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Charles Villiers Stanford On Time
Edgar Bainton Into the Silent Land
Ivor Gurney Since I believe in God the Father Almighty
Henry Purcell Hear my prayer
Stanford Beati quorum via
Janet Wheeler Beati quorum via
Herbert Howells Regina Caeli
Gustav Holst The Evening Watch
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Song of Proserpine
Judith Bingham The Drowned Lovers
Stanford The Blue Bird
Ralph Vaughan Williams Heart's Music
Thomas Weelkes Thule, the period of cosmography & The Andalusian Merchant
Holst This have I done for my true love
Edmund Rubbra Eternitie
Stanford Magnificat for Double Choir

Josef Rheinberger Abendlied
Hieronymus Praetorius Mane nobiscum Domine
Carl Reinecke Ach bleib bei uns
Anton Bruckner Os justi
Michael Praetorius Wachet auf a7
Felix Mendelssohn Zum Abendsegen
Fanny Hensel Schilflied
Hans Leo Hassler Nunc dimittis
Peter Cornelius Requiem 'Seele, vergiß sie nicht'
Robert Schumann Der König von Thule
Johannes Brahms In stiller Nacht
Brahms Abendständchen
Alban Berg, arr. Clytus Gottwald Die Nachtigall
Heinrich Schütz So fahr ich hin
Max Reger Schweigen
Andreas Hammerschmidt Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Arnold Schoenberg Friede auf Erden

Kerensa Briggs A Tender Shoot
Duarte Lobo Kyrie from Missa Vox clamantis
Andrew Carter There is no rose
Gustav Holst Ave Maria
Lobo Gloria from Missa Vox clamantis
Jonathan Dove I am the Day
Cecilia McDowall Brightest Star
Jamie W Hall O Nata Lux
Lobo Credo from Missa Vox clamantis
Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Francis Pott Balulalow
Lobo Sanctus & Benedictus from Missa Vox clamantis
Joanna Marsh Evergreen
Lobo Agnus Dei from Missa Vox clamantis
Judith Weir My Guardian Angel
Bob Chilcott Pilgrim Jesus

Orlande de Lassus Justorum animae
Vytautas Miškinis Time is Endless
Heinrich Schütz Selig sind die Toten
Cecilia McDowall I know that my redeemer liveth
Robert Ramsey How are the mighty fallen
Herbert Howells Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
Gabriel Jackson Requiem

Kenneth Leighton London Town
Judith Weir Love bade me welcome
Robert Pearsall Lay a Garland
William Byrd Exsurge, Domine
Thomas Weelkes When David Heard
James MacMillan Who shall separate us
William Harris Bring us, O Lord God
Charles Wood Hail, Gladdening Light
Kenneth Leighton Sleep, Holy Babe
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Ca' the Yowes
James MacMillan The Gallant Weaver
William Byrd Laudibus in Sanctis
Kenneth Leighton A Hymn to the Trinity

Kenneth Leighton Laudate Pueri (joint)
William Byrd Ave verum corpus (Glasgow Chamber Choir)
Judith Weir Love bade me welcome (Londinium)
Olivier Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium (Glasgow Chamber Choir)
Roderick Williams Ave Verum Corpus Reimagined (joint)
Kenneth Leighton London Town (Londinium)
Knut Nystedt Immortal Bach (joint)
Hubert Parry Music, When Soft Voices (Glasgow Chamber Choir)
James MacMillan The Gallant Weaver (Londinium)
James Macmillan Who shall separate us? (joint)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs (Glasgow Chamber Choir)
Kenneth Leighton A Hymn to the Trinity (Londinium)
Hieronymus Praetorius Tota Pulchra Es (joint)

Kenneth Leighton London Town
Bernard Rose Praise Ye The Lord
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams Ca' the yowes
Kenneth Leighton Sleep, Holy Babe
Gerald Finzi All This Night
Kenneth Leighton Lord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace
Herbert Howells Salve Regina
Kenneth Leighton A Hymn to the Trinity
James MacMillan Gloria from Missa Brevis
Kenneth Leighton Laudes Animantium

