English Choral Song

From Rutter’s settings of traditional folk songs to Shearing’s settings of Shakespeare with a jazz twist, the repertoire of English song offered a rich and varied musical delight.

The programme included:

• Music to Hear - George Shearing
• Five Traditional Songs - arr. John Rutter
• Songs of Farewell - Humphrey Clucas
• Magdalen at Michael's Gate - H. Walford Davies
• The Pretty Birds do Sing - Roger Quilter
• Die Nachtigall - Felix Mendelssohn
• The Goslings - Sir Frederick Bridge.