NORWICH SCHOOL CHORAL SOCIETY in association with LONDON MOZART PLAYERS
BRAHMS Geistlicheslied RUTTER The Sprig of Thyme BRUCH Kol Nidrei MOZART Requiem
Sunday 3rd March 2019, 7.30pm St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich
The Sprig of Thyme John Rutter The Bold Grenadier The Keel Row The Willow Tree The Sprig of Thyme Down by the Sally Gardens The Cuckoo I Know Where I’m Going Willow Song Afton Water
Kol Nidrei Max Bruch
Geistlicheslied Johannes Brahms
INTERVAL
Requiem Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1. Introitus 2. Kyrie 3. Sequenz 4. Offertorium 5. Sanctus 6. Benedictus 7. Agnus Dei 8. Communio Norwich School Choral Society
Norwich School Choral Society was founded in its present form in 1983. Since then its annual concerts have become firmly established as part of the city’s musical calendar. This large scale ensemble has performed many of the best-loved pieces of the choral repertoire. The choir, which is made up of pupils, parents, ONs and friends, has nearly 200 members who meet weekly in the Michaelmas and Lent terms. The adult members sing Evensong independently each year. Both adult and pupil choirs join together with the Gateway Players and guest musicians for their annual Spring concert. The choir is always keen to welcome new members. Interested parties should contact the choir’s director, Richard Allain, Norwich School Music Department on 01603 728475 or email [email protected]. London Mozart Players
Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as the UK’s first chamber orchestra, the London Mozart Players (LMP) has achieved international renown for its outstanding live performances and CD recordings of the core Classical repertoire. Music Directors have included Gérard Korsten, Andrew Parrott, Matthias Bamert and Jane Glover, who grew and developed the orchestras strong Classical tradition. The LMP enjoys connections with Hilary Davan Wetton as Associate Conductor, and Howard Shelley as Conductor Laureate, and continues to work closely with many of the world’s finest conductors and soloists, including Tasmin Little and Anthony Marwood. In 2015 the LMP appointed cellist Laura van der Heijden as its first Young Artist in Residence. The LMP also plays an active part in contemporary music, giving many world premières and commissioning new works from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Tarik O’Regan, Sally Beamish, Cecilia McDowall, Lynne Plowman, Fraser Trainer and Jonathan Dove. In March 2011 the LMP appointed Roxanna Panufnik as Associate Composer.
Touring is a major part of the orchestra’s schedule, with regular appearances at festivals and concert series throughout the UK and abroad. Recording has played a major part in the orchestra’s life for many years. A long relationship with Chandos includes many recordings of works by Haydn and Mozart and an acclaimed Contemporaries of Mozart series numbers over 20 CDs. New Naxos release Flowers of the Field in collaboration with City of London Choir, Roderick Williams and Hilary Davan Wetton reached No.1 in the Classical Album Charts. For An Unknown Soldier, a 2014 commission for choir, children’s choir and orchestra by Jonathan Dove marking the centenary of the start of World War I was released by Signum Records in October 2016.
The LMP has been committed to providing a platform for sharing the creative arts with schools and communities for over 25 years. LMP Voyager is the LMP’s education and community arm which allows music to inspire, educate & enrich communities through an extensive programme of work across the UK. In July 2016, the orchestra started a new exciting phase in their history as an orchestra managed by the players, relocating their offices to the Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood and embedding themselves within a community in the north of the Croydon borough. The orchestra’s inaugural concert at St John the Evangelist was held in October 2016. LMP Voyager covers a vast programme of work including visiting schools and care homes to providing community concerts for elderly and disabled people. The LMP enjoys the patronage of HRH The Earl of Wessex. The Sprig of Thyme
John Rutter b.1945 Folk songs from the British Isles have inspired composers for decades, not least Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. This set of folk songs takes old tunes from England, Scotland and Ireland and accompanies them with orchestra to create a contrasting set of familiar pieces with interesting harmonic twists and turns. ‘The Bold Grenadier’ is an old English folk tune in which the Sopranos and Altos share the melody in dialogue with the Tenors and Basses. ‘The Keel Row’ harks from Northumbria and comprises a skipping dotted melody sung in all parts either in unison or in harmony. ‘The Willow Tree’ is simply marked ‘English Folk Song’ and features all sections in unison at one point or another, often accompanied by distant humming from the rest of the choir. Then follows the ornate melody of ‘The Sprig of Thyme’, sung by the Sopranos and accompanied by increasingly colourful harmonies. ‘Down by the Sally Gardens’ is perhaps the most familiar tune of the set, sung only by the Tenors and Basses, featuring a warm modulation to F sharp major. ‘The Cuckoo’ and ‘I Know Where I’m Going’ again heavily feature the Sopranos accompanied by lush harmonies. ‘The Willow Song’ is an unaccompanied setting of the words A Poor Soul Sat Sighing, opening with only one part, gradually increasing to all four. The set closes with the gently flowing ‘Afton Water’ – listen for the babbling of the stream in the orchestra.
