Christmas Concert 2016

Thursday 8 December 2016 7.30pmSouthwark Cathedral

www.jags.org.uk

INTRODUCTION

We are glad to return to our diocesan church, Southwark Cathedral, for our annual Christmas Concert. Tonight’s programme is underpinned by Christmas music with carols arrangements both sung and played. Bach’s Magnificat is possibly one of the most all-encompassing yet compact Christmas masterpieces in the choral repertory and we have extracted much fulfilment in preparing for this performance. This evening we are delighted to be joined by professional soloists David Allsopp, Paul Tindall and Stephen Charlesworth.

Over one sixth of the school is performing in tonight’s concert – a remarkable statistic and one that reflects the love, enthusiasm and huge gift that JAGS girls have for music. We are also delighted to welcome JAGS Choral Society who have worked tirelessly in preparation for tonight’s concert. Of the musicians, I would like to extend particular credit and gratitude to the Chamber Orchestra which has worked so hard all term and which musically supports much of the music in tonight’s programme. We conclude the concert with two Christmas classics; we actively encourage you to stand up for the last verse of O come all ye faithful, but feel free to sit down for Twelve Days of Christmas, so that you can all see the conductor who will direct you!

We would like to thank the Dean and the staff at the Cathedral for playing host to JAGS again. We are most grateful to the staff acting as stewards today as well as to the schoolkeepers for transporting our equipment today. It really is a community effort and everyone’s contribution counts.

Director of Music

Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off. You are also advised to locate the whereabouts of the nearest fire exit.

Programme

First Half

Magnificat J.S.BachHolstChoirandChoralSocietywithChamberOrchestra,

conducted by Elinor Corp (Holst Choir coached by Patricia Williams)

1.Magnificat(Tutti Choir)

Magníficat anima mea Dominum. My soul doth magnify the Lord.

2. Et exsultavit(Soprano 2 solo - Aisling Heneghan)

Et exultavit spiritus meus: in Deo salutari meo. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

3. Quia respexit(Soprano 1 solo - Rosa Juritz)

Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae:For He hath regarded the lowliness of His handmaiden:

Ecce enim ex hoc beátam me dicent...For behold from henceforth, blessed I am called by...

4. Omnes generationes(Tutti Choir)

...omnes generationes. ...all generations.

5. Quia fecit(Bass solo - Stephen Charlesworth)

Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et sánctum nómen eius.For He that is mighty hath done great things to me; and holy is His name.

6. Et misericordia(Alto and Tenor duet: Diana Aje & Paul Tindall)

Et misericordia eius in progenies et progenies timentibus eum.And His mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear Him.

7. Fecit potentiam(Tutti Choir)

Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. He hath shewed might in His arm: He hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

8. Deposuit potentes(Tenor solo - Paul Tindall)

Deposuit potentes de sede: et exaltavit humiles. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.

9. Esurientes(Alto solo - David Allsopp)

Esurientes implevit bonis: et divites dimisit inanes.He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He hath sent empty away.

10.SuscepitIsrael(Madrigalists)

Suscepit Israel puerum suum: recordatus misericordiae suae. He hath received Israel His servant, being mindful of His mercy.

11.Sicutlocutusest(Tutti Choir)

Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros: Abraham, et semini eius in saecula. As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

12.Gloria Patri(Tutti Choir)

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Glory be the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever and ever, Amen.

~ Interval ~Refreshments in the Christmas Marquee

SecondHalfPrelude from Te Deum CharpentierRondeau from The Fairy Queen PurcellWonderbrass (coached by Mark Armstrong), conducted by Elinor Corp

Who Would Imagine a King Warren & Hill arr.ChristopherWinterWonderland Smith&Bernard,arr. FunkBel Canto, conducted by Kay Dickson, accompanied by Jonathan Lee

RondeaufromSuite,BWV1067 J.S.Bacharr. RobinsonWe wish you a Merry Christmas TraditionalRecorder Consort, directed by Lauren Brant

Myn lyking R.R. TerryJoyhasdawned StuartTownend&KeithGetty,arr. LeeChorale, conducted by Jonathan Lee, accompanied by Kay Dickson PrayertotheInfantJesus ArthurBlissHolst Choir and Madrigalists, conducted by Patricia Williams

JosephDearest Traditionalarr. Imogen Holst Madrigalists, directed by Patricia Williams

Whatsweetermusic JohnRutterHolst Choir with Chamber Orchestra Strings, conducted by Patricia Williams In the bleak midwinter Peter GrittonThisKing JonathanLeeHolst Choir and Choral Society, with Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Elinor Corp

FinaleOcome,allyefaithful J.F.Wade,adapted by Gritton [Please stand for Verse 4 and join in; words towards the back of programme]

TheTwelveDaysofChristmas Traditional,arr. Gritton [Please remain seated but sing using words at the back of the programme]

