SHOES MALE VOICE CHOIR KENDAL

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We present a Variety of Styles including :-

Spirituals, Folk Songs, Operatic pieces, Sacred Music, Gilbert and Sullivan.

New Songs for 2008/9: -

New items include ‘The Day is Past’ written by Thomas Miller and composed by our conductor as a special request for Eric Schofield. Our "songs from the Musicals" is a selection from Les Miserables by Schonberg arranged for male voice choir by A. Humphreys. Also we are rehearsing ' the Long Day Closes' by Henry F. Chorley and Arthur Sullivan.

Our ‘foreign’ song this year is ‘Die Nacht’ from Op17 No 4 by F Schubert which naturally we are singing in German. We are also singing the 'Workin' Man’ which is a traditional song about mining from Nova Scotia.

Examples from our repertoire include :-

An American Trilogy (M Newbury/A Humphreys)	Bring him Home from Les Miserables (Schonberg/Kretzmer/Boublil)

The Pasture (R Frost/R Thompson)	Medley from Jesus Christ Superstar(A Lloyd-Webber/A Humphreys)	Hand me down my Silver Trumpet (L Burgess)

Alexander's Ragtime Band (I Berlin/D Hood)	I will lift up mine Eyes unto the Hills (Simmons)	The Lily of the Valley (Trad; E Jones)

Little Innocent Lamb (M Bartholomew)	The Priests' Chorus (from the Magic Flute (Mozart)	Cole Porter Medley (Cole Porter)

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Other songs in our repertoire include:

E'en as a lovely Flower by H. S. Roberton

Bonnie Mary of Argyle by K. Berg
Some Enchanted Evening: Rodgers and Hammerstein arranged by Stickles
When the Saints go Marching in; Trad arranged by Hood
The Rhythm of Life: Fields and Coleman arranged by Barnes
Shortnin' Bread:   Dinham
Myfanwy:   Parry
O what delight:   (from Fidelio) : Beethoven
The Song of the Jolly Roger:   Chudleigh Candish
Linden Lea:   Vaughan Williams, arr Harrison
The Last words of David:   Randall Thompson
Deep River:   Trad, arr Arch
Smoke gets in your eyes: Kern
Carefully on Tip-toe Stealing:   (Pinafore): Gilbert and Sullivan.
You Raise Me Up: by Loveland and Graham arranged by our conductor.