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Welcome to the 2012Brandenburg Spring ChoralFestival – bigger and even more exciting than last year!

At the geographical, artistic and spiritual heart of the Festival stands St Martin-in-the-Fields where we will be presenting nine major concerts featuring the standardmasterpieces of the choral repertoire including Mozart, Brahms and Fauré Requiems,Haydn Nelson Mass, Handel Messiah, Vivaldi Gloria and Monteverdi Vespers. These willbe supplemented by an afternoon concert from “The Choir” and a series of late-nightconcerts including Rachmaninov Vespers, Spem in Alium sung from the Gallery, AllegriMiserere and Barber Adagio – Agnus Dei.Not forgetting a foray into the Jazz series in the Café-in-the-Crypt.Interspersed between these concerts will be an expanded series of more varied“satellite” concerts including Jazz Ensembles, Barbershop, Gospel and Afro-CubanChoirs, as well some superb chamber choirs presenting a broad range of the morestandard a cappella repertoire. These concerts will take place in a number of varied andinteresting venues including the National Portrait Gallery, Kings College Chapel,Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, the Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy and for the first time in theFestival, St Clement Danes and St John’s Waterloo.The three chapels each have a particular historical and architectural interest, and theFestival will offer an opportunity to hear performances rarely permitted in thesespecial, spiritual spaces.Additionally for the concert in the Chapel of Lincoln’s Inn, we will offer a limited number ofplaces on a pre-concert tour of Lincolns Inn outlining its historical and architectural features. The considerable expansion of the Festival this year has brought on board a group of topquality conductors to consolidate the high levels established last year. Most footballmanagers could only dream of a subs bench of this quality! There is a strong influence this year from the Jazz community. A welcome developmentto diversify the stylistic range as the Festivalcontinues to develop. What is now the traditional Festival OpeningConcert of the Messiah will take place onJanuary 2nd.With well over forty choirs participating in theFestival, the audience will undoubtedly containlarge numbers of experienced choristers so theHallelujah Chorus and the closing Amen willproduce their special Brandenburg SpringChoral Festival spine-tingling moments.I am sure that, whatever your musical tastes,you will find something here for you - I lookforward to seeing you at some of our excitingconcerts.

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Fr iday 14th March at 7.00pmBRANDENBURG SPRING CHORAL FESTIVAL - LONDON 2012

Bob Porter - Artistic DirectorBrandenburg Choral Festival 2012

In association with the Josephine Baker Trust

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Mon 2 Jan 7.00 SMITF Messiah Surrey Voices p 9Malcolm Hicks

Fri 6 Jan 7.30 SMITF Mozart Requiem Vivace Chorus p10Robert Porter

Fri 6 Jan 9.30 SMITF Allegri Miserere Purcell Singers p10Mark Ford

Tue 10 Jan 7.30 SMITF Classic Jazz Harmonies Guildhall Jazz Singers p11Scott Stromann

Fri 13 Jan 6.30 NPG The English Choral Fourte p11Tradition

Fri 20 Jan 7.30 KCC The Radiance of Eternity Billingshurst Choral Society p12George Jones

Thurs 26 Jan 7.30 SMITF Brahms Requiem Twickenham Choral Society p13Christopher Herrick

Thurs 26 Jan 9.30 SMITF Bach Motets Choir of Royal Holloway p13Rupert Gough

Fri 27 Jan 6.00 SJW Simple Pictures University of London p14Chamber ChoirColin Durrant

Fri 27 Jan 8.00 SJW Rutter Requiem Tiffin Boys Choir p14Simon Toyne

Wed 1 Feb 8.00 SMITF Jazz Night Royal Academy of Music p15in the Café in the Crypt Jazz Singers

Pete ChurchillThurs 2 Feb 2.00 SGB In Honour of St Cecilia Trinity Laban Chamber Choir p15

Stephen JacksonThurs 2 Feb 7.30 SGB Nelson Mass Kings College Chapel Choir p17

David TrendellFri 3 Feb 7.30 SCD The Armed Man - Angmering Chorale p17

Karl Jenkins George JonesSat 4 Feb 7.30 SJW Choral IKONS Choir of Royal Holloway p19

Rupert GoughWeds 8 Feb 4.00 LIC English Choral Tradition St Martin-in-the-Fields p19

Choral ScholarsAndrew Earis

Fri 10 Feb 7.30 SMITF Vivaldi Gloria English Baroque Choir p20& Four Seasons Jeremy Jackman

Fri 10 Feb 9.30 SMITF Rachmaninov Vespers Cardiff Polyphonic Choir p20Neil Ferris

