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A Summer Serenade: Concert by the South London Singers.
To borrow roughly the words of Cole Porter, the South London Singers would like to invite you to ‘Another Openin’, Another Show’ namely our Summer Concert - a feast of varied music written between the 16th and 20th centuries, illustrating how many different atmospheres can be conjured up in shorter choral works.
It will be ‘Summertime’ according to Gershwin’s reassuring lullaby, whatever the weather, though Elgar set words about ‘Torrents in Summer’.
Hopefully you may have enjoyable summer travels to look forward to, so why not come with us and Vaughan Williams to ‘Linden Lea’ and’ with Elgar, to where ‘My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land’.
Indeed, matters of the heart feature also in Stephen Foster’s happy invitation to ‘Come where my love lies dreaming’. In John Farmer’s madrigal, Amyntas has a time of it trying to find his ‘Fair Phyllis’ whilst C.Carson Parks’ proponent in ‘Somethin’ Stupid’ struggles to find the right words (the S.L.S. hope not to have this problem however!) Fortunately, the character in Rogers and Hart’s ‘Blue Moon’ is, it seems, at last successful in his (or her) pursuit.
More reflectively, Thomas Tallis’ beautiful short piece ‘If Ye Love Me’ concerns religious love and we hear the sad tale of the ‘Silver Swan ‘ (by Wilbye) - she finds her voice too late (again, we hope not to have this problem ourselves!)
Even with the earlier starting time for this concert (7 p.m.), Night will be beginning to reveal itself as we come to the end of the concert. We have included three temporal pieces: one by Wilbye who wishes ‘Sweet Night’ to draw on and relieve his cares (we hope our programme will have helped with any you may have); Sir Arthur Sullivan’s setting of ‘The Long Day Closes’ and the third by Cole Porter whose character is thinking of his love wherever he travels and whatever the time of ‘Night and Day’.
This concert will be conducted by our Director of Music, Christopher Braime. Jack Stone will accompany.
It will be ‘Summertime’ according to Gershwin’s reassuring lullaby, whatever the weather, though Elgar set words about ‘Torrents in Summer’.
Hopefully you may have enjoyable summer travels to look forward to, so why not come with us and Vaughan Williams to ‘Linden Lea’ and’ with Elgar, to where ‘My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land’.
Indeed, matters of the heart feature also in Stephen Foster’s happy invitation to ‘Come where my love lies dreaming’. In John Farmer’s madrigal, Amyntas has a time of it trying to find his ‘Fair Phyllis’ whilst C.Carson Parks’ proponent in ‘Somethin’ Stupid’ struggles to find the right words (the S.L.S. hope not to have this problem however!) Fortunately, the character in Rogers and Hart’s ‘Blue Moon’ is, it seems, at last successful in his (or her) pursuit.
More reflectively, Thomas Tallis’ beautiful short piece ‘If Ye Love Me’ concerns religious love and we hear the sad tale of the ‘Silver Swan ‘ (by Wilbye) - she finds her voice too late (again, we hope not to have this problem ourselves!)
Even with the earlier starting time for this concert (7 p.m.), Night will be beginning to reveal itself as we come to the end of the concert. We have included three temporal pieces: one by Wilbye who wishes ‘Sweet Night’ to draw on and relieve his cares (we hope our programme will have helped with any you may have); Sir Arthur Sullivan’s setting of ‘The Long Day Closes’ and the third by Cole Porter whose character is thinking of his love wherever he travels and whatever the time of ‘Night and Day’.
This concert will be conducted by our Director of Music, Christopher Braime. Jack Stone will accompany.
Saturday 12 July
To avoid disappointment, please obtain your ticket in advance via our website. Any spares will be on sale at the door.Time of concert 19:00 to approximately 21:00.
Standard ticket £15 with reductions for Friends Members.
Under 12s free and 12-18 year-olds half price.
There will be a short interval during which drinks will be available.
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