28 February 2023

Changing the Membership system

I will be changing the membership system over to a new program during the week beginning Monday 6 March, 2023.

There will be two phases:

PHASE ONE: I will export the membership data from the old system and import it into the new. Whilst this is happening, I need to turn off payments, which means that new visitors won’t be able to purchase a paid-for membership. Nor will it be possible to renew or change existing memberships.

Group Owners should also note that I will remove access to your Dashboard, so you won’t be able to add/remove members. You and your members will still be able to gain access to the site. If Group Owners create new Choir Pages for their group during this phase, the page will be lost after the final transfer; you would need to re-add it, so I suggest you refrain from creating new pages during this process.

The site will still be available for the searching, playing and downloading of files.

Phase One may last 4-5 days.

PHASE TWO: Once all the membership data transfers have been done, the site will be put into Maintenance Mode  whilst the final change is made. There will be no access to the site during this phase.

Phase Two should only take 1-2 hours to complete.

Thanks,
JohnF

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28 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• David Bednall: Hosanna filio David

JohnF

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27 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Climbin’ up the mountain (arr. 2-part Patsy Ford Simms)

Secular music

• Arise (Summer has now begun), by Andy Beck
• Hold fast your dreams, by David L. Brunner
• La Pellegrina (ed. Cristofano Malvezzi)

JohnF

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25 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Were you there? (arr. John Barnard)

JohnF

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24 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Walk together children (arr. Anthony Leach)

Secular music

• Beauty and the beast – Choral highlights, by Alan Menken (arr. SAB Audrey Snyder)

JohnF

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23 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• The road home, adapted by Stephen Paulus

Secular music

• And miles to go before I sleep, by Michael Ryan
• Come travel with me, by Scott Farthing
• Gently (Walk on the earth), by Brian Tate
• My Fair Lady (Choral Medley), by Frederick Loewe (arr. Andy Beck)
• Nine hundred miles (arr. René Clausen)
• O, no John (arr. Eric H. Thiman)
• Sing your way home, by Joseph M. Martin

JohnF

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22 February 2023

New files added

Secular music

• Cheek to cheek, by Irving Berlin (arr. Kirby Shaw)
• Circle of life, by Elton John (arr. SAB Keith Christopher)
• La La Land, by Justin Hurwitz (arr. SAB Mark Brymer)
• Mary Poppins, by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman (arr. John Leavitt)
• Mr Blue Sky, by Jeff Lynne (arr. SAB Roger Emerson)
• The music of the night, by Andrew Lloyd Webber (arr. SAB Ed Lojeski)
• Que sera sera, by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (arr. Paul Ayres)

JohnF

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21 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor K. 427 “Great” (ed. Georg Aloys Schmitt)

JohnF

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20 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Mrs Amy Marcy Cheney Beach: With prayer and supplication

Secular music

• I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter, by Fred E. Ahlert (arr. SSA David Scott)
• Māte saule (Mother sun), by Pēteris Vasks

JohnF

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19 February 2023

New files added

Secular music

• Song of the ship-builders, by Gustav Holst

JohnF

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18 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Auguste Descarries: Ave Maria
• Mathieu Gascongne: Caro mea
• William Herbert Jude: When I survey the wondrous cross (SA)

Secular music

• Sing we and chant it, by Bob Chilcott

JohnF

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17 February 2023

New files added

Secular music

• Oblivion, by Astor Piazzolla (arr. Oscar Escalada)
• Secret for the mad, by Dorothy Clark (arr. George Chung)

JohnF

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16 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• César Franck: Panis angelicus (arr. SATB Henry GeehlH)

• The prayer, with, Lead us, Lord, by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster (arr. SATB Tom Fettke)

Secular music

• Skye boat song (arr. SATB Heathcote Statham)

JohnF

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15 February 2023

New files added

Christmas music

• Tempus adest floridum: Three Piae cantiones songs no. 1 (arr. Olli Kortekangas)

Secular music

• Stemning, by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
• Ved Havet, by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