Thurs 16 Feb 7.30 KCC Ladies Barbershop Capital Connection & London p21meets Afro Cuban Lucumi Choir

Debi Cox /Daniela RosselsonThurs 23 Feb 7.30 SGB A Garland for the QueenVivamus p21

Rufus Frowde


List of Concerts

Venue abbreviationsKCC King’s College ChapelLIC Lincoln’s Inn ChapelNPG National Portrait GalleryQCOTS Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy

SCD St Clement DanesSJW St John’s, WaterlooSMITF St Martin-in-the-FieldsSGB St George’s BloomsburyTC Temple Church


Fri 24 Feb 6.30 NPG Close Harmony Tiffinians p22Tues 28 Feb 7.30 SMITF Fauré Requiem Wimbledon Choral Society p22

Neil FerrisFri 2 Mar 6.30 NPG Musical Tales Papagena p23

Sarah Tenant-Flowers/Suzzie VangoFri 9 Mar 7.30 SMITF Mozart Requiem Whitehall Choir p24

Paul SpicerFri 9 Mar 9.30 SMITF Rachmaninov Vespers Eclectic Voices p24

Scott StromanSat 10 Mar 4.00 SCD Madrigals Concordia Singers p25

and Part Songs Ian AssersohnSat 10 Mar 7.30 SCD Haydn Theresienmesse London Welsh Chorale p25

Edward-Rhys HarryThur 15 Mar 7.30 KCC Bruckner Mass in E minor Trinity Laban Chamber Choir p26

Stephen JacksonFri 16 Mar 6.00 SJW Gospel Jazz Groove London Vocal Project p27

Collective Pete ChurchillFri 16 Mar 8.00 SJW Weather Report Addison Singers p27

David WordsworthThurs 22 Mar 7.45 SMITF Nelson Mass Medici Choir p28

John BairdThurs 22 Mar 9.30 SMITF Spem in Alium Borough Chamber Choir p28

Robert HansonFri 30 Mar 2.00 TC Pergolesi Magnificat Grove Singers p29

Brian NewmanFri 30 Mar 7.30 TC Crucifixus Tredici Chamber Choir p29

Richard ThomasFri 6 Apr 6.30 NPG Cool Vocal Jazz Royal Academy of Music p30

Jazz SingersPete Churchill

Sat 14 Apr 7.30 SJW Barbershoppers v Jazzers Addison Jazz & Capital Chorus p30Jill Jarman/Matthew Hough/Aidan Brand

Sat 21 Apr 7.30 SCD Rachmaninov Vespers English Arts Chorale p31Leslie Olive

Thur 26 Apr 7.30 QCOTS Queen & Country Oriana Singers p31Caroline Johnson

Fri 27 April 2.30 SCD White Waves Cantatrice Voices p32Zoë Peate

Fri 27 Apr 7.30 SCD Duke Ellington Surrey Youth Choir p32Sacred Music Rufus Frowde/John Whelan

Sat 28 April 2.30 SMITF The Choir South Oxhey Choir p33Simon Wookey

Sat 28 April 7.00 SMITF Monteverdi Vespers Cambridge Chorale p33Julian Wilkins

Sat 28 April 9.30 SMITF Barber Adagio-Agnus Dei New London Chamber Choir p34Andrew Griffiths


List of Concerts



St John's, Waterloo St John’s, Waterloo, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY

Tel: 020 7633 9819 www.stjohnswaterloo.orgSt John's Waterloo was designed by Francis Octavius Bedford and built in 1824 tocelebrate the victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The church was firebombed in 1940 andmuch of the interior was destroyed. It was restored and reopened in 1951, serving asthe parish church for the Festival of Britain on the South Bank nearby.

The Chapel of King’s College LondonThe College Chapel, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS

www.kcl.ac.uk/about/structure/dean/chaplaincy/strand/chapelThe College Chapel at the Strand is seen by many as the spiritual heart of the College. It is a focus for Christian worship at the Strand as well as a place of peace in thebusy college. Situated in the heart of the Strand campus directly above the Great Hall,the College Chapel is a Grade I listed building designed by the eminent Victorianarchitect, George Gilbert Scott

THE VENUES

St Martin-in-the-FieldsTrafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ

Tel: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.orgSt Martin’s, overlooking Trafalgar Square, lies at the geographical, spiritual andartistic centre of the Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival. The Brandenburg orchestrashave enjoyed performing many concerts in its superb acoustic over the years here andthe recent refurbishment has transformed it into a wonderful venue for concerts.

