THE MAYOR OF GUILDFORD'’S
~CHRISTMAS
CONCERT
Conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse
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in aid of the
~Mayor’s Local
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Distress Fund
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TONIGHT'S CHARITY
THE MAYOR OF GUILDFORD'S
LOCAL DISTRESS FUND
Established in 1971, the fund was originally known as
the Mayor of Guildford's Christmas and Local Distress
Fund.
It is a registered charity with a clearly-defined purpose :
to
provide financial
assistance to the
needy within
Guildford Borough, particularly at Christmas time.
The fund receives requests from all areas of the
community and has helped individuals and groups with a wide variety of
needs.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY HELPING THOSE WHO CANNOT
AFFORD THE BASICS.......... such as..........
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Buying shoes and clothing for children from very poor families
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Washing machines, Fridges, Cookers, and Kettles
for those unable to afford such necessities
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Playgroup fees for less advantaged children
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Modest holidays for families, following a trauma
Requests for assistance should come from a third party, such as a Borough
Councillor, Housing Officer or an official agency, like the Citizen's Advice
Bureau, Community Health or Social Services.
This helps to ensure that
your donations are spent wisely and that assistance is given only to
deserving cases.
WITH YOUR HELP, WE REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Registered Charity number : 258388
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A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR OF GUILDFORD
Councillor Richard Billington
I
am
delighted
to
be
joining
you
here
tonight for this special Christmas concert.
As First Citizen of our beautiful and historic
Borough, I am extremely lucky to be invited
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to a huge number of fabulous performances,
delivered
by
the
many
varied
and
professional groups we are lucky enough to
have in Guildford and I am confident that
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tonight will be no exception.
As we settle back to enjoy tonight’s concert
and
our
thoughts
inevitably
turn
to
Christmas, we should also remember that
for many people Christmas can be a difficult time of year. Guildford has a
number of charities that work hard to ensure there is support available
when it is needed most.
By attending tonight’s concert, you are helping
one such charity. The Mayor of Guildford’s Local Distress Fund provides
small sums of money to help residents of Guildford who are struggling to
make ends meet and at this time of year the demand is even greater, so
thank you all for being here!
I would like to pay tribute to the Vivace Chorus for presenting this
fabulous programme and of course, The Rotary Club of Guildford. This
annual concert would simply not be possible without the continued
support of both groups and on behalf of my charitable causes; I sincerely
thank you.
As you leave tonight, there will be a collection for one of my chosen
charities The Prostate Project. The charity aims to give men a better
chance
of beating prostate
cancer by raising awareness and
understanding of this disease amongst men and their GP's, alongside
funding cutting-edge cancer research into detecting and treating both
early and advanced stages prostate cancer.
We should all make the most of every day and every opportunity to share
good times with friends and family.
So, on that important note, it only
remains for me to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful and
Healthy New Year!
COUNCILLOR RICHARD BILLINGTON
MAYOR OF GUILDFORD
THE MAYOR'S CHOSEN CHARITY
THE PROSTATE PROJECT
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Prostate cancer has become the No 1 male cancer Kkiller in the UK, with
over 47,000 men diagnosed with it every year. It kills one man every 45
minutes and in its early stages prostate cancer is often symptomless.
That’s why it is so important to catch it early.
90% of men who have
their prostate cancer diagnosed early are cured.
It is vital that men aged between 50 and 70 are aware of the problem and
consult their GP routinely for a PSA test. The PSA test is currently the
only way of finding out whether you may have early prostate cancer.
This local Prostate Cancer charity will continue the fight to increase
awareness of this disease and for its early detection and treatment both
amongst GPs and the wider public.
It will also fundraise for advanced
medical equipment to elevate the potential of the world class Urology
Centre at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and support the cancer
research team at the University of Surrey.
This team is currently working on a new way of identifying and treating
an aggressive
form of advanced prostate cancer, which
cannot be
detected via the PSA test.
The Prostate Project is a registered charity largely run by volunteers.
It
keeps administration costs below five per cent, resulting in at least 95
pence in every pound donated going to the point of need.
Contact details : info@prostate-project .org.uk Tel: 01483-406870
Website : The Prostate Project
THE MAYOR OF GUILDFORD'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT
featuring THE VIVACE CHORUS
Conductor : Jeremy Backhouse
Organist : William Nicholson
THIS EVENING'S PROGRAMME
Welcome by Canon Robert Cotton
Audience Carol
Solo
(arr. H.J.Gauntlett, arr.David Willcocks)
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.
