Rehearsal Aids

Christmas 2024 concert

Some suggested tracks to assist you with your practicing for this concert are as follows:

Item	YouTube Link
Reena Esmail : The Unexpected Early Hour (A Winter Breviary)
John Gardner : Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Russell Hepplewhite : Child Jesus, so dear
James Burton : On Christmas Night
Michael Higgins : Christmas Fantasy
arr, John Rutter : I wonder as I wander
John Rutter : Jesus Child (Have you heard the story)
arr. David Willcocks : I Saw Three Ships
Harold Darke : In the Bleak Midwinter

There is no recording of Glory be to the Word by Roxanna Panufnik available in the public domain at the time of writing However, there is a rehearsal audio file available so you can hear digital vocal parts in context with the accompaniment:

Item	Download/Play
Roxanna Panufnik : Glory be to the Word

If you subscribe to Spotify then the whole of the 100 Carols for Choir book is available there using:

Item	Spotify Link
100 Carols for Choirs

Library

Wimbledon Choral has sung all of the following pieces in recent years. The links below were provided as a means of assisting choir members with their learning of the music. They are left here for use by any visitor to the website.

Composer	Title		Link
J.S. Bach	St John Passion	Suggested performance (Neil Jenkins edition in English)
Richard Blackford	Mirror of Perfection	Suggested performance
Johannes Brahms	Geistliches Lied	Suggested performance
Peter Burton	Come & Sing the Christmas Story	Suggested performance
Aaron Copland	Ching-A-Ring-Chaw	Suggested performance
Rebecca Dale	Panis Angelicus	Suggested performance
Nathaniel Dett	O Holy Lord	Suggested performance
Maurice Duruflé	Notre Père	Pronunciation
Maurice Duruflé	Notre Père	Suggested performance
Maurice Duruflé	Requiem	Suggested performance
Antonin Dvorak	Te Deum	Text of music
Edward Elgar	The Spirit of the Lord	Suggested performance
Gabriel Faure	Requiem	Suggested performance
Ola Gjeilo	Evening Prayer	Suggested performance
Ola Gjeilo	Northern Lights	Suggested performance
Ola Gjeilo	Ubi Caritas	Suggested performance
Howard Goodall	Love Divine	Suggested performance
Howard Goodall	Unconditional Love	Suggested performance (score)
Henryk Gorecki	Totus Tuus	Suggested performance
William Harris	Holy is the true light	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins	Bright Morning Stars	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins	He's gone away	Rehearsal track
Michael Higgins	Little wheel a-turnin'	Rehearsal track
Michael Higgins (Elgar)	O Salutaris Hostia	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins	See, I am God	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins (arr.)	Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day	Suggested performance
Moses Hogan	Hold On	Suggested performance
Chris Hutchings	Adeste Fideles	Rehearsal tracks
Chris Hutchings	Adeste Fideles	Suggested performance
Libby Larsen	Beneath these Alien Stars	Suggested performance
Morten Lauridsen	Sure on this Shining Night	Suggested performance
James MacMillan	A New Song	Suggested performance
James MacMillan	O Radiant Dawn	Suggested performance
Frank Martin	Notre Père	Suggested performance
James McCarthy	A Quoi Bon Dire	Suggested performance
Cecilia McDowall	Ave Maris Stella	Suggested performance
Cecilia McDowall	Da VInci Requiem	Recommended recording
Cecilia McDowall	Music of the Stars	Suggested performance
Claudio Monteverdi	Vespers (1610)	Chants for Mv.2 Dixit Dominus
Claudio Monteverdi	Vespers (1610)	Recommended recordings
Nico Muhly	Bright Star Carol	Suggested performance
Carl Orff	Carmina Burana	Pronunciation guide (2019) Pronunciation guide (2023) Rehearsal Tracks
Arvo Pärt	Bogoroditse Devo	Suggested performance
Arvo Pärt	The Beatitudes	Suggested performance
Roland Perrin (arr.)	Brazilian Songs of Nature	Rehearsal tracks
Francis Poulenc	Exultate Deo	Suggested performance
Sarah Quartel (arr.)	Silent Night	Suggested performance
Sergei Rachmaninov	All-Night Vigil	Pronunciation
Sergei Rachmaninov	Bògòroditse Devo	Virtual choir performance
Andrea Ramsey	Doors of Daring	Suggested performance
Jake Runestad	Let my love be heard	Suggested performance
Jan Sandström	Det är en ros utsprungen	Suggested performance
Undine Smith Moore	We shall walk through the valley	Suggested performance
Oliver Tarney	The Spirit of the Lord	Suggested performance
John Tavener	Svyati	Suggested performance
Will Todd	Locus Iste	Suggested performance
Will Todd	Passion Music	Rehearsal Tracks
Will Todd	The Lord is my shepherd	Suggested performance
Gareth Treseder	Jesu, Joy of our desiring	Suggested performance
Giuseppe Verdi	Requiem (arr. Blackford)	Rehearsal Tracks & Suggested Performance
Louis Vierne	Messe Solennelle	Suggested performance
Eric Whitacre	Lux Aurumque	Suggested performance
Eric Whitacre	Sleep	Suggested performance
Alison Willis	Salve Deus, Rex Judaeorum	Rehearsal tracks
Charles Wood	Hail, Gladdening Light	Suggested performance