The Queen’s Chapel of the SavoySavoy Hill, Strand, London WC2R 0DA

www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/output/The-Queens-Chapel-of-the-Savoy.aspxThe Chapel belongs to Her Majesty The Queen in Her Right as Duke of Lancaster. It isa 'free' chapel or 'peculiar' not falling within any bishop's jurisdiction, but remainingfirmly within the Church of England. It is the last surviving building of a hospitalfounded by Henry VII for homeless people in 1512. It is a beautiful, intimate space fora concert with a fine acoustic and a splendid Walker organ.



The Chapel of Lincoln’s InnLincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3TL www.lincolnsinn.org.uk" ... never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."The Chapel bell, which tolls whenever a bencher dies, has been immortalized in thewords of John Donne, the seventeenth century poet and priest who was Preacher ofLincoln's Inn before he became Dean of St Paul's.The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to whichbarristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The firstmention of a Chapel in Lincoln's Inn comes from 1428. The current Chapel was builtbetween 1620 and 1623 by Inigo Jones. A limited number of places are available for a guided tour of Lincoln’s Innon 8th February 2.30 - 3.30pm at the additional cost of £10

St Clement DanesSt Clement Danes, Strand, London WC2R 1DH

Tel: 020 7242 8282 www.raf.mod.uk/stclementdanesSt Clement Danes is situated outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand. It isknown as one of the two 'Island Churches', the other being St Mary-le-StrandThe current building was completed in 1682 by Sir Christopher Wren although it wasalmost destroyed in a bombing raid during the London Blitz of 10 May 1941. The outerwalls, the tower and Gibbs's steeple, survived the bombing, but the interior was guttedby fire. Following an appeal for funds by the Royal Air Force, the church was completelyrestored and was re-consecrated on 19 October 1958 to become the Central Church ofthe Royal Air Force. The church is sometimes claimed to be the one featured in thenursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons and the bells do indeed play that tune.

National Portrait GallerySt Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE www.npg.org.ukFounded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery, just off Trafalgar Square, houses theworld’s largest collection of personalities and faces, from the late Middle Ages to thepresent day. Visitors can come face to face with the people who have shaped Britishhistory and culture from kings and queens to musicians and film stars.Every Friday at 18.30 the Gallery hosts a wide variety of free live music performances,ranging from chamber and folk music to jazz and brand new compositions.

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Smoking and consumption of food and drink are not allowed in the venue. Patrons are kindlyrequested to switch off mobile phones and alarms on digital watches. Flash photography, audio and video recording are not permitted. Please try to restrain from coughing; A handkerchief placed

over the mouth whilst coughing assists greatly in limiting the noise. Thank you.

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St. George’s BloomsburySt George's Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SD

St George's Bloomsbury is the sixth and final London church designed by the leadingarchitect of the English Baroque, Nicholas Hawksmoor.The Commissioners for the Fifty New Churches Act of 1711 realised that, due to rapiddevelopment in the Bloomsbury area during the latter part of the 17th and early partof the 18th centuries, the area (then part of the parish of St Giles in the Fields) neededto be split off and given a parish church of its own. They appointed NicholasHawksmoor, a pupil and former assistant of Sir Christopher Wren, to design and buildthis church, which he then did between 1716 and 1731. This was the sixth and last,of his London churches. St George's was consecrated on 28 January 1730 by EdmundGibson, Bishop of London.attended a controversial requiem for the dead of the Abyssinian war in 1937.It was until 2006 the subject of major conservation work led by the WorldMonuments Fund and closed to visitors, with the congregation continuing as normalin its parish life, holding services in a nearby chapel. The building reopened fully fromOctober 2006, including a new exhibition on the church, Hawksmoor andBloomsbury housed in its undercroft.

The Temple Church, LondonTemple Church, Temple, London EC4Y 7BB www.templechurch.comThe Temple Church is a late-12th-century church in London located between FleetStreet and the River Thames, built for and by the Knights Templar as their Englishheadquarters. In modern times, two Inns of Court (Inner Temple and Middle Temple)both use the church. It is famous for its effigy tombs and for being a round church. Itwas heavily damaged during the Second World War but has been largely restored. Thearea around the Temple Church is known as the Temple and nearby is Temple Bar andTemple tube station.Among other purposes, the structure was originally used for Templar initiationceremonies. In England, the ceremony involved new recruits entering the Temple viathe western door at dawn. The initiates would enter the circular nave, and then takemonastic vows of piety, chastity, poverty and obedience. The details of initiation at thetime were a closely guarded secret, though this secrecy later caused trouble as gossipand rumours spread about possible Templar blasphemy. These suspicions weremanipulated and expanded by the Order's enemies, such as King Philip IV of France.The church was featured in the controversial popular novel The Da Vinci Code byAmerican author Dan Brown and was also used as a location in The Da Vinci Code film.The release of doves in the round church in the film relate to Ernest Lough's (the mostfamous boy soprano to come from Temple Church) recording of "O for the wings of adove".


