Archive - 2005-2006 concerts

15th October 2005

St. John's, Smith Square
with The Band of Instruments, Caroline Balding, leader

Jeni Bern, soprano
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Mark Wilde, haute-contre
Daniel Auchincloss, haute-contre
Jacques Imbrailo, bass

First complete modern performance
Zaïde, Reine de Grenade
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (1705-1755)
Edited by Lionel Sawkins

26th November 2005

St Martin-in-the-Fields

With London Octave & Richard Pearce, organ

Sophie Bevan & Ida Falk Winland, soprano
Leigh Woolf, mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson, tenor
Håkan Ekenäs & Dawid Kimberg, bass

Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Dixit Dominus
Vivaldi Beatus vir; Winter from The Four Seasons

10th  December 2005

St James, Piccadilly

Programme included...

Weelkes, Gloria in excelsis Deo
Byrd, This day Christ was born
Rubbra, Hymn to the Virgin
Ord, Adam lay y-bounden
Poston, Jesus Christ the apple tree
Roxanna Panufnik, Sleep, little Jesus, sleep
Mathias, A babe is born
Britten, A Ceremony of Carols

12th December 2005

Cadogan Hall

Programme included...

Byrd, This day Christ was born
Gardner, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Ord, Adam lay y-bounden
Poston, Jesus Christ the apple tree
Mathias, A babe is born
arr. Caldbeck, Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku

4 February 2006

St. Martin's in the Fields

Richard Pearce, organ

Sally Pryce, harp

Stephanie Allman mezzo-soprano

Hakan Ekenas, baritone

Programme included...

Poulenc, Salve Regina, and Litanies à la Vierge Noire

Langlais, Messe Solennelle

Duruflé, Requiem

Sacred Tongues

Contemporary Hebrew, Latin and English settings

25 March 2006

St. Luke's Church, Chelsea

With Richard Pearce, organ, and Sally Pryce harp

St. Giles, Cripplegate

(This programme was then repeated at Clare Parish Church, on Saturday 8th July)

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