CHRISTMAS IS COMING - THE J SINGERS

Christmas is coming

The J Singers

director, and harp, Elaine Thorneycroft-Gibb

with Gibby Swain flute

Saturday 14^th December 2013, 7.30pm

An evening of Seasonal Music, for choir and soloists, flute and harp

and singing from the audience

one of a series of concerts to raise money for the organ renovation fund.

Admission , at the door only, £7.00 including a glass of wine

Cannington.Music@gmail.com

PROGRAMME FOR SAINT CECILIA CONCERT

It is possible you might like to know what to expect on Friday evening.

I shall play piano, organ and, maybe, a sampled sound harpsichord (if I can get it to work!)  And you have been warned -  I shall sing a little. And so shall you. We should have a good time and raise some more money for the organ. In case you tire of my warbling and yours we shall have a few moments pleasure while Mary Morgan sings a Britten song.

Sir William Walton 1902 - 1983

Prelude 'The Spitfire" 1942

Elegy. No2 of Three Pieces for organ. From film Richard 3 1955

William Byrd 1540 -1623

A Voluntarie from My Ladye Nevells Booke 1591

Thomas Tallis 1505 - 23 November 1585

Hymn Tallis’s Canon Glory to thee my God this night

words Bishop Ken 1674

Henry Purcell. 1659 died 21 November 1695

Ground in e.

Hymn. Westminster Abbey Christ is made the sure foundation

Sir Arthur Sullivan 1842 died 22 Nov 1900

He is an Englishman. HMS Pinafore

Willow, tit willow. Mikado

Hymn  Lux Eoi, Alleluia, hearts to heaven & voices raise,

Jeremiah Clarke. 1674 - 1707

Trumpet tune

Hymn  St. Magnus The head that once was crowned with thorns,

The interval

Eric Coates. 1886 - 1957

By the sleepy lagoon.

Hymn Dambusters March  God is our strength and refuge,

John Ireland 1879 - 1962

Months Mind 1935

Hymn My song is love unknown words 1664 Samuel Crossman 

Michael Martin 1939

Not a three piece suite. A little medley based on B.A.C.H. 2005

Toccata, Maybe it’s a minuet, Adagio, BACH misbehavin

Peter Maxwell Davies 1934

Farewell to Stromness from The Yellow Cake Revue 1980

Purcell

Round O zt684

Britten Britten. 22 November 1913 4 December 1976

The Birds 1929 words Hilaire Belloc sung by Mary Morgan

Prelude to "They walk alone" 1938

The Salley gardens 1943 words William Butler Yeats

Voluntary on "Tallis's Lamentation" 1940

hymn God moves in a mysterious way. arrangement from St Nicholas 1948

A CONCERT FOR SAINT CECILIA'S DAY

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cannington

Cannington Music

A Concert for St Cecilia's Day

Friday 22^nd November 2013, 7.30pm

An evening of a wide variety of British music for keyboard instruments and voice – including the audience. Benjamin Britten was born 100 years ago to the day so he will be featured

A sort of Concert crossed with Songs of Praise to raise money for the organ renovation fund.

Michael Martin Director of Music at St Mary’s Church and, it is hoped, a friend or two

Admission , at the door only, £5.00 including a glass of wine

Cannington.Music@gmail.com

The latest on the Organ and the concerts

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Cannington

The latest on the Organ

and the concerts

What a simply wonderful concert we had In October! Mary Morgan's singing and Steve Graham's lute playing were a complete delight. We are most grateful to them both that they gave their services. It was a change too to have a concert on a Sunday afternoon with tea and home made cake; how did you like it?.

The afternoon produced £387 for the organ fund which brings the total raised so far this year through the concerts to £1499. With any luck we shall manage £2000 before we finish the season.

If you were in church last Sunday morning (Nov 3) you will have heard the organ playing up. Out of tune, ciphering (that is playing notes not chosen by the organist continually like a bagpipe drone) and missing pedal notes and awful rumblings. It made me happy to be presiding over it all since you will now need no convincing that the work is more than overdue! A timely demonstration.

The paperwork for the faculty is with the Diocese now and we are expecting no problems. If all goes well and we are given permission to proceed we hope the work will start in May and take anything up to 6 months. We are looking into the possibility of obtaining the use of an electronic organ whilst the work is carried out. But, if not, we have a fine piano to use. Watch this space.

