Reid Lunch-hour Concert

Date:

Tuesday, December 3, 1996

Time:

1.10 pm

Season/No:

1996-1997

Venue:

Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ

Participant(s):

Edinburgh University Singers

John Kitchen - director

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

Programme

Folk songs from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales

Four English songs
The dark-eyed sailor ... arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea ... Ralph Vaughan Williams
O waly, waly ... Somerset folk song arr. John Rutter
Greensleeves ... arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Welsh folk song
My sweetheart's like Venus ... arr. Gustav Holst

Three Irish songs
The lark in the clear air ... arr. Grayston Ives
Londonderry air ... arr. Percy Grainger
The last rose of summer ... arr. J. P. Kitchen

Three Scottish songs (Burns settings)
Afton water ... arr. J.P. Kitchen
Ae fond kiss ... arr. J.P. Kitchen
The birks o' Aberfeldy ... arr. J.P. Kitchen

Three Christmas Carols
Venez, divin Messie! ... trad. French, arr. J.P. Kitchen
How far is it to Bethlehem? ... West country carol, arr. J.P. Kitchen
Past three a'clock ... English traditional, arr. Charles Wood

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