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THE CAPPELLA SINGERS OF UPMINSTER
Concerts and Performances
Christmas Concert 2024
Thursday, 5th December, 7.30 pm
Trinity United Reformed Church, Upminster
Conductor - Caroline Morris
Organist - Richard Brasier
Featuring Oakfields Prep - Sounds of Harmony
On Christmas Night - Bob Chilcott
Audience Carols
Christmas choral favourites from the Renaissance to the present day.
Recent Concerts
Here is the repertoire from our most recent concerts. We hope it gives you a taste of the kind of music we enjoy!
Summer Concert 2024
Conductor - Caroline Morris
Organist - Ben Summers
Missa Brevis - William Mathias
O Lovely Spring - Orlando di Lasso
Take My Heart Into Your Care - Orlando di Lasso, words by Phyllis Newall
Dibidibidon - Adriansen (Novum pratum musicum,1592)
Among the Leaves So Green, O - Trad. English arr. John Byrt
Under the Greenwood Tree - Walton
The Gartan Mother's Lullaby - Trad. Irish arr. Bullard
Linden Lea - R. Vaughan Williams, arr. Arthur Somervell
Steal Away - Spritual arr. Scott Stroman
Down in the River - Trad. arr. Tennant-Flowers
Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
There Alway Something Sings - Sarah Quartel
Spring Concert 2024
Conductor - Caroline Morris
Thursday, 21st March, 7.30 pm
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Jill Luff, 1951-2023.
Ah Poor Bird/Hey Ho - Trad. English, ca. 1760
Ave Verum Corpus - William Byrd
If ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis
Well Rung Tom - Henry Purcell
The Turtle Dove - Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Water Mill - Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Shower - Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934)
Three English Folk Songs, arr. Hughes:
- Soldier, Soldier; Sweet Nightingale; What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?
Non Nobis Domine - William Byrd
View Me, Lord - Richard H. Lloyd
O Taste and See - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Jubilate Deo - Benjamin Britten
A Clare Benediction - John Rutter
7th December 2023
Christmas Favourites
Conductor - Caroline Morris
Gaudete - Piae Cantiones 1582
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Poston, Elizabeth
Lully, Lulla, Lullay - Stopford, Philip
My Lord Has Come - Todd, Will
Past three a clock - Wood, Charles - arr.
Silent Night - Gruber, Franz; Arr. Willcocks, David
Sir Christemas - Mathias, William
Still, Still, Still, - Ledger, Philip - arr.
Sussex Carol - Willcocks, David - arr.
The Shepherd's Farewell - Berlioz
Zion Hears the Watchmens’ Voices - Bach, J.S.
Summer 2023
Conductor - David Chan
A Swan - Grieg, arr. Bullard, A
Alas Poor World - Brahms, Johannes
As She Goes - Hatfield, Stephen
Like A Rainbow Shining - Todd, Will
Sing Gently - Whitacre, Eric
Stars - Esenvalds, Eriks
Stars of the Summer Night - Brooke, Andy
The Goslings - Bridge, Frederick
The Tiger - Bullard, Alan
Ubi Caritas - Gjeilo, Ola
What is the Song the Stars Sing? - Archer, Malcolm
Spring 2023
Conductor - David Chan
A Red, Red Rose - Barnum, Eric
Ave Maria - Biebl, Franz
Bushes and Briars - Essex Folk Song - Williams, Ralph Vaughan - arr.
Down Among the Dead Men - Old English Air - Williams, Ralph Vaughan - arr.
Four Bird Songs - Bullard, Alan
Linden Lea - Williams, Ralph Vaughan
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose - Scottish Song - Cashmore, Donald - arr.
Sure on this Shinning Night - Barber, Samuel
The Lark in the Clear Air - Irish Air - Vine, John - arr.
The Seal Lullaby - Whitacre, Eric
Historical Repertoire
1967-2023
A complete list of works performed by The Cappella Singers.
