Main Works and Songs Performed over the Years
2008
Spring -
Mixed programme including:
| A Gaelic Blessing |
Rutter |
| Excerpts from Dido and Aeneas |
Purcell |
| Let All The World In Every Corner Sing - |
Vaughan-Williams |
| Kelvin Grove |
arr. Ritchie |
2007
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and carols, readings, children’s choir, accompanied by brass ensemble and piano, including:
| O Magnum Mysterium - |
Victoria |
| Welcome Yule! |
Sir Hubert Parry |
| Herrick's Carol |
trd. German |
| Baby It's Cold Outside - |
Loesser |
Autumn -
A light programme performed in the 'Music for a Friday Night' concert in aid of The Beatson Institute, Glasgow. Items included:
| Speed Your Journey |
Verdi |
| Rule Brittania |
arr. Young |
| The Blue Grotto |
Fletcher |
| Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day - |
Sullivan |
Spring -
Mixed programme including:
| Magnificat |
Pergolesi |
| Chandos Anthem No.9 - |
Handel |
| Ave Verum |
Faure |
| Four Songs for Sailors - |
Dyson |
| Edelweiss |
Rodgers |
2006
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and carols, readings, children’s choir, accompanied by brass ensemble and piano, including:
| Adam Lay yBounden |
John Ireland |
| When to the Temple Mary Went - |
Johannes Eccard |
| Hosanna to the Son of David |
Orlando Gibbons |
Spring -
Mixed programme including:
| Lerchengesang, and Abschied vom Walde - |
F Mendelssohn |
| The Farmer's Boy |
male voices – trad. |
| Hallelujah Chorus |
G F Handel |
| Waltz Of My Heart |
Ivor Novello |
2005
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and popular carols, readings,
children’s choir, accompanied by brass ensemble and piano, including:
| Hodie Christus Natus Est |
J.P. Sweelinck |
| Christmas Song, A Great and Mighty Wonder, Psallite - |
M. Praetorius |
Spring -
A mixed programme, part commemorating the 200th anniversary of Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar, with guest soloist and Lomond School traditional musicians, including:
| All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded - |
John Bennet |
| The Heavens Are Telling |
F.J. Haydn |
| See the Conquering Hero Comes |
G.F. Handel |
| Swansea Town |
Gustav Holst |
| Rule Britannia |
Thos. Arne |
2004
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and popular carols,
readings, children’s choir, including:
| Magnificat |
G B Pergolesi |
| Green Grow’th the Holly - |
attrib. Henry VIII |
| Sans Day Carol |
arr. J Rutter |
Spring -
A broad spectrum of traditional airs and
folk songs from around the world, including:
| Three Hungarian Folk Songs - |
Matayas Seiber |
| Spanish Love Dance |
arr. Wagner & Ahrold |
| Linden Lea |
Vaughan Williams |
| Phil the Fluter’s Ball |
Percy French |
2003
Christmas -
Programme of festive music, popular carols
and brass solos, including:
| And There Were Shepherds - |
Bach |
| Cantique de Jean Racine |
Faure |
| All This Night |
Finzi |
| Mary’s Boy Child |
Hairston |
Spring -
Mixed programme with choir soloists, including:
| Rolling Down To Rio |
Edward German |
| Loch Lomond |
arr. Johnson |
| A Sea Symphony – 3rd movement – The Waves – |
Vaughn-Williams |
| Where The Gentle Avon Flows |
Binge |
| Quodibet (from the Jolly Beggars) |
Davie |
2002
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and popular carols,
with soloists, including:
| Glory Be To God (The Messiah) - |
Handel |
| Gloria |
Vivaldi |
| The Three Kings |
Cornelius |
| O Holy Night |
Adam |
Spring -
Mixed programme with choir soloists
2001
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and popular carols,
including:
A celebration of Scotland's 'unlettered ploughman poet' -
'A Burns Sequence' - |
John Gardner |
| Silent Night (in German) |
Gruber |
| De Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy |
arr. Sargent |
Spring -
Songs from the shows with soloists
from the choir, including:
| West Side Story medley |
Bernstein |
| Les Miserables medley |
Schonberg |
| Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day - |
Sullivan |
2000
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and popular carols,
with instrumental solos, including:
| In Dulci Jubilo |
arr. Pearsall |
| Angelus ad Virginem |
arr. Carter |
| For Unto Us (The Messiah) |
Handel |
| Gloria in Excelsis (Gloria) |
Vivaldi |
| The Gloucestershire Wassail - |
arr. Vaughn-Williams |
Spring -
A programme of Scottish songs, with soloists from the Choir, and
the junior section of the Helensburgh & Lomond Fiddlers,
including:
| Bonnie Dundee |
Scott – arr. Roberton |
| Johnnie Cope |
attrib. Skirving – arr. Davie |
| Afton Water (Burns) |
Finlay |
| Scots Wha Hae (Burns) - |
Bantock |
| Auld Lang Syne (Burns) - |
arr. Lees |
1999
Christmas -
Programme of popular carols, with soloist,
instrumental solos and Helensburgh Girls Brigade choir, including:
| Jubilate |
Woodgate |
| Shepherd’s Pipe Carol - |
arr. Rutter |
| Cowboy Carol |
arr. Sargent |
| Good King Kong |
arr. Schickele |
| White Christmas |
Berlin |
Spring -
The Choir's 50th Anniversary Concert covering a
kaleidoscope of music through the decades since the Choir
was formed in 1949.
