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Mass in E Minor
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection’
GUSTAV MAHLER
Elizabeth Weisberg
Soprano
Kate Symonds-Joy
Alto
Epsom Chamber Choir
The Brandenburg Sinfonia
Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
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Honorary Patrons of Vivace Chorus for many years - they attended
almost all of our concerts since 1947, an incredible record.
Sadly,
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years.
His support of our choir and of the arts in Guildford is unrivalled. The
Civic Hall, the Bellerby Theatre, the Electric Theatre, the Guildford
Philharmonic
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energy, intelligence and humanity.
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and to know that he and Doreen enjoyed so many evenings in our
company.
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Anton Bruckner: Mass in E Minor
Chorus, Wind Instruments
§
Kyrie
Il.
Gloria
1.
Credo
V.
Sanctus
V.
Benedictus
VI.
Agnus Dei
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was born in
Austria at the small town of Ansfelden.
His father died when Anton was thirteen
.
years old and it was at that time that his musical studies began as a
chorister at the nearby monastery of St. Florian in 1837. It was here
that he was appointed organist and schoolmaster and this led to his
major appointment as organist at Linz Cathedral. He also studied
with the famous music teacher, Simon Sechter, from whom he
received exceptionally high praise. In 1868 Bruckner settled in
Vienna and became professor at the Conservatory there. By now he
was a highly successful organist giving acclaimed recitals outside
Vienna including Paris, London (The Royal Albert Hall) and other
famous cities. However, it was composition which later took over for
him in Vienna and this musical form, from a composer who was
overwhelmed by the music of Wagner, reached an exceptionally
high peak in symphonies and choral works.
From Bruckner's birth in 1824 until 1855 his musical experience was
within the Catholic Church tradition, providing him with a thorough
knowledge of classical mass settings by Mozart and Haydn. This
resulted in his composing seven masses plus many shorter choral
works headed by his magnificent large-scale settings of the Te
Deum and Psalm 150. His three masterpiece mass settings are No.1
in D minor, No.2 in E minor and No.3 in F minor.
The Mass in E minor was composed in 1866 for the new Linz
Cathedral and was interestingly scored for eight-part chorus and
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wind ensemble - a setting which sounds especially effective in a
Cathedral.
Amazingly,
this
unique
Bruckner
mass
was
first
performed in the open air outside Linz Cathedral on September 29th
1869 - however, we assure you that it will sound at its greatest
inside Guildford Cathedral this evening.
By this time Bruckner had already moved to Vienna where he was to
compose all but the last three of his symphonies, scored for a large-
scale orchestra, plus his splendid setting of the Te Deum for soloists,
chorus and symphony orchestra.
The Mass in E minor has a similarity to the imaginative style of music
which was earlier created by Palestrina - the Sanctus is, in fact,
based on
Palestrina's Missa Brevis.
It was intended to be first
performed for a service of consecration of the Votive Chapel in the
new Linz Cathedral, but as this chapel was taking such a long time
to create, the consecration had to take place outside the Cathedral.
The beauty of this Bruckner mass is especially renowned through
his highly effective writing of the music for eight-part chorus. The
Kyrie opens with magical music first for the soprano/alto section of
the chorus and this is followed by music for the tenor/bass section.
This
movement
has
some
impressive
fortissimo
moments
and
finishes with a very moving pianissimo before the joyful Gloria takes
over. As usual, the Gloria opens and closes with radiant allegro
music, which surrounds a deeply moving andante setting of Qui tollis
remarkably rich with intriguing harmony.
The allegro/adagio/allegro setting for the Credo has an outstanding
slow middle section (Et incarnatus est) for the eight-part chorus
which is vividly contrasted by the spectacular Et resurrexit which
follows.
The eight vocal parts gradually build up in a glorious Sanctus which
is followed by a lyrical setting of the Benedictus and then Bruckner's
Mass in E minor closes with a totally inspired eight-part choral
setting of the Agnus Dei, intensely opened in a minor key which
glowingly changes to a major key for the final Dona nobis pacem.
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MASS IN E MINOR
Kyrie
Kyrie eleison
Lord have mercy upon us
Christe eleison
Christ have mercy upon us
Gloria
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Glory be to God in the highest.
Et in terra pax
And in earth peace
hominibus bonae voluntatis.
to men of good will.
Laudamus te; benedicimus te;
We praise Thee; we bless Thee;
adoramus te; glorificamus te.
we worship Thee; we glorify Thee.
