The Big Sing National Finale
Thursday 16 August until Saturday 18 August 2012.

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UPDATE - 16 Oct. Voicemale and Burnside HS added

Opening Ceremony

Session 1 • Thursday 1:45-3.00pm

1   Burnside High School - Bel Canto
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanist: Grace Chia

Hey Ho, The Wind And The Rain – Jeffrey Biegel
Vier Lieder aus dem Jungbrunnen– Johannes Brahms
Egyetem Begyetem – Zoltán Kodály

2 Chilton Saint James School - Seraphim Choir
Conductor: Ella Buchanan Hanify
Accompanists: Hugh McMillan, Cheryl Grice Watterson (classical guitar), Eliza Benitez (congas)

Nuits d’Etoiles – Claude Debussy, arr. Alan Raines
Count Me The Stars – David Hamilton, (HC)
O Sifuni Mungu – A Y Mukalay, D Maddox, M McCall, & M M Mulongoy, arr. Roger Emerson

3 King’s College - All The King’s Men
Conductor: Nicholas Forbes
Accompanist: Arnold Lee

Wild Iron – David Griffiths, (HC)
Abendlied – Felix Mendelssohn
Dúlamán – Michael McGlynn

4 Villa Maria College - Con Brio
Conductor: Rosemary Turnbull
Accompanists: Catherine McKay, Caitlin Pugh (tambourine)

So Sweet Is She – John Ritchie, (HC)
Summer – Gustav Holst
Cantate Domino – Rupert Lang

5 Marlborough Girls’ College - Bella Voce
Conductor: Robin Randall
Accompanists: Gwenette Elliott, Abbey Burns and Vicky Mack (violin), Alix Schultze (viola), Caitlin Morris (cello)

My Song – David Childs, (HC)
Fa Una Canzona – Orazio Vecchi, arr. Russell Robinson
Tundra – Ola Gjeilo

Session 2 • Thursday 4.30-5.45pm

1 Kristin School - Euphony
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke, Rowan Johnston (percussion), Catherine Douglas (flute)

In A Glorious Garden Green– David Hamilton, (HC)
Malagueńa (from Suite de Lorca) – Einojuhani Rautavaara
It Was A Lover And His Lass (from Shakespeare Songs) – William Mathias

2 Wellington College - Wellington College Chorale
Conductor: Katie Macfarlane
Accompanist: Julie Coulson

Toki Tifa – Traditional Malayan folk song, arr. K Macfarlane
Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre
Zueignung Op.10, No.1 – Richard Strauss, arr. Deems Taylor, ad. K Macfarlane

3 Tawa College - Twilight Tones
Conductor: Isaac Stone
Accompanist: Martin Burdan

Cocks Crow, Babies Grow – Jenny McLeod, (HC)
Am Neujahrstage – Felix Mendelssohn
Give Me Jesus – Traditional, arr. Benjamin Harlan

4 Rangitoto College - SOS
Conductor: Karen Roberts
Accompanist: Josh Clark

Festival Gloria – David Hamilton, (HC)
Beau Soir – Claude Debussy, arr. Linda Spevacek
It’s Only A Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, arr. Kirby Shaw

5 Westlake Boys’ High School - Voicemale
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanist: Simon Qi

Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet – Greg Gilpin
The Silent Land – David Childs, (HC)
Embraceable You – George Gershwin, arr. Jay Althouse

Session 3 • Thursday 7.30-9.00pm

1 Rangitoto College - The Fundamentals
Conductor: Jonathan Palmer

La, la, la, je ne l’ose dire – Pierre Certon
Drei Volkslieder – Felix Mendelssohn
Cantemus! – Lajos Bardos

2 Wellington Girls’ College - Teal Voices
Conductors: Nicola Sutherland and Michael Fletcher
Accompanists: Nicola Sutherland, Michael Fletcher (organ)

Ländliches Lied – Franz Schumann
Wither’s Rocking Hymn – Brian Barrett, arr. Philip Walsh, Michael Fletcher, (HC)
Like A Rainbow – Bob Chilcott

3 Wellington East Girls’ College - Cantala
Conductor: Brent Stewart
Accompanist: Charlene Leong

Bitte Betti – Herwig Reiter
The Lamb – Tecwyn Evans, (HC)
Herbstlied – Felix Mendelssohn

4 Burnside High School - Senior Chorale
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanists: Chris Petch, Elliott Millar (snare drum), Hamish Smith (bass guitar)

Cry Out And Shout – Knut Nystedt
Lord, When The Sense Of Thy Sweet Grace – John Ritchie, (HC)
Waltzing Matilda – arr. Bob Chilcott

5 Otago Boys’ High School - Mandate
Conductor: Karen Knudson, Sam Madden
Accompanist: Sandra Crawshaw

All My Trials – Spiritual, arr. Gwyn Arch
Late In My Rash Accounting – Thomas Weelkes (1608)
Song – Anthony Ritchie, James K Baxter, (HC)

6 Westlake Girls’ & Boys’ High Schools - Choralation
Conductor: Rowan Johnston
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke

