March 23rd 2024, 7.30pm, at St Lawrence’s Church, Lawrence Street , York
Beyond the World
Manuel Cardoso: Et Egressus Est A Filia Sion
Ivo Antognini: Lux Aeterna
James Whitbourn: He carried me away in the Spirit
James MacMillan: Who shall separate us?
Matthew Martin: Mass of St Dominic
Ben Parry: Lighten our Darkness
Herbert Howells: Haec Dies
William Byrd: Haec Dies
A Quaker Trilogy:
Frederick Viner: The truest end
David McGregor: They that love
Joe Bates: Absence
December 2nd 2023, 1pm Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ.
AFTER BYRD
Thomas Weelkes: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Heyr þú oss himnum á
Sergei Rachmaninov: Izhe kheruvimy (The Cherubic Hymn)
Chris Sketchley: Tristitia vestra (First performance)
Roxanna Panufnik: Kyrie after Byrd
Thomas Weelkes: Hosanna to the son of David
Roderick Williams: Byrd’s Ave Verum Corpus re-imagined
Sergei Rachmaninov: Bogoroditsye Dyevo
William Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby
Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf
Kerensa Briggs: A tender shoot
Sally Beamish: In the Stillness
William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
July 1st 2023, 7.30 St Columba’s Church Priory Street , York
GRASS ROOTS
Richard Allain: Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel
Moses Hogan: The Battle Of Jericho
Bob Chilcott: Steal Away
Gustav Holst: 6 Choral Folksongs
Jonathan Dove: Who Killed Cock Robin?
Henry VIII (arr. Swingle) Pastime With Good Company
Philip Wilby: Marianne
Philip Wilby: Byker Hill
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ca' The Yowes
Moses Hogan: Elijah Rock
April 1 2023, 7.30pm. St Lawrence Church, Lawrence St. York
OF LOVE AND LOSS
Ronald Corp: Forever Child
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Rest
Thomas Tomkins: When David heard
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Versa est in luctum
Frederick Viner: The Truest End (Micklegate Singers commission – first performance)
James MacMillan: So Deep
Pierre Passereau: Il est bel et bon
Howard Goodall: The Star of the County Down (arr.)
Ward Swingle: It Was A Lover And His Lass
Eric Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl
Billy Joel (arr: Bob Chilcott): And So It Goes
Josef Rheinberger: Abendlied
Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night
Saturday December 3rd 2022 1pm. York Unitarian Chapel presented by York Late Music
AND THERE WERE SHEPHERDS……
Rorate cœli desuper: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
BC: AD - This was the moment: David Bednall
Quem vidistis, pastores? : Orlande de Lassus
This have I done for my true love: Gustav Holst
The Road of Evening (composed for the Micklegate Singers; first performance): James Else
Wellcome, all Wonders in one Sight: Jonathan Dove
Quem vidistis, pastores? : Richard Dering
Absence (commissioned for the Micklegate Singers; first performance): Joe Bates
Quem vidistis pastores dicite: Francis Poulenc
The Shepherd’s Carol: Bob Chilcott
A Hymn of the Nativity: Kenneth Leighton
Epiphany Carol: Alexander L’Estrange
Gloria, Gloria: Richard Rodney Bennett
Now may we singen: Cecilia McDowall
Saturday 2nd July 2022. 7.30pm, St Michael le Belfry, York
ELEMENTAL FORCES
Three Spiritual Nocturnes: Peter Klatzow
SANCTUS: London: Ola Gjeilo
The Hills: John Ireland
O Wild West Wind: Edward Elgar
The Dove Descending: Peter Moger Composed for the Micklegate Singers - first performance
The Shadows: Herbert Howells
Weary Wind of the West: Edward Elgar
Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain: Claude Debussy
Spring, the Sweet Spring: EJ Moeran