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www.brandenburg.org.uk

THE BRANDENBURG SINFONIA is one of the most dynamically versatile musical organisations inthe country. It is renowned for its special quality of sound and poised vivacity inperformance.

The Orchestra performs regularly in the majority of the major venues across the countryand in London at the Barbican Halls, Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Fairfield Halland St John’s Smith Square.

THE BRANDENBURG SINFONIA is also in great demand abroad and has, in recent years visitedFrance, USA, Bermuda, the Channel Islands, Barbados, Cyprus, Malta and St Petersburg.

The varied range of activities undertaken by the orchestra include a major concert seriesat St Martin-in-the- Fields and a major Classical Music cruise on the QE2.

One of the recent highlights was an International Opera Gala conducted by RichardBonynge in the presence of HRH Prince Charles.

A large number of artists of international standing have worked with the orchestraincluding Richard Bonynge, Yvonne Kenny, Emmanuel Hurwitz, Lesley Garrett, JohnGeorgiadis, John Wallace, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman and Gordon Hunt.

Its repertoire ranges from Bach to Lloyd Webber and its members give over one hundredperformances of orchestral, chamber choral and operatic music during the year.

The orchestras for a number of touring companies are formed from members of THEBRANDENBURG SINFONIA including Central Festival Opera, First Act Opera, London City Opera, andEnglish Pocket Opera.

———————————“What made it actually rather enjoyable was the playing of the chamber orchestra which wasconsistently well shaded and nuanced” THE TELEGRAPH“Some of the most stylish Mozart playing for some time” THE TIMES“An ensemble of distinguished players…”THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY“Played with a verve and sparkle”THE TIMES

Box OfficeAll concert tickets are available from:

St Martin’s Box Office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

For all double concerts a combination ticket is available directly from the St Martin’s Box Office at a reduced price.

The Crypt, the Gallery and other spaces are available to hire for private functions.

Phone: 020 7766 1165

www.brandenburgchoralfestival.co.uk

THE BRANDENBURG SINFONIA


HandelMessiah

by candlelight

With guests tonight from around fiftyparticipating choirs, the massed singing of the

Hallelujah Chorus is bound to produce arousing and spine-tingling start to the Festival.

a period performance

Alice Privett SopranoAilsa Mainwaring Mezzo-Soprano

Iain Milne TenorAdam Marsden Bass

Surrey VoicesBrandenburg Baroque Soloists

Conductor - Malcolm Hicks

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Tickets: £30 £26 £22 £18 £12 £8 Box Office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Monday 2nd January at 7.00pm

The traditional opening concert of our 2012 Festival



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Fr iday 6th January at 9.30pm

Friday 6th January at 7.30pm

Tickets £14 (unreserved)

Box Office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

AllegriMiserere

by candlelightJoin The Purcell Singers for an hour of a capella candle-lit contemplation.

Opening with Allegri's iconic Miserere, and featuring works by other masters of Early Music, Purcell, Victoria, Byrd, Tallis and Parsons.

Concert lasts approximately one hour without an interval


Purcell SingersConductor - Mark Ford

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Mozart Requiem by candlelight

Mozart Salzburg Symphony no2Mozart Marriage of Figaro DivertimentoMozart Requiem

Sara Lian Owen SopranoAnna Harvey Mezzo-Soprano

Oliver Johnston TenorDavid Shipley Bass


Tickets £30 £25 £22 £18 £12 £8 Box Office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Vivace ChorusBrandenburg SinfoniaConductor - Robert Porter

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Classic JazzHarmonies

by candlelight

A Tribute to Gene Puerlingthe Greatest Jazz Vocal Arranger


Tickets £18 £15 £10 Box Office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Guildhall Jazz SingersDirector - Scott Stroman

The English Choral Tradition

From Byrd to Britten: A selection of four-part English song through the ages

Performance lasts approximately one hour without an interval

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National Portrait Gallery

There is no charge for admission to this event

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The Radiance ofEternity

Howard Goodall Eternal LightBach Sleep Well (St John Passion)

Vivaldi Gloria In Excelsis Deo,Et In Terra Pax Hominibus (Gloria)

Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna

Billingshurst Choral Society

Conductor - George Jones

The College Chapel, Kings College London, Strand


Box office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org


National Portrait GallerySt Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE

www.npg.org.ukFounded in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery, just off Trafalgar Square,houses the world’s largest collection of personalities and faces, from thelate Middle Ages to the present day. Visitors can come face to face with thepeople who have shaped British history and culture from kings andqueens to musicians and film stars.