The Bold Grenadier The Keel Row The Willow Tree The Sprig of Thyme Down by the Sally Gardens The Cuckoo I Know Where I’m Going Willow Song Afton Water The Bold Grenadier As I was a-walking one morning in May, I spied a young couple a-making of hay. O one was a fair maid and her beauty shone clear, And the other was a soldier, a bold grenadier.
‘Good morning, good morning, good morning,’ said he: ‘O where are you going my pretty lady?’ ‘I am going a-walking by the clear, crystal stream, To see cool waters glide and hear nightingales sing.’
‘O soldier, O soldier, will you marry me?’ ‘Oh no my sweet lady, that never can be: For I’ve got a wife at home in my own country; Two wives and the army’s too many for me.’ As I was a-walking one morning in May, I spied a young couple a-making of hay. O one was a fair maid and her beauty shone clear, And the other was a soldier, a bold grenadier.
The Keel Row As I came thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate, As I came thro’ Sandgate, I heard a lassie sing.
‘O weel may the keel row, the keel row, the keel row, O weel may the keel row that my laddie’s in.
O who’s like my Johnny, sae leish, sae blith, sae bonny, He’s foremost of the mony keel lads o’coaly Tyne.
He’ll set and row so tightly, or in the dance so sprightly, He’ll cut and shuffle sightly, tis true, were he not mine.
He wears a blue bonnet, blue bonnet, blue bonnet, He wears a blue bonnet, a dimple in his chin.
And weel may the keel row, the keel row, the keel row, O weel may the keel row that my laddie’s in.
The Willow Tree O take me into your arms, love, for keen doth the wind blow, O take me to your arms, love, for bitter is my deep woe. She hears me not, she heeds me not, nor will she listen to me, While here I lie alone to die beneath the willow tree. My love hath wealth and beauty, rich suitors attend her door, My love hath wealth and beauty, she slights me because I’m poor. The ribbon fair that bound her hair is all that is left to me, While here I lie alone to die beneath the willow tree.
I once had gold and silver, I thought them without end, I once had gold and silver, I thought I had a true friend. My wealth is lost, my friend is false, my love had he stolen from me, While here I lie alone to die beneath the willow tree.
The Sprig of Thyme Once I had a sprig of thyme. It prospered by night and by day Till a false young man came a-courting to me, And he stole all this thyme away.
The gardener was standing by: I bade him choose for me. He chose me the lily and the violet and the pink But these I refused all three.
Thyme it is the prettiest thing. And time it will grow on, And time it will bring all things to an end, And so does my time grow on.
It’s very well drinking ale, And it’s very well drinking wine: But it’s far better sitting by a young man’s side That has won this heart of mine.
Down by the Sally Gardens Down by the sally gardens My love and I did meet. She passed the sally gardens With little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, As the leaves grow on the tree. But I being young and foolish, With her did not agree.
In a field by the river My love and I did stand. And on my leaning shoulder She placed her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy, As the grass grows on the wiers. But I being young and foolish, With her did not agree.
In a field by the river My love and I did stand. And on my leaning shoulder She placed her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy, As the grass grows on the wiers. But I was young and foolish, And now am full of tears.
The Cuckoo O the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird, she singeth as she flies; She bringeth good tidings, she telleth no lies. She sucketh white flowers, for to keep her voice clear; And the more she singeth cuckoo, the summer draweth near.
As I was a-walking and a–talking one day, I met my own true love, as he came that way. O to meet him was a pleasure, tho’ the courting was a woe, For I found him false-hearted, he would kiss me and go.
