Honington Summer 2009

Love's ups and downs

In these delightful groves Henry Purcell !692)
Let's do it Cole Porter (1928)

readings Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare
Love Story Wendy Cope
The love-lorn blacksmith Laurie Lee

As torrents in summer Edward Elgar (1901)
Somewhere over the rainbow Harold Arlen (1938) (arr. Guy Turner)

readings O see how thick the Goldcup flowers A.E.Housman
The little girl and the wolf James Thurber

Sweet honey-sucking bees John Wilbye (1609)
In the still of the night Cole Porter (1937) (arr. Richard Emms)

reading Seduction anon

April is in my mistress' face Thomas Morley (1594)
Fire, fire! Thomas Morley (1595)
Can't help lovin' dat man Jerome Kern (1927) (arr. Richard Emms)

reading Have some Madiera m'dear Michael Flanders

Three Hungarian folk songs (arr. Matyas Seiber)

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Go, lovely rose Eric Thiman (1926)
I love my love (arr. Gustav Holst)
Bobby Shaftoe (arr. W.G.Whittaker)

readings Jealous A.P.Herbert
Bloody men Wendy Cope
Go to bed with a cheese'n'pickle sandwich Mandy Coe

Come live with me W.Sterndale Bennett(1846)
I got rhythm George Gershwin (1931) (arr. C. Clapham)
Tea for two Vincent Youmans (1925) (arr. Peter Gritton)

reading The Subaltern's love-song John Betjeman

Brightly dawns our Wedding Day Gilbert &Sullivan (1885)

readings Thoughts on marriage Oscar Wilde
A word to husbands Ogden Nash
Cupid's nightcap anon

Mon coeur se recommande a vous Orlando Lassus ?
Adieu sweet Amaryllis John Wilbye (1598)

readings Sonnet 11 Edna St.Vincent-Millay
The Golden Wedding Day Joyce Grenfell

The curtain drawn Giles Farnaby (1598)
The way you look tonight Jerome Kern (1936) (arr. Richard Emms)
Yarmouth Fair (arr. Peter Warlock)