The Wolds Choir

The Wolds Choir is a group of singers from Wymeswold and the surrounding villages of Burton on the Wolds, Hoton, Prestwold, Widmerpool, Wysall and Willoughby. The choir is around 30 strong, and performs two or three concerts per year.

The choir has built up a good reputation in the local area for the quality of its singing. There is no pre-requisite knowledge of music required, apart from a basic understanding of notation and the ability to sing in tune and blend with the Choir. All pieces are taught to the choir at practice nights, which are on Wednesdays from 7:30pm to 9pm at the Methodist Church in Wymeswold. Some pre-learning of rehearsal pieces is expected and music files are provided. New members are welcome if they can commit to regular attendance. Fees are £20 per term.

Christmas Concert 2024:  Wed 11th Dec (provisional),  St. Mary’s Church, Wymeswold plus venue in Widmerpool

  • Sans Day Carol – Rutter
  • Myn Lyking – Terry
  • Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind – Rutter
  • Sleep Holy Babe – Dykes
  • There is a Flower – Rutter
  • Sure on that Shining Night – Lauridsen
  • Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Poston
  • Christmas Night – Rutter
  • Personent Hodie – Holst
  • Huron Carol – Hunter
  • Candlelight Carol – Rutter
  • Curly hark – trad

Musical Director: Richard Thomas 07710 046101 / 01509 881750

 

Wolds Choir and Willoughby Choir Combined Concert – Vivaldi Gloria at Prestwold Church, May 2010

Archive:

For reference, this is a list of pieces that we have sung over the past years.

Easter “Gloria”  Concert 2024 (with the Carillon Quartet and friends) :

  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
  • Rejoice in the Lord Alway (The Bell Anthem) – Purcell
  • Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach
  • Gloria – Vivaldi

This concert raised over £1000 towards the Church Roof Repair Fund

Christmas Concert 2023:

    • Come All You Worthy Gentlemen – Willcocks
    • Little One Sweet – J.S. Bach
    • When Christ was Born – Jacques
    • Infant Holy – Willcocks
    • I Sing of a Maiden – Berkeley
    • I Saw a Maiden – Pettman
    • Angels from the Realms of Glory – Thomas
    • A Tender Shoot – Goldschmidt
    • Shcho to za Predivo – Trad. Ukranian
    • Hail, Chime On – Trad.
    • Curly Hark – Trad.

Easter “Armed Man” Concert 2023 (with the Carillon Quartet and friends):

  • The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins

This concert raised over £1000 towards the Church Roof Repair Fund

Christmas Concert 2022:  Folk Carol theme

  • Torches – Joubert
  • Sleep, Holy Babe – Dykes
  • All Hail To The Days – Trad.
  • Diadem – Trad.
  • Myn Lyking – Terry
  • Jacob’s Well – Trad.
  • I Saw Three Ships – Willcocks
  • Bethlehem Down – Warlock
  • Hail, Chime On – Trad.
  • Cradle Song – Rutter
  • Curly Hark – Trad.

Easter Concert 2022:  Folk songs alongside the Carillon Quartet

Christmas Concert 2021:

  • All My Heart This Night Rejoices – Ebeling
  • Adam lay Ybounden – Ord
  • Coventry Carol – Trad. arr. Shaw
  • King Jesus Hath A Garden – Wood
  • Once As I Remember – Wood
  • I Wonder as I Wander – Rutter
  • Gabriel’s Message – Willcocks
  • Quem Pastores Laudavere – Rutter
  • Ring Christmas Bells – Lentovich
  • The Infant King – Willcocks
  • Quelle Est Cette odeur Agreable – Willcocks
  • The Shepherds Farewell – Berlioz

Spring Concert 2020 (Deferred to 2022/3):  Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man.  Sat 2nd May (provis.), St. Mary’s Church, Wymeswold

  • A Mass for Peace
  • Other accompanying works

Christmas Concert 2019:  1st December (Widmerpool) and 4th December (Wymeswold)

