Archive of
Past Events
22 November
2003 "A Concert for St Cecilia"
Concert at Peterborough Cathedral
Britten: Hymn
to St Cecilia
Howells: A Hymn for St Cecilia
Walton: The Twelve
Finzi: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice
Durufle: Requiem
7 February 2004
"Sared & Secular Choral Classics"
Concert at the Church of St Thomas a Beckett, Greatford
Byrd: Haec Dies
Tallis: O Nata Lux
Weelkes: Hosanna
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Saint Saëns: Deux Chansons
INTERVAL
arr. Carter: Autumn
Leaves
Porter: Let's Do It
Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
arr. Blackwell: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
arr. Gritton: Tea For Two
Gardiner: Rejection
arr. Carter: O I do Like to be Beside the Seaside
arr. Carter: Christopher Robin
13 March 2004
Evensong at Peterborough Cathedral
Responses: Howells
Canticles: Howells St Paul's Service
Howells: Like as the hart
21 May 2004
"The Month of Maying"
Concert in the Vanbrugh Hall, Grimsthorpe Castle
Morley: Now is
the Month of Maying
Passereau: Il est bel et bon
Saint Saëns: Deux Choeurs
Fauré: Madrigal
Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
INTERVAL
Gershwin, arr. Clapham:
I Got Rhythm
Kosma, arr. Carter: Autumn Leaves
Porter, arr. Carter: Begin the Beguine
Porter, arr. Blackwell: Let's Do It
Gershwin, arr. Blackwell: 'S Wonderful
Kern, arr. Blackwell: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Youmans, arr.Gritton: Tea for Two
de Rose, arr. Carter/Blackwell: Deep Purple
Concert at
the Church of St Peter, Tickencote
Saturday 25 September 2004 at 8.00 pm
Stanford: Three
motets
Passereau: Il es bel et bon
Saint Saëns: Deux Choeurs
Debussy: Trois Chansons
arr. Carter: Autumn Leaves
Porter: Let's do it
Gershwin: I got rhythm
arr. Blackwell: Smoke gets in your eyes
arr. Gritton: Tea for two
Concert at
the Church of St Mary & St Nicholas in Spalding
Saturday
20 November 2004 at 7.30 pm
Monteverdi: Beatus
Vir
Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Bach: Lobet den herrn
This concert is jointly
performed by St Peter's Singers and Cantemus
Christmas
Concert in Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday 4 December 2004 at 7.30 pm
includes...
Rutter: Mary's Lullaby
Blake: The Snowman
French trad: Ding dong merrily
Scheidt: A Child is Born
arr. Cleobury: Joys Seven
Berlin: White Christmas
Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol
This concert is jointly
performed by St Peter's Singers and the City
of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra
Service
of Nine Lessons and Carols in the Church of St Mary & All Saints,
Fotheringhay
Sunday 12 December 2004 at 3.00 pm
arr. Robinson: The
Truth from above
Scheidt: A Child is Born
Ord: Adam lay y-bounden
arr Ledger: Still, still, still
Villette: Hymn a la Vierge
Rutter: Mary's Lullaby
arr Cleobury: Joys Seven
Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol
This Service is sung
for the Richard III Society
Concert
at the Church of St Peter in Maxey "Music in Maxey"
Saturday 5 February 2005 at 8.00pm
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Victoria: O quam gloriosum
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Mozart: Ave Verum
Brahms: Geistliches Lied
Gershwin: I got rhythm
arr Turner: Over the Rainbow
arr Gritton: Tea for Two
Bridge: The Goslings
arr Chilcott: Home, sweet home
arr Carter: Teddy Bears' Picnic
Turner: Tequila Samba
Stanford: Quick, we have but a second
Evensong at
Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday 23 April 2005 at 3.30 [St George's Day]
Piccolo: Responses
Giles Swayne: Magnificat
Josquin des Pres: Nunc Dimittis
Victoria: O quam gloriosum
Concert at
All Saints', Peterborough"With a Merry Noise"
Saturday 7 May 2005 at 7.30
Stanford:
Coelos Ascendit Hodie
Gibbons: O clap your hands
Phillips: Ascendit Deus
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Victoria: O quam gloriosum
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Brahms: Geistliches Lied
Morley: Now is the Month of Maying
Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Gershwin: I got rhythm
arr Turner: Over the Rainbow
arr Gritton: Tea for Two
Concert in
the Vanbrugh Hall, Grimsthorpe Castle “Gala at Grimsthorpe”
Saturday 11 June 2005 at 8.00
Morley: Now is
the Month of Maying
Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Farmer: Fair Phyllis
Stanford: The Blue Bird
Parry: Music, when soft voices die
Elgar: As torrents in summer
Hawes: The Vauday Partsongs (first performance)
INTERVAL
Gershwin: I got rhythm
arr Turner: Over the Rainbow
arr Gritton: Tea for Two
Bridge: The Goslings
arr Chilcott: Home, sweet home
arr Carter: Teddy Bears' Picnic
Turner: Tequila Samba
Stanford: Quick, we have but a second
Concert at
St Botolph's Church, Boston "Festival Choral Concert"
Wednesday 6 July at 8.00 pm
Parry: I
was glad
* Monteverdi:
Cantate Domino
* Morales: Parce mihi domine
* JS Bach: O Jesu Christ, meins lebens Licht
Tallis: Spem in alium
Gibbons: O clap your hands
Brahms: Geistliches Lied
Franck: Panis angelicus
** Satie: Gnossienne
Howells: A Hymn for St Cecilia
Bruckner: Locus Iste
Rutter: Te Deum
This concert is jointly performed by St Peter's Singers and Cantemus.