PerformersChamber OrchestraViolinsDaniella WuArmita AzarBetania JohnnyJeanette Szeto Rachel CorderyImogen SquireClara TuffreyCatherine KammStella Stylianides Da Silva Felicity LeungGabrielle LiRobyn LoTara AzarNishika SoodAnusha JalanCaroline Davis

ViolasSophia MacGregorAgnes MartinKaitlin StangroomeLucy Lewis Ward

CellosAnna GasparLivia GautelRhiannon DewJuliet ElsonSydney LoKapri Belentepe

BassSophie Mascarenhas

FlutesGeorgina DavenportKathryn Richards

OboesMyfanwy DewEilah Kolvin

ClarinetRebecca Nicholls

BassoonJessica Lyness

HornsAmelia MarshallCatherine Walter

TrumpetsClara FalkowskaAnnie Sheriff

TimpaniNell Donnell

Chamber OrganKay Dickson

Recorder ConsortKathryn Bowers Jessica LynessLydia TaylorClara Tuffrey

WonderbrassTrumpet Clara FalkowskaAnnie SheriffMathilda Simpson

French HornCatherine WalterAmelia MarshallIsabel Watts

Trombone Jessica Odetola

TubaSusannah Trowell

Holst ChoirDiana AjeTara AzarMadeleine BannerRosa BoutelleKathryn BowersIsabel BreslinSophie BucknorOlivia BurmanJustine CorderyNicola FinchamSophie FirthMaeve FitzpatrickCecilia Foggitt DavisOlivia GreenwellGrace GreenwoodKika HendryAisling HeneghanNiamh HeneghanIsobel HolmesOlivia HorneDarcey HoulihanDanqing Hu

Corinne Jacob ValentinRuby Jensen-JonesRosa JuritzKatie KassamZara KermallyClodia KhullarElisabeth KingLydia KoleoshoMiranda KuykJessica LynessGrace MarshallJessica MascarenhasLaura MayoElla McCoyElizabeth McNishAlice MillerHolly MortimerCharlotte Needham-BennettRebecca NichollsValeria OrlovaAisling PassmoreMedina Rahman

Katherine RixElizabeth RixLily RoseAnna ShabiSamara ShahjahanIona Sherwood-RogersLiliana SierraMathilda SimpsonSimran SinghChloe StiensPoppy ThwaitesIona TompkinsZara UddinQi Quan WangBeth WarnerSusannah WellsCatherine WellsRebecca WhantMegan WhiteLaura WoodElla Wood

Kyla BoyceOlivia EllenderFlorence HatelyAmaya Lewis-PatelJulia NgoAnna VoliniMyra Acheampong-Mensah

Ellen RoxbyKatie CottrellArabella GerskowitchIsabella HatelyDaisy LuddenDaisy PickeringEmma Postlewhite

Millie ShawSaskia Sierra Lydia TowAlice Macey-DarePolly RobertsKerry HeywoodRebecca Kirby

BelCanto

ChoraleGaby AlbertelliCharmaine AyokuRebecca BarnettNina BhaskarAva BloomAlice CalderbankMabel CarterAdelana ChestermanEmma CollinsAditi DhuruCaitlin DoddNiki Eleftheriou

Lucy FradinCaty HattonKerry HeywoodBella JenningsRebecca KirbyCordelia Knight-WebbAmisha KundeAnnabelle KnutsonAmaya Lewis-PatelErin MayhewMahalia Nesbeth BainJulia Ngo

Rachael ProctorElla PurdonHannah PurnellAna-Marie RossDaisy SimpsonTilly SnowballMaya SouthwardTheadora Stedman JonesRuby Street-WorneLydia TaylorAnya Wakely

MadrigalistsFirstsOlivia GreenwellRosa JuritzGrace MarshallHolly MortimerSusannah Wells

SecondsKathryn BowersKika HendryAisling HeneghanElisabeth KingLaura MayoRebecca Nicholls

ThirdsDiana AjeNiamh HeneghanIsobel HolmesOlivia HorneKatherine Rix

FourthsMaeve FitzpatrickMiranda KuykJessica LynessAnna ShabiQi Quan Wang

ChristmasatJAGS~Live!AbeautifulcompilationofrecordingsofChristmas Carols and Christmas music

performedbyJAGSmusicians.

FeaturingChamberOrchestra,HolstChoir,RecorderConsort,Octoplus,JAGSChoralSocietyandmembersofJamesAllenCommunityOrchestra(JACO).

Recordings on location in JAGS Holst Hall last Christmas and in Southwark Cathedral at Christmas Concerts 2012, 2013 and 2014 have been amalgamated to form a lovely Christmas album. 1 CD @ £8 2 CDs @ £12 3 CDs @ £15 5 CDs @ £20

Send a cheque (payable to JAGS) to the following address with your request for CDs:Samantha Clare-Hunt, Music Dept, JAGS, 144 East Dulwich Grove London SE22 8TE

Professional instrumentalists involved in tonight’s concert:

Daniel Walton (trumpet) EmmaBassett(trombone)Hannah Turnbull (double bass)

This evening’s soloists:

DavidAllsopp(countertenor) read computer science at King’s College, Cambridge in the spare time between Chapel services. He sang in Westminster Cathedral Choir until 2008 before pursuing a solo and consort career in the UK as well as throughout Europe. He made his solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2010 in Arvo Pärt’s Passio. David is known internationally for his Adonai in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms; we were most fortunate to have him sing it with JAGS Choral Society in 2014.

