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SRP Oxford Programme Details

Here are some details about the music that we have played or plan to play in future meetings.

Programme for 2012: The Art of Fugue

The 2012 programme is summarised on the home page. In January, February, May, June and November we will be conducted by our Musical Director Judith Schmidt and we will be studying a selection of fugues from the baroque to the 21st Century, as well as shorter pieces such as Renaissance dances and arrangements of folk songs.

J S Bach 

Contrapunctus 1

Oriel edition

Glenn Shannon

Prelude and Fugue no 1

Glenn Shannon Music

Felix Mendelssohn

Fuga from String Quartet in E Flat

Oriel edition

W A Mozart

Fugue in D minor (Cum sanctis tuus) from the Requiem Mass

Hawthorns Music

G F Handel 

Two Fugues from Six Fugues for Organ or Harpsichord

Hawthorns Music

J S Bach

St Anne's Fugue

Alex Ayre

Past meetings

21st January 2012

Judith Schmidt conducted.

Shostakovich

William Brade

Paduana 12 & Galliard 13

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue

 

Felix Mendelssohn

Fuga from String Quartet in E Flat

 

Glen Shannon

Prelude and Fugue No 1

 

Dmitri Shostakovich

Lyric Waltz

 

Lance Eccles

And I ask you sweet girl and Thunder and Rain from Five Ukrainian Folk Songs

 

17th December 2011

Our Christmas meeting was conducted by Judith Schmidt, Jane Ely and Anthony Hall.

Tchaikovsky

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Ne timeas Maria

 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Angels’ Song

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio

 

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Hodie Christus Natus Est

 

Boris Ord

Adam lay y bounden

 

Anon

Three Basque Noels

 

Kenneth Leighton

O Leave Your Sheep

 

Hector Berlioz

The Shepherd’s Farewell

 

19th November 2011

Gertrud Bending conducted us.

Johann Schein

Hans Leo Hassler

Nun Fanget An

 

Johann Schein

Banchetto Musicale

 

Samuel Scheidt

Suite

 

Heinrich Schütz

Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes

 

15th October 2011

Pam Smith was our pastoral visitor.

George Gershwin

Josquin des Près

Ave Maria

 

Johannes Ockeghem

Alma Redemptoris Mater

 

Arcangelo Corelli

Preludio

 

Arvo Pärt

Da pacem Domine

 

George Gershwin

Someone to watch over me

 

17th September 2011

Debbie Nicholas conducted

Alessandro Scarlatti

Anon

Agincourt Song

 

Alessandro Scarlatti

Quartet in F major

 

Robin Powell

Change of Season

 

arr Marshall

Cancionero de Upsala

 

17th July 2011

Jane Ely conducted

Michael Praetorius

Praetorius

Ballet

 

Henry Purcell

Rondeau

 

J. S. Bach

Fugue from the Magnificat

 

Thomas Chilcot

Giga

 

Steve Marshall

Prelude and Fugue

 

Rachmaninov

Ave Maria

 

Trad

Spirituals: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot & Down by the Riverside

 

Lyndon Hilling

A Swing in the Park

 

18th June 2011

Judith Schmidt conducted

Toshi Isobe

Toshi Isobe

Harukana Tomo ni

 

Hugo Alfvén

Gladjens blomster

 

Purcell

Fantasia no 8 in 4 parts

 

Byrd

The Leaves be Green

 

John Hawkes

Suite for 5

 

Vivaldi

Concerto In G Minor (Concerto Grosso op 3 no 11)

 

21st May 2011

Steve Marshall conducted

Clara Schumann

Steve Marshall

Songs Without Words. A suite of five pieces specifically written with SRP in mind

MHE 30910

Earle Hagen

Harlem Nocturne. A jazz classic from the 1940s, arranged for DTrTB recorders, piano, bass and drums

MHE 11210

Clara Schumann

Fugue from Prelude and Fugue No 3. A nineteenth century German's nod to J S Bach

 

Sylvia Rosin

The River. Originally a Native American song, arranged for recorder ensemble and drum. This was published fairly recently, but is already widely played.

 

16th April 2011

Judith Schmidt conducted.

Henry Purcell

Anthony Holborne

Pavan “Inferno” and Galliard “Widowes Myte”

 

Willam Byrd

Browning “The Leaves be Green”

 

Henry Purcell

Fantasia no 8 in 4 parts

 

Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto In G Minor (Concerto Grosso op 3 no 11)

 

John Hawkes

Suite for 5

 

19th March 2011

Ann Lyall conducted.