Gratias agimus tibi
We give thanks to Thee
propter magnam gloriam tuam.
for Thy great glory.
Domine Deus, Rex coelestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe.
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei,
O Lord God, Heavenly King,
God the Father Almighty.
O Lord Jesus Christ, the only
begotten Son.
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Filius Patris.
Son of the Father.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
Thou that takest away the sins of
miserere nobis.
the world, have mercy upon us.
Qui tollis peccata mund,
Thou that takest away the sins of
suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Pattris,
miserere nobis.
the world, receive our prayer.
Thou that sittest at the right hand
of the Father,
have mercy upon us.
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus,
For Thou only art holy,
tu solus Dominus,
Thou only art the Lord,
tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe.
Cum Sancto Spiritu
in gloria Dei Patris.
Thou only art the most high,
Jesus Christ.
Together with the Holy Ghost
in the glory of God the Father.
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Credo
Credo in unum Deum;
Patrem omnipotentem,
factorem coeli et terrae,
| believe in one God:
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
visibilium omnium et invisibilium.
and of all things visible
and invisible.
Et in unum Dominum
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
Jesum Christum,
the only begotten Son of God,;
Filium Dei unigenitum;
begotten of the Father before
Et ex Patre natum ante omnia
saecula.
all worlds.
Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
God of God, light of light,
Deum verum de Deo vero,
true God of true God,
genitum non factum,
begotten not made,
consubstantialem Patri,
being of one substance with
the Father,
per quem omnia facta sunt:
qui propter nos homines,
et propter nostram salutem
by whom all things were made:
who for us men,
and for our salvation
descendit de coelis.
descended from heaven.
Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto
And was incarnate by the
ex Maria Virgine:
Holy Ghost, of the Virgin Mary:
et homo factus est.
and was made man.
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis:
He was crucified also for us:
sub Pontio Pilato
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
passus et sepultus est.
and was buried.
Et resurrexit tertia die,
And on the third day He rose again
secundum Scripturas.
according to the Scriptures.
Et ascendit in coelum,
And ascended into heaven.
sedet ad dexteram Patris.
Et iterum venturus est cum gloria,
judicare vivos et mortuos,
cujus regni non erit finis.
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He sitteth at the right hand of
the Father.
And He shall come again
with glory
to judge the living and the dead
and His kingdom shall have no
end.
Et in Spiritum Sanctum,
And in the Holy Ghost,
Dominum, et vivificantem,
the Lord and giver of life,
qui ex Patre Filioque procedit,
qui cum Patre et Filio simul
adoratur et conglorificatur,
who proceedeth from the
Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the
Son together
is worshipped and glorified;
qui locutus est per Prophetas.
as it was told by the Prophets.
Et unam sanctam catholicam et
And in one holy catholic and
apostolicam Ecclesiam.
apostolic Church.
Confiteor unum baptisma,
| acknowledge one baptism
in remissionem peccatorum;
for the remission of sins;
et expecto resurrectionem
and | await the resurrection of
mortuorum.
the dead.
Et vitam venturi saeculi.
And the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Amen.
Sanctus
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Lord God of Hosts.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Heaven and earth are full of
Thy glory.
Osanna in excelsis.
Hosanna in the highest.
Benedictus
Benedictus qui venit
Blessed is He that cometh
in nomine Domini.
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in excelsis.
Hosanna in the highest.
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Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei,
qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei.
Dona nobis pacem
Lamb of God,
who takest away the sins of
the world,
have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God.
Grant us peace.
Interval
(20 minutes)
© Ash Mills
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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C Minor 'Resurrection
Soprano, Alto, Chorus, Orchestra
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Allegro maestoso
Andante moderato
In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
Urlicht
Im Tempo des Scherzos
Maestoso
Langsam
Allegro energico
Langsam
The famous Austrian composer, Gustav Mahler, was born in Kalischt,
a village in Bohemia. His date of birth was July 7th 1860 and he died
in Vienna in 1911 at the age of fifty. At an early age he took piano
lessons at school and played his first public recital at the age of 10.
He later moved to the Vienna Conservatory where he won prizes for
piano
playing
and
composition
and
then
performed
his
first
surviving work, a piano quintet, in July 1876.
During
his
lifetime
he was famously known
as an
outstanding
conductor and this was especially effective in the major opera
houses at Vienna, Prague and the celebrated Metropolitan Opera
House in New York. During this time he was gradually establishing
himself as
an
outstanding
composer of large
scale vocal and
orchestral works - ten symphonies (the last of which was unfinished)
plus
a
number of compositions
for solo voices
and
orchestra
including the unique Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth),
scored for solo contralto (or baritone), tenor and orchestra.
