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PAST PERFORMANCES BY THE SINGERS

2003
5 Sep St Mark's Church, Oulton Broad Retiring plate collection for St Mark's Scholarship Fund and the NSPCC.
6 Sep St Edmund's Church, Southwold Charity concert - St Edmund's Building Fund.
11 Oct St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield Fundraising concert for the Society.
22 Nov St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft Charity concert - Waveney Hospice.
27 Nov Britten Centre "Santa's Arrival" - switching on of Lowestoft Christmas lights.
19 Dec St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield "Mistletoe and Wine" - Christmas concert.
22 Dec St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield Part of the Nine Lessons and Carols service.

2004
14 Mar
The Cut, Halesworth Fundraising concert for the Society.
24 Apr St Peter & St John Church, Kirkley Charity concert - South Lowestoft Salvation Army minibus appeal
9 Jul St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield Fundraising concert for the Society and for Vox Jubilate.
6 Nov St Margaret's & All Saints Church Hall, Pakefield Fundraising concert for the Society
20 Nov St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield Charity concert - Pakefield Church Improvement Fund.
8 Dec Trinity Methodist Church, Lowestoft Charity concert - Lowestoft Rotary Club.
9 Dec Britten Centre Christmas shopping night.
19 Dec St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield Part of Nine Lessons and Carols service.

2005
12 Mar
The Cut, Halesworth Fundraising concert for the Society.
16 Apr St Peter & St John Church, Kirkley Charity concert - South Lowestoft Salvation Army minibus appeal. Concert not completed.
2 Jul United Reform Church, Lowestoft Charity concert - United Reform Church "Open Doors" appeal (Artz Promotions).
9 & 10 Sep St Margaret's & All Saints Church Hall Fundraising concert for the Society
8 Oct St Edmunds Church, Southwold Charity concert - "Voices for Hospice" - to support World Hospice Day.
19 Nov
St Peter & St John Church, Kirkley Charity concert - South Lowestoft Salvation Army minibus appeal. A re-run of the concert held on 16 Apr.
24 Nov Trinity Methodist Church, Lowestoft Charity concert - Lowestoft Rotary Club.
9 Dec Marina Theatre, Lowestoft A Christmas concert in conjunction with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beccles Choral Society and Lowestoft Choral Society.
18 Dec St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield Part of Nine Lessons and Carols service.

2006
14 May Snape Concert Hall "Carmina Burana" in conjunction with Beccles Choral Society, boys from St Felix School and soloists from The Guildhall School of Music.
10 Jun St Peter & St John Church, Kirkley Charity concert - South Lowestoft Salvation Army and the African Children's Choir.
14 Oct Carlton Colville Community Centre "Yesterday" - a celebration of the music of the 50s and 60s. A fundraising concert for the Society.
25 Nov “An Evening with the Pakefield Singers”. A charity concert for Lowestoft Rotary given at Trinity Methodist Church.
9 Dec The Pakefield Singers Christmas Concert at Pakefield Church.
17 Dec Carol Singing in streets of Pakefield.
17 Dec The Pakefield Singers sang at the Pakefield Wives Club Christmas Service.
19 Dec The Pakefield Church Christmas Evening Service.

2007
17 March "Here We Go Again" at Uplands Community Centre, fundraising concert for the Danish Tour in May 2007
12 May "Pre-Tour Concert" at St Peter and St John Church, Kirkley, charity concert for South Lowestoft Salvation Army
27 May ARoS Art Gallery / Museum, Aarhus, Denmark.
27 May Immanuelle Baptist Church, Aarhus
28 May St Lukas Church, Aarhus. This was a joint concert with Kor-I-Nord, a choir from Aarhus
11 Aug Kentwell Hall. Last Night of the Proms with Beccles Choral Society and London Gala Concert and conducted by Stephen Bell, with “Carmina Burana” in the first half.
6 Oct Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh. ‘Voices for Hospices 2007’ - to support World Hospice Day, and included most of Vivaldi’s Gloria.
29 Nov St Margarets Church, Lowestoft, “Pakefield Singers at Christmas” with Blythe String
Quartet and Aurora and included all of Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’
7 Dec Marina Theatre, Lowestoft. “Gala Christmas Celebration” with Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by Nick Davies
16 Dec Pakefield Church Carol Service
18 Dec Carol Singing in streets of Pakefield

2008
23 Feb ‘songs old & new’ at St Margaret's & All Saints Church, Pakefield with guests from St Mark’s Church, Oulton Broad
7 June “Hallelujah” at St Peter & St John Church, Kirkley. This was a Charity Concert for the South Lowestoft Salvation Army. This included the first performance by the North Suffolk Youth Choir.