Thomas Morley

Orlando Gibbons

The Silver Swan

 

Thomas Morley

Now is the Month of Maying

 

collected Playford

All in a Garden Green

 

Thomas Weelkes

To Shorten Winter’s Sadness

 

Johann Pezel

Intrada

 

Henry Stoning

Browninge, My Dear

 

Robert? or Peter? Philipps

Pour vous amour

 

Anon

Agincourt Song

 

Giacomo Filipo Biumi

Two Canzons

 

Anon

Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang

 

19th February 2011

Virginia Brookes conducted her final meeting as Musical Director.

William Byrd

William Byrd

 

Three Fantasias

 

Richard Mico

 

Fancy 8

 

John Ward

 

Fantasia à 6 no 2

 

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

 

Sonata à 5

 

William Byrd

 

Pavin

 

William Byrd

 

Fantasy Sextet

 

15th January 2011

Judith Schmidt conducted her inaugural meeting as Musical Director.

Wilhelm Stenhammar

Wilhelm Stenhammar

 

I Seraillets Have

 

Hugo Alfvén

 

Som stjärnan uppå himmelen så klar

 

Henry Purcell

 

Fantasia no 8 in 4 parts

 

Antonio Vivaldi

 

Concerto In G Minor

 

John Hawkes

 

Suite for 5 : Giocoso, Andante Cantabile

 

Toru Takemitsu

 

To The Island

 

Johannes Brahms

 

Waldesnacht Op 62 #3

 

11th December 2010

Virginia Brookes, Judith Schmidt, Anthony Hall and Derek Easthope conducted a selection of Christmas music.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Peter Warlock

 

Bethlehem Down

 

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

 

Stella Quam Viderunt Magi

 

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

 

Hodie Christus Natus Est

 

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

 

Hodie Christus Natus Est

 

Giovanni Gabrieli

 

Canzon La Spiritata & Canzon Secunda

 

Trad

 

Flauto Dolce Carols

 

20th November 2010

Debbie Nicholas visited us from Bath.

Benjamin Thorn

Trad arr. Alex Ayre

 

Four Folk Songs

 

Steve Marshall

 

Variations on À Chantar MHE 20108a

 

Anonymous

 

Sine nomine (source: a.F.9.9 (1495). Manuscript preserved in Modena: Biblioteca Estense)

 

Zana Clark / Benjamin Thorn

 

Tall Bamboo: four Pentatonic Songs Orpheus OMP 097

 

Handel

 

Lascia Ch’io Pianga

 

Trad arr Alyson Lewin

 

The Lincolnshore Poacher

 

Trad arr Paul Clark

 

Two Dutch Folk Songs

 

16th October 2010

Virginia Brookes conducted.

Frescobaldi

William Byrd

 

Fantasias 1, 2 and 3

 

Wiliam Cobbold

 

New Fashions

 

Girolamo Frescobaldi

 

Bergamasca

 

18th September 2010

Virginia Brookes conducted.

William Byrd

Richard Mico

 

Fancy 18

 

Girolamo Frescobaldi

 

Bergamasca

 

Stanley Taylor

 

Fantasia on “I will give my love an apple” & “Blow away the morning dew”

 

William Byrd

 

Pavin and Galliard

 

William Byrd

 

Fantasy Sextet

 

17th July 2010

We welcomed Steve Marshall as our pastoral visitor. He conducted, by request, a selection of his and Ann’s compositions and arrangements.

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Steve Marshall

 

Northumberland Suite

 

Steve Marshall

 

Music that Counts

 

Ann Marshall

 

Brigg Fair, from Fair’s Fair

 

Steve Marshall

 

Brigg Fair, from Fair’s Fair

 

Steve Marshall

 

Suo Gân, from Made in Wales (The Red Dragon Suite)

 

19th June 2010

Judith Schmidt conducted.

Frescobaldi

Orlando Gibbons

 

O That the Learned Poets of This Time

 

Girolamo Frescobaldi

 

Capriccio sopra la bassa flamenga

 

Henry Purcell

 

Pavan à 4 in G minor

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

Courante and Gavotte from 1st Orchestral Suite

 

John Hawkes

 

Miniature Suite for 4 recorders

 

15th May 2010

Sandy Hubble conducted.

Andrew Challinger

Henry Purcell

 

Fantasia 4 & Fantasia 6

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

Fugue 16 Book1

 

Andrew Challinger

 

Spring Dance

 

Thomas Tomkins

 

Music Divine

 

John Wilbye

 

Draw on Sweet Night

 

17th April 2010

Ann Lyall visited from Bath.

Georg Philipp Telemann

Orlando Gibbons

 

The Silver Swan

 

Thomas Morley

 

Now is the Month of Maying

 

arr Playford

 

All in a Garden Green

 

Cristofano Malvezzi

 

Two Sinfoni in 6 parts

 

Arvo Pärt

 

Pari Intervallo (1976)

 

Georg Philipp Telemann

 

Allegro from a Harpsichord Fantasy in 3 parts

 

Orlando Lassus

 

Epitaphium Divi Bernadi in 10 parts

 

Johann Pezel

 

Intrada

 

20th March 2010

Gertrud Bending conducted.

