“The choir from Cambridge University proceeded to fill this ancient church with angelic and enchanting music. The effect was just breathtaking. The audience at Chalton Church were privileged to experience a first-class choir that could have performed in a professional venue anywhere in the country. It was a very special evening that made a deep impression.”
Anne Cleaver (original article)
Category: Locations
August 2014 | Services at Portsmouth Cathedral
Services at Portsmouth Cathedral
Director Louisa Denby; Organ Ian Tindale
Eucharist
Victoria – Jesu, dulcis memoria
Haydn – Little Organ Mass (solo Catherine White)
Lassus – Ave verum corpus
Evensong
Walford Davies – Blessed are the pure in heart
Clucas Responses
Brewer – Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in D
Bairstow – Lord, I call upon thee
Peter Leonard, Residentiary Canon at Portsmouth Cathedral
@JMWilliams62 @VoxCantab @IanTindale and it was lovely to have you with us @PortsmouthCath we hope you come again!
— Peter Leonard (@peterpleonard) August 11, 2014
Wonderful @VoxCantab at @PortsmouthCath this evening. Superb.
— Lindsay Northover (@LPNorthover) August 10, 2014
@PortsmouthCath “Missa Brevis Loannis” beautifully performed by the visiting Vox Cantab Choir
— Motofe (@Motofe) August 10, 2014
Great to sing with @VoxCantab and @IanTindale at Portsmouth Cathedral for Sunday sung Eucharist with @peterpleonard pic.twitter.com/TPDRETqUan
— Jonathan Williams (@JMWilliams62) August 11, 2014
August 2014 | Outreach
Outreach Activities at The Rowans’ Hospice & Steep House Nursing Home, Hampshire,
plus a private home visit
A small number of us visited the Rowans’ Hospice, Waterlooville, and Steep House Nursing Home, in order to entertain the residents with a varied selection of music.
We also visited our 94-year-old friend in his home, where we were treated to a sumptuous tea and a glimpse of a ‘Great Bible,’ dating from the 16th Century.
Repertoire included:
Tallis – If ye love me
Vautor – Sweet Suffolk Owl
Holst – Swansea Town
Trad. Botswanan, arr. L’Estrange – Jesu ukukhanya
Handel, arr. Gritton – Three-minute Messiah
Carter/Hudson, arr. Sund – Goodnight sweetheart
August 2014 | ‘Essentially English’
The first day of our 2014 Summer Tour saw five members of the Choir give a concert of ‘Essentially English’ music at St Michael & All Angels, Chalton, Hampshire.
Soprano Catherine White, Louisa Dawes; Alto Louisa Denby;
Tenor Dean Parker; Bass Frank Lee
Programme
Tye – Give almes of thy goods
Tallis – If ye love me
Morley – Sing we, and chant it
Cornysh – Ah, Robyn
Stanford – When Mary thro’ the garden went
Elgar – As torrents in summer
Wood – Full fathom five
Wood – Oculi omnium
Holst – Swansea Town
Sullivan – The long day closes
English Trad., arr. Gritton – Country Gardens
Trad. Botswanan, arr. L’Estrange – Jesu ukukhanya
Lloyd-Webber – Close every door
Handel, arr. Gritton – Three-minute Messiah
February 2014 | ‘Old Wine in New Bottles’
‘Old Wine in New Bottles’
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge & Selwyn College Music Society, Cambridge
Director Louisa Denby; Piano Nadanai Laohakunakorn
It was lovely to bring this programme of modern arrangements of traditional folk songs to two venues in Cambridge. Music included Katy Cooper’s arrangement of the American song Circle March, Whittaker’s take on English folk song Bobby Shaftoe, and other recent arrangements of music from the UK, North America, and further afield.
Fitzwilliam Museum Promenade Concert
We received an enthusiastic response to our concert at the Fitzwilliam Museum in February 2014:
“Last Sunday’s Vox Cantab Promenade Concert at the Fitzwilliam was a triumph! It was so much enjoyed by every member of the audience. There seemed to be something for everybody […]
Your theme and choice of music was beautifully balanced and varied. It takes so much skill to create a good programmme, and once again you have done it. And best of all, the whole choir looked as if they were enjoying singing all those wonderful songs and great arrangements.”
Penelope Robson
Proms Organiser
December 2013 | Carol Service
Carol Service, St Clement’s Church, Cambridge
Director Colin Danskin; Organ Hugh Johns
We were pleased to be able to contribute to the first carol service at St Clement’s Church in over thirty years.
Howells’ Requiem response
Response to our Howells concert.
January 2013 | American Roots
‘American Roots’
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Conductor Louisa Denby; Piano Elis Reed
Programme
Tippett – Five Negro Spirituals
Copland – Four Motets
Lauridsen – Nocturnes
Whitacre – Animal Crackers
As a result of this concert all members of the choir were offered the opportunity to be part of the one-to-a-part chorus for a professional production of Handel’s Atalanta, performed by Cambridge Handel Opera at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, in April/May 2013.
October 2012 | Vivaldi & Handel
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, London
with Chesterton Baroque
in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Conductor Louisa Denby
Our contribution to the programme included:
Vivaldi – Magnificat RV610
Handel – Utrecht Te Deum