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Recorded at The Big Sing National Finale 29 to 31 August 2013, at Dunedin Town Hall

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Opening Ceremony - Thursday 29 August 11:00am

Mihi Whakatau - King's and Queen's High Schools' Kapa Haka
Welcome to Dunedin - Dave Cull, Mayor
David Clark, Labour MP for Dunedin North
Welcome to The Big Sing - Christine Argyle, Chair NZCF
Welcome to The Big Sing - Carole Randall, Dunedin Co-ordinator
Item - The University Capping Sextet

Recital Session 1 - Thursday 29 August 1:45pm to 3:00pm

1 Diocesan School for Girls - St Cecilia Singers
Conductor - Shona McIntyre-Bull
Accompanist - Judy Lee

Sing a New Song - David Gordon
To Be Sung On The Water - Samuel Barber
Hexenlied - Felix Mendelssohn, arr Paul Neal

2 Rangitoto College - The Fundamentals
Conductor Jonathon Palmer
Accompanists - Yun-Pai Hsu - Piano, Daniel Waterson -Drums, Matthew Neale - Bass

The Moon Is Distant From The Sea - David Childs (HC)
Cantate Gloria - Alan Bullard
'S Wonderful - George & Ira Gershwin, arr Phil Mattson

3 Kristin School - Euphony
Conductor: David Squire

The Nightingale – Thomas Weelkes, arr. Norman Greyson
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen – Josef Rheinberger
Monument – Craig Utting (HC)

4 Burnside High School - Burnside Senior Chorale
Conductor: Susan Densem

Songs of Childhood (No. 3, No. 10) – Jenny Mcleod (HC)
The Sea Witch (from The Little Mermaid) – John Høybye
Abendlied – Josef Rheinberger

5 King’s College - All The King’s Men
Conductor: Nicholas Forbes

Widmung – Robert Schumann, arr. Nicholas Forbes
Pusi Nofo – Traditional Samoan, arr. Christopher Marshall (HC)
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat – Frank Loesser, arr. Christopher Artley

Recital Session 2 • Thursday 4.30-5.45pm

1 Rangitoto College - SOS
Conductor: Virginia Le Cren
Accompanist: Yun-Pai Hsu

Ich wollt’, meine Lieb’ – Felix Mendelssohn
Two Eastern Pictures ‘Spring’, ‘Summer’ – Gustav Holst
Sanctus – Richard Oswin (HC)

2 Villa Maria College - Con Brio
Conductor: Ravil Atlas
Accompanist: Corwin Newall

The Lamb – Tecwyn Evans (HC)
Gaudete – Anonymous, arr. Ravil Atlas
Nigra Sum – Pablo Casals

3 Saint Kentigern College - Kentoris
Conductor: Lachlan Craig
Accompanist: Gracie Francis - Piano,
Siobhan Gerritsen - Cello, Miyo Yoon - Violin

Verleih uns Frieden – Felix Mendelssohn
Eyze Sheleg/Rakut (from Five Hebrew Love Songs) – Eric Whitacre
Hot And Cold – Andrew Baldwin (HC)

4 Wellington College - Wellington College Chorale
Conductors: Katie Macfarlane, Brent Stewart
Accompanists: Brent Stewart - Log Drum,
Sam van Erpers Roijaards - Bass Drum,
Alex Drummond - Ukulele, Sam Schuyt - Piano

Musika Malie – Traditional Samoan, arr. Katie Macfarlane (HC)
Dies Irae – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Patrick M Liebergen
Khorumi – Mamia Khatelishvili

5 Westlake Girls’ & Boys’ High Schools - Choralation
Conductor: Rowan Johnston
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke - Piano,
Nicholas Forbes - Organ

Warum? (from Vier Quartette Op 92 No 4) – Johannes Brahms
Whanau Marama – David Hamilton& Tsubasa Kawamoto (AK/HC)
A Clare Benediction – John Rutter

Recital Session 3 • Thursday 7.30-9.00pm

1 St Cuthbert’s College - Saints Alive
Conductor: Megan Flint
Accompanists: Elizabeth Lau - Piano,
Sally Tibbles - Flute 1, Georgia Butt - Flute 2

Benedictus and Alleluia – Johann Michael Haydn, arr. Patrick Liebergen
Hej, Igazitsad! – Lajos Bardos
What Is This Feeling? – Stephen Schwartz, arr. Roger Emerson

2 Rangi Ruru Girls’ School - Resolutions
Conductor: Helen Charlton
Accompanist: Amy Ga Hee Lee

Soldatenbraut (Op. 69 no. 4) – Robert Schumann
I Am Not Yours – David N Childs (HC)
Panta Rhei – Jim Papoulis

3 Epsom Girls’ Grammar School - Paradisum
Conductor: Virginia Le Cren
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke

Am Strande – Johannes Brahms
Make Room For The Bouncing Belly (from Canary Wine) – John Ritchie (HC)
Cantate Domine – Paul Ayres

