Beaminster Singers

Repertoire

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This is a list of all the pieces we have performed in recent concerts.

15th December 2007
Once in Royal David's city	H.J. Gauntlett
En natus est Emmanuel	M Praetorius
Patapan	trad. Burgundy
Christians awake!
My dancing day
The holly and the ivy - on youtube!	arr. H. Walford Davies
The Sussex carol	arr. David Willcocks
Gabriel's message	trad. Basque
The rocking carol	arr. David Hill
The first Nowell
The pirates' Christmas
God rest you, merry gentlemen
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy	trad. Trinidad
The shepherd's farewell	H. Berlioz
Falan-tiding	Tyrolese
Hark! The herald angels sing	F. Mendelssohn
We wish you a merry Christmas	trad. West Country
O come, all ye faithful	arr. D. Willcocks

22nd June 2007
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis	Daniel Purcell
Mass in G Minor	R. Vaughan Williams
Amazing Grace	arr. Betty Pulkingham
Two Barnes songs	F. F. Coaker
A Garden (On Leaving It)
The Spring
Four English Folk Songs	R. Vaughan Williams
The Dark Eyed Sailor
The Springtime of the Year
Just as the Tide was Flowing
The Lover’s Ghost
Linden Lea	R. Vaughan Williams
As Torrents in Summer	E. Elgar
The Dance (No.1 “From the Bavarian Highlands”)

9th December 2006
Once in Royal David's City	H.J. Gauntlett
Sleepers, Wake!	F. Mendelssohn
Twenty-fifth day of December	trad. Spanish
Lo He comes with clouds descending	M. Maden
Carol of the birds	trad. Czech
Personent hodie	arr. G. Holst
O little town of Bethlehem	arr. R Vaughan Williams
O tannenbaum	trad. German
While shepherds were feeding their flocks	arr. Pickard-Cambridge
While shepherds watched	from Este's Psalter
Gaudete	Piae Cantones 1582
I saw three ships	arr. D. Willcocks
Now today, what spendour	G. Bizet
We three kings	J.H. Hopkins
All poor men and humble	trad. Welsh
Hark the herald angels sing	F. Mendelssohn
We wish you a Merry Christmas	trad. West Country
O come all ye faithful	arr. D. Willcocks

25th November 2006
Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo Little Organ Mass	J. Haydn
German Requiem	J.Brahms

19th November 2005
Te Deum	Joseph Haydn
Missa Brevis in F Jugendmesse
Hear my Prayer	F. Mendelssohn
Hail! Bright Cecilia	H. Purcell
Chandos Anthem No. 9	G.F. Handel

21st May 2005
Beatus Vir	Antonio Vivaldi
Hymn of Praise ("Lobgesang")	Felix Mendelssohn
Praise thou the Lord, O my spirit
I waited for the Lord
Let all men praise the Lord
Vesperae solennes de confessore	W.A. Mozart

11th December 2004
Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden	F. Mendelssohn
Resonet in laudibus	J. Handl
Christmas Oratorio	J.S. Bach
Part I
Christians be joyful
Ah! Dearest Jesus
And the angel said to them
Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light

Part II
Hear King of angels
Let us even now go to Bethlehem
Rejoice and sing
Hear King of angels

Messiah	G.F. Handel
Every valley shall be exalted
And the glory of the Lord
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
For unto us a child is born
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them.
And the angel said unto them.
And suddenly there was with the angel.
Glory to God
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd
Hallelujah!
Fantasia on Christmas Carols	R. Vaughan Williams
Good King Wenceslas	arr. R. Jacques
The holly and the ivy	J. Gardner
I saw three ships	trad. Cornish
Sir Christèmas	W. Mathias
Away in a manger	arr. D. Willcocks
See amid the winter’s snow	J. Goss
O Tannenbaum	trad. German
The angels and the shepherds	arr. C.H. Trevor
Hark the herald angels sing	F. Mendelssohn