* sung by Cantemus
**
Jamie McDougall - saxophone
Mattins
at St Peter's Church, Isham
Saturday
15 October 2005 at 10.30 am
Smith: Responses
Britten: Te Deum and Jubliate in C
Weelkes: Alleluia. I heard a voice
This Service is part
of the Five Churches Festival
Eucharist
at Peterborough Cathedral
Sunday 23 October 2005 at 10.30 am
Schubert: Mass
in G
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Concert at
Crowland Abbey
Saturday 19 November 2005 at 7.30 pm
Schubert: Mass
in G
Parry: Songs of Farewell
Service of
Nine Lessons and Carols in St Mary & All Saints Church, Fotheringhay
Saturday 10 December 2005 at 3.00 pm
arr. Vaughan Williams:
This is the truth sent from above
arr. Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high
arr. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo
Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
arr. Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
arr. Willcocks: Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Mason arr. Rutter: Joy to the world!
This Service is sung
for the Richard III Society
Evensong at
Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday 28 January 2006 at 3.30 pm
Smith: Responses
Tomkins: First Evening Service
Parry: At the round earth's imagined corners
"A Child's Prayer" - Reflections on Childhood in Music & Poetry
Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday 18 March 2006 at 7.00 pm
Five Negro Spirituals
from "A Child of our time" Tippett
Poem – Leaving Home read by Mia Shaw
The Lamb Tavener
Edelweiss Rodgers *
Tears in heaven Clapton
A Gaelic blessing Rutter \
INTERVAL
Five Childhood Lyrics
Rutter
Poem –
Dinner time read by Karen Westwood
The crown of roses Tchaikovsky
Poem – Montana Born read by Clare Carter
A child's prayer MacMillan
* performed by guests, Werrington
Primary School Choir, directed by Andrew De Silva.
Concert introduced by The Revd David Parkes Chaplain, Peterborough
District Hospital
Opening prayers and Blessing given by The Revd Bruce Ruddock Precentor,
Peterborough Cathedral
This concert
raised £500 for Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS trust.
The money has been used to purchase two Foetal Heart Monitors.
