2023-24
Conductor: Harriet Oliver
The hall is open from 2pm, we’ll start at 2.30 and finish at 5pm
Battaglia a 8 | Andrea Gabrieli | SS AA TTT B |
Bouree d’Anvers | Pieter Campo | S A T BB CB |
Los Angeles | Alan Rosenheck | S A TT B/CB |
Hark the Birds Melodious Sing | Thomas Linley | AA T B GB |
Bobby Shaftoe’s All at Sea | Ken Garfield | SS AA T B |
Conductor: Enid Holmes
The hall is open from 2pm, we’ll start at 2.30 and finish at 5pm. If you have larger instruments, please bring them. Enid has additional music should we whip through the following.
Two Fantasias | Banchieri | S A T B |
Two sea songs from ‘A Girl in Every Port’ | Lewin | S A TT B |
Jauchzet den Herrn | Schutz | 2 choirs |
Teddy Bear’s Picnic | Bratton |
Sop S A T B |
A Nightingale Sang | Sherwin |
S A TT B |
Conductor: David Burgess
This session will be preceded by the AGM. Tea helpers: Angela Hasler and Dorothy Drew
Three Hungarian Folksongs | Matyas Seiber | SS AA TT B GB CB |
Fantasia on Two Folksongs | Stanley Taylor | S A T B |
The 17th’s Farewell to Alva | Brian Bonsor | SS AA TT BB GB CB |
Movements from The Water Music | Handel |
SS A T B |
The Last Spring | Grieg |
Sop S AAA TT B GB CB |
Conductor: David Burgess
Tea helpers: Caroline Fulton and Liz Thorpe
As it is the ‘Christmas session’ and keeping to the theme of surprises, here’s a wee taster of what to expect … David will lead us, playing some Carols from around the world, an interesting arrangement of ‘God rest you, merry gentlemen’ and ‘Carol of the Bells’ – amongst other things! See you there.
Conductor: Andrew Challinger
Tea helpers: Dorothy Dew and Jill Haslam
Victoria | Dixit Dominus | SATB x2 |
Hassles | Canzon duodecimi toni | SATB x2 |
Weelkes | I heard a voice | SATB (no bar lines) 🎉 |
Challinger | Mirror Ball | SAT/SAB, optional GB and Contra |
Conductor: Julia McKinley
Tea helpers: Chris Foote and Julie Veazey
Midwinter Miniatures | Judith Bush | S A T B |
Journey to Skye | Anne Martin |
Sop SS AA TT BB GB CB optional easier S3 or A3 |
Thou Soft Flowing Avon | T Arne arr. A Knight | S A T B +CB |
“Hast to the wedding” and “In Winchester was a wedding” | Traditional, arr. Michael Graham | S A T B +GB |
Bicester blues | Ann Marshall | S A T B + CB on bass |
Conductor: David Burgess
Tea helpers: Martin Whittaker and Linda Dorman
Movements from Dance Suite | Matyas Seiber | S A T B |
Fairs Fair | Steve and Ann Marshall |
S A T B |
Music to Dioclesian | Purcell | S A T B |
Colonel Bogey March! | AA TT BB GB CB | |
A lollypop to finish |
Conductor: Lyndon Hilling
Tea helpers: Jim Grant and Helen Lunn
Psalm 139 | Hilling | S A T B in 2 choirs |
Welsh Salute | Hilling | S A T B in 2 choirs |
Too Much I Once Lamented | Thomas Tomkins | S A T B |
The Gordian Knot Untied | Purcell | S A T B |
Picton | Hilling | Sop Sop/S S AA TT BB GB CB (so a recorder orchestra!) |
Conductor: David Moses
Tea helpers: Elizabeth Powell and Caroline Fulton
Conductor: Sophie Middleditch
Tea helpers: Gillian Cooke and David Winter
Conductor: Helen Hooker