Polymnia
Patron: Lesley Garrett CBE

Regrets and Reflections
Saturday 16 May 2026, 4pm
St Mary and St Giles, Stony Stratford
Guest Musical Director: Laura Bailie
PROGRAMME:
O nata lux Tallis – Ave verum corpus Byrd – A hymne to Christ – Imogen Holst – Mille regretz – Josquin des Prez – Ah, dear heart – Gibbons – When David heard – Tomkins – Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre – Os justi – Bruckner – Bogoroditse devo – Rachmaninoff – Music, when soft voices die – Parry – Draw on sweet night – Wilbye – Flow my tears – Dowland – The sleeping child – Bob Chilcott – Après un rêve – Fauré arr. l’Estrange – O waly waly – Traditional – Let my love be heard – Jake Runestad – – Eric Whitacre

Premiere Concert
Saturday 17 October 2026, 4pm
St Mary and St Giles, Stony Stratford
Musical Director: Jessica Norton
With Craig Greene (piano)
PROGRAMME:
World premiere of a new piece Richard Barnard – To Music Dyson – Hymn to St Cecilia Britten – Wide open spaces Sarah Quartel – How can I keep from singing Staheli – Till I hear you sing Lloyd Webber – There will be rest Ticheli – Lean on me Withers – Bridge over troubled water Simon and Garfunkel – For good Schwartz – There is sweet music Elgar – Hail gladdening light Wood – My soul, there is a country Parry
Saturday 17 October 2026, 4pm at St Mary and St Giles, Stony Stratford
2026/7 will be our 20th anniversary season. We are planning something special...