I wish I were a scholar and could handle the pen, I would write to my lover and to all roving men. I would tell them of the grief and woe that attend on their lies, I would wish them have pity on the flower when it dies.
O the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird, she singeth as she flies; She bringeth good tidings, she telleth no lies.
I Know Where I’m Going I know where I’m going, And I know who’s going with me, I know who I love But the dear knows who I’ll marry!
I have stockings of silk, Shoes of fine green leather, Combs to buckle my hair, And a ring for ev’ry finger.
Some say he’s black, But I say he’s bonny, The fairest of them all My handsome, winsome Johnny. Feather beds are soft, And painted rooms are bonny, But I would leave them all To go with my love Johnny.
I know where I’m going, And I know who’s going with me, I know who I love But the dear knows who I’ll marry!
Willow Song A poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, Sing willow, willow, willow! With his hand in his bosom and his head upon his knee. O willow, willow willow, my garland shall be. Sing all a green willow, willow willow, Ah me! The green willow my garland must be.
He sighed in his singing and made a great moan, Sing willow, willow, willow! I am dead to all pleasure, my true love is gone! O willow, willow, willow, willow, O willow, willow, willow, willow, My garland shall be. Sing all a green willow, willow, willow, willow Ah me! The green willow my garland must be.
Afton Water Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise. My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills, Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills. There daily I wander as dawn rises high, My flocks and my Mary’s sweet cot in my eye.
How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands, the primroses blow! There oft as mild evening creeps over the lea, The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me.
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays. My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Kol Nidrei Max Bruch 1838 - 1920 Max Bruch was born in the same city as Beethoven – Bonn – but unlike Beethoven his musical career tended towards opera, perhaps because his gift was for elegant and graceful melodic writing. He is perhaps best known for the first of his three Violin Concerti, the Scottish Fantasy, and this piece, Kol Nidrei.
Meaning All Vows, Kol Nidrei is a prayer sung on the eve of Yom Kippur, which essentially expresses repentance for failure to fulfil promises made to God. Here it is played by the Viola rather than the usual Cello.
Geistlicheslied Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 This charming piece sounds simple yet displays deft counterpoint through a double canon at the second. The final Amen, with its aching suspensions and boiling crescendo make for a welcome release compared to the relative reserve of the piece as a whole. Originally scored for organ and choir, it is being performed tonight in a newly created orchestral version.
Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauren mit Trauren, Do not be sorrowful or regretful; Sei stille, wie Gott es fügt, Be calm, as God has ordained, So sei vergnügt mein Wille! And thus my will shall be content.
Was willst du heute sorgen auf morgen? What do you want to worry about from day to day? Der Eine steht allem für, There is One who stands above all Der gibt auch dir das Deine. Who gives you, too, what is yours.
Sei nur in allem Handel ohn Wandel, Only be steadfast in all you do, Steh feste, was Gott beschleußt, Stand firm; what God has decided, Das ist und heißt das Beste. That is and must be the best. Amen. Amen Requiem Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 1. Introitus 2. Kyrie 3. Sequenz 4. Offertorium 5. Sanctus 6. Benedictus 7. Agnus Dei 8. Communio
Mozart died on 5 December 1791 aged 35. Despite failing health, his compositional output in this last year of his life was prodigious and included two operas in different theatrical styles (La Clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute), various vocal works (including the motet Ave Verum Corpus) and the A major Clarinet Concerto.
Mozart’s last work was the Requiem, his first sacred work since the abandoned C Minor Mass of 1783. Much has been made of how the Requiem was commissioned but it is generally believed that Count Walsegg-Stuppach requested the work from Mozart. The request was made via an intermediary so that the Count could maintain the fiction that he composed it himself. The air of mystery around the commission, the Requiem’s association with death and Mozart’s own fatal illness have exercised artistic imaginations ever since. This fable is thought to have originated with Pushkin who wrote a play about it. Peter Schaffer followed this trail with his own play which became the cinematic confection ‘Amadeus’. There is absolutely no truth in any of this. Mozart was not poisoned by Salieri or anybody else but probably died of rheumatic fever, leaving the Requiem unfinished. It was later completed by his pupil Süssmayr, at the request of Mozart’s widow Constanze.
