Posted 29 June 2018 New files added Sacred music: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus (ed. George Guest) JohnF Posted 28 June 2018 New files added Secular music: Alto rhapsody, by Johannes Brahms Both sides, now, by Joni Mitchell (arr. SATB John Coates Jr.) Take me home, country roads, by Taffy…

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Posted 24 May 2018 New file added Sacred music: George Frideric Handel: Solomon (abridged and revised for SATB by J. Michael Diack) Michael Haydn: Missa tempore Quadragesimae Josef Rheinberger: Ich liebe, weil erhöret der Herr JohnF Posted 22 May 2018 New file added Sacred music: Ain’t no grave can hold…

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Posted 30 April 2018 New files added Sacred music: Witness (arr. Jack Halloran) Secular music: Come, sable night, by John Ward Contrapunto bestiale alla mente, by Adriano Banchieri Dravidian dithyramb, by Victor Paranjoti Hamba lulu (arr. Mike Brewer) Over hill, over dale, by John L. Hatton The thirsty vampires, by…

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Posted 31 March 2018 A big thank you It is exactly a year since I introduced the new membership system. I explained at the time that it was necessary for me to do this because the old system didn’t handle choir accounts in a satisfactory manner. The biggest impact of…

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Posted 28 February 2018 New files added Sacred music: Abide with me, by William H. Monk (arr. Moses Hogan) O Eve, by Frank La Rocca Secular music: She’s like the swallow (arr. Bob Chilcott) Springtide (Der Frühling) op20, by Sergei Rachmaninov JohnF Posted 26 February 2018 New files added Sacred…

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Posted 31 January 2018 New files added Secular music: Chattanooga choo choo, by Harry Warren (arr. SSA Peter Schmutte) The frim fram sauce, by Joe Ricardel and Redd Evans (arr. SSA Greg Gilpin) Goin’ home, based on Largo by Antonin Dvořák, by Paul Langford Highlights from Chicago, by John Kander…

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Posted 29 December 2017 New files added Sacred music: Arthur Sullivan: Te Deum laudamus: a thanksgiving for victory – Boer War JohnF Posted 23 December 2017 New files added Sacred music: Stephen Gowland: O salutaris hostia Philip Ledger: Requiem – a thanksgiving for life JohnF Posted 20 December 2017 New…

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Posted 25 November 2017 New files added Sacred music: Down to the river to pray (arr. Neil Matthews) Christmas music: The time draws near, by Christopher Goddard JohnF Posted 27 November 2017 New files added Christmas music: Angels from the realms of glory, by David Ogden White Christmas, by Irving…

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Posted 31 October 2017 New files added Sacred music: Johann Sebastian Bach: St Mark Passion (reconstructed by A.H.Gomme) JohnF Posted 30 October 2017 New files added Secular music: Frank Bridge: Five part-songs JohnF Posted 28 October 2017 New files added Sacred music: Anton Bruckner: Tota pulchra es Maria Will Todd:…

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Posted 30 September 2017 New files added Sacred music: Giacomo Puccini: Requiem Christmas music: I denne søte juletid (arr. Lisa Rydberg) O come, O come, Emmanuel (arr. Charles Galetar) Secular music: Do you hear what I hear, by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne (arr. Mark Brymer) JohnF Posted 28 September…

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Posted 21 August 2017 New files added Sacred music: Felix Mendelssohn: Mitten wir im Leben sind, op.23. no.3 Secular music: Mexico, by Jonas Fjeld (arr. Trygve Brøske) JohnF Posted 18 August 2017 New files added Sacred music: Charles Albert Tindley: The storm is passing (arr. SATB Barbara W. Baker) Christmas…

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Posted 30 July 2017 New files added Secular music: Always look on the bright side of life, by Eric Idle (arr. Mac Huff) Beauty and the beast, by Alan Menken (arr. Mac Huff) The dam busters march, by Eric Coates (arr. Felton Rapley) Goldfinger, by John Barry (arr. Thomas Lydon)…

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Posted 27 June 2017 New files added Sacred music: Sydney Watson: Magnficat and Nunc dimittis Rivers of Babylon (arr. Gwyn Arch) Cheers, JohnF Posted 25 June 2017 New files added Sacred music: I. Burnell: Surely the Lord is in this place Antonio de Cabezón (attrib.): De la virgen Conditor alme…

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Posted 30 May 2017 New files added Sacred music: Felix Mendelssohn: Gottes Rath und Scheiden Secular music: The bare necessities, by Terry Gilkyson (arr. Nicholas Hare) The heart of a rose, by Michael Neaum It is not the tear, by Charles Villiers Stanford The sea hath many thousand sands, by Charles Hubert…

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Posted 30 April 2017 New files added Sacred music: Henry Purcell: My heart is inditing Henry Purcell: O sing unto the Lord a new song Secular music: Sweet nymph, by Thomas Morley Cheers, JohnF Posted 28 April 2017 New files added Sacred music: Alexander Agricola: Regina coeli laetare Jacques Arcadelt: O sacrum convivium…

