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| Wyndcliffe Voices, founded by Philip Drew in 1990, is a choir of around 20 - 25 voices. Their repertoire is biased towards Renaissance polyphony but music from other periods, particularly the 20th century English choral tradition, also figures in their performances. They perform at concerts, church services and specially created meditations of music and words particularly for the seasons of Passiontide and Advent. The choir is always open to invitations to perform in churches particularly and is especially keen to perform for concerts to raise money for charitable purposes including church organ and fabric funds. Please contact Philip Drew for details.
An off-shoot of the choir is the early music instrumental group Lazy Lane Mynstrells founded in 2003 now containing recorders, crumhorns, cornamuses, viols, rebec, hurdy-gurdy and percussion. The group contains several members of Wyndcliffe Voices and usually performs at concerts given by the choir but they played at Holy Spirit Vicarage Garden party on 10th July 2010. See picture below.
Forthcoming events.
Sunday 20th December 2011
St Saviour's Church, Stamshaw, Portsmouth 18:30
Feast of Title Solemn Mass
Setting: Schubert in G (Kyrie and Gloria: St Thomas Mass by David Thorne)
Motet: 'O salutaris hostia' Rossini
Saturday 18th February 2012
Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth
Evensong 18:00 (Music to be confirmed)
Responses: Byrd
Setting: Tallis Latin alternim
Anthem: 'Exultate Deo' Palestina
Advance dates - music to be confirmed
Palm Sunday 1st April 2012
Holy Spirit Church, Southsea
Passion Meditation in Words and Music 18:30
Saturday 16th June 2012
Holy Trinity Church, Gosport 19:30
Concert as part of series celebrating re-opening of restored Jordan/Hill organ
Programmes for Recent Events. Thursday 30th June 2011
Holy Spirit Church Southsea 19:30
Margaret Harley Memorial Concert
Taunton's College String Quartet
String Quartet in G K387 1st mvt Mozart
Wyndcliffe Voices Kate Macpherson (organ)* Philip Drew (conductor)Laudibus in sanctis Byrd
Ah, Helpless wretch William Mundy*
What is our life Gibbons
Catherine Nicholson (flute) and Karen Kingsley (piano)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo) Gluck
Taunton's College Brass Quintet
Largo (Serse) Handel
A short medley of film themes arr James Gray
Wyndcliffe Voices
Justorum animae Byrd
Ave maria Parsons
Bogoroditsye Dyevo Rachmaninov
Karen Kingsley (piano)
Jeux d'Eau Ravel
Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano) Elizabeth Kenny (lutes)
Exulta filia Sion Montiverdi
In this trembling shadow cast Dowland
Author of Light Campion
Never weather-beaten sail Campion
Peaceful is he and most secure Blow
Music for a while Purcell
An Evening Hymn Purcell
Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Wyndcliffe Voices, Kate Macpherson (organ) Philip Drew (conductor)Laudate Dominum Mozart
Wyndcliffe Voices with Dame Emma Kirkby at the Margaret Harley Memorial Concert
in Holy Spirit Church Southsea. Thursday 30th June 2011.
Palm Sunday 17th April 2011
Holy Spirit Church, Southsea 18:30
The Passion according to St Mark by Charles Wood
Organ: Philip Bailey
Evangelist: Malcolm Keeler
Christus: Sean Kanavan
2010
Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May at St Stephen's Bournemouth 15:30
Choral Evensong - part of the May Festival 2010
Introit: Ave Maria Robert Parsons
Responses: Philip Drew 1st setting (1980)
Canticles: The First Service Robert Parsons
Anthem: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace S. S. Wesley
Saturday 26th June at Holy Trinity Gosport 19:30
Concert in aid of the restoration fund for the 1720 Jordan/ 1890 Hill organ
A Celebration of Centenaries
Composers born 1510
Clemens non papa Ave maria
Andrea Gabrielli Angeli, archangeli
Antonio de Cabezón Beata viscera Mariae virginis (organ solo)
Composers born 1560
Felice Anerio Christus factus est
Ludovico Viadana Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from Missa 'Sine nomine'
Exultate justi
Composers born 1710
Giovanni Pergolesi O sacrum convivium
William Boyce Where shall wisdom be found
Voluntary I in D (organ solo)
Thomas Arne Behold the rose of Sharon
Where the bee sucks (solo)
Blow, blow thou winter wind (solo)
Rule Britannia (solo and chorus)
Composers born 1810
Robert Schumann Heidenröslein
John Anderson
Bänkelsänger Willie
Sketches for Pedal Piano 1. C minor, 2. C major (organ solo)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley Ascribe unto the Lord
Choral Song (organ solo)
Blessed be the God and Father
Saturday 11th September at St Peter's Northney, Hayling Island 19:00
Live, laugh and love. A celebration and commemoration of those who lost their lives in the Twin Towers followed by Champagne reception. Admission £10
The music will be interspersed with readings including John Donne, Thomas Hardy and Khalil Gibran.
God be in my head Walford Davies
The Quiet City Aaron Copland (cornet and organ)
Hymn: The day thou gavest
I heard a voice Tomkins
In Paradisum from Requiem Fauré
Dirge Attwood (Organ solo)
My soul there is a country Parry
Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré
Prière à Notre Dame Boëllmann (Organ solo)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo Rachmaninov
Lacrymosa from Requiem Mozart
Hymn: Rejoice in God's Saints
Greater Love Ireland
The Lord bless you and keep you Rutter
Hymn: Thine be the Glory
Saturday 23rd October at St Peter's Titchfield 19:30
Concert of renaissance vocal and instrumental music sacred and secular with the Lazy Lane Mynstrells. (Organ played by Philip Drew)
All creatures now are merry, merry minded John Bennett
Come gentle swains Michael Cavendish
Fair nymphs, I heard one telling John Farmer
La Bounette, The chained wight, I smile to see how you devise, La Doune cella Mulliner Book (LLM)
Carmen in Fa Heinrich Isaac (LLM)
La Bergamesca Gasparro Zanetti (LLM)
Weep, O mine eyes John Bennett
Weep, weep mine eyes John Wilbye
English Ballads anon (LLM)
1. Strawberry leaves, 2. Daphne, 3. Courante (Light of Love), 4. Tantz (All ye who love)
Fyer, fyer Thomas Morley
Sweet Suffolk owl Thomas Vautor
Sing we and chant it Thomas Morley
Pieces from Carmina Germanica et Gallica (LLM)
1. Frisch und frölich wölln leben. 2. Nur leichtsinning. 3. Ces veus chanter. 4. Gallicum quiddam.
5. Amy souffrez
Come away, sweet love Thomas Greaves
Flora gave me fairest flowers John Wilbye
Hark, all ye lovely saints Thomas Weelkes
Clarifica me pater (No.3) William Byrd (organ)
Tu es Petrus Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
Ave maria Josquin Desprez
O quam gloriosum Tomás Luis de Victoria
A Fancy and A Voluntary Thomas Tomkins (organ)
Tallis's Canon (Voices, Mynstrells, organ and audience!) with canonic descant by Philip Drew
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