Royston Choral Society

Concert, 7th March 2009

All Saints Church, Melbourn

Programme

Four Sacred Pieces
i.Jauchzet dem Herrn
ii.Kyrie
iii.Heilig
iv.Frohlocket
Felix Mendelssohn 1809 - 1847

Requiem Op.48
Gabriel Fauré 1845 - 1924

and after the interval

Anything Goes
words & music: Cole Porter

So Deep Is The Night
words: Sonny Miller, music: Chopin (Etude Op. 10/3) arr: Mario Melfi

Angeli Dei (Gabriel's Oboe) from ‘The Mission’
music: Ennio Morricone b.1928

Lullaby of birdland
words: George David Weiss, music: George Shearing b.1919

Our love is here to stay
words: Ira Gershwin, music: George Gershwin

They can't take that away from me
words: Ira Gershwin, music: George Gershwin

Waltz me around again Willie
words & music: Will Cobb

‘Sinatra’
arranged by Alan Simmons
i.New York, New York (words: Fred Ebb, music: John Kander)
ii.Fly me to the moon (words & music: Bart Howard)
iii.Strangers in the night (words: Charles Singleton & Eddie Snyder, music: Bert Kaempfert)
iv.My way (words: Paul Anka, music: Claude Francois & Jacques Revaux)

There was tremendous support of the society's concert in aid of Melbourn's truly beautiful Parish Church , described by George Howard, vice chairman of SOAS (Supporters of All Saints - a registered charity to support the maintenance of the church), as 'our medieval treasure'.
We had a very good turn out - I heard one local resident say that they were 'amazed to see so many people'- to the extent that we ran out of programmes. The choir really sang their hearts out, and again, impressed the audience by its size, although, as ever, we would welcome more members, and men in particular.
We had somewhat of a 'mixed salad' of a programme, so that there really was something for everyone: from the classical first half accompanied by a beautiful solo from Annable Sadler, and Robin Pegna's rich baritone sound, to the lighter second half. Our music hall 'Waltz me around again Willie' brought smiles of enjoyment to many people's faces. Our accompanist, Michael Cayton, demonstrated great versatility and skill in accompanying this rich variety of music.
We look forward to seeing any potential new singers at our Open Rehearsal on 28th April. Our next concert will be in St Mary's, Guilden Morden, on Saturday 20th June.
Elisabeth Spain, Publicity Officer