Recorded
at The
Big Sing National Finale 13 to 15 August 2015 at the
Michael Fowler Cerntre, Wellington
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Opening Ceremony -
Thursday 13 August 11:00am
Opening Ceremony
Wellington Brass Quintet - clip 1 clip 2
Recital Session 1 -
Thursday 13 August 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Kristen School - Euphony
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanist: Sheryl Clarke
A Charm for Rain: He Tua I te Rangi
- David Hamilton
Ave vernum corpus
- Francis Poulenc
You'd be so nice to come home to
- Cole Porter arr Jay Althouse
St Cuthbert’s College -
Saints Alive
Conductor: Megan Flint
Accompanists: Cathy Bennett, Holly Butt - oboe
Salve Regina – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
The Swing (from My Bed is a Boat) – Cheryl Camm
La Maumariée – trad French, arr. Joni Jensen
Dilworth School -
Fortissimo
Conductors: Claire Caldwell, Josh Clark
Accompanists: Claire Caldwell, Ryan Parkinson, Josh Clark
Dies irae (from Requiem) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Patrick M.
Liebergen
Suo-Gân – trad Welsh, arr. Josh Clark
Taku Kahurangi – Joby & Otene Hopa, arr. Josh Clark &
Hui Hopa
Burnside High School -
Bel Canto
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanist: Robert Petch - percussion
Der Wassermann – Robert Schumann
Ave verum – Katherine Dienes
Cancion de los tchilasás – trad Ecuadorian, arr. Michael Sample
Marlborough Girls’
College - Ovation
Conductor: Robin Randall
Accompanist: Gwenette Elliott
A Charm for Rain: He Tua I Te Rangi – David Hamilton
Ëgyëtëm bëgyëtëm – Zoltan Kodaly
The Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre
Recital Session 2 - Thursday 13 August
4:45pm to 6:00pm
Rangi Ruru
Girls’ School
- Resolutions
Conductor: Helen Charlton
Salve Regina – Javier
Busto
Snake, Echo &
Beetles (from Close-up of a Daisy) – Dorothy Ker
Táncnóta – trad
Hungarian, arr. Zoltán Kodály
Wellington College - Wellington
College Chorale
Conductor: Katie
Macfarlane
Accompanists: Claire
Macfarlane - violin, Katie
Macfarlane
Májko, májko zelená –
trad Czech,
arr. Zdeněk Lukáš
O magnum mysterium –
Manolo da Rold
Audition Day – Joshua
Hopton-Stewart
Wellington Girls’ College - Teal Voices
Conductors: Nicola
Sutherland, Michael Fletcher
Accompanists: Michael
Fletcher, Nicola Sutherland
Ave Maria – Johannes Brahms
Noël des enfants qui
n’ont plus de maisons – Claude Debussy
He’s gone away – trad
American, arr. Lee Dengler
Diocesan School for Girls - St Cecilia
Singers
Conductors: Shona
McIntyre-Bull, Rachel
Alexander
Accompanist: Judy Lee
O magnum mysterium –
Christopher Artley
Il est bel et bon –
Pierre Passereau, arr.
Norman Greyson
Do not stand at my grave
and weep – Laura
Farnell
Westlake Boys’ High School - Voicemale
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanists: Nick Curry
- trumpet, Riley
Cahill - snare drum, Sheryl Clarke
Katonadal – trad
Transylvanian, arr. Zoltán Kodály
Lux aurumque – Eric
Whitacre
Coffee In a cardboard
cup – John Kander &
Fred Ebb, arr. Kevin Robinson
Recital
Session 3 - Thursday 14 August 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Burnside
High School
- Burnside
High School Senior Chorale
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanists: Lixin
Zhang, Grace Stainthorpe - violin
My spirit sang all day – Gerald Finzi
O magnum mysterium –
Christopher Artley
Kalá Kallá (from Five
Hebrew Love Songs) – Eric
Whitacre
Wellington
East Girls’ College
- Cantala
Conductor: Brent Stewart
Accompanists: Michelle
Xu, Carolyn Mills - harp
Meeting at Night (from
Taurus 1: Night and Morning) – Pepe Becker
Hymn of the Travellers
(from Choral Hymns from The Rig Veda) – Gustav
Holst
Three Ways to Vacuum
your House – Stephen
Hatfield
King’s
College - All The
King’s Men
Conductor: Nicholas
Forbes
Hodie christus natus est – Cheryl Camm
Beati mortui – Felix
Mendelssohn
What shall we do with
the drunken sailor? – trad, arr. Robert Shaw & Alice
Parker
Craighead
Diocesan School
- Craighead
Chorale
Conductor: Vicki McLeod
Accompanist: Lynne
Macfarlane
Ooh Ladyfinger – Cheryl
Camm
An den Abendstern –
Robert Schumann
Children will listen –
Stephen Sondheim, arr.