Mahler's immensely impressive symphonies are of a richly romantic
nature and are all vividly contrasted. They are scored for orchestras
on a grand scale and singers are featured highly effectively in four of
these works. The second symphony includes solo soprano and
contralto plus a magisterial chorus and the third symphony has a
solo contralto plus women's voices and a boys' choir. The fourth
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movement of Symphony No.4 features a soprano solo and the
gigantic eighth symphony includes continuous singing for eight solo
singers
and
massive
choirs
along
with
dramatically
scored
orchestral music. The purely orchestral symphonies also provide
magnificent
contrasts
and
it
is
the
magical
Adagietto
slow
movement in Symphony No.5 which is the best known piece of
music Mahler ever composed.
The famous Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’ did, in fact, take many
years
to
be
completed.
Mahler
started
composing
the
first
movement in January 1888 and the total five-movement work was
finally completed over six years later. Mahler was composing his
Symphony No.1 when
he first created sketches on the opening
movement of his 'Resurrection’ Symphony. He then became strongly
connected with Budapest Opera and it wasn't until the end of the
summer in 1893 that he was then available to compose the next
three movements of this Second Symphony. After this he felt that he
still needed to create a dramatic final movement which could,
possibly, feature a large-scale chorus - as long as it wasn't too
much a reminder of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Mahler managed
to
complete
his great
'Resurrection’ Symphony in
1895 and
he
conducted the first performance in Berlin in that same year.
Mahler
called
the
opening
movement
of
his
‘Resurrection’
Symphony, Totenfeier (Rites of the Dead or Funeral Symphony) and it
consists of funeral music containing various fierce and angry ideas
which give the dramatic effect to this first movement. There are
many tremendously powerful moments in this stunning, sombre
music, some of which makes almost explosive musical situations.
This first movement finishes in an astonishingly effective way and
Mahler originally suggested that there ought to be a five-minute
interval
before
movement
the
which
beautifully scored
charming
was
second
composed
movement
in just
one
follows
week.
This
-
a
is
a
minuet featuring two main themes providing
richly contrasting sections.
For the third movement Mahler created a scherzo based on one of
his songs which features St. Anthony preaching to fishes and its
masterly
rhythmic
development
results
in
music
which
has
wonderful variety throughout. The fourth movement is a setting of a
song for solo contralto, originally from the collection of songs with
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piano accompaniment (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) and now enhanced
with
delicate orchestration.
This song
closes with
a
beautifully
melodious setting of the words ‘Dear God will give me a light, will
light
me
to
blissful
everlasting
lifel’;
this
then
dies
away
instrumentally at the end and the colossal fifth movement follows
immediately.
Mahler started composing this final movement upon hearing of the
unexpected death of the famous conductor and pianist, Hans von
Bulow. Mahler attended the funeral and at the same time began to
create the movement, part of which was especially inspired by
Klopstock's chorus Aufersteh’n accompanied by organ, which he
heard during Bulow's funeral. There is a glorious orchestral opening
to the fifth movement which builds up to a tremendous Allegro
energico before a second quiet orchestral introduction. This leads to
the mysterious unaccompanied choral entry to Aufersteh’n. The
orchestra gradually joins in and the solo soprano is heard as she
soars above the chorus. This effective Misterioso music then moves
on to the tremendous finale, which is started by the two solo singers
and then taken over by the full chorus and orchestra to the words
again Aufersteh'n, ja Aufersteh'n.
With thanks to John Parry for the programme notes
Printed music for this evening's concert has been obtained from
Surrey Performing Arts Library
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SYMPHONY NO 2 'RESURRECTION'
Primeval Light
4 : Urlicht
Alto, Orchestra
O Réschen rot!
O little red rose!
Der Mensch liegt in groBter Not!
Man lies in greatest need!
Der Mensch liegt in groBter Pein!
Man lies in greatest pain!
Je lieber mocht' ich im Himmel
How | would rather be in heaven.
sein.
Da kam ich auf einen breiten Weg:
Da kam ein Engelein und wollt
mich abweisen.
Ach
nein!
Ich
LlieB
mich
nicht
abweisen!
Ich bin von Gott und will wieder zu
Gott!
