The first in our ‘Elemental’ series, and featured part-songs, folk-songs, spirituals and pop songs inspired by water.

Programme (PDF)

• Full fathom five (Wood)
• Clear and gentle stream (Finzi)
• The Bluebird (Stanford)
• Slow, fresh fount (Horsley)
• As torrents in summer (Elgar)
• Seafarer (Rapple)
• Shenandoah (Ebb (arr.))
• Spirituals for Choirs – Wade in the water (Adams (arr.))
• Spirituals for Choirs – Deep River (Hart (arr.))
• Spirituals for Choirs – Didn’t it rain (Chilcott (arr.))
• Down to the river to pray (Lawson (arr.))
• Five English folk-songs – The dark-eyed sailor (Vaughan-Williams)
• Five English folk-songs – Just as the tide was flowing (Vaughan-
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• Five English folk-songs – The lover’s ghost (Vaughan-Williams)
• Bobby Shaftoe (Willcocks (arr.))
• Afton Water (Willcocks (arr.))
• O waly waly (Rutter (arr.))
• The keel row (Byrt (arr.))
• Beyond the sea (Trenet arr. Shaw)
• Under the sea (Menken arr. Shaw)
• Bridge over troubled water (Simon arr. Shaw)