1000 Years of Bs
About the concert
Our concert on 10 March 2018 celebrated the music of composers whose surnames begin with the Letter B!
Our programme was:
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| — | — |
| O Ignee Spiritus & O Virtis Sapientiae | Hildegard of Bingen |
| Virga Jesse Floruit | Anton Bruckner |
| Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence | Edward Bairstow |
| Sudden Light | David Bednall |
| Il Pastor Fido, Sonata in G minor Op.13/6 performed by Andy Jackson (recorders) | Antonio Vivaldi |
| And I Saw a New Heaven | Edgar Bainton |
| Ach, Arme Welt & Geistliches Lied | Johannes Brahms |
| Aber Ich Elend | Johannes Brahms |
| Reincarnations | Samuel Barber |
| Wenn Wir in Höchsten Nöten Sein | J.S. Bach |
| Sonatina, Op.121 performed by Andy Jackson (recorders) | York Bowen |
| O Weary Hearts & The Bee | Frank Bridge |
| Lobet den Herrn with Stephen Davies (organ) | J.S. Bach |
Programme
- Hildegard von Bingen — O Ignee Spiritus
- Hildegard von Bingen — O Virtus Sapientiæ
- Anton Bruckner — Virga Jesse Floruit
- Edward Bairstow — Let all mortal flesh keep silence
- David Bednall — Sudden Light
- Antonio Vivaldi — Il Pastor Fido, Sonata in G Minor, Op.13/6
- Edgar Bainton — And I Saw a New Heaven
- Johannes Brahms — Ach, Arme Welt
- Johannes Brahms — Geistliches Lied
- Johannes Brahms — Ich Aber Bin Elend
- Samuel Barber — Reincarnations (Mary Hynes; Anthony O’Daly; The Coolin)
- Johannes Brahms — Wenn Wir in Höchsten Nöten Sein
- Edwin York Bowen — Sonatina, Op.121
- Frank Bridge — Part-Songs (O Weary Hearts, The Bee)
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Lobet den Herrn
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.
Stephen Davies
Stephen Davies, a former chorister of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and Music Scholar of Queen’s College, Oxford, was awarded a scholarship by the Austrian Institute to study with the great organist and composer Anton Heiller at the Academy of Music in Vienna. He has since been active both in the field of music education – particularly at St Olave’s School, Orpington, where he was Director of Music for seventeen years – and as an organ recitalist. In this capacity he has given concerts in major venues throughout Europe, in New York and in New Zealand. In 2017 he gave concerts in Estonia, Germany, and Norway, and last year he performed in King’s College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He founded the Sine Nomine Singers in 1994 and conducted this chamber choir for almost 20 years, giving concerts in local venues as well as in Estonia, France and Germany. He was Director of Music here at St George’s from 2002 to 2016.
From the programme of 15 October 2022.
Andy Jackson
Andy Jackson grew up in Sidcup and as a self-taught musician was encouraged by his school music teacher to audition for music college whilst taking his A-levels. He studied recorder, composition and the piano and was lucky to study with the virtuoso Piers Adams (Red Priest) and the Baroque flautist and recorder player Rachael Moss, graduating with a BMus in Performance and a second study in Composition. During this time he became interested in the 20th century recorder repertoire and in particular improvisation. Under the influence of Douglas Finch he took part in many concerts involving audience participation and was a finalist in the Continuum Ensembles intercollegiate improvisation competition. Since the early 2000s Andy has built a career in human resources and is currently the Human Resources Director of the Behavioural Insights Team. He joined the Sine Nomine Singers in September 2017 and this is his second concert, and the first playing the recorder in a long time!
From the programme of 10 March 2018.
The choir
Sopranos
- Kathryn Bartlett
- Jenny Burgess
- Emma Collins
- Anne Greenidge
- Nancy Khan
- Karen Mackintosh
- Katie Mackintosh
- Sue Thompson
Altos
- Catherine Crabtree
- Fiona Davey
- Natalie Robinson
- Jill Saudek
- Isobel Whelan
- Carol Whinnom
Tenors
- Ralph Barlow
- Nick Eastwood
- Martin Fosten
- Keith Giles
- Andy Jackson
- Matthew Price
- Nick Stein
Basses
- Alex Callard
- Charlie Crabtree
- James Loader
- Bob Pruden
- Clive Richards
- Peter Thompson