The
Singers
 The Singers in Edinburgh |
The Singers were originally formed to specialise in a cappella Renaissance music but has gradually diversified its interests, developing concerts around particular themes often integrating music with appropriate prose and poetry readings. The repertoire is constantly expanding and the following is a list of many of the works which the choir has performed - see the examples of concert programmes for more detailed repertoire.
Works
premiered
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Stuart Murray Crux Fidelis St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 27 May 2007 |
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Sarah Robinson Stille Nacht Christmas Candlelit Concerts, December 2008 |
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Stuart Murray Responses Southwark Cathedral, London, 29 August 2009 |
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David Haslam Gloria Christmas Candlelit Concerts, December 2009 |
| David Haslam Kyrie Christmas Candlelit Concerts, December 2010 |
| Steve Locks While Shepherds watched Christmas with The Singers, December 2017 |
| Edmund Hunt Vita Hominum Christmas with The Singers, December 2018 |
Repertoire
| Allain, Richard | Balulalow |
| Allegri | Miserere |
| Arcadelt | Margot labourez les vignes |
| Arnesen, Kim André | The Lamb |
| arr. Cashmore | My love is like a red, red rose |
| arr. H T Burleigh | My Lord, what a mornin' |
| arr. Moses Hogan | De blin' man stood on de road an' cried |
| arr. Moses Hogan | Elijah Rock |
| arr. Moses Hogan | Ezekiel Saw de Wheel |
| arr. Moses Hogan | We shall walk through the valley in peace |
| arr. Norman Luboff | Were you there |
| Bach | Jesu Meine Freude |
| Bach |
Jesu, joy of man's desiring |
| Bach | Magnificat |
| Bach | Wachet auf |
| Barber | Agnus Dei |
| Biebl, Franz | Ave Maria |
| Britten | Ceremony of Carols |
| Britten | Choral Dances from Gloriana |
| Britten | Flower Songs |
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Brown, Christopher |
Dormi Jesu |
| Bruckner | Ave Maria |
| Bruckner | Christus factus est |
| Bruckner | Locus iste |
| Bruckner | Os justi |
| Buxtehude | Das neugebor'ne Kind |
| Buxtehude | Magnificat |
| Byrd | Audivi vocem de caelo |
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Byrd |
Beata viscera |
| Byrd | Haec Dies |
| Byrd | O Lord, make Thy servant Elizabeth |
| Charpentier | Messe de minuit |
| Chilcott, Bob | The Shepherd's Carol |
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Clausen, René |
Tonight eternity alone |
| Crecquillon | Vous perdez temps de me dire mal d'elle |
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Crotch |
Lo! star-led chiefs |
| de Monte, Philippe | Super Flumina Babylonis (a 8) |
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Dove, Jonathan |
Into thy hands |
| Dove, Jonathan | The Three Kings |
| Duruflé | Tantum ergo |
| Duruflé | Tota pulchra es |
| Duruflé | Tu es Petrus |
| Duruflé | Ubi Caritas |
| Dvorák | Songs for mixed chorus, Op. 29 |
| Elder, Daniel | Twinkle, twinkle little star |
| Elgar, Edward | Ave verum |
| Esenwalds, Eric |
Amazing Grace |
| Esenwalds, Eric | Only in sleep |
| Esenwalds, Eric | Stars |
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Gardner, John |
When Christ was born of Mary free |
| Gershwin, arr. Steve Zegree | Love walked in |
| Gesualdo | Ave, dulcissima Maria |
| Gesualdo | Dolcissima mia vita |
| Gesualdo | In Monte Oliveti |
| Gesualdo | Miserere |
| Gesualdo | Recessit pastor noster |
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Gjeilo, Ola |
Serenity: O magnum mysterium |
| Goldschmidt |
A tender shoot |
| Gombert, Nicolas | Missa Beati Omnes |
| Górecki | Euntes ibant et flebant |
| Górecki |
Kołyszże się kołysz (from three Polish lullabies) |
| Grieg | Ave maris stella |
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Guerrero, Francisco |
Duo Seraphim clamabant |
| Guerrero, Francisco | Maria Magdalene |
| Guerrero, Pedro | O beata Maria |
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Guest, Douglas |
For the fallen |
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Gutierrez de Padilla, Juan |
Missa Ego flos campi |
| Hakenberger | Exsultate Justi |
| Hallgrímsson, Hafliði | Joseph and the Angel |
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Halsey, Louis |
Balulalow |
| Handel | Messiah |
| Handl, Jacob | Omnes de Saba |
| Harris, Matthew | Shakespeare Songs |
| Harrison, Julius | Open Thy Gates |
| Hatfield, Stephen | African Celebration |
| Haydn | Harmonie Messe |
| Herzogenberg, Heinrich von |
Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn |
| Hillier, Paul | Adam lay ybounden |
| Holst | Nunc Dimittis |
| Holst | Psalm 86 |
| Holst | Turn back, O man |
| Howells, Herbert | Here is the little door |
| Howells, Herbert |
Sing Lullaby |
| Howells, Herbert | Take him earth for cherishing |
| Hunt, Edmund |
Sanctus |
| Hunt, Edmund |
Vita Hominum |
| Jackson, Gabriel | Salus aeterna |
| Jackson, Gabriel | The Truro Service |
| Janequin | Ce moys de May |