William Boyce

Arcangelo Corelli

 

Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op 6 no 2

 

William Boyce

 

Gavot from Symphony no 4

 

Playford arr. Evelyn Webb

 

Six Tunes from The Dancing Master

 

Henry Purcell

 

Fantasia 10 30th June 1680

 

Giovanni Gabrieli

 

Canzon Prima (1615)

 

Samuel Scheidt

 

Suite no 2

 

20th February 2010

Virginia Brookes conducted.

Johann Sebastian Bach

William Whitbrook

 

In Nomine

 

William Byrd [?]

 

Three Fantasias

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

Canzona BWV 588

 

William Young

 

Sonata Quinta

 

Robert Parsons

 

Ave Maria

 

16th January 2010

Virginia Brookes conducted.

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

Stanley Taylor

 

Fantasia

 

Richard Mico

 

Fancy 8

 

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

 

Motet: Stella Quam Viderunt Magi

 

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

 

Sonata

 

Heinrich Schütz

 

Fantasia à 4

 

5th December 2009

Virginia Brookes and Judith Schmidt conducted at the Christmas meeting.

Haendel

Orlando Gibbons

 

Fantasia 6

 

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

 

Motet: Stella Quam Viderunt Magi

 

Francesco Manfredini

 

Christmas Concerto

 

Steve Marshall

 

Christmas Twofers

 

George Frideric Handel

 

Amen Chorus from Messiah

 

21st November 2009

Virginia Brooles conducted.

 

John Wilbye

 

Fantasia à 6

 

John Ward

 

Weep Forth Your Teares

 

Stanley Taylor

 

Fantasia on “I will give my love an apple” & “Blow away the morning dew”

 

Alfonso Ferrabosco (II)

 

Dovehouse Pavan & Alman from 1st Set of Pieces for Five Recorders

 

Arr Anthony Dawson

 

Two Jewish Songs

 

17th October 2009

A baroque afternoon with flute, viols and continuo.

Johann Friedrich Fasch

Johann Friedrich Fasch

 

Sonata in G major

 

Johann Christoph Pepusch

 

Quintet in F

 

Gottfried Keller

 

Quintet in D minor

 

19th September 2009

Debbie Nicholas visited us from Bath.

Handel

arr Bruce Pennick

 

I know where I’m going

 

Gaspar Sanz

 

Spanish Airs and Dances

 

arr Paul Richards

 

Joshua!

 

Handel

 

Fugue: Allegro from Op 3 #4a

18th July 2009

Gertrud Bending brought a selection of music mainly by Schütz

Heinrich_Schutz_by_Rembrandt

Heinrich Schütz

 

Geistliche Chormusik

 

 

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No 10 Die mit Tränen säen werden mit Freuden ernten SWV378

 

 

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No 18 Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes SWV386

 

 

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No 26 Sehet an den Feigenbaum SWV 394

 

Giuseppe Guami

 

In Die Tribulationis from Sacrae Cantiones 1585

 

20th June 2009

Virginia Brookes led us through the development of the In Nomine from its origin in Taverner’s Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas in 1527 to the elaborate settings of the 17th century.

John Taverner

John Taverner

 

In Nomine from Benedictus of Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas

 

Thomas Tallis

 

In Nomine à 4 (1557)

 

Christopher Tye

 

In Nomine ‘Trust’

 

John Milton(1562–1647)

 

If that a sinner’s sighs (In Nomine)

 

Richard Dering

 

In Nomine à 6 No 1

 

Alfonso Ferrabosco ii

 

In Nomine Fantasia

 

21st March 2009

March saw our pastoral visit from Ann Lyall.

C H Parry

Thomas Weelkes

 

Lachrimae and three Pavans

 

Hubert Parry

 

Never weather-beaten sail

 

Tomás Luis de Victoria

 

Dum Complerentur

 

Thomas Morley

 

Hard by a Crystal Fountain

 

21st February 2009

Judith Schmidt conducted.

17th January 2009

Virginia Brookes conducted an exciting afternoon of baroque music, complete with bass viol and keyboard continuo.

Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Marcello

 

Concerto di Flauti

 

Alessandro Scarlatti

 

Quartettino for 3 alto recorders and continuo

 

Johann Friedrich Fasch

 

Sonata in G

 

Johann Christoph Pepusch

 

Quintet in F

 

5th December 2008

Virginia Brookes, Derek Easthope and Gertrud Bending and others conducted Christmas music including Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and a composition by Virginia herself.

pachelbel

Arcangelo Corelli

 

Concerto Grosso Op 6 no 8 - Christmas Concerto

 

Johann Pachelbel

 

Christmas Pastorale: Vom Himmel Hoch

 

Virginia Brookes

 

Christmas Fantasy

 

Engelbert Humperdinck

 

Abends will ich schlafen geh’n

 

Johann Walther

 

Joseph, Lieber Joseph mein

 

 

 

Christmas Carols

 

15th November 2008

Viginia Brookes conducted

Heinrich Schutz by Rembrandt

William Young

 

Sonata Settima

 

Stanley Taylor

 

Fantasia on “I will give my love an apple” & “Blow away the morning dew”

 

Orlando Gibbons

 

Fantasia no 3

 

Heinrich Schütz

 

Fantasia à 4

 

18th October 2008

Viginia Brookes conducted

William Byrd

William Byrd

 

Fantasia 3 (Oriel OL114, 1984)

 

Gottfried Keller

 

Quintet in D minor

 

Orlando Gibbons

 

Fantasia no 3

 

Orlando Gibbons

 

Pavan & Galliard a 6

 

20th September 2008

Debbie Nicholas from Bath conducted

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William Byrd

 

Deo Gratias

 

J S Bach

 

Fugue V from Book 2 of the Well-tempered Klavier

 

Orlando Gibbons

 

Fantasia no 5 for 6

 

Palestrina

 

Veni Creator Spiritus

 

Lance Eccles

 

No 1 from Four Sephardic Songs

19th July 2008

Gertrud Bending conducted

Henry-purcell

Heinrich Schütz

 

Tröstet, Tröstet mein Volk

 

Heinrich Schütz

 

The Heavens declare the Glory of God

 

Engelbert Humperdinck

 

Evening prayer from Hänsel & Gretel

 

Henry Purcell

 

Fantasias 10 & 11 for 4

 

21st June 2008

Judith Schmidt conducted.

John Hawkes

Thomas Morley

 

Now is the Gentle Season

 

J. S. Bach

 

Courante and Gavotte from the First Orchestral Suite

 

John Hawkes

 

Suite for Recorders

 

Tomás Luis de Victoria

 

Surrexit Pastor Bonus

 

Henry Purcell

 

Suite from The Fairy Queen

 

17th May 2008

This was a pastoral visit by Ann Lyall, musical director of the Bath branch.

Heinrich Schutz by Rembrandt

Cima

 

La Doppia & Canzon 13

 

Michael East

 

Softly for Falling & Sweet Lady Stay

 

Byrd

 

This Sweet and Merry Month of May

 

Biumi

 

Canzon Decimaottave

 

Schutz

 

Cantate Domino

 

Trad arr Bergmann

 

Greensleeves

 

19th April 2008

Virginia Brookes conducted.

Orlando Gibbons

Alessandro Scarlatti

 

Quartettino for 3 altos and continuo

 

Orlando Gibbons

 

Pavan and Galliard

 

Girolamo Frescobaldi

 

Bergamasca

 

Gottfried Keller

 

Quintet in D minor

 

15th March 2008

We played (almost) one to a part consort music, without a conductor.

Engelbert Humperdinck

Thomas Bateson

 

When Oriana Walked à 6

Alex Ayre

Engelbert Humperdinck

 

Abends will ich schlafen geh’n

Gertrud Bending

Mozart

 

Divertimento KVA 229

Oriel Library

John Ward

 

Fantasia à 6 No 3

Alex Ayre

Heinrich Schütz

 

Tröstet, Tröstet mein Volk

Gertrud Bending

16th February 2008

Alex Ayre conducted a selection of the music that he publishes, including a new arrangement of a Haydn Divertimento. For a complete list of his titles, see his catalogue on the web.

Giovanni Gabrieli

Bennet

 

Weep Mine Eyes

Thomas Morley

 

April is in my Mistress’ Face

Giovanni Gabrieli

 

Canzon 6 à 7 (1615)

J. S. Bach

 

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir à 5

Joseph Haydn

 

Divertimento in C à 6

Arr Dunhill, Vine, Stanford

 

Four folk songs

19th January 2008

The only surviving portrait of Buxtehude, from a 1674 painting by Johannes Voorhout.

Dietrich Buxtehude

Play Cantate Domino

Cantate Domino

Alessandro Marcello

 

Concerto di Flauti

Johann Friedrich Fasch

 

Sonata in G major

8th December 2007

Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli

Play the Christmas Concerto

Concerto Grosso Op 6 no 8 - Christmas Concerto

Johann Pachelbel

 

Christmas Pastorale

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

 

Stella quam Viderunt Magi, arr by Paul Clark

Robert Parsons

 

Ave Maria

 

 

Christmas carols

17th November 2007

Pepusch

Dietrich Buxtehude

Play Cantate Domino

Cantate Domino

 

Johann Christoph Pepusch

 

Quintet in F

 

John Taverner

 

Quemadmodum

 

 

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