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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