An A Capella Feast. Saturday 1 st November 2014 Queens College Chapel, Cambridge. In aid of the Poppy Appeal and Queens music

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1 Saturday 1 st November 2014 Queens College Chapel, Cambridge In aid of the Poppy Appeal and Queens music An A Capella Feast Saturday 25 April 2015 St James Church, Islington

2 The Godwine Choir was set up in early 2014 by recent graduates who wanted to capture the atmosphere of chamber music at university and bring it to London as part of professional life. The choir is now made up of twenty-five young singers, who rehearse together at St. George the Martyr in Borough. We particularly specialise in a cappella music from the 20th and 21st century, including works by a number of contemporary composers such as Gabriel Jackson and Roderick Williams. Last year, the group was featured in the Financial Times and recorded a charity video for War Child. Our plans this season include performances in Buckfast Abbey and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. Tonight, we are very pleased to welcome you to St. James Church for our performance as part of the Islington Proms. godwinechoir.org

3 PROGRAMME Exsultate Justi Lodovico Viadana Justorum Animae Charles Villiers Stanford Salvator Mundi Thomas Tallis The Reproaches John Sanders Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei Andrea Gabrieli Beati Quorum Via Charles Villiers Stanford INTERVAL Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé Jesus Autem Transiens Robert Wilkinson I Sat Down Under His Shadow Edward Bairstow Lamentations for Holy Saturday Orlandus Lassus Never Weather Beaten Sail Charles Hubert Hastings Parry Missa Brevis: Gloria Andrea Gabrieli Coelos Ascendit Hodie Charles Villiers Stanford

4 Exsultate Justi Lodovico Viadana Exsultate, justi, in Domino; rectos decet collaudatio. Confitemini Domino in cithara; in psalterio decem chordarum psallite illi. Cantate ei canticum novum; bene psallite ei in vociferatione. Exsultate, justi, in Domino; rectos decet collaudatio. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. Praise the Lord with harp: with the psaltery and instruments of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. Justorum Animae Charles Villiers Stanford Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace. The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and death s torment shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die; but they are in peace. Salvator Mundi Thomas Tallis Salvator mundi, salva nos, qui per crucem et sanguinem redemisti nos; auxiliare nobis te deprecamur, Deus noster. O Saviour of the world, who by thy cross and thy precious blood hast redeemed us; save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. The Reproaches John Sanders O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me! I led you out of Egypt, from slavery to freedom, but you led your Saviour to the cross. O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me! Holy is God! Holy and strong! Holy immortal One, have mercy on us. For forty years I led you safely through the desert. I fed you with manna from heaven, and brought you to a land of plenty; but you led your Saviour to the cross.

5 Holy is God! Holy and strong! Holy immortal One, have mercy on us. What more could I have done for you? I planted you as my fairest vine, but you yielded only bitterness: when I was thirsty you gave me vinegar to drink, and you pierced your Saviour s side with a lance. Holy is God! Holy and strong! Holy immortal One, have mercy on us. I opened the sea before you, but you opened my side with a spear. I led you on your way in a pillar of cloud, but you led me to Pilate s court. O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me! I bore you up with manna in the desert, but you struck me down and scourged me. I gave you saving water from the rock, but you gave me gall and vinegar to drink. O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me! I gave you a royal sceptre, but you gave me a crown of thorns. I raised you to the height of majesty, but you have raised me high on a cross. O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me! Agnus Dei Andrea Gabrieli Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace. Beati Quorum Via Charles Villiers Stanford Beati quorum via integra est, qui ambulant in lege Domini. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. INTERVAL

6 Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exsultemus, et in ipso jucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. Where charity and love are, God is there. Christ's love has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with a sincere heart. Jesus Autem Transiens Robert Wilkinson Jesus autem transiens. Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, creatorem caeli et terrae. Et in Jesum Christum Filium ejus unicum, Dominum nostrum, qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus et sepultus. Descendit ad inferna. Tercia die resurrexit a mortuis. Ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Patris omnipotentis. Inde venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Sanctam ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem et vitam aeternam. Amen. Jesus was passing. I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. I Sat Down Under His Shadow Edward Bairstow I sat down under his shadow with great delight And his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house And his banner over me was love.

7 Lamentations for Holy Saturday Orlandus Lassus ALEPH. Quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color optimus! dispersi sunt lapides sanctuarii in capite omnium platearum! BETH. Filii Sion inclyti, et amicti auro primo: quomodo reputati sunt in vasa testea, opus manuum figuli! GHIMEL. Sed et lamiæ nudaverunt mammam, lactaverunt catulos suos: filia populi mei crudelis quasi struthio in deserto. Ierusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum ALEPH. How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street. BETH. The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are reckoned as earthen pots, the work of a potter's hands! GHIMEL. Even the jackals give the breast and suckle their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. Jerusalem, return to the Lord thy God Never Weather Beaten Sail Charles Hubert Hasting Parry Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. Never tired pilgrim's limbs affected slumber more, Than my wearied sprite now longs to fly out of my troubled breast: O come quickly, sweetest Lord, and take my soul to rest. Ever blooming are the joys of Heaven's high Paradise. Cold age deafs not there our ears nor vapour dims our eyes: Glory there the sun outshines whose beams the blessed only see: O come quickly, glorious Lord, and raise my sprite to thee! Gloria Andrea Gabrieli Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

8 Domine Fili unigenite, Iesu Christe. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus Dominus. Tu solus Altissimus, Iesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Coelos Ascendit Hodie Charles Villiers Stanford Coelos ascendit hodie Jesus Christus Rex Gloriae: Sedet ad Patris dexteram, Gubernat coelum et terram. Iam finem habent omnia Patris Davidis carmina. Iam Dominus cum Domino Sedet in Dei solio: In hoc triumpho maximo Benedicamus Domino. Laudetur Sancta Trinitas, Deo dicamus gratias, Alleluia. Amen. Today into the heavens has ascended Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, Alleluia! He sits at the Father's right hand, and rules heaven and earth, Alleluia! Now have been fulfilled all of Father David's songs, Now God is with God, Alleluia! He sits upon the royal throne of God, in this his greatest triumph, Alleluia! Let us bless the Lord: Let the Holy Trinity be praised, let us give thanks to the Lord, Alleluia! Amen.

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10 Soprano Helen Hugh-Jones Alto Hannah Fiddy Emily Schofield Grace Howson Hannah Bell Julia Nikolic Sophie Hopkins Ellen Reading Saoirse Walsh Jo Hale Sophie Henstridge Tenor Edward Hughes Bass Rob Dorey Alex Davan Wetton Richard Pelmore Jamie Hodgson David Young Adrian Ball Hugh Collins Stefan Ward-Caddle William Robertson Conductors: Edward Hughes and Alex Davan Wetton OUR THANKS We would like to thank Fr John Burniston and the Islington Proms committee for the invitation to perform and their superb administration of the concert series. We are also grateful to St. George the Martyr church, Borough, for providing our rehearsal space.

11 Across the pond 20 th century American classics for Independence Day 7.30pm Saturday 4 July St George the Martyr, Borough Tickets 10 / 5 concessions Reserve a seat at godwinechoir.org

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