Henry Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
Sarah MacDonald Crux fidelis
Cristóbal de Morales O Crux, ave
Anton Bruckner Christus factus est
Thomas Tallis Salvator mundi I
Francis Poulenc Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
William Byrd Ave verum corpus
Matthew Martin The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Claudio Monteverdi Adoramus te, Christe
John Sanders The Reproaches
Kenneth Leighton Drop, drop, slow tears
Roderick Williams Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined

William Byrd Exsurge, Domine
Anton Bruckner Ave Maria
Igor Stravinsky Ave Maria
Francis Poulenc Salve Regina
James MacMillan Who shall separate us?
Hildegard of Bingen O quam mirabilis
Arvo Pärt The Deer's Cry
William Byrd Tribue, Domine
Jonathan Harvey I love the Lord
Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo)
Olivier Messiaen O sacrum convivium
Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir (Sanctus, Agnus Dei)

Matthew Martin O Rex Gentium
Richard Rodney Bennett There is no rose
Cecilia McDowall There is no rose
Richard Rodney Bennett Out of your sleep
Francis Pott I sing of a Maiden
Heinrich Schütz Das Wort ward Fleisch
Richard Rodney Bennett That younge child
Pierre Villette Hymne à la vierge
Francis Poulenc Un soir de neige
Joanna Marsh O Magnum Mysterium
Raffaella Aleotti Angelus ad pastores ait
Bob Chilcott The Shepherd’s Carol
Richard Rodney Bennett Sweet was the song
Herbert Howells Sing lullaby
Richard Rodney Bennett Susanni
Bernard Hughes O Star of Wonder
Orlande de Lassus Videntes stellam Magi
Jonathan Dove The Three Kings
Peter Wishart Alleluya, a new work is come on hand

Richard Lloyd The Windows
Orlando Gibbons Song 20
Judith Weir Love bade me welcome
James MacMillan To my successor
Owain Park Sweet Day
John Playford The Altar
Jonathan Dove Vertue
Herbert Howells Antiphon
JS Bach Komm, Jesu, komm
Alec Roth Shared Ground

Ralph Vaughan Williams Prayer to the Father of Heaven
Hubert Parry My soul, there Is a country
Vaughan Williams Rest
Gustav Holst Nunc dimittis
Vaughan Williams The Turtle Dove
Maurice Ravel Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis
Vaughan Williams O vos omnes
Ina Boyle The Light'ner of the Stars
Vaughan Williams Valiant-for-Truth
Imogen Holst A Hymne to Christ
Elizabeth Maconchy Nocturnal
Charles Stanford The Blue Bird
Vaughan Williams Silence and Music
Gerald Finzi White-flowering Days
Kenneth Leighton London Town
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs

William Byrd Miserere mei Deus
John Sheppard Libera nos, salva nos I
Josef Rheinberger Kyrie from Mass in E flat (“Cantus Missae”), Op.109
Sheppard Libera nos, salva nos II
Rheinberger Gloria from Mass in E flat
Juan Bautista Comes Laboravi in gemitu meo
Rheinberger Credo from Mass in E flat
Heinrich Schütz Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 378
Rheinberger Sanctus & Benedictus from Mass in E flat
Thomas Tomkins Be strong and of a good courage
Rheinberger Agnus Dei from Mass in E flat
John Rutter Hymn to the Creator of Light

William Byrd Vigilate
Giles Swayne There is no rose
Benjamin Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Kenneth Leighton Nativitie
Thomas Tallis O nata lux
James MacMillan O Radiant Dawn
Philip Moore Salutatio Angelica
Orlande de Lassus Resonet in laudibus
Bob Chilcott The Bird of Dawning
Kenneth Leighton The Seven Joys of Mary
Michael Praetorius In dulci jubilo a8
Kenneth Leighton Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
Michael Praetorius Ein Kind geborn in Bethlehem
Kenneth Leighton Sleep, Holy Babe
Ralph Vaughan Williams Wassail Song
Naji Hakim Noël

