THE BALSHAM SINGERS CONCERTS

We perform twice a year at Balsham Parish Church, with either orchestra or organ, depending on programme content.

Forthcoming concert:

Saturday 19th May 2012

Balsham Parish Church 7.30 p.m.

John Rutter - Requiem

Malcolm Boyle - Thou, of God, are praised in Zion

Morten Lauridsen - O Magnun Mysterium

Gerald Finzi - Clear and gentle stream

Gerald Finzi - My spirits sang all day

Bryan Kelly - Jamaican Canticles

 

Previous concerts have included:

Saturday, May 15th 2010,

Faure - Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine
Tavener - Song for Athene
Malcolm Boyle - Thou, O God art praised in Zion
Parry - Dear Lord and father of mankind

March 2011 (due to Christmas snow)

Parry-I was Glad

Brahms-How lovely are thy Dwellings

Leighton-Drop, drop slow tears

June 4th 2011

Opera choruses with piano, guitar, bass and percussion

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bali Hai

Moon River

Rodgers and Hammerstein on Broadway

December 2009

Bainton - And I saw a new Heaven
Balfour Gardiner - Evening Hymn
Kelly - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C (Latin American)

August 2009

Tallis. Byrd, de Victoria,

Eccard, Bruckner, W. H. Harris and Pierre Villette

May 2009

Bernstein - West Side Story Suite
Schoenberg - Suite From Les Miserables
Andersson/Ulvaeus - Five ABBA Songs

Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Suite

December 2008
 

Candlelit carol concert with mulled wine and mince pies

May 2008
 
Elgar - Coronation Ode
 
Music by Vaughan Williams, Rutter and Parry
 
 
 

22 December 2007

Holy Trinity Church, Balsham 7.30pm

George Dyson - In Honour of the City

Handel - Messiah

Traditional carols with interval refreshments

May 12th 2007

Seiber - Three Hungarian Folksongs

Gershwin - Porgy and Bess

Orff - Carmina Burana

December 16th 2006

Bach – Wachet Auf

Poulenc – Quatre motets pout les temps de noel

Berlioz – The Childhood of Christ (excerpts)

May 20th 2006

Schubert – Mass in G

Trad – Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Bruckner – Locus Iste

Faure – Cantique de Jean Racine

Durufle – Requiem

December 17th 2005

Haydn – Te Deum

Rutter – Brother Heinrichs Christmas

William Mathias – Ave Rex

10th Anniversary Concert May 21st 2005

Vaughan Williams – O Clap your hands

Stanford – The Blue bird

Vivaldi – Gloria

Elgar – Four part songs op.18

Parry – Hear my word Ye People

Borodin – Polovtsian Dances

Christmas Concert December 18th 2004

Parry – Ode on the Nativity

May 15th 2004

Sir Arthur Sullivan – Festival Te Deum

Rutter – Requiem

Christmas concert 2003

G.F. Handel - Messiah (excerpts)

Spring concert 2003

Vaughan Williams - O clap your hands

Elgar - Four part songs

Mozart - Coronation mass

Christmas 2001

Haydn - Te Deum

Handel - The King Shall rejoice

Christmas concert 2002

Mathias - Ave Rex

Parry - Blest pair of sirens

Spring concert 2002

Handel - Zadok the Priest

Haydn - Little Organ Mass

Vaughan Williams - English Folk Songs

Pergolesi – Magnificat

Christmas concert 2001

Carols with organ

Summer concert 2001

Schubert - Mass in G

Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine

Handel - Dettingen Te Deum

Christmas concert 2000

Bach - Christmas Oratorio

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Summer concert 2000

Handel - Coronation Anthems

Purcell - Come Ye sons of Art

Christmas concert 1999

John Rutter - Gloria

September concert 1999

Evening prayer for the festival of St Matthew

E.C. Bairstow - Anthem I sat down under his shadow

T.A. Walmisley - The Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

Summer concert 1999

Mozart - Requiem

Handel - Chandos Anthem No 9

Christmas concert 1998

Palestrina Matins Responsary

Summer concert 1998

OUTDOOR EXTRAVAGANZA

Selections from:

The Sound of Music

Merrie England

Gilbert and Sullivan

Abba

English Folksongs

Gershwin

Spring concert 1998

Purcell - Te Deum and Jubilate

Purcell - Dido and Aenaes

Jonathan Cook - The One I Love

Christmas concert 1997

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Finzi - In Terra Pax

Bach - Wachet Auf

Summer concert 1997

Faure - Requiem

Vivaldi - Gloria

Christmas concert 1996

Carols with organ

Summer concert 1996

Folk songs

Negro Spirituals

Popular music including Queen, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Easter concert 1996

Handel - Zadok the Priest

Handel - Messiah Part 2

Christmas concert 1995