Introitus Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, Et lux perpetua luceat eis. And may perpetual light shine on them. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, Thou, O God, art praised in Sion, Et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem: And unto Thee shall the vow Exaudi orationem meam, Be performed in Jerusalem. Ad te omnis caro veniet. Hear my prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, And may perpetual light shine on them.
Kyrie Kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy upon us. Christe eleison. Christ have mercy upon us. Kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy upon us. Sequenz Dies irae Dies irae, dies illa, Day of wrath, that day Solvet saeclum in favilla: Will dissolve the earth in ashes: Teste David cum Sibylla. As David and the Sibyl bear witness.
Quantus tremor est futurus, What dread there will be, Quando judex est venturus, When the Judge shall come, Cuncta stricte discussurus. To judge all things strictly.
Tuba mirum Tuba mirum spargens sonum, A trumpet, spreading a wondrous sound Per sepulcra regionum, Through the graves of all lands, Coget omnes ante thronum. Will drive mankind before the throne.
Mors stupebit et natura Death and Nature shall be astonished Cum resurget creatura, When all creation rises again, Judicanti responsura. To answer to the Judge.
Liber scriptus proferetur A book, written in, will be brought forth In quo totum continetur, In which is contained everything that is, Unde mundus judicetur. Out of which the world shall be judged.
Judex ergo cum sedebit, When therefore the Judge takes His seat, Quidquid latet apparebit: Whatever is hidden will reveal itself. Nil inultum remanebit. Nothing will remain unavenged.
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus, What then shall I say, wretch that I am, Quem patronum rogaturus, What advocate entreat to speak for me, Cum vix justus sit securus. When even the righteous may hardly be secure.
Rex tremendae Rex tremendae majestatis, King of awful majesty, Qui salvandos salvas gratis, Who freely savest the redeemed, Salve me, fons pietatis. Save me, O fount of goodness.
Recordare Recordare, Jesu pie, Remember, blessed Jesu, Quod sum causa tuae viae: That I am the cause of Thy pilgrimage, Ne me perdas ilia die. Do not forsake me on that day.
Quaerens me sedisti lassus: Seeking me Thou didst sit down weary, Redemisti crucem passus: Thou didst redeem me, suffering death on Tantus labor non sit cassus. the cross. Let not such toil be in vain. Juste judex ultionis, Just and avenging Judge, Donum fac remissionis, Grant remission Ante diem rationis. Before the day of reckoning. lngemisco tamquam reus: I groan like a guilty man. Culpa rubet vultus meus, Guilt reddens my face. Supplicanti parce, Deus. Spare a suppliant, O God.
Qui Mariam absolvisti Thou who didst absolve Mary Magdalene Et latronem exaudisti, And didst hearken to the thief, Mihi quoque spem dedisti. To me also hast Thou given hope.
Preces meae non sunt dignae: My prayers are not worthy, Sed tu bonus fac benigne, But Thou in Thy merciful goodness grant Ne pereni cremer igne. That I burn not in everlasting fire.
Inter oves locurn praesta, Place me among Thy sheep, Et ab haedis me sequestra, And seperate me from the goats, Statuens in parle dextra. Setting me on Thy right hand.
Confutatis Confutatis maledictis When the accursed have been confounded Flammis acribus addictis, And given over to the bitter flames, Voca me cum benedictis. Call me with the blessed.
Oro supplex et acclinis, I pray in supplication on my knees. Cor contritum quasi cinis: My heart contrite as the dust, Gere curam mei finis. Safeguard my fate.
Lacrimosa Lacrimosa dies illa Mournful that day Qua resurget ex favilla When from the dust shall rise Judicandus homo reus. Guilty man to be judged. Huic ergo parce Deus. Therefore spare him, O God. Pie Jesu Domine, Merciful Jesu, Dona eis requiem. Lord Grant them rest.
