London, 23 - 25 February 2007
The weekend - entitled Songs of war, love and faith - was held at St James Norlands Church, St James's Gardens, London W11 under the direction of JanJoost van Elburg.
The programme was as follows:
| Claudio Monteverdi | Dixit Dominus (à 8) |
| Lamento della Ninfa (Sop solo and TTB) | |
| Andrea Cima | Capriccio (Sonata) à 4 |
| Claudio Monteverdi | Hor che’l ciel & Cosi Sol |
| Pier Francesco Cavalli | Salve Regina |
| Magnificat (à 8) | |
| Claudio Monteverdi | Ballo: Volgendo il ciel – Movete al mio bel suon (with ciacona interlude) |
The choir was supported by a
small group of instrumentalists - players with the Orchestra of the Age of the
Enlightenment and The Golden Section. The soprano soloist in
Lamento della Ninfa was Esther Eagles, and in Ballo
the tenor solo was sung by Albert Edelman. Those singing were: Soprano:
Catherine Bass, Ali Burroughes,
Esther Eagles, Angela Edward, Sarah Franks, Sue Garlick, Anne Kershaw, Lucy LeFanu, Jo Tucker
Alto:
Rachel Adams, Clare Gillies, Stella Holman, Jenny Magill, Anne
Raikes, Jo Rodgers
Tenor:
Andrew Baines, Ant Bucknall,
Albert Edelman, Alex Farquhar, John Farrington, Neil Malcolm, Chris
Markwick, John Tucker
Bass:
Robert Asher, Richard Coleridge, Hugh Edwards,
John Gillies, David
Till, Roger Williams