Mark Brymer
Tawa College - Blue Notes
Conductor: Isaac Stone
Accompanist: Martin
Burdan
Richte mich, Gott – Mendelssohn
Come all you tonguers
(from Two New Zealand Folk
Songs of the Sea) – trad NZ, arr. Douglas Mews
John the Revelator –
trad American, arr.
Sean Ivory & Paul Caldwell
St Patrick’s College,
Wellington
- Con
Anima
Conductor: Roger Powdrell
Accompanist: Fiona McCabe
Sanctus – Christopher
Artley
Zum Sanctus (from
Deutsche Messe) –
Franz Schubert
Baba Yetu – Christopher
Tin, arr. Derek Machan
Recital
Session 4 - Friday 14 August 10:30am to 11:30am
Epsom
Girls’ Grammar School
- Paradisum
Conductor: Virginia Le
Cren
Accompanists: Yun-Pai
Hsu, Annabel Lovatt
- cor anglais
Ave verum corpus – Francis Poulenc
Bobby Shaftoe – trad,
arr. Robert Latham
She weeps over Rahoon –
Eric Whitacre
Samuel Marsden Collegiate
School
- Altissime
Conductors: Maaike
Christie-Beekman, Marian
Campbell
Accompanists: Marian
Campbell,Madeline
Hayward - egg shaker
The silver swan –
Orlando Gibbons, arr.
John E. West
Las amarillas – trad
Mexican, arr. Stephen Hatfield
Saint Kentigern College - Menasing
Conductor: Lachlan Craig
Accompanist: Gracie
Francis
The moon is distant from the sea – David N. Childs
The Pasture (from
Frostiana) – Randall
Thompson
La Chanson de Mardi Gras
– trad Cajun,
arr. Michael McGlynn
Nelson
College for Girls
- Stella
Nova
Conductor: Rebecca
Monopoli
Accompanists: Miyuki
Jones - piano, Mike
Austin - cor anglais
She weeps over Rahoon – Eric Whitacre
Song of Ruth – David N.
Childs
Kafal sviri – trad
Bulgarian, arr. Petar Liondev
Recital
Session 5 - Friday 14 August 12:30 to 1:30pm
St
Hilda’s Collegiate School - Sings Hilda
Conductors: Michael
Grant, Ben Madden
Ubi caritas – Ola Gjeilo
Je le vous dirai! –
Pierre Certon, arr.
John Leavitt
Prayer of the Children –
Kurt Bestor, arr.
Andrea S. Klouse
Macleans
College - Macleans
College Choir
Conductors: Gina
Sanders, Sarah McNabb
Accompanist: Angel
Swasbrook
Great Trees – Malcolm Dalglish
Nicolette/Trois beaux
oiseaux du paradis –
Maurice Ravel
Die Beredsamkeit – Franz
Joseph Haydn
Westlake Girls’ High
School
- Cantare
Conductor: Fiona Wilson
Accompanist: Cathy
Bennett
Sound the trumpet – Henry Purcell
My Lagan love –
traditional Irish, arr.
Michael Neaum
Noël des enfants qui
n’ont plus de maisons – Claude Debussy
Christ’s College
& St Margaret’s College - Collegium
Conductors: Nicholas
Sutcliffe, Robert Aburn
Accompanist: Nicholas
Sutcliffe
Let all the world in every corner sing – Nicholas Sutcliffe
Eternal spirit – Philip
Walsh
Fascinating rhythm –
George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Mark Hayes
Recital
Session 6 - Friday 14 August 3:15 to 4:45pm
St
Cuthbert’s College
- Saints
Alive
Conductor: Megan Flint
Accompanists: Annabel Yu
- claves, Cathy Bennett - piano, Amelia Giles - violin
Ngana – Stephen Leek
The Stuttering Lovers –
trad Irish, arr.