Ralph Vaughan Williams Silence and Music
Henry Purcell Hear my Prayer
Kerensa Briggs Hear my Prayer (UK premiere)
Josef Rheinberger Abendlied
Kenneth Leighton An Evening Hymn
Alonso Lobo Versa est in luctum
William Harris Bring us, O Lord God
Thomas Tomkins Music Divine
Bernard Hughes Two Choral Fanfares
Rebecca Clark Music, when soft voices die
William Byrd Sing joyfully
Zoltan Kodaly An Ode for Music
Orlando Gibbons O clap your hands
Richard Allain Music
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Cantate Domino
Kenneth Leighton Hymn to the Trinity

John Bennet All Creatures Now
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
Thomas Tomkins Music Divine
William Byrd This Sweet and Merry Month of May
Henry Purcell arr. Andrew Griffiths Fairest Isle
Robert Pearsall Lay a Garland
E J Moeran Spring, the Sweet Spring
E J Moeran Good Wine
Charles Villiers Stanford Beati quorum via
Hubert Parry My Delight and Thy Delight
Ralph Vaughan Williams Rest
Charles Wood Hail, Gladdening Light
John Ireland The Hills
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Dark Eyed Sailor
Gustav Holst Swansea Town

Gabriel Jackson Song (I gaze upon you)
Thomas Tomkins When I observe those beauty's wonderments
Robert Pearsall Great God of Love
Samuel Barber The Coolin
Hubert Parry O Love, they wrong thee much
James MacMillan The Gallant Weaver
David Bednall Three Songs of Love
Francisco Guerrero Surge propera amica mea
Howard Skempton He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Ned Rorem Four Madrigals
Jonathan Harvey Song of June
Edward Elgar Love's Tempest
Paul Sjolund Love Lost
Huw Watkins The Phoenix and the Turtle

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Hodie Christus natus est
Matthew Martin Adam Lay Ybounden
Hieronymus Praetorius Surge, illuminare
Kenneth Leighton Three Carols (1948)
Richard Dering Quem vidistis, pastores?
John McCabe I Sing of a Maiden
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Hodie Christus natus est
Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Cecilia McDowall Of a Rose
Kenneth Leighton Nativitie
William Byrd Laetentur coeli
Francis Pott A Hymn to the Virgin
Sergei Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Devo
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Bogoroditse Devo
Orlande de Lassus Omnes de Saba venient
Gabriel Jackson The Christ-child
Giles Swayne Magnificat I

Robert Schumann An die Sterne
Michael East Hence stars, too dim of light
Steven Stucky Winter Stars
Tomás Luis de Victoria Conditor alme siderum
Steve Martland Skywalk
Barnaby Martin I saw eternity
Peter Warlock The Full Heart
Ben Parry Sun and Moon
James MacMillan Ave maris stella
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Beyond the Night Sky
Kirke Mechem Island in Space
Eriks Esenvalds Stars

Charles Stanford On Time
Edvard Grieg Ave maris stella
Gustav Holst Ave Maria
Josef Rheinberger Mass in E flat (“Cantus Missae”), Op.109
John Ireland The Hills
Bob Chilcott Even such is time
Stephen Chatman Clocks
Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Thomas Campion Never weather-beaten sail
Johannes Brahms Vineta
Andrea Gabrieli Lasso, amor mi trasporta
Henry Purcell arr. Andrew Griffiths Fairest Isle
Gustav Holst I Love My Love
Gustav Holst Swansea Town

Bernard Rose Upon Westminster Bridge
Claude Debussy Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Judith Bingham Gleams of a Remoter World
Luca Marenzio O mille volte
Edward Elgar Go, Song of Mine
Eric Whitacre Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine
Giovanni Croce Percussit Saul mille
Richard Wagner arr. Clytus Gottwald Im Treibhaus
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Osculetur me
Leonardo Leo Heu nos miseros
Matthew Recio How to Survive Vesuvius
Heinrich Isaac Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
Gustav Mahler arr. Gottwald Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Henry Purcell arr. Andrew Griffiths Fairest Isle
Michael Tippett Dance, Clarion Air

