Music

 Our Repertoire

The choir has a varied repertoire of music which ranges from early music of the 15th century, through to present day composers such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Steve King and Paul Mealor.   Recently the choir have performed Mozart’s Requiem, J. S. Bach’s “St. John Passion”, Monteverdi’s “Vespers”, Handel’s “Messiah”, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia” and many works by early composers such as Gabrieli, Praetorius and Schutz.  The Linton Singers also have a large collection of folk songs, madrigals and Scottish songs in their repertoire.

We have many contacts with local instrumentalists who provide us with fine orchestras for our concerts.

MUSIC THAT HAS BEEN SUNG BY THE LINTON SINGERS

2023

Kyrie (Missa Sine Nomine) – Giovanni Palestrina, arr. J S Bach

Agnus Dei (Mass for Four Voices) – William Byrd

Aurora lucis rutilat – Orlande de Lassus

Benedicam Domino – Robert Johnson

Jubilate Deo – Giovanni Gabrieli

2022

Pastime with Good Company (Henry VIII)

Whoso That Will (Henry VIII)

Hey Trolly Lolly Lo (Henry VIII)

Papageno/Papagena Duet – Mozart

Ca the Yowes – arr. Vaughan Williams

The Turtle Dove – arr. Vaughan Williams

Can’t Buy Me Love – Lennon & McCartney

Obladi Oblada – Lennon & McCartney

On the Street Where you Live – Lerner & Loewe

America – Bernstein

Domine exaudi (Psalm 102), Giovanni Gabrieli

Benedicam Domino – Robert Johnson

Quam multi, Domine (Psalm 3)

Nicht uns Herr (Psalm 115) Heinrich Schutz

Aurora lucis rutilat – Orlande de Lassus

Verleih uns Frieden/Gib unserm Frieden – Heinrich Schutz

Dulcis Jesu – Giovanni Gabrieli

Vivaldi Gloria extracts,

Tabortuznel, Dr Markus Miklos,

Quanta Qualia, Patrick Hawes,

Come Love, let’s walk, anon Scottish 16th century

The Stone,  Words Aonghas MacNeacail, Music Murray Campbell

For the beauty of the earth – arr. Murray Campbell

The Lily and the Rose – Bob Chilcott,

Never Weather-beaten Saile, Thomas Campion,

Since first I saw your face, Thomas Ford

A prayer for Ukraine – Mykola Lysenko,

Medley from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Andrew Lloyd Webber

2020, 2021 (Covid)

2019

Haydn, Joseph – The Creation  

Haynes, Hannah – Cantata for Saint Triduana

Hassler, Hans Leo – Cantate Domino at 12   

Monteverdi, Claudio – Christe adoramus te  

Schutz, Heinrich – Herr, unser Herrscher   

Gabrieli, Giovanni – Kyrie, eleison  

Peebles, David – Si quis diligit me, Descendi in hortum meum, Quam multi Domine   

Tallis, Thomas – O sacrum convivium, If ye love me, Glory to Thee  

Peebles, David, Si quis diligit me  

Anon. Scottish – Remember me, my deir, O Lusty May   

Morley, Thomas – Now is the month of maying   

Tielman Susato, Signum   

   

2018

Mozart – Coronation Mass   

Rossini – Stabat Mater

Heinrich Schütz – Herr, unser Herrscher     

Gabrieli, Giovanni – In ecclesiis  

Hans Leo Hassler – Cantate Domino   

Monteverdi, Claudio – Exultent Caeli  

Tallis, Thomas – Glory to thee, my God, this night, If ye love me  

Morten Lauridsen – Sure on this shining night

Robert Burns – trad. Arr. Murray Campbell – A man’s a Man

Folk Songs – Afton Water, Yarmouth Fair, The Sailor and Young Nancy

2017

Gjeilo, Ola – Sunrise Mass   

Cherubini, Luigi – Requiem in C minor

Songs from the the time of the Union of the Crowns – O lusty May, Descendi in hortum meum, Psalm 43 (David Peebles), The Silver swan (Orlando Gibbons), Sweet Suffolk Owl, (Thomas Vautor), Now is the month of maying (Thomas Morley), Remember me my deir (anon), The time of youth, (John Fethy), April is in my mistress face (Thomas Morley), Weep you no more (John Dowland), With fragrant flowers (Francis Pilkington)

Vivaldi’s Gloria (Scratch performance)

Monteverdi, Claudio – Ave maris stella, Qui laudes tuas cantat,   Pulchra es, Adoramus te, Christe, Exultent caeli