Concert at
the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Little Harrowden "Music for a May Evening"
Friday 12 May at 8.00 pm
Blest
pair of Sirens Parry
My soul, there
is a country Parry
Never, weather-beaten
sail Parry
Prelude
& fugue in G major BWV 541 Bach
(organ)*
Ave
verum Corpus Mozart
Ave Maria Bruckner
Beatus vir Monteverdi
INTERVAL
Three
Shakespeare Songs
Vaughan Williams
i)
Full fathom five
ii) The
cloud-capp'd towers
iii) Over
hill, over dale
My
bonny lass Morley
The silver
swan Gibbons
Now is
the month of Maying Morley
Final
from Symphony 6
Widor (organ)*
Five
Childhood Lyrics
Rutter
i) Monday's
child
ii) The
owl and the pussy-cat
iii) Windy
nights
iv) Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John
v) Sing
a song of sixpence
*
Andrew Reid - organ
Festival
Eucharist for the Feast of Pentecost
Church
of St Mary & All Saints, Fotheringhay
Sunday
4 June 2006 at 12.00 noon
Missa
Mater Christi Taverner
The
music for this Service was led by members and friends of St Peter's Singers
“A Summer
Serenade”
Vanbrugh Hall, Grimsthorpe Castle
Saturday 17 June 2006 at 7.30 pm
Five Negro Spirituals from "A Child of our time" Tippett
”The Vagabond” from Songs of Travel Vaughan Williams (Simon
Nurser – soloist)
Three Shakespeare Songs Vaughan Williams
The Lamb Tavener
A Child's prayer MacMillan
INTERVAL
Ave Maria Bruckner
The Song of Misalliance Flanders & Swann (Simon Jackson –
soloist)
Locus iste Bruckner
Os justi Bruckner
Birthday Madrigals Rutter
Concert
at St John the Evangelist, Ryhall
Saturday
7 October 2006 at 7.30 pm
O quam gloriosum Victoria
Sicut cervus Palestrina
My soul, there is a country Parry
I know my soul hath power to know all things Parry
Never, weather-beaten sail Parry
Panis angelicus Franck
Voluntary no. 8, op. 8 Stanley (organ)*
Geistliches leid Brahms
Locus iste Bruckner
Christus
factus est Bruckner
Os justi Bruckner
INTERVAL
Fair Phyllis Farmer
Now
is the month of maying Morley
My
bonny lass Morley
The
silver swan Gibbons
Toccatino
for flutes Yon (organ)*
Over
the rainbow Arlen arr Turner
I
got rhythm Gershwin
Let's
do it Porter
arr. Blackwell
* Ben Horden - organ
Evensong
at Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday
25 November 2006 at 3.30 pm
Introit: O sing joyfully Batten
Responses
Ayleward
Canticles: Greene
in C
Anthem: Save
us, O Lord Bairstow
Service
of Nine Lessons and Carols in St Mary & All Saints Church, Fotheringhay
Saturday
16 December 2006 at 3.00 pm
Rorando Caeli Vadnansky
Adam
lay ybounden Ireland
And
the glory of the Lord Handel
A spotless
rose Howells
Echo
Carol anon
Hodie
Christus natus est Sweelinck
A babe
is born Mathias
O
magnum mysterium Victoria
Concert
at the Church of St Thomas à Beckett, Greatford
Saturday 3 March 2007 at 7.30
My soul, there is
a country Parry
I know my soul hath power Parry
Never, weather-beaten sail Parry
Requiem Howells
“The Vagabond” from Songs of Travel Vaughan Williams
(Simon Nurser – soloist)
Il est bel et bon Passereau
Like as a ship Stainer
Love me not for comely grace Stainer
Three Hungarian folk songs Seiber
Let's do it Porter arr Blackwell
Over the rainbow Arlen arr Turner
Concert at the
Church of St Andrew, Witham-on-the-hill
Saturday 17 March 2007 at 7.30
Dixit Dominus H. 197
Charpentier
My soul, there is a country Parry
I know my soul hath power Parry
Never, weather-beaten sail Parry
Ave verum Elgar
Ave Maria Elgar
O salutaris hostia Elgar
Sketches for pedal
piano – op. 58 no. 4 Schumann
Requiem Howells
performed in memory of Gill Steemson
INTERVAL
Il est bel et bon
Passereau
Thule, period of cosmography & The Andalusian merchant Weelkes
Like as a ship Stainer
Love me not for comely grace Stainer
Finale from Symphony
no. 6 for organ Widor
Three Hungarian folk
songs Seiber
Let's do it Porter arr Blackwell
Over the rainbow Arlen arr Turner
A Passion for
Peterborough at the Bishop's Palace, Peterborough
Thursday 24 May at 7.30
St Peter’s Singers provided a musical interlude to an event in support
of the Peterborough-based Christian counselling group, The Well
Who shall win my lady
fair Pearsall
Waters of Elle Pearsall
Lay a garland Pearsall
When Allen-a-dale went a-hunting Pearsall
Thule, period of cosmography & The Andalusian merchant Weelkes
Magnificat anima mea Dominum Pergolesi
Three Hungarian folk songs Seiber
Liza Caribbean folk song
The Teddy Bears' Picnic arr Carter
Drunken sailor arr J. Willcocks
Let's do it Porter arr Blackwell
Over the rainbow Arlen arr Turner
Rhapsody - in
the Vanbrugh Hall, Grimsthorpe Castle
Friday 15 June 2007 at 8.00
Magnificat Pergolesi
Thule, period of cosmography & The Andalusian merchant Weelkes
Regina Caeli Charpentier
Dixit Dominus Charpentier
Abendstandchen Brahms
Vineta Brahms
Beatus vir Monteverdi
INTERVAL
Who shall win my lady
fair Pearsall
Lay a garland Pearsall
Waters of Elle Pearsall
When Allen-a-dale went a-hunting Pearsall
I do like to be beside
the Seaside arr Carter
Let's do it Porter arr Blackwell
Drunken sailor arr J. Willcocks
Liza Caribbean folk song
Bohemian rhapsody Queen arr.
