MONTREAL (Arts Bureau For The Continents) - Over 40 young singers in the Southend Boys & Girls Choir from Southend, in Essex, England, conducted by
Roger Humphrey, will present a concert:
Sunday, August 1, 4:00pm
St. James' Cathedral
65 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL
Hosted by Jubilate Children's Choir, Winnetka Congregational &
Trinity United Methodist Churches.
Choir Background
The Southend Boys's Choir is one of the best known in the U.K. It has performed with most major UK orchestras, and has made many highly acclaimed recordings. It has also sung under some of the world's greatest conductors, including Abbado, Muti, Mehta, Tilson Thomas, Rostropovitch, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Colin Davis.
The Southend Girls' Choir has built an enviable reputation. It has broadcast on television and radio, and performs regularly at prestigious London concert venues. The choir undertakes regular concert tours, and has performed in Sydney Opera House and on Australian radio, as part of a three week tour of Australia, in Canada and the US, Seychelles, France, Germany and across the UK.
The two choirs join together to perform for Music Clubs and festivals around the country and for a number of concerts each year.
Tour Repertoire
Both choirs have extensive repertoires, as separate choirs, and combined, as in this year's tour. The music ranges from classical repertoire, through folk songs and spirituals, to lighter music, including music from stage and screen.
The choice of music sung in specific concerts will depend on acoustics and the balance of singers performing. Examples of their repertoire are:
Sacred and Classical
All Things Bright and Beautiful -Rutter
Ave Maria - Caccini
Ave Verum - Mozart
Be Still My Soul - Sibelius
For the Beauty of the Earth - Rutter
Gaelic Blessing - Rutter
Gloria - Vivaldi
Irish Blessing - Bob Chilcott
Panis Angelicus - Franck
Pie Jesu (Requiem) - Lloyd Webber
Spiritual and Folk
Amazing Grace - arr. Hughes
Down by the Riverside - arr. Rutter
Do you hear what I hear? - Trad.
Morning has Broken - arr. Hughes
Siahumba - Trad. (African)
Simple Gifts - arr. Humphrey
Water of Tyne - arr. Neaum
Popular and Light
All that Jazz - (Chicago)
Blue Moon - Hart & Rodgers
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Raye & Prince
Can you hear me - Bob Chilcott
Chorus Line Medley - M. Hamlish
Gershwin Medley - G. Gershwin
Heavenly Aeroplane - Rutter
I don't know how to Love Him - Lloyd Webber
Les Miserables Medley - Schonberg
Medley from Lloyd Webber Shows - Lloyd Webber
Miss Saigon Medley - Schonberg
Route 66 - Bobby Troup
West Side Story - Bernstein
You'll never Walk Alone - (Cabaret)
All arrangements made by abc, Arts Bureau for the Continents.