Richard Rodney Bennett Missa Brevis
Josef Rheinberger Mass in E flat (“Cantus Missae”), Op.109
William Albright Chichester Mass
Ralph Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor

György Ligeti Night/Morning
William Byrd Haec Dies
Tomás Luis de Victoria Una hora
Arvo Pärt Which Was the Son of…
Barnaby Martin I saw eternity (world première)
Johannes Ockeghem Deo gratias à 36
Irving Fine The Hour-Glass
Bob Chilcott Even such is time
Charles Stanford On Time
Stephen Chatman Clocks

John Byrt All and Some
Thomas Tallis Gloria from Missa Puer natus est nobis
Francis Pott Balulalow
Jonathan Dove Wellcome, All Wonders In One Sight
Herbert Howells Sing Lullaby
John Rutter Hymn to the Creator of Light
Thomas Tallis Sanctus from Missa Puer natus est nobis
Peter Warlock Bethlehem Down
Peter Maxwell Davies Fleecy Care Carol
Cecilia McDowall Now may we singen
Thomas Tallis Agnus Dei from Missa Puer natus est nobis
Gabriel Jackson To Morning
Adrian Peacock Venite, Gaudete!

Ola Gjeilo Unicornis Captivatur
Bernard Hughes A Medieval Bestiary
Kenneth Leighton Laudes Animantium

Charles Wood Hail Gladdening Light
John Ireland The Hills
EJ Moeran Songs of Springtime (extracts)
Howard Skempton He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
William Byrd Laudibus in sanctis
*Johannes Brahms Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104
*Hubert Parry Songs of Farewell

*programme for Sunday 26th August

Lili Boulanger Renouveau
Claude Debussy Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Maurice Ravel, arr. Clytus Gottwald Soupir
Gabriel Fauré Madrigal
Maurice Duruflé Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens
Claude Debussy, arr. Clytus Gottwald Les Angélus
Lili Boulanger Hymne au soleil
Gabriel Fauré Les Djinns
Lili Boulanger Les Sirenes
Claude Debussy, arr. Clytus Gottwald Des pas sur la neige
Claude Debussy L'isle joyeuse (piano solo)
Maurice Ravel Trois Chansons
Lili Boulanger Soir sur la plaine

Howard Skempton The Flight of Song
Edvard Grieg Ave maris stella
Giaches de Wert Ascendente Jesu
Johannes Brahms Vineta
Richard Rodney Bennett Sea Change
Hubert Parry Crossing the Bar
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae
Thomas Campion Never weather-beaten sail
Gabriel Jackson A ship with unfurled sails
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Sea Drift
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Dark Eyed Sailor
Gustav Holst I love my love
Gustav Holst Swansea Town

John Ireland The Hills
Alan Rawsthorne Four Seasonal Songs
Peter Warlock The Full Heart
E.J. Moeran Songs of Springtime (excerpts)
Alan Bush Lidice
Elisabeth Lutyens Verses of Love
Adrian Peacock Venite, Gaudete!
Kenneth Leighton Mass for Double Choir
Arnold Bax Mater ora filium

Herbert Howells Long, long ago
Thomas Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David
Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
William Byrd Exsurge, Domine
Anton Bruckner Virga Jesse
Sergei Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Devo
Edward Naylor Vox Dicentis
Michael Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Jan Sandström Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Hans Leo Hassler Hodie Christus natus est
Jaako Mäntyjärvi O magnum mysterium
Heinrich Schütz Das Wort ward Fleisch
John Tavener The Lamb
Jonathan Harvey The Angels
Robert Pearsall In Dulci Jubilo
Peter Warlock A Cornish Christmas Carol