4 Craighead Diocesan School - Craighead Chorale
Conductor: Vicki McLeod
Accompanist: Lynne Macfarlane

Atapo – Josie Burdon (HC)
Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein – Felix Mendelssohn
Papa, Can You Hear Me? (from Yentl) – Michel LeGrand & Alan & Marilyn Bergman, arr. Lisa DeSpain

5 Dilworth School - Fortissimo
Conductor: Claire Caldwell
Accompanists: Josh Clark - Piano, Joel Amosa & Samson Setu - Drums

Weep O Mine Eyes – John Bennet, arr. Josh Clark
Scarborough Fair – Traditional, arr. Derek Clark
Island Medley: Lome Lome, Si’i Lolo, & Pate Pate – Traditional (Samoa); Tavake, Vai and Sualala (Tonga); & Te Vaka (Tokelau), arr. Fortissimo 2013 (HC)

6 Westlake Boys’ High School - Voicemale
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke

Zion’s Walls – Revivalist hymn, adapted by Aaron Copland
Soon Ah Will Be Done – William Dawson
Two Years Later – Alex Taylor (HC)

Recital Session 4 • Friday 10.45-11.45am

1 Macleans College - Macleans College Choir
Conductor: Gina Sanders
Accompanists: Kenny Chu – Piano & percussion, Nigel Weeks – Percussion, Daniel Xue – Percussion

Fyer Fyer – Thomas Morley
O Nata Lux – Morten Lauridsen
The Chattanooga Choo Choo – Mack Gordon & Harry Warren, arr. Pete Schmutte & Gina Sanders

2 King’s College - All The King’s Men
Conductor: Nicholas Forbes

Non Nobis, Domine – Rosephanye Powell
The Pasture – Randall Thompson
Ching-a-Ring Chaw – Minstrel song, adapted by Aaron Copland

3 Burnside High School - Burnside Senior Chorale
Conductor: Susan Densem

Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar
A Boy And A Girl – Eric Whitacre
The Drunken Sailor – Traditional, arr. Robert Sund

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

Come Sleep, Oh Sleep – David Hamilton (HC)
El Grito (from Suite de Lorca) – Einojuhani Rautavaara
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Kirby Shaw

Recital Session 5 • Friday 2.00-3.15pm

1 Diocesan School for Girls - St Cecilia Singers
Conductor: Shona McIntyre-Bull
Accompanist: Judy Lee

O Vos Omnes – Tomás Luis de Victoria, arr. Russell Robinson
Je Le Vous Dirai – Pierre Certon, arr. John Leavitt
All My Trials – Traditional Bahamian Spiritual, arr. Tom Fettke & Thomas Grassi

2 Rangitoto College - The Fundamentals
Conductor: Jonathan Palmer

Hark! All Ye Lovely Saints Above – Thomas Weelkes
Ce beau printemps – Mark Sirett
Twa Tanbou – Sydney Guillaume

3 Bethlehem College - Animoso (Guest Choir)
Conductor: Roger Stevenson
Accompanists: Barbara Caygill, Tom Jarrett - Drums,
David Squire - Double Bass

Waldesnacht du wunderkühle – Johannes Brahms
The Moon Is Distant From The Sea – David N Childs
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby – Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields, arr. Dave Riley & Jay Althouse

4 Villa Maria College - Con Brio
Conductor: Ravil Atlas
Accompanist: Corwin Newall

Revelation – Z Randall Stroope
And Will a’ Not Come Again – Matthew Harris
Chindia – Alexandru Pascanu

5 Saint Kentigern College - Kentoris
Conductor: Lachlan Craig
Accompanist: Gracie Francis

Steal Away – Tradtional spiritual, arr. Michael Tippett
Minoi Minoi – Traditional Samoan, arr. Christopher Marshall (HC)
Sure On This Shining Night – Morten Lauridsen

Recital Session 6 • Friday 4.30-5.30pm

1 Westlake Boys’ High School - Voicemale
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanists: Rowan Johnston - Flute, Warwick Robinson - Clarinet, Kanghyun Lee - Clarinet, Max Bensley - Alto Saxophone,
Eugene Fong - Alto Saxophone), Benjamin Webster - Trumpet, Samuel Yang - Euphonium, Hayley Barker - Trombone, Ross Ter Braak - Drums

Stars I Shall Find – David Dickau
Repleti Sunt Omnes – Jakob Handl
Strike Up The Band – George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Mark Hayes

2 Havelock North High School - Future Prospect (Guest Choir)
Conductors: Susan Melville, Jonathan Drummond

We Sail The Ocean Blue – Arthur Sullivan, arr. John Leavitt
Hine E Hine – Princess Te Rangi Pai, arr. Susan Melville
You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile – Charles Strouse, arr. Jeff Funk

3 Burnside High School - Bel Canto
Conductor: Susan Densem

Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar
A Boy And A Girl – Eric Whitacre
The Drunken Sailor – Traditional, arr. Robert Sund

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

Sanctus (from Messe a Trois Voix) – André Caplet
This Old Hammer – David Hamilton (HC)
This Little Babe (from A Ceremony of Carols) – Benjamin Britten