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 meek, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour Holy.
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;
When like stars his children crowned
All in white shall wait around.
Choir
Angelus ad virginem
(14th century Irish arr.David Willcocks)
What Child is this
(English trad. arr. Bob Chilcott)
Alleluya, a new work is come to hand
Audience Carol
(Peter Wishart)
(Este's Psalter 1592 : arr David Willcocks)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around.
'Fear not', said he, for mighty dread,
Had seized their troubled mind;
Glad tidings of great joy | bring
To you and all mankind
To you in David's town this day
Is born of David's line
A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord:;
And this shall be a sign.
The heav'nly Babe you there will find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands
And in a manger laid.
Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song.
All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Goodwill henceforth from heav'n to men,
Begin and never cease.
Reading
'The Innkeeper's Wife' by Clive Sansom
read by Catherine White
Quem pastores laudavere (14th cent. German arr. John Rutter)
Bethlehem Down
Joys Seven
Audience Carol
(Peter Warlock))
(English trad. arr. Stephen Cleobury))
(J.F.Wade : arr. David Willcocks)
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
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...
Sing, choirs of Angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above,
Glory to God,
In the highest:
O come, let us adore him...
Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning,
Jesu, to thee be glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing:
O Come, let us adore him.......
Choir
Lord of the Dance
(Sidney Carter, arr. David Willcocks))
Hush! my dear be still and slumber (arr. David Willcocks)
Jingle Bells
(J.Pierpoint arr. Bob Chilcott)
INTERVAL
Wine, Soft Drinks & Mince Pies available
Choir
In dulci jubilo
(German trad. arr.Robert L de Pearsall))
Here is the little door
Birthday Carol
Audience Carol
(Herbert Howells)
(David Willcocks)
(English Trad. arr. David Willcocks)
The First Nowell the Angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay;
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel
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.
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born is the King of Israel
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.
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born is the King of Israel.
The 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.
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel.
Then entered in those wise men three,
Full reverently upon their knee,
And offered there, in His Presence,
Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell ,Nowell
Born is the King of Israel.
Then let us all with one accord,
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord,
That hath made heaven and earth of nought,
And with his blood mankind hath bought.
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel.
Reading
'Glory to God in the highest' from St.Luke
read by Robert Walker
Choir
O Little Town of Bethlehem
(Walford Davies)
O Holy Night
(Adolphe Adam, arr.John E West)
Audience Carol
(English Trad. arr. Arthur Sullivan & David Willcocks)
It came upon a midnight clear
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their hearts of gold,;
Peace on the earth, goodwill to men,
From heav'ns all-gracious King!
The world in solemn stiliness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,;
And still their heavenly music floats
O're all the weary world;
Above its sad and lonely plains
They bend on hovering wing;
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love song which they bring:
Oh hush the noise, ye men of strife
And hear the angels sing.
For lo! The days are hastening on,
By prophet-bards foretold,
When, with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold,;
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendours fling,
And the whole world gives back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Choir
(John Ruitter)
Angels' Carol
Lullay my liking
(Carol Canning)
Christmas Past
(Christmas medley, arr. Goff Richards)
Address by the Mayor of Guildford
Councillor Richard Billington
Introduced by the President of the Rotary Club of Guildford
Mr Oliver McGeachy
Audience Carol
(Charles Wesley : arr. Felix Mendelssohn)
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 newborn 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......
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 newborn King.
Encore
We wish you a Merry Christmas !
(English trad. arr. Bob Chilcott)
THE VIVACE CHORUS
FIRST SOPRANOS :
Sel Adamu, Amelia Atkinson, Jane Barnes, Joanna Bolam, Suzie Maine,
Mary Broughton, Rebecca Kerby, Susan Norton, Sarah Smithies,
Joan Thomas, Hilary Vaill.