Michael Tippett Dance, Clarion Air
Orlande de Lassus Musica Dei donum optimi
Howard Skempton Music (Let me go where’er I will)
Frank Bridge Music, when soft voices die
Ralph Vaughan Williams Silence and Music
Johann Sebastian Bach Singet dem Herrn
Arvo Pärt Solfeggio
Edward Elgar There is Sweet Music
Orlando Gibbons O clap your hands
Johannes Brahms Abendständchen
Zoltán Kodály An Ode for Music
William Byrd Laudibus in sanctis
Thomas Tomkins Music Divine
Elliott Carter Musicians Wrestle Everywhere

Orlando Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
Alexander Gretchaninov At thy mystical supper
Orlande de Lassus In Monte Oliveti
Giles Swayne Ave verum corpus
Anton Bruckner Christus factus est
James MacMillan Miserere
John Taverner Dum transisset Sabbatum I
Herbert Howells Haec dies
William Byrd In resurrectione tua
Jim Clements Hope, Faith, and Love
Jean Lhéritier Surrexit pastor bonus
Josef Rheinberger Angelus Domini
Peter Philips Ecce vicit leo
Charles Wood ’Tis the day of Resurrection

William Walton Where does the uttered Music go?
Arnold Bax I Sing of a Maiden
John Ireland Twilight Night
Elisabeth Lutyens Verses of Love
John Ireland The Hills
Alan Rawsthorne Four Seasonal Songs
E J Moeran Songs of Springtime
Herbert Howells Requiem

Felix Mendelssohn Im Advent
James MacMillan O Radiant Dawn
Heinrich Schütz Tröstet, Tröstet mein Volk
Thea Musgrave Hear The Voice of the Bard
William Byrd Vigilate
Cecilia McDowall O Oriens
Johannes Brahms O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
John Sheppard Verbum caro factus est
Felix Mendelssohn Weihnachtnen
Francis Poulenc Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
Jean Mouton Nesciens Mater
Orlande de Lassus Resonet in laudibus
John Ireland The Holy Boy
Arnold Schoenberg Friede auf Erden

Orlando Gibbons What is our life
Eric Whitacre Sleep My Child
Thomas Tallis O ye tender babes
Dominick Argento There was a naughty boy
Hubert Parry My delight and thy delight
Sebastián de Vivanco Veni, dilecte mi
Thea Musgrave Ithaca
Guillaume Dufay Kyrie from Missa L'homme armé
Andrea Gabrieli Sento, sent'un rumor ch'al ciel si estolle
Anton Bruckner Os justi meditabitur
Thomas Morley Sing we and chant it
William Byrd Retire my soule
Gustav Holst Nunc dimittis
Peter Cornelius Grablied
Bob Chilcott Even such is time
William Harris Bring us, O Lord God

Jonathan Harvey Come, Holy Ghost
Thomas Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis
Edward Elgar The Shower
Edward Elgar The Fountain
John Amner Sing, O Heavens
Charles Villiers Stanford Beati quorum via
William Byrd Sing joyfully unto God
John Ireland The Hills
Robert Johnson Full Fathom Five
James MacMillan The Gallant Weaver
Thomas Tallis O sacrum convivium
Charles Wood Hail, Gladdening Light
Robert Lucas Pearsall Lay A Garland
Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Jim Clements The Vagabond (from Songs of Travel)
William Harris Faire is the Heaven
Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs, op. 47

John Ireland The Hills
Bernard Rose The spacious firmament on high
Cecilia McDowall The skies in their magnificence
Edward Elgar The Shower
William Sterndale Bennett Come, live with me
Felix Mendelssohn Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, op. 59
Frederick Delius On Craig Ddu
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Jim Clements The Vagabond (from Songs of Travel)
Nicholas Maw One foot in Eden still, I stand
Edward Elgar The Fountain
James MacMillan The Gallant Weaver
Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs, op. 47

