The Rotary Club of Guildford
presents
FAMILY CAROLS
Sunday 11th December 1988
at 3 p.m.
CIVIC HALL, GUILDFORD
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS
Neville Creed, Conductor
Sponsored by Royal Mail Letters Guildford
In aid of the Mayor of Guildford Christmas Charities
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Choir and audience
Once in royal David's city
H J Gauntlett
Choir
Sussex carol
Il est né le divin enfant
David Willcocks
David Willcocks
Orchestra
Two movements from
'Simple Symphony'
Benjamin Britten
i) Playful Pizzicato ii) Frolicsome Finale
Choir and audience
The First Nowell
David Willcocks
Choristers
Angelus ad virginem
David Willcocks
Watts Cradle Song
H Sumsion
Choir
The cherry tree carol
David Willcocks
Silent Night
Malcolm Sargent
Choir and audience
Unto us is born a Son
David Willcocks
Orchestra
A Christmas Dance "Sir Roger de Coverley"
Frank Bridge
Choir
Lullay my liking
Gustav Holst
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
John Gardner
Choristers
Nativity Carol
John Rutter
Donkey Carol
John Rutter
Choir and audience
As with gladness men of old
C Kocher
Choir
Away in a manger
W J Kirkpatrick
Christmas Night
John Rutter
Choir and audience
Hark!
the herald-angels sing
Felix Mendelssohn
Choir
A Merry Christmas
Arthur Warrell
Children in the audience will be invited to come to the stage to sing 'Away
in a manger'.
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Audience carol texts
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY
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Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for his bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
Choir
He came down to earth from heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
And his shelter was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall;
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
All
And through all his wondrous childhood
He would honour and obey,
Love, and watch the lowly maiden,
In whose gentle arms he lay;
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as he.
And our eyes at last shall see him,
Through his own redeeming love,
For that Child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above;
And he leads his children on
To the place where he is gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see him; but in heaven,
Set at God's right hand on high;
Where like stars his children crowned
All in white shall wait around.
THE FIRST NOWELL
The first Nowell the Angel did say
was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Bam is the King of Isreel!
They looked up and saw a star,
Shining in the east, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night:
And by the light of that same star,
Three wise men came from country far:;
To seek for a king was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went:
This star drew nigh to the north-west:
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest,
And there it did both stop and stay
Right over the place where Jesus lay:
Then entered in those wise men three,
Full reverently upon their knee
And offered there in his presence
Their gold and myrrh and frankincense:
Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord,
That hath made heav'n and earth of naught,
And with his blood mankind hath bought:
UNTO US IS BORN A SON
Unto us
is born a Son,
King of quires supernal:
See on earth his life begun,
Of
Lords the Lord eternal.
Christ,
from heav'n descending low,
Comes on earth a stranger:
Ox and ass their owner know,
Becradled in the manger.
Men
This did Herod sore affray,
And grievously bewilder,
So he gave the word to slay,
And slew the
Women
little childer.
Of his love and mercy mild
This the Christmas story;
And O that Mary's gentle child
Might lead us up to glory!
All
O and A,
and A and O,
Cum cantibus in choro,
Let our merry organ ge@,
Benedicamus Domino.
AS WITH GLADNESS MEN OF OLD
As with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold,
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright,
So,
most gracious God,
Evermore be
As with joyful
To that
may we
led to thee.
steps they sped
lowly manger-bed,
There to bend the knee before
Him whom heaven and earth adore,
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek thy
mercy-seat.
As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare,
So may we with holy joy.,
Pure, and free from sin's alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ,
to thee our heavenly King.
In the heav'nly country bright
Need they no created light;
Thou its light, its joy, its crown,
Thou its sun which goes not down:
There for ever may we sing
Alleluyas to our King.
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled:
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies,
With the angelic host proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Hark, the herald Angels sing
Glary to the new-born
King.
Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come
Offspring of a virgin's womb:
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark, the herald Angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings;
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth,
Hark! the herald Angels sing
Glory to the new-bom
King.
