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Music performed by Kelvedon Singers - 2001 to present

This page was last updated 6th April 2008

While this list of music may be of limited interest to most visitors to our website, it is placed here for sake of completeness. For us, it is a useful source of information when selecting music for future concerts.

English Madrigals

English Madrigal-like Songs

Folk songs and folk song arrangements from the British Isles

Classic Victorian Ballads

Other English compositions

French Madrigals

Negro Spirituals

French Songs

Secular Music - miscellaneous

Classic Popular Songs

Operatic excerpts and songs from the shows

From the Anglican Service

Anthems, Motets & Sacred Songs

Major works / Excerpts from major works

Miscellaneous

Carols and Christmas Music

Christmas Carols - Audience & Choir

English Madrigals Back to TOP
Have I found her? Thomas Bateson
All creatures now John Benet
Fine knacks for ladies John Dowland
Fire! Fire! Thomas Morley
Sing we and chant it Thomas Morley
See, see the shepherds' queen Thomas Tomkins
Sweet honey-sucking bees John Wilbye
Though Amaryllis dance in green William Byrd
English Madrigal-like Songs Back to TOP
Come live with me Sir W Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875)
Lay a garland R L (de) Pearsall (1795-1856)
Who shall win my lady fair? R L (de) Pearsall (1795-1856)
Brightly dawns our wedding day Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Folk songs and folk song arrangements from the British Isles Back to TOP
My love is like a red, red rose Scottish Song arr. Donald Cashmore
The lark in the clear air Trad Irish melody arr. Donald Cashmore
Just as the tide was flowing arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Classic Victorian Ballads Back to TOP
Come into the Garden, Maud Michael Balfe (1808-1870) arr. Jonathan Rathbone
Tom Bowling Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) arr. Jonathan Rathbone
Love's old sweet song James Lynam Molloy arr. Jonathan Rathbone
The snowy-breasted pearl trad. arr. Jonathan Rathbone
The road to Mandalay Oley Speaks arr. Jonathan Rathbone
The long day closes Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Other English compositions Back to TOP
Hymn to St Cecilia Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Gloriana Dances Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
A Summer Garland Choral suite by Alan Bullard (b. 1947)
Canticle of Joy Alan Ridout (1934-1996)
Songs of the Sea & Songs of the Fleet
 
