The Serenade Friday 1st July 2022, 8.30pm The Great Cloister
To Be Sung On The Water Of A Summer Evening
Share My Yoke
Frederick Delius
Joy Webb Brass arrangement by Ivor Bosanko?????
Midsummer Song
Frederick Delius
On midsummer day we’ll dance and we’ll play And we’ll wander and stray through the woods. We’ll dance and we’ll kiss whilst it’s youth, love and bliss And the night is not far away, heigh-ho!
Flower Of Beauty She is my slender small love, my flow’r of beauty fair From the whiteness of her little feet to the shining of her hair; More fair she is than April rain on daffodil or tree: She is my slender small love, my flow’r of beauty, she.
John Clements Text by Sydney Bell
I know she walks in the evening down by the riverside, And the grasses lean to kiss her robes who soon will be my bride: More dear to me her little head than earth or sky or sea! She is my slender small love, my flow’r of beauty, she.
The Road Home Tell me, where is the road I can call my own That I left, that I lost So long ago? All these years I have wandered Oh, when will I know There's a way, there's a road That will lead me home
from Southern Harmony 1835 Adapted by Stephen Paulus
After wind, after rain When the dark is done As I wake from a dream In the gold of day Through the air there's a calling From far away There's a voice I can hear That will lead me home Rise up, follow me Come away, is the call With the love in your heart As the only song There is no such beauty As where you belong Rise up, follow me I will lead you home
Ballade To The Moon
Daniel Elder
On moonlit night I wander free, My mind to roam on thoughts of thee, With midight darkness beckoning My heart toward mystic fantasy: Come and dream in me! How beautiful, this night in June! And here upon the velvet dune, I weep with joy beneath the moon. The path lies dark before my sight, And yet my feet with pure delight Trod onward through the blackened vale, Beneath the starry sky so bright. O share thy light! These woods, their weary wanderer soon In awe and fearful wonder swoon; I weep with joy beneath the moon. And as the darkened hours flee, My heart beats ever rapidly. Though heavy hang my eyes with sleep, My soul, my singing soul, it cries to thee: Come, sing with me! The twinkling sky casts forth its tune: O must I leave thy charms so soon? I weep with joy beneath the moon.
King’s A Cappella - The King’s Swingers - The King’s Men
It Was A Lover And His Lass
John Rutter Text by William Shakespeare
It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o’er the green cornfield did pass, In springtime, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. Between the acres of the rye, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, Those pretty country folks would lie, In springtime … And therefore take the present time, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, For love is crownèd with the prime In springtime …
Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) Eldeca Maczin-Bundy (soprano)
Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes, And save these questions for another day. I think I know what you've been asking me. I think you know what I've been trying to say. I promised I would never leave you Then you should always know Wherever you may go, no matter where you are, I never will be far away. Goodnight my angel, now it's time to sleep, And still so many things I want to say. Remember all the songs you sang for me. When we went sailing on an emerald bay. And like a boat out on the ocean, I'm rocking you to sleep. The water's dark and deep, inside this ancient heart You'll always be a part of me. Goodnight my angel, now it's time to dream, And dream how wonderful your life will be. Someday your child may cry, and if you sing this lullabye, Then in your heart there will always be a part of me. Someday we'll all be gone but lullabies go on and on. They never die, that's how you and I will be
Billy Joel Arranged by Philip Lawson
Summer Is Gone
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Text by Christina Rossetti
Summer is gone with all its roses, Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers, Its warm air and refreshing showers: And even Autumn closes. Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going, And winter comes which is yet colder, Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder And the last buds cease blowing.
Seaside Rendezvous
Freddie Mercury Arranged by Paul Hart
Seaside, whenever you stroll along with me I'm merely contemplating what you feel inside. Meanwhile I ask you to be my Clementine. You say you would if you could but you can't. Oh, I love you madly, Let my imagination run away with you gladly. Brand new angle, highly commendable Seaside rendezvous I feel so romantic, can we do it again? Can we do it again sometime? Fantastic, c'est la vie Mesdames et Messieurs. And at the peak of the season, the Mediterranean, This time of year–it’s so fashionable. I feel like dancing in the rain, Can I have a volunteer? Just keep right on dancing: What a damn jolly good idea! It's such a jollification, as a matter of fact, So très charmant my dear. Underneath the moonlight, Together we'll stroll across the sea, Reminiscing every night. Meantime, I ask you to be my Valentine. You say you'd have to tell your daddy; if you can, I’ll be your Valentino, We'll ride upon an omnibus and then the casino. Get a new facial, start a sensational Seaside rendezvous–so adorable– Seaside rendezvous.
