18 ¦ 19 ¦ 20 May 2018 Choral FestivalThe London Sangerstevne 2018 • A Philip Norman Music...

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London Sangerstevne 18 ¦ 19 ¦ 20 May 2018

Choral Festival

PROGRAMME

Admission: Free ¦ Programme: Free

Come and go as you please

THE LONDON SANGERSTEVNE

is a Philip Norman Music Services event

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ABOUT THE ORGANISERS AND FESTIVAL

Philip Norman (Founding Director) is a

freelance musician based in London

(pnms.co.uk). He conducts Questors Choir,

Harlow Singers, Woodford Symphony

Orchestra and is organist at the Deutsche

Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche St. Marien

mit St. Georg in Central London.

Mike Gahan (Chief Steward) works as a Senior

Software Developer for a leading media and

entertainment company based in West London.

Himself a talented and spirited stage perform-

er, Mike sings with Questors Choir and Sky

Choir, and he has been actively associated with

the London Sangerstevne festivals since 2005.

Christine Didelot, who was Executive Director of the Sangerstevne, died after a short illness just a couple of days

after the 2017 Sangerstevne. Although Christine had worked full time as a marketing manager in Central London,

in her spare time she was a passionate and committed choral singer with a long experience of organisation and

management in the arts. She brought to the Sangerstevne both her love of choral singing and her planning and

project management skills. She will be missed, partly for her impeccable and reliable administration skills, but

mainly for herself.

Originating in Norway, Sangerstevne literally means a 'Congress or Coming Together of Singers'. Such festivals are major events in

Scandinavia, where choirs from all over the country gather for several days to meet old friends, exchange ideas and repertoire, and

sing to each other in a relaxed and non-competitive atmosphere. The concept was brought back to the UK by Philip Norman, who

participated in many Norwegian Sangerstevne festivals whilst working there as an organist and choral conductor. The first London

Sangerstevne was held in May 2004 at St John's Church, Leytonstone and has been running annually ever since across London, in the

past in association with St John's Church Choir and Questors Choir, but now managed independently by the Festival Organisers.

The organisers wish to thank the Parish Church Councils of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate; St Augustine, Archway; St John the

Baptist, Holland Road; St John’s, Leytonstone; and St Bartholomew-the-Less for hosting this year’s concerts.

PROGRAMME DETAILS CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING BUT SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY WISH TO MAKE AN AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDING OF YOUR OWN CHOIR.

THIS MAY INFRINGE THE COPYRIGHT OF SOME OF THE PIECES BEING PERFORMED.

IF YOU MAKE A RECORDING, PLEASE CONTACT THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR THE PERFORMING

RIGHTS SOCIETY (www.prsformusic.com) TO REGULARISE THE SITUATION.

ONGOING COLLECTION

It is hoped that The London Sangerstevne has a universal

appeal and that it is accessible to as many singers as

possible. To encourage participation, singer fees are kept

as low as possible (£5 this year as opposed to £7 last

year). However, to organise a festival like this demands a

considerable amount of financial underpinning.

If you are able, please contribute to the ongoing

collection so that there is not a loss for 2018 and a

financial foundation for going forward to 2019.

STARBUCKS AND THE VIADUCT

Starbucks coffee shop and The Viaduct Tavern are

opening specially for our use on the Saturday. We

are not hiring them, but are dependent on

exceeding an agreed sales amount in each

establishment. If we don’t, we have to pay a fee.

Please visit both during the festival and buy their

products. If every one of you buys a drink and a packet of

crisps/bun in each, we should be in the clear.

CHRISTINE DIDELOT MEMORIAL COMPOSITION

There are plans to commission a new choral work in memory of Christine. To raise funds for this, some of Christine’s CDs are

on sale on Saturday in St Sepulchre’s church. Also, we are asking people to sponsor individual bars of the composition @

£20 per bar, or just make a donation of any amount. For further information or with other fundraising ideas, please visit:

www.sangerstevne.org/christine or contact Dagmar Gauweiler: [email protected]

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FRINGE CONCERT

Friday 18 May 7.00 pm

St John’s Church, Holland Road W14 8AH

Hazelwood School Choir

Conductor: Lindie Louw

Accompanist: Douglas Hewitt

• Ally Bally Bee - Robert Coltart (Arr: Douglas E Wagner)

• Ban, Ban, Caliban (Shakespeare text) - Dan Forrest

• The Lily and the Rose - Bob Chilcott

• Adiemus - Karl Jenkins

• Tintinnabulum - Karl Jenkins

• Hymn - Karl Jenkins

• Cups - (Arr: Deke Sharon)