Offertorium Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, Libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum Deliver the souls of all the faithful De poenis inferni, et de profundo lacu: Departed from the pains of hell and from the Libera eus de ore leonis, Bottomless pit. Ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in Deliver them from the lion’s mouth. Obscurum, Neither let them fall into darkness Nor the black abyss swallow them up. Sed signifer sanctus Michael And let St. Michael, Thy standard-bearer, Repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam, Lead them into the holy light Quam olim Abrahae promisisti Which once Thou didst promise Et semini ejus. To Abraham and his seed. Hostias Hostias et preces, tibi, Domine, We offer unto Thee this sacrifice Laudis offerimus: Of prayer and praise. Tu suscipe pro animabus illis, Receive it for those souls Quarum hodie memoriam facimus: Whom today we commemorate. Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam, Allow them, O Lord, to cross Quam olim Abrahae promisisti From death into the life which once Thou didst Et semini ejus. Promise to Abraham and his seed.
Sanctus Sanctus. Sanctus, Sanctus, Holy, holy, holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Lord God of Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Osanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.
Benedictus Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Blessed is He who cometh in the name of Osanna in excelsis. the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of Dona eis requiem. the world, Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Grant them rest. Dona eis requiem sempiternam. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Grant them everlasting rest.
Communio Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, May eternal light shine on them, O Lord. Cum sanctis mis in aeternum, With Thy saints for ever, because Quia pius es. Thou art merciful. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Grant the dead eternal rest, O Lord, Et lux perpetua luceat eis. And may perpetual light shine on them.
Cum Sanctis Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, With Thy saints for ever, Quia plus es. Because Thou are merciful. Future Dates for Norwich School Events
Making Musicians Recitals
Thursday th7 March, 1.10pm, No. 1 Almary Green, The Close
Thursday 21st March, 1.10pm, Norwich Cathedral
Thursday 25th April, 1.10pm, No. 1 Almary Green, The Close
Sunday 28th April, 3pm, The Old Granary Studio, near Beccles
Making Musicians is a developmental arts enrichment programme for exceptional musical talent. Based at Norwich School, singers and instrumentalists both from within the school and the wider community participate in an annual series of workshops, lectures, visits, masterclasses and recitals designed specifically to nurture young performers and composers.
Scholars and Award Holders Concert
Wednesday 13th March, 7pm, Marble Hall, Surrey Street
Jazz Nite
Saturday 16th March, 7pm, Epic Studios London Mozart Players Plus
First Violins Cellos Matthew Scrivener Sebastian Comberti Martin Smith Julia Desbruslais Anna de Bruin Alessandro Sanguineti Alison Strange Miriam Lowbury Faye Hilyer* Kate Girdlestone* Katja Ruda* Lakshana Puvanachandra* Jeffrey Chung* Edward Maxwell-Preston* Aiko Leung* Esther Skipp** Martha Chan* Rachel Cheung* Double Basses Sephie Andrews** Stacey Watton Catherine McCardel** Tim Amherst Lemoni Frary** Ben Daniel Greep Caroline Speca Angus Murphy-Lennox*
Second Violins Flutes Ann Criscuolo Bethan Callow* Clare Hayes Harvey Sillitoe* Maria Mazzarini Indy Smith* Raja Halder Jeremy Metcalfe Henry Binks* Oboes Nathan Sharpe* Jenny Brittlebank Grace Murray* Elizabeth King* George Bowyer* Libby Hargrave* Clarinets Nathaniel King* Tim Lines Alice-Lily Nnene* Toby Hunt* Charlotte Pollard* Jessica Jolly* Varun Naik* Nathaniel King* Abra Heritage** Amy Buck* Jessica Hendry** Alice Palmer*
Violas Bassoons Judith Busbridge Christopher Gunia Ann Beilby Laura Vincent Michael Posner Joanna Asher** Christopher Beckett Ashley Thorpe* Horns Harry Fisher* Mark Paine Adam Possener* Martin Grainger Adam Chillingworth* Alex Dixon* Trumpets India Riordan* Henry Lee* Matthew James* Dan Possener*
