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“Sing This Night!”

Conductor

JOZEF JANIK

Music Director ELISABETH CROFT

Saturday 14th December 2013 Holy Trinity Church, Cookham

Christmas with

Cantorum Choir

Featuring SOUNDING BRASS

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CANTORUM CHOIR

Patron

Ralph Allwood MBE

Cantorum Choir is a dedicated and talented choir of approximately

forty voices, based in Cookham, Berkshire. Under the directorship of Elisabeth Croft, the ensemble continues to earn itself a reputation as

one of the leading chamber choirs in the area. The choir boasts a wide-ranging repertoire and performs professional-quality concerts across

the year. Recent programmes include Mozart’s Requiem, the contemporary work of Eric Whitacre and pop-song arrangements from

Coldplay to the Beach Boys—we are always looking for new challenges!

Sopranos

Catharine Davidson, Elisa Girle Joanna Henwood, Sandy Johnstone

Kirsty Kinge, Julia Millard Hilary Monaghan, Louise Smyth

Joy Strzelecki, Deborah Templing Philippa Wallace

Altos

Bridget Bentley, Jill Burton Jami Castell, Sarah Evans

Anne Glover, Julie Hughes Angela Plant, Elspeth Scott

Chiu Sung, Lorna Sykes Gill Tucker

Tenors

Philip Martineau, John Pallot Malcolm Stork, John Timewell

Basses

Derek Beaven, John Buck Gordon Donkin, David Hazeldine,

Ed Millard, Paul Seddon Danny Smyth

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Hodie Christus Natus Est Jan Sweelinck (1562—1621)

Today Christ was born, Today the Saviour appeared, Today on earth the angels sing

O Magnum Mysterium Giovanni Gabrieli (1554—1612) O great mystery and wondrous sacrament that the animals should see the new-born Lord lying in a manger

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten (1913—1976)

Bogoroditsye Dyevo Sergei Rachmaninov (1873—1943)

God-bearing Virgin, rejoice, Mary, full of grace, the Lord be with you

The First Nowell

Stille Nacht Franz Gruber (1787—1863) Silent Night

See Amid the Winter Snow

Es wird ein Stern Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847)

A star shall arise out of Jacob and a sceptre shall appear from Israel

[Carols titled in bold are to be sung by everyone]

Interval

20 Minutes

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O Little Town of Bethlehem

Sure on this Shining Night Morten Lauridsen (b 1943)

In the Bleak Midwinter Trad. Arr. Darke

Star Carol (“Sing This Night!”) John Rutter (b 1945)

Brass Quintet “Christmas Crackers” John Iveson

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!

Christmas Song Mel Torme (“Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire”) & Robert Wells Arr. Roy Ringwald

White Christmas Irving Berlin Arr. Milton James

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! George Wyle & Eddie Pola Arr. Bob Krogstad

Piano & Organ accompaniment—Robert Jones Robert has for many years been Director of Music at St Bride’s, Fleet Street. A Windsor resident, he also has a distinguished track record as a professional singer and choral

teacher. We’re very pleased and privileged to welcome him to our concert.

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Rob Croft

Jozef Janik — Assistant Music Director

Tonight’s Conductor

Jozef has a BA in music from Zilina Conservatoire, a Postgraduate Diploma and an MA in Music from the Royal Academy, where he studied with Patsy Toh, one of the last students of Alfred Cortot. He has given concerts in Austria, Sweden, France, Poland, England, Japan, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He is a recipient of several prizes that include First Prize in the International Piano Competition in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. In this country he has performed piano concertos by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Bach; during 2012 he performed the Concerto in D Minor by J.S. Bach at St. James Piccadilly and Schumann and Beethoven Concertos with Dartford Symphony. Recent concert venues include The Forge in Camden, St. James Piccadilly and the Paris Conservatoire.

Elisabeth Croft (née Toye) — Music Director

Elisabeth is a graduate of Birmingham University and also of the Royal Academy of Music, where she won the 2004 Michael Head Prize for English Song and the 2005 Arthur Bliss Prize for twentieth Century music. In 2008, she won the A.E.S.S. Patricia Routledge National Prize for English Song and has subsequently built a busy and successful career as a professional soprano, vocal coach, and choral trainer. She has for some years been working with Berkshire Maestros (The Young Musicians Trust) and is currently director of Berkshire Young Voices, the county training choir. She is also a regular tutor for the National Youth Choirs of Wales.

Sounding Brass Quintet

Dominic Field, Kevin Ransom

JAMES bAKER

TOM WOOD

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Future Cantorum Concerts:

Date: Saturday 29th March 2014

Event: Spring Concert

Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Cookham SL6 9SP

Date: Saturday 28th June 2014

Event: Summer Concert

Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Cookham SL6 9SP

Date: Saturday 11th October 2014

Event: Orchestral Concert

Venue: All Saints’ Church, Marlow SL7 2AA

Grateful thanks are due to:

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All others who have helped in the production of this concert

And thanks to you, our audience, for your continued support.

We would love you to join the Cantorum community. Please do let us know your email address so that we can invite you to future concerts: info@cantorumchoir.org.uk

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