Voices on the Wind Four of a Kind A choral journey inspired by nature
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Voices on the Wind
Four of a Kind
A choral journey inspired by nature
Saturday 20th March, 7.30pm
Programme
§ The Ground – Ola Gjeilo, from The Sunrise Mass
Introduced by Johnny
o The Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre, text by Rudyard Kipling
o We Shall Walk Through the Valley – Traditional spiritual, arranged by
Udine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
o Northern Lights – Ola Gjeilo
Introduced by Laurel
o For the Beauty of the Earth – John Rutter, text by F.S. Pierpoint
o Earth Song – Frank Ticheli
o Ballade to The Moon – Daniel Elder, from Three Nocturnes
o Calme des nuits – Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Solos by Guy, Richard and Hilary
§ To Spring – Edvard Grieg, from Lyric Pieces, Book III, Op. 43, No.6
§ The Heather on the Hill – Lerner & Loewe, from Brigadoon (1954)
§ Spring Song – Felix Mendelssohn, from Songs without Words, Op. 62, No.6
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There will be no interval
Introduced by Hilary
o Sure On This Shining Night – Morten Lauridsen, text by James Agee
o The Evening Primrose – Benjamin Britten (1913-1973), text by John
Clare (1793-1864), from Five Flower Songs, Op. 47, No.4
o The Lily and the Rose – Traditional, arranged by Bob Chilcott
Introduced by Richard
o Mr. Blue Sky (ELO) – Jeff Lynne, arranged by R. Emerson
o Fields of Gold – G.M. Sumner, arranged by R. Emerson
o You’ll Never Walk Alone – Rogers & Hammerstein, from Carousel
o The Wellerman (The Longest Johns) – Traditional sea shanty from New
Zealand, arranged by Laurel Neighbour
Please join in with the refrain:
Soon may the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and tea and rum!
One day when the tonguin’ is done
We’ll take our leave and go!
§ Voice on the Wind – Sarah Quartel (recorded remotely)
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Four of a Kind
Four of a Kind was formed in October 2020 when four friends came together to share their
We’ll Make Music programme at the Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre. Hilary, Richard, and
Jonathan met at Royal Holloway and sang with Laurel at St Martin-in-the-Fields. During
these unprecedented times they have been delighted to be able to sing together, including at
their Candlelit Carol Concert in December 2020, and to a new online audience.
To join our mailing list for future events, please follow this link:
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Hilary Cronin: Soprano
www.hilarycronin-soprano.co.uk
Hilary was a semi-finalist in the prestigious 2020 Kathleen Ferrier
Awards. Since undertaking post-graduate studies at Trinity Laban
Conservatoire she has worked with English Touring Opera, Neville
Holt Opera, and will be singing roles for British Youth Opera and
Dunedin Consort in 2021. She is a current member of St Martin’s
Voices, Seraphim, and Echo, and sings in the choir at St Bartholomew-
the-Great. She lives in Surbiton and most enjoys eating other people’s
lockdown baking creations.
Laurel Neighbour: Mezzo-soprano
www.laurelneighbour.com
Laurel is a dynamic and versatile singer and musical director and has
sung with groups such as St Martin’s Voices at St Martin in the Fields,
National Portrait Gallery Choir, London Contemporary Orchestra
and Gareth Malone’s Voices. She also leads the London Humanist
Choir and staff choirs at King’s College London and Islington
Council, as well as teaching singing in primary schools for Voices
Foundation in her private studio (shed). In her spare-time she can be
found walking her pet chihuahua around the parks of South London.
Richard Robbins: Tenor
www.richardrobbinstenor.com
Tenor Richard Robbins sings with ‘irresistible baritone softness’
according to Classical Source, and has just been appointed a Young Artist
for the City Music Foundation 2020-22. Richard has recently
collaborated with Ante Terminum Productions for his portrayal of the
Madwoman in Britten’s Curlew River, with the Spectator describing his
acting to be ‘expertly judged.’ Richard has held Young Artist positions
with Handel House, Leeds Lieder, Oxford Lieder, Brighton Early Music
held a Fellowship with St. Martin-in-the-Fields. This has led to workshops and masterclasses
with artists such as Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Felicity Lott, Mark Padmore CBE, John Mark -
Ainsley OBE, Roger Vignoles and Ann Murray. His Granny likes his hair long: she says it
makes him look like war poet Rupert Brooke.