The Firefly (from ‘Animal Crackers - Volume 1’) – Eric Whitacre
Requiem Aeternam – Zdenek Lukas
Hosanna To The Son Of David – Thomas Weelkes

Session 4 - Friday  10:45-11:45am 

1 St Cuthbert’s College - Saints Alive
Conductor: Megan Flint
Accompanist: Elizabeth Lau

My Song – David N Childs, (HC)
A Choral Flourish – Linda Spevacek
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square – Manning Sherwin & Eric Maschwitz, arr. David Hamilton

2 Saint Kentigern College (Guest Choir) - Menasing
Conductor: Lachlan Craig
Accompanist: Stuart Saunders, Nicholas Sutcliffe, Sam Rich (snare drum), Harry Matheson (double bass)

I’ll Fly Away – Traditional, arr. Lachlan Craig
O die Frauen/Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar – Johannes Brahms
Pusi Nofo – Traditional, arr. Christopher Marshall

3 Kristin School - Euphony
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke

Lift Thine Eyes (from Elijah) – Felix Mendelssohn
Men’s Shadows (from Canary Wine) – John Ritchie, (HC)
Don’t Tell Mama (from Cabaret) – Fred Ebb & John Kander, arr. Mark Brymer

4 Burnside High School - Bel Canto
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanist: Grace Chia

Aglepta – Arne Mellnäs
Hymn To The Virgin – Tecwyn Evans, (HC)
Gloria (from Mass 6) – György Orbán


Session 5 • Friday 2.00-3.15pm

1 Rathkeale/St Matthew’s Collegiate - (Guest Choir) Viva Camerata
Conductor: Kiewiet van Deventer
Accompanist: Adam Gordon

Fa Una Canzona – Orazio Vecchi, arr. Joyce Eilers Bacak
The Driving Lesson – Graham Parsons, (HC)
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel – Traditional Spiritual, ed & arr. Steven Porter

2 Macleans College - Macleans College Choir
Conductor: Terence Maskell
Accompanists: Angel Swasbrook, Douglas Mews (organ), Robert Hudson (trumpet)

Haec Dies – William Byrd
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills – Christopher Artley, (HC)
I’m Gonna Sing! – arr. André Thomas

3 Marlborough Girls’ College - Bella Voce
Conductor: Robin Randall
Accompanists: Gwenette Elliott, Abbey Burns and Vicky Mack (violin), Alix Schultze (viola), Caitlin Morris (cello), Sophia Ritchie (double bass), Abbey Burns, Vicky Mack and Caitlin Morris (triangle)

Ad Amore – Lee Kesselman
Dream With Me – Jaqueline Evancho, David Foster, Linda Thompson, arr. John Purifoy
Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down – Traditional, arr. Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory

4 Marist College (Guest Choir) - Marist Stella
Conductor: Rostislava Pankova-Karadjov
Accompanist: Robyn Nash

Ave Maris Stella – Edvard Grieg, arr. R P Karadjov
Weep No More – David Childs
What A Wonderful World – George Weiss & Bob Thiele, arr. Mark Brymer

5 Rangitoto College - The Fundamentals
Conductor: Jonathan Palmer

Reading The Plum – Phillip Norman, (HC)
Deep River – Traditional American, arr. René Clausen
God Only Knows – Brian Wilson & Mike Love, arr. Tomas Bergquist

Session 6 • Friday 4.00-5.00pm

1 Westlake Girls’ & Boys’ High Schools - Choralation
Conductor: Rowan Johnston
Accompanists: Sheryl Clarke, David Squire (bass guitar), Sam Notman (drums)

Ecce Beatam Lucem – David Hamilton, (HC)
Lay A Garland – Robert Pearsall
Gloria (from ‘A Little Jazz Mass’) – Bob Chilcott

2 Kapiti College (Guest Choir) - Nga Manu tioriori O Kapiti
Conductor: Bridget O’Shanassy
Accompanist: Gioia Brunoro

Ma Navu – J.Spivak, arr. Barbara Wolfman
Personent Hodie – Gustav Holst, arr. John Rutter
I Am Not Yours – David N Childs, Sara Teasdale

3 Wellington Girls’ College - Teal Voices
Conductors: Nicola Sutherland and Michael Fletcher
Accompanists: Nicola Sutherland, Michael Fletcher

Where E’er You Walk – George Frideric Handel, arr. Thomas Keighley
Zauberspruch – Béla Bartók
Weep No More – David Childs

4 King’s College - All The King’s Men
Conductor: Nicholas Forbes
Accompanist: Arnold Lee

Vistel Vastel – Veljo Tormis
Seigneur, je vous en prie – Francis Poulenc
Ain’t She Sweet – Jack Yellen/Milton Ager, arr. Ruth Artman HC

Session 7 • Friday 6.30 - 8.00pm

1 Rangitoto College - SOS
Conductor: Karen Roberts
Accompanists: Josh Clark, Matthew Neale (double bass)

Scarborough Fair – Anon, arr. David Andrews
Weep No More – David N Childs, (HC)
Frere Jacques – Anon, arr. Jorma Panula