Der
liebe
Gott
wird
mir
ein
Lichtchen geben,
There came | upon a broad path
When came a little angel and
wanted to turn me away.
Ah no! | would not let myself be
turned away!
| am from God and shall return to
God!
The loving God will grant me a
little light,
selig Leben!
Which will light
eternal blissful life!
5 : Aufersteh’n
Resurrection
Wird leuchten mir bis in das ewig
me
into
that
Soprano, Alto, Chorus, Orchestra
Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh’n
Wirst du, mein Staub,
Nach kurzer Ruh'!
Unsterblich Leben!
Rise again, yes, rise again,
Will you My dust,
After a brief rest!
Immortal life!
rief dir geben!
Immortal life will He who called
you, give youl!
Wieder aufzublih'n wirst du gesat!
You were sown to bloom again!
Der Herr der Ernte geht
The Lord of the harvest goes
und sammelt Garben
And gathers, like sheaves,
uns ein, die starben!
Us, who died!
Unsterblich Leben wird der dich
O glaube, mein Herz, O glaube:
Es geht dir nichts verloren!
Dein ist,
ja dein, was du gesehnt!
Dein, was du geliebt,
Was du gestritten!
Nothing to you is lost!
Yours, yes yours, is
what you desired!
Yours, what you have loved.
What you have fought for!
O glaube
Oh believe,
Du wardst nicht umsonst geboren!
You were not born for nothing!
Hast nicht umsonst gelebt, gelitten!
Have not for nothing,lived,
suffered!
Was entstanden ist
What was created
Das muss vergehen!
Must perish!
Was vergangen, auferstehen!
What perished, rise again!
Hor' auf zu beben!
Cease from trembling!
Bereite dich zu leben!
Prepare yourself to live!
O Schmerz! Du Alldurchdringer!
Oh Pain! You piercer of all things!
Dir bin ich entrungen!
From you, | have been wrested!
O Tod! Du Allbezwinger!
Oh Death! You conqueror of
all things,
Nun bist du bezwungen!
Now, are you conquered!
Mit Flugeln, die ich mir errungen,
With wings which | have won for
In heiBem Liebesstreben,
In love's fierce striving,
Werd' ich entschweben
| shall soar upwards
Zum Licht, zu dem kein
To the light which no eye
Aug' gedrungen!
has penetrated!
Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben!
Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n
-
Oh believe, my heart, Oh believe:
wirst du, mein Herz, in einem Nu!
myself,
| shall die in order to live!
Rise again, yes, rise again,
Will you, my heart, in an instant!
Was du geschlagen
That for which you suffered,
zu Gott wird es dich tragen!
Shall carry you To God!
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Elizabeth Weisberg - Soprano
Originally
from
California,
Elizabeth
Weisberg studied at Stanford University
and the Royal Academy of Music where
she
received
Academy's
the
Dip.
highest
RAM,
the
award
for
performance, and the Clifton Prize for
her final recital.
On the concert platform Elizabeth has
appeared in the Chichester, Winchester,
Aldeburgh and Three Choirs Festivals
and
k
with
conductors
including
Sir
Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington,
lvan Fischer, Emmanuelle Haim, Trevor
Pinnock, Harry Bicket, Nicholas Kraemer, Christopher Robinson, and
David Hill. She has given recitals in the Oxford Lieder Festival, the
National Portrait
Gallery and
the
Handel House
Museum,
and
frequently appears in concerts in St Martin-in-the-Fields with the
Trafalgar Sinfonia and the Belmont Ensemble. Elizabeth has also
performed with Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company and
Music for Awhile, led by violinist Margaret Faultless.
Recent engagements include Handel's Messiah at St Thomas', New
York City, as well as with The Philharmonia in Royal Festival Hall,
Haydn's
Nelson
Mass
with
Magdalen
Choir
in
the
Sheldonian
Theatre, Mozart's Requiem with the Hanover Band in Winchester
Cathedral,
Mendelssohn's
Elijah
with
Doncaster Choral Society,
Bach's Coffee Cantata in the Brighton Early Music Festival, Verdi's
Requiem in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Haydn's Creation with Sir Mark
Elder and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Poissy,
Haydn's
The
Charpentier's
Seasons
Actéon
in
at
Bath
Abbey,
Wigmore
Hall
Dido
and Aeneas
with
the
Early
and
Opera
Company, Mendelssohn's Eljah in the Royal Albert Hall with the
RPO, Galatea (Acis and Galatea) for Mackerras in Aldeburgh, Bach's
St Matthew Passion with the Manchester Camerata in Bridgewater Hall.
