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October 28th 2006  And we Rejoiced, songs of sorrow and light
Unitarian Chapel, Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead NW3
Conductor:Kerry Prest

Programme
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) O nata lux, Loquebantur variis linguis
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Hosanna to the son of David
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hear my prayer, O Lord
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Hymn to the Virgin
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Love bade me welcome from Five Mystical Songs-solo baritone Vincent Lawlor
Miriam Mackie (b 1951) arrangement of Steal Away, choir and soprano Ruthie Smith
John Tavener (b1944) Hymn for the dormition of the Mother of God
Arvo Pärt (b1935) The Beatitudes (1990-91)
Miriam Mackie (b1951) His coming to the sepulchre (2003-5), choir with soprano Ruthie Smith and tenor Phil Lee
To make the music better (2006), solo alto Lisa Colledge
Prayer of St Francis of Assisi (2004), tenor David Abrahams and baritone Vincent Lawlor
Land of the Living (2000), choir and tenor David Abrahams
And we rejoiced (2005), choir and soprano Ruthie Smith and alto Lisa Colledge
Hymn  to God, in my sicknesse (2000-5), solo baritone Vincent Lawlor

November 18th 2007   All that has divided us
St James's Piccadilly W1
Conductor:Kerry Prest

Programme
Thomas Weelkes (c1576-1623) Gloria in excelsis Deo
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Christus factus est
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Psalm 86 (1912)
William Harris (1883-1973) Bring us, O Lord (1959)
John Tavener (b1944) Hymn for the dormition of the Mother of God (1985)
Arvo Pärt (b1935) Cantate Domino canticum novum (Psalm 95) (1977/96)
Henryk Górecki (b1933) Amen (1975)
Miriam Mackie (b1951) And we rejoiced (2005)
Hymn to God,my God, in my sicknesse (2005)
A poison tree
Prayer of St Francis (2004)
All that has divided us

July 26th 2008 Sacred and Profane
St Peter and St Paul,  Deddington
Conductor: Richard Crossland

Programme
GP de Palestrina (1525-1594) Scapulis suis
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Lasciatemi morire
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Two lyrics from Sacred and Profane (Ye that passen by and Carol)
Miriam Mackie (b1951) His coming to the Sepulchre, You will know the truth 
Arvo Pärt (b1935) The Beatitudes
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) The Silver Swan
Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Spirituals from 'A child  of our time' (Steal away and Go down, Moses)
Miriam Mackie (b1951) Steal away, The Silver Swan 
Morten Lauridsen (b1943)   Sure on this shining night

November 22nd 2008 Sacred and Profane
Unitarian Chapel, Rosslyn Hill NW3 1NG
Conductor: Richard Crossland

Programme
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Gaudent in coelis
GP de Palestrina (1525-1594) Scapulis suis
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Sacred and Profane (Saint Godric's Hymn, I mon waxe wod, Lenten is come, Carol, Ye that passen by)
Miriam Mackie (b1951) His coming to the sepulchre, You will know the truth
Arvo Pärt (b1935) The Beatitudes
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) The Silver Swan
Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Spirituals from 'A child  of our time' (Steal away, Go down, Moses and Deep River)
Miriam Mackie (b1951) Steal Away, The Silver Swan,Sweet Flower
Randall Thompson (1899-1984) Alleluia
Morten Lauridsen (b1943) O magnum mysterium  

Music for a summer evening

July 9th 2009 Music for a summer evening
St Giles in the fields, 60 St Giles High St, WC2H 8LG
Conductor: Janette Ruocco

Programme
Heinrich Schutz (1584-1672)    Jauchtzet dem Herrn
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) I praise the tender flower
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) The succession of the four sweet months
The evening primrose
Janette Ruocco (b1956) Psalm 23
Miriam Mackie (b1951) The Silver Swan
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hear my Prayer
Remember not Lord our Offences
Thou Knowest Lord the Secret of our Hearts
Howard Helvey (b1968) O Lux beatissima
Eric Whitacre (b1976) Sleep
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Concord
Concord and Time
Final Dance of Homage
 Thomas Weelkes (c1576-1623) Gloria in excelsis Deo

motets, madrigals and mystics

October 15th 2009 Motels, madrigals and mystics
St Giles in the fields, 60 St Giles High St, WC2H 8LG
Conductor: Janette Ruocco

Programme
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Sicut Servus
Janette Ruocco (b1956)
Three Blake Songs
Little Boy Lost
The Fly

Ah! Sunflower
Salamone Rossi(1570-1630) Elohim Hashivenu
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Four motets on Gregorian Themes
Ubi caritas
Tota pulchra es

Tu es petrus

Tantum ergo
Thomas Weelkes (?1576-1623) Gloria in excelsis Deo
Howard Helvey (b1968)
Teasdale Madrigals
Sunset:St Louis
I am wild

Life has lovliness to sell
Miriam Mackie (b1951) The Land of the Living
Rihards Dubra (b1964) Panis angelicus
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) O Clap Your Hands Together

Blow ,blow thou winter wind

January31st 2010 Blow, blow thou winter wind
St James's, PIccadilly, W1J 9LL
Conductor: Janette Ruocco