| All In An April Evenin' |
arr. James McTaggart (founder of choir) |
| April Love |
Sammy Fain |
| Rhythm Of Life |
Cy Coleman, arr. Richard Barnes |
| Sound Of Silence |
Paul Simon |
| Love Changes Everything |
Andrew Lloyd-Webber, arr. Ed Lojeski |
| Here's Tae Us! Wha'a Like Us? - |
arr. Ronald Walker (former conductor) |
1998
Christmas -
Programme of popular carols, with
Helensburgh Girls Brigade choir, including:
| With A voice Of Singing |
Shaw |
| Carol Of Christmas |
Peterson |
| Celebrate His Reign medley - |
arr. Taylor |
| A Stable Prayer |
Steele & Fettke |
Spring -
A programme of American songs
accompanied by band and piano, including:
| The Star Spangled Banner |
Smith |
| Steal Away |
arr. Tippett |
| America |
Bernstein |
| Someone To Watch Over Me - |
Gershwin |
| There’s Nothin’ Like A Dame - |
Rodgers & Hammerstein |
1997
Christmas -
A programme of festive music and popular carols, with soloists
and Helensburgh Girls Brigade choir, including:
| Joy To The World (Handel) - |
arr. Mason |
| Messiah (excerpts) |
Handel |
| Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light - |
Bach |
| O Holy Night |
Adam – arr. Kirkland/Fetke |
Spring -
A programme of movie songs,
with soloists, including:
| Zadock The Priest |
Handel |
| My Fair Lady medley - |
Lerner & Loewe |
| Disney medley |
Menken/Ashman/Rice |
| Don’t Cry for Me Argentina - |
Lloyd-Webber/Rice |
1996
Christmas -
Programme of festive music and popular carols,
with soloists, including:
| Venite Adoremus (Vespers) |
Rachmaninov |
| Requiem (excerpts) |
Faure |
| Lacrimosa (Requiem) |
Mozart |
| And The Glory Of The Lord (Messiah) - |
Handel |
Spring -
A mixed programme with soloists, including:
| O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) |
Orff |
| Speed Your Journey (Nabucco) - |
Verdi |
| Worthy Is The Lamb (Messiah) - |
Handel |
| Phantom of the Opera medley |
Lloyd-Webber |
1995
Christmas -
A programme of seasonal music and popular carols,
with soloists and instrumentalists, including:
| Messiah (excerpts, incl. Hallelujah Chorus) - |
Handel |
| Locus Iste |
Bruckner |
| By Cool Siloam’s Shady Rill |
Belmont |
| He Came Down |
trad. Cameroons |
Spring (May) -
A mixed programme with soloists, including:
| The Silver Swan |
Gibbons |
| Lullaby |
Humperdink |
| Gipsy Songs |
Brahms |
| Love Walked In |
Gershwin |
February -
A second performance of the programme of choral classics, with choir soloists, accompanied by organ and piano:
| Te Deum Laudamus |
Standford |
| Ave Verum |
Mozart |
| Bogoroditse Devo |
Rachmaninov |
| How lovely Are Thy Dwellings - |
Brahms |
| Requiem |
Faure |
1994
Christmas -
A programme of choral classics, with choir soloists,
accompanied by organ and piano:
| Te Deum Laudamus |
Standford |
| Ave Verum |
Mozart |
| Bogoroditse Devo |
Rachmaninov |
| How lovely Are Thy Dwellings - |
Brahms |
| Requiem |
Faure |
Spring -
A mixed programme with choir soloists
and instrumental accompaniment, including:
| Tales From The Vienna Woods - |
Strauss |
| Norwegian Girls |
Kodaly |
| De Los Alamos Vengo, Madre - |
Rodrigo |
| Wer Hat Dies Liedlein Erdacht - |
Mahler |
| Les Miserables |
Schonberg |
1993
Christmas -
Programme of popular carols,
with soloists and instrumentalists, including:
