide Not Thou Thy Face
Igor Stravinsky - Pater Noster
Plainsong (in recession). - Pater Noster (complete)
Orlando Gibbons - Amen
INTERVAL
Claude Debussy - Trois Chansons de Charles D'Orleans
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SPIRITUALS
Arr. Lawson. - Down to the river to pray
Arr. Knight. - Swing low, sweet chariot
Arr. Overton - In the middle of the road
Arr. Lawson. - Deep river
Arr. Park. - Standing in the need of prayer
Conductor - Philip Lawson
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'Joy to the World'
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Saturday 18th December, 2021
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
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Programme
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Boris Ord - Adam lay y-bounden
O come, o come Emmanuel
Arr. Lawson - Angelus ad Virginem
Francois Poulenc - Quem vidistis
Herbert Howells - Here is the little door
Arvo Pärt - Bogoroditse dyevo
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J.S. Bach - Air Pour Les Trompettes
arr. Michael Allen
Michael Kamen - Quintet
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Morten Lauridsen - O magnum mysterium
Herbert Howells - Sing lullaby
Francois Poulenc - Hodie
arr. Overton - Joy to the World
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George Frideric Handel - Hallelujah Chorus
Unto us a boy is born
arr. Clements - Gabriel's message
arr. Wood - Ding dong! Merrily on high
arr Kay/Overton - Gaudete
Once in Royal David's City
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arr. John Iveson - Christmas Crackers, A Carol Fantasy
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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John Gardner - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Bob Chilcott - Shepherd's Carol
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams - We've been a while a-wandering
While shepherds watched
arr Lawson - Jingle bells
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Barbican Brass
Simon Dinsdale - organ
Philip Lawson - conductor
Monteverdi: Vespers
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Saturday 20th November, 2021
Salisbury Cathedral
7pm
We joined Salisbury Musical Society as a guest choir, along with St. John's Singers and the Cathedral Choir, for this performance of Monteverdi’s famous Vespers of 1610
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The orchestral accompaniment was provided by period instrument ensemble Florilegium. www.florilegium.org.uk
This concert was part of the Cathedral’s (belated) celebration of its 800th anniversary and was conducted by David Halls.
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'The Old Order Changeth'
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Saturday 23rd October, 2021
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
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Programme
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William Byrd - Sing joyfully
Thomas Tallis - Hear the voice and prayer
Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands
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Organ
Richard Lloyd - Passion Chorale
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Edgar Bainton - And I saw a new Heaven
Charles Villiers Stanford - Justorum animae
Edward Bairstow - Lord, I call upon Thee
Sir Edward Elgar - Light out of darkness
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Organ
Richard Lloyd - Church Parade
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Richard Lloyd - View me, Lord
Richard Lloyd - All so still
Richard Shephard - The old order changeth
Richard Shephard - Never weather-beaten sail
Richard Shephard - The Birds
Richard Shephard - And when the builders
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Simon Dinsdale - organ
Philip Lawson - conductor
Photograph by Anne Wiltshire
'Hail Gladdening Light'
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Thursday 16th April 2021
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill
8pm
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Programme
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David Briggs - Hail Gladdening Light
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Plainsong - Light's abode, celestial Salem
Robert White - Christe qui lux es
William Byrd - O lux beata
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Palestrina - Nunc Dimittis
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Théodore Dubois - Toccata for organ
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Sergei Rachmaninov - Svete Tihiy (O Gladsome Light)
Eric Whitacre - Lux aurumque
William Harris - Bring us, O Lord God
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Gustav Holst - Nunc Dimittis
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht
Chant - The Lord is my light (Psalm 27)
Johann Sebastian Bach - The duteous day now closeth
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Charles Wood - Hail Gladdening Light
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Chris Mahon - organ
Andrew Mackay - conductor
Christmas Concert
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Saturday 21st December, 2019
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
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Programme
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Handel - Coronation Anthems
Zadok the Priest
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
The King shall Rejoice
My Heart is Inditing
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Carols for choir and audience and, of course,
join in the Hallelujah Chorus
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The Farrant Orchestra
Simon Dinsdale - organ
Saturday 9th November, 2019
The Italianate Church, Wilton
7.30pm
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Programme
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Orlando Gibbons - Drop, drop slow tears (Song 46)
Orlando Gibbons - This is the record of John
Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands
Henry Purcell - Rejoice in the Lord alway (The Bell Anthem)
Henry Purcell - Remember not, Lord, our offences
Henry Purcell - I was glad
Henry Purcell - Chaconne from The Fairy Queen
Henry Purcell - Hear my prayer
Henry Purcell - My heart is inditing
INTERVAL
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Giacomo Carissimi - Jephte
Historicus Andrew Stewart
Jephte Morley Beswick
Filia Abigail Hooper
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The Farrant String Ensemble
Mark Wood - organ
Peter Grove - harpsichord
Thursday 3rd October, 2019
St. Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors
8pm
Programme
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Plainsong - Veni sancte spiritus
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Thomas Tomkins - When David heard
Peter Philips - O crux splendidior
Thomas Weelkes - When David heard
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C. Hubert H. Parry - My soul, there is a country