Praetorius, Michael – Aus tiefer Not, Resonet in laudibus, Wie schon leuchtet, In dulci jubilo

2016   

Tielman Susato – Signum  

Hans Leo Hassler – Dixit Maria  

Hans Leo Hassler – Ach! Weh dass Leiden The ThreeWeeks Editors’ Awards

Hans Leo Hassler – Nun fanget an   

David Peebles – Psalm 42  

David Peebles – Si quis diligit me  

Gabrieli, Giovanni – Domine exaudi  

Scottish – O lusty Man, Nou let us sing, Remember me my deir, What mightie motion  

Praetorius, Michael, Uns ist ein Kindlein and Jvom Himmel hoch   

Monteverdi, Claudio – Ave maris stella, Salve Regina and Confitebor tibi Domine                                

Vivaldi, Antonio – Gloria

Hassler, Hans Leo – Dixit Maria

Duruflé Maurice – Requiem

Gilbert & Sullivan – The Pirates of Penzance

2015

Mealor, Paul Love’s As Warm as Tears

Mealor, Paul   Locus Iste

Mealor, Paul The Beatitudes

Mealor, Paul Peace

Lauridsen, Morten  Sure on this Shining Night

Bach, J. S. St. John Passion

King, Steve Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing

Lauridsen, Morten  Nocturnes

Mozart, Wolfgang  Requiem (scratch performance)

2014

Lloyd Webber, Andrew / Tim Rice  Cats

Broadway Musical, arr. Mark Brymer The Lion King

Bardos Lajos (Hungarian) TÁBORTÚZNÉL (At the Camp Fire)

Brahms, Johannes Requiem

Gabrieli, Giovanni  Kyrie eleison

Gabrieli, Giovanni In ecclesiis a 14

Anonym (16th century) Sanctus from Missa Felix Namque

Pachelbel, Johann Singet dem Herm ein neues Lied

Schütz, Heinrich The Christmas Story

Mealor, Paul I Pray

2013

Loewe/Jerner My fair Lady extracts – On the street, With a little bit, I could have danced

Mozart  Magic Flute extracts – Priests’ Chorus, Birdcatcher’s song, Sarastro’s aria, Queen of the Night’s aria  

Bizet Carmen extract – Habanera  

Bernstein/Sondheim West Side Story extracts – Somewhere, America

Gilbert and Sullivan  Mikado extract – Brightly dawns our wedding day  

Schönberg/Kretzmer  Les Miserables extracts – At the end of the day, I dreamed a dream, Castle on a cloud, Do you hear the people sing, On my own, Bring him home.

Susato, Tielman Signum  

Gabrieli, Andrea O sacrum convivium  

Gabrieli, Giovanni Domine exaudi  

Peebles, David Si quis diligit me  

Monteverdi, Claudio Pulchra es

Monteverdi, Claudio  Dixit Dominus (1610 Vespers)  

Hassler, Hans Leo Nun fanget an ein gut’s Liedlein  

Anon. Scottish Nou let us sing, Remember me my deir, In a garden so green, What mighty motion, O lusty May 2013

Monteverdi, Claudio Laudate pueri

Monteverdi, Claudio Confitebor tibi  

Bach, J.S.  Extracts from Mass in B minor

 

2012

Gabrieli, Giovanni Domine exaudi a 10  

Gabrieli, Giovanni Omnes gentes plaudite manibus

Gabrieli, Giovanni In ecclesiis a 14  

Gabrieli, Giovanni Dulcis Jesu a 20  

Hassler, Hans Leo     Verbum caro factum est a 6,     Ach weh das Leiden a 4, Nun fanget an ein gut Liedlein a 4  

Mozart Requiem

 

2011

Faure  Requiem

King, Steve Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing  

Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Alan Bruford  Jubilate in D minor

Gabriel Fauré Requiem  

2010

Bruckner Libera me  

Bruckner Afferentur regi

Bruckner Locus iste

Bruckner Ecce sacerdos  

Praetorius, Michael  Christmas Mass

 

2009

Monteverdi, Claudio  Vespers (1610)  

Verdi, Giuseppe Chorus of the Hebrew slaves (Nabucco)  

2008

Purcell, Henry King Arthur  

Rogers, Keith (1943-2008) Magnificat for Carnlough  

Stevenson, Ronald  The Seventh Beatitude  

Vivaldi Gloria

 

2007

Lambert, Constant Rio Grande  

Schubert, Franz  Mass in G

 

2006

Faure  Cantique de Jean Racine  

Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle  

2005

Handel  Messiah – full work

 

2004

Handel Messiah – extracts  

Scottish selection – joint concert with Orjanskoren

O lusty May, Remember me my dear, Nou let us sing, Mary Morison, Uist tramping song, Auld Lint Mill, What mighty motion and

Lennon McCartney Obladi and When I’m 64, Can’t buy me love.

