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SJE Arts Next Generation Series in collaboration with Oxford Festival of the Arts

‘Britain: Old and New’

Taverner Quemadmodum
Farrant Lord For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake
Byrd Ave verum corpus
Tallis O nata lux
Byrd Mass for 4 voices Agnus Dei
Purcell Thou Knowest Lord
Tomkins When David Heard
Parry My Soul, There is a Country
Stainer God So Loved The World
Harris Faire is the Heaven

Interval

Karl Jenkins Locus iste
Judith Weir Vertue
Lillie Harris Margaret
Nathan James Dearden Morals & Interludes
Joe Bates Now is a Long Time
Nathan James Dearden Suo
Ben Parry By the Way

[Please note change from the previously advertised programme]

The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Fellowship is a development programme for emerging young professional choral leaders. This group is the 2019-20 cohort.

Their programme is a wonderful celebration of British composers ‘old and new’. The first half spans the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, starting with John Taverner (1490-1545) and ending with William Henry Harris (1883-1973). In the second half, they introduce contemporary works including Judith Weir’s Vertue, a lovely setting of three George Herbert poems, as well as pieces written for them by individuals from the NYCGB Young Composers programme. And to close with a happy ending, Ben Parry’s By the Way I Love You.

Eleanor Bray – Soprano 1
Loren Kell – Soprano 2
Ella Rainbird – Alto 1
Milette Gillow – Alto 2
James Botcher – Tenor 1
Colin Danskin – Tenor 2 (standing in for regular member, David Woods)
Laurence Padfield – Bass 1
Freddie Crowley – Bass 2

This concert is sponsored by The Bishopsdown Trust.