Sacred Music fromBritain and Europe

United Reformed Church Weybridge

Saturday 9th March at 7:30pm

Conducted by Peter Hop-kins

Accompanist: Anthony Gritten

Cello: Carwyn JonesPART 1

A Cappella SingersO quam gloriosum T.L. de Victoria (1548-1611)Ave verum corpus W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Anthony Gritten (organ)Sortie in G minor L.J.A. Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869)

A Cappella SingersCantique de Jean Racine G. Fauré (1845-1924)O salutaris hostia G. Rossini (1792-1868)Panis angelicus C. Franck (1822-1890)

Carwyn Jones (cello)Elegie G. Fauré (1845-1924)

A Cappella SingersLocus iste A. Bruckner (1824-1896)Ach, arme Welt J. Brahms (1833-1897)Geistliches Lied J. Brahms (1833-1897)

INTERVALAn opportunity to stretch the legs, lasting about 10 minutes.Refreshments will be available in the Church Hall after Part 2 of the concert.

PART 2Requiem J.M. Rutter (1945- )

Requiem aeternamOut of the deepPie JesuSanctusAgnus DeiThe Lord is my shepherd

Lux aeternaSoprano solos: Helen Gaisford, Gloria Waterfield, Sue Simler

REFRESHMENTS IN THE CHURCH HALL

John RutterJohn Milford Rutter CBE (born 24 September 1945) is an English composer, con-ductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.Born in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, Rutter grew up liv-ing over the Globe pub on London's Marylebone Road.[1] He was educated at Highgate School where fellow pupils included John Tavener, Howard Shel-ley, Brian Chapple and Nicholas Snowman,[2] and as a chorister there took part in the first (1963) recording of Britten's War Requiem under the composer's ba-ton.[3] He then read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a mem-ber of the choir. While still an undergraduate he had his first compositions pub-lished, including the "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" which he had written aged 18.[3] He served as director of music at Clare College from 1975 to 1979 and led the choir to international prominence.In 1981, Rutter founded his own choir, the Cambridge Singers, which he con-ducts and with which he has made many recordings of sacred choral repertoire (including his own works), particularly under his own label Collegium Records. He resides at Hemingford Abbots in Cambridgeshire and frequently conducts many choirs and orchestras around the world.Rutter completed his Requiem in 1985. It bears the dedication "in memoriam L. F. R." John Rutter's father, who had died the previous year.He conducted the first performance on 13 October 1985 at Lovers' Lane United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas

Peter Hopkins

Peter's musical education began as a chorister at New College, Oxford. He was then a mem-ber of the National Youth Orchestra, playing the viola, and subsequently studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, reading classics, and at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has taught music and classics at a variety of schools in the UK and abroad (Western Aus-tralia). He is a keen keyboard-player - on both the piano and the organ - and, in the latter part of 2017, was Interim Assistant Organist at St Mary's Church, Warwick. He is currently Or-ganist and Director of Music at Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church as well as doing some teaching.Carwyn JonesCarwyn Jones recently graduated with a distinction in MMus Composition. He is a Cellist with experience in many genres and periods, often playing in the Brecon Baroque Festival Orchestra with Rachel Podger, playing with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, and being invited back as a guest soloist with the New Music Collective at Royal Holloway. Carwyn was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales for six years, three of which as co-principal.

Anthony GrittenAnthony Gritten is Head of Undergraduate Programmes at the Royal Academy of Music. He has edited two books on Music and Gesture, and published various articles on a wide range of subjects: more details (and some downloads) can be found on https://ram.academia.edu/AnthonyGritten . Anthony is a fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and has given recitals all over the UK, and in Canada and France, including four recitals in St Sulpice and several UK premieres of music by Daniel Roth: UK recitals are listed at http://www.organrecitals.com/1/recitals.php?organist=antgri

The A Cappella SingersThe A Cappella Singers is a small chamber choir based in Weybridge, Surrey. Rehearsals take place on Tuesday evenings during term time at St Mary, Oat-lands, Weybridge, and we give concerts locally two or three times a year, as well as joining in a charity carol concert each Christmas and participating in other occasional fundraising events.We sing both a cappella and accompanied by small instrumental ensembles or by organ or piano.If you are interested in joining us, or would like to be informed of future concerts, please email: admin@acappellaweybridge.org.uk.

Further information is available on our website: www.acappellaweybridge.org.uk