• Babethandaza - Trad. South African (Arr: Victor C Johnson)

• Sesivuma - Trad. Xhosa

The London Choir of Shell

Conductor: Darron Moore

Accompanist:

• Fleetwood Mash - Fleetwood Mac/Cuthbert

• I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Merill/Rubicam/Emerson

• City of Stars - Hurwitz/Pasek/Paul/Althouse

• Can You Feel the Love Tonight - John/Rice/Christopher

• California Dreaming - Phillips/Rogers

• And So It Goes - Joel/Shaw

• Shenandoah - traditional/Bartholomew

Voxtone

Conductor: Massimo Orlandi

Accompanist: Massimo Orlandi

• Harry Potter Medley - John Williams (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• Anin à Gris - Di Gleria (Arr: Liverani & Massimo Orlandi)

• Down by the Salley Gardens - Traditional (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• The Wild Song - Michael McGlynn

• Luna - Anon. (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• Quando Viene Dicembre - Newman & Flaherty (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• Greensleeves & Scarborough Fair - Traditional (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• Love of my Life - Freddie Mercury (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• Caruso - Lucio Dalla (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• Spunta La Luna Dal Monte - Tazenda/Bertoli (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

The Moving Chamber Choir

Conductor: Patrick Allies

• L'Amante Modesto - Barbara Strozzi

• Heyr pú oss himum á - Anna Thorsvaldsdottir

• Salmo 150 - Ernani Aguiar

• Stabat Mater - Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

• My Guardian Angel - Judith Weir

• Dulce Jesus Mio (from Moon, Sun and All Things) - Anon

• Gli Amanti Falliti - Barbara Strozzi

• Alma Llanera - Pedro Gutiérrez

Free admission ¦ Retiring collection

Underground: Central Line - Shepherds Bush

Please contribute to the ongoing collection - help to make

sure that there is a London Sangerstevne 2019.

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SATURDAY 19 MAY MAIN FESTIVAL

St Sepulchre-without-Newgate

This part of the festival is, essentially, one long, rolling concert. The timings are approximate. Please feel free to come and go as you

please (perhaps when choirs are changing over, rather than in the middle of a performance).

EVERYONE who is in the church when the Festival Pieces are performed is invited to participate. If you haven’t learned the SATB

versions with your choir, or don’t have the music with you, unison versions are available at the back of this programme. We will all

assemble in the performance area (or as close as possible) for the Festival Pieces.

12.00 noon

Wall Of Sound Singing Choir

Conductor: Sandra Scott

• Oh Susanna - Traditional (Arr: Sandra Scott)

• Benedictus from 'An Armed Man' - Karl Jenkins

• Will You Love Me Tomorrow - C King / G Coffin

• Nella Fantasia, 'Based on Gabriel's Oboe' - E Morricone / C Ferrau

Amherst School Choir

Conductor: Sam Clarke

Accompanist: Kirsty Payne

• Poppa Piccolino - Bob Musel & Vittorio Mascheroni

• Chariot's Comin' - Don Besig & Nancy Price

• You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson (Arr: Patrick Allen)

• This Old Man - James Fulleylove

The Songbirds (Swindon)

Conductor: Abby Mansi

• Amazing Grace - Newton / Carrell / Clayton

• Play That Song - Carmichael / Loesser / Larsen / Monahan.

(Arr: Miller; Sony)

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Mercury

The Noteables

Conductor: Abbi Mansi

• Somewhere Only We Know - Rice-Oxley / Hughes / Chaplin

(Arr: Anders / Astrom / Lojeski)

• The Blower’s Daughter - Damien Rice

• Bright Side of the Road - Van Morrison

The Sometimes Singers

Conductor: Susan Griffin

• Blackbird - Lennon & McCartney (Arr: Deke Shannon)

• An Tonn - S de Barra

• The Dog Days Are Over - Welch & Summers

FESTIVAL PIECES

1.45 pm

RockavoX

Conductor: Nia Howe (AKA Tiggy)

• In The Shadows - Hakala & Heinonen (Arr: Nia Howe)

• Winter Song - Ingrid Michaelson (Arr: Nia Howe)

• Driven by You - Brian May (Arr: Nia Howe)

The Harmonaires Choir

Conductor: Josie Cowley

Accompanist: Susie Savage

• Sunny - Bobby Hebb (arr. Kirby Shaw)

• Shenandoah - Traditional (arr. Linda Spevacek)

