'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
*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
Saturday 1st July, 2023
St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
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
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
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
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'
Saturday 18th December, 2021
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
Programme
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
J.S. Bach - Air Pour Les Trompettes
arr. Michael Allen
Michael Kamen - Quintet
Morten Lauridsen - O magnum mysterium
Herbert Howells - Sing lullaby
Francois Poulenc - Hodie
arr. Overton - Joy to the World
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
arr. John Iveson - Christmas Crackers, A Carol Fantasy
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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
Barbican Brass
Simon Dinsdale - organ
Philip Lawson - conductor
Monteverdi: Vespers
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
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.
'The Old Order Changeth'
Saturday 23rd October, 2021
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
Programme
William Byrd - Sing joyfully
Thomas Tallis - Hear the voice and prayer
Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands
Organ
Richard Lloyd - Passion Chorale
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
Organ
Richard Lloyd - Church Parade
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
Simon Dinsdale - organ
Philip Lawson - conductor
Photograph by Anne Wiltshire
'Hail Gladdening Light'
Thursday 16th April 2021
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill
8pm
Programme
David Briggs - Hail Gladdening Light
Plainsong - Light's abode, celestial Salem
Robert White - Christe qui lux es
William Byrd - O lux beata
Palestrina - Nunc Dimittis
Théodore Dubois - Toccata for organ
Sergei Rachmaninov - Svete Tihiy (O Gladsome Light)
Eric Whitacre - Lux aurumque
William Harris - Bring us, O Lord God
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
Charles Wood - Hail Gladdening Light
Chris Mahon - organ
Andrew Mackay - conductor
Christmas Concert
Saturday 21st December, 2019
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
Programme
Handel - Coronation Anthems
Zadok the Priest
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
The King shall Rejoice
My Heart is Inditing
Carols for choir and audience and, of course,
join in the Hallelujah Chorus
The Farrant Orchestra
Simon Dinsdale - organ
Saturday 9th November, 2019
The Italianate Church, Wilton
7.30pm
Programme
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
Giacomo Carissimi - Jephte
Historicus Andrew Stewart
Jephte Morley Beswick
Filia Abigail Hooper
The Farrant String Ensemble
Mark Wood - organ
Peter Grove - harpsichord
Thursday 3rd October, 2019
St. Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors
8pm
Programme
Plainsong - Veni sancte spiritus
Thomas Tomkins - When David heard
Peter Philips - O crux splendidior
Thomas Weelkes - When David heard
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
John Tavener - A Hymn to the Mother of God
Pierre Villette - Hymne à la Vierge
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
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
Friday 21st June, 2019
Gillingham Methodist Church
7.30pm
David Briggs - organ
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)
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
Saturday 15th June, 2019
St. Mary and St. Nicholas' Church, Wilton
7.30pm
Programme
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
Mark Wood - organ.
Seventh Heaven
A concert of sacred music form seven countries and seven centuries
Thursday 9th May, 2019
St. Mary's Church, Stapleford
8pm (doors open at 7.30pm)
Programme
Plainsong - Veni sancte spiritus
King John of Portugal - Crux Fidelis
Peter Philips - O crux splendidior
John Taverner - Dum transisset
Thomas Tomkins - When David heard
Henry Purcell - Hear my prayer
Thomas Weelkes - When David heard
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
John Tavener - A Hymn to the Mother of God
Pierre Villette - Hymne à la Vierge
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque
Sergei Rachmaninov - Bogoroditse
Joseph Rheinberger - Abendlied
John Sheppard - Libera nos, salva nos
Music for the Season of Lent
Saturday 23rd March, 2019
St. Martin's Church, Salisbury
7.30pm
Programme
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
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
*First performance
Guest Artists
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
All the Queen's Men
Saturday 10th June 2017
St Michael the Archangel, Mere
Part of Flower and Music Festival 2017, Mere
Brahms German Requiem
Saturday 11th February 2017
St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden
Part of the Brandenburg Festival
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.