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Jonathan Kilhams: Bass
www.jonathankilhams.com
Jonathan is a local conductor and teacher running choirs for children
and adults of all ages. He recently set up The Riverhouse Barn Virtual
Choir during lockdown to keep people singing through this turbulent
time, although they have never met in person, they have produced two
recordings. He also conducts Walton Voices, Weybridge Male Voice
Choir, Harmonia Voices and is the music teacher at one of our local
primary schools, Cleves in Oatlands. Jonathan enjoys hockey, running,
and spending time with his rescue budgie, Bean!
Guy Murgatroyd: Piano
www.guymurgatroyd.com
British pianist Guy Murgatroyd enjoys an international
reputation as a soloist, song pianist, répétiteur, and coach. He
has studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and as a
post-graduate at the Royal Academy of Music in London
under Michael Dussek. He has recently performed as a soloist
at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and St
Martin-in-the-Fields and is Musical Director for independent
London company Opera Rogue.
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Texts
The Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre, text by Rudyard Kipling
Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o'er the combers, looks downward to find us,
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Oh weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas!
Asleep in the arms
Of the slow swinging seas!
Earth Song – Frank Ticheli
Sing, be, live, see
This dark stormy hour
The wind, it stirs
The scorched Earth cries out in vain
Oh war and power, you blind and blur
The torn heart cries out in pain
But music and singing have been my refuge
And music and singing shall be my light
A light of song, shining strong
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Through darkness and pain and strife
I'll sing, I'll be, live, see
Peace.
Ballade to the Moon – Daniel Elder
On moonlit night I wander free,
my mind to roam on thoughts of thee.
With midnight darkness beckoning
my heart toward mystic fantasy:
Come, dream in me!
How beautiful, this night in June,
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And here, upon the velvet dune;
I weep with joy beneath the moon.
The path lies dark before my sight,
And yet, my feet with pure delight
trod onward through the blackened vale
beneath the starry sky so bright.
O, share thy light!
These woods, their weary wanderer soon
in awe and fearful wonder swoon;
I weep with joy beneath the moon.
And as the darkened hours flee,
my heart beats ever rapidly.
Though heavy hang my eyes with sleep,
my singing soul, it cries to thee:
Come, sing with me!
The twinkling sky casts forth its tune—
O, must I leave thy charms so soon?
I weep with joy beneath the moon
Texts
Calme des nuits – Camille Saint-Saëns
Calme des nuits, Stillness of the night,
Fraîcheur des soirs, Cool of the evening,
Vaste scintillement des mondes, Vast shimmering of the spheres,
Grand silence des antres noirs Great silence of black vaults
Vous charmez les âmes profondes. Deep thinkers delight in you.
L'éclat du soleil, la gaité, The bright sun, merriment,
Le bruit plaisent aux plus futiles; And noise amuse the more frivolous;
Le poète seul est hanté Only the poet is possessed
Par l'amour des choses tranquilles. By the love of quiet things.
Sure On This Shining Night – Morten Lauridsen, text by James Agee
Sure on this shining night
Of star made shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground.
The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
6Hearts all whole.
Sure on this shining night
I weep for wonder wand'ring far
alone of shadows on the stars.
The Evening Primrose – Benjamin Britten,
text by John Clare
When once the sun sinks in the west,
And dewdrops pearl the evening's breast;
Almost as pale as moonbeams are,
Or its companionable star,
The evening primrose opes anew
Its delicate blossoms to the dew;
And, hermit-like, shunning the light,
Wastes its fair bloom upon the night,
Who, blindfold to its fond caresses,
Knows not the beauty it possesses;
Thus it blooms on while night is by;
When day looks out with open eye,
Bashed at the gaze it cannot shun,
It faints and withers and is gone.
The Lily and the Rose – Traditional,
arranged by Bob Chilcott
The maidens came when I was in my mother's bower,
I had all that I would.
The bailey bareth the bell away
The lily, the rose, the rose I lay.
The silver is white, red is the gold,
The robes they lay in fold.
The bailey bareth the bell away
The lily, the rose, the rose I lay.
And through the glass window
shines the sun,
How should I love, and I so young.
The bailey bareth the bell away
The lily, the rose, the rose I lay.
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