CAROLS BY
CANDLELIGHT
Sunday 6 December 2015
Church of Our Lady
Kings Road, Fleet
COMPLIMENTARY
PROGRAMME
www.pth.org.uk
www.hartvoices.org.uk
Retiring Collection: Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
present
Carols by Candlelight
Roy Rashbrook, Conductor
Michael Whytock, Organ & Associate Conductor
Carol with procession: Once in Royal David’s City
1. (Solo) Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattleshed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
4. For He is our childhood's pattern,
Day by day like us He grew,
He was little, weak, and helpless,
Tears and smiles like us He knew:
and He feeleth for our sadness,
And He shareth in our gladness.
2. (Choir) He came down to earth from Heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall.
With the poor and mean and lowly
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
5. And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeming love,
For that child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in Heaven above;
And He leads His children on
to the place where He is gone.
3. (All) And through all His wondrous childhood
He would honour and obey,
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
In whose gentle arms He lay:
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as He.
6. Not in that poor lowly stable,
with the oxen standing by,
we shall see Him; but in Heaven,
Set at God's right hand on high;
When like stars His children crowned
all in white shall wait around.
Isaiah foretells Christ’s birth and kingdom:
Choir
Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
A Babe is Born All of a May
Annunciation:
Choir
Bible Reading
Poston
Matthias
Bible Reading
A maiden most gentle
Gabriel’s Message
St Luke 1:26-35 & 38
Carter
Basque Trad., Arr. Willcocks
Journey to Bethlehem and Birth:
Bible Reading
Choir
R. R. Terry
Rutter
Myn Lyking
Nativity Carol
Isaiah 9:2 & 6-7
St Luke 2:1-7
Carol: See Amid the Winter’s Snow
1. See amid the winter’s snow,
Born for us on earth below;
See the tender Lamb appears,
Promis’d from eternal years:
Hail, thou ever blessed morn!
Hail, redemption’s happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
2. Lo, within the manger lies
He who built the starry skies;
He who, throned in height sublime,
Sits amid the cherubim
Hail, thou ever blessed morn…
3. Say, ye holy shepherds, say
What your joyful news today;
Wherefore have ye left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep?
4. ‘As we watched at dead of night,
Lo, we saw a wondrous light;
Angels singing “Peace on earth”
Told us of the Saviour’s birth’.
Hail, thou ever blessed morn . . .
5. Sacred Infant, all divine,
What a tender love was thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this!
Hail, thou ever blessed morn . . .
6. Teach, O teach us, Holy Child,
By thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble thee,
In thy sweet humility:
Hail, thou ever blessed morn …
Hail, thou ever blessed morn…
Guest Choir:
Crondall Primary School & Parsonage Farm Infants School
Conductor: Carolyn Smith
We Three Kings
A Gift Called Love
Nikki Lewis
Peter Fardell
Carol: Away in a Manger
1. Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;
The stars in the bright sky
looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus
asleep on the hay.
3. Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay
Close by me for ever, and love me I pray.
Bless all the dear children
in thy tender care
And fit us for heaven,
to live with thee there.
2. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus!
Look down from the sky,
And stay by my side
until morning is nigh.
Interval: 20 minutes
Please join us for mince pies & refreshments
Carol: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
1. Hark the herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled”
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
“Christ is born in Bethlehem”
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”
2. Christ by highest heav’n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a Virgin's womb
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”
3. Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings
Ris’n with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”
The Shepherds Hear Glad Tidings:
Bible Reading
Reading
St Luke 2:8-14
While Shepherds Watched
Margaret Deland
Choir
The Sussex Carol Trad. arr. Willcocks
In Dulci Jubilo
Pearsall
Kings + Gifts:
Bible Reading
Reading
St Matthew 2:1-12
The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus
Ogden Nash
Christmas Greenery:
Choir
Sans Day Carol
Rutter
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem
1. O little town of Bethlehem
how still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting light
The hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
3. (Choir Only) How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is giv'n!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heav'n.