William Walton Set me as a seal
Jacobus Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi
Edward Bairstow I sat down under his shadow
Tomás Luis de Victoria Vidi speciosam
Francis Grier Dilectus meus mihi
Hieronymus Praetorius Tota pulchra es Maria
Howard Skempton Rise up my love
Jean-Ives Daniel-Lesur Le cantique des cantiques

Thomas Morley It was a lover and his lass
Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Michael Berkeley Farewell
Robert Pearsall Take, O take those lips away
Huw Watkins: The Phoenix and the Turtle
Frank Martin Songs of Ariel
Humphrey Clucas Shakespeare Songs
Robert Johnson Full Fathom Five
Charles Wood Full Fathom Five
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Four Shakespeare Songs
Judith Weir The Song Sung True

Thomas Tallis Videte miraculum
John Joubert There is no Rose
Herbert Howells A Spotless Rose
Arnold Bax I Sing of a Maiden
Francis Pott I Sing of a Maiden
William Byrd Ecce Virgo concipiet
John Byrt All and Some
John Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God
Howard Skempton Adam lay y-bounden
Robert Parsons Ave Maria
Richard Rodney Bennett Five Carols
Arnold Bax Mater ora filium

Jean Sibelius Rakastava
Peter Lange-Müller Tre Madonnasange
Mogens Pedersøn Kyrie from Missa quinque vocum
Carl Nielsen Tre Motetter
Wilhelm Stenhammar Tre Körvisor
Jean Sibelius Män från slätten och havet
Toivo Kuula Auringon noustessa
Carl Nielsen arr. Michael Bojesen Jens Vejmand
Jean Sibelius Four Partsongs, op. 18
Einojuhani Rautavaara Lorca Suite

William Harris Faire is the Heaven
Robert Schumann Vier doppelchörige Gesänge
1. An die Sterne; 2. Ungewisses Licht; 3. Zuversicht; 4. Talismane
Johannes Brahms Fest- und Gedenksprüche
1. Unsere Väter hofften auf dich; 2. Wenn ein starker Gewappneter; 3. Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk
Hubert Parry Songs of Farewell
1. My Soul, There Is A Country; 2. I Know My Soul Hath Power To Know All Things; 3. Never Weather-Beaten Sail; 4. There Is An Old Belief; 5. At The Round Earth’s Imagined Corners; 6. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End

H. Garrett Phillips Odysseus and the Sirens
Robert Schumann Der König von Thule
Charles Gounod La cigale et la fourmi
Thomas Weelkes Since Robin Hood
Ola Gjeilo Unicornis Captivatur
Claudio Monteverdi Lamento d'Arianna
Johannes Brahms Sechs Lieder und Romanzen, Op. 93a
Josquin des Prez Dulces Exuviae
Ralph Vaughan Williams Valiant-for-truth
David Del Tredici Acrostic Song
Bohuslav Martinu Romance of the Dandelions

Knut Nystedt O Crux
Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil

Gabriel Jackson Nowell Sing We
Michael Praetorius Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
Anon Coventry Carol
Kenneth Leighton Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Peter Wishart Alleluya, a new work is come in hand
Peter Cornelius The three kings
Harold Darke arr. Jim Clements In the Bleak Mid-winter
Peter Warlock Corpus Christi
Ralph Vaughan Williams Wassail Song
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Hodie Christus Natus Est
Benjamin Britten A Boy was Born
Peter Warlock Benedicamus Domino [encore]

Noel Dexter Psalm 27
arr. Olive Lewin Parakeet
Frederic Cowen Water-lilies (from 'Songs from the River')
arr. Olive Lewin Our Father
Michael Tippett Five Spirituals
arr. Olive Lewin Galilee; She Gahn
Eleanor Alberga My Heart Danceth
Ariel Ramirez Misa Criolla
arr. Andrew Marshall Ah Am To De High Lan' Boun' [encore]