Serenade to Music Soloists: Maya Moh, Elliot Hampton, Caspar Bainbridge, Rosie Raikes, Eldeca Marczin-Bundy, Euan Barker,
Ben Bonner-Davies, Louis Woolagan, Eliza Percival
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There's not the smallest orb that thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins; Such harmony is in immortal souls; But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. Come, ho! and wake Diana with a hymn: With sweetest touches pierce your mistress' ear, And draw her home with music. I am never merry when I hear sweet music. The reason is, your spirits are attentive: The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted... Music! hark! It is your music of the house. Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day. Silence bestows that virtue on it. How many things by season season'd are. To their right praise and true perfection! Peace, ho! the moon sleeps with Endymion, And would not be awak'd. (Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony.)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Text by Williams Shakespeare Instrumental arrangement by Will Bersey
Lullaby Lullaby, sing lullaby The day is far behind you The moon sits high atop the sky Now let sweet slumber find you Away, away The day is done, and gone the sun That lit the world so brightly The earth's a-glow with speckled show Of twinkling stars so sprightly Away, away Where the sunlight is beaming Through a deep cloudless blue And the treetops are gleaming With a fresh morning dew Where the mountains are shining On the meadows below In a brilliant white lining of a new fallen snow Close your eyes, breathe in the night A softer bed I'll make you The trial is done, all danger gone Now let far dreaming take you Away, away Where the ocean is lapping at a soft, pearly shore And the swaying palms napping as their swinging fronds soar Now the dark night approaches, yet so soft and so mild Lullaby, sing lullaby (Sleep, sleep) Sleep, my child (Now, my child)
Daniel Elder
The Serenade Choir Theo Amies, Caspar Bainbridge, Euan Barker, Sienna Barr, Iona Bastin, Annenora Benians, Catherine Bennett, James Bennett, Olya Bilyk, Ben Bonner-Davies, Poppy Brooke Turner, Cecily Carter, Josh Chen, Bear Cochrane, Pani Cochrane, Tommy David, Toby Davies, Anoushka Durham, Arthur Elliott, Lucas Emmott, Matilda Eriksson, Joe Fuler, Bella Gaskain, James Green, Eve Griffiths, Elliot Hampton, Natalie He, Charlotte Hiller, Ottilie Hinds, Natalya Hoare, Charlie Lineker, Eldeca Marczin-Bundy, Imogen Melrose, Morph Minter, George Mitchell, Maya Moh, Libby Mullen, Theo Outram, Eliza Percival, Louis Plaskett, Caterina Poddi, Rosie Raikes, Dylan Shearer, Mhairi Simpson, Sofia Spektor, Nelson Standley Barrow, Grace Stephens-Spada, Florrie Stringer, Edward Sylva, Jacqueline Tam, Alex Tarsia, Nick Todd, Coco Ursell Beer, Celine Wang, Lilian Wong, Romola Woodhouse, Louis Woolaghan, Emily Young, Else Zheng Will Bersey – conductor Annalise Roy – piano
Brass Ensemble Tommy David, Henry Elliott, Lucas Emmott, Matilda Eriksson, Theon Gunasekara, Elliot Hampton, Hector Leimon, Verity Morley (soloist), George Paine, Tom Pascoe, Tom Sturges Kevin Abbott - conductor
King’s A Cappella Anoushka Durham, Arthur Elliot, Isabel Farooq Garces, Stirling Hampton, Will Holland, Eldeca Marczin-Bundy, Maya Moh, Theo Outram
The King’s Swingers Iona Bastin, Annenora Benians, Ottilie Hinds, Eliza Percival, Rosie Raikes, Grace Stephens-Spada
The King’s Men Theo Amies, Caspar Bainbridge, James Bennett, Toby Davies, Lucas Emmott, Elliot Hampton, George Mitchell, Dylan Shearer Close Harmony Ensembles directed by Nick Todd and Greg Swinford