2018-2019
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Challinger | no. 3 from 5 Sketches | SATB |
Palestrina | Exultate Deo | SATTB |
Gabrieli | Canzona XIII in 12 parts | 3 x SATB |
Sullivan | Dances from Savoy operas | |
Sousa (and perhaps Teike) |
Marches |
Conductor: David Moses
Blue Ridge and Rocky Shore | traditional Canadian folk songs arr. DM |
Bolivian Bolero | Bolivian/Hispanic fusion music – DM |
Dark Eyed Grecian Beauties | traditional Greek songs arr. DM |
Jonesville Jump – 1940s big band swing | Tony Dorsey arr. DM |
Moulins de Paris – C13th | Anon |
Waltz for a Quadruped | DM |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Fare Thee well from ‘Jesu Meine Freude’ | J S Bach | AATB | OL 187 |
Esurientes from Magnificat | J S Bach | SATB | |
The Rabbi’s Pupil | SSAATTBBGbCb | ||
Seis Danzas Cubanas | I Cervantes Arr C May |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
A Christmas Carol for recorders and recorder sextet | S Marshall |
A selection of traditional carols in old and new arrangements |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Irish Suite (SATB) | Philip Thorby |
Exultate Deo (SATTB) – unbarred | Palestrina |
Angelus ad Pastores (SSAAATTTTBBgB) | Gabrieli |
O Magnum Mysterium (SSSATTB) | Gabrieli |
O Che Felice Giorno (SSAATTBB) | Gabrieli |
Two Occasional Pieces (SopSSAATTBgBcB)* | Challinger |
*New version never played before. I made it for the October Recorder Festival but wasn’t able to include it then.
*This meeting has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions*
Conductor: Michelle Holloway
La Battaglia – Score on IMSLP |
Adriano Banchiere | SATB/SATB (doubled at the octave) |
“Gopak” from Sorochintsy Fair | M. Mussorgsky, arr. Paul Clark | SopDAATTBGb |
Lay A Garland | R. Pearsall |
DDAATTBB (GbCb ) |
A String of Pearls | J. Gray, arr. P Leenhouts | AATTB ( Cb ) |
Conductor: Harriet Oliver
Silver Strands |
John Hawkes | SSAATB |
Canzon Decima Ottava a 8 | Giovanni Picchi | SATB x2 |
Avon Valley Suite | Rosemary Robinson | SATBGB |
Bardi’s Dream | Benjamin Thorn | AATTB |
Quattro Fontane Triste et Giocoso | Bjorn Hagvall | SATB |
Conductor: Christopher Burgess
English Folk Songs | Eccles | TTTTB |
Parties sur les fleut doux á3 | Faber | ATB |
The Dalmatian Shepherd Boy | Gotovac | SATB |
The Unicorn’s Grace | Staeps | SATB div |
Three Dances | Challinger | AATTBB |
Conductor: Jackey Birch
The Ghost | Byrd | SATB |
Four Pieces | Macdowell | SATB |
Buddy can you spare me a fugue |
Watkins | SATB |
Ain’t Misbehavin | SATB | |
Singing in the Rain | SATB |
Playing Day with Ann and Steve Marshall
Fair’s Fair | |
Horseplay | |
Jagdlied | Mendelssohn |
Lachrimae Tango | |
Pavanne Op 590 | Faure |
Seven Monmouth Miniatures | |
Water Music Suite | Handel |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Challinger | Still Water | AATTBBgBcB |
Challinger | Two Fizzles – March Past and Fiesta | SopSSAATTBgBcB |
Victoria | Marian Antiphons | SAATB |
Byrd: | Ye Sacred Muses | SAATB |
Palestrina | Exultate Deo | SAATB |
Canali | La Balzana | SAATB x 2 |
2017-2018
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Byrd | Two Fantasias | LPM EM10 |
Bach | Fugue in D minor from The Art of Fugue | Oriel 146 |
Victoria | Laudate pueri Dominum | Oriel 224 |
Raymond Harvey | Robin Hood Suite (in Sherwood Forest) | Fireworks Music |