Herbert Howells Before Me, Careless Lying
Gerald Finzi I Praise the Tender Flower; My spirit sang all day; Clear and Gentle Stream; Haste on, my joys
(from 'Seven Poems of Robert Bridges')
Herbert Howells In Youth is Pleasure
Paul Hindemith Six chansons
Camille Saint-Saëns Calme des nuits
Maurice Ravel Trois chansons
Robert Pearsall Lay a Garland
Johannes Brahms Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104
Ralph Vaughan Williams arr Jim Clements The Vagabond
(from 'Songs of Travel')
Ernest Moeran Phyllida and Corydon; On a hill there grows a flower; Said I that Amaryllis; While she lies sleeping; Corydon arise
Phyllis inamorata [encore]
(from 'Phyllida and Corydon')

Herbert Howells Before Me, Careless Lying
Thea Musgrave Four Madrigals by Thomas Wyatt
Robert Pearsall Lay a Garland
William Schuman Mail Order Madrigals
Herbert Howells In Youth is Pleasure
Ned Rorem Four Madrigals
Ernest Moeran Phyllida and Corydon
Elliot Carter Musicians Wrestle Everywhere

Gabriel Jackson Lamentations of Jeremiah
Philippe de Monte Super flumina Babylonis
Nico Muhly Recordare, Domine (UK premiere)
Alberto Ginastera Lamentations of Jeremiah
Rudolf Mauersberger Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst
William Byrd Quomodo cantabimus
Cecilia McDowall The Lord is Good
Darius Milhaud Les Deux Cités

Clément Janequin Les cris de Paris
Darius MIilhaud Quatrains Valaisans
Orlande de Lassus Toutes les nuits
Pierre Certon Frère Thibault
Paul Hindemith Six chansons
Claude Le Jeune Susanne un jour
Maurice Ravel Trois chansons
Morten Lauridsen Les chansons des roses
Francis Poulenc Chansons françaises

Johannes Eccard Übers Gebirg Maria geht
Hieronymous Praetorius Magnificat quinti toni
Bob Chilcott Advent Antiphons
John Tavener Magnificat (Collegium Regale)
Benjamin Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Sergei Rachmaninoff Magnificat (from All-Night Vigil)
Arvo Pärt Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen
Giles Swayne Magnificat I

Thomas Campion arr. Andrew Grifffiths When thou must home to shades of underground
Carlo Gesulado Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
Carlo Gesualdo/Igor Stravinsky Da pacem Domine
Carlo Gesualdo Beltá, poi che t'assenti
Peter Cornelius Bußlied (from 'Drei Psalmlieder' op.13 no.1)
Carlo Gesualdo Ardita zanzaretta
Carlo Gesualdo/Igor Stravinsky Assumpta est Maria
Carlo Gesualdo Mercè grido piangendo
Peter Warlock The Full Heart
J S Bach Komm, Jesu, komm
Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir

Ernst Toch Geographical Fugue
Thomas Weelkes Thule, the period of Cosmography; The Andalusian Merchant
Robert Schumann Der König von Thule
Thea Musgrave On the Underground Set 2: 'The Strange and the Exotic’
I Dreams; II I saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail; III The Subway Piranhas
Richard Rodney Bennett Sea Change
Johannes Brahms Vineta
John Wilbye What needeth all this travail?, O Fools! Can you not see?
Edward Elgar My Love dwelt in a Northern Land
Steve Martland Skywalk
Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Jim Clements The Vagabond
(from 'Songs of Travel', first performance)
Eric Whitacre Leonardo dreams of his Flying Machine

Ned Rorem Canticle of the Lamb
Orlande de Lassus Prologue and Sibylla Persica
from ‘Prophetiae Sibyllarum’
Jonathan Harvey The Angels
Orlande de Lassus Sibylla Samia
Peter Philips Ecce vicit leo
Orlande de Lassus Sibylla Cimmeria
Olivier Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium
Hildegard of Bingen O virtus sapientiae
Frank Ferko Hildegard Triptych
(1) O vis aeternitatis; (2) Caritas abundat; (3) O virtus Sapientiae
Orlande de Lassus Sibylla Agrippa
William Byrd O Quam Gloriosum
Orlande de Lassus Sibylla Hellespontica
Igor Stravinsky The Dove Descending Breaks the Air
Thoma Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis
Jonathan Harvey Come Holy Ghost
Orlande de Lassus Sibylla Phrygia
James MacMillan Alpha and Omega (London premiere)

Charles Ives The Sixty-Seventh Psalm
Benjamin Britten Hymn to St Cecilia
Aaron Copland In the Beginning
Samuel Barber God’s Grandeur
Randall Thompson Alleluia
Benjamin Britten A.M.D.G.