• Open Spaces - Sarah Quartel

Kings Langley Community Choir

Conductor: Ben Crawley

•The Wreck Of The Dandenong - Australian shanty

•Sun Giant - Robin Pecknold

•The Call - Regina Spektor

Cantatrice

Conductor: Zoe Peate

Accompanist: Gary Prior

• Grace (Arr: Mark Hayes)

• Voice on the Wind - Sarah Quartel

Humus

Conductor: Natalia Hagen

• Do You Hear the People sing - Claude-Michel Schønberg/ Mette

Modahl/Alain Boublil & & Jean-Mare Natel

• Aks av gull - M. Summer/Roger Emerson/ M.Summer/

Kjell Inge Torgersen

• Perfect day - Lou Reed/Jan Trymann

• Bruremarsj fra Lødingen - Traditional (Arr: Henny Koppen/

Halvdan Sivertsen

Nunc Omnes

Conductor: Qui Loquitur

• Unde in titulo sic fiat

Questors Choir and The Harlow Singers

Conductor: Philip Norman

Three Traditional Songs (Arr: Philip Norman)

• Lady Maisry

•The Lyke Wake Dirge

• The Wraggle, Taggle Gipsies

FESTIVAL PIECES

3.45 pm

We Bop Choir

Conductor: Rachel Myer

• Because The Night - Bruce Springsteen & Patti Smith (Arr: Rachel Myer)

• Heart Of Glass - Blondie (Arr: Rachel Myer)

• Roar - Katy Perry & Bonnie Mckee/Deke Sharon

• Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves - Eurythmics (Arr: Rachel Myer)



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Mayfair Community Choir

Conductor: Richard Hobson

Accompanist: Jacob Collins

• Fine Knacks for Ladies - John Dowland

• Mack the Knife - Kurt Weill (Arr: Robinson)

• Londonderry Air - Traditional (Arr: Bob Chilcott)

• Fascinating Rhythm - George & Ira Gershwin

Lloyd’s Choir

Conductor: Jacques Cohen

• Vidit Lucem - Jacques Cohen

• Crossing the Bar - CHH Parry

• Locus Iste - Anton Bruckner

• Hymnus Universalus - Jacques Cohen

The Moving Chamber Choir

Conductor: Patrick Allies

• Heyr þú oss himnum á - Anna Thorvaldsdottir

• Gli amanti falliti - Barbara Strozzi

• Pedro Gutiérrez - Alma Llanera

Berryland Belles

Conductor: Rebecca Gresson

Accompanist: Ben Lewis Smith

• Carrickfergus - Trad. Irish (Arr: Michael Neaum)

• White Waves on the Water - Bob Chilcott

• Imagine - John Lennon (Arr: Michael Neaum

• I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2 (Arr: Birchall & Hussey)

Rickmansworth Players Choir

Conductor: Pete Gold

• Caravan of Love/Only You - Ernie Islay, Chris Jasper &Marvin Islay/

Vince Clarke (Arr: Pete Gold)

• You Are the New Day - John David (Arr: Peter Knight)

• Live Forever - Pete Gold

Unicorn Singers

Conductor: Rebecca Gresson

Accompanist: Ben Lewis Smith

• Calico Pie - William Mathias

• Love Grows Here - Don Besig

• Ordinary Miracle - Sarah McLachlan

• The Unicorn - Shel Silverstein (Arr: Rebecca Gresson)

FESTIVAL PIECES

6.15 pm

Harrow Harmony

Conductor: Hilary Musgrave

Accompanist: Anna Lightbown

• Bobby Shafto - Traditional (Arr: Philip Lawson)

• Down To The River To Pray - Traditional (Arr: Roger Emerson)

• Take Five - Paul Desmond, Text: D and I Brubeck (Arr: Kirby Shaw)

• Sing, Sing, Sing - Louis Prima (Arr: Philip Kern)

The Songbyrds (Ealing)

Conductor: Naomi Butcher

Accompanist: Emilia de Geer

• Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy - Huddie Ledbetter (Arr: Moira Smiley)

• The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre

• Softly As I Leave You - Giorgio Calabrese (Arr: Naomi Butcher)

• Hamba Lulu - Trad. (Arr: Mike Brewer)

Belsize Community Choir

Conductor: Sheena Phillips

Accompanist: Dimitri Kennaway

• Sing Dem Herrn (Sing to the Lord) - Michael Praetorius

(Arr: Sheena Phillips)