Trombones Ian White Arjuna Puvanachandra* James Thistlewood*
Timps and Percussion Sam Todd*
Harp Elizabeth Bass
Organ Continuo Jonathan Stamp*
*indicates a member of Norwich School ** indicates a member of another local school School and Adult Choral Societies
Sopranos -School Prue Ford-Crush Altos - Adults Tenors - Adults Victoria Atkins Margaret Gallant Judith Bamber Robert Buckley Ella Bartram Lisa Jackson Becky Boden Robert Chalmers Amy Buck Elizabeth Jones Anne Cardew David Clover Emily Cheung Chris King Frances Collins Patrick Furniss Sarah Costello Rose Le Dieu Felicity Devonshire Mark Guthrie Charlotte Cranfield Maggie Martin Patricia Doughty Andrew Harrison Louisa Dixey Nicola Mashiter Anna Dunlop Richard James Lola Dunlop Deborah Musgrave Sara Eades Nigel Rolls Brooke Elley Vivienne Pierson Hannah Edwards Geoffrey Stubbs Alice Farrow Patricia Plumstead Judith Foster Owen Williams Ella Gant Diana Ralphs Alison Green William Falconer Lucy Garside Mary Reeve Jenny Harrison Morgan Hardy Ardyn Ross Carole James Basses - School Amelie Hitchings Patricia Shields Christine Jones Jonathan Catmull Jessica Jolly Rosie Steele Liz Kilshaw Jeffrey Chung Ruby Landis Jill Thompson Emma O’Kelly Harry Fisher Grace Murray Norma Virgoe Irene Oswick Max Merron Alice Palmer Jane Paxon Angus Murphy- Thea Parau Altos - School Liz Plater Lennox Charlotte Pollard Artemis Apergi Jane Rickett Archie Nolan Francesca Riordan Bethan Callow Laura Robson Rowan Parsons Natalia Rowe Molly Carroll Jenny Rolls Daniel Possener Imi Shaw Elizabeth Collinson Amanda Royde-Smith Ashley Thorpe Juliet Steed Lucy Conroy Pat Stephenson Gabriel Youngs Kitty Taylor Rachel Chang Yvonne Thomson Ella Thompson-Ives Steven Denby Basses - Adults Sophie Todd Somto Elumogo Tenors - School Timothy Apthorpe Emily White Gabi Elwell Henry Binks Ivor Bartram Esther Wiggins Grace Futter Adam Chillingworth Michael Brett Alice Wollocombe Amy Griffiths Alex Dixon Ivor Bartram Abi Hill Toby Hunt Gordon Cardew Sopranos - Adults Faye Hilyer Jonathan Jolly Alec Cockburn Jean Allinson Olivia Holdcroft Conall Moffat Slim Dinsdale Catherine Asbury Lucy Jenkinson Augustus Sanders Simon Eades Sue Bayliss Elizabeth King Harvey Sillitoe Howard Hughes Aggie Blane Aiko Leung Charlie Windle Peter Kilshaw Christina Boden Lakshana Puvanachan- Ben Wright Norman Lister Susan Boone dra Alastair Wyllie John Martin Catherine Chalmers Natalia Rowe Terry Nichol Fiona Coulthard Katja Ruda Barry Oake Elizabeth Crocker Emily Wallace Stephen Thomson Jo Dixon Indy Smith David Westgate Margaret Drake Rachel Wright Nicky Dunnett Christina Wong Evelyn Evans Rosamund Walton, Soprano Rosamund’s extensive concert platform experience has seen her perform as a soloist in some of the most prestigious venues in the UK. Her performances include Haydn’s Nelson Mass at St John’s Smith Square and Norwich Cathedral; Handel’s Let the Bright Seraphim at The House of Lords; Queen Anne in Davidson’s The Middleham Requiem at St James the Greater in Leicester on the occasion of the reburial of Richard III; Hawes’ Eventide with the English Chamber Orchestra; Handel’s Messiah with the Glasgow City Chorus; Mozart Vespers with the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn and at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh; Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Eye Bach Choir; Britten’s War Requiem at Gresham’s; Will Todd’s Mass in Blue with the composer and the King’s Lynn Festival Chorus; Haydn’s The Creation at St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich; the Brahms Requiem in Norwich Cathedral; Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Bach’s St John Passion at St Mary-le-Tower.
She trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she won the Norma Greig French song prize and a Barcapel Foundation Trust award.
Rosamund is Head of Vocal Studies at Norwich School and is delighted to be performing with the London Mozart Players again, alongside many of her current pupils.