Challinger | Mirror Ball | Montem |
Viadana | La Bergamasca | LMP VM20 |
Conductor: David Moses
Dune Tune | Moses |
C17 Irish Harp Tunes | O Carolan and O Cathain |
Bal au Bassin | Moses |
Nagasaki | 1920’s Jazz |
Douce Dame Julie | Guillaume de Machaut |
A Collection of Sailor Songs |
Conductors: Steve and Ann Marshall
Intrada | Melchior Franck |
Canzona | Adriano Banchieri |
All OK Blues | Schwertberger |
Freitjes | Glen Shannon |
Conductor: Caroline Jones
Further details to follow
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Raymond Harvey | Robin Hood Suite | SATB |
Victoria | Laudate pueri Dominum | SATB/ATTB |
H. Praetorius | Two Christmas Hymns | SSAT/ATBB |
Malcolm Arnold | Two Cornish Dances | SSAATTBBgBcB |
G. Gabrieli | Angelus ad Pastores | SSAATB/ATTBBgB |
Jacob Handl (Gallus) | Laudate Dominum | SSAATTBB/SSAATTBB(!) |
Conductor: Judith Schmidt
Francesco Guerrero | Per Signum Crucis | SATB |
Giovanni Gabrieli | Lieto godea | SATB/SATB LPM |
Haydn | Feld Parthie | Hawthorns |
Brian Bonsor | The 17th’s Farewell to Alva | |
arr. Larry Bernstein | Bergamasca |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Michael Copley [SRP Magazine] | Macedonian Gypsy Dance | SATB |
Marg Hall | Klezmer Collection | SATB |
Handel arr. Alex Ayre | Concerto Grosso | AAAATB |
Souza | The Gladiator (Oriel 237) | SA+sopTTB |
Andrew Charlton | Barbershop Recorder Quartet | SATB |
arr. D. Bloodworth | Chaconne from ‘Dioclesian’ | AATTB |
Anon arr. Dom G. Murray | 2 Elizabethan Quintets | SAATB |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Challinger | Spring Dance | SATB |
Shostakovich | Waltz from Jazz Suite | S/AAATB |
Viadana | La Padovana | SATB x2 |
Gibbons | Fantasias 5 and 6 | SSATTB |
Ferrabosco II | 3 Fantasias | SATB |
Haydn | Feld-Parthie | SATBB |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Purcell | Two Hornpipes |
Handel | Concerto Grosso Continued |
Marg Hall | Klezmer Collection |
Souza | The Gladiator |
Bramieri & Gabrieli | Canzons at 8ft so big basses please! |
Conductor: Helen Hooker
Byrd | Earl of Salisbury’s Pavan |
Grillo | Canzon Quartadecima |
Avison | Concerto in G |
Bach | Esurientes from Magnificat |
Marshall | Hansel and Gretel |
Stieneke Kamps | Dutch Folk Songs |
Conductor: Harriet Oliver
arr Steve Marshall | Variations on ‘A Chantar’ |
Giovanni Gabrieli | Cantate Domino |
Rosemary Robinson | The Hayes Suite |
Bjorn Hagvall | Heavy Wood |
Antonio Bertali | Sonatella |
2016-2017
Conductor: Jackey Birch
Playford Arrangements | A + S Marshall |
Four Pieces | Thomas Ravenscroft |
Samburu Samba | Lyndon Hilling |
Brigg Fair | Sheila Richards |
More for Four | Marg Hall |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Ballad, Blues and Riffs | SS/AATB | Challinger |
Three Miniatures | SS/AATB | Challinger |
Country Dance Tunes Set Two | Arr. Challinger | |
Tig! | SAT | Bonsor |
Canzon Duodecimi Toni | SATB/gB x 2 | Hassler |
Conductor: Moira Usher
Fugue in C | SATB (warm up piece) | Albrechtsburger |
Magnificat | ATTB / BGbGbCb (ie doubled at the octave) | Agricola |
Intrada, Song and Dance | SATB | Short |
Baby Elephant March | SATBGbCb | Mancini |
Conductor: Judith Schmidt
Psallite unigenito (Singt und Klingt) | Michael Praetorius |
In Dulci Jubilo | Robert Pearsall |
Hodie Christus Natus Est | Poulenc |