OUR REPERTOIRE to date

Opera
Anvil Chorus - Il Travatore - Verdi
Brindisi - La Traviata – Verdi (in English)
Brindisi - La Traviata – Verdi (in Italian)
Brother Mine - Die Fledermaus - Strauss
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - Nabucco – Verdi (in English)
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - Nabucco – Verdi (in Italian)
Habanera - Carmen - Bizet

Musicals
Selection from Fiddler on the Roof - Harnick & Bock, arr Leavitt
Selection from Les Miserables - Schonberg & Kretzmer
Selection from Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
Selection from Oliver - Lionel Bart
Selection from Phantom of the Opera - Webber & Hart, arr Lojeski
Selection from Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein
Selection from South Pacific - Rogers & Hammerstein

Sacred
A Clare Benediction - Rutter
Alleluia –Boyce, arr Kirk
Alleluja - Buxtehude
Canon in D – Pachelbel, arr Goemanne
Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure (sung in French)
Dona Nobis Pacem - Haydn
For the beauty of the Earth- Rutter
Glory to God - Messiah - Handel
Halleluia Chorus - Messiah - Handel
Holy, Holy, Holy - Handel
His yoke is easy - Messiah - Handel
In Dulci Jubilo – Traditional, arr Dubois
Irish Blessing – Chilcott
O for the wings of a dove - Mendelssohn & Bartholomew
Psalm 23 - Goodhall
Sanctus - Eliasson
Zum Sanctus - (German Mass) - Schubert

Christmas Carols

Coventry Carol
Ding Dong Merrily on high
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
In the Bleak Midwinter
Infant holy, infant lowly
It came upon the midnight clear
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
Linden Tree
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Men From The Fields
Once in Royal David’s City
Shepherd’s Farewell
Still, Still, Still
Sussex Carol
The First Nowell
The holly & the ivy
Torches
Twelve Days of Christmas
We three kings
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We’ve Been Awhile A-Wandering
When a Child is Born
While shepherds watched their flocks by night

Spiritual
Go Down, Moses - Traditional, arr Anon
Go Down, Moses – Traditional, arr L'Estrange
Go tell it on the mountain/He's got the whole world in his hands – Traditional, arr Hudson
I got a robe – Traditional, arr Ehret
Jesu ukukhanya – Botswana Traditional, arr L’Estrange
Li'l David play on yo' harp – Traditional, arr Brown
Oh yes, oh yes – Traditional, arr Brown
Mangwane – African Traditional, arr Wise
Siyahamba – Zulu Traditional, arr Allen
Standing in the need of prayer – Traditional, arr L’Estrange
Ukuthula – Zulu Traditional, arr Wise
Weeping (N'kosi Sikeleli Africa) – Heymann, arr L'Estrange

Disney
Be Our Guest - Beauty & the Beast - Ashman & Menken, arr Emerson
The Bare Necessities - Jungle Book – Gilkyson, arr Leavitt

Carmina Burana – Carl Orff (with Beccles Choral Society)

Gloria (RV589) – Antonio Vivaldi

Miscellaneous
Beatles medley - Lennon & McCartney, arr Lojeski
Catch a falling star - Vance & Pockriss
Every time we say goodbye – Porter, arr Scott
Hallelujah (from ‘Shrek’) – Cohen, arr Johansen
Hamba lulu – Traditional Zulu, arr L’Estrange
Himmelflugt - Hoybye & Traneberg
I believe - Drake, Graham, Shirl & Stillman, arr Ades
I do like to be beside the seaside – Glover & Kind, arr Carter
If we only have love –Shuman, Blau & Brel
Jerusalem – Hubert Parry & William Blake
Land of Hope & Glory – Edward Elgar & A C Benson
Londonderry Air - Traditional Irish & Weatherly, arr Chilcott
Musikanten-Kanon - Rohwer
O hush thee my baby - Traditional Scottish folksong
Perhaps love - Denver
Play a simple melody - Berlin
Rhythm of life - Fields & Coleman, arr Barnes
Rule Britannia – Thomas Arne & James Thomson
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha) Leigh & Darion, arr Ringwald
The Rose - McBroom
The Sound of Hallelujahs – Meuross, arr Houghton/Wise
This is a lovely way to spend an evening - McHugh & Adamson
This Old Man – Traditional English Folk Song
Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) - Linda, arr Dubois
Yours - Sherr & Roig



 
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