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Brahms Requiem by candlelight

Mahler AdagiettoBrahms Requiem

(Baird Transcription)

Sonia Grané Soprano Alistair Ollerenshaw Baritone

Concert lasts approximately 85 minutes without an interval

Twickenham Choral SocietyBrandenburg Sinfonia

Conductor - Christopher Herrick

St Martin-in-the Fields

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Tickets £27 £22 £18 £14 £10 £8 Box office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Bachby candlelight

Komm, Jesu, kommSuite no 1 for cello – Prelude - AllemandeO Mensch, bewein dein Sünde grossO Jesu Christ, mein Lebens LichtSuite no 1 for cello - Courante - Sarabande - Minuets - GigueLobet denn Hernn, alle Heiden

Concert lasts approximately one hour without an intervala period performance

The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of LondonBaroque Cello - Graham Walker

Conductor - Rupert Gough




Thursday 26th January at 7.30pm

Thursday 26th January at 9.30pm

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Simple Pictures A selection of sacred and secular music

from the 16th-21st century

Bob Chilcott Simple Pictures of Tomorrow Eric Whitacre Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine


University of London Chamber Choir

Conductor - Colin Durrant

St John's, Waterloo



Rutter Requiem The combined poise and enthusiasm of this Rolls-Royce of choirs iscertain to light up this programme of two of America and England’s

favourite composers.

Bernstein Chichester PsalmsRutter Requiem

Tiffin Boys ChoirLondon Road Ensemble

Conductor - Simon Toyne

St John's, Waterloo





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Royal Academy of Music

Jazz Singers Director - Pete Churchill

Café in the Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields

Jazz Night in the Café in the Crypt

Tickets £9 (reserved) £5.50 (unreserved)


Wednesday 1st February at 8.00pm

Thursday 2nd February at 2.00 pm

In Honour of Saint Cecilia

Britten Hymn to St. CeciliaHowells A Hymn to St. Cecilia

Peter Philips Cecilia virgoBernard Rose Feast Song for St. Cecilia

Elgar There is sweet music Richard Rodney Bennett Verses on St. Cecilia's Day

During the interval there will be a short, informative address about the provenanceof this unique chapel given by the Reverend Professor Peter Galloway OBE.

Trinity Laban Chamber ChoirTyrone Whiting Organ

Conductor - Stephen Jackson

St. George’s Bloomsbury





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The Queen’s Chapel of the SavoySavoy Hill, Strand, WC2R 0DA

www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/output/The-Queens-Chapel-of-the-Savoy.aspx

The Chapel belongs to Her Majesty The Queen in Her Right as Duke ofLancaster. It is a 'free' chapel or 'peculiar' not falling within anybishop's jurisdiction, but remaining firmly within the Church ofEngland. It is the last surviving building of a hospital founded by HenryVII for homeless people in 1512. It has a splendid Walker organ.

St Clement DanesStrand, London WC2R 1DH - tel: 020 7242 8282

St Clement Danes is situated outside the Royal Courts of Justice on theStrand. It is known as one of the two 'Island Churches', the other being StMary-le-Strand. The current building was completed in 1682 by SirChristopher Wren although it was almost destroyed in a bombing raidduring the London Blitz of 10 May 1941. The outer walls, the tower andGibbs's steeple, survived the bombing, but the interior was gutted by fire.Following an appeal for funds by the Royal Air Force, the church wascompletely restored and was re-consecrated on 19 October 1958 tobecome the Central Church of the Royal Air Force.

The church is sometimes claimed tobe the one featured in the nurseryrhyme Orangesand Lemons andthe bells doindeed play thattune.

www.raf.mod.uk/stclementdanes



The Armed Man Karl Jenkins The Armed ManBob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass

Sir Walford Davies RAF March Vaughan Williams Old Hundredth

Eric Coates God is our Strength and Refuge (Dam Busters March)

Sir Hubert Parry Jerusalem

Angmering ChoraleConductor - George Jones

St Clement Danes, Strand



Thursday 2nd February at 7.30 pm

Friday 3rd February at 7.30pm

Haydn Nelson Mass

Kings College Chapel Choir

Conductor - David Trendell

St. George’s Bloomsbury





St John's Waterloo Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY - tel: 020 7633 9819

www.stjohnswaterloo.orgSt John's Waterloo was designed by Francis Octavius Bedford and built in1824 to celebrate the victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The church wasfirebombed in 1940 and much of the interior was destroyed. It was restoredand reopened in 1951, serving as the parish church for the Festival of Britainon the South Bank nearby.