Donald Patriquin
Marlborough Girls’ College - Ovation
Conductor: Robin Randall
Accompanist: Gwenette
Elliott
Shenandoah – trad American, arr. Jeff Funk
De Profundis – Russell
Robinson
Tawa College - Blue Notes
Conductor: Isaac Stone
Margoton va t’a l’iau –
trad French,
arr. Francis Poulenc
Salve Regina – David N.
Childs
Wellington
Girls’ College
- Teal
Voices
Conductors: Nicola
Sutherland, Michael Fletcher
Accompanists: Nicola
Sutherland, Michael Fletcher
I am not yours – David N. Childs
I say a little prayer –
Burt Bacharach,
arr. Mark Brymer
Kristin School - Euphony
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanist: Sheryl
Clarke
No puedo apartarme (from Cantigas de Amigo) – Paul Carey
Miniwanka (or ‘The
Moments of Water’) – R.
Murray Schafer
Dilworth School - Fortissimo
Conductors: Claire
Caldwell, Josh Clark
Accompanists: Josh
Clark, J Amosa - drums
Goin’ home – Antonin Dvorak, arr. William Arms Fisher
Five foot two / Ain’t
she sweet – Sam Lewis, Joseph Young, Milton Ager, arr. Ruth Artman, adapted
Fortissimo
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School - Resolutions
Conductor: Helen Charlton
Accompanist: Grace
McKenzie
Catch a falling star – Bob Chilcott
Oh soldier, soldier –
trad, arr. Robert Latham
Recital
Session 7 - Friday14 August 6:15 to 9:15pm
Craighead
Diocesan School
- Craighead
Chorale
Conductor: Vicki McLeod
Accompanist: Lynne
Macfarlane
Barter – Rene Clausen
Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar
St Patrick’s College,
Wellington
- Con
Anima
Conductor: Roger Powdrell
Accompanist: Fiona McCabe
Deep river – trad American, arr. John Leavitt
Hol’ you han’ – trad
Jamaican, arr. Paul Rardin
Burnside High School - Bel Canto
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanist: Justine Lee
My true love hath my heart – John Rutter
Cantate Domino – Rupert
Lang
King’s
College - All The
King’s Men
Conductor: Nicholas
Forbes
Accompanist: Christopher
Artley
Vistel-vastel – Veljo Tormis
Dirait-on (from Les
Chansons des Roses) – Morten
Lauridsen
Wellington
East Girls’ College
- Cantala
Conductor: Brent Stewart
Accompanist: Michelle Xu
To Morning – Allan Bevan
Little Shop of Horrors –
Alan Menken
Wellington College - Wellington
College Chorale
Conductor: Katie
Macfarlane
Send in the clowns – Stephen Sondheim, arr. Michael Martin
Daemon irrepit callidus
– György Orbán
Diocesan School for Girls - St Cecilia
Singers
Conductors: Shona
McIntyre-Bull,
Rachel Alexander
Accompanist: Judy Lee
Miss Jane Austen (from Three Poems from the Parlour) – Eleanor
Daley
Ain’t misbehavin’ –
Thomas “Fats” Waller, arr.
Larry Shackley
Westlake Boys’ High School - Voicemale
Conductor: David Squire
Accompanists: Donald
Armstrong - violin, Haihong
Liu - violin, Warwick Robinson - viola, David Chickering - cello, Larry
Reese - percussion, Sheryl
Clarke - piano, Riley Cahill - percussion
Festival Gloria – Craig Courtney
Howler Monkey – Robbie
Ellis
Recital
Session 8 - Saturday 15 August 10:15 to 12:15pm
Christ’s
College & St Margaret’s College - Collegium
Conductors: Nicholas
Sutcliffe, Robert Aburn
Tom, he was a piper’s son & Lavender’s blue (from Three Of A Kind) – David
Farquhar
Beati quorum via –
Charles Villiers Stanford
St Hilda’s Collegiate
School
- Sings
Hilda
Conductors: Michael
Grant, Ben Madden
Läksin minä kesäyönä käymään – David Hamilton
I see red – Tim Finn,
arr. Michael Grant
Burnside High School - Burnside High
School Senior Chorale
Conductor: Susan Densem
Accompanists: Lixin
Zhang, Zachary Chyr - double bass, Chris Petch - percussion
O nata lux – Morten
Lauridsen
Let the river run –
Carly Simon, arr.