Elizabeth recently performed in a staged production of Rossini Petit
Messe Solenelle in Weimar and in Berlin, Paris (Opéra Comique) and
in Bregenz with Nico and the Navigators. She is a member of the
Royal Opera House Chorus.
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Kate Symonds-Joy - Alto
KATE SYMONDS-JOY graduated with a
First
Class
Cambridge
music
degree
University
and
a
from
DipRAM
from the Royal Academy Opera Course.
Concert
highlights
Chansons
Madecasses
Room,
Rutter's
Feel
include
Ravel's
at
Purcell
the
the
Spirit
at
the
Barbican,
Mahler's Symphony No 2 at
Cadogan
Hall,
Bordeaux
Opera
Handel's
and
Messiah
at
with
Birmingham
Symphony Hall, Mozart's Requiem with
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bach's St John
Passion
in
the
Aldeburgh
Festival,
Elgar's Sea Pictures with Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra, and
Verdi's Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall.
Recitals include Wigmore Hall, Berio's Sequenza Il and Berberian
Stripsody
for
nonclassical,
Berio
Folksongs
with
the
Psappha
Ensemble, and cycling to the most northerly inhabited part of the
UK to sing Judith Weir's King Harald's Saga in the Shetland Islands'
Muckleflugga lighthouse.
Operatic roles include Mrs Herring for Aldeburgh, Bianca in Rape of
Lucretia for BYO, Noye's Fludde in Westminster Cathedral, Wild Girl in
A Village Romeo & Juliet for Wexford, Dorabella in Cosi with Jane
Glover, Carmen for Kentish and Regents Opera and Ino in Semele
with Charles Mackerras. This summer Kate sang Carmen in a fully
staged production of Bizet's opera with the inmates in Dartmoor
Prison.
Kate appears as soloist on Giles Swayne's Stabat Mater (NAXOS),
Strauss’
Deutsche Motette
(Delphian), Villa
Lobos'
Magnificat for
Contraltino and Choir (Delphian) and Bach's B minor Mass (Sir John
Eliot Gardiner/SDQG).
Future projects include Bach's St Matthew Passion in York Minster,
Bach Motets in the Barbican's Bach Weekend as a core member of
baroque collective Solomon's Knot, and Bach's Christmas Oratorio in
Sydney Opera House.
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Jeremy is one of Britain's leading choral
conductors. He began his musical
career in Canterbury Cathedral where
he was Senior Chorister. In 1980 he was
appointed Music Editor at the RNIB,
where he was responsible for the
transcription of print music into Braille.
He has worked for both EMI Classics
and later Boosey & Hawkes Music
Publishers as a Literary Editor, but now
pursues his career as a freelance
conductor.
Jeremy has been the sole conductor of
the internationally-renowned chamber
choir Vasari Singers since its inception in 1980. Since winning the
prestigious Sainsbury’'s Choir of the Year competition in 1988, the
Vasari Singers has performed regularly at concert venues and
cathedrals throughout the UK and abroad. Jeremy and Vasari have
broadcast frequently on BBC Radio and Classic FM, and have a
discography of over 25 CDs on the EMI, Guild, Signum and Naxos
labels; they have recently launched their own VasariMedia label with
a recording of Jonathan Rathbone's Under the shadow of His wing,
which they premiered in 2014. A recent recording of Rachmaninov's
All-Night Vigil' was released in October 2017.
In January 1995, Jeremy was appointed Music Director of the Vivace
Chorus. Alongside the standard classical works, Jeremy has
conducted the Vivace Chorus in some ambitious programmes,
including Howells' Hymnus Paradisi and Szymanowski's Stabat
Mater, Mahler's ‘Resurrection’ Symphony (No. 2), Prokofiev's Alexander
Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, Mahler's ‘Symphony of a Thousand'’ (No.
8) and Verdi's Requiem in the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra.
In January 2009, Jeremy took up the post of Music Director of the
Salisbury Community Choir. In 2013 the choir celebrated its 21st
Anniversary with a major concert in Salisbury Cathedral in October,
featuring the world premiere of a specially-commissioned
community work by Will Todd, The City Garden, which they
subsequently toured to Lincoln (2014) and Guildford (2015). A
commission for a major new work from Alexander LEstrange is
planned for November 2018.
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Epsom Chamber Choir is a group of around 35 mixed voices based
in Epsom, Surrey.