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | Tchaikovsky arr A. Marshall |
Gaudete! Christus est natus | Trad |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Ic Draghe de Mutse Clutse | SATB | Obrecht |
In Dulci Jubilo | SATB x 2 | Praetorius |
In Dulci Jubilo | SSAT/TTBB | Scheidt |
O Magnum Mysterium | SATB/ATTB | Gabrielli |
Farewell to Stromness | SAATTBBgBcB | Peter Maxwell Davis |
Variations on a Seasonal Theme | SATB | Moseley |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Hillfoots Suite | SAATTBGbCb | Marg Hall |
Dances from Terpsichore | SATB (please have both C and F instruments if possible) |
Michael Praetorius |
Old Comrades March | SAA/TTB | C Teike |
Klezmer Collection | SATB | Marg Hall |
Quartet in G minor see www.harmermusic.com |
SATB | GP Telemann |
Tango | Albeniz, arr. A.Hart |
Conductor: Jackey Birch
Spanish Airs and Dances | Gaspar Sanz |
Packington’s Pownde | arr Paul Clarke |
Try it with Gershwin | |
Circus Suite | Stephen Watkins |
and other items! |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Klezmer Collection | Marg Hall |
Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 3 (Larghetto, Andante, Allegro ma non troppo) |
Handel |
The Liberty Bell | J P Sousa |
Some Gilbert and Sullivan |
Conductor: Christopher Burgess
Nunc Dimittis for 2 choirs (Gb and Cb optional) |
Palestrina |
Sinfonietta for 3 choirs (Gb and Cb optional) |
Steve Marshall |
Mirrorball | Andrew Challinger |
Quartet pieces | Walter Leigh |
Bevin’s 3 part arrangement of Browning |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Further Details
Chi vuol veder | SATB/ATTB | Hassler | Hawthorn’s |
Zadok, the Priest | SAT/AATBgB/AAAATBB | Handel arr. Ayre | Ayre |
Masquing | SATB with divisions | Challinger | Montem |
A la Bataglia | ATTB | Isaac | LPM |
Three-part consort music | Byrd | LPM | |
Two fugues | SATB | Haydn | Oriel |
Prelude | SAB | Zimmermann | Montem |
Conductor: Harriet Oliver
Christ ist erstanden | SATTB | Heinrich Finck |
Ajo oloyin | SSAATTBBCB | Soren Sieg |
A Song for St Celia’s Day | SAATTB | William Hayes |
Ave Maria for double choir | SATB/ATTB | Gustav Holst |
Take 8 | SAATTBGBCB | Marg Hall |
2015-2016
Conductor: Alyson Lewin
Blow | Overture to Venus and Adonis |
William Mundy | Fantasia in 5 parts |
A. Lewin | Twixt Trent and Severn |
A. Lewin | Kerry’s Blues |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Challinger | Diversion | SSA (+ TTB) | Montem |
Gershwin arr. Harvey | Suite | SATBgB | Montem |
Victoria | Laudate pueri Dominum | SATB/ATTB | Oriel |
Andrea Gabrieli | Four Madrigals | SSATTB | Oriel |
Andrea Gabrieli: | Aria della Battaglia | SSAATTBB | Oriel |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Paul Clark | Norfolk Notebook | SAATTB Contra ad lib |
Handel | Two orchestral fugues | SATB |
Byrd and Playford | Will you go walk the woods so wild (2 versions) | SATTB |
Gabrieli | Chiar’ Angioletta | SATB x2 |
Mancini arr Paul Clark | Moon River | SAATBB |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Steve Marshall | Christmas Carol—readings interspersed with carols |
Traditional 4 part carols | |
Gabrielli | 8 parts |
Other Christmas Offerings |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Andrea Gabrieli | Aria della Battaglia | SSAATTBB | Oriel |