2003

Cavalli  Magnificat  

Cozzolani, Chiara Margherita  Messa a 4  

Giovanni Gabrielli Domine exaudi  

Monteverdi, Claudio  Excerpts from Vespers of 1610  

Mozart, W.A. Requiem

2002

Schonberg, Claude Michelle  Medley from Les Miserables

2001

Haydn, Joseph  The Creation

2000

Cavalli Messa Concertata  

Monteverdi, Claudio  Vespers  

Stevenson, Ronald Musings by theLyne Water  

Stevenson, Ronald On Another’s Sorrow  

1999

Faure  Requiem  

Poulenc, Francis   Gloria  

1998

Beethoven  Choral Fantasia  

Bruckner  Te Deum  

Mozart, W.A. Ave Verum  

1997

Bernstein, Leonard,  West Side Story  

Gilbert & Sullivan Extracts  

Loewe, Frederick My Fair Lady

Palestrina (arr. Bach) Missa Brevis  

Schubert, Franz  Mass in G  

1996

Barber, Samuel  Agnus Dei  

Holst, Gustav  Christmas Day

Mozart, W.A. Laudate Dominum  

Rossini Stabat Mater  

1995

Bach, J.S. Christmas Oratorio  

Puccini, Giacomo Messe Di Gloria  

Vivaldi Gloria  

1994

Britten, Benjamin  Ceremony of Carols  

Byrd  Mass for Four Voices

Haazen, Guido  Congolese style Mass “Missa Luba”  

Handel  Dixit Dominus  

1993

Bach, J.S.  Cantata 106  

Schubert, Franz Four Part songs

Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs  

1992

Bruford, Alan I am of Ireland

Monteverdi, Claudio Ave Maris Stella  

Vaughan Williams Dark eyed sailor

John Rutter Bushes and Briars  

John Rutter  Bobby Shaftoe

Scottish – Dashing White Sergeant, Mary Morison, Uist Tramping Song Offenbach  Opening Chorus of La Vie Parisienne, Bold Gendarmes,   La Belle Fille, Joie de vie

Gilbert & Sullivan  Chorus of fairies – Iolanthe, Brightly Dawns our Wedding Day – Mikado, No possible doubt whatever  

Andrew Lloyd Webber Cats – Memory  

West Side Story  

1991   

Scottish – Dashing White Sergeant, Eriskay Love Lilt, Mary Morison Bonnie Dundee,  The Auld Lint Mill, Remember me my deir,

Uist Tramping Song

Madrigals – Fair Phyllis, Phyllis Farewell, April is, Never Weather Beaten

Gilbert and Sullivan – Brightly Dawns, Strange Adventure,

Regular Royal Queen, Cachucha

Miscellaneous  – O Waly, Waly, West Side Story, Little David, Kum Ba Yah, Gospel Train , Lennon McCartney  Can’t Buy Me Love, When I’m 64, Obladi

Gilbert and Sullivan I Stole the Prince,  

Mozart, W.A.  Requiem Mass

Gabrieli, Andrea  O sacrum convivium  

Gabrieli, Giovanni,  In ecclesiis  

Monteverdi, Claudio Confitebur tibi, Domine

Gabrieli, Giovanni,  Domine exsaudi orationem meam  

Offenbach The Opening Chorus from Act I of La Vie Parisienne,

Bold Gendarmes, and Joie de Vie

Lloyd Webber, Andrew Memory, Cats

Vaughan Williams The Dark Eyed Sailor , Bushes and Briars

David Willcocks  Bobby Shaftoe

Cesar Geoffray La Belle Fille

Rogers arr.  I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing  

Murray Campbell Follow the Star

1990

Alan Bruford I am of Ireland, Justify all those Renowned Generations, Running to Paradise – first performance

Mozart, W.A.  Coronation Mass K317  

Scottish –  Dashing White Sergeant, Eriskay Love Lilt, Mary Morison,

Bonnie Dundee,   Remember me my deir, Uist Tramping Song  

Madrigals Fair Phyllis, Phyllis Farewell, April is…, Never Weather Beaten,  Dear Love, Say gentle nymphs

O Waly, Waly, Strange adventure, Cachucha, Can’t buy me love,

Bridge over troubled water, West Side Story

Praetorius, Michael – The Son of God a Child is Born  

Praetorius, Michael – Est Ist Ein Rös