We perform three or four public concerts each year mostly in the
church of St Martin of Tours, Epsom, making the most of the superb
acoustic of Epsom's largest historic building.
The choir strives to attain the highest standards and has acquired
the reputation of being one of the leading choirs in the area.
Our wide-ranging repertoire includes masses and oratorios as well
as madrigals and part songs, and covers composers from Bach to
Bernstein, Tallis to Tavener, and Mozart to Mancini.
The choir frequently sings a cappella, but also works with small
orchestras, bands or instrumentalists as the programme requires.
Recent performances
Vespers,
include Haydn's Nelson Mass, the Mozart
Bach's St John Passion and Chilcott's A Little Jazz Mass.
Other composers whose works we perform regularly include Eric
Whitacre, John Rutter and Ralph Vaughan Williams to hame but a
few.
Since the choir was formed back in 1969 we have performed at
venues as varied as St. James' Piccadilly, the Southbank Centre,
Great Malvern Priory and the Ritz hotel, as well as singing services in
a number of cathedrals including St Paul's, Ely, St Albans, Gloucester
and, of course, Guildford.
We tour abroad from time to time, the last being to Chantilly,
Epsom’s twin town, and which included a concert in the church of
St Germain des Pres, Paris.
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The choir has a long association with the National Trust at Clandon
Park where, until the devastating fire that destroyed the building
back in 2015, we sang an annual Christmas concert in the marble
hall. The event continues but is now held elsewhere.
In
2016
the
choir
premiered
a
new work
by the
choir's
then
conductor, Piers Maxim. The oratorio “The Musket Ball", performed in
the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, recounted
the tragic tale of the execution of Admiral John Byng in 1757.
Con ln‘in
R TCT
The Humphrey Richardson Taylor
Charitable Trust
Epsom Chamber Choir is a Registered Charity
number 1026721.
We are dffiliated to Making Music.
The choir is very grateful for the continuing
support of the Humphrey Richardson
Taylor
Charitable Trust.
Epsom Chamber Choir
SOPRANO
ALTO
Carolyn Boulding
Stella Baylis
Lisa Burn
Tamsin Cousins
Maggie Hicks
Mary Draffin
Chloe Houghton
Lynfa Landauer
Karan Humphries
Rachel Le Provost
Ann James
Helen Morrell
Susan Morris
Clare Stenner
Jan Richards
Helen Williams
Catherine Shaw
Susan Waton
Hannah Wright
BASS
Nic Ash
Dick Bacon
TENOR
Jack Foster
Dominic Morris
John Bawden
Adrian Heafford
Roger Miller
Michael Richards
Vivace Chorus
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Associate Music Director: Sarah Tenant-Flowers
The Brandenburg Sinfonia is one of the most dynamically versatile musical
organisations in the country. It is renowned for its special quality of sound
and poised vivacity in performance. The orchestra performs regularly in the
majority of the major venues across the country, and in London at the
Barbican, Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Fairfield Halls and St
John's, Smith Square, as well as being in great demand abroad. In 1999 the
orchestra established a major concert series at both St Martin-in-the-Fields
and the Crystal Palace Bowl.
Violin1
Ben Rogerson
Helena Woods
Julia Morneweg
Francisco Gomez
Milena Simovic
Alba Acevedo
Mark Paine
Alice Hall
Madelaine Ridd
Kate Cole
James Widden
Jeff Moore
Galina Tanney
Eleanor Gilchrist
Francesca Smith
Mackenzie Richards
Violin 2
Elizabeth van Ments
Nuno Carapino
John Dickinson
Edward Webb
Claire Raybould
Nicola Stokes
Cecilia Romero
Joanna Ly
Viola
Matthew Quenby
Bass
Andrew Davies
Rebecca Crawshaw
Robert Vanryne
Dawn Baker
Nicola Davenport
Trombone
Susan White
Flute
Rory Cartmel
lan Mullin
Dougal Prophet
Kate Walter
Kimberley Boyle
Oboe
Richard Simpson
Lydia Griffiths
Tuba
Nick Etheridge
Harp
Susan Blair
Alison Alty
Oliver Wass
Clarinet
Timpani
Tom Lessels
Tristan Fry
George Sleightholme
Tommy Foster
Sarah Watts
Bassoon
Joshua Fisher
Connie Tanner
Allen Blythe
Rosie Williams
Jill Valentine
Rosie Cow
Horn
Cello
Nick Korth
Adrian Bradbury
Martin Grainger
Vivace Chorus
Trumpet
Alastair Mackie
Anthony Williams
Mariam Ruetschi
Claire Newton
Nick Benz
Percussion
Tim Evans
Joe Mathers
Tony Maloney
Gill McDonagh
Rob Farrer
Mike Osborn
Tim Gunnell
Bob Porter
About Vivace Chorus
Jeremy Backhouse
Music Director
Francis Pott
Accompanist
James Garrow
Chairman
Vivace Chorus is a flourishing, ambitious and adventurous choir
based in Guildford, Surrey, which aims to have fun making and
sharing great choral music.