SECOND SOPRANOS :
Jacqueline Alderton, Anna Arthur, Suzanne Cahalane, Isobel Humphreys,,
Krystyna Marsden, Michelle Mumford, Alison Palmer, Gill Perkins,
Kate Peters, Paula Sutton, Valerie Thompson, Christine Wilks,
Frances Worpe
FIRST ALTOS :
Barbara Barklem, Monika Boothby, Jane Brooks, Amanda Burn,
Valentina Faedi, Liz Martin, Christine Medlow, Rosalind Milton,
Lilly Nicholson, Linda Ross, Carol Sheppard, Hilary Trigg, Maggie Woolcock
SECOND ALTOS :
Valerie Adam, Geraldine Allen, Evelyn Beastall, Liz Curry-Hyde,
Andrea Dombrowe, Sheena Ewen, Jo Glover, Christine Lavender,
Penny Macfarlane, Lois McCabe, Kay McManus, Val Morcom,
Pamela Murrell, Prue Smith, Rosey Storey, Sonja Nagle,
Susie Walker, Catherine White, June Windle
FIRST TENORS :
Bob Bromham, Owen Gibbons, Rosie Jeffery, Barbara McDonald,
Chris Robinson, John Trigg.
SECOND TENORS :
Ewan Bramhall, Tony Chantler, Simon Dillon, Stephen Linton,
Peter Norman, Jon Scott
FIRST BASSES :
Paul Barnes, Richard Broughton, Brian John, Jon Long, Chris Newbery,
David Ross, Andrew Skinner, Philip Stanford, Rob Walker, Kieron Walsh.
SECOND BASSES :
Norman Carpenter, Geoffrey Forster, James Garrow, Stuart Gooch,
Chris Peters, Phil Tudor, Richard Wood
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ABOUT THE VIVACE CHORUS
The choir has come a long way since
it began in 1946 as the Guildford
Philharmonic Choir and now has an enviab
le reputation for performing firstclass concerts across a wide range of musical
repertoire.
Particular successes include a sell-out perfor
mance in May 2011 of Mahler’s
Symphony No. 8, the ‘Symphony of a Thousa
nd’, 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 celebr
ated our 70th birthday with the
Philharmonia Orchestra in the Royal Festiva
l Hall.
Since 1995, Vivace has thrived under
the exceptional leadership of this
evening’s
conductor,
Backhouse.
Jeremy’s
choral
works
and
enthusiasm
for
evident
every
at
performance.
He
Jeremy
passion
his
sheer
music-making
rehearsal
is
for
supported
are
and
by
Francis Pott, who is not just a very
fine rehearsal accompanist, but is
also an academic and composer of
international
repute
and
an
accomplished concert pianist.
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In addition to our own concerts in Guildford and London, we also sing in
various charity concerts which include the Mayor of Guildford's Christmas
Concert at Holy Trinity Church 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,
Italy, Germany, Austria and the Baltic States, with a trip to Northern Spain
planned for 2020.
We're a friendly and sociable choir that enjoys singing traditional choral
classics alongside the challenge of contemporary and newly-commissioned
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 United Reformed Church, Portsmouth Road,
Guildford.
Brooks at
secretary Jane
membership
our
contact
Just
our website,
visit
on,
membership@vivacechorus.org and for more informati
Chorus.
vivacechorus.org, follow us on Facebook and Twitter - @Vivace
JEREMY BACKHOUSE
Jeremy
Backhouse
is
one
of
Britain’s
leading choral conductors. He began his
musical
career
in
Canterbury Cathedral
where he was Senior Chorister.
Jeremy has been the sole conductor of the
internationally-renowned chamber choir,
Vasari Singers, since its inception in 1980.
Since winning the prestigious Choir of the
Year
competition
in
1988,
the
Vasari
Singers has performed regularly at major concert venues and cathedrals
throughout the UK and abroad. Jeremy and the Vasari Singers broadcast
frequently on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3 and have a discography of over 25
CDs
on
EMI,
Guild,
Signum
and
Naxos.
Their
recordings
have
been
nominated for a Gramophone award, received two Gramophone Editor’s
Choice awards, the top recommendation on Radio 3’s ‘Building A Library’
and two recent CDs both achieved Top Ten status in the Specialist Classical
Charts. He is totally committed to the performance of contemporary music
and, with Vasari, he has commissioned over 25 new works.
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,
Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony, Prokofiev’s
Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, then Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a
Thousand’ and Verdi’s Requiem in the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra.
In
January
2009
Jeremy
became
the
Music
Director
of the
Salisbury
Community Choir. In 2013 the choir celebrated its 21st Anniversary with a
concert in Salisbury Cathedral, premiering a specially-commissioned work by
Will Todd, The City Garden, which they toured to
Lincoln
(2014) and
Guildford (2015) cathedrals. A new work from Alexander L'Estrange was
premiered in Winchester Cathedral in November 2018.