No ear may hear his coming;
but in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
2. O morning stars, together
proclaim the Holy birth,
and praises sing to God the King
and peace to men on earth;
For Christ is born of Mary;
and, gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wondring love.
4. O holy child of Bethlehem,
descend to us we pray,
Cast out our sin and enter in,
be born in us today,
We hear the Christmas angels,
the great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel.
Merry Christmas: Reading
Choir
Christmas
Ding Dong! Merrily on high
Jingle Bells
A Merry Christmas
Betjeman
Trad. arr. Willcocks
Pierpoint, arr. Willcocks
Trad. arr. Warrell
Retiring collection in aid of the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice. Please consider using Gift Aid envelopes.
A word from the Choir
This concert is a fond tribute to the great choral director and arranger
David Willcocks.
Most of us will never have met him, but any Christmas Carol service or
concert is impossible to imagine without his input.
He edited the famous “Carols for Choirs” series, from which this
concert’s music is taken. He also, as part of his work with the choir of
King’s College, Cambridge, composed all of the famous descants with
which we decorate the last verse of our carols.
He died last September, aged 95.
Tonight is Hart Voices’ tribute to this giant of choral music.
We also gratefully acknowledge the help of all the staff and volunteers of both the Phyllis Tuckwell
fundraising team in Farnham and the PTH Fleet Support Group. Thanks also to GHPC Group Ltd
for their ongoing sponsorship of the concert programmes.
And finally, thanks to you for coming along to support this event.
This concert has been generously sponsored by
Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice & Hart Voices would like to extend a warm word of thanks to
Chadney Bulgin for their support of the concert.
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Musical Director
Roy Rashbrook was educated at Dauntsey’s School, going on to study Music
at Goldsmith’s College and Singing under Alexander Oliver, William
McAlpine and Rudolf Piernay at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
London.
Image courtesy of Polla Rashbrook
ROY RASHBROOK
After a brief flirtation with a career in teaching, Roy became a professional
singer in 1998, joining the world famous choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral the
following year; a position which offers some precious stability in the life of a
freelance musician!
In addition to the broadcasts, concerts, special events and daily services there, Roy also sings regularly with
such groups as The King’s Consort and The Clerks, combining their various performing, touring and recording
schedules with his work as a soloist, singing teacher and conductor.
He has conducted several choirs and ensembles, including the Goldsmiths’ Chorus, The University of London
Union Chorus, The Hanover Singers and Candlelight Opera. He is currently musical director of two choirs:
Hart Voices (Fleet, Hampshire) and The Chantry Singers (Guildford, Surrey).
Roy has performed as a soloist with many of Britain’s leading orchestras including the City of London
Sinfonia, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the London Mozart Players. In addition to
performances in all London’s best-known concert venues, his work has taken him all over the country and
throughout Europe as well as to Israel and the States. He has appeared on many CD recordings, film
soundtracks and radio and television broadcasts, both at home and abroad.
Recent conducting work includes performances of Stainer’s Crucifixion, Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices,
Mozart’s Dominican Vespers, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Haydn’s Nelson Mass. Recent singing engagements include
broadcasts of music from Agincourt on BBC Radio 3 with The Clerks and of the London 7/7 memorial service
from St Paul’s Cathedral on BBC TV, as well as tours to France, the Netherlands and the United States. This
month will see performances of Handel’s Messiah in Worcester Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral, where he
will also be singing many, many Christmas Carols. He also appears as a soloist on a new Christmas CD with
the choir of St Paul’s on Decca Records.
MICHAEL WHYTOCK
Associate Conductor
Michael graduated with a BA (Hons) Degree in Music from the University of
Chichester, which has supplemented a wide range of musical studies teachers have included Terence Allbright and Julian Cooper (piano/organ)
and Michael Finnissy (Composition).