Programme
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Ave Maria
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Sicut Servus
Salamone Rossi(1570-1630) Elohim Hashivenu
Tomas Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611) Ave Maria
Hans Leo Hassler (c.1564-1612) Dixit Maria
Howard Helvey (b1968) O Lux Beatissima
Rihards Dubra (b.1964) Panis angelicus
Alexander Campkin (b.1984) Calm me, O Lord
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Four motets on Gregorian themes
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Choral Dances from Gloriana
Time
Concord
Concord and Time
Final Dance of Homage
Janette Ruocco (b.1956)
Three Blake Songs
The Little Boy Lost
The Fly
Ah! Sunflower
Janette Ruocco  A Shakespeare Fragment
Janette Ruocco Blow,blow thou winter wind
Howard Helvey
Teasdale Madrigals
Sunset:St Louis
I am Wild
Life has loveliness
Miriam Mackie (b.1951) Sing
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Two Shakespeare Songs
The cloud capp'd towers
Over hill,over dale


May 20th 2010 Hear my Prayer
St Giles in the Fields WC2H 8LG
Conductor: Janette Ruocco

Programme
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Ave Maria
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Carlo Gesualdo (c1561-1613) O Vos Omnes
Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Felice Anerio (c1560-1614) Christus Factus Est
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hear my Prayer
Bob Chilcott (b1955)
William Byrd (1542/3-1623) Ave Verum Corpus
Janette Ruocco (b1956)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)-Otche Nash The Lord's Prayer
Jacob Handl (1550-1591)- Pater Noster
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Bogoroditse Dyevo
Arvo Pärt (b1935)


June 26th 2010 Renaissance and Contemporary vocal works
Church of St Peter and St Paul Deddington Oxfordshire
Conductor: Janette Ruocco

Two Renaissance works
Jauchzet dem Herrn Heinrich Shutz (1585-1672)
Elohim Hashivenu Salamone Rossi ( 1570-1630)
O Lux Beatissima Howard Helvey
Three anthems  Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Hear my Prayer, O Lord
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Remember not, Lord our offences
Psalm 23 Janette Ruocco (b1956)
Two Flower Songs Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The succession of the four sweet months
The evening primrose
Two settings of Ave Maria Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Two settings of O vos omnes Carlo Gesualdo (c1561-1613)
Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Teasdale Madrigals Howard Helvey (b1968)
Sunset:St Louis
I am wild
Life has lovliness to sell
Two settings of Bogoroditse Dyevo (Ave Maria) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Arvo Pärt (b1935)
Two settings of the Lord's Prayer
Otche Nash Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Pater Noster Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Time
Concord
Concord and Time
Final Dance of Homage


November 18th  2010  Laudate Dominum
St Giles in the Fields WC2H 8LG
Conductor: Janette Ruocco

Laudate Dominum Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck  1562-1621
Ave verum corpus William Byrd  1540-1623

Janette Ruocco  b1956
Missa Brevis James Macmillan  b1959
O nata lux Thomas Tallis 1505-1585
Morten Lauridsen b 1943
Salve Regina  Francis Poulenc  1899-1963
Tout puissant from Petites Prières de Saint François d'Assise
Seigneur, je vous  en prie from Petites Prières de Saint François d'Assise
Sing Joyfully William Byrd  1540-1623
Miriam Mackie b 1951
Panis Angelicus Rihards Dubra b 1964
Pierre Villette 1926-1988
Nunc dimittis Gustav Holst 1874-1934

Carols for Shoppers Thursday, December 21st  5.30-6.30 pm St James's Church, Piccadilly, W1J 9LL

February 5th  2011 Calm me, O Lord
Unitarian Chapel, Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, NW3
Conductor: Janette Ruocco

Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens
Four motets on Gregorian themes
Maurice Duruflé  1902-1986
Petites Prières
Tout puissant
Seigneur, je vous en prie
Francis Poulenc  1899-1963  
Organ Solo
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor
JS Bach  1685-1750
Illumination Composers
Memorial Prayer Janette Ruocco  b 1956
Sing Joyfully Miriam Mackie  b 1951
American Composers
Flee we to te Lord Libby Larsen  b 1950
O Nata Lux Morten Lauridsen  b 1943
Salve Regina Francis Poulenc  1899-1963  
Notre Père Maurice Duruflé  1902-1986
Missa Brevis James MacMillan  b 1959
Organ Solo
Dieu Parmi Nous
Olivier Messiaen  1908-1992
O sacrum convivium Olivier Messiaen  1908-1992
Three Latin Motets Pierre Villette  1926-1998
O quam amabilis
Jesu dulcis memoria
Panis angelicus

Nunc dimittis Gustav Holst  1874-1934
July 7th  2011  I Heard a voice from heaven
St Giles in the fields, London WC2H 8LG
Conductor: Janette Ruocco
O Clap your hands together

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Magnificat Robert White (c1538-1574)
Calm me, O Lord Alexander Campkin (b 1984)
Ave Regina Cecelia Mcdowall (b 1951)
Set me as a Seal William Walton (1902-1983)
Ascendit Deus Peter Philips (1560-1628)
Requiem Herbert Howells (1892-1981)
Three Spirituals  Richard Allain (b1965)
November 17th  2011 Sing for your heart
St Vedast alias foster, London  EC 2V 6HH
Conductor: Janette Ruocco
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
Ave Maris Stella Eleanor Daley ( b1955)
Love bade me welcome Judith Weir (b1954)
Flee we to our Lord Libby Larsen (b1950)
Ave Regina Cecilia McDowall (b1951)
Psalm 23 Janette Ruocco (b1956)
Sing Joyfully Miriam Mackie (b1951)
Now fie on love Rebecca Clarke
Ave Maria Rebecca Clarke
Plorans Ploravit Hilary Campbell (b1983)
My master from a garden rose Eleanor Daley
Two African-American spirituals
 Any How Evelyn La Rue Pittman(1910-1992)
Daniel,Daniel servant of the Lord Undine Smith Moore(1904-1989)