THE ROTARY CLUB OF GUILDFORD
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THE MAYOR OF GUIEDFORD’S
in aid of the Mayor of Guildford’s Christmas
and Local Distress Fund
CIVIC HALL, GUILDFORD
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19t 1999
conducted by Jeremy Backhouse
condticted by Darfell Davison
I note with gratitude that the Rotary Club of Guildford has again adopted the Mayor’s
Distress Fund as the charity they wish to support during their Carol Concert.
The Mayor’s Distress Fund has been set up to make small donations to many of
Guildford’s needy people. We support them in acquiring school uniforms and other
items which most of us take for granted, but which make a substantial difference for
other people.
The Mayoress and I join in wishing you a happy christmas and a prosperous
Millennium.
Councillor Dr. Robert Blundell
Mayor of Guildford
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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
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by.
In a manger for his bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
Jesus Christ her little child.
The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.
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only
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.
O morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy birth,
And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth;
For Christ is born of Mary;
And, gathered all above,
While mortal sleep, the angels keep
All
And through all this wondrous child-
Their watch of wondering love.
hood
He would honour and obey,
Love, and watch the holy maiden,
In whose gentle arms he lay;
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as he.
How silently, how silently,
The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming;
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him, still
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;
When like stars his children crowned
All in white shall wait around.
The dear Christ enters in.
O holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell:
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel.
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Unto us is born a Son
O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant.
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him,
Born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Unto us is born a Son,
King of quires supernal:
See on earth his life begun,
Of lords the Lord eternal,
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,
God of God,
Light of Light,
Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb.
Very God,
Begotten, not created:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
becradled in the manger.
This did Herod sore affray,
And grievously bewilder,
So he gave the word to slay,
And slew the little childer,
and slew the little childer
Of his love and mercy mild
This the Christmas story;
And 0 that Mary’s gentle Child
Sing, choirs of angels,
Might lead us up to glory,
Sing in exultation,
might lead us up to glory!
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
Glory to God
0 and A, and A and 0,
In the highest:
Cum can-ti-bus in cho-ro
O come, let us adore him,
Let our merry organ go,
O come, let us adore him,
Be-ne-di-ca-mus Do-mi-no,
O come, let us adore him,
be-ne-di-ca-mus Do-mi-no.
Christ the Lord.
Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
See amid the winter’s snow
Born this happy morning,
Jesu, to thee be glory given;
See amid the winter’s snow,
Word of the Father,
Born for us on earth below;
Now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore him,
See the tender Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years:
O come, let us adore him,
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
O come, let us adore him,
Hail, redemption’s happy dawn!
Christ the Lord.
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
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AUDIENCE
Lo, within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies;
He who, throned in height sublime,
Sits amid the cherubim:
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption’s happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Sacred infant, all divine,
Be near me, Lord Jesus;
I ask thee to stay
Close by me for ever,
and love me I pray.
Bless all the dear children
in thy tender care,
And fit us for heaven,
to live with thee there.
What a tender love was thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this!
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption’s happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Teach, O teach us, Holy Child,
By thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble thee,
In thy sweet humility:
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption’s happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
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
Glory to the new-born King.
Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come
Away in a Manger
Away in a manger,
no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus
laid down his sweet head;
The stars in the bright sky
looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus
asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing,
the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus
no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus!
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,
Look down from the sky,
Hark! the herald-angels sing
And stay by my side
Glory to the new-born King.
until morning is nigh.
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF GUILDFORD
The Rotary Club of Guildford was formed in 1921 and was the fiftieth club to become established in Great Britain and Ireland. By the
early 1920s, the rapidly growing Rotarian movement boasted 100 clubs in the United States but only 6 in the United Kingdom. Today,
there are 1500 clubs nationwide with one million members and 20,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide. Besides the original Guildford Club,
there are two other Rotary Clubs in the Borough - The Guildford District and Guildford Chantries Clubs.
Guildford Rotary Club has carried out many fund-raising projects over the years and one of its first was the ‘Big Brother Scheme’,
which was launched to help youngsters who had lost their fathers during the First World War. From this, a local Juvenile Employment
Committee was formed in the 1930s, with a local Rotarian as Chairman. In 1927, another fund-raising scheme was organised by the
club and successfully raised enough money to place wireless sets in local hospitals.
Most memorable of all the wartime activities was that dealing with the reception of the Dunkirk survivors as they arrived home at
Guildford Station in the summer of 1940. For five days, troop trains carrying 200,000 men stopped at the station and helpers from
Rotary, WVS, Round Table and the Salvation Army were on the platforms to meet the wants of the war-weary men.
Significant contributions have also been made to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and the University of Surrey. The first Vice-Chancellor
Dr. D.M. Leggett said in an address that “But for the action of Guildford Rotary Club, the University would never have materialised”.
Senior Citizens parties and outings, charity dances, disabled shopping evenings and the Mayor of Guildford’s Carol Concert are just
a few of the many local projects still undertaken the Guildford Rotary Club. At the present time, the club is raising money with the
Rotary Club of Calcutta to supply vital sight-saving eye equipment for use in Calcutta Hospital and the latest local charity to benefit
from Guildford Rotary’s support will be the Guildford Prostate Cancer Appeal in the year 2000.
THE GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
The Guildford Philharmonic Choir was founded in 1947 by the Borough of Guildford to perform major works from the choral
repertoire with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra. The Choir is now independent from the Borough of Guildford but still maintains close links with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Choir grew to prominence under the batons of such eminent British musicians as Sir Charles Groves, Vernon Handley and Sir
David Willcocks. Sir David remains in close contact with the Choir as its current President and Jeremy Backhouse has been the
Chorus Director since 1995.