The Spring Time of the Year: Ralph Vaughan Williams
The World on Fire: Phillip A Cooke
Pure River of Life: James Whitbourn
Deux Chœurs, Op 68: Camille Saint-Saëns
Autumn: Jussi Chydenius
Autumn Leaves: Joseph Kosma arr. Andrew Carter
Over Hill, Over Dale: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Saturday April 2nd, 2022. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate, York
STAR OF THE SEA
Missa Sancta Maria: Duarte Lobo
Splendid Jewel: Stephen Paulus
Ave Maris Stella: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ave Maris Stella: Edvard Grieg
They that love beyond the World: David McGregor Commissioned for the Micklegate Singers (First performance)
Save Regina: Pierre Villette
Hortus Conclusus: Rodrigo de Ceballos
Ave Regina: Cecilia McDowell
Ave Regina Caelorum: Alonso Lobo
Ave Regina Caelorum: Peter Philips
Regina Caeli: Cecilia McDowell
Saturday Nov 30th, 2019. 7.30 in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
IMMORTAL FIRE
Cantantibus Organis: Luca Marenzio
Hymn to Saint Cecilia: Benjamin Britten
St Cecilia Missa Brevis: Nicholas Carter
Verses on St Cecilia’s Day: Richard Rodney Bennet
Cecilia Virgo: Gabriel Jackson
Cantantibus Organis: Peter Philips
O Sapientia: Robert Ramsey
O Radix Jesse: Rihards Dubra
O Oriens: Cecilia McDowall
O Emmanuel: Eriks Ešenvalds
O Adonai: Paweł Łukaszewski
Cantantibus Organis: Philippe Rogier
Saturday July 13th, 2019. 7.30 in the church of St Michael le Belfrey, York
A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Mass in G: Francis Poulenc
Christe qui lux es et dies (III): Robert White
Christe qui lux es et dies: William Byrd
Christe qui lux es et dies (IV): Robert White
O nata lux de lumine: Thomas Tallis
O Light of Light: Harry Escott
Night Prayer: Alec Roth
I will lift up my eyes unto the hills: David Briggs
I’ll Make Music: Karl Jenkins
Simple Pictures of Tomorrow: Robert Chilcott
Psalme 150: Kerry Andrew
Saturday March 30th, 2019. 7.30pm at St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
IN THE BEGINNING
I am the day: Jonathan Dove
The First World: Geoffrey Burgon
In the Beginning: Aaron Copland
Which was the Son Of: Arvo Pärt
Motet for Passion Sunday: Frank Ferko
Deus, Deus Meus (Westminster Mass): Roxanna Panufnik
Attollite Portas: William Byrd
Alpha and Omega: James MacMillan
Saturday Dec. 1st, 2018. 7.30 at the Citadel, Gillygate, York
LIGHTS OUT
Three Songs of Remembrance: David Bednall
Trois Chansons de Guerre: Frank Ferko
Laboravi in Gemitu Meo: Thomas Weelkes
Heu mihi, Domine: Francisco Guerrero
Laboravi in Gemitu Meo: Philippe Rogier
My Soul, There is a Country (Songs of Farewell): Hubert Parry
Bring us, O Lord God: William H Harris
Bring us, O Lord God: James MacMillan
Companions of the Lord: Philip Wilby
Valiant for Truth: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Rest: Ken Burton
Saturday 7th March 2018. 1.00pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
YORK CONNECTIONS
O Praise God in his Holiness: Andrew Carter
Let all mortal flesh keep silence: Edward Bairstow
A Hymn to God the Father: Francis Jackson
Laudate Deum omnes Angeli: John Scott Whiteley
Evening Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Philip Moore
Time is: James Else
Henry Purcell: Hannah Loach
Sweet and Low: Thomas Tertius Noble
Lullaby for the Witching Hour: Kerry Andrew
Sings her blessings: Emily Crossland
A Drop Fell (commissioned for the Micklegate Singers - first performance): Rose Miranda Hall
Ode to a Pill: Francis Jackson
Two for the Price of One: Andrew Carter
Saturday November 25th, 2017. 7.30pm in St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