[NIGHTFALL]
György Ligeti Night
John Wilbye Draw on Sweet Night
Judith Bingham Distant Thunder
Hubert Parry My Soul, There is a Country
Edward Elgar There is Sweet Music, op.53 no.1
Thomas Tallis Te Lucis Ante Terminum (festal tone)
Kenneth Leighton An Evening Hymn
[DREAMING]
Franz Schubert arr. Clytus Gottwald Nacht und Träume
Orlande de Lassus Toutes les nuits
Howard Skempton He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Edward Elgar Owls: An Epitaph, op.53 no.4
[SUNRISE]
John Taverner Dum transisset Sabbatum
James MacMillan O Radiant Dawn
Claudio Monteverdi Ecco mormorar l’onde
Pēteris Vasks Mate Saule
György Ligeti Morning

Josquin Desprez Nymphes des Bois
Felix Mendelssohn Mitten wir in Leben sind
Robert Ramsey How are the Mighty Fallen
John Tavener Song for Athene
Ralph Vaughan Williams Valiant-for-truth
Ildebrando Pizzetti Messa di Requiem
Knut Nystedt Immortal Bach

Heinrich Schütz Singet dem Herrn (from 1619 Psalms of David)
Johannes Brahms Ich aber bin elend, op.110/1
Johannes Brahms Der englische Gruss (no.1 from Marienlieder, op.22)
Johannes Eccard Übers Gebirg Maria geht
Johannes Brahms Magdalena (no. 6 from Marienlieder, op.22)
Johannes Eccard Maria wallt zum Heiligtum
Johannes Brahms Ruf zur Maria (no.5 from Marienlieder, op.22)
Giovanni Gabrieli Sanctus à 12 (from 1615 Symphoniae Sacrae)
Johannes Brahms Fest- und Gedenksprüche, op.109
Robert Schumann An die Sterne, op.141/1
Johannes Brahms Vineta, op.42/2
Peter Cornelius Requiem "Seele, vergiß sie nicht"
Timothy Burke Distanz und ein bestimmtes Licht (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms Fünf Gesänge, op.104

Michael Tippett Dance, Clarion Air
Charles Villiers Stanford The Blue Bird
Tomás Luis de Victoria Super flumina Babylonis
Felix Mendelssohn Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, Op. 48
Cecilia McDowall The skies in their magnificence
Herbert Howells Take him, Earth, for cherishing
Eric Whitacre Water Night
Morten Lauridsen Madrigali: Six Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance poems
1. Ov'e lass, il bel viso?; 3. Amor, io sento l'alma; 6. Se per havervi, oime
Judith Bingham The Drowned Lovers

Tomás Luis de Victoria Officium defunctorum (Requiem) of 1605 with Versa est in luctum and Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna
[interspersed throughout the programme]
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae
Per Nørgård Winter Hymn
Arvo Pärt Da pacem Domine
Peteris Vasks Mate saule

Tomás Luis de Victoria Taedet anima mea ( from Requiem of 1605)
Tarik O'Regan Two Emily Dickinson settings
Philip Moore Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Hugo Distler Ich wollt, dass ich daheime war
William Byrd Beati mundo corde (Propers for All Souls)
Hubert Parry I know my soul hath power (from 'Songs of Farewell')
John Tavener As one who has slept
Heinrich Schütz Deutsches Magnificat
Bob Chilcott This world fareth as a fantasy