Choral Marathon – Repertoire
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12-hour Choral Marathon, in aid of St Columba’s Church Roof Appeal, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EL Saturday May 23rd 2015, 9:00am – 9:00pm Cambridge Voices, one of this country’s finest chamber choirs, under the direction of their indefatigable Founder and Director, Ian de Massini, will present a 12-hour Choral Extravaganza in St Columba’s Church, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EL, in aid of the church’s Roof Appeal, on Saturday May 23rd, from 9:00am till 9:00pm. On that day, the choir will be in attendance for the whole 12 hours, whilst you and other members of the public will be warmly invited to come along at any time during that 12-hour period and choose any piece of music from the choir’s current repertoire, and have the choir surround the audience and sing it to you, there and then, for which you’ll then be invited to offer a contribution to the church’s roof fund-raising appeal. The choir has a vast array of pieces of music currently in their repertoire, including all of the arias and choruses from Handel’s Messiah, from Fauré’s Requiem, and from Duruflé’s Requiem, plus sacred anthems and motets from the panoply of Europe spanning more than 600 years, from such composers as Bach, Bertolusi, Brahms, Byrd, Cornelius, Darke, De Massini, Dering, Dowland, Ešenvalds, Gesualdo, Gibbons, Guerrero, Josquin, Kuhnau, Lassus, Lotti, Monteverdi, Mouton ,Mozart, Nardone, Palestrina, Philips, Poulenc, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Ravenscroft, Schütz, Sheppard, Stanford, Tallis, Tavener, Taverner, Tye, Vaughan Williams, Victoria, and Vlahek. There’ll also be lots of entertaining Close-Harmony arrangements, Gospel Songs, and Spirituals, all of which have been written exclusively for this innovative and enterprising choir. Do come along, and tell your friends and family, and come and listen to some of the most ravishing pieces of choral music ever written, sung personally to you, with the choir spatially positioned around the whole audience. The complete list of pieces currently in the choir’s repertoire, and the times of day when they can be chosen to be sung to you by the choir, are as follows: Bach Bach, arr. De Massini Bach, arr. De Massini Bach, arr. De Massini Bach, arr. De Massini Bach, arr. De Massini Brahms Byrd Byrd, arr. De Massini Byrd, arr. De Massini Byrd Darke De Massini De Massini De Massini De Massini Dowland, arr. De Massini Duruflé, arr. De Massini Duruflé Duruflé Duruflé Duruflé Duruflé Duruflé Ešenvalds Fauré Gesualdo, arr. De Massini Gibbons, arr. De Massini Gibbons St John Passion, last two mvts (concluding the marathon) 8:45pm – 9pm All ye that pass by All day Crucifixus, from the B Minor Mass 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Sleepers, wake! All day Wake, O wake! with warnings thrilling All day Zion hears her watchmen calling All day A German Requiem, 1st mvt., Blessed are they that mourn All day Ave verum corpus All day Justorum animae 11am – 9pm O beata Maria All day Though amaryllis dance in green 11am – 9pm O gladsome light All day A naughtical madrigal All day Away in a manger All day Notre Calypso (The Lord’s Prayer, in French) All day Puisses-tu, O Seigneur 11am – 1pm, and 6pm – 9pm Justorum animae 11am – 9pm Chant donné All day Notre Père All day Requiem, any movements All day Tantum ergo sacramentum All day Tota pulchra es 5pm – 9pm Tu es Petrus All day Ubi caritas et amor 11am – 9pm Only in sleep 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Requiem, any movements All day O vos omnes 12am – 1pm, and 6pm – 9pm Drop, drop, slow tears All day O clap your hands 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Gibbons Guerrero, arr. De Massini Handel Handel, arr. De Massini Handel, arr. De Massini Handel, arr. De Massini Handel, arr. De Massini Josquin Kuhnau Lassus Lassus Lotti Mouton Mozart Mozart Nardone Palestrina Palestrina Philips Poulenc, arr. De Massini Poulenc Purcell, arr. De Massini Purcell Purcell Purcell Purcell Rachmaninov Rachmaninov Ravel, arr. De Massini Ravel, arr. De Massini Ravel Ravel Ravel Ravenscroft Schütz Sheppard Stanford Stanford Stanford Stanfor, arr. De Massini Stanford Tallis, arr. De Massini Tallis Tallis, arr. De Massini Tallis Tallis Tavener / De Massini Tavener Tavener Taverner, arr. De Massini Tye Vaughan Williams Vlahek The silver swan 3pm – 9pm Wise men, leave your contemplation 3pm – 9pm Messiah, any choruses, and any arias All day And with the blast of thy nostrils, from Israel in Egypt All day The depths . . . , from Israel in Egypt 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm The Lord is a man of war, from Israel in Egypt All day Zadok the priest, A Baroque Burlesque All day Tulerunt Dominum 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Tristis est anima mea 1pm – 9pm Omnes de Saba venient 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Tristis est anima mea All day Crucifixus a 8 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Nesciens Mater 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Ave verum corpus All day Laudate Dominum 3pm – 9pm I give to you a new commandment All day Ascendit Deus 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Viri Galilaei 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Ascendit Deus 3pm – 9pm Priez pour nous All day Timor et tremor 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Ave Maria 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Hear my prayer, O Lord 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Miserere mei All day Remember, not, Lord, our offences 3pm – 9pm Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts All day Bogoroditse Devo 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Priiditye 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Dormi Jesu! All day Salve Regina, from Le Tombeau de Couperin 1pm – 9pm Nicolette, from Trois Chansons All day Trois beaux oiseaux, from Trois Chansons All day Ronde, from Trois Chansons All day Remember, O thou man All day Selig sind die Toten 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Haec dies 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Beati quorum via 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm I heard a voice from Heav’n 11am – 9pm Justorum animae 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Salut, Vierge Marie 11am – 12noon, and 3pm – 9pm The Blue Bird 11am – 12noon, and 3pm – 9pm Gaudeamus omnes in Domino All day If ye love me All day O Holy Queen, enthroned above 11am – 9pm O nata lux de lumine 11am – 9pm Sancte Deus All day Funeral Ikos 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Little lamb, who made thee? All day Mother of God, here I stand 11am – 9pm Dum transisset Sabbatum a 4 (with the final Alleluia taken from the original version for 5 voices) 11am – 9pm Missa “Euge bone”, any movements 11am – 12noon, and 3pm – 9pm This is the truth sent from above All day Cantate Domino 11am – 12noon, and 3pm – 9pm Close harmony Close harmony Close harmony Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual, arr. De Massini Spiritual arr. De Massini Unaccompanied folksong 5 foot 2 Tootsie You’re getting to be a habit with me All day All day All day Amazing Grace 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Deep River All day Dem dry bones All day Dream Angus All day Little innocent Lamb 11am – 9pm Lord of the dance! 3pm – 9pm Mine eyes have seen the glory 11am – 12noon, and 6pm – 9pm Oh happy day! 11am – 9pm Soon-a will be done-a with the troubles of the world 3pm – 9pm The Virgin Mary had a baby boy 3pm – 9pm Well, I'm wanna be ready when he comes 11am – 9pm Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 3pm – 9pm Behind a trench in Flanders All day