Midsummer Music
Concert at the Church of St Peter, Empingham
Sunday 8 July at 7.30
Magnificat Pergolesi
Thule, period of cosmography & The Andalusian merchant Weelkes
Abendstandchen Brahms
Vineta Brahms
Who shall win my lady fair Pearsall
Lay a garland Pearsall
When Allen-a-dale went a-hunting Pearsall
Organ solo
Fair Nymphs Farmer
Come, gentle swains Cavendish
All creatures now are merry Bennet
Drunken sailor arr J. Willcocks
Liza Caribbean folk song
Bohemian rhapsody Queen arr.
Mattins at St Peter's
Church, Isham
Saturday 13 October 2007 at 10.30
A new song MacMillan
Responses Shephard
Te Deum Stanford in C
Jubilate Moore
Lobet den Herrn JS Bach
Christmas
Tree Festival at the Church of St Peter, Empingham
Friday 7 December 2007 at 7.30
Vigilate Byrd
The little road to Bethlehem Head
Nova! Nova! Chilcott
Hymne à la Vierge Villette
There is a flower Rutter
O magnum mysterium Poulenc
Ave Maria Bruckner
INTERVAL
followed by
Well known Advent & Christmas Carols, led by the choir with the audience
invited to join in.
Service of
Nine Lessons and Carols in St Mary & All Saints Church, Fotheringhay
Saturday 15 December 2007 at 3.00
Vigilate Byrd
There is a flower Rutter
Nova! Nova! Chilcott
Ave Maria Bruckner
Hymne à la Vierge Villette
Magnificat Buxtehude
The little road to Bethlehem Head
I wonder as I wander arr Rutter
O magnum mysterium Poulenc
Concert
in Peterborough Cathedral “O vos omnes”
Saturday
1 March 2008 at 7.30
Libera nos, salva
nos I Sheppard
Miserere mei, Deus Byrd
Salvator mundi Tallis
O vos omnes Ramsey
Organ solo: O Mensch,
bewein' dein' Sünde Gross, BWV 622 JS Bach *
O vos omnes Gesualdo
Crucifixus Lotti
INTERVAL
Timor et tremor Poulenc
Vinea mea electa Poulenc
Organ solo: Crucifixion (from “Symphonie-Passion” op. 23) Dupré *
O vos omnes Casals
O salutaris Rossini
Take him, earth, for cherishing Howells
Ich aber bin elend Brahms
* organ played by
Francesca Massey
Evensong
at Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday
19 April 2008 at 3.30
A Prayer of Henry
VI Ley
Responses Radcliffe
Stanford in C
My soul, there is a country Parry
Concert
in Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday
19 April 2008 at 7.30
The Resurrection Symphony
Mahler
This concert was
promoted by the City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra http://www.cpso.org.uk
St Peter's Singers
joined with Peterborough Choral Society, Gildenburgh Choir and Peterborough
Male Voice Choir to form the chorus.