Sasha Johnson Manning | Wolf Suite | Sop.SSAATTBgBcB | Hawthorns |
Clemens (non Papa) | two Boozy songs | ||
two Boozy songs | In Dulci Jubilo | ||
Scheidt | In Dulci Jubilo | ||
G. Gabrieli | O Magnum Mysterium |
Conductor: Martin Ham
Clemens non Papa | Ego flos campi | DDTrTTBB |
Lassus | Deficiat in dolore | DDTrTTB |
Bach | Der Geist hilft | DTrTBx2 |
Fiocco | Allegro | DTrTB |
Grieg | Melody from op.34 | DTrTrTBB&/or GB |
Conductor: Jackey Birch
Sellengers Round | arr Sue Handscombe |
Over The Sea | Sue Handscombe |
Five Fine Welsh Tunes | Marg Hall |
Sailors Hornpipe | Paul Richards |
Conductor: Harriet Oliver
O Primavera | Claudio Monteverdi |
Autumn Tapestry | John Hawkes |
The Foggy Dew | Pieter Campo |
Conductor: Sheila Richards
Phantasia | Wigthorpe |
Geminiani | Concerto Op3/3 |
Martin | Come to the Fair |
arr Richards | She Moves Through the Fair |
Sousa | Circus Galop |
Conductor: Pam Smith
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Sacha Johnson Manning | Wolf Suite – revived from January | needs gB and cB |
G. Gabrieli | Canzon 9 | SSAATTTB |
Agostino Soderino | L’Angelina | SATB x 2 |
Hans-Leo Hassler | Canzon Duodecima Toni | SATB x2 |
Arr. Clark | Two Dutch Songs | SATB |
Challinger | Three Dances | AATTBB |
Challinger | Third Suite | SSAT + Piano |
2014-2015
Conductor: Jackey Birch
Further Details to Follow |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Gabrieli | 4 Canzonas in four parts | OL217 |
Gabrieli | 2 Canzonas in eight parts | OL155 |
Eileen Silcocks | West Country Suite | OL234 |
Ivan Moseley | Pasodoble | OL148 |
Kerry Mills | Whistling Rufus | Out of Print |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
Lance Eccles | Polska | SATB | OMP 139 |
Lyndon Hilling | Fox Trot | SATB | OL 120 |
Scott Joplin | Bethena | SATB | arr. Chris May |
Henry Mancini | Moon River | SAATBB | arr. Paul Clark |
Orlando Gibbons | O Clap your hands | SAAATTBB | OL 186 |
Tchaikovsky | Suite no. 2 from Album for the Young | SATTB | arr. Denis Bloodworth |
Conductor: Graham Danbury
Grieg | The Last Spring |
SS Wesley | 2 Anthems |
Purcell | Thou Knowest Lord |
Handel | Air and Final Chorus from Samson |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Anon | The Water is Wide | SATB |
Arr Thorby | Irish Suite | SATB |
Gabrieli | Canzon Septimi Toni | SATB |
Gabrieli | O Che Felice Giorno | SATB |
Challinger | Patchwork (first British outing) | SATB x2 |
Conductor: Norma Herdson
A Holborne | Pavans and Galliards |
Dennis Bamforth | Shetland Suite |
G F Handel | Two Orchestral Fugues |
W Rimmer | Slaidburn |
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Further details to follow |
Conductor: Harriet Oliver
William Billings | Easter Anthem | SATB |
Orlando de Lassus | Tristus est animas Mea | SATTB |
Giovanni Priuli | Adoramus Te Christie | SATBx2 |
Glen Shannon | Suspicion | SopSATGbCb |
Conductor: Pam Smith
Further details to follow |
Conductor: John Hawkes
Palestrina | 2 Ricercare | SATB |
Allegri | Suite in 6 parts | SSATTB |
Handel | Water Music Suites 1 and 2 | SSATB |
Mozart | Non Piu Andrai | SAATB |
Pavane | S/SP SAATB | |
Sherwin | A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square | SATTB |
Eccles | Nuclear Cloud + Blue Neon | SAATB + SATTB |
Hawkes | Silver Suite | SSATB |
Conductor: Enid Holmes
Further details to follow |