Entente Cordiale poster
Concert, June 2018

Entente Cordiale

Saturday 16 June 2018
St George's Church, Bickley, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley BR1 2BE · Map
Conducted by Jonny Davies

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

  1. Paul Hindemith (1895–1963) — Chansons (La Biche; Un Cygne)
  2. Clément Jannequin (c. 1485–1558) — Au Joly Boys
  3. Claude Debussy (1862–1918) — Dieu! Qu’Il La Fait Bon Regarder!
  4. Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) — Margoton Va T’À L’Iau
  5. Ravel (1875–1937) — Nicolette
  6. Georges Bizet (1838–1875) — Jeux d’Enfants, excerpts
    Kathryn Bartlett, Stephen Davies
  7. Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) — Liebeslieder Walzer Nos 1-11
  8. Orlande de Lassus (1532–1594) — O La, O Che Buon Eccho!
  9. John Farmer (c. 1570–c. 1601) — Fair Phyllis I Saw
  10. Alan Charlton (b. 1970) — Bring Us Good Ale
  11. Thomas Morley (1559–1602) — Fyer, Fyer!
  12. Manning Sherwin (1902–1974) — A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square arr. Stephen Davies
  13. Pierre Passereau (fl. 1509–1547) — Il Est Bel et Bon
  14. Béla Bartók (1881–1945) — Finding a Husband
  15. Thomas Morley (1559–1602) — My Bonny Lass She Smileth
  16. P.D.Q. Bach (1807–1742), alias of Peter Schickele (1935–2024) — My Bonny Lass She Smileth
  17. Thomas Vautor (c. 1590–1619) — Sweet Suffolk Owl
  18. Traditional — Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) arr. Jonny Davies
  19. John Wilbye (1574–1638) — Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis

Performers

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
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