Psalm 150: Ippolito Baccusi
Pater Noster: Giovanni da Palestrina
Pater Noster: Giuseppe Verdi
Otche Nash (Our Father): Sergei Rachmaninov
Pater Noster: Igor Stravinsky
Otche Nash (Our Father): Nicolay Kedrov
Unicornis Captivatur: Ola Gjeilo
Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt: Heinrich Schütz
Pater Noster: Jacob Handl
Notre Père: Maurice Duruflé
Notre Père d’Aix: Pierre Villette
Pseume 150: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Song of the Crib: Bob Chilcott
Bulalulow: Francis Pott
The King of Blis: John Rutter
Saturday July 1st, 2017. 7.30pm in St Wilfrid’s Church, Duncombe Place, York
GREAT WORKS OF GOD
Missa Rigensis: Uğis Prauliņš
Prelude: Ola Gjeilo
Loquebantur variis linguis: Peter Philips
Loquebantur variis linguis: Thomas Tallis
Laudibus in sanctis: William Byrd
Omnes gentes plaudite: Christopher Tye
O Clap Your Hands: Orlando Gibbons
Ave verum corpus: William Byrd
Benedictio: Urmas Sisask
Saturday March 25th, 2017. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music
WATER NIGHT
Seven Poems of Robert Bridges: Gerald Finzi
The Shower: Edward Elgar
Full Fathom Five (Three Shakespeare Songs): Ralph Vaughan Williams
To be sung on the Water: Samuel Barber
Geographical Fugue: Ernst Toch
Water Night: Eric Whitacre
Rivers of Light: Ēriks Ešenvalds
The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Craig McLeish
Saturday December 3rd, 2016. 7.30pm in St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York
O RADIANT DAWN
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Mirabile mysterium: Jacob Handl (Gallus)
O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf: Johannes Brahms
Virga Jesse: Anton Bruckner
Seven Magnificat Antiphons: Arvo Pärt
O Clavis David: Gabriel Jackson
O Oriens: Cecilia McDowall
O Radiant Dawn: James MacMillan
O Rex Gentium: Matthew Martin
Det är en ros utsprungen: Michael Praetorius/Jan Sandström
Magnificat Quinti Toni: Hieronymus Praetorius
Saturday July 2nd 2016. 7.70pm in St Olave’s Church, York
HEARTS AND FLOWERS
Four Estonian Lullabies: Veljo Tormis
The Full Heart: Peter Warlock
Yugoslav Folk-Songs: Mátyás Seiber
Jaanilaul: Veljo Tormis
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal: Paul Mealor
Tykus Tykus: Vaclovas Augustinas
Shenandoah & Frog went a-courtin’ (from Five American Folfsongs): arr. Daryl Runswick
Saturday March 12, 2016. 7.30pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
ALLELUIAH, HE IS RISEN
Woefully Arrayed: William Cornish
Woefully Arrayed: John McCabe
O Tod, wie bitter bist du: Max Reger
Maria Magdalena: Francisco Guerrero
Surrexit Pastor Bonus: Jehan L’Heritier
Regina Caeli a 8: Felice Anerio
Regina Caeli: Cecilia McDowall
Surgens Iesus: Peter Philips
Alleluiah: Eric Whitacre
Ego Sum Resurrectio: Hans Leo Hassler
Christus Resurgens: Peter Philips
Saturday November 28th, 2015. 7.30pm in St Wilfrid’s Church, York
SPLENDID JEWEL
Magnificat Primi Toni: Tomás Luis de Victoria
I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove: Healey Willan
Fair in Face: Healey Willan
Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One: Healey Willan
Splendid Jewel: Stephen Paulus
Song to the Virgin Mary: Andrzej Panufnik
Magnificat: Giles Swayne
Ave Maria a 8: Giovanni da Palestrina
Ave Maris Stella: Lajos Bárdos
A Hymn to the Virgin: Francis Pott
Ave Regina: Cecilia McDowall
Ave Maria: Robert Parsons
Salve Regina: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Saturday July 4th, 2015. 7.30pm in the Chapel of York St John University
THE SUN AND STARS
Che fa oggi il mio sole?: Luca Marenzio
Missa “Che fa oggi il mio sole?”: Gregorio Allegri