  • Selection including:
    • Drake's Drum
    • Homeward Bound
    • The Old Superb
    • The Little Admiral
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)>
Full fathom five Charles Wood (1866-1926)
French Madrigals Back to TOP
Il est bel et bon Pierre Passereau (XVI cent)
Mon coeur se recommande à vous attrib. De Lassus (1532-1594)
Au joly, joly boys Clément Jannequin (?1475-?1560)
Une puce Claude le Jeune (1528-1600)
Negro Spirituals Back to TOP
All God's Chillun arr. Malcolm Sargent
Deep River arr. Roy Ringwald
Peter Go Ring Dem Bells arr. Philip G Wilkinson
French Songs Back to TOP
Trois Chansons
  1. Dieu, qu'il la fait bon regarder
  2. Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin
  3. Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Trois Chansons
  1. Nicolette
  2. Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis
  3. Ronde
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Six Chansons
  1. La Biche
  2. Le Cygne
  3. Puisque tout passe
  4. Printemps
  5. En Hiver
  6. Verger
Pual Hindemith (1895-1963)
Secular Music - miscellaneous Back to TOP
Liebesliederwalzer Op.52 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Choral Suite Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Three Nocturnes
  1. Sa nuit d'été
  2. Soneto de la noche
  3. Sure on this shining night
Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)
Classic Popular Songs Back to TOP
Deep Purple Peter de Rose arr. Andrew Carter /David Blackwell
Night and Day Cole Porter arr. Andrew Carter
Laura David Raskin arr. Roderick Williams
Ain't Misbehavin' Thomas ‘Fats' Waller/Harry Brooks arr. Peter Gritton
Blue Moon Richard Rodgers arr. David Blackwell
Summer time George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Tea for two Vincent Youmans (1898-1946)
Begin the Beguine Cole Porter arr. Andrew Carter
Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen
S'Wonderful George and Ira Gershwin
She was beautiful Stanley Myers arr. Roderick Williams
Operatic excerpts and songs from the shows Back to TOP
Habanera (Carmen) Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Songs from "South Pacific" Richard Rodgers transcribed Clay Warwick
"West Side Story" selection Leonard Bernstein
Medley from "Crazy for You" George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Selection from "Oliver" Lionel Bart
Medley of Cole Porter songs Cole Porter
Selection from "Guys and Dolls" Frank Loesser
From the Anglican Service Back to TOP
Jubilate Deo Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Jubilate Deo John Sanders (1933-2003)
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Herbert W Sumsion (1899-1995)
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Anthems, Motets & Sacred Songs Back to TOP
Gloria sei dir gesungen J C F Bach (1732-1795)
Jesu, meine Freude J S Bach (1685-1750)
Ave Maris Stella Lajos Bárdos
O Lord Look Down From Heaven John Battishill (1738-1801)
Ave Maria Anton Bruckner (1732-1809)
Locus Iste Anton Bruckner (1732-1809)
Virga Jesse Anton Bruckner (1732-1809)
Alleluia! Alan Bullard (b.1947)
Four Sacred Songs Alan Bullard (b.1947)
Laudibus in Sanctis William Byrd (1543?-1623)
Never Weather-beaten sail Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
Ave Maris Stella Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Ave, verum corpus Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Hosanna to the Son of David Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
O clap your hands Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Ave Maris Stella Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Coronation Anthems
  1. Zadok the priest
  2. Let thy hand be strengthened
  3. The King shall rejoice
  4. My heart is inditing
G F Handel (1685-1759)
Faire is the Heaven William H Harris (1883-1973)
Insanae et vanae curae Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Lift up your heads, O ye gates William Mathias (1934-1992)
O be joyful William Mathias (1934-1992)
Hear my prayer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Alma redemptoris Mater G P da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Hear my prayer, O Lord Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
I was glad when they said unto me Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Lord, how long? Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
The Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter (b.1945)
Justorum animae Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Cœlos ascendit hodie Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Beati quorum via Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
O Nata Lux de Lumine Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)
Hosanna to the Son of David Thomas Weelkes (1576?-1623)
Gloria in excelsis Deo Thomas Weelkes (c1576-1623)
Major works / Excerpts from major works Back to TOP
The St. John Passion - Sung in English J S Bach (1685-1750)
Missa in angustiis - "Nelson Mass" Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Missa Brevis "Kleine Orgelmesse" Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Stabat Mater Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Te Deum Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Lux Aeterna Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