| Sans Day Carol |
arr. Rutter |
| In The Bleak Midwinter - |
Darke |
| Masters In This Hall |
arr. Willcocks |
| Follow That Star |
arr. Gritton |
Spring -
A mixed programme with choir soloists
and instrumental accompaniment, including:
| My Fair Lady medley |
Loewe |
| Three Hungarian Folk Songs - |
Seiber |
| Sing A Song Of Sixpence |
Diack |
| Fiddler On The Roof medley - |
Bock |
1992
Christmas -
A programme of festive music and carols, many with a
French flavour, with soloists, organ and piano, including:
| Masse de Minuit |
Charpentier |
| Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreable - |
arr. Willcocks |
| I Saw A Maiden |
arr. Pettman |
| Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant |
arr.Todd |
Spring (May) -
A programme of songs from the swing era,
accompanied by band and piano, including:
| Thanks For The Memory |
Rainger |
| Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye |
Porter |
| The Way You Looked Tonight - |
Kern |
| Take The ‘A’ Train |
Strayhorn |
| In The Mood |
Razaf |
February -
A programme of Mozart,
accompanied by orchestra, including:
| Mass In D Minor, K 626 (Requiem) |
|
| Litaniae De Venerabili Altaris Sacremento, K 243 |
|
| Dixit et Magnificat, K 243 |
|
1991
Christmas -
A programme of Mozart, accompanied by orchestra, including:
| Mass In D Minor, K 626 (Requiem) |
|
| Litaniae De Venerabili Altaris Sacremento, K 243 |
|
| Dixit et Magnificat, K 243 |
|
Spring -
A mixed programme of choral music,
accompanied by band and piano, including:
| All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded - |
Benet |
| She’s Like The Swallow |
trad. |
| Alaxander’s Ragtime Band |
Berlin |
| Love Changes Everything |
Lloyd-Webber |
1990
Christmas -
Programme of popular carols and songs, many with
an up-beat, featuring children’s choirs from John Logie Baird and
St Joseph’s Primary Schools, accompanied by band and piano, including:
| Go Tell It On The Mountain - |
Charpentier |
| Christmas Bells |
Rutter |
| Virgin Mary |
trad. West Indian |
| Gloria In Excelsis Deo |
Gallina |
| Winter Wonderland |
Berlin |
Spring (May) -
A programme of songs from stage & screen,
accompanied by band and piano, including:
| With A Song In My Heart |
Rodgers & Hart |
| I Could Have Danced All Night - |
Lerner & Loewe |
| We’ll Gather Lilacs |
Novello |
| True Love |
Porter |
| Oklahoma medley |
Rogers & Hammerstein |
February -
Bennet’s Oratorio ‘The Woman Of Samaria’,
with soloists from the choir, accompanied by organ.
1989
Christmas -
A programme of Christmas music from the great
composers, with popular carols and choir soloists, including:
| Rejoice In The Lord |
Redford |
| Song Of The Cherubim |
Bortnyanski |
| Virgin’s Slumber Song |
Reger |
| Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring - |
Bach |
| And The Glory |
Handel |
Spring (May) -
A programme of songs of the Sixties, with soloists
from the choir, accompanied by band and piano, including:
| Top Of The World |
Carpenter |
| The Windmills Of Your Mind |
Legrand |
| Lennon & McCartney medley |
|
| Jesus Christ Superstar medley - |
Lloyd-Webber |
| Beach Boys medley |
Wilson |
March -
Stainer’s The Crucifixion,
with soloists from the choir, accompanied by organ.