There are two concerts to go this year.

Shortly, on St Cecilia's Day 22 November at 7.30pm I am arranging an evening of British music, using piano and organ. It will be largely me but with a friend or two, and with singing from you. A sort of concert crossed with Songs of Praise. The tickets are really cheap at £5 and you get a glass of wine. So please come in droves; if 100 of you did we should raise £500 in one evening!

The season ends on Saturday 14^th December 7.30pm with The J Singers presenting Christmas is Coming. Festive fun.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Michael Martin, Director of Music musicman@bitshop25.freeserve.co.uk

OCTOBER CONCERT

The next event is, by way of a change, on a Sunday afternoon.

Ayres & Graces.

4.00pm Sunday 20th October 2013

I have been looking forward to this concert for a long time.

Mary Morgan , soprano and Steve Graham, lute are to give a recital of 16C and 17C music.

Mary is well known in Cannington . An American , she moved to England some years ago.  

She teaches singing in several Somerset schools and colleges and sings professionally in many European countries.

As well as magically playing his lutes Steve is a jazz enthusiast and fine cornet player and band leader.

They will be presenting music by John Dowland, Thomas Campion, William Lawes, Philip Rossiter, Michael Cavendish and Henry Purcell. Instead of a glass of wine in the interval you will have afternoon tea. Very civilised?

We are in for a real treat.

The concert starts at 4.00pm and it will cost you £8.00, payable at the door

All profits will go to the fund for restoring the church organ

PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

As many of you are aware, we are undertaking, next year, a long overdue renovation of the church organ. Needless to say it is an expensive venture and all our concerts this year are dedicated to raising money for this. We have four more events for you this season.

The first, quite soon now, on Sunday October 20, is an experiment to see how you would like an afternoon concert for a change. As I promised, Mary Morgan , soprano, is returning, this time with Steve Graham and his lute, for a concert of 16thC and 17thC English music entitled Ayres & Graces. Mary will sing works by John Dowland,Thomas Campion, William Lawes, Philip Rossiter, Michael Cavendish and Henry Purcell. Instead of a glass of wine you will have afternoon tea. Very civilised?

The second will take place , as long planned, on St Cecilia's Day, November 22. It is also , of course, the 100th birthday of the great English composer Benjamin Britten. Cecilia is the Patron Saint of music and musicians and it is an honourable English tradition to mark the day with special music. Purcell, Handel and many others wrote for the celebrations. This time we will have a different sort of concert, a mix of a recital and Songs of Praise. I will play British music on piano and organ, and you will sing. A cheap entry of £5 to encourage lots of you to come and, yes, you will get a glass of wine.

A few weeks later on Saturday 14th December we once again welcome The J Singers, the well known local choir. They have kindly agreed to help us in our fundraising efforts. The occasion is Christmas is coming; a feast of carols and Christmas music and harp and flute playing. There will be a chance for you to sing.

That only leaves one thing more to which to look forward; our annual service of readings and Christmas music, Carols by candlelight on the Sunday in Christmas week, December 29th at 6.00pm. The church choir will, as usual, be augmented by guest singers and instrumentalists.

programme for Mary Morgan's concert 26/06/13

Part I

My Heart Ever Faithful--J S Bach

Caro mio ben--Giuseppe Giordani

Tu lo sai--Giuseppe Torelli

Les Roses d'Ispahan--Gabriel Faure

L'Heure Exquise--Reynaldo Hahn

My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair--Joseph Haydn

When Daisies Pied--Thomas Augustine Arne

Go, Lovely Rose--Roger Quilter

　

　

Part II

A Simple Song (from 'Mass')--Leonard Bernstein

Song of Devotion--John Ness Beck

Seligkeit--Franz Schubert

Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht--Johannes Brahms

He's Gone Away--American folk song, arr. by Ruth Schram

Someone to Watch Over Me (from "Oh, Kay!")--George & Ira Gershwin

Till There Was You (from 'The Music Man')--Meredith Willson)

Come to the Fair--Easthope Martin

June Concert

 

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cannington

The next concert

This year we are trying to raise a lot of money to renovate the organ in the Parish Church, so much of the music is home grown. But when that includes a talent like Mary Morgan, Cannington based American soprano, quality is not up for discussion. She recently returned from singing Vivaldi and other music in the Baltic states and is already scheduled to give a concert of 16C and 17C  songs to lute accompaniment in the Autumn. We are very fortunate to have her in the choir at St Mary's. She has offered another event towards the organ fund and this is it.

