Addison Singers Hold Summer Concert at St Andrew's Church


Offering an evening of music ranging from jazz classics to oratorios

Addison Singers' Chamber Choir, Jazz Ensemble and Oratorio Choirs are joining forces for their Summer Concert at St St Andrew’s Church, in Greyhound Road this Saturday, 8 July.

Conducted by David Wordsworth and Matthew Hough, the concert will feature a wide variety of music. Here's the programme:

Oratorio Music

  • McDowall ‘Fancy of Folksongs’
  • Chilcott ‘Songbook’ – ‘Ar Hyd y Nos’, ‘O Danny Boy’, ‘Skye Boat Song’ & ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’
  • Rutter ‘Amazing Grace’
  • Copland ‘Simple Gifts’
  • Bernstein ‘Make my garden grow’ – with Chamber Choir & Jazz Ensemble

Chamber Choir music

  • Pearsall ‘Lay a garland’
  • Pearsall ‘Summer is Y’coming in’
  • Hyde ‘Orpheus with his lute’
  • Jackson ‘To morning’
  • Elgar ‘As torrents in summer’
  • Stanford ‘The Bluebird’
  • Hunter (arr.) ‘Summertime’ – with Jazz Ensemble
  • Grainger ‘Irish tune from County Derry’ – with Jazz Ensemble

Jazz Ensemble music

  • ‘Begin the Beguine’
  • ‘Blue Skies’
  • ‘For all we know’
  • ‘Misty’
  • ‘Don’t sit under the apple tree’
  • ‘My Evaline’
  • ‘Summertime’ – with Chamber Choir
  • Grainger ‘Irish Tune from County Derry’ – with Chamber Choir
  • Bernstein ‘Make my garden grow’ – with Chamber Choir & Jazz Ensemble

The Addison Singers add that the famous Addison Pimms will be served before the concert and during the interval.

Tickets cost £13 in advance (£11 concessions or £3 for under 16s) available online at WeGotTickets or £15, £13 for concession and £3 for under 16s on the door.

St Andrew's Church is in Fulham Fields, Greyhound Road,London W14.

Find out more about the Addison singers, a locally based group of classical and jazz choirs here.

July 4, 2017