| Joel, Billy, arr. Chilcott | And so it goes |
| Karlsen, Kjell Mørk |
O magnum mysterium |
| Kemner, Gerald | Now Shout! |
| Kosma, arr. Ryan O'Connell |
Autumn Leaves |
| Lassus | Jubilate Deo, omnis terra |
| Lassus | Margot labourez les vignes |
| Lassus | Penetential Psalms |
| Lassus | Sicut mater consolatur |
| Lauridsen, Morten | Ave Maria |
| Lauridsen, Morten | O magnum mysterium |
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Lobo, Alonso |
Versa est in luctum |
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Lovell, Percy |
December Rose |
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Lovell, Percy |
Lullaby |
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Macfarren |
Remember me, O Lord |
| Macmillan, James | A Child's Prayer |
| Macmillan, James | The Gallant Weaver |
| Malcolm, George | Missa ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib) |
| Mendelssohn | Ave Maria (a 8) |
| Mendelssohn | Hear my Prayer |
| Mendelssohn | Kyrie (a 8) |
| Mendelssohn | Richte mich, Gott |
| Mozart | Laudate Dominum |
| Mozart | Masonic Cantata |
| Murray, Stuart | Crux fideles |
| Musgrave, Thea | Four Madrigals |
| Nystedt, Knut | Immortal Bach |
| O'Regan, Tariq | Ave Maria |
| O'Regan, Tariq | Locus iste |
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Padilla, Juan Gutiérrez de |
Missa Ego flos campi |
| Palestrina | Missa Brevis |
| Palestrina | Missa Dies Sanctificatus |
| Palestrina | Motets from Canticum Canticorum |
| Palestrina | Stabat Mater |
| Parry, Hubert | Welcome, Yule! |
| Parsons | Ave Maria |
| Pärt, Arvo | Bogoroditse Djevo |
| Patterson, Paul | Salvum fac populum tuum Domine |
| Pearsall |
Caput apri defero |
| Pearsall |
Lay a garland |
| Pearsall |
In dulci jubilo |
| Philips | Ave verum corpus |
| Philips | Gaudeamus omnes |
| Philips | O beatum et sacrosanctum diem |
| Philips | Surgens Jesu |
| Philips | Tibi laus, tibi gloria |
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Poston, Elizabeth |
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree |
| Poulenc, Francis |
Videntes Stellem |
| Praetorius, Hieronymous | In dulci jubilo (a 8) |
| Praetorius, Hieronymous | Magnificat (a 8) |
| Praetorius, Michael |
Wachet auf |
| Praulinš, Ugis |
Missa Rigensis |
| Rachmaninov | Bogoroditse Djevo |
| Rheinberger | Abendfriede |
| Rheinberger | Abendlied |
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Roberton |
All in the April evening |
| Rutter | Come down, O love divine |
| Schubert | Mass in G |
| Sermisy | Au joli bois |
| Sjöberg, Johan–Magnus | Ave maris stella |
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Smith, Andrew |
Pulchra es tu Maria |
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Stainer |
How beautiful upon the mountains |
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Stanford |
Beati quorum via |
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Stanford |
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis [in C, G and A] |
| Stanford | Te Deum and Benedictus in B flat |
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Stanford |
Quick! we have but a second |
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Sullivan |
The long day closes |
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Sweelinck |
Hodie Christus natus est |
| Tallis | Lamentations |
| Tallis | Missa Puer natus est |
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Tavener, John |
Funeral Ikos |
| Tavener, John | Angels |
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Tavener, John |
As one who has slept |
| Tavener, John | Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Collegium Regale |
| Tavener, John | Song for Athene |
| Tschaikovsky | Dostoino est |
| Tschaikovsky | Sviati Bozhe |
| Tippett | Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis - St Johns Service |
| Tippett | Spirituals from A Child of our Time |
| trad. arr Rutter | Cradle Song |
| Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
| Vaughan Williams | Lord, Thou hast been our refuge |
| Vaughan Williams | Three Shakespeare Songs |
| Victoria | Alma redemptoris Mater a 8 |
| Victoria | Ave Maria (a 4) |
| Victoria | Ave Maria (a 8) |
| Victoria | Cum beata Ignatius |
| Victoria | Iste sanctus |
| Victoria | Magnificat primi toni (a 8) |
| Victoria | Missa O magnum mysterium |
| Victoria | Requiem (a 6) |
| Victoria | Sancta Maria, succure miseris |
| Villette, Pierre | Adoro te |
| Villette, Pierre | Hymne à la Vierge |
| Villette, Pierre | O magnum mysterium |
| Walker, Robert | As the apple tree |
| Weelkes | In pride of May |
| Weir, Judith | Two Human Hymns |
| Wesley, S S | Blessed be the God and Father |
| Wesley, S S | Praise the Lord O my soul |
| Wesley, S S | Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace |
| Whitacre, Eric | Lux Aurumque |
| Whitacre, Eric | The Marriage |
| Whitacre, Eric | When David heard |
| arr. Whittaker | Bony at morn |
| Whyte, Robert | O praise God in his holiness (a 8) |
| Wilby, Philip | Three North Country Songs |
| Wood, Charles | Missa Portae Honoris |
| Wood, Charles | View me Lord |