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Posted 31 March 2017 Site back up….. Good news: the new membership system installation has gone quite smoothly, thanks mainly to the excellent support from the developers. It is functioning now, but there are many tweaks I want to apply. No doubt there will be some niggles and some problems, so please…

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Posted 27 February 2017 New files added Sacred music: How can I keep from singing, by Robert Wadsworth Lowry (arr. Jon Cohen) We are climbing Jacob’s ladder (arr. Sandy Willard Rogers) Secular music: Coney island baby / We all fall – medley, by Les Applegate, Joe Goodwin and Geo. W. Meyer (arr.…

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Posted 31 January 2017 New files added Sacred music: John Tavener: Mother and child James Whitbourn: Son of God Mass Secular music: Sea pictures, by Edward Elgar (arr. SATB Donald Fraser) To seek where shadows are, by Paul Mealor Cheers, JohnF Posted 29 January 2017 New files added Sacred music: John Amner:…

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Posted 29 December 2016 New file added Secular music: Feasting I watch, by Edward Elgar Cheers, JohnF Posted 27 December 2016 New files added Sacred music: How great thou art, by Stuart K. Hine (arr. Dan Forrest) Ride the chariot – spiritual (arr. William Henry Smith) Wade in the water – spiritual…

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Posted 30 November 2016 New files added Christmas music: Sans day carol Secular music: Dido and Aeneas: Selected choruses Goldfinger, by John Barry (arr. Joanna Forbes and Alexander L’Estrange) I won’t give up, by Jason Mraz and Michael Natter (arr. Roger Emerson) Toss the pot, attributed to Thomas Ravenscroft Cheers, JohnF Posted…

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Posted 31 October 2016 New files added Sacred music: Will Todd: Mass in blue Cheers, JohnF Posted 29 October 2016 New files added Secular music: I share creation, by Bob Chilcott Cheers, JohnF Posted 28 October 2016 New files added Sacred music: Jean Sibelius: Be still my soul Christmas music: Fum, fum, fum (arr. Alice…

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Posted 30 September 2016 New files added Sacred music: Manuel Cardoso: Missa Pro defunctis Cheers, JohnF Posted 29 September 2016 New files added Sacred music: Joseph Haydn: Harmoniemesse Christmas music: The twelve days of Christmas (arr. Bob Chilcott) Cheers, JohnF Posted 27 September 2016 New files added Sacred music: Ivo Antognini: Lux aeterna Johann Sebastian Bach: Lass,…

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Posted 31 August 2016 New files added Sacred music: William Mathias: Let all the world in every corner sing Christmas music: Bob Chilcott: Wenceslas Cheers, JohnF Posted 26 August 2016 New files added Sacred music: Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis Secular music: Don’t be afraid, by Allyson Reigh (arr. Jennifer McMillan) Matona, mia cara, by Orlande…

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Posted 27 July 2016 New files added Sacred music: My soul’s been anchored in the Lord (arr. Moses Hogan) Wade in the water (arr. Jim Clements) Secular music: Feeling good, by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (arr. Jim Clements) Cheers, JohnF Posted 26 July 2016 New files added Secular music: Forty-Second…

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Posted 30 June 2016 New files added Sacred music: Gabriel Fauré: Messe Basse Secular music: Deep in the meadow (Lullaby), by Suzanne Collins, Joseph Henry Burnett and Simone Burnet (arr. Mac Huff) It was a lover, by Charles Wood O fools! can you not see, by John Wilbye Walking in the air,…

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Posted 30 May 2016 New files added Sacred music: Nobody knows / Deep river – medley (arr. Jonathan Rathbone) Christmas music: O come, O come, Emmanuel (arr. Jonathan Rathbone) The oxen, by Jonathan Rathbone Quem pastores laudavere (arr. Jonathan Rathbone) Silent night, by Franz Gruber (arr. 8-part Jonathan Rathbone) Stille Nacht,…

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Posted 30 April 2016 New files added Sacred music: John Harper: Psalm 150 Secular music: Good vibrations, by Brian Wilson and Mike Love (arr. Ed Lojeski) The rose, by Amanda McBroom (arr. Robert Ramskill) The star-spangled banner, by John Stafford Smith (arr. Lloyd Pfautsch) Cheers, JohnF Posted 29 April 2016 New files…

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Posted 31 March 2016 New files added Sacred music: Juan Esquivel: In paradisum Francisco Guerrero: Ascendens Christus in altum Francisco Guerrero: In conspectu angelorum Diego Ortiz: Christe redemptor omnium Diego Ortiz: Janitor coeli Sebastían Raval: Da pacem domine Melchor Robledo: Domine Jesu Christe Cheers, JohnF Posted 30 March 2016 New files added…

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Posted 29 February 2016 New files added Sacred music: Dietrich Buxtehude: Befiehl dem Engel Secular music: Pedro, the fisherman, by Harry Parr Davies (arr.TTBB John A. Derbyshire) Rolling down to Rio, by Edward German Cheers, JohnF Posted 27 February 2016 New files added Sacred music: Francis Poulenc: Ave verum corpus Josef Rheinberger:…