Craig Hella Johnson
Nelson College for Girls - Stella Nova
Conductor: Rebecca
Monopoli
Accompanist: Miyuki Jones
Dizdizka zeruan – Eva Ugalde
Svatba (A Wedding) –
trad Bulgarian, arr.
Hristo Todorov
Saint Kentigern College - Menasing
Conductor: Lachlan Craig
Accompanist: Gracie
Francis
Good-Night – Matthew Emery
Leaning on a lamp-post –
Noel Gay,
arr. Robert Wiremu
Samuel
Marsden Collegiate School - Altissime
Conductors: Maaike
Christie-Beekman, Marian
Campbell
Ave Maria – Katherine Dienes
Tihore mai – Hirini
Melbourne
Beau soir – Claude
Debussy, arr.
Linda Steen Spevacek
Epsom Girls’ Grammar
School
- Paradisum
Conductor: Virginia Le
Cren
Accompanist: Yun-Pai Hsu
Ländliches Lied – Robert Schumann
A Charm for Rain: He Tua
I Te Rangi –David
Hamilton
Macleans College - Macleans
College Choir
Conductors: Gina
Sanders, Sarah McNabb
Te mea nui – Kate Bell
Rosas Pandan – trad
Visayan, arr.
George G. Hernandez
Westlake Girls’ High
School
- Cantare
Conductor: Fiona Wilson
Accompanists: Cathy
Bennett - piano, David Squire - double bass, Riley Cahill -
snare drum
Mihi – David Hamilton
Skylark – Hoagy
Carmichael, arr. Kirby Shaw
Gala
Concert - Saturday 23 August 6:30 to 10:30pm
Euphony - A Charm for Rain: He Tua I Te Rangi - David Hamilton
Burnside High School Chorale - Kala Kalla (from Five Hebrew Love Songs) Eric Whitacre
Sings Hilda - Laksin mina kesayone kaymaan - David Hailton
Stella Nova - Kafal sviri - trad Bulgarian arr Petar Liondev
Menasing - Leaning on a lamp post - Noel Gay arr Robert Wiremu
Teal Voices - I say a little prayer - Burt Bacharach
Macleans College Choir - Rosa Randan - trav Visayan arr George G Hernandez
Resolutions - Tancnota - trad Hungarian arr Zoltan Kodaly
Fortissimo - Taku Kahurangi - Joby & Otene Hopa arr Josh Clark & Hui Hopa
Altissime - Las amarillas - trad Mexican arr Stephen Hatfield
St Cecilia Singers - Ain't misbehaving - Thomas "Fats" Waller arr Larry Shackley
Wellington College Chorale - Audition Day - Joshua Hopton-Stewart
Paradisium - She weeps over Rahoon - Eric Whitacre
Bel Canto - Cancion del los tsachilas - trad Ecuadorian arr Michael Sample
Bel Canto - Requiem - Rosa Elliott - winner of SOUNZ-NZCF Composition competition
Saints Alive - La Maumariee - trad French arr Joni Jensen
Voicemale - Lux aurumque - Eric Whitacre
Cantala - Little Shop of Horrors - Alan Menken
Collegium - Beati quorum via - Charles Villiers Stanford
Craighead Chorale - Salmo 150 - Emani Agular
Con Anima - Hol' you han - trad Jamaican arr Paul Rardin
Blue Notes - Richte mich, Gott - Mendelssohn
Cantare - Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons - Claude Debussy
All The King's Men - Dirait-on (from Les Chansons des Roses) - Morten Lauridsen
Ovation - The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre
Wellington Girls' College & Wellington College Ukelele Group
Presentation of Awards
Massed Choir item - Conducted by Rowan Johnston
Massed Choir - National
Anthem
With members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band
Elizabeth's Shoes - or why you don't text the vision Director during a live gig......
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