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Library
Our
Library page is split into several sections. From
details about forthcoming events to copies of
documents relating to the choir's operation, photos
of the choir, important items of news
and other interesting snippets.
Please
explore using the subsection buttons on the left. |
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THE FIRST HIGHWORTH CHORAL SOCIETY |
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The current Highworth
Choral Society, founded in 1978, is not apparently the
first under that title. We have been given a programme of
"Highworth Choral Society's First Concert", from Friday
July 25th 1941. The
concert was held in the "New School Hall" (Warneford
wasn't yet built, so presumably what is now Southfields
Primary School?) on behalf of the Lord Mayor of Bristol's
War Services Fund for the relief of air raid victims. The
Choir comprised 16 Sopranos, 8 Contraltos, 3 Tenors and 6
Basses, being almost matched by a President, 18
Vice-Presidents and 8 Patrons. The Musical Director was
Mr. C.M. Campbell, B. Mus (Oxon).
The evening started, as
concerts would have done in those days, with the National
Anthem, and continued with:
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Off To The Cruise |
Charles Stanford |
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Sumer is icumen in |
Anon. |
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I Love Thee |
Gustav Holst |
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Sleep |
Richard Walthew |
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In a Harbour Grene |
Hubert Parry |
| Eleanor Warren (Cello) |
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Adagio and Allegro |
John(?) Eccles |
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Serenade from "Hassan" |
Frederick Delius |
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The Wag |
Dorothy Howell |
| Kenneth Ellis(Bass) |
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Three arias from "Maid Marian" |
Campbell |
| Choir: |
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The Emigrant |
Edric Cundell |
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O Can Ye Sew Cushions |
Granville Bantock |
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To Daffodils |
Frederick Cowen |
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If Love Should Brush You |
Richard Walthew |
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| Interval of a mere 10
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Sing We And Chant It |
Thomas Morley |
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Chillingham |
Charles Stanford |
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Sighing Winds |
Richard Walthew |
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Love and Summer |
West |
| Eleanor Warren (Cello) |
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Lullaby |
Cyril Scott |
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Two Pieces |
Herbert Hughes |
| Kenneth Ellis(Bass) |
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"Striking a Humorous Note" |
(Recitation?) |
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Eight Musical Limericks |
Redman |
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As Amoret with Phyllis Sat |
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Country Courting |
Arnold Williams |
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A Cradle Song |
John Ireland |
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John Hielandman |
John Foulds |
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So, probably quite a
long concert, with much material that has, inevitably
maybe, fallen out of musical fashion. The cellist Eleanor
Warren went on to a distinguished career as a cellist and
later as a music producer for the BBC, and lived until
July 2005. A note
at the bottom of the programme says: "The Society hopes to
start its next season in September, when new members will
be cordially welcomed".
But did it ever meet
again? Or were there even earlier Choral Societies in
Highworth? If you can shed any more light on our
predecessors, please contact us. |
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