McDowall : Da Vinci Requiem

The Da Vinci Requiem was commissioned by Wimbledon Choral to mark its centenary in 2015. It was named Da Vinci as its premiere performance in the Royal Festival Hall in May 2019 coincided with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci's death. Delays due to the pandemic in 2020 & 2021 pushed back the recording of the work but it is now available on Signum Classics,

Verdi : Requiem

Rehearsal tracks show rolling scores so you can follow your part. The link in the last column is for the recording made by The Bach Choir, commissioners of the Richard Blackford edition. Full copies of The Bach Choir's excellent recording can be obtained from Nimbus Records in CD format or by streaming/downloading. All items linked from the table below have been found in the public domain on YouTube.

Movement	Sop 1	Sop 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor 1	Tenor 2	Bass 1	Bass 2	Recording
1 - Requiem & Kyrie Eleison
2 - Sequence - Dies Irae
2 - Sequence - Tuba Mirum
2 - Sequence - Liber Scriptus
2 - Sequence - Quid sum miser
2 - Sequence - Rex Tremendae
2 - Sequence - Recordare
2 - Sequence - Ingemisco
2 - Sequence - Confutatis
2 - Sequence - Lacrymosa
3 - Offertorio - Domine Jesu
4 - Sanctus
5 - Agnus Dei
6 - Lux Aeterna
7 - Libera Me

Richard Blackford : Mirror of Perfection

The tracks referenced below are available in the public domain on YouTube. The choir is Ikon, with the Britten Sinfonia, soprano soloist Elizabeth Watts and baritone Roderick Williams.

Movement	YouTube Link
1 - Canticle of the Creatures
2 - Canticle of Love I
3 - Canticle of the Furnace
4 - Canticle of Love II
5 - Canticle of the Birds
6 - Canticle of Love III
7 - Canticle of Peace

Will Todd : Passion Music

The following rehearsal tracks for all voice parts for the Passion Music have been produced by Will Todd and are made available courtesy of OUP. There is also a backing track for each item, which you might find useful. Please note that several tracks start a few bars into the associated movement rather than include the whole introduction. Item 7 has no backing track as it is sung a cappella.

Item	Sop 1	Sop 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor 1	Tenor 2	Bass 1	Bass 2/3	Back
1 - Greater Love
2 - We Believe
3 - A New Commandment
4 - Love Unknown
5 - Stabat Mater
6 - The Seven Last Words From The Cross
7 - My Love Has Died For Me
8 - Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
9 - Were You There?