The choir has come a long way since it began in 1946 as the
Guildford Philharmonic Choir, and now has an enviable reputation for
performing first-class concerts across a wide range of musical
repertoire. Particular successes include a sell-out performance in
May 2011 of Mahler's Symphony No. 8, the ‘Symphony of a Thousand,
at the Royal Albert Hall, a highly acclaimed performance in
November 2012 of Britten's War Requiem and another Royal Albert
Hall success in May 2014 when we performed the Verdi Requiem. In
2017 we celebrated our 70th birthday with the Philharmonia
Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall.
Since 1995, Vivace has thrived under the exceptional leadership of
this evening's conductor, Jeremy Backhouse. Jeremy's passion for
choral works and his sheer enthusiasm for music-making are
evident at every rehearsal and performance. He is supported by
Francis Pott, who is not just a very fine rehearsal accompanist, but is
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also an academic and composer of
international
repute,
and
an
accomplished concert pianist.
In addition to our own concerts in
Guildford and London, we also sing
in various charity concerts and, with
our
regular
orchestra,
the
Brandenburg Sinfonia, take part in
the
Brandenburg
Choral
Festival
each year in St Martin-in-the-Fields.
We also like to take our music-making overseas and have toured to
France,
ltaly,
Germany and
Austria.
After a
‘home tour'
in
the
Cotswolds last summer, we are now preparing for a tour of the Baltic
States in June 2018.
We're a friendly and sociable choir that enjoys singing traditional
choral classics alongside the challenge of contemporary and newlycommissioned
music.
We
are
always
happy
to
welcome
new
members, so if you would like to try us out, do come along to any of
our regular rehearsals on Monday evenings at 7.15 in the Millmead
Centre, Millmead, Guildford.
Just
contact
our
membership
secretary
Jane
Brooks
at
membership@vivacechorus.org and for more information, visit our
website, vivacechorus.org, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @VivaceChorus.
Vivace Chorus Singers
FIRST SOPRANO
FIRST ALTO
Selam Adamu
Sheena Ewen
Geoff Johns
Elizabeth Atkinson®
Pam Alexander
Valerie Garrow
Stephen Linton
Barbara Barklem
Jo Glover
Amelia Atkinson
Charles Martin
Monika Boothby
Margaret Grisewood Peter Norman
Frances Bamber
Jane Brooks
Liz Hampshire
Jane Barnes
Amanda Burn
Pauline Higgins
Helen Beevers
Kate Emerson
Beth Jones
Joanna Bolam
Mary Broughton
Rebecca Kerby
Mo Kfouri
Suzie Maine
Sonia Morris
Susan Norton
Robin Onslow
Margaret Parry
Gillian Rix
Sarah Smithies
Joan Thomas
Hilary Vaill
Valentina Faedi
Mary King
Christine Lavender
Sheila Hodson
Roz Marshall
Jean Leston
Kay McManus
Liz Martin
Catherine Middleton
Lois McCabe
Val Morcom
Michael Dudley
Brian John
Pamela Murrell
Jeremy Johnson
Jacqueline Norman
Jon Long
Rosalind Milton
Mary Moon
Lilly Nicholson
Gill Perkins
Linda Ross
Lesley Scordellis
Julia Ridout”
Malcolm Munt
Sheila Rowell
Chris Newbery
Prue Smith
Peter Pearce
Rosey Storey
Chris Peters
Pamela Usher
Anne Whitley
June Windle
Elisabeth Yates
Anna Arthur
Marjory Stewart
Suzanne Calahane
Jo Stokes
FIRST TENOR
Julia Stubbs
Bob Bromham
Hilary Trigg
Bob Cowell
Margaret Willis
Owen Gibbons
Maggie Woolcock
Rosie Jeffery
Michelle Mumford
Richard Broughton
Sonja Nagle
Carol Sheppard
Isabel Mealor
Phil Beastall
David Brassington
Penny Mclaren
Jacqueline Alderton
Isobel Humphreys
John Bawden
Christine Medlow
Catherine Shacklady
Krystyna Marsden
FIRST BASS
Paul Barnes
Julia FieldTM®
SECOND SOPRANO
Ginny Heffernan
Jon Scott
Nick Manning
SECOND ALTO
Alison Newbery
Valerie Adam
Alison Palmer
Geraldine Allen
Kate Peters
Jackie Bearman
Martin Price
Chris Robinson
John Trigg
Robin Privett
Allan Rose