Since working at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Michael now works for the Civil Service,
but maintains an active musical career as both a recitalist, the Director of Music at St Peter's Church
Farnborough, and the Associate Conductor and Accompanist for Hart Voices, Fleet.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Music from the Americas for choir + guitar
Saturday 2 July 2016 - Victoria Hall, Hartley Wintney
REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Music for Remembrance Day
including Elgar’s For the Fallen
Sat. 19 November 2016
St Andrew’s Garrison Church, Aldershot
PHYLLIS TUCKWELL HOSPICE
…..because every day is precious
When we opened in 1979, we were revolutionary.
Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice is one of the oldest hospices in South-East
England. In the 1970s, modern hospices were a new concept: the first
modern hospice had opened in the UK just 12 years previously, when
former nurse, Dame Cicely Saunders, spearheaded a campaign to create
a place where terminally ill patients could find a restful and caring
environment away from the hustle and bustle of a hospital.
Her goal was to combine this with the best palliative care that modern
medicine could offer: palliative care beginning where curative treatment
was no longer possible.
Phyllis Tuckwell was a local mother of three who was diagnosed with cancer in 1949. Her husband,
Sir Edward Tuckwell, was an eminent surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and former SergeantSurgeon to Her Majesty the Queen.
Following Phyllis’ death in 1970, Sir Edward resolved to strive for greater choices for terminally ill
patients. Combined with some notable forces, an ambitious project was embarked upon: to create
a modern hospice in West Surrey, to be named after Sir Edward’s late wife.
Phyllis Tuckwell is the only Hospice Care service for adult patients, and their families, affected by
cancer or other serious progressive illnesses (such as heart, lung or neurological disease) across the
whole of West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire, both at the Hospice, at the Beacon
Centre and in the community.
For over 35 years Phyllis Tuckwell has provided supportive and end of life care to people affected
by a terminal illness in West Surrey and North East Hampshire, serving 550,000 residents.
Every day we support over 250 patients, carers and their families in their own homes, in the
community, at the Hospice in Farnham (In-Patient Unit, Day Hospice, out-patient appointments
and through Patient & Family Support) and now the Beacon Centre in Guildford (Day & Therapy
Unit, out-patient appointments and through Patient & Family Support).
The NHS/Government only covers 20% of our costs, which means we rely heavily on the support
and generosity of our local community. All our services are free of charge to our patients and
their families, but we need to raise over £15,000 a day to offer such an exceptional standard of
clinical care and support.
For more information about Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care, visit www.pth.org.uk
THERE WILL BE A RETIRING COLLECTION FOR PHYLLIS TUCKWELL HOSPICE
- WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS!
Find out more about us at: www.hartvoices.org.uk
Rehearsals - Wednesday Evenings - 8pm to 10pm
All Saints Parish Centre, Church Road, Fleet
Musical Director: Roy Rashbrook
Associate Conductor: Michael Whytock
Hart Voices is a mixed voice choir based in Fleet, Hampshire which achieves a high-standard of
singing from a non-auditioned choir. We perform four concerts each year across three terms
running from September to July. Our programme varies from stunning major choral works to
satisfying chamber music programmes and the occasional light programme of popular numbers!
Singers are drawn not only from Fleet and the surrounding area, but also outlying towns including
Guildford and Basingstoke. Choir membership is currently around 50 voices, many of whom have
sung with the choir for several years. The combined experience and enthusiasm enables us to
explore new musical horizons - both in repertoire and venue.
We aim to broaden our experience, strive for quality and musicality in our performances and involve
young singers wherever possible. Soloists are drawn from the choir, although for more complex
works we often invite professional singers to participate.