  • Make We Joy Now – Walton
  • Still, Still, Still – Ledger
  • People Look East – Ferguson
  • There is No Rose – Skempton
  • A Virgin Most Pure – Wood
  • Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance – Wells
  • The Holly and The Ivy – Thomas
  • Come To Bethlehem – Warlock
  • Lo, How a Rose e-er Blooming – Praetorius
  • U, Good Christen Folk – Woodward

Spring Concert 2019: Gilbert & Sullivan.  Wed 1st May, Methodist Chapel, Wymeswold

  • Gilbert & Sullivan Selection of four part songs from 7 different Operettas
  • Some solo, duet and trio numbers
  • A Partsong by Arthur Sullivan
  • Other songs in the genre

Also performed on Sat 27th April in Willoughby Church

Christmas Concert 2018 with Charnwood Concert Band :  8th December, United Reformed Church, Loughborough

  • Past 3 O’Clock – Wood
  • O Magnum Mysterium – Victoria
  • Shepherd’s Pipe Carol – Rutter
  • Lute Book Lullaby – Ballet
  • Northern Lights – Gjeilo
  • The Saviour’s Work – Thomas
  • Nativity Carol – Rutter
  • Out of your Sleep – Rodney Bennett
  • Myn Lyking – Terry
  • Sure on the Shining Night – Lauridsen

Spring Concert 2018 – Choral Favourites :  13th May (East Leake) and 16th May (Widmerpool)

  • Gloria (from Gloria) – Vivaldi
  • He That Shall Endure (from Elijah) – Mendelssohn
  • Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure
  • God So Loved the World (from The Crucifixion) – Stainer
  • And the Glory of the Lord (from The Messiah) – Handel
  • Locus Iste – Bruckner
  • Kyrie (from The Armed Man) – Jenkins
  • How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair (from A German Requiem) – Brahms
  • Three Chorales plus Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
  • In Paradisum (from Requiem) – Faure
  • Zadok The Priest – Handel

Christmas 2017: Advent Carol Concert performances Wysall Wed 6th December, Wymeswold  Sun 3rd December.

Carol selection with Carols for Choirs page numbers:

Spring Concert May 2017 and Open Gardens June 2017

 

Advent Concert 2016

  • That Glorious Night – A Christmas Cantata by John W Peterson

Spring Concert 2016

  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (with Willoughby Choir)

Advent Concert 2015

  • Rutter – Cradle Song p178
  • Walford Davies – O Little Town p382
  • Pettman – I saw a Maiden p137
  • Rutter – Star Carol p293
  • Vaughan Williams – Gloucestershire Wassail – Green CfC p160
  • Jacques – A Gallery Carol – Green CfC p102
  • Trad Yorkshire Tune – While Shepherds Watched
  • Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind – Score
  • Stopford – Lully, Lulla, Lullay – Score
  • Thomas – Angels from the Realms of Glory – Score

Concert for Ollie Williams – 22nd November 2015

  • Rutter – Gaelic Blessing
  • Dingle – The Ash Grove
  • Rutter – Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
  • Foster – Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
  • Sullivan – The Long Day Closes

Spring Concert 2015

We prepared a lighter programme and sang a Concert in May 2015 to a full  Willoughby Chuch with the Willoughby Choir.

  • Dream a Little Dream -Schwandt/Andre
  • Autumn Leaves – Arr Simmonds
  • Anything Goes – Porter
  • I Dream of Jeannie – Foster
  • I Say a Little Prayer – David / Bacharach
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Trad.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber Selection

Advent Concert 2014

Our Annual Christmas Concert was in the Chapel this year.

  • People Look East – Ferguson
  • King Jesus Hath a Garden – Wood
  • Christmas Night – Rutter
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Bogoroditsye Dyevo – Part
  • Bethlehem Down – Warlock
  • Snow in the Street – Vaughn Williams
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
  • A Tender Shoot – Goldschmidt
  • In Dulci Jubilo – de Pearsall

Easter Concert 2014

We sung two performances of Stainer’s Crucifixion along with the Willoughby Choir, along with the Cantique de Jean Racine and a piece from The Armed Man.