Evie Anderson, Soprano Evie Anderson was brought up in Norfolk, beginning her musical studies locally on piano, cello and voice before gaining a scholarship to The Purcell School. A music graduate of The University of Birmingham she continued her training with Julian Pike at the Birmingham Conservatoire and Johanna Peters at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
After an extended break from music-making, involving snowboarding, riding motorbikes, trekking in the Himalayas and living in Japan, she returned to singing, working as a BBC Singer, performing as a soloist worldwide, dabbling in the world of stand- up comedy and writing and performing in several Edinburgh Fringe shows. She also works as a session musician on cello and plays live with bands including Snow Patrol and I Am Kloot.
Recently she has been studying with Anne-Marie Speed and Paul Farrington, both proponents of The Estill Voice Model. She is a certified Master Teacher in Estill and splits her time teaching at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London and locally at Norwich School and Greshams, whilst also enjoying a busy performance schedule.
George Rolls, Bass George is currently working in the Cotswolds as a Foundation Dentist, in his first year after qualifying. He started his vocal studies as a chorister at Norwich Cathedral and continued them at Norwich School with Rosamund Walton. In 2013, he won the Deveson Prize for Musical Performance and was placed second in the Young Norfolk Musician of the Year. After moving to London for his studies he took up a scholarship with Riverside Opera, performing in their 2014 production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet. From 2015-16 he was the resident bass scholar at All Saint’s Fulham. While a student at King’s College London he performed frequently with King’s Opera; as Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro, and Chorydon in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, as well as Opera scenes. He was formally a member of All the King’s Men, one of Europe’s most successful A Capella groups; while in the group he toured Europe, Russia, and North America and featured on BBC1 primetime show Pitch Battle. He is currently a member of Commotio, a choral ensemble specialising in contemporary music based in Oxford, directed by Matthew Berry.
Sam Kibble, Tenor Sam is currently studying on the postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Music in London, under the tutelage of Richard Berkeley-Steele. A former pupil at Norwich School, Sam returned to work as Music Department Assistant after graduating from Durham University in 2016.
An experienced choral singer, Sam was a Lay Clerk at St John the Baptist Catholic Cathedral, Norwich from 2016-2018 and part-time Lay Clerk at Norwich Cathedral in 2018. In February 2019 he was a chorus-member for Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Trevor Pinnock as part of the Royal Academy of Music’s ‘Bach the European’ series.
Sam was a member of the chorus for Royal Academy Opera’s recent acclaimed production of Handel’s Semele, conducted by Lawrence Cummings. Other operatic experience includes Henry Crawford in Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park and Le Remendado in Bizet’s Carmen, both with Durham Opera Ensemble. Solo oratorio work includes Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Eastbourne, Handel’s Messiah in Leeds and Mozart’s Coronation Mass in Norwich. Upcoming commitments include chorus in Royal Academy Opera’s double-bill production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortilèges in March. In the summer Sam will sing the role of the Rooster in Royal Academy Opera’s production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen. Adam Possener, Solo Viola Adam was born in 2001, and started learning the viola aged 12. He now studies with James Sleigh, Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and Paul Warburton at the Norfolk Centre for Young Musicians. Adam has played at the International String Festival Musique a Flaine in France, in the class of Rachel Roberts. He currently plays in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He has performed with them in the BBC Proms and worked with distinguished conductors such as Sir Mark Elder and Marin Alsop. In 2018, he was awarded a Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for Young Composers and was commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to write for their Ensemble 10/10. He has a conditional offer to study Music at Oxford University.
Adam is playing a 1775 viola by Laclerc, kindly loaned by Beare’s violins. Richard Allain, Conductor Richard Allain is the school’s Director of Music. In addition to a busy teaching life, he is also active as a composer. His works encompass a wide range of styles, including music theatre, sacred choral music, song-writing and works for children. He has been commissioned to write music for BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4. He has worked with many of the country’s leading choirs and musicians (including BBC Singers, King’s College, Cambridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Commotio, The Bach Choir, etc). His music has appeared at the BBC Proms, and his work is regularly performed and broadcast within the UK and throughout the world. He is published by Novello. He also has titles with Faber, Oxford University Press, Stainer & Bell and the RSCM. 2017 saw the CD launch of Videte Miraculum (Harmonia Mundi) with ORA. A new CD dedicated exclusively to his music by the choir of Merton College, Oxford (Delphian Records) was released last year.
