Sound bites

What we sound like: some good, some not

Our past-Chairman, Hilary Rowland, sings the second soprano part in the soprano duet I waited for my Lord from Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise.
From Mozart's Requiem, Lacrimosa recorded in Boston Spa Parish Church.
From Handel's Messiah He trusted in God
From Handel's Messiah Since by man
Rehearsing Linden Lea, by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Extracts from Brahms' German Requiem (sung in English)
- 1st Movement
- 2nd Movement
- 5th Movement with soprano soloist Samantha Hay.
Extract from Christopher Steel's Symphonia Sacra, sung in Middle English.
Two movements from The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins:
- Save me from Bloody Men
- God shall wipe away all tears.
Finally, some extracts from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus:
- John singing the countertenor part in Movement 53: Father of Heaven
- John Dunford sings the tenor part in Movement 60: Sing unto God and high affections raise

These extracts were recorded at rehearsals. They show that our first attempts do not always go as well as we might have wished.

The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins Charge!
Rehearsing Haydn's Creation - John sings the soprano solo parts, while the rest of us tag on.
- Movement 18a The Lord is great, and great his might
- The chorus from Movement 27, By thee with bliss
Note-bashing at the start of a Messiah rehearsal; John purifies the basses