2 Tawa College - Twilight Tones
Conductor: Isaac Stone
Accompanist: Martin Burdan

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Michael Praetorius
Marianne – Traditional, arr. Philip Wilby
Blood Red Roses – Anonymous, arr. Douglas Mews, (HC)

3 Wellington College - Wellington College Chorale
Conductor: Katie Macfarlane
Accompanist: Julie Coulson

Hostina – Anton Dvorak
Fuji – David Childs, (HC)
Man or Muppet, Bret McKenzie

4 Villa Maria College - Con Brio
Conductor: Rosemary Turnbull
Accompanist: Catherine McKay

Quando Corpus – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
My True Love Hath My Heart – John Rutter
Dubula – Traditional Xhosa, arr. Mark Puddy

5 Otago Boys’ High School - Mandate
Conductor: Karen Knudson
Accompanist: Sandra Crawshaw, Soloists: Nick Tipa, Sam Madden, Thomas McCabe, Trio: Sam Madden, Nick Tipa, Marco Tamatea Tairaoa-Vargas

I Am Not Yours – David N Childs, Sara Teasdale, (HC)
Ave Maria – Franz Biebl,
Kiss The Girl – Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, arr. Kirby Shaw

6 Westlake Boys’ High School - Voicemale
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanist: Simon Qi

Die Minnesänger, Op.33, No.2 – Robert Schumann
Shenandoah – American folksong, arr. Jack Schrader
Gee, Officer Krupke (from West Side Story) – Leonard Bernstein, arr. Ed Lojeski

Session 8 • Saturday 10.30 - 11.45am

1 Burnside High School - Senior Chorale
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanist: Seraphin Loo

Dieu! Qu’il la fait bon regarder! (From Trois Chansons) – Claude Debussy
Feller From Fortune (from 5 songs of The Newfoundland Outports) – arr. Harry Somers
Earth Song – Frank Ticheli

2 St Cuthbert’s College - Saints Alive
Conductor: Megan Flint
Accompanists: Nicholas Sutcliffe (organ), Elizabeth Lau (double bass), Amelia Giles and Renee Yee (percussion)

Veni Domine – Felix Mendelssohn
Johnny Said “No!” – Vijay Singh
Motu Puketutu – Cheryl Camm & Robyn Trinick, (AK/HC)

3 Chilton Saint James School - Seraphim Choir
Conductor: Ella Buchanan Hanify
Accompanist: Hugh McMillan

Gloria (from Mass in C) – Sigisimund Neukomm
Lan Hua Hua – Tradtional Chinese Folk Song, arr. Liu Zhuang
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Don Raye & Hughie Prince, arr. Ed Lojeski

4 Wellington East Girls’ College - Cantala
Conductor: Brent Stewart
Accompanists: Charlene Leong, Timothy Pickering (bass guitar)

Ave Maria – Franz Biebl
Et consumimur igni (World Premier) – Karlo Margeti, (HC)
Rolling In The Deep – Adele & Paul Epworth, arr. Brent Stewart

5 Macleans College - Macleans College Choir
Conductor: Terence Maskell
Accompanist: Luke Heath-Edwards (guitar)

Im Grünen – Felix Mendelssohn
A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells. Soloist: Ben Kubiak
Wairua Tapu – Wehi Whanau, (AK)

Gala Concert

Introduction - Christine Argyle

Bel Canto - Gloria (from Mass 6) - Gyorgy Orban
Nga Manu tioriori O Kapiti - I am Not Yours - David Childs arr Sara Teasdale
All the King's Men  - Wild Iron - David Griffiths
Euphony - Don't Tell Mama (from Cabaret) - Fred Ebb & John Kander arr Mark Brymer
Macleans College Choir - Im Grunen - Felix Mendelssohn
Marist Stella - What A Wonderful World - George Weiss and Bob Thiele arr Mark Brymer
Mandate - Kiss the Girl - Howard Ashman, Alan Menken arr Kirby Shaw
SOS - Beau Soir - Claude Debussy arr Linda Spevacek
The Fundamentals - Drei Volkslieder - Felix Mendelssohn
Bella Voce - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Traditional arr Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory
Senior Chorale - Earth Song - Frank Ticheli
Seraphim Choir - Nuits d'Etoile - Claude Debussy  arr Alan Raines
Teal Voices - Like A Rainbow - Bob Chilcott
Viva Camerata - The Driving Lesson - Graham Parsons
Saints Alive - Johnny Said "No!" - Vijay Singh
Twilight Tones - Give Me Jesus - Traditional Arr Benjamin Harian
Menasing - I'll Fly Away - Traditional Arr Lachlan Craig
Con Brio - Dubula - Traditional Xhosa Arr Mark Puddy
Wellington College Chorale - Toki Tifa - Traditional Malayan folks song Arr K Macfarlane
Cantala - Bitte Betti - Herwig Reiter
Voicemale - Embraceable You - George Gershwin Arr Jay Althouse
Chorolation - Gloria (from 'A Little Jazz Mass') - Bob Chilcott

Awards Ceremony

Encore #1

Encore #2

Massed Item #1 - conducted by Andrew Withington

Massed Item #2 - conducted by Andrew Withington

The New Zealand National Anthem (organist Thomas Gaynor)  haka follows.


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