January -
Guests of the ‘Sunday At Seven’ series of concerts,
a mixed programme including:
| My Soul There Is A Country |
Parry |
| My Love Dwelt In A Northern Land - |
Elgar |
| God So Loved The World |
Stainer |
| Ave Verum Corpus |
Motzart |
| Te Deum In Bb |
Stanford |
1988
Christmas -
Two performances of a programme of
Edwardian music and popular carols, with choir soloists,
accompanied by a string trio and organ, including:
| Cradle Song |
Schubert |
| The Lost Chord |
Sullivan |
| The Three Kings - |
Cornelius |
| Jingle Bells |
Bach |
| And The Glory |
Pierpont |
Spring -
A programme of American music, with soloists
from the choir, accompanied by band and pianists, including:
| The Streets of Laredo |
trad. |
| The Boatman’s Dance |
Copland |
| Porgy & Bess medley |
Gershwin |
| All The Things You Are - |
Kern |
| Saturday Night Fever |
The Gibbs |
1987
Christmas -
A programme of festive works and popular carols and songs, including:
| Mass in C K317 (Coronation) - |
Mozart |
| O Magnum Mysterium |
Victoria |
| Rejoice in the Lord Alway |
Purcell |
1986
Christmas -
Programme of popular carols and songs,
accompanied by brass ensemble, including:
| Hodie Christus Nastus Est |
Sweelinck |
| There is No Rose |
Joubert |
| Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor - |
Walmisley |
| Boar’s Head Carol |
trad. |
Spring (May) -
A mixed programme, accompanied by
string orchestra, with choir soloists, including:
| Melodies Steal into My Heart - |
Dvorak |
| Gypsy Songs |
Brahms |
| Choruses from ‘Cats’ |
Lloyd-Webber |
April -
Concert in St Giles, Edinburgh, with choir soloists,
accompanied by string orchestra and organ, including:
| St Nicholas Mass - |
Haydn |
| Motets |
Mendelssohn |
1985
Christmas -
A programme of festive works, popular carols and songs,
accompanied by string ensemble, including:
| St Nicholas Mass |
Haydn |
| Adam Lay yBounden - |
John Ireland |
Spring -
Mixed programme,
accompanied by string orchestra, including:
| Cantata No 50 |
Bach |
| Zadok the Priest |
Handel |
| Ave Verum |
Mozart |
| Hungarian folk tunes, spirituals, motets
|
|
1984
Christmas -
Programme of festive works, carols and songs,
accompanied by string ensemble, with choir soloists, including:
| Gloria |
Vivaldi |
| Magnum Mysterium - |
Poulenc |
Spring -
Mixed programme,
accompanied by string ensemble, including:
| The Silver Swan |
Gibbons |
| My love Dwelt in a Northern Land - |
Elgar |
| Ballard of Broom Green |
Britten |
| Trial by Jury |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
1983
Christmas -
Programme of popular carols and songs,
accompanied by string ensemble and organ, including:
| O Magnum Mysterium - |
Victoria |
| Magnificat |
Pergolesi |
| For Unto Us |
Handel |
Spring -
Mixed programme
1982
Christmas -
A programme of festive works, popular carols and songs.
| O Magnum Mysterium - |
Victoria |
| Magnificat |
Pergolesi |
| For Unto Us |
Handel |
August -
A Gala Concert of Ralph Vaughn-Williams' music in aid of the RNLI held at the City Halls, Glasgow, accompanied by Orchestra and soloists:
| English Folk Songs Suite |
|
| Flos Campi |
|
| A Sea Symphony |
|
1981
Christmas -
A programme of festive works, popular carols and songs.
August -
An After Dinner Concert of poular choral pieces and Scottish folk songs for a deputation of civic dignitaries from Thouars, France, in Helensburgh to discuss a potential twinning arrangement. Following the concert the Choir was invited to Thouars.
Spring (May) -
A classical programme with orchestra, including:
| Choral Fantasia - |
Beethoven |
| Te Deum |
Dvorak |
1976
Christmas -
A programme of festive works, popular carols and songs with organ accompaniment, including:
| Personet Hodie |
arr. Gustav Holst |
| O Sacred Head |
J S Bach |
| The Blessed Son of God - |
R Vaughn-Williams |
| Myn Liking |
R R Terry |
1974
Christmas -
A programme of festive works, popular carols and songs with organ accompaniment, including:
| With a Voice of Singing - |
M Shaw |
| Nativity Carol |
J Rutter |
| God Be in My Head |
H W Davies |
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