Andrew Weeks, Assistant Conductor Multi-instrumentalist, performer, educator and prize-winning composer, Andrew read Music at the University of East Anglia, graduating in 2011. He received the George Alfred Norman- Watkins Memorial Scholarship and Dorothea and Rowan Hare Scholarship for performance, studying percussion and voice. In 2011-2012 he was a Bass Choral Scholar with Norwich Cathedral Choir who broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and toured to Europe. In 2011 he joined the music staff at Norwich School where his duties include Tutor-to-Choristers, and Assistant Conductor of the Norwich School Choral Society, alongside a busy teaching timetable. In recent years, he was Artistic Director of The Morley Consort of Voices collaborating with Norwich Baroque & Hampton Court Palace. An accomplished singer, Andrew recently sang with Norwich Cathedral Choir on their latest CD and performed Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Mozart’s Mass in C with local Choral Societies. As well as enjoying choral music, Andrew appears on multiple discs as an accordionist, singer and percussionist with acclaimed folk band Inlay who have toured the UK circuit for the past 10 years. Active as a composer in a number of genres, his setting of ‘Cantate Domino’ won the Sloane Square Choral Society Composition Prize in 2016. Andrew is currently studying for a Masters in Orchestration & Composition. . History of the Norwich School Choral Society
1984 Requiem Fauré 2006 The Music Makers Elgar Te Deum Haydn Feel the Spirit Rutter 1985 The Messiah Handel 2007 Solemn Vespers Mozart 1986 The Creation Haydn Requiem Fauré 1987 Elijah Mendelssohn Te Deum in Bb Stanford 1988 Hiawatha Coleridge Taylor 2008 Toward the unknown region Blest Pair of Sirens Parry Vaughan Williams 1989 Israel in Egypt Handel The Armed Man Jenkins 1990 Requiem Mozart 2009 Gloria Vivaldi 1991 German Requiem Brahms Messa di Gloria Puccini 1992 Beatus Vir Monteverdi 2010 Zadok the Priest Handel O Clap your Hands Vaughan Williams Requiem Mozart Gloria Vivaldi I was glad Parry 1993 Carmina Burana Orff 2011 Insanae et Vanae Curae Haydn 1994 The Messiah Handel Missa Santa Nicolai Haydn 1995 Missa di Gloria Puccini Requiem Rutter Five Mystical Songs Vaughan Williams 2012 Messiah Handel The King Shall Rejoice Handel 30th Anniversary Concert 1996 Zadok the Priest Handel 2013 Gloria Poulenc Saint Nicholas Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Britten 1997 Requiem Mozart Gloria Rutter Jubilate Houssart ON 2014 Coronation Anthems Handel Psalm of Praise Guthrie ON Te Deum Haydn 1998 Chichester Psalms Bernstein Requiem Fauré Requiem Fauré 2015 Chichester Psalms Bernstein 1999 Petite Messe Solenelle Rossini Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré 2000 The Creation Haydn Nelson Mass Haydn 2001 Gloria Poulenc 2016 James Bond Various Anthems Parry/Elgar Les Misérables Schönberg Opera Choruses Opera Choruses Various 2002 Elijah Mendelssohn 2017 Gloria Vivaldi Messiah ‘Come & Sing’ Handel Adagio for Strings Barber 2003 20th Anniversary Concert Ave Verum Mozart Requiem Verdi Vespers Richard Allain 2004 Stabat Mater Dvorak 2018 Coronation Mass Mozart 2005 Nelson Mass Haydn Five Mystical Songs Vaughan Williams Mass in G Schubert Feel the Spirit Rutter
Choral Society Committee Repetiteurs Pat Stephenson - Choir Secretary David Dunnett Susan Boone Jonathan Stamp Elizabeth Crocker Katie Grote Simon Eades Sara Eades Sponsors
We are delighted to perform with the London Mozart Players this evening. Norwich School Choral Society would like to thank the following for their generous support of this concert:
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J.S. Bach St John Passion Saturday 13 April 2019, 7.30pm Norwich Cathedral Choir perform Bach’s dramatic setting of the Passion according to St John, with Norwich Baroque and a cast of distinguished soloists.
William Blake Evangelist Robert Rice Christus Cecilia Osmond Soprano Timothy Morgan Countertenor Tom Raskin Tenor Colin Campbell Bass Ashley Grote Conductor
Tickets £10-£28 To book, visit www.cathedral.org.uk or call 01603 630000.
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