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Monday, October 17, 2016

Musical Matinees Presents A Charismatic Christmas Program Indoors tonight in Newcastle



Charismatic Christmas - Program


ENGLAND
Christmas is Coming -  Edith Nesbitt (1858-1924)            
Joy to the World                                                                                           AUDIENCE SING
 text Issac Watts, music ? (often attr. Handel, Lowell Mason), arr. ????
What Child is This?                                                                          AUDIENCE SING
text W. C. Dix (1837-1898), 16th C English Air, arr. Sir John Stainer (1840-1901)          
Wassail Song - written 1850(?) Yorkshire, arr. ??
The Holy City - Michael Maybrick                     BLAKE PARHAM solo

AUSTRALIA
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - trad English (written 1833?), arr. Colin Brumby (b.1933)
The Three Drovers - Words by John Wheeler, Music by William G. James (1892-1977)

GERMANY
Lo how a rose (“Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”) - text anon, music by Melchior Volpius (1560-1615)
Conditor Alme Siderum - Vesper Hymn arr. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Silent Night    (“Stille Nacht”)                                                                      AUDIENCE SING
German text Joseph Mohr (1792-1848), English translation by John Freeman Young (1820-1885), music by Franz Gruber (1787-1863)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - (Low how a Rose) text anon, trad German hymn, arr. Michael Praetorius

FRANCE
O Holy Night  (“Minuit, chrétiens!”) - English text J. S. Dwight, Music by Adolfe Adam (1758-1848), arr. John E. West               BLAKE PARHAM solo (with choir and trumpet)
Far Away what splendour comes this way - text Mary Barham Johnson (1895-1996), attrib. J-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), arr. Georges Bizet (1838-1875), adapt. Hygh Keyte and Andrew Parrott
Ding Dong Merrily on High                                                            AUDIENCE SING
Text George Ratcliffe Wood (1848-1934), 16th C French Melody, arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Pat-a-Pan - Burgundian carol, 1720 arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Noël, noël -  trad French Round

INTERVAL

ROMANIA
Trei Pastori (Three Shepherds) - Gabriel Dumetrescu (b.1936?)

POLAND
Infant Holy, based on"W żłobie leży", English translation by Edith M. G. Reed

CZECH/AMERICAN/ENGLISH
Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth  - NO MUSIC FOR THIS YET
(Notes: Little Drummer Boy composed by Katherine Davis (American) based on a Czech carol, Peace on Earth written by Grossman (American), Ian Fraser (English), Buz Kohan ( American), Written for Bing Crosby and David Bowie (who died in 2016!))


SPAIN
A un Niño llorando - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Riu Riu Chiu - Mateo Flecha el Viejo (1481-1553)

AMERICA
O magnum mysterium - text trad responsorial Christmas Matins Chant, music by Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)
Away in a Manger                                                                            AUDIENCE SING
 text anon, music by William Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)        
White Christmas - Irving Berlin                                                       BLAKE PARHAM solo
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Text & Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, Arr. Samuel Donovan (Newcastle, Australia!)

SWEDEN
Happy New Year                                                                                         
ABBA arr for Acappella Nova by Samantha Cobcroft (b. 1972)

ITALY                                                                                             
God be here and God be there - trad
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Musical Matinees Present A Charismatic Christmas for your Christmas Party



By the weekend before Christmas, you will be sick of the commercialism around Christmas and ready to enjoy some old fashioned carols, so join us at Nelson Bay Diggers Club on Sunday Afternoon at 2pm for carols.

If you live in Newcastle, come to St Andrew's Presbyterian Church on the corner of Laman and Auckland Streets, Newcastle at 7pm on Friday 16th December.

We will also be at Singleton Uniting Church on Saturday 17th December at 2pm.

Join Aaron Passfield (trumpet), Vincent Parmeter (keyboard) and guest tenor Blake Parham with the sensational Acappella Nova Choir as they sing carols from around the world. There will be Jazz and a chance to sing along.
This will be a fabulous Christmas Party for 2016 if you are looking for something different. 
Otherwise join us for international carols and an end of year celebration. 

Our 2016 Young MCs, Hallam Ingram and Buckley Ingram, brothers and students of St Philip's Christian College will guide you through this Concert.

Tickets are available from Nelson Bay Diggers Club with a free drink voucher if you have lunch at the bistro beforehand.

For the other concerts, tickets are available from 

or at the door on the day.

A special, home made Christmas supper or afternoon tea will be provided at Singleton and Newcastle.

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Russian Revelation CONCERT POSTPONED TO A DATE TO BE ADVISED due to URGENT REPAIRS REQUIRED on the piano at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church.



Oh Those Russians

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Saturday, 22 October 2016 from 2:00 PM.


 










Vincent Parmeter                  Samantha Cobcroft


Musical Matinees presents Russian Revelation at St Andrews Presbyterian Church on Saturday, 22 October 2016 at 2:00 PM.

Songs by Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Rimsky-Korsakov and excerpts from Elena Kats-Chernin's Wild Swans suite make you fall in love with Russian music all over again.

Samantha will captivate you, using ingenious programming and lucid explanations of text and style.

Vincent complements her with his stunningly passionate playing and intuitive timing.

A complimentary, home-made afternoon tea is provided in the church hall afterwards as usual.

Tickets are $25 at Sticky Tickets https://www.stickytickets.com.au or at the door. 

Please like us on facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/musicalmatineesinc


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Russian Revelation CONCERT POSTPONED TO A DATE TO BE ADVISED due to URGENT REPAIRS REQUIRED on the piano at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church.



Oh Those Russians

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Saturday, 22 October 2016 from 2:00 PM.


 










Vincent Parmeter                  Samantha Cobcroft


Musical Matinees presents Russian Revelation at St Andrews Presbyterian Church on Saturday, 22 October 2016 at 2:00 PM.

Songs by Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Rimsky-Korsakov and excerpts from Elena Kats-Chernin's Wild Swans suite make you fall in love with Russian music all over again.

Samantha will captivate you, using ingenious programming and lucid explanations of text and style.

Vincent complements her with his stunningly passionate playing and intuitive timing.

A complimentary, home-made afternoon tea is provided in the church hall afterwards as usual.

Tickets are $25 at Sticky Tickets https://www.stickytickets.com.au or at the door. 

Please like us on facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/musicalmatineesinc


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