C. Hubert H. Parry - Never weather-beaten sail
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford - Beati quorum via
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John Tavener - A Hymn to the Mother of God
Pierre Villette - Hymne à la Vierge
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
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Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque
Sergei Rachmaninov - Bogoroditse
Heinrich Isaac/ - The duteous day now closeth
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Rheinberger - Abendlied
The Glory of Notre Dame - A Tribute
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Friday 21st June, 2019
Gillingham Methodist Church
7.30pm
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David Briggs - organ
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Programme
Louis Marchand (1669-1732) - Grand Jeu, 3e Livre d'Orgue (1696)
Louis Couperin (1626-1661)- Chaconne in G
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) - From ‘Pièces de Fantaisie’
o Cathédrales
o Carillon de Westminster
Pierre Cochereau (1924-84), transcribed by David Briggs - Berceuse à la Mémoire de Louis Vierne
Pierre Cochereau (1924-84), transcribed by David Briggs -
Scherzo Symphonique Improvisée (November 1968)
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Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) - Four motets on Gregorian themes
Ubi caritas et amor
Tota pulchra es
Tu es Petrus
Tantum ergo
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) - Messe Solonnelle in C sharp minor,
Op. 16
'Beatitudes'
Choral Classics from around Europe
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Saturday 15th June, 2019
St. Mary and St. Nicholas' Church, Wilton
7.30pm
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Programme
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Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei
Plainsong - Assumpta est Maria
Palestrina - Missa Assumpta est Maria - Kyrie
William Byrd - Laudate Pueri
Palestrina - Missa Assumpta est Maria - Gloria
Orlando Gibbons - Fantasia for organ
Antonio Lotti - Crucifixus à 8
Palestrina - Missa Assumpta est Maria - Credo
Henryk Górecki - Totus Tuus
Palestrina - Missa Assumpta est Maria - Sanctus & Benedictus
Arvo Pärt - The Beatitudes
Palestrina - Missa Assumpta est Maria - Agnus Dei I
Matthew Martin - Vidi aquam
Palestrina - Missa Assumpta est Maria - Agnus Dei II
John Tavener - Song for Athene
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Mark Wood - organ.
Seventh Heaven
A concert of sacred music form seven countries and seven centuries
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Thursday 9th May, 2019
St. Mary's Church, Stapleford
8pm (doors open at 7.30pm)
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Programme
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Plainsong - Veni sancte spiritus
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King John of Portugal - Crux Fidelis
Peter Philips - O crux splendidior
John Taverner - Dum transisset
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Thomas Tomkins - When David heard
Henry Purcell - Hear my prayer
Thomas Weelkes - When David heard
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C. Hubert H. Parry - My soul, there is a country
C. Hubert H. Parry - Never weather-beaten sail
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford - Beati quorum via
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John Tavener - A Hymn to the Mother of God
Pierre Villette - Hymne à la Vierge
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
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Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque
Sergei Rachmaninov - Bogoroditse
Joseph Rheinberger - Abendlied
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John Sheppard - Libera nos, salva nos
Music for the Season of Lent
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Saturday 23rd March, 2019
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
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Programme
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Gabriel Fauré - Requiem in D minor, Op.48
Frank Martin - Mass for double choir
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Timor et tremor
Vinea mea electa
Tenebrae factae sunt
Tristis est anima mea
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John Challenger - organ
A Selection of Recently Performed Works
Bob Chilcott - Salisbury Vespers - World Premiere
John Rutter - Gloria
Giovanni Gabrieli - In ecclesiis and Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus
J S Bach - Motets
Thomas Tallis - O sacrum convivium
Henry Purcell - Hear my prayer
William Harris - Faire is the heaven
Anton Bruckner - Christus factus est
Sergei Rachmaninov - Vespers
Charles Wood - Hail gladdening light
Charles Villiers Stanford - Eternal Father
Herbert Sumsion - They that go down to the sea
Arnold Bax - Mater Ora Filium
Malcolm Archer - Vespers - World Premiere
Jonathan Dove - Into Thy hands
Philip Moore - Three prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Paul Mealor - Now sleeps the Crimson Petal
Alison Duncan - Night
Alison Cameron - A child of the snows
Gabriel Jackson - The Spacious Firmament
Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque
Sir C. Hubert H. Parry - Songs of Farewell
Alec Roth - The Elixir*
Alison Cameron - A Foreign Field*
Maurice Duruflé - Requiem Op. 9
Richard Lloyd - Christus natus est* (For The Farrant Singers on their 60th anniversary, 2018)
Richard Shephard - And when the builders
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*First performance
Guest Artists
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Elizabeth Kenny - lute and theorbo
Reicho Ichise - viola da gamba
Guy Cutting - tenor
Andrew Littlemore - horn
Simon Dinsdale - organ
Edward Reeve - organ
Fisher Ensemble
Amy Carson - soprano
Timothy Dickinson - baritone
Alison Hill - soprano
Colin Howard - tenor
Simon McEnery - tenor
Jonathan Willcocks - conductor
John Challenger - organ
Mark Wood - organ
Past Highlights
Tour to Galway .
Thursday 26th - Sunday 29th October 2017
The choir travelled to Galway on the invitation of Irish choir Cois Cladaigh and performed concerts in Clifden, Connemara and Galway City, as well as a Sunday morning service in St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway
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All the Queen's Men
Saturday 10th June 2017
St Michael the Archangel, Mere
Part of Flower and Music Festival 2017, Mere
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Brahms German Requiem
Saturday 11th February 2017
St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden
Part of the Brandenburg Festival
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Magna Cantata
Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th July 2015
Salisbury Cathedral
A staged cantata written by Philip Lawson and Andrew Mackay to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta.
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