• Aalo Aamar Aalo (Light, My Light) - Rabindranath Tagore


• Somebody, Somewhere - Polena Barbagallo


• Shosholoza - Traditional South African

Voxtone

Conductor: Massimo Orlandi

Accompanist: Massimo Orlandi

• Down by the Salley Gardens - Traditional (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• The Wild Song - Michael McGlynn

• Luna - Anon (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

• Quando Viene Dicembre - Newman & Flaherty (Arr: Massimo Orlandi)

Lemon Tuesday

Conductor: Emily Leather

Accompanist: TBC

• Tonight - Leonard Bernstein (Arr: William Stickles)

• Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre

• Sweet Dreams - Stewart & Lennox (Arr: Sharon & Taught)

FESTIVAL PIECES

END - 8.00pm

SATURDAY 19 MAY MAIN FESTIVAL

Continued

Mark Brafield

Clinical hypnotherapist

MA (Oxon), FRCO, DSFH

Freedom from

performance

anxiety for

musicians www.markbrafieldhypnosis.co.uk



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FRINGE CONCERT

Saturday 19 May 7.00 pm

St Bartholomew-the-Less EC1A 9DS

Wall of Sound Choir

Conductor: Sandra Scott

• Summertime - George Gershwin

• Wade in the Water - Traditional

• Still haven’t found what I’m looking for. - U2, Bono

• Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional

• Let No Man Steal Your Thyme - Armstrong

• Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

• Chasing Cars - Lightbody, Quinn, Connolly, Simpson, Wilson

Cantatrice

Conductor: Zoe Peate

Accompanist: Gary Prior

• I Got the Sun in the Morning (Arr: Kirby Shaw)

• The Snow - Edward Elgar (with Rob Campkin - Violin)

• Voice on the Wind - Sarah Quartel

• I Dreamed of Rain (Arr: Larry Nickel)

• Grace (Arr: Mark Hayes)

• Singing in the Rain (Arr: Mark Hayes)

• September (Arr: Mark Brymer)

We Bop Choir

Conductor: Rachel Myer

• Sing It Back - Moloko (Arr: Rachel Myer)

• Roar - Katy Perry/Deke Sharon

• Heart Of Glass - Blondie (Arr: Rachel Myer)

• Like A Prayer - Madonna/Straight No Chaser

• Because The Night - Bruce Springsteen & Patti Smith (Arr: Rachel Myer)

• Valerie - The Zutons/Rachel Myer

• Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves - Eurythmics (Arr: Rachel Myer)

• The Deep - Adele/Straight No Chaser

St. Sepulchre’s

St. Bartholomew’s

The recitals are FREE with a retiring collection to help

defray expenses (£5 suggested donation). Light finger

buffet refreshments are served in the Friendship

Centre after each recital.

Bloomsbury Central

Baptist Church

Shaftesbury Avenue

London WC2H 8EP

ORGAN

CONCERTS

Last Saturday of

the month at 4pm

26th May

NATHAN LAUBE

Eastman School, Rochester

New York, USA

30th June

JOHANNES GEFFERT

Berlin

28th July

ANDRÁS GÁBOR VIRÁGH

St Stephen's Cathedral, Budapest

29th September

GEOFFREY MORGAN

Christchurch Priory

24th November

DAVID DUNNETT

Norwich Cathedral

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church

Director of Music PHILIP LUKE

www.bloomsbury.org.uk/arts

020 7240 0544

Don’t forget to visit Starbucks and

The Viaduct Tavern for refreshments.

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FRINGE CONCERT

Sunday 20 May 3.00 pm

St Augustine’s Church

Archway Road, Highgate N6 5BH

The Songbirds (Swindon)

Conductor: Abby Mansi

• Roar - Perry / McKee / Martin / Gottwald / Walter (Arr: Brymer)

• All About You - Fletcher

• Amazing Grace - Newton / Carrell / Clayton

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Mercury

• Play That Song - Carmichael / Loesser / Larsen / Monahan

(Arr:Miller; Sony)

• Sound of Silence - Simon (Arr: Emerson)

• Hold Back the River - Bay / Archer

• Beggin - Gaudio / Farina; Saturday Music

Nunc Omnes

Conductor: Qui Loquitur

• Unde in titulo sic fiat

The Noteables

Conductor: Abbi Mansi

• Imagine - Lennon (Arr: Huff)

