Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Choral Society
Dean Close Harmony, Dean Close Voices
CHAPEL CHOIR
- Approximately 65 auditioned members
- Leads the music for School Chapel services
- Sings Evensong in St Paul’s Cathedral and Tewkesbury Abbey each year
- In 2013 the choir led the singing in the Drumhead Service at the Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Albert Hall, in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, which was broadcast on BBC1
- Many former members of the choir have gone on to hold Oxbridge or Cathedral Choral Scholarships
REPERTOIRE SINCE 2015 HAS INCLUDED:
Bruckner Os justi
Bruckner Christus factus est
Byrd Mass for Four Voices
Byrd Praise our Lord, all ye gentiles
Elgar The Spirit of the Lord
Elgar Give unto the Lord
Finzi Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice
Finzi God is gone up
Gowers Viri galilei
Howells Gloucester Service
Martin (OD) Alleluia: Caro mea
Monteverdi Cantate Domino
Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Parry My Soul there is a Country
Sanders The Reproaches
Stanford For lo, I raise up
Stanford Evening Service in A major
Tippett Five Negro Spirituals
Vaughan Williams O clap your hands
Weir My Guardian Angel
COMMISSIONS
- Each year the School commissions a Christmas Carol
- Recent commissions for the choir include:
- Archer As I sat on a Sunny Bank
- Bednall Alleluya, a new work is come on hand
- Briggs Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang
- Chilcott The Night He was Born
- Cox Three are the Precious Gifts
- Goodall Veni Sancte Spiritus
- Hewitt Jones Verbum Caro Factum est
- Ives Susanni
- Lavino Before the Paling of the Stars
- Martin Alleluia: Caro Mea
- Martin The Fifth Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis)
- Moore Into a quiet world
- Muhly A Song on the Nativity
- Panufnik Heavenly Harmony
- Wilby Moonless Darkness
CHAMBER CHOIR
- Approximately 25 members drawn from the more experienced singers in the school
- Gives concerts at Dean Close and in various local churches
- Regular trips to perform Evensong in Oxbridge Colleges
RECENT REPERTOIRE HAS INCLUDED:
Britten Hymn to St Cecilia
Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass
Copland American Songs
Dove Ecce Beatam Lucem
Elgar They are at rest
Finzi My spirit sang all day
Gorecki Totus tuus
Handel Israel in Egypt
Harris Faire is the Heaven
Howells Hymn for St Cecilia
Lassus Missa Bel amfitrit altera
Lauridsen Sure on this shining night
Lukaszewski Nunc Dimittis
Macmillan Ave maris stella
Rheinberger Cantus Missae
Shearing Shakespeare Songs
Stanford Songs of Farewell
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
CHORAL SOCIETY
- Comprises pupils, staff, parents and friends of the School
- One performance per year, usually in the Lent Term, in the Pittville Pump Room, Tewkesbury Abbey or Dean Close Memorial Chapel
RECENT REPERTOIRE HAS INCLUDED:
Handel Coronation Anthems
Handel Messiah
Haydn Nelson Mass
Haydn The Creation
Jenkins The Armed Man
Mozart Requiem
Orff Carmina Burana
DEAN CLOSE HARMONY
- A cappella group of up to 16 experienced singers
- Wide range of secular and sacred repertoire
- Performs both in and out of School
DEAN CLOSE VOICES
- Non-auditioned choir
- Focus on secular repertoire