Sopranos
Nessie Black
Ann Bradford
Clare Downer
Angela Edwards
Kirstie Hennessey
Anne-Mary Hine
Sue Huddie
Penny Joyce
Joan Kilby
Katy Lethbridge
Lorraine Pickett
Stephanie Roseblade
Angela Southern
Pat Spence
Clare Thomas
Di Tilston
Jackie White
Kate Wickenden
Altos
Tenors
Basses
Anne Elcock
Llinos Harris
Judith Layzell
Liz Oliver
Polla Rashbrook
Angela Richards
Jill Rowe
Louise Shapley
Carolyn Smith
Fiona Smith
Helen Smith
Jenny Spencer
Chris Townsend
Pat Vidler
Linda Hore
Deidre Major
Deryck Martin
Bill Wickenden
Hugh Walker
Phil Day
Richard Dexter
Graham Gillies
Malcolm Hitchcock
Mike Huddie
Richard Joyce
Michael Soul
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Find out more about us at: www.hartvoices.org.uk
Rehearsals - Wednesday Evenings - 8pm to 10pm
All Saints Parish Centre, Church Road, Fleet
Musical Director: Roy Rashbrook
Associate Conductor: Michael Whytock
What Hart Voices Means to Me
Choir Members tell us about how important
being a part of the choir is to them.
This month, we hear from Carolyn Smith
Choir Member for: 17 years Voice Part: Alto
I joined Hart Voices in September 1998 having been looking for a choir for some time. I had sung in
choirs throughout my childhood and teenage years and had now completed my first year of teaching
and was ready to get singing again! A local paper came through my door with an advert for Hart Voices
and I asked my friend Jenny (still a fellow alto) to come along with me. The rest is history!
My first concert was Benjamin Britten Ceremony of Carols and I can remember how amazing it felt as
the first bars were sung in the concert. We have come a very long way since then and it wasn't long
before Roy arrived and took the choir to a new level.
In the 17 years I have sung in the choir I have never missed singing in a concert. I did indeed manage to
sing in the Christmas concert 5 days before having my twins and I remember Roy's raised eyebrows
during the concert as we sung about the birth of the baby!!! The same scenario happened 6 years later
having my 3rd daughter. Fortunately nothing happened during the concert! That says a lot about how I
feel about being a part of Hart Voices. My week is packed with teaching and most importantly being a
mum to my 3 girls, but that window of 2 hours on a Wednesday night is very important to me and I
rarely miss it if I can help it.
I have recently finished a 10 year stint as librarian for Hart Voices and I thoroughly enjoyed my time on
the committee. It is made up of a happy bunch of people who all work very hard and do their best to
make sure the choir runs smoothly. Being on the committee gives you a great insight into the running
of the choir and I highly recommend it to other members (don't worry, you don't have to do 10 years!)
Without doubt my proudest moment was last year when my two school choirs were asked to sing at the
Phyllis Tuckwell Concert with Hart Voices. It was a moment that combined so much that holds dear to
me, singing myself and encouraging young children to do the same! To see those little faces singing
their hearts out at a standard that I felt so proud of was magical. My heart was on my sleeve and it was
the most special moment of my teaching career. So here we are again tonight.........I hope they delight
you again!
Carolyn Smith, December 2015
HART VOICES
NEEDS YOU!
Can you sing? Read Music? Free up a Wednesday evening?
Then Hart Voices is the choir for you!
If you enjoy singing and perhaps have some previous experience
(or simply a good ear for music), we would love you to join us!
As one of several local choirs, Hart Voices is a mixed-voice choir which
achieves a high-standard of singing! We are a social & friendly bunch, and are
always keen for new members of all ages and all voice parts, especially Tenors
& Basses. So if you are looking for a fulfilling hobby, why not give us a shot?
There is no audition, it really couldn’t be easier‼
Coming up in 2016…
March 2016:
Director’s Cut: Bach: Jesu Meine Freude & other sacred masterpieces
A programme for Cello & Choir - Chosen by the Musical Director
May 2016:
Trip to Glasgow to perform with Strathclyde University Chamber Choir
July 2016:
Independence Day: Music from the Americas
including Ramirez: Misa Criolla and Copland: Old American Songs
November 2016:
Remember the Fallen: Music for Remembrance Day
including Elgar: For the Fallen
Rehearsals Wednesday evenings - 8pm to 10pm - All Saints Parish Centre – Fleet
So make 2016 your musical year of change!
Simply come along on Wednesday 6 January or
try out our Open Rehearsal on Wednesday 13 January!
To find out more, visit our website at www.hartvoices.org.uk
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