The Dawning of the Day

7:00pm, Sat, 29 Jun 2024

  • Event Details
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  • Type of event: Performance
    Start time: 7:00pm
    End time: 9:00pm
    Venue: The Memorial Hall,
    Marford Road,
    Wheathampstead,
    Hertfordshire,
    AL4 8AY
    Description: The Dawning of the Day
    A programme of British and international folk music for choir and piano

    Comedy Tonight - Stephen Sondheim, arr. Steve Milloy

    Let’s Dance Gay* - Percy Grainger

    Shoshone Love Song - Trad . American lyric, Music by Roger Emerson
    The Battle of Jericho - Arr. Peter Hunt
    Hush, little baby 

    Handel in the Strand* - Percy Grainger

    Who can sail without the wind? - Ēriks Ešenvalds
    Tuoll' on mun kultani
    The Little Birch Tree – Russian folksong, arr. Mary Goetze

    Song from the Faroe Islands* - Percy Grainger

    Wild Mountain Thyme - Francis McPeake, arr. Peter Hunt
    Black is the Colour - English folksong. arr. Peter Hunt
    Scarborough Fair 

    Molly on the Shore* - Percy Grainger

    Matthew Woodward - piano

    Conducted by Rufus Frowde