Music & Repertoire
As the Wokingham Madrigal Society, the choir concentrated on singing madrigals, as the name suggests. However, the choir has broadened its repertoire considerably to include sacred music, folk songs, part-songs, and lighter items such as operetta and contemporary arrangements. Here is a sample of the music the choir has performed over recent years:
Madrigals The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons Hard by a crystal fountain Thomas Morley Sing we and chant it Thomas Morley Mother I will have a husband Thomas Vautor Fair Phyllis Farmer Come away, sweet love Greaves Sing we at pleasure Weelkes My bonny lass she smileth Thomas Morley Come gentle swains Michael Cavendish As Vesta was Thomas Weelkes Weep, weep mine eyes Wilbye Sweet suffolk owl Vautor Sacred Music My Soul there is a country Parry Give unto the Lord Elgar O Salutaris Laloux Tantum Ergo Laloux Ave verum corpus K618 Mozart The Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter Venite, populi venite K260 Mozart O magnum mysterium Lauridsen Love bade me welcome John Tavener Song for Athene John Tavener Alleluia Randall Thompson The Lord is my Shepherd Howard Goodall Part/Folk Songs Five unaccompanied part-songs Edward Elgar Yugoslav folk songs Matyas Seiber Linden Lea Vaughan Williams arr. Somerville Quick! We have but a second Stanford Takeda Lullaby arr. Grayston Ives Spirituals I got a key arr. Parker & Shaw All my trials arr. E. Hopkins Were you there? arr. Westbrook Lighter Music/Fun arrangements Country Gardens Percy Grainger Autumn Leaves Joseph Kosma arr. Andrew Carter Blue Moon Richard Rodgers arr. David Blackwell Banquet Fugue Rutter Drunken Sailor arr. Terri Alouette arr. Bertalot Christopher Robin is saying his prayers Fraser-Simpson Bouree for Bach J.S. Bach arr. Williams Operetta Brightly dawns our wedding day Gilbert & Sullivan I hear the soft note Gilbert & Sullivan Strange adventure Gilbert & Sullivan