Notable achievements in recent years include Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the Freiburger Bachchor in Freiburg in May 1998 and a
rousing performance of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius at the Guildford Civic Hall in March 1998. Last season’s highlights included
Philip Moore’s De Profundis and Poulene’s Gloria in collaboration with the University of Surrey’s Choir and Orchestra. Last December, the Choir collaborated with the Guildford Symphony Orchestra, when it performed with them at the Mayor of Guildford’s Christmas Carol Concert for the first time. In March 1999, the Choir gave widely acclaimed performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony
Resurrection and Bruckner’s Mass in E Minor.
The Choir has a challenging and exciting concert programme planned for the 1999/2000 season. On March 11th. 2000, the Choir will
be hosting a Gala Concert to celebrate the Millennium and the twenty-first anniversary of the town-twinning between Guildford and
Freiburg with a performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Guildford Cathedral with the Freiburger Bachchor and the Brandenburg
Sinfonia. On June 10th, the Choir will be performing Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast at the Guildford Civic Hall. There will also be
another concert in collaboration with the University of Surrey’s Choir and Orchestra at Guildford Cathedral on February 12th. 2000,
when the programme will include A Prayer by Frank Bridge.
The Choir is always searching for new members to maintain its high standard and auditions are held throughout the year. Further
details about joining the Choir and information about future concerts can be obtained from Noreen Ayton on (01932) 221918.
- THE GUILDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Founded in 1919 by Claud Powell, the Guildford Symphony Orchestra established itself throughout the inter-war years as an amateur
orchestra of distinction. Famous composers came to conduct - notably Elgar with his violin concerto, Vaughan Williams with his fifth
symphony and Roger Quilter with his Children’s Overture. Other guest conductors have included Adrian Boult, Arthur Bliss and
Charles Groves. After Claud Powell’s death in 1959, Ralph Nicholson took over with his inimitable combination of warm-hearted
humour and fine musicianship. In 1990, the baton passed to Darrell Davison, under whose expert and dynamic direction new heights
have been scaled.
The last decade has been a period of particularly impressive development. The Orchestra has grown in numbers and reputation; both
the standard of playing and the difficulty of the works played have risen and the GSO is now the only Guildford orchestra regularly
offering a full-scale programme of 19th and 20th century symphonic music. The musical development of young people has long been
a priority with the GSO : its recent ‘Tidings of Joy’ concert at the Cathedral saw a large children’s choir performing Christmas songs
they had composed and on February 13th 2000, five young instrumentalists of exciting promise will be playing concerto movements
in the annual Young Artists concert.
The GSO sees itself very much as a community orchestra : in addition to its co-operation with local charities, close links have been
forged with the Borough of Guildford, the results of which can be seen in the newly-introduced series of Family Concerts promoted by
Guildford Borough Council.
There are several ways in which you can support the GSO. If you would like further information, please contact Robin Chase - the
Chairman of the Friends of the GSO - on (01483) 575452.
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JEREMY BACKHOUSE
Jeremy began his musical career at Canterbury Cathedral, where he was Head Chorister and later studied music at Liverpool University.
He spent five years as Music Editor at the Royal National Institute for the Blind, where he was responsible for the transcription of
printed music into Braille. In 1986, he joined EMI Records as a Literary Editor and since 1990 has combined his work as the EMI
Classics Consultant Editor with his career as a freelance conductor and record producer.
In 1995, Jeremy was appointed Chorus Master of the Guildford Philharmonic Choir and in the same year was invited to conduct the
BBC Singers for the first time, subsequently conducting them for several broadcast performances.
His recent work has included directing the Kent Youth Choir and the Kent Chamber Choir in 1996, and working with the Brighton
Festival Chorus as an assistant conductor. In September 1998, Jeremy became the Musical Director of the Woburn Singers, becoming
only the third conductor to work with this particular choir in its distinguished thirty year history.
DARRELL DAVISON
Darrell Davison was a music scholar at Charterhouse and later studied music at Cambridge, where he not only conducted several
orchestras but started a new one! After winning the Sir John Barbirolli conducting competition in 1979, he was invited to conduct the
London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras and was commissioned to compose new works for both of them. He has also
worked with the Ulster Orchestra as their principle cellist.
In 1992, Darrell was appointed as Musical Director of the Croydon Symphony Orchestra and the Arthur Davison Family Concerts at
the Fairfield Halls, with which his father had been associated for many years.
He has been Musical Director of the Guildford Symphony Orchestra since 1990 and also conducts for the Epsom Symphony Orchestra,
the Haslemere Music Society and the Cambridge Orchestra.
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THE ORCHESTRA
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Leon Crampin
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Sophie Hardcastle
Andrew Fardoe
Ian Dow
Bev Fox
Mary Howard
Kate Feaviour
Elizabeth Garrett
Jennifer Hills
Wendy Innes
Linda Forsyth
Angharad Lewis Jones
Phebe Kynaston
Alison Leather
Rebecca Griffin
Alison Marshall
Karen Prince
Kathy Moore
Sharon Hesford
Liga Millers
Caroline Taylor
Josie Pitchforth
Gabrielle Kingaby
Beverley Morris
Anne Trant
Alan Thorpe
Wendy Morris
Chris Phelps
Ian Wrenn
Liz Porcher
Hazel Tripp
Sarah von Schweinitz
Rosemary Wisdom
Christine Woodward
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Helen Hollowood
Elizabeth Driscoll
TIMPANI
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Jenny Abbott
Denise Janaway
John Daniel
Steve Pitchforth
Peter Hardcastle
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