David Ross
Philip Stanford
SECOND BASS
Peter Andrews
Norman Carpenter
Malcolm Field*
Geoffrey Forster
James Garrow
Stuart Gooch
Nick Gough
Keith Long"
Paula Sutton
Evelyn Beastall
SECOND TENOR
Neil Martin
Barbara Tansey
Sylvia Chantler
Ewan Bramhall
John Parry
Valerie Thompson
Mary Clayton
Peter Butterworth
Roger Penny
Christine Widks
Sheila Cooper
Tony Chantler
Richard Wood
Andrea Dombrowe
Simon Dillon
Fiona Wimblett
Frances Worpe
Elizabeth Evans
" Members of Vasari Singers
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Vivace Chorus Patrons
The Vivace Chorus is extremely grateful to all patrons
for their support.
Honorary Life Patrons
Dr John Trigg MBE
Mr John Britten
Life Patrons
Carol Hobbs
John and Jean Leston
Platinum Patrons
Mr & Mrs Peter B P Bevan
Lionel & Mary Moon
Robin & Jill Broadley
Dr Roger Muray
Roger & Sharon Brockway
Peter Norman
Richard & Mary Broughton
John & Margaret Parry
Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson
Robin & Penny Privett
Jean & Norman Carpenter
Gillian Rix
Andrea & Gunter Dombrowe
Jonathan Scott
Rosemary & Michael Dudley
Catherine & Brian Shacklady
Celia & Michael Embleton
Prue & Derek Smith
Susan & Cecil Hinton
Dennis Stewart
Michael Jeffery
Idris & Joan Thomas
Geoffrey Johns & Sheila Rowell
Pam Usher
Jane Kenney
Anthony J T Williams
Dr Stephen Linton
Bill & June Windle
John McLean OBE & Janet McLean
Maggie Woolcock
Ron & Christine Medlow
If you have enjoyed this concert, why not become one of our patrons? We
have a loyal band of followers whose regular presence at our concerts is
greatly appreciated. With the valued help of our patrons, we are able to
perform a wide range of exciting music, with world-class, professional
musicians in venues such as Guildford Cathedral, G Live, the Royal Albert
Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. For an annual donation, patrons can have
unlimited tickets at a 10% discount. If you are interested, please contact
Mary Moon on 01372 468431 or email: patrons@vivacechorus.org.
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Vivace Chorus dates for your diary
The Mayor of Guildford's Carol Concert
Sunday 10th December 7.00pm
Holy Trinity Church, Guildford
Once again we'll be returning to the beautiful Holy Trinity Church for
our annual Carol Concert, in support of the Mayor of Guildford's
selected charity. Our seasonal mix of favourite carols and beautiful
Christmas music, as well as delicious mince pies and mulled wine
will definitely help to put you in the Christmas spirit.
Come and Sing 2018 - Dream of Gerontius
Saturday 27th January 2017 10.30am
Normandy Village Hall
The Vivace Come and Sing days are now legendary, not just for the
high quality of music making under our Music Director, Jeremy
Backhouse, but also for the fabulous Vivace lunches. Once again we
are anticipating a sell-out event, where we will spend the day
rehearsing parts of Elgar's magnificent Dream of Gerontius. Tickets
are available from our website so don't miss out!
Baroque Treasures
Saturday 3rd March 7.30pm
Guildford Cathedral
We return to Guildford Cathedral for our first concert of 2018, a
glittering collection of Baroque favourites including Bach's 3rd
Brandenburg Concerto and Magnificat in D, Handel's stirring
coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest and Albinoni's moving Adagio
which many will know from its use in the soundtrack of many films,
including Gallipoli and more recently, Manchester by the Sea.
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Vivace Chorus is a Registered Charity No. 1026337
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Saint-Saéns — The Swan
Elgar — Salut d"Amour
Schubert — Ave Maria
Paganini — Carnival of Venice
Boccherini — Minuet
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