The varied programme is called These are a few of my favourite things and, as the advert has it, it does exactly what it says on the tin. Music by Bach and Schubert mingles with American show music and English songs.  Details here.
It will be a really great evening (and I shall enjoy accompanying her on the piano) so put the details in your diary now.

Wednesday 26 June 2013 at 7.30pm

£8.00 (at the door only) to including Interval refreshments.

Programme for Saturday

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cannington

7.30 pm Saturday 27th April 2013

As I sailed by the Lowlands , low
Michael Martin, organ , piano and "electronics"

PROGRAMME


folk Song The Golden Vanity

John Bull A gigge. Dr. Bull's Myselfe

Bull Een Kindeken is ons geboren

Sweelinck Mein Junge Leben hat ein End

John Blow Air

Clarke The Duke of Glocester's March

Henry Purcell The Queen's Funeral march

J B Loeillet Saraband

Mozart Menuet KV 6

Folk dance Sleepstraat Schottiche

Martin Lars Lullaby

Flor Peeters O come, O come, Emanuel

Cesar Franck Offertoire sur un Noel Breton

Carol King Jesus hath a garden

Peeters Of the Father's love begotten

Peeters Chorale Prelude on Stuttgart

Hymn This joyful Easter tide

Peeters Alleluia! O sons and daughters

Flor Peeters Prelude on America

Beethoven Seven variations on "God save the king"

INTERVAL

Lionel Bart  From Russia with Love

Thielemans Bluesette

Cesar Franck Prelude
Danse Lente

Lemmens Priere

Joseph Jongen Petit Prelude

Franck Andantino in G minor

Lemmens Fanfare, for concert use

　

　

Composers


Lionel Bart 1930 - 1999

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827

grandfather was Lodewijk van Beethoven, born in Mechelen

John Blow 1649 - 1708

John Bull 1562/3 - 1628

Jeremiah Clarke 1673 - 1707

Cesar Franck 1822 - 1890

Joseph Jongen 1873 - 1953

Jacques - Nicholas Lemmens 1823 - 1881

J B Loeillet 1680 - 1730 b. Gent. Spanish Netherlands d. London

Michael Martin 1939

Wolgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791

Flor Peeters 1903 - 1986

Henry Purcell 1659 - 1695

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 1562 - 1621

"Toots" Thielemans 1922

Jean - Baptiste Frederic Isidor, Baron Thielemans

April concert

On  Saturday 27th April 2013 we are holding our second event of the season

As I sailed by the Lowlands low

A musical entertainment given by Michael Martin,  Director of Music at the church, exploring some maybe unexpected  musical connections between  Britain and the Low Countries.

Sweelinck and John Bull, Purcell and Clarke.  Cesar Franck, Lemmens, some jazz, Mozart,  Flor  Peeters etc  and much more, including a few surprises.  I may even invite you to sing!

I will play piano, organ and synthesiser and perhaps even duet with myself, thanks to digital electronics; my laptop and tablet. I will have fun. I think you will too, if you come.  If you do it will help raise some of  the money needed for renovating the church organ.

Entrance  £8.00 (at the door only) will include refreshments during the interval.

What we do

Cannington is a village about 4 miles outside Bridgwater, Somerset, UK.

The village church is a beautiful, largely 15C , building, with a wonderful acoustic.

Each year, since  2002, we have put on a series of concerts , of many types of music:  piano , organ, instrumentalists, jazz, early music etc.

Normally the intention has been, not to raise money, but to bring good music of all types into the village. Occasionally however, we have arranged special fundraising events. For instance we have raised over £1500 for WaterAid.

In 2013 we are attempting to raise as much money as possible to renovate the 19C organ in the church. Earlier this year Mathew Adams'  one man show based on Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler was a great success.



There are several exciting events lined up which will be detailed here.

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