Special Choral Concert

Date: 
Thursday, October 15, 1964
Time: 
7.30 pm.
Season/No: 
1964-65 season, opening concert

The singers taking part in the performance of the Tallis Motet (eight choirs each of 5 parts) and of the Gabrieli Magnificat (three choirs each of 4 parts) are drawn from the listed Edinburgh choirs, which will also perform severally under their respective conductors the other works in this programme.

Participant(s): 

Combined Edinburgh Choirs
Dennis Townhill - conductor:

St Giles' Singers
Herrick Bunney - conductor
St Columba's Singers
Ronald Johnson - conductor
Sine Nomine Singers
Alfred Sefton - conductor
Royal High School
William Bowie - conductor
St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral
Arthur Oldham - conductor
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Dennis Townhill - conductor

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

I. The combined choirs
   Motet in 40 parts: "Spem in alium" ... Thomas Tallis

II. Choir of St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral
   (a) Deus Misereatur Nostri ... Robert Johnson
   (b) Remember, O thou man ... Arthur Oldham

III. The Sine Nomine Singers
   (a) Hostis Herodes Impie ... Guillaume Dufay
   (b) Nesciens mater virgo ... Byttering
   (c) Salvator mundi ... John Blow

IV. Choir of the Royal High School
   (a) Magnificat from The Short Service ... Thomas Morley
   (b) Hear, O Heavens ... Pelham Humfrey

V. The combined choirs
   Magnificat for three choirs ... Andrea Gabrieli

INTERVAL

VI. Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
   (a) Ave Verum Corpus ... William Byrd
   (b) O clap your hands together ... Orlando Gibbons

VII. The St Columba's Singers
   (a) O Quam Suavis Est ... Alonso Lobo
   (b) Easter sentences (1962) ... David Johnson

VIII. The St Giles' Singers
   (a) Festival Te Deum ... Benjamin Britten
   (b) Sing we merrily ... Frederick Rimmer

IX. The combined choirs
  Spem in alium nunquam habui ... Thomas Tallis

Programme: 
4-page programme
Programme Notes: 

There are no programme notes.

Documents: 
PDF icon 1964 15 Oct.pdf (1.47 MB)
Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Admission free. Programme: two shillings