Paul Tindall (tenor) studied at the Guildhall School of Music and at King’s College, London. He has sung as a soloist at Sydney Opera House, Avery Fisher Hall (NYC) and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as having made more than a hundred recordings with the Monteverdi Choir, He was also a member of the close-harmony group The Light Blues, with which he toured the world. Recently, Paul has performed in the first performance of Britten’s Peter Grimes to be held in China.

StephenCharlesworth(bass) known by all his friends as Larry, attended the Royal College of Music. Since 1988 has been a member of the country’s only full-time chamber choir, the BBC Singers. He has a particular interest in early music, regularly singing with The Tallis Scholars, Gothic Voices, Monteverdi Choir, Taverner Choir and Consort, The Sixteen and the Gabrieli Consort. In a previous century he also used to sing with tonight’s tenor soloist in a vocal sextet called The Light Blues.

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Sopranos- Helen Barefoot, Helen Clarke, Ann Dunton, Victoria Edwards, Yasmin Fitzpatrick, Diane Gasson, Kathy Gibson, Dorothee Irving, Mary Moralee, Sarah Murphy, Claire Nicholls, Kate Robathan, Cindy Rutherford, Elaine Shackleton, Anne Smith, Catherine Smith, Margaret Twaddle, Sarah Vincze, Sue Whittaker.

Altos- Kathleen Becker, Elizabeth Begley, Liz Borowiecka, Liz Brunton, Margaret Davis, Louise Fincham, Kate Garmeson, Helen Gray, Edda Hendry, Anna Henry, Emma Hetherington, Charmian Hornsby, Lisa Kerr-Muir, Sarah Knight, Diane Lim, Sarah Linklater, Clare Myatt, Gill Oxbrow, Hilary Proctor, Irene Riddell, Lindsay Rosser, Frances Shaw, Pauline Simpson, Susanne Sivagnanam, Elizabeth Smithson, Laura Sparkes, Margaret Vaizey, Florence Waterer, Heather Webb

Tenors – Andy Bradshaw, Michael Brooke, Keith Fitchett, Mark Irving, Ken Martin, Marie Szekely, Dave Williams

Basses-Stephen Allen, John Baldwin, Charles Biscoe, Alex Blayden, Paul Bolton, John Britton, Roger Cordery, Julian Gray, Roger Nicholls, Duncan Pratt, Philip Smith, Peter Venn, Graham Warren.

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In 606 a Convent was established on the south bank of the River Thames at the place from which the ferry used to cross over to the City of London. In 1106 an Augustinian Priory was established. Following the Reformation, the Priory Church became a Parish Church. A parish school – now Cathedral School – was opened in 1704 following on the work already established in schools founded from the parish under a charter from Queen Elizabeth I. Today in old and new buildings, this Cathedral continues to serve the people of its parish and the people of the diocese, to be a centre of teaching, of worship, prayer and pilgrimage; a place of inclusive welcome for all people. We therefore welcome you to this holy place which is both ancient and modern. Together we continue to serve the people of this area - those who are passing through, crossing the river, making a new home, coming to work or simply here to enjoy themselves - and the people who live here, in much the same way as our forebears did and with all those who have gone before us we do it all from a place of praise and worship of Almighty God.

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The Twelve Days of ChristmasChoir:On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to meA partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to meTwo turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to meThree French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to meFour calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

Audience:FIVEGOLDRINGS!Fourcallingbirds,threeFrenchhens,two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

Choir:On the sixth day, on the seventh day, on the eighth day, on the ninth day...my true love gave to me:Nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying:

[STOP!]

Audience:FIVEGOLDRINGS!Fourcallingbirds,threeFrenchhens,two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

Choir:On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to meOn the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to meOn the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

Audience:Twelvedrummersdrumming,Elevenpiperspiping,Tenlordsa-leaping,Nineladiesdancing,Eightmaidsa-milking,Sevenswansa-swimming,Sixgeesea-laying:

[STOP!]

FIVEGOLDRINGS!Fourcallingbirds,threeFrenchhens,twoturtledovesand a partridge in a pear tree.

OCome,allyefaithful1. O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him born the King of angels; O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord

2. God of God, Light of Light, Lo he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Very God, begotten not created: O come let us adore him, Christ The Lord.

3.Sing,choirsofangels,singinexultation,Singallyecitizensofheavenabove; Glory to God in the highest:Ocomeletusadorehim,ChristTheLord.

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