“Music for a May Evening”
at the Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Threekingham
Saturday 17 May 2008
at 7.30
O quam gloriosum
Victoria
Sicut cervus Palestrina
Organ solo: Fancy
in C Gibbons *
Ave Maria Parsons
If ye love me Tallis
O Lord in thy wrath Gibbons
O Lord, the maker Mundy
Organ solo: Vesper voluntary
Elgar *
Locus iste Bruckner
Never, weather-beaten
sail Parry
My soul, there is a country
Parry
INTERVAL
Three Shakespeare Songs
Vaughan Williams
i) Full fathom five
ii) The cloud-capp'd towers
iii) Over hill, over dale
The Turtle Dove Vaughan Williams
(Simon Nurser - soloist)
To Daffodils Britten
The Succession of the
Four Sweet Months Britten
The Evening Primrose
Britten
Come away, Death Macfarren
Song of Proserpine Coleridge-Taylor
Lay a garland Pearsall
The long day closes Sullivan
* organ played by Jeremy Jepson
“A Summer Bouquet”
in the Vanbrugh Hall, Grimsthorpe Castle
Friday 13 June 2008 at 8.00
O quam gloriosum
Victoria
Sicut cervus Palestrina
Ave Maria Parsons
O Lord in thy wrath Gibbons
If ye love me Tallis
O Lord, the maker Mundy
Locus iste Bruckner
My soul, there is a country Parry
Flower Songs
Britten
v) To Daffodils
iv) The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
iii) The Evening Primrose
i) Ballad of Green Broom
INTERVAL
Three Shakespeare
Songs Vaughan Williams
i) Full fathom five
ii) The cloud-capp'd towers
iii) Over hill, over dale
To Daffodils Darke
Come away, Death Macfarren
Song of Proserpine Coleridge-Taylor
The Turtle Dove Vaughan Williams (Simon Nurser – soloist)
Scarborough Fair traditional arr. Earwaker
Yarmouth Fair Warlock arr. Gibbs
“Summer
Music” at the Church of St Rumbold, Stoke Doyle
Sunday
6 July 2008 at 7.30
O quam gloriosum
Victoria
Sicut cervus Palestrina
Ave Maria Parsons
Organ solo: Voluntary
Weelkes (played by Jeremy Jepson)
O Lord in thy wrath
Gibbons
If ye love me Tallis
O Lord, the maker Mundy
Organ duet: Fuga from
“Duet for the Organ” Wesley (played by Jeremy Jepson & Alan
Steel)
My soul, there is
a country Parry
INTERVAL
Three Shakespeare
Songs Vaughan Williams
i) Full fathom five
ii) The cloud-capp'd towers
iii) Over hill, over dale
Flower Songs
Britten
i) Ballad of Green Broom
ii) Marsh flowers
iv) The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
v) To Daffodils
To Daffodils Darke
The Prince of Sleep Elgar
Orpheus, with his lute Macfarren
The Turtle Dove Vaughan Williams (Simon Nurser - soloist)
Yarmouth Fair Warlock arr. Gibbs
Eucharist
at Leicester Cathedral
Sunday
19 October 2008 at 10.30
Darke in E
Here, O my Lord Adrian Self
Evensong
at Leicester Cathedral
Sunday
19 October 2008 at 4.00
Responses Radcliffe
Short Service Ayleward
My soul, there is a country Parry
Evensong
followed by Recital with Congregational Hymns
at the Church
of St Andrew, West Deeping
Sunday 9 November 2008 at 6.00
Organ: Adagio in E
Bridge *
Responses Radcliffe
Short Service Ayleward
O Lord, the maker Mundy
Organ: Nun Danket
alle Gott Karg-Elert *
O Jesu Christ, meins
lebens licht JS Bach
Geistliches lied Brahms
* played by Jeremy
Jepson
“Requiem”
at the Church of St Mary & All Saints, Fotheringhay
Saturday 15 November 2008 at 7.30
O Jesu Christ, meins
Lebens Licht JS Bach
Organ solo: O Mensch,
bewein' dein' Sünde Gross, BWV 622 JS Bach
Requiem Rutter
i) Requiem aeternam
ii) Out of the deep
iii) Pie Jesu
iv) Sanctus
v) Agnus Dei
vi) The Lord is my Shepherd
vii) Lux aeterna
accompanied by
Ben Horden organ
Matthew Haynes 'cello
Peter Burchell oboe
Suzanne Over & Sara Hughes soprano soloists
Sleep Whitacre
Libera nos, salva nos I Sheppard
Geistliches lied Brahms
Service
of Lessons and Carols at the Church of St Mary & All Saints, Fotheringhay
Saturday 13 December 2008 at 3.00
This is the truth
Vaughan Williams
Adam lay ybounden Ord
Ecce concipies J. Händl
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Sanström
Ave Maria Parsons
Hymn to the Mother of God Tavener
No small wonder Edwards
Here is the little door Howells
Sir Christèmas Mathias
Evensong
at Peterborough Cathedral
Saturday 24 January 2009 at 3.30
Responses Ayleward
Canticles Parsons for double choir
Sing joyfully Byrd
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