70’s Archive
1977 was the year the choir was started by Rosalind MacGowan, Michael Ryall, Joyce Begg, and Liz Brander. Both Joyce and Liz are still singing with us, as are Jenny Lunn and Catherine Davidson-Carr, who were among the pioneers who set this whole venture on the road. Originally rehearsals were in the old Leisure Centre in Killearn (now houses), then the Church Hall (now the pharmacy), and eventually the Kirk session house.
Photos
Press Cuttings
Programmes
Christmas 1977
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In Dulci Jubilo (arr Gesius & J S Bach) |
Kaleenka (arr Goldman) |
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O’er the Solemn Hush of Midnight (Maxwell) |
Michelle (Lennon & McCartney) |
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The Holly and the Ivy (arr Boughton) |
Yesterday (Lennon & McCartney) |
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In the Bleak Midwinter (Darke) |
Sussex Carol (arr Willcocks) |
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Skye Boat Song (Macleod arr Statham) |
I Wonder as I Wander (arr Reed) |
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Glasgow Highlanders (arr McCallum) |
Deck the Hall (arr Willcocks) |
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Wee Cooper o’ Fife (arr Roberton) |
A Boy is Born (Britten) |
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As with Gladness (Kocher) |
The Three Kings (Cornelius arr Atkins) |
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Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (arr Mansfield) |
O Come, All Ye Faithful |
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Climb Up, Chillun, Climb (arr Barthelson) |
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Kumbayah (arr Dinham) |
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |
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Spring 1978
English Madrigals:
Now is the month of Maying (Morley)
My bonny lass she smileth (Morley)
To shorten winter’s sadness (Weelkes)
Italian Madrigals:
Ovver de’ sensi è priva (Palestrina)
Amor, che meco in quest’ ombre to stavi (Palestrina)
O Occhi, manza mia (Lassus)
Ave Verum (Mozart)
Gloria (Vivaldi)
Christmas 1978
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Puer Nobis (Cantiones arr Palmer) |
Sussex Carol (arr Willcocks) |
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See! In yonder manger low (Goss) |
The Virgin’s slumber song (Reger) |
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All poor men and humber (Kelly) |
Rocking (arr Willcocks) |
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Rose of Jericho (Kelly) |
Once in Royal David’s City (Gauntlett) |
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In the Bleak Midwinter (Darke) |
Songs my mother taught me (Dvořák) |
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The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (arr Pettman) |
He’s got the whole world in his hand (arr Sargent) |
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What Cheer? (Walton) |
Kumbayah (arr Dinham) |
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Das Neugeborne Kinderlein (Buxtenhude) |
King Jesus hath a garden (arr Wood) |
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Coventry Carol (arr Shaw) |
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O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr Willcocks) |
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Excerpts from the Messiah (Handel) |
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And the Glory of the Lord |
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O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion |
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For behold, darkness shall cover the earth |
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The people that walked in darkness |
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For, unto us a Child is born |
Spring 1979
J S Bach: St Luke Passion
Horsley: There is a Green Hill
Tchaikovsky: Crown of Roses
Handel: He was despised
Brahms: The Quest
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Teschner: All Glory, Laud & Honour
Bizet: Agnus Dei
Mendelsson: O, for the Wings of a Dove
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Christmas 1979
The Pirates of Penzance (The Strathendrick Singers’ verson of … … … )
Part 1 The Pier at Balmaha on the Spring Bank Holiday
Part 2 The Pier at Balmaha late the same night