The Serenade
Friday 30th June 2023, 8.30pm The Great Cloister
Sokol Fanfare Leoš Janácek performed by The Brass Ensemble
Steal Away from Child Of Our Time
Traditional Spiritual
Natalya Hoare (soprano), Theo Amies (tenor) arranged by Michael Tippett
Flower of Beauty
Take O Take Those Lips Away
John Clements words by Sydney Bell
Madeleine Dring
Iona Bastin (contralto) words by William Shakespeare
Cloudburst
Eric Whitacre
Libby Mullen (soprano), George Mitchell (bass) words by Octavio Paz
En Sourdine
Gabriel Fauré
James Bennett (baritone) words by Paul Verlaine
Swing Low Traditional Spiritual arranged by Peter Knight
I Reach To Reconcile Us Annalise Roy
Somebody To Love Freddie Mercury performed by The King’s Swingers arranged by Nicholas Todd
Sleep Eric Whitacre
words by Anthony Silvestri
Somewhere from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein arranged by Robert Edgerton
words by Stephen Sondheim
Stormy Weather Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler performed by The King’s Men arranged by Greg Swinford
Cough Cough Jonathan Higgs arranged by Robert Brooks
It Don’t Mean A Thing
Duke Ellington, arr. Ben Parry
Words by Irving Mills
Casta Diva from Norma Vincenzo Bellini
Grace Stephens-Spada (soprano)
words by Felice Romani
Come To Me In The Silence Of The Night Ivo Antognini
words by Christina Rossetti
Sing Gently Eric Whitacre
The Serenade Choir
Rami Achimu, Portia Alford, Theo Amies, Iona Bastin, Annenora Benians, Catherine Bennett, James Bennett, Olya Bilyk, Jenny Blench, Giorgio Boiteux, Poppy Brooke Turner, Cecily Carter, Bear Cochrane, Pani Cochrane, Tommy David, Toby Davies, Honor Dwerryhouse, Arthur Elliott, Henry Elliott, Lucas Emmott, Matilda Eriksson, Freddie Foley, Joe Fuller, Bella Gabbitas, Alex Gaskain, Bella Gaskain, Freddie Gourdie, James Green, Eve Griffiths, Stirling Hampton, Charlotte Hiller, Ottilie Hinds, Natalya Hoare, Freddie Holland, Angus Humphreys, Bea Ingles, Tanya Koff, Charlie Lineker, Clara Melrose, Imogen Melrose, George Mitchell, Libby Mullen, Joseph Netley, Estelle Olcott, Theo Outram, Louis Plaskett, Cat Poddi, Oscar Rice, Annalise Roy, Maisie Seaton, Sofia Spektor, Grace Stephens-Spada, Hannah Sumner, Edward Sylva, Elyse Tang, Alex Tarsia, Ewan Tatnell, Nicholas Todd, Coco Ursell Beer, Freddie Ursell Beer, Oscar Virgoe, Edward Wilson, Merrill Wong, Romola Woodhouse, Emily Young, Else Zheng
Will Bersey – conductor
Annalise Roy – piano
Cloudburst Percussionists
Felix Elliott, Sebastian Hammond, Angus Humphreys, Thomas Hutchings, Nicholas Lamb, Isabelle Stewart-Stanton, Anson Tang, Bernice Tso, Katie Wang, Edward Wilson, Hanshou Zhang
The Brass Ensemble
Henry Anderson, Alex Caldon, Jacky Chan, Ilinca Chennery, Tommy David, Henry Elliott, Lucas Emmott, Matilda Eriksson, Martin Gove, Stirling Hampton, Thomas Hutchings, Hector Leimon, Nikolaus Niewerth, Louis Plaskett, Thomas Sturges, Anson Tang, Merrill Wong, James Woodhouse
Kevin Abbott – conductor
The King’s Swingers
Iona Bastin, Annenora Benians, Catherine Bennett, Olya Bilyk, Ottilie Hinds, Grace Stephens-Spada, Isabelle Stewart-Stanton, Romola Woodhouse
Nicholas Todd – director
The King’s Men
Theo Amies, James Bennett, Toby Davies, Arthur Elliott, Lucas Emmott, George Mitchell
Greg Swinford – director