Recital Session 7 • Friday 7.00-8.30pm

1 St Hilda’s Collegiate School - Sings Hilda (Guest Choir)
Conductor: Michael Grant
Accompanist: Ihlara McIndoe

Svete Tikhi – Pavel Chesnokov
This Old Hammer – David Hamilton
Creep – Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood, Radiohead, from arr by La Scala & Kolacny Bros

2 Epsom Girls’ Grammar School - Paradisum
Conductor: Virginia Le Cren
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke

Tota Pulchra Es (from Quatre Motets) – Maurice Duruflé
The Ships Of Arcady – Michael Head
It’s Only A Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, arr. Kirby Shaw

3 Wellington College - Wellington College Chorale
Conductors: Katie Macfarlane, Brent Stewart
Accompanists: Sam Schuyt, Brent Stewart

Orange Coloured Sky – Milton Delugg & Willie Stein, arr. Deke Sharon
The Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre
Ritmo – Dan Davison

4 Rangi Ruru Girls’ School - Resolutions
Conductor: Helen Charlton
Accompanist: Siyu Sun

Miserere – Eva Ugalde
Fair Phyllis – John Farmer, arr. Noel Cox
Ripple Effect – Stephen Hatfield

5 Craighead Diocesan School - Craighead Chorale
Conductor: Vicki McLeod
Accompanists: Lynne Macfarlane - Piano, Tim McLeod - Violin

The Moon – Cheryl Camm (HC)
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep – Laura Farnell & Mary Elizabeth Frye
I’ve Got The World On A String – Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, arr. Kirby Shaw

6 Westlake Girls’ & Boys’ High Schools - Choralation
Conductor: Rowan Johnston
Accompanist: Rowan Johnston, Morag Atchinson - Percussion

A Hymn To The Virgin – Benjamin Britten
Suscepit Israel (from Magnificat)– Einojuhani Rautavaara
Maunga e ole Atuolo – Traditional Samoan, arr. Ieti MJ Leu’u

Recital Session 8 • Saturday 10.30-11.45am

1 Rangitoto College - SOS
Conductor: Virginia Le Cren
Accompanist: Yun-Pai Hsu

Malaguena (from Suite de Lorca)– Einojuhani Rautavaara
Romance – Claude Debussy, arr. Alan Raines
Misty – Erroll Garner, arr. Gwyn Arch

2 James Hargest College - Ancora (Guest Choir)
Conductor: Lesley Little

My Love Dwelt In A Northern Land – Edward Elgar
Chanson d’amour – Wayne Shanklin, arr. Paul Hart
The Snowman – David Hamilton

3 Macleans College - Macleans College Choir
Conductor: Gina Sanders

Abschied vom Walde – Felix Mendelssohn
The Bee – Carol Shortis (HC)
Tangi Te Kawekawea – Gareth Farr (AK/HC)

4 Dilworth School - Fortissimo
Conductor: Claire Caldwell, Josh Clark
Accompanists: Claire Caldwell, Josh Clark, Matt Neale - Bass, Daniel Waterson - Drums

Wasserfahrt – Felix Mendelssohn
Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell, arr. Kirby Shaw
E Te Atua – Hato Paparoa, arr. Hato Paparoa & Josh Clark (AK/HC)

5 Burnside High School - Bel Canto
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanists: Joseph Kuek - Bongos, Julian Chu-Tan - Congas

Te Whakaaro Pai ki Nga Tangata – Helen Fisher (AK/HC)
Lullaby of Broadway – Harry Warren, arr. Arne Dagsvik
Ave Maria – David MacIntyre

Gala Concert - Saturday 31 August 2013

Burnside High School - Bel Canto - Ave Maria
Kristin School - Euphony - Come Sleep, Oh Sleep
Saint Kentigern College - Kentoris - Steal Away
Rangitoto College - The Fundamentals - 'S Wonderful
St Cuthbert's College - Saints Alive - Hej Igazitsad!
Bethlehem College - Animoso - The Moon is Distant From the Sea
Graighead Diocesan - Craighead Chorale - Atapo
King's College - All the King's Men - Widmung
Rangi Ruru Girls' School - Resolutions - I Am Not Yours
Havelock North High School - Future Prospect - We Sail The Ocean Blue
Rangitoto College - SOS - Sanctus
James Hargest College - Ancora - Chanson d'amour
Diocesan School for Girls - St Cecilia Singers - Sing A New Song
Westlake Boys' High School - Voicemale - Strike Up The Band
Villa Maria College - Con Brio - Revelation
Otago Boys' & Girls' High Schools - Barock - Tyger ! Tyger !
Westlake Girls' & Boys' High Schools - Choralation - Whanau Marama
St Hilda's Collegiate School - Sings Hilda - Creep
Macleans College - Macleans College Choir - The Chattanooga Choo Choo
Burnsdie High School - Senior Chorale - Songs of Childhood (No3, No 10)
Epsom Girls' Grammar School - Paradisum - It's Only A Paper Moon
Wellington College - Wellington College Choral - Ritmo
Dilworth College - Fortissimo - - E Te Atua

Massed Choir Item -

National Anthem

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