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Posted 31 January 2016 New files added Sacred music: Giovanni Croce: Missa Prima sexti toni Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai (St Nicholas Mass) Charles Wood: ’Tis the day of resurrection Cheers, JohnF Posted 29 January 2016 New files added Sacred music: Randall Thompson: The paper reeds by the brooks Secular music: The…

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Posted 24 December 2015 New files added Christmas music: Jingle bells, by J. Pierpont (arr. Ben Parry) Secular music: Bring me sunshine, by Arthur Kent (arr. SA or TB Hawley Ades) Cheers, JohnF Posted 23 December 2015 New files added Sacred music: Per Nørgård: Flos ut rosa floruit Cheers, JohnF Posted 21 December 2015…

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Posted 26 November 2015 New files added Secular music: The Lion King: the Broadway Musical (Choral Medley), by Elton John (et.al.) (arr. Mark Brymer)   Cheers, JohnF Posted 24 November 2015 New files added Secular music: One star, at last, by Peter Maxwell Davies   Cheers, JohnF Posted 23 November 2015 New files added Christmas music:…

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Posted 23 October 2015 New files added Christmas music: Jacques Cohen: Bell carol Robin Nelson: Maria mater Philip Spratley: Joseph and his wedded wife Cheers, JohnF Posted 20 October 2015 New files added Christmas music: John Rutter: The very best time of year Secular music: Bring him home (from Les Misérables), by Claude-Michel Schönberg (arr.…

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Posted 27 September 2015 New files added Christmas music: Karl Jenkins: Stella natalis Cheers, JohnF Posted 22 September 2015 New files added Sacred music: Ola Gjeilo: O magnum mysterium Ralph Vaughan Williams: Festival Te Deum   Christmas music: Away in a manger, arranged by Ola Gjeilo Gaudete! arranged by Michael Engelhardt Cheers, JohnF Posted…

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Posted 27 August 2015 New files added Secular music: Go, song of mine, by Edward Elgar A poison tree, by Martin Bruce   Cheers, JohnF Posted 26 August 2015 New files added Sacred music: William Byrd: Deo gratias Ronald Perera: Laudato sie, mi signore (from Canticle of the sun) Secular music: God’s…

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Posted 30 July 2015 New files added I have finally managed to finish off Gustav Mahler’s Symphony no.8. I have to say it was the most complicated piece I have ever had to do. Cheers, JohnF Posted 28 July 2015 New files added Sacred music: Walter Marshall: O sacrum convivium Arvo Pärt:…

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Posted 30 June 2015 New files added Secular music: Come live with me, by William Sterndale Bennett Bonjour, mon coeur, by Orlande de Lassus Petite camusette, by Josquin Desprez   Cheers, JohnF Posted 27 June 2015 New files added Secular music: Toward the unknown region, by Ralph Vaughan Williams  …

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Posted 19 May 2015 New files added Sacred music: Thomas Armstrong: Christ, whose glory fills the skies Gustav Mahler: Symphony no.8 (Part I) – Part II is to follow in due course Stephen Paulus: Hymn to the eternal flame Secular music: From sea to shining sea, by Samuel A. Ward, paraphrased…

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Posted 30 April 2015 New files added Secular music: Felice Giardini: Viva tutte le vezzose   Cheers, JohnF Posted 29 April 2015 New files added Sacred music: Malcolm Archer: Rejoice, the Lord is king William Byrd: Sacerdotes Domini César Franck: Panis angelicus Maria Löfberg: We want life Leo Sowerby: Like the beams…

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Posted 31 March 2015 New files added Sacred music: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no.34 O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no.192 Nun danket alle Gott   Cheers, JohnF Posted 28 March 2015 New files added Sacred music: Felix Mendelssohn: Hymn of praise (Lobgesang)   Cheers, JohnF Posted…

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Posted 28 February 2015 New files added Secular music: Stephen Chatman: Due north   Cheers, JohnF Posted 27 February 2015 New files added Secular music: Imagine, by John Lennon (arr. Roger Emerson) You are the new day, by John David (arr. Peter Knight)   Cheers, JohnF Posted 26 February 2015…

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Posted 29 January 2015 New files added Sacred music: Ola Gjeilo: Sunrise mass Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium nunquam habui Secular music: It’s a grand night for singing, by Richard Rodgers (arr. William Stickles) We’ll gather lilacs, by Ivor Novello (arr. John A. Derbyshire) Cheers, JohnF Posted 28 January 2015…

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Posted 30 December 2014 New files added Sacred music: J.H. Maunder: Olivet to Calvary Cheers, JohnF Posted 28 December 2014 New files added Sacred music: Felix Mendelssohn: Te Deum in D Cheers, JohnF Posted 24 December 2014 New files added Secular music: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flos campi Cheers, JohnF Posted…

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Posted 29 November 2014 New files added Christmas music By candlelight, by Ruth Elaine Schram Cradle song, by C. Armstrong Gibbs E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come, by Paul Manz Earth grown old, by Hafliđi Hallgrímsson The hands that first held Mary’s child, by Dan Forrest In the bleak mid-winter,…

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