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Prophono meeting this Tuesday

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:05:30 +0100

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!

Programme: A Succession of Four Sweet Months

Thu, 2 Jun 2005 15:07:43 +0100

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

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
Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite

John Dowland

Mezzo-soprano: Nicola Smith
The Bonny Earl o' Moray

Trad. arranged by Benjamin Britten
Baritone: Laurie Wilks
Fair Phyllis I Saw

John Farmer
Never Weather-beaten Saile

Thomas Campion
No, Resistance is But Vain

Henry Purcell

Soprano: Cecily Claire Hewlett, Mezzo-soprano: Nicola Smith
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains

John Dowland
Of All The Birds

Music: John Bartlet, Words: George Gascoigne
Silent Noon

Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Words: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Soprano: Cecily Claire Hewlett
The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Trad. arranged by Benjamin Britten

Baritone: Mark Leicester
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

Upcoming Concert: A Succession of Four Sweet Months

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:03:35 +0100

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.

Prophono to meet this Thursday

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:51:31 +0000

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.

An invitation to an evening of carols with Prophono

Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:30:37 +0000

Our Christmas Programme

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:39:47 +0000

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

Conductor: Mark Leicester
Piano: Stella Pendrous

Carols

Veni, veni Emmanuel
Joy To The World
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Away In A Manger
Past Three A Clock
A Coventry Carol
Ding Dong Merrily On High
Deck the Halls

Pie Jesu

by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Piano Variations on Romanian Carols

by Bela Bartok

Sun Festival Carols

by Jenny McLeod

Vulcan
Ochre
Azure
Henna
Gentian
Indigo I
Jade
Indigo II

Our first "real" concert

Mon, 8 Nov 2004 01:17:50 +0000

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!

prophono - News

Prophono meeting this Tuesday

Programme: A Succession of Four Sweet Months

Four English Folk Songs

Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite

The Bonny Earl o' Moray

Fair Phyllis I Saw

Never Weather-beaten Saile

No, Resistance is But Vain

Weep You No More, Sad Fountains

Of All The Birds

Silent Noon

The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Five Flower Songs