The Spheres: Ola Gjeilo
Die Nachtigal; Ruhetal; Jagdlied (Lieder im Freien zu Singen op 59): Felix Mendelssohn
Stars: Ēriks Ešenvalds
Goe and Catche a Falling Star: Betty Roe
Songs for Double Chorus op 141: Robert Schumann
Saturday March 21st 2015. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music
REFORMATION AND REVIVAL
Sancte Deus: Thomas Tallis
Mass in G minor: Ralph Vaughan Wiliams
Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: Thomas Tallis
Iustorum Animae: Charles Villiers Stanford
Iustorum Animae: William Byrd
Beati quorum via: Charles Villiers Stanford
Beati quorum via: James Lavino
Ne Irascaris: William Byrd
Saturday November 22nd, 2014. 7.30pm in St Denys’ Church, Walmgate, York
STANDING AS I DO BEFORE GOD
Standing as I do before God: Cecilia McDowall
Lamentations of Jeremiah: Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum: Alonso Lobo
Songs of Farewell: Hubert Parry
Saturday 5th July, 2014. 7.30pm at the National Centre for Early Music, York
SONGS AND STORIES
Missa Ego Flos Campi: Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
Songs of Ariel: Frank Martin
Veni, Dilecte Mi!: Wolfram Buchenburg
The Conversion of Saul: Z Randall Stroope
Song Cycle: James Else
Vidi Speciosam : Tomás Luis de Victoria
Many Stories : John Morgan
Jabberwocky : Säde Rissanen
Pseudo-Yoik : Jaako Mäntyjärvi
Saturday 29th March, 2014. 7.30pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
THE ALABASTER BOX
A Canterbury Mass: Cecilia McDowall
Attende Domine: Pierre Villette
Crux Fidelis: formerly attributed to John IV of Portugal
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Anton Bruckner
A Litany: William Walton
The Woman with the Alabaster Box: Arvo Pärt
Two Lenten motets: Paweł Łukaszewski
Were You There? : arranged by Bob Chilcott
Tenebrae Responsories : Tomás Luis de Victoria
O Crux Ave : Rihards Dubra
Saturday November 23rd, 2014. 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York
THE LIGHT PROGRAMME
Lumen: traditional plainsong
Missa Ascendens Christus in Altum: Tomás Luis de Victoria
O Nata Lux: William Matthias
O Nata Lux: Thomas Tallis
O Nata Lux: Morten Lauridsen
Hail Gladdening Light: David Bednall
A Hymn to the Virgin: Benjamin Britten
Lux Aeterna: Edwin Fissinger
Hail, Gladdening Light: Victor Kallinikov
Lux Aurumque: Eric Whitacre
Benedictio: Urmas Sisask
Saturday July 6th, 2013. 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, York
TIME TO DREAM
To Morning: Gabriel Jackson
Hosanna to the Son of David: Orlando Gibbons
Hosanna to the Son of David: Thomas Weelkes
O Sacrum Convivium: Thomas Tallis
Three New Motets: Steven Stucky
I Had No Time To Hate: Tarik O’Regan
Even Such is Time: Bob Chilcott
Te Lucis Ante Terminum (ferial): Thomas Tallis
Rorate Caeli: William Byrd
Philomela: Toby Wardman
Long Road: Ēriks Ešenvalds
The Lord Bless You and Keep You: Hannah Loach
Te Lucis Ante Terminum (festal): Thomas Tallis
Had I not Seen the Sun: Tarik O’Regan
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine: Eric Whitacre
Saturday 23 March 2013. 7.30pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
TIME IS ENDLESS
Missa Salve Regina: Tomás Luis de Victoria
The Long Day Closes: Arthur Sullivan
The Day is Done: Stephen Paulus
The Summer is Coming: Herbert Howells
Time is (written for the Micklegate Singers -first performance): James Else
Evening: Ēriks Ešenvalds
Tal Vez Tenemos Tiempo: Tarik O’Regan
Madrigāls: Pēteris Vasks
Time is endless: Vytautas Miškinis
Saturday 24 November 2012. 7.30pm in the Quire of York Minster
A TIME FOR SILENCE
Messe pour Notre-Dame: David Briggs
The Souls of the Righteous: David Bednall
