Emerald Anniversary Concert

We celebrate the changes in choral music over the last 90 years. Alongside key pieces from the choral repertoire we revisit two past Choral Society commissions, hear works written by our very first and present musical directors and a new commission for this occasion written by local composer Andrew Weeks.

Repertoire

Let the People Praise Thee – William Mathias

Psalm Prelude Set 2, No1 De Profundis – Herbert Howells (organ solo)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C – Norman Cutting (founding musical director of the choir – written in 1975 for 600th anniversary of St Peter and St Paul Parish Church Cromer)

Veni Emmanuel – Plainsong

Fantasy on Veni Emmanuel – Kenneth Leighton (organ solo)

Festival Te Deum – Benjamin Britten

Interval

Hope – Andrew Weeks (new commission)

Abide with Me – William Monk (arranged David Ballard)

Ave Maris Stella (from Vespers – Songs of the Sea) – Richard Allain (commisioned 2015)

Rhapsody on a Ground – Heathcote Statham

Eloi Eloi – David Ballard (current musical director)

Seasons – Thomas Hewitt Jones (commissioned 2021)

Performers

Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society

Jodie Ballard, Flute

Andrew Weeks, Timpani

Philip Adams, Organ

David Ballard, Conductor