Polymnia
Patron: Lesley Garrett CBE
Archive
Past performances since 2022
6 July 2024: St Mary and St Giles, Stony Stratford. Love’s Journeys
With Craig Greene, piano.
PROGRAMME: Three psalms Felix Mendelssohn – Cantate Domino Claude Monteverdi – Ave Maria Franz Schubert – Tabula rasa Don MacDonald – Amor de mi alma Z. Randall Stroope – The rose Ola Gjeilo – El amor y la muerte Enrique Granados – Liebesleid Fritz Kreisler arr. Rachmaninoff – Calon lan Traditional Welsh – Kaval sviri Traditional Bulgarian – Shenandoah arr. James Erb – Hallelujah Leonard Cohen – Let the river run Carly Simon
1 and 2 June 2024. Chiesa dell’Assunta, Sabbioneta and Asola Cathedral, Italy
PROGRAMME: O quam gloriosum Tomás Luis de Victoria – If ye love me Thomas Tallis – O most merciful Charles Wood – O sacrum convivium Thomas Tallis – The lamb John Tavener – Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon – Locus iste Anton Bruckner – Pulchra es, anima mea Ola Gjeilo – Ave Maria Tomás Luis de Victoria – Ave Maria Robert Parsons – Ave Maria Josquin des Prez – Gaelic blessing John Rutter – Cantate Domino Claudio Monteverdi – Exsultate Deo Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – The road home Stephen Paulus – My soul, there is a country Hubert Parry – Signore delle cime Guiseppe De Marzi
13 April 2024: St Mary and St Giles, Stony Stratford. Nature Awakens
With Alex Aitken, piano.
PROGRAMME: Springtime mantleth every bough Thomas Morley – In dew of roses Thomas Morley – Now is the month of maying Thomas Morley – Ging heut’ Morgen übers Feld Gustav Mahler – Morning has broken Trad. Gaelic melody, arr. Mack Wilberg – Fields of gold Sting, arr. Philip Lawson – Wild mountain thyme Trad., arr. Jessica Norton – The island spell John Ireland – Lay a garland Robert Lucas Pearsall – Sing to the moon Laura Mvula – Omnia sol Z. Randall Stroope – April John Ireland – Sunrise mass Ola Gjeilo
2 December 2023: St Barnabas, Linslade. Classical Christmas
With Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor, and Alina Orchestra
PROGRAMME: Hodie Christus natus est Jan Pieterzoon Sweelink – There is no rose Richard Rodney Bennet – A spotless rose Herbert Howells – Lully Lulla Kenneth Leighton – Concerto grosso, op. 6, no.8 in G minor Arcangelo Corelli – Fantasia on Christmas carols Ralph Vaughan Williams – Christmas concerto, op 3 no. 12 Francesco Manfredini – Gaudete Anon – Carol of the bells (Shchedryk) Mykola Leontovich – The twelve days of Christmas arr. Andrew Carter – O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion George Frederic Handel – And the glory of the Lord George Frederic Handel – Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Gardener
11 November 2023: St Barnabas, Linslade. Repose
With Paul Carr, organ
PROGRAMME: They that go down to the sea in ships Herbert Sumsion – Song for Athene John Tavener – Elegy George Thalben-Ball – The silver swan Orlando Gibbons – Selig sind die Toten Heinrich Schütz – Ombra mai fu George Frederik Handel – Ave Maria Robert Parsons – Lux aeterna (Nimrod from Enigma Variations) Edward Elgar arr. John Cameron – Requiem Maurice Duruflé
7,8,9 August 2023: St Andrew and St George's West, Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Choral Kaleidoscope
PROGRAMME: Summertime George Gershwin – Ev’ry time I feel the spirit Ken Burton – Gaelic blessing John Rutter – And so it goes Billy Joel – Ubi caritas Ola Gjeilo – Only in sleep Ēriks Ešenvalds – Abendlied Josef Rheinberger – The bluebird Charles Stanford – Pearl fishers' duet Georges Bizet – The road home Stephen Paulus – My spirit sang all day Gerald Finzi – In fields abroad William Byrd – Locus iste Anton Bruckner – My soul, there is a country Hubert Parry
8 July 2023: St Mary and St Giles, Stony Stratford. Homecomings
With Jonathan Kingston (piano)
PROGRAMME: Locus iste Anton Bruckner – Ubi caritas Ola Gjeilo – Abendlied Josef Rheinberger – By the sleepy lagoon Eric Coates – Hallelujah Leonard Cohen – Ev’ry time I feel the Spirit Ken Burton – Lovely day Bill Withers – Fly me to the moon Bart Howard – Summertime George Gershwin – The blue bird Charles Stanford – Gaelic blessing John Rutter – In fields abroad William Byrd – Pearl fishers’ duet Georges Bizet – The boatmen’s dance Aaron Copland – My spirit sang all day Gerald Finzi – The road home Stephen Paulus – Briagh Uige Traditional – Aesop’s fables Bob Chilcott
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