Jeremy has also worked with a number of the country's leading choirs,
including the BBC Singers, the London Symphony Chorus, the Philharmonia
Chorus, and the Brighton Festival Chorus.
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF GUILDFORD
The Rotary Club of Guildford was formed in 1922, when
only six such clubs existed in the whole of Great Britain.
Today, there are 1,840 Rotary Clubs in the UK, with over
55,000 members and 1.2 million members in 33,000
Clubs wordwide.
Besides the '1922' Guildford Club, there are two other
Rotary Clubs in the town - the Guildford District Club, founded in 1975
and the Guildford Chantries Club, founded in 1991.
One
of the
Club's
earliest
fundraising
projects in the 1920s was its 'Big Brother’
scheme, which was launched to help the
town's youngsters, who had lost their
fathers during the First World War.
In
1927, the Club embarked on a project to
raise enough money to install radio sets in
the wards of the Royal Surrey County
Hospital, so the patients could 'listen in".
In 1939, the Rotary Club played a crucial
role
in
establishing
the
Guildford
Citizens Advice Bureau and in 1940, one
of
the
Club's
most
memorable
humanitarian events was dealing with
the reception of the survivors from the
beaches of Dunkirk, when the special
troop trains arrived back at Guildford
Station in June 1940.
In
the
1960s,
Guildford
the
Rotary
played
a
Club
of
significant
fundraising role to establish the Yvonne
Arnaud Theatre and in 1965 the Club
successfully
lobbied
government
departments to establish the
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Helping with Dunkirk troop trains
University of Surrey in Guildford the following year.
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To mark the centenary of the Rotary movement in 2005, Guildford's
three Rotary Clubs established their 'Guildford Historic Trail' and
presented it to the Borough of Guildford.
The trail takes visitors on a
circular tour around the town centre and its historic landmarks.
Last month, the Club held its annual Bridge Day and raised over £2000
for this year's chosen charity Surrey Age UK, which provides services,
&
support and activities across Surrey to enable people to cope with the
changes and challenges of later life.
reduce
social
isolation
and
One of this charity's priorities is to
loneliness,
maintaining
people's
independence, whilst improving their health, wellbeing and resilience.
The Club continues to run heats for local Guildford schools in their
annual Rotary Youth Debate competitions, which is part of a national
contest designed to foster pupils vital public speaking skills.
Other
continuing projects include Guildford's Global Sight Solutions Eye
Project, which continues to establish specialist eye surgery hospitals in
India and Africa to cure blindness in the developing world; the Jaipur
Limb Project and Rotary's 'End Polio Now! through their 'Purple
Pinkie' campaign.
And tonight, the Mayor's Christmas Concert, organised by the Rotary
Club of Guildford, is still raising funds for the Mayor of Guildford's Local
Distress Fund - a registered charity that gives small grants of money to
Guildford people in genuine need.
The Rotary Club of Guildford has now been established for nearly a
century and always welcomes new members.
= We can be contacted
through our website - www.rotaryclubguildford.co.uk
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FORTHCOMING CONCERTS BY
THE VIVACE CHORUS
AFRICAN SANCTUS
featuring the Vivace Chorus
David Fanshawe & the Backbeat Percussxon
Quartet & Mighty Zulu Nation Theatre Company
Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
Saturday, March 14th 2020
: 7.30pm
Guildford G-Live
Conductor : Jeremy Backhouse
Monday, May 23rd 2020
Guildford G-Live : 7.30pm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Rotary Club of Guildford would like to thank the following people
and organisations for their help in staging this year's
Mayor of Guildford's Christmas Concert
The Members of the Vivace Chorus : Jeremy Backhouse
William Nicholson : Canon Robert Cotton
The Parish of Holy Trinity and St Marys, Guildford
The Guildford Dragon : Ash Mills : Downs Solicitors
The Guildford Tourist Information Centre
The Inner Wheel Club of Guildford
Sainsburys - for the donation of Mince Pies
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Holy Trinity Church
High Street
Guildford GU1 3RR
The Rotary Club of Guildford present
The Mayor of Guildford's Christmas Concert
Doors open at 18.30
15 December 2019 19:00
Transaction: 507883 Ticket: 93912
Adult
£10.00