The Chapel of Lincoln’s InnLincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3TL

www.lincolnsinn.org.uk

" ... never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."The Chapel bell, which tolls whenever a bencher dies, has been immortalized inthe words of John Donne, the seventeenth century poet and priest who was

Preacher of Lincoln's Inn before he became Dean of St Paul's.The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London towhich barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to theBar. The first mention of a Chapel in Lincoln's Inn comes from 1428. The current

Chapel was built between 1620 and 1623 by Inigo Jones.

A limited number of places are available for a guided tour of Lincoln’sInn on 8th February 2.30 - 3.30pm at the additional cost of £10



The EnglishChoral Tradition

In association with NADFASByrd Mass for Four VoicesTallis If ye love me

Stanford Three Motets Vaughan Williams Five English Folk Songs

Britten A Hymn to the VirginFor details of the pre-concert tour of Lincoln’s Inn – see adjacent page.

The Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-FieldsDirector - Andrew Earis

Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, Lincoln’s Inn Fields

Tickets £18 (unreserved) Tour Ticket £10 Box office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Wednesday 8th February at 4.00pm

Choral IKONS supported by Gerontius

The Choir of Royal Holloway has received wide critical praise for its recordings of musicfrom the Baltic region. Here they present a programme of some of the most

uplifting and beautiful sacred and secular pieces by Eastern European composers and John Tavener.

Tavener Song for AtheneGórecki Totus tuus

Pärt Magnificat Rihards Dubra Ave Maria

The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of LondonConductor - Rupert Gough

St John’s, Waterloo



Saturday 4th February at 7.30pm



Rachmaninov Vespers

by candlelightHaunting, moving and evocative in the unique atmosphere

of St Martin’s by candlelight.The “Polys” traditional Welsh power will bring an extra dimension

to the thrilling Vespers.


Cardiff Polyphonic ChoirConductor - Neil Ferris




Fr iday 10th February at 9.30pm

Vivaldi Gloria and Four Seasons

by candlelight

Aoife Miskelly SopranoKatie Bray Mezzo-Soprano

Persephone Gibbs Violin

a period performance




English Baroque ChoirBrandenburg Baroque Soloists

Conductor - Jeremy Jackman

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Ladies Barbershopmeets Afro-Cuban

A chef would call this programme “fusion”Two very contrasting styles of celebrating the power of the voice.

Capital ConnectionDirector - Debi Cox

London Lucumi Choir Director - Daniela Rosselson

The College Chapel, Kings College, Strand

Tickets: £18 (unreserved) Box office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Thursday 16th February at 7.30pm

A Garland for the Queen

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Great Hospital in 1612.

Byrd - Mass for Five VoicesCornysh – Magnificat

with works selected from the Royal collections for Elizabeth I (The Triumphs of Oriana) and Elizabeth II (A Garland for the Queen)

VivamusConductor - Rufus Frowde

St. George’s, Bloomsbury

Tickets: £18 (unreserved) Box office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Thursday 23rd February at 7.30pm



CloseHarmonyHear the singers of the next generation with acclaimed

close harmony group The Tiffinians, the 10-piece offshoot of theTiffin Boys' Choir.


The Tiffinians




Tuesday 28th February at 7.30pm

FauréRequiem

by candlelight

Sonia Grané SopranoAlistair Ollerenshaw Baritone

Michael Higgins Organ

Wimbledon Choral SocietyConductor - Neil Ferris


Tickets £24 £20 £15 £10 Box office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org



Fr iday 2nd March at 6.30 pm

PapagenaSparkling new female voice ensemble weaves musical tales inspiredby the portraits around them with an eclectic mix of medieval, folk

and contemporary songs.


Directors - Sarah Tenant-Flowers and Suzzie Vango



The Chapel of King’s College LondonStrand, London WC2R 2LS

www.kcl.ac.uk/about/structure/dean/chaplaincy/strand/chapel

The College Chapel at the Strand is seen by many as the spiritual heartof the College. It is a focus for Christian worship at the Strand as well asa place of peace in the busy college.Situated in the heart of the Strand campus directly above the Great

Hall, the CollegeChapel is a Grade Ilisted buildingdesigned by theeminent Victorianarchitect, George GilbertScott

picture courtesy Alfredo Falvo



Fr iday 9th March at 9.30pm

Rachmaninov Vespers

by candlelight

This superb choir is jack of many trades and master of all.Jazz, Gospel, Folk, Classical and Modern – they shine in every genre.