• Town Called Malice - Weller

• Ghost – Henderson / Zancanella

• John Kanaka – Sea Shanty

• I’ll Be There for You – Crane / Kauffman / Willis / Solem /

Wilde / Skloff

• Somewhere Only We Know – Rice-Oxley / Hughes / Chaplin

(Arr: Anders / Astrom / Lojeski

• The Blower’s Daughter – Rice

• Bright Side of the Road – Morrison


Underground: Northern Line - Archway, Highgate

FRINGE CONCERT

Sunday 20 May 3.00 pm

St John’s Church

High Rd, Leytonstone E11 1HH

Humus


Accompanist: Alex Hall

• Do You Hear the People sing - Schønberg & Boubil (Arr: Modahl)

• To make you feel my love - Bob Dylan

• Bruremarsj fra Lødingen - Traditional (Arr: Koppen & Sivertsen)

London Humanist Choir

Conductor: Laurel Neighbour

Accompanist: Alex Hall

• Caravan of Love - The Housemartins (Arr: Paul Heatley)

• Life on Mars - David Bowie (Arr: Barrie Carson Turner)

• Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (Arr: Deke Sharon)

London Humanist Choir and Humus


• Hymn to Freedom - Oscar Peterson (Arr: Molaug & Modahl)


• Take on me - Aha (Arr: Tove Kragset)

Conductor: Laurel Neighbour

• Bohemian Rhapsody - Freddie Mercury/Mark Brymer

The Woodford Singers

Conductor: Kathleen Savage

Accompanist: Cathy Davies

First Set:

• Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group - Gustav Holst

To the Dawn ¦ To the Waters ¦ To Vena ¦

Hymn of the Travellers

RockavoX

Conductor: Nia Howe (AKA Tiggy)

• In the Shadows - Hakala & Heinonen (Arr: Nia Howe)

• Winter Song - Ingrid Michaelson (Arr: Nia Howe)

• Driven by You - Brian May (Arr: Nia Howe)

• Hazy Shade of Winter - Paul Simon (Arr: Nia Howe)

• Kyrie - Page, Lang & George (Arr: Nia Howe)

• Don’t Bring Me Down - Jeff Lynne (Arr: Nia Howe)

• My Kind of Hazard (Mash-Up) - Marx, Park, Eade & Orzabal

(Arr: Nia Howe)

The Woodford Singers

Conductor: Kathleen Savage

Accompanist: Cathy Davies

Second Set:

• Don’t Get Around Much More - Russell & Ellington (Arr: Brymer)

• My Funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart (Arr: Kirby Shaw)

• It Don’t Mean a Thing - Mills & Ellington (Arr: Hull)


Underground: Central Line - Leytonstone

SANGERSTEVNE 2019

Friday 17 - Sunday 19 May

MAIN FESTIVAL

St Sepulchre-without-Newgate EC1

(The National Musicians Church)

FRINGE CONCERTS

Across London

Register your choir at

sangerstevne.org

07939 064 247 [email protected]

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Saturday 30 June

7.30pm

Roding Valley High School

Loughton IG10 3JA

GOUNOD

Symphony 1

BOIELDIEU

Overture

Jean de Paris

BOIELDIEU

Overture

La Dame Blanche

AND MORE

Tickets: £10

Concessions: £8

Under 16s: Free

WSOrchestra.org.uk

020 8924 9370

Leader: Rosemary Fitchett

Conductor: Philip Norman

Harlow

Singers Rehearse on Mondays

@ 7.30pm

In St John’s Arts and

Recreation Centre,

Old Harlow

www.harlowsingers.org.uk

[email protected]

07939 064 247

WOODFORDWOODFORD

SYMPHONYSYMPHONY

ORCHESTRAORCHESTRA

Summer

Concert

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Don’t forget to visit Starbucks and

The Viaduct Tavern for refreshments.

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Won’t You Come Home. Bill Bailey?

The Colorado Trail

The Festival Songs

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Each choir has been allocated a 15 minute

warm-up period, should they want one.

Please keep to this timetable. Overrun

times have been added to allow a little

flexibility but, if each choir takes just a

few minutes extra, the system will break

down.

The real purpose of each slot is just to

warm up the choir’s voices. It’s not really

an opportunity for last minute rehearsing.

A steward will be on hand to help with

enquiries.

The Starbucks Coffee shop will be open

from 12 noon. It’s just across the road

from the church in the Thameslink railway

station.

Apart from being the warm-up location,

the shop will be serving usual Starbucks

products until 8.00 pm.

Throughout the whole of the Saturday

festival, and on until 11.00 pm, The

Viaduct Tavern will be open for additional

refreshments.

Usually, neither Starbucks nor The Viaduct

are open on a Saturday. They are opening

specially for the Sangerstevne.

St. Sepulchre’s Starbucks

The Viaduct Tavern

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