Our Samling Academy Singers bring to life maritime stories of sailors and the lovers they’ve left behind, of fishing communities, of mermaids and myths, and with some traditional seaside fun thrown in! This semi-staged concert of song and poetry includes music by Elgar, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Head and traditional seaside ballads. What better way to spend an evening after fish and chips and a walk on the quayside.
The concert is directed by Samling Artists Miranda Wright and pianist Jo Ramadan who will also accompany our Academy Singers.
The programme will also be performed on Wednesday 13 July 2022, 7.30pm at Saltburn Arts (details here)
Programme
Water flowing to the sea
The Water of Tyne, arr. E. Poston
O Waly, Waly, arr. B. Britten
Sailors, ships and travel
Any boy to any ship, A. Baynon
Sailor’s Song, J. Haydn
Skye Boat Song, arr. J. Althouse
The Ships of Arcady, Over the rim of the moon, M. Head
Lovers left behind
My Ship, Lady in the Dark, K. Weill
Des Mädchens Klage, F. Schubert
Blow the wind southerly, Traditional
The Sea
Zadremali Volni (The waves slumbered), S.V. Rachmaninoff
Wasserfahrt, Felix Mendelssohn
The Swimmer, Sea Pictures E. Elgar
Sailors and alehouse banter
Come away, fellow sailors, Dido and Aeneas H. Purcell
Limehouse Reach, Six Sea Songs M. Head
The Crocodile arr. B. Britten
Myths, legends and magic
Where Corals Lie, Sea Pictures E. Elgar
Lorelei C. Schumann
Song to the Seals, Songs of the Western Isles G. Bantock
Seaside fun
Day Trip to Bangor, D. Cook
The Tale of the Oyster, Fifty Million Frenchmen C. Porter
Evening and departure
Auf dem Wasser zu singen F. Schubert
Crossing the bar C.H.H. Parry
Rehearsal photographs: Mark Pinder