Nunc Dimittis: Paweł Łukaszewski
Lament: Francis Pott
Exhortation & Kohima: John Tavener
They Are At Rest: Edward Elgar
Song of the Crib (Commisioned for the Micklegate Singers - first performance): Bob Chilcott
Dum Medium Silentium: Vytautas Miškinis
Saturday 7 July, 2012. 8pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
THE MODERN MAN I SING
O nata lux; Opening prayer; Before the ending of the day (Dusk Songs): Kerry Andrew
Missa Brevis: Richard Rodney Bennett
Ave Generosa: Margaret Rizza
Lorca Suite—Einojuhani Rautavaara
We watch’d her breathing: Colin Brumby
Christus est stella: Will Todd
Three English Folksongs: Betty Roe
Ubi caritas: Paul Mealor
The Modern Man I Sing: Bob Chilcott
Saturday 31 March 2012, 8pm in the Chapter House of York Minster
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
Ubi caritas et amor: Maurice Duruflé
hope, faith, life, love: Eric Whitacre
Love on my heart from heaven fell: David Hill
Set me as a seal upon thine heart: William Walton
A Boy and a Girl: Eric Whitacre
Soldier, soldier; The Gipsy’s Wedding Day: Percy Grainger
Klangfelder Raumschwingungen Oszillationen: Wolfram Buchenberg
It was a lover and his lass; L’amour de moi: Ward Swingle
Ubi caritas: Paul Mealor
This Marriage: Eric Whitacre
Song (I gaze upon you): Gabriel Jackson
Mae ’nghariad i’n Fenws: Gustav Holst
The Lord Bless You and Keep You: Hannah Loach
Ubi caritas: John Harper
Saturday 26 November, 2011. 8pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York
AUTUMN LANDSCAPES
To Morning: Gabriel Jackson
Laetentur Coeli: William Byrd
Ego Flos Campi: Jacob Clemens non Papa
Water Night: Eric Whitacre
Threshold of Night: Tarik O’Regan
Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): Veljo Tormis
O Sapientia: Pawel Łukaszewski
O beatum et sacrosanctum diem; O nomen Jesu: Peter Philips
Salve Regina: Gabriel Jackson
Ave Maria: Javier Busto
Ave Regina Caelorum: Peter Philips
Ave Maria III: Vytautas Miškinis
Alma redemptoris mater à 8: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Saturday 2nd July 2011 at 8pm in the Salvation Army Citadel, Gillygate
SHEPHERDS AND SHANTIES
Phyllida and Corydon: Ernest Moeran
The Wee Wee Man: Vagn Holmboe
Greek Folk Songs: Arnold Bax
The Drunken Sailor: John Morgan
House Carpenter: John Morgan
Chansons Françaises: Francis Poulenc
Saturday 26 March, 8pm in the Chapter House of York Minster
NOW AND THEN
Exsultate Deo: Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
Jesu, Dulcis Memoria: Peter Wishart
Jesu, Dulcis Memoria: Tomás Luis de Victoria (attrib.)
Into Thy Hands: Jonathan Dove
In Manus Tuas: Richard Sheppard
Timor et Tremor: Francis Poulenc
Timor et Tremor: Orlando di Lasso
O Vos Omnes: Pablo Casals
O Vos Omnes: Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa
When David Heard: Thomas Weelkes
When David Heard: Thomas Tomkins
Absolon, my Son: Jonathan Rathbone
O Salutaris Hostia: Giacchino Rossini
O Salutaris Hostia: Thomas Tallis
Exsultate Deo: Francis Poulenc
Saturday 27 November 2010, 8pm in the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate
OF A ROSE IS ALL MY SONG
O Magnum Mysterium: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Missa ‘O Magnum Mysterium’: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ave Maria: Josquin des Prez
Ave Maria: Paweł Łukaszewski
Salve Regina: John Harper
Regina Caeli: Herbert Howells
Regina Caeli: Orlando di Lasso
Alma Redemptoris Mater: Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
Of a Rose: Marcus Huxley
There is no Rose: Richard Rodney Bennet
Of a Rose is all my Song: Kenneth Leighton
There is no Rose: Steve Martland