Entente Cordiale
About the concert
Our concert on 16 June 2018 celebrated the best of French and British choral music.
| Chansons: La Biche & Un Cygne | Paul Hindemith |
| Au Joly Boys | Clément Jannequin |
| Dieu! Qu’Il La Fait Bon Regarder! | Claude Debussy |
| Margoton Va T’À L’Iau | Francis Poulenc |
| Nicolette | Maurice Ravel |
| Excerpts from Jeux d’Enfants played by Kathryn Bartlett & Stephen Davies, piano duet | Georges Bizet |
| Liebeslieder Walzer Nos 1-11 | Johannes Brahms |
| O La, O Che Bon Eccho | Orlando di Lasso |
| Fair Phyllis I Saw | John Farmer |
| Bring Us Good Ale | Alan Charlton |
| Fyer, Fyer! | Thomas Morley |
| A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Sherwin, arr. Stephen Davies |
| Il Est Bel et Bon | Pierre Passereau |
| Finding a Husband | Béla Bartók |
| My Bonny Lass She Smileth | Thomas Morley |
| My Bonny Lass She Smelleth | P.D.Q. Bach |
| Sweet Suffolk Owl | Thomas Vautor |
| O Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) | arr. Jonny Davies |
| Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis | John Wilbye |
Programme
- Paul Hindemith — Chansons (La Biche; Un Cygne)
- Clément Jannequin — Au Joly Boys
- Claude Debussy — Dieu! Qu’Il La Fait Bon Regarder!
- Francis Poulenc — Margoton Va T’À L’Iau
- Ravel — Nicolette
- Georges Bizet — Jeux d’Enfants, excerpts
- Johannes Brahms — Liebeslieder Walzer Nos 1-11
- Orlande de Lassus — O La, O Che Buon Eccho!
- John Farmer — Fair Phyllis I Saw
- Alan Charlton — Bring Us Good Ale
- Thomas Morley — Fyer, Fyer!
- Manning Sherwin — A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
- Pierre Passereau — Il Est Bel et Bon
- Béla Bartók — Finding a Husband
- Thomas Morley — My Bonny Lass She Smileth
- P.D.Q. Bach (1807–1742), alias of Peter Schickele — My Bonny Lass She Smileth
- Thomas Vautor — Sweet Suffolk Owl
- Traditional — Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
- John Wilbye — Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis
Performers
Jonny Davies
After being Queen’s Chorister and then Head Chorister at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Jonny Davies won a music scholarship to Trinity School, Croydon. During his teenage years he studied violin with John Francis, piano with Nigel Clayton at Croydon Schools Piano Centre and organ with Simon Williams. He also acted as assistant organist at St Mary’s Church, Addington. He then went to Brasenose College, Oxford where he received an Organ Exhibition, and sang with Schola Cantorum and the Oxford Chamber Choir. Since leaving Oxford, Jonny has sung as a lay clerk in Guildford Cathedral, with the Holst Singers conducted by Stephen Layton, and with professional church choirs all over London. He was Director of Music at St Olave’s Church, Hart Street and St Katharine Cree in the City of London, from 2007 until 2015.
From the programme of 4 February 2023.
The choir
Sopranos
- Kathryn Bartlett
- Jenny Burgess
- Emma Collins
- Nancy Khan
- Karen Mackintosh
- Katie Mackintosh
- Sue Oldham
- Sue Thompson
Altos
- Catherine Crabtree
- Fiona Davey
- Natalie Robinson
- Isobel Whelan
- Carol Whinnom
Tenors
- Ralph Barlow
- Jonathan Coulson
- Keith Giles
- Andy Jackson
- Matthew Price
- Nick Stein
Basses
- Alex Callard
- Charlie Crabtree
- Bob Pruden
- Clive Richards
- Peter Thompson