St. Paul Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Beatus Vir Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Nisi Dominus - Psalm 126 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Missa Papae Marcelli (G P da) Palestrina (1525-1594)
Magnificat Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Messa di Gloria Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Ave Maria and Magnificat (Vespers op 37) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Petite Messe Solennelle Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Stabat Mater Gioacchino Rossini(1792-1868)
Magnificat John Rutter (b.1945)
The Crucifixion John Stainer (1840-1901)
Gloria Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Miscellaneous Back to TOP
Arioso - Vocalise arr. of Air on a G-String J S Bach (1685-1750)
The Teddy-Bears' Picnic John Bratton arr. Andrew Carter
The Goslings Frederick Bridge (1844-1924)
Ching-a-ring chaw Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers H Fraser-Simson
Insalata Italiana Richard Genée (1823-1895)
Irish tune from Co. Derry - Vocalise Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Country Gardens Percy Grainger freely arr. David Tall
Harry Catherine Howe
Mozart (as rarely heard) Overture 'The Magic Carpet' - a Tourist's Guide arranged after Mozart by Paul Jennings and Fritz Spiegl
When I'm sixty-four Lennon & McCartney
Three Hungarian folk songs Matyas Seiber (1905-1960)
The Drunken Sailor sea shanty arr. Robert Sund
Barber Shop
  • Graceful and easy
  • My Evaline
  • Slow motion time
Yale University Song Book
Carols and Christmas Music Back to TOP
People, look east Besançon carol melody arr. Malcolm Archer
Christmas Landscape Bryan Barnes
Twelfth Night Bryan Barnes
White Christmas Irving Berlin arr. Roy Ringwald
The Shepherds' Farewell Hector Berlioz
Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard arr. Peter Gritton
Cowboy Carol Cecil Broadhurst arr. Malcolm Sargent
Angelus ad virginem 14th century arr. Andrew Carter
Salve puerule Marc-Antoine Charpentier ed. John Rutter
from Palestine; Lo! Star-led chiefs William Crotch (1775-1847)
The Holly and the Ivy English trad. arr. H Walford Davies
The Holly and the Ivy John Gardner
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Gardner
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol Percy Grainger arr. Dana Perna
Stille Nacht Franz Gruber arr. Christopher Phelps
Sing Lullaby Herbert Howells
A Spotless Rose Herbert Howells
Tryste Noël Herbert Howells
Here is the little door Herbert Howells
Sunny Bank Peter Hurford
The Holy Boy John Ireland
When Christ was born of Mary free Reginald Jacques
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen
The Shepherds' Cradle Song Karl Leuner arr. Charles Macpherson
Have yourself a merry little Christmas Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane arr. Peter Gritton
A Babe is born William Mathias
De virgin Mary (had a baby boy) spiritual arr. Vaughan Meakins
from Christus; Say, where is he born, the King of Judaea Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Welcome, Yule! Sir Hubert H Parry
In dulci jubilo Old German tune arr. Robert Pearsall
Away in a manger trad. Normandy tune arr. Christopher Phelps
Ding! Dong! Merrily on high arr. Christopher Phelps
What Child is this? English trad. arr. Christopher Phelps
Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël
  1. O magnum mysterium
  2. Quem vidistis pastores dicite
  3. Videntes stellam
  4. Hodie Christus natus est
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Here we come a-wassailing English trad. arr. John Rutter
Nativity Carol John Rutter
Shepherd's Pipe Carol John Rutter
Wexford Carol Irish trad. arr. John Rutter
On Christmas Day trad Greek melody arr. Malcolm Sargent
A Child is born in Bethlehem Samuel Scheidt ed. David Willcocks
The Crown of Roses P I Tchaikowsky
What Cheer? William Walton
Lullaby my Jesus Peter Warlock transcr. Andrew Carter
Bethlehem Down Peter Warlock
Benedicamus Domino Peter Warlock
I saw a fair Maiden Peter Warlock
We wish you a Merry Christmas West country trad arr. Arthur Warrell
Angelus ad virginem 14th century arr. David Willcocks
Deck the Hall Welsh trad. arr. David Willcocks
Gabriel's message Basque Noel arr. David Willcocks
Masters in this hall French trad. arr. David Willcocks
Resonemus laudibus 14th century arr. David Willcocks
Sussex Carol trad. English carol arr. David Willcocks
Alleluya, a new work is come on hand Peter Wishart
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging Gottfried Wolters
Christmas Carols - Audience & Choir Back to TOP
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn descant David Willcocks
Once in Royal David's City H J Gauntlett
It came upon a midnight clear English trad. adapted Arthur Sullivan
While shepherds watched Este's psalter 1592
O come, all ye faithful Anon probably 18th century arr. David Willcocks
God rest you merry, gentlemen English trad. arr. David Willcocks
Unto us is born a Son Piae Cantiones 1582 arr. David Willcocks
Angels from the realms of glory Old French tune arr. Reginald Jacques
Angels from the realms of glory Old French tune arr. David Willcocks