Expect something special.


Eclectic VoicesConductor - Scott Stroman




Fr iday 9th March at 7.30 pm

Mozart Requiemby candlelight

Mozart Salzburg Symphony no 3Mozart Marriage of Figaro DivertimentoMozart Requiem

Rhiannon Llewellyn SopranoSarah Shorter Mezzo-Soprano

Richard Dowling TenorAndri Bjorn Robertsson Bass

Whitehall ChoirBrandenburg Sinfonia

Conductor - Paul Spicer



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Saturday 10th March at 7.30 pm

Madrigals and Part Songs

Based on the great Madrigal tradition that exemplifies the very essence of English music, but with a modern twist.

Barber Sure on this shining nightFinzi My spirit sang all day

Gibbons Now is the month of mayingStanford The Blue Bird

Thompson AlleluiaVaughan Williams Linden Lea

Whitacre Lux Aurumque

Concordia SingersConductor - Ian Assersohn


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Saturday 10th March at 4.00 pm

HaydnTheresienmesse

Purcell Come ye Sons of ArtSchubert Mass No4. in CHaydn Theresienmesse

Rhiannon Llewellyn SopranoKatherine Walker Mezzo-SopranoRichard Dowling Tenor

Ed Ballard Bass

London Welsh ChoraleBrandenburg SinfoniaConductor - Edward-Rhys Harry




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In association with the Music Club of London

Bruckner Massin E minor

Trinity Laban Chamber ChoirTrinity Laban Wind Ensemble

Conductor - Stephen Jackson

The College Chapel, Kings College, Strand



Thursday 15th March at 7.30pm




Weather ReportThe subject that the British never fail to moan about underpins this

programme!Lauridsen Nocturnes

Parry Never, weather-beaten sail from 'Songs of Farewell'

Weelkes Thule, the period of cosmography Trad arr. Timothy Salter Blow the wind southerly: Cold blows the wind

Campion Never, weather-beaten sailBob Chilcott Weather Report

Cecilia McDowall Shipping Forecast (London premiere)

Addison SingersPiano - Matthew Hough

Conductor - David Wordsworth





London Vocal Project “Rooted in the gospel tradition, this is an outfit with exceptional

potential – the hushed harmonizing was a delight …more please!”******Clive Davis “The Times”

From a solid foundation in Gospel and groove music, the London VocalProject has developed into an impressively versatile ensemble.

Since its creation in January 2008 it has rapidly become recognised asthe leading jazz-vocal ensemble in the country.

Arriving here at St John's after their sell-out appearance at RonnieScott's Jazz Club, they are certain to delight!


Director - Pete Churchill




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Spem in Alium by candlelight

Tallis’ monumental 40 part motet sung from the gallery of St Martin’s cannot fail to produce a nerve-tingling atmosphere.

Tallis Spem in Alium Trad arr. Hanson Four British Folksongs

Alonso Lobo Versa est in Luctum Hanson And There Shall Be No Night There


Borough Chamber ChoirBrandenburg Brass

Conductor - Robert Hanson




Thursday 22nd March at 9.30pm

Haydn Nelson Mass by candlelightBritten Fanfare for St EdmondsburyAllegri MiserereBaird Gethsemane (first performance)Haydn Nelson Mass

Sonia Grané Soprano Anna Harvey MezzoSam Furness Tenor

Lance Nomura Bass Concert lasts approximately 75 minutes without an interval

Medici ChoirTrumpets of Junior Guildhall

Brandenburg SinfoniaConductor - John Baird



Thursday 22nd March at 7.45pm

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P a g e 2 9

Pergolesi MagnificatIn association with NADFAS

Saint-Saens Tollite Hostias Duruflé Ubi CaritasKodaly Stabat Mater

Bruckner Pange LinguaTavener The Lamb Tavener Funeral IkosTrant Deep River

Roberton Steal away Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine

Pergolesi MagnificatDuring the interval there will be a short, informative address about the provenanceof this unique chapel given by the Reverend Professor Peter Galloway OBE.