Carl Orff : Carmina Burana

There are many types of rehearsal aids for this work out on the internet. This is just one set available via YouTube. Each link takes you to the YouTube playlist for the voice part, containing all of the movements of Carmina Burana. This also shows rolling scores so you can follow your part.

Voice Part	PlayList Link
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto 1
Alto 2
Tenor 1
Tenor 2
Bass 1
Bass 2

Christmas 2016 : Adeste Fideles

The following sound files may be useful when learning Chris Hutchings' Adeste Fideles, commissioned by Wimbledon Choral. For each part there are two versions - the first has just that particular voice part playing, the other has it with the other voices playing quietly in the background. Just click on the relevant image to download the associated sound file. Each one is about 3.5MB in size so may take a few seconds to download. You may need to click on the downloaded file for it to play.

Voice Part	Alone	With
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto 1
Alto 2
Tenor
Bass 1
Bass 2
All Parts

Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (Willis) : Rehearsal Tracks

The DropBox links below will take you to the rehearsal tracks of Alison's work, which have been kindly supplied to us by Luminosa, the choir that commissioned the piece. Wimbledon Choral was the second choir to perform the work, with the "very happy composer" in the audience at Cadogan Hall. Each of the links takes you to a folder that contains the tracks for all voices for that movement. You do not need to sign-up to DropBox to access these folders.

	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - I. PROLOGUE
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - II. GETHSEMANE
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - III. THE TRIAL (PILATE'S WIFE)
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - IV. THE JOURNEY TO THE CROSS
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - V. EPILOGUE

Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (Willis) : Performance Example

The YouTube links below will take you to the live recordings of the premiere performance. Please note that the links below are in the correct sequence of the five movements in the work - click on the YouTube logo to access each track. The sequence in the playlist shown on YouTube is not correct.

	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - I. PROLOGUE
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - II. GETHSEMANE
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - III. THE TRIAL (PILATE'S WIFE)
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - IV. THE JOURNEY TO THE CROSS
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - V. EPILOGUE

Dvorak Te Deum - Text

In October 1891, Dvorak was appointed Director of the National Conservatory in New York, his duties to commence the following autumn. His new employer commissioned him to write a cantata to mark the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America, the text for which would be supplied in due course. The promised text never arrived so, not wanting to let down this new employer before he took up his post, Dvorak turned to the great Latin hymn of praise Te Deum Laudamus and used the text from this instead.

During rehearsals, Neil has often referred to the English meaning of parts of the text to highlight the music score. Tenor Richard Simon has kindly taken the whole text and laid it out in its full translation so that you can see the entire context.

Click here or on the image to the left for this.

Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil

In the table below there are links to items that will demonstrate how to pronouce the text in Church Slavonic. The recordings have been made for us by Irina Walters who came to help us in our language preparation. Good luck!

1, 2 & 3 :
4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 :
9 :
10 & 11 :
12 :
13, 14 & 15 :

If you want to buy a really good recording on CD for your collection then Neil recommends the one by the Latvian Radio Choir, which you can find here: . You can also obtain it through other online stores like Naxos Direct and Presto Classical.

Monteverdi Vespers - March 2017

There are a few places in No2 (Dixit Dominus) that involves chanting on a single note. Click here to download the details for these.

Several members have asked about recommended recordings of the work. Neil's selection is as shown below - any one of these will do as they are all equally as good. Click on the one you wish to select and you will be taken directly to the Google search results page for the item.


Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner	The Sixteen Harry Christophers	The Gabrieli Consort Paul McCreesh

Brazilian Songs of Nature

Roland Perrin, whose arrangements of these Brazilian Songs we performed in the Duke Ellington concert, kindly supplied rehearsal tracks as MP3 files. Clicking on the MP3 logo will download the relevant file directly to your device.

Song	MP3
Double Rainbow
My Country
Outono
Passarim
Waters of March