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GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Leader:
HUGH BEAN
First Violins:
Cellos:
Hugh Bean
Carcline Dearnley
Arthur Price
John Stilwell
Sheila Beckensall
Christina Macrae
Linda McLaren
Alex Suttie
Andrew Thurgood
Basses:
Second Violins:
Michael Lea
Jeremy Gordon
Nicholas Maxted Jones
Percussion:
Rosemary Roberts
Adrienne Sturdy
Christopher Nall
Timothy Callaghan
Ruth Dawson
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Roger Blair
John Meek
Peter Collyer
Justin Ward
Christopher Cochrane
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GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC CHOTR
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
(formerly the Festival Choir)
was formed
in order to perform the major choral repertoire with the Guildford
Philharmonic Orchestra.
of Finzi's
The choir made its first recording
'Intimations of Immortality'
and in 1979 recorded Hadley's
Orchestra,
in 1973
with the Guildford Philharmonic
'The Trees So High'
with the Philharmonia
both recordings being conducted by Vernon Handley.
Neville Creed was appointed Chorus Master to the Philharmonic Choir
in September last year, when Lynette Newman, the Choir's accompanist
was also appointed.
On Saturday 11 March 1989,
Vernon Handley will conduct
Choir in a performance of Walton's
'Gloria',
the Philharmonic
and on Saturday 29 April
the Choir will be joined by Richard Baker as Orator for a performance
of Bliss's moving
'Morning Heroes'
conducted by Sir Charles Groves.
On 24 June,
Neville Creed will conduct Handel's delightful work 'Acis
and Galatea', and the choir will be joining Goldsmiths Choral Union
for a huge performance of Berlioz
'Grand Messe des Morts'
in the Albert
Hall on Saturday 15 July.
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THE CHORISTERS OF GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL CHOIR
The Choir of Guildford Cathedral was formed in 1961 under Barry Rose,
the Cathedral's first Organist and Choirmaster. Since the Consecration
of the Cathedral, the Choir has maintained a daily Sung Evensong,
as practised in the much older English foundations. The choristers,
numbering nineteen, are all drawn from Lanesborough Preparatory School
in Guildford. Some of the older boys attend the Royal Grammar School.
The lower parts are sung by professional Layclerks and choral scholars
from the University of Surrey.
During its relatively short history, the choir has made numerous recordings,
including an album of Christmas Carols which won a 'Gold Disc' award
for the sale of a million copies. The choir has toured extensively
in Britain and Europe and has performed at many notable venues, including
St John's, Smith Square (London) and Notre Dame in Paris.
The choir covers a large repertoire from plainsong to contemporary
to
music, including a wide variety of European styles. 1In addition orchestra
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service music, the choir occasionally performs larger works with
In recent years, these have included Handel's Messiah, Bernstein's
chichester Psalms and Honegger's King David.
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The choir has been directed by three choirmasters since the Consecrat
in 1974 Barry Rose moved to St Paul's Cathedral, London (where he
was responsible for directing the choir at the wedding of the Prince
and Princess of Wales) and was succeeded by Philip Moore (now at York
Minster).
The present choirmaster, Andrew Millington, took up his
appointment in 1983.
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NEVILLE CREED - Conductor
Neville Creed began his conducting career whilst a choral scholar
at Cambridge. He then became Director of Choral Music at Tiffin School
in Kingston upon Thames, providing choirs for several highly acclaimed
recordings on radio, TV and disc. The Tiffin Boys' Choir's recording
of Mahler's 8th Symphony with the London Philharmonic under Klaus
Tennstedt gained a nomination for a 'Grammy' award. During this time,
Neville was also conductor of the Milton Keynes Chorale. In 1986
he was awarded a scholarship to study conducting at the Guildhall
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School of Music where he won the Ricordi Conducting Prize.
now conductor of both the Guildford Philharmonic Choir and the Bournemouth
Symphony Chorus and is often employed as a conductor at the Guildhall.
He has conducted many of the main London choirs and also conducted
in Denmark and Italy last Summer. In September 1988 he won the second
prize in the First International Choral Conducting Competition held
in Italy.
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DAVID SMITH - Presenter
David Smith is headmaster of Guildford County School and a member
of the Guildford Rotary Club. He presented the Family Carol Concert
in 1987 and returns this year to preside again.
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Chorus Master: Neville Creed
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Guildford Cathedral
Guildford Civic Hall | WALTON - Gloria
Royal Albert Hall
BLISS
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Morning Heroes
Grande Messe de Morts
November 88
December '88
March '89
Apnl 89
July '89
Details from: Mrs K Atkins, Guildford Philharmonic Choir,
The Lodge, Allen House Grounds, Chertsey St, Guildford, Surrey. GU1 4HL
Tel: 0483 573800
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