A CROSS-SECTION OF THE HEPTON SINGERS' CURRENT REPERTOIRE

Song of the burn Thea Musgrave

To be sung on the water Samuel Barber

Lullabye for Lucy & Hoy Calendar Peter Maxwell Davies

Seven Magnificat Antiphons Arvo Pärt

Magnificat Giles Swayne

Three German Folksongs Arnold Schoenberg

Mnathain a ghlinne (Gaelic Lament at Glencoe)

16th Century English Madrigals
Hark, all ye lovely saints above Thomas Weelkes
Since my tears and lamenting Thomas Morley
Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone John Farmer
Adieu Sweet Amarillis John Wilbye

16th Century Italian Madrigals
Con voce dai sospiri Orazio Vecchi
O Com'e Gran Martire Monteverdi

Rise up, my love Howard Skempton (click here to hear an extract)

A Hymne to Christ Imogen Holst

Chorale after an old French Carol Benjamin Britten

Four Sacred Songs Alan Bullard

Dolcissima mia vita Gesualdo di Venosa

Lidice Alan Bush

Pange Lingua, Enek Szent Istvan Kiralyhoz, Turot Eszik A Cigany, Enek Szent Istvan Kiralyhoz, Esti Dal Zoltan Kodaly

Daemon irrepit callidus Gyorgy Orban

It is the evening hour   Geoffrey Adams

This have I done for my true love Gustav Holst

Rehearsing the languages of birds Alison West (click here to hear an extract)

Kyrie & Sanctus, from Missa Sancta et Immaculata Francisco Guerrero

Versa est in luctum Jose de Torres y Martinez Bravo

Pater noster Francisco de Penalosa

Tenebrae Responsories Tomas Luis de Victoria

Mass for four voices William Byrd

Jehova Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Henry Purcell

Trois Chansons Maurice Ravel

Trois Chansons Claude Debussy

Sacred and Profane Benjamin Britten

A Farewell to Arms Sir Richard Rodney Bennet

O Virgo Splendens and Stella Splendens from the Llibre Vermell

Sanctus Clemens non Papa

Prado Verde y Florido
Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Fresco y clara arroyuelo Francisco Guerrero

Dum Pater Familias plainchant from Codex Calixtinus

De donde venis, amores? Juan Vasquez

Salve Regina plainchant

Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from Missa Sancta et Immaculata Francisco Guerrero

Five Negro Sprituals from 'A Child of Our Time' Michael Tippett

Five Lenten Motets and Five Psalms Antonin Tucapsky

Lamentations for Five Voices
Robert Whyte

Lamentations for Six Voices
Robert Whyte

Laulud Laulust Ja Laulikust
(Songs about the Song and the Singer) Veljo Tormis

Kullervo's Message Veljo Tormis

Salmo 150 Ernani Aguiar

Water Night Eric Whitacre

Which was the son of ... Arvo Pärt

As the very rocks themselves Paul Robinson*
The Hepton Singers Commission (2001) (click here to hear an extract)

African Songs arranged by Mike Brewer
Mangwani m'pulele
O-re-mi
Asikha thali
Hamba Lulu
Karanga Walking Song

Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika

*During 1999 the choir was directed by Paul Robinson. 'As the very rocks themselves' was commissioned by The Hepton Singers with support from Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Association to celebrate his association with the choir. Paul Robinson writes: "As the very rocks themselves is intended for ambitious amateur choirs like the Hepton Singers and is dedicated to them. During a brief period when I stood in for Roger Scaife as director of the Heptons I found it difficult to find pieces of substantial length around which shorter works might be placed. I have always found concerts comprising of long strings of madrigal length pieces a little tiresome. As the very rocks themselves is an attempt to provide a substantial piece and the running time is around 15 minutes. There is a small but significant spatial element to the work, with some singers placed offstage." 'As the very rocks themselves' is available to hire

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