CrucifixusWood Hail Gladdening Light

Palestrina Missa Assumpta est MariaFauré Cantique de Jean Racine

Sheppard Libera nosByrd Laudibus in Sanctis

Caldara Crucifixus à 16Brahms Geistliches LiedTallis Miserere Nostri

Purcell I Was GladLotti Crucifixus à 8

Wilberg arr. Short The Dying Soldier Pärt The Beatitudes

Harris Bring Us O Lord God

Grove SingersConductor - Brian Newman

Tredici Chamber ChoirOrgan - Jonathan Wikeley Conductor - Richard Thomas

Temple Church, The Strand, London EC4Y 7BB







Temple Church, The Strand, London EC4Y 7BB


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Royal Academy of Music

Jazz SingersPerformance lasts approximately one hour without an interval



Barbershoppers v Jazzers(with the Jill Jarman Jazz Trio)

Two contrasting genres – one passion - the communication and emotional power of the human voice.

Program to include:Birdland Good morning heartache

Feeling good God bless the childHallelujah (Cohen) Cloudburst

My baby just cares for me Aint no sunshine Get happy I got life Steal away Caravan Chocholoza All that jazz

Addison Singers, Jazz choir and jazz ensembleConductor - Jill Jarman Conductor - Matthew Hough

Capital Chorus Music Director - Aidan Brand




Fr iday 6th Apri l at 6 .30pm

Saturday 14th Apri l at 7 .30pm

Director - Pete Churchill


P a g e 3 1

RachmaninovVespers

The Rachmaninov All Night Vigil (“Vespers”) lies at the heart of the English Arts Chorale’srepertoire, and showcases perfectly the unique focus and quality of sound of this

first-class ensemble.

Pärt 7 Magnificat Antiphons Lauridsen O magnum mysteriumHowells Requiem

Rachmaninov Vespers

English Arts ChoraleConductor - Leslie Olive





Queen & Country Coronation Day - Music from Coronation ServicesHandel, Gibbons, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Wesley

Four Nations: One Kingdom - Traditional National songsChilcott, Jacob, Latham, Vaughan Williams

Celebrate! - Popular songs.Bennet, Lazell, Rutter, Sherwin/Johnson

Six Decades of musicGoodall, Howells, Redman, Rutter, Shephard, Webster, Whitbourn

Parry's Jerusalem (with audience participation).

Oriana SingersConductor - Caroline Johnson

Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy, Strand



Saturday 21st Apri l at 7 .30pm

Thursday 26th Apr i l at 7 .30pm



White Waves Michael Neaum Didn’t it rain

Trad arr Mark Hayes The Water is WideTrad arr Robert Latham Bobby Shaftoe Trad arr Jay Althouse Skye Boat Song

Bob Chilcott White Waves Trad arr Kirby Shaw Down by the Riverside

Michael Head Ships of Arcady Jeffery Biegel Hey ho the wind and the rainEric Whitacre Seal Lullaby

Herb Brown arr Mark Hayes Singing in the rain Trad arr Mark Hayes Wade in the Water


Cantatrice VoicesConductor - Zoë Peate




Duke Ellington Sacred Music Duke Ellington brings the Cotton Club into Church.

The two strongest strands in the BSCF of Christian liturgical musicand jazz combine head on here.

Surrey Youth Choir and Jazz Orchestra

Conductor - Rufus Frowde Orchestra Director - John Whelan




Fr iday 27th Apri l at 2 .30pm

Friday 27th Apri l at 7 .30pm

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P a g e 3 3

The Choir An exciting mixed programme from the UK’s favourite

community choir whose creation was witnessed by the wholenation on BBC television.


South Oxhey ChoirMusical Director - Simon Wookey



Tickets: £14 Box office: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

by candlelight

Monumental – extraordinary – this is the first large scale choral work that started thewhole choral development over 400 years. What better way to complete (almost) the

Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival?

Cambridge ChoraleBrandenburg Baroque Soloists

Conductor - Julian Wilkins


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Barber Adagio-Agnus Dei

Romantics Transcribed: NLCC a cappellaThe fearless New London Chamber Choir brings the festival to aclose with a typically adventurous programme, singing the

beautiful Barber 'Agnus Dei', transcribed from his Adagio for Strings,alongside virtuosic 16-part arrangements of German Romantic and

French Impressionist masterpieces, and modern classics byLachenmann and Saariaho.

Nystedt Immortal Bach Mahler (arr Gottwald) Die zwei blauen Augen Debussy (arr Gottwald) Angelus

Saariaho Nuits, Adieux Wagner (arr Gottwald) Im Treibhaus

Barber Agnus DeiLachenmann Consolation II

Ravel (arr Gottwald) SoupirsMahler (arr Gottwald) Ich bin die Welt

The Final Event in our 2012 Festival

New London Chamber ChoirConductor - Andrew Griffiths



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