Messiah cuts
Singers will be interested to know that in the performance of Messiah this year, the following numbers will be cut: Numbers 34-36 and 49-52
Festival News
The Autumn 2011 edition of our magazine is now available.
A Recital of Romantic Piano Music by Libby Bird
Libby Bird of Beare Green & Newdigate has kindly donated a number of these CDs to be sold in aid of the Festival. They will be available to order through choir contacts priced at £10.
The programme includes music by Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin and others.
2013 FESTIVAL MUSIC
| Div 1 | | |
| Main Work | Mozart - Coronation Mass | |
| | Lauridsen - Lux Aeterna | |
| Madrigal | Weelkes - To shorten winter's sadness | |
| Part Song | Assersohn - Sing as one | |
| Women | Willcocks - It was a lover and his lass | |
| Men | RVW - The farmer's boy | |
| Ensemble | RVW - Linden Lea | |
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| Div 2 | | |
| Main Work | Martin - The Mission Chorales | |
| | Haydn - Mariazell Mass | |
| Madrigal | Campion - Never weather beaten sail | |
| Part Song | Rutter - Look to the day | |
| Women | RVW - The new commonwealth | |
| Men | Heywood - The Jumblies | |
| Ensemble | Wilkinson - As I walked through the meadows | |
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| Div 3 | | |
| Main Work | Parry - I was glad | |
| | RVW - Festival Te Deum | |
| | Elgar - Coronation Ode | |
| Madrigal | Pilkington - Have I found her? | |
| Part Song | Chilcott - Like a singing bird | |
| Women | Shield - O happy fair | |
| Men | Holst - Swansea town | |
| Ensemble | Ireland - A cradle song | |