Prophono to meet this Tuesday at the Landseer, off Holloway Road at 7:00pm. We'll discuss the upcoming programme of American music, and any other issues associated with planning our next concert. Prospective members welcome!

For those of you who've been asking for more details about our upcoming programme, here it is in performance order:

1. Four English Folk Songs

   Ralph Vaughan Williams

   1. The Dark Eyed Sailor
   2. The Spring Time Of The Year
   3. Just As The Tide Was Flowing
   4. The Lover's Ghost

2. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite

   John Dowland

   Mezzo-soprano: Nicola Smith

3. The Bonny Earl o' Moray

   Trad. arranged by Benjamin Britten

   Baritone: Laurie Wilks

4. Fair Phyllis I Saw

   John Farmer

5. Never Weather-beaten Saile

   Thomas Campion

6. No, Resistance is But Vain

   Henry Purcell

   Soprano: Cecily Claire Hewlett, Mezzo-soprano: Nicola Smith

7. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains

   John Dowland

8. Of All The Birds

   Music: John Bartlet, Words: George Gascoigne

9. Silent Noon

   Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Words: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

   Soprano: Cecily Claire Hewlett

10. The Foggy, Foggy Dew

    Trad. arranged by Benjamin Britten

    Baritone: Mark Leicester

11. Five Flower Songs

    Music: Benjamin Britten, Words: Herrick, Crabbe, Clare

    1. Fair Daffodils
    2. A Succession of Four Sweet Months
    3. Marsh Flowers
    4. Evening Primose
    5. Green Broom

To take us from spring into summer, Prophono will be performing a programme of English music by Purcell, Dowland, Vaughan Williams and Britten. Join us in the lovely ambience of St Patrick's Catholic Church, Soho Square on Tuesday June 7th, 2005 at 8:00pm for an hour of folk and flower songs.

Prophono will sing Vaughan Williams' folk song arrangements, Britten's Five Flower Songs, and a sampling of beautiful and lively madrigals from the English tradition. As an extra treat, individuals from the ensemble will also sing a selection of duets and solo pieces.

Tickets are £4.00, available on the door, or from members of the ensemble. To request that tickets be reserved and left for you at the door, email tickets@prophono.com.

Members of Prophono are to meet this Thursday evening to discuss the choir's activites for 2005. This is purely social, and all are welcome. Email me for the time and place.

8:30pm on Thursday December 2nd 2004
St Mary's Church, Eversholt Street
Euston
London NW1

Conductor: Mark Leicester
Piano: Stella Pendrous

Carols

1. Veni, veni Emmanuel
2. Joy To The World
3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
4. Away In A Manger
5. Past Three A Clock
6. A Coventry Carol
7. Ding Dong Merrily On High
8. Deck the Halls

Pie Jesu

Piano Variations on Romanian Carols

Sun Festival Carols

1. Vulcan
2. Ochre
3. Azure
4. Henna
5. Gentian
6. Indigo I
7. Jade
8. Indigo II

To the choir:

Organising Prophono's first ever concert has been tough, and Christmas is coming up fast. Pinning down a venue, a date, a time, an accompanist, a budget—and everything else—has not been easy, especially for a brand new choir. We're nearly there!

Even at this early stage a lot of thanks is due. Lucy has worked tirelessly to find us a venue and the initiative that she has taken is greatly appreciated. Honor has found us an accompanist and drawn up some initial budgetary estimates. Sarah has helped with recording committee decisions. Nicola, as membership secretary, has called (or tried to call) every single one of you to have a chat, check your availability and tell you about the upcoming rehearsals. As a result of Nicola's conversations with you, and the commitments you gave to her, we can firm up a plan which will suit as many of you as possible.

This Thursday each of you will be given some tickets; then we will be able to start selling!