JohnF

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14 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Arthur Wills: The sacrifice of God

Secular music

• I’ll meet you there, by Katy Abbott
• To make words sing, by Rollo Dilworth
• Wild horses, by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (arr. SA(B) Ben Parry)

JohnF

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13 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Dmitri Bortniansky: Tell me, O Lord, mine end
• Peter Philips: Jubilate Deo à 8

Secular music

• Eleanor Rigby (SSA), by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• Here, there and everywhere (SSA), by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• Hey Jude (SSA), by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• Learned poets, by Bob Chilcott
• O that the learned poets, by Orlando Gibbons
• The rhythm of life, by Cy Coleman (arr. SSA Richard Barnes)
• Yesterday, by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (arr. SSAA Alan Simmons)

JohnF

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12 February 2023

Sacred music

• Edward-Rhys Harry: Mass of the martyrs

JohnF

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11 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Ruggiero Giovannelli: Jubilate Deo
• Tomás Luis de Victoria: Magnificat Sexti toni

Secular music

• As long as I have music (SAB), by Don Besig
• Blackbird, by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (arr. Paris Rutherford)
• Bo-Peep (arr. Ward Gardner)
• Thank you for the music, by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson – Abba (arr. 3-part mixed Jerry Estes)
• Top of the word, by John Bettis and Richard Carpenter (arr. SAB Mac Huff)
• You’ve got a friend, by Carole King (arr. 3-part mixed Mark Brymer)

JohnF

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10 February 2023

Sacred music

• Hector Berlioz: Messe solennelle

JohnF

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9 February 2023

Apologies – the site was down for about 3 hours today.

This was caused by a particularly virulent Bot which bombarded the site with requests to search for things.

This Bot has now been blocked.

Thanks for you patience.

JohnF

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8 February 2023

Secular music

• Spring’s delights (TTBB), by Wenzel Müller

JohnF

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7 February 2023

Secular music

• Over the rainbow, by Harold Arlen (arr. Russ Robinson)

JohnF

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6 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Margaret Bonds: St Francis’ prayer
• Alexander L’Estrange: Prayers for peace

Secular music

• And so it goes, by Billy Joel (arr. SSAA Kirby Shaw)
• Cantilena (SSA), by Karl Jenkins
• Dido’s lament, and final chorus, by Henry Purcell (ed. John Rutter)
• Fences, by André J. Thomas
• The girl from Ipanema, by Antonio Carlos Jobim (arr. SSA Ed Lojeski)
• S’andasse amor a caccia, by Claudio Monteverdi

JohnF

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5 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Roxanna Panufnik: Kyrie after Byrd
• Roderick Williams: Ave verum corpus re-imagined (after Byrd)

• Michael row the boat ashore (arr. Jeremy Rawson)

Secular music

• Drei Quartette op. 57, by Anton Arensky
• What shall we do with the drunken sailor? (arr. Jeremy Rawson)

JohnF

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4 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Cecilia McDowall: Laudate

Secular music

• And all that jazz, by John Kander (arr. SSA Kirby Shaw)

JohnF

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3 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Arvo Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen

JohnF

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1 February 2023

New files added

Sacred music

• Dan Forrest: Lux – the dawn from on high
• Daniel E. Gawthrop: Sing me to heaven
• Hans Leo Hassler: Pater noster à 8
• Orlande de Lassus: Veni creator spiritus
• Marianna Martines: Dixit Dominus
• Heinrich Schütz: O bone, O dulcis SWV. 53
• Ludwig Senfl: Veni creator spiritus

JohnF

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1 February 2023

Site Migration

Migration completed. There were a few problems, mostly of my own making: not reading the documentation properly, etc.

The new site’s URL is the same:  johnfletchermusic.org, and it won’t look any different from before. Nothing has changed for the time being, but I expect to be able to improve various things at a later stage.

If you notice anything strange, or something doesn’t work, please contact me so that I can investigate.

Many thanks for your patience.

JohnF

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