Hello all,
Gearing up for a new term– we start up on 24 April, then 8 & 29 May, 12 & 26 June, 10 July. Put those dates in the diary!
We’ll keep singing many of our faves this term, concentrate on some madrigals and songs we’ve only scratched recently, and add a new setting by Jeremy Lawson (“Rest Sad Eyes”) of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Windy Nights.” No rude remarks, please. It will seem long, but it’s basically a repeated chorus with some slightly different sections in between the repeats, what is known as a Rondo form.
Here is a list of the pdfs you should have printed out– the titles in BOLD are either new or ones we’ll try to use frequently. Please try to have them organised and sorted, so they’re (relatively) easy to find.
| SUMMER 2025 |
| ROUNDS |
| Three More Rounds |
| Four Rounds |
| Alleluia (Boyce) |
| Alleluia, Gracia Deo |
| Coffee Beans (Moondog) |
| Gaudeamus Hodie |
| Have you Seen the Ghost |
| Mi Gallo |
| Nero’s Expedition |
| Non nobis domine |
| Rose, rose/ Hey ho |
| Waters of Babylon |
| SAB arrangements |
| Adoramus Te |
| Agnus Dei (Byrd) |
| And So It Goes |
| Ash Grove |
| Ave Verum |
| Bring me Little Water, Sylvie |
| Come, Come Let’s Begin |
| Come Live with Me |
| Dirait-on |
| Early One Morning |
| How Great Delight |
| How Merrily We Live |
| Hungarian songs (Butch, Apple, OldWom) |
| I Attempt from Love’s Sickness |
| Kyrie (Byrd) |
| Love is the Fire |
| Nunc dimittis |
| Over the Rainbow |
| Phos Hilaron |
| Rest Sad Eyes |
| Seal Lullaby |
| Somewhere |
| Sure on this Shining (Lauridsen) |
| What a Wonderful World |
| Windy Nights |
And the fee for subscriptions, which we do prefer if possible, is £55 for the term, a bargain. We’re likely putting up the fees slightly in September– just a little tariff, you know…gotta keep up with the times.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible, and wish you a Happy Easter holiday.
C&P