  • Stainer – The Crucifixion
  • Faure – Cantique doe Jean Racine
  • Jackson – The Armed Man – Praise the Lord

Advent Concert 2013

We shared the platform with Charnwood Concert Band on Saturday 7th December, 7pm to perform our Annual Christmas Concert.

  • The Linden Tree Carol – Jacques
  • Child in the Manger – Rutter
  • All My Hear This Night Rejoices – Ebeling
  • Coventry Carol – Shaw
  • Shepherds’ Farewell – Berlioz
  • Gaudete – Trad
  • Sleep, Holy Babe – Dykes
  • Candlelight Carol – Rutter
  • Here we come a-Wassailing – Rutter

The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins – Easter 2013

We shared a platform with The Willoughby Choir for two concerts on 22nd and 24th March 2013. Also included were

  • Love Divine – Howard Goodall
  • With Drooping Wings – Purcell
  • Sally Gardens – Trad. arr. Gerlitz
  • The Crown of Roses – Tchaikovsky
  • The Long Day Closes – Sullivan

Christmas Carol Concert 2012

We shared the platform with Charnwood Concert Band on Saturday 15th December, 7:30pm to perform our Annual Christmas Concert, including the  following pieces:

  • Make We Joy Now – Walton
  • In The Bleak Mid-Winter – Darke
  • The First Nowell
  • A Virgin Most Pure – Wood
  • Shepherds Pipe Carol – Rutter (p86)
  • Torches! – Joubert
  • Zither Carol – Sargent
  • Silent Night
  • Nativity Carol – Rutter
  • There is a Flower – Rutter p333

Carol Service Dates were: Sun 16th Dec 6pm (Prestwold), Thursday 20th Dec 7pm (Wymeswold)

 Spring Concert in Aid of Tongabeze

We shared a platform with Charnwood Concert Band on Friday 27th April to perform a Concert to raise money for an African School, and sang a selection of the following:

  • Novello Choral Anthology
  • Rogers and Hammerstein on Broadway
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert
  • Other songs in our repertoire

We also supported a Concert for Save The Children in Rempstone on Saturday 19th May with a selection from the above.

Advent Concert – European Carols – 2011

Summer Singing 2011: Garden Walkabout and Washstock

  • The Ash Grove – Trad arr. Dingle
  • Autumn Leaves – Mercer / Kosma
  • Anything Goes – Cole Porter
  • Nowhere Man – Lennon & McCartney arr. Thomas
  • You are the New Day – Peter Knight
  • Seasons of Love – from “Rent” by Jonathan Larson

Spring Concert – April 2011

  • Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo – with the Choir and Class 3 of Wymeswold C of E Primary School

Christmas Concert Pieces – December 2010

Spring Concert Pieces – May 2010

Advent Carol Concert Pieces – December 2009

Summer Garden Walkabout Singing 2009:

  • Now is the Month of Maying – Morley
  • The Ash Grove – Trad arr. Dingle
  • Sally Gardens – Trad arr. Gerlitz – new
  • Love walked Right In – Gershwin – new
  • Afton Water – Trad. Arr Willcocks
  • The Lass with the Delicate Air – Trad. Arr Dingle – new

Easter Concert 2009

We performed the following programme with the Willoughby Choir and the Pierrepont Singers on Tue 7th and Wed 8th April 2009.

  • Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré
  • All in the April Evening – Roberton
  • Ave Verum – Mozart
  • The Lark in the Clear Air – Cashmore
  • Gaelic Blessing – Rutter
  • (Laudate Dominum – Mozart)
  • The Long Day Closes – Sullivan
  • God so loved the world – Stainer
  • (Blessed be the God and Father – Wesley)
  • Requiem – Fauré

Advent Carol Concert Pieces – December 2008

Spring Concert 2008

Advent Carol Concert Pieces – December 2007

 

Musical Director: Richard Thomas 01509 881750