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ST AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH Baring Road, Grove Park, SE12 0DX Celebrations and Remembrance in 2016 All Saints, All Souls, Shakespeare (1616), The Somme and Dublin (1916) with ROBERT MUNNS International Concert Organist SALLY MUNNS Reader 6 p.m. Sunday 30th October 2016 PROGRAMME 1. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) From Henry V's Agincourt Speech and the Deo Gracias a. Agincourt Hymn attrib. John Dunstable (1390-1453) b. Passacaglia (Death of Falstaff) Sir William Walton (1902-1983) c. Touch her soft lips and part Sir William Walton 'Richard' - Carol Ann Duffy (b1955) Eulogy at the internment of the III in Leicester Cathedral on 26th March 2015 d. Elegy from 'Richard III ' body of Richard Sir William Walton 2. The Somme (1st July-18th November 1916) from the German Perspective: From 'Christmas 1914' - Carol Ann Duffy a. Passion, Op.145 (1916) Max Reger, (1873-1916) Reger's short life was shattered because of his Christian faith. A harmonisation by J.S.Bach of the Chorale 'O Mighty Love' will be played first. The Easter Rising, Dublin, 1916 'Hate' (Dublin, 28th April 1916) - James Stephens (1880-1950) b. 'St Patrick's Breastplate, Op.101/5 Sir C.V. Stanford (1852-1924) Stanford, born in Dublin, had great influence on future generations taught at Cambridge and the Royal College Vaughan Williams. of English Composers he of Music. His students included Herbert Howells and The Somme from the British Perspective: 'In Flanders Fields' - John McRae (1872-1918) c. Prelude on Psalm 23, Op.32 (1916) Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death..... Howells was Assistant Organist at Salisbury Cathedral during World War I and had the tonal qualities of the 1875 'Father Willis' Organ very much in mind. 3. The Gathering Storm, 1933-39 a. 'Desseins Eternels' (1936) Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) 'God in his love has sent his Son, through Jesus Christ, to the glory of his grace' (St Paul to France's greatest voice in music of the Twentieth Century was in a concentration camp in the Ephesians) Silesia 1940-41 where he wrote 'Quartet for very slow the End of Time' for performance in the camp. This contemplative movement from 'La Nativité' shows the composer reflecting on what was to come three years later. 'Holocaust' - Barbara Sonek (1942-2010) b. Choral Dorien (1938) Jehan Alain (1911-1940) The extraordinary heroism of this composer whose action at the 1940 led to him killing 16 enemy troops before awarded the Croix Saumur on 20th June he was killed in a motor cycle ambush. He was de Guerre posthumously for his bravery and buried by the Germans military honours. His music is among some of the most original of the 20th century. w ith fu l l Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) 4. British music by pupils of Brahms (1833-1897) a. Christ Redemptor....(1912) Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) The Soldier - Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) b. 'O Sadness and Bitter Pain' (1891) Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) One of a set of 6 Chorale Preludes by a very great female composer who became notorious in 1913 for her association with the Suffragette Movement. Her enormous musical output has never been fully appreciated because she was a lady born at the wrong quite outstanding. time. This very short gem is 'Do not stand at my Grave and weep'... Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) 5. Acclamations Acclamations - Christus Vincit! (1949) Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Langlais was the blind Titulaire at St Clotilde, Paris, where his predecessors included Franck and Tournemire. This, the final movement of his Suite Mediévale should sum up our thoughts and help us face a somewhat uncertain future in 2016. Robert Munns has enjoyed a long and satisfying career as a concert organist, conductor and church musician since his days as a scholarship holder of the Royal Academy of Music. His many subsequent overseas tours have included performances, master classes and broadcasts on five continents that have attracted great acclaim. In England Robert Munns has performed at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall and at the St Alban's Festival, St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and the Royal Festival Hall. He was for some years appointed principal organist to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and has also appeared as guest soloist with the London Philharmonic and BBC Scottish Orchestras. His many overseas appearances include Washington Cathedral, the Kaiser Wilhelm Church in Berlin, St. Peter's Cathedral Geneva and the Laurenskirk Rotterdam. Appearances in the East include Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Adelaide and at the Melbourne International Festival. In 1992 he was the first British organist in forty-five years to give concerts in Romania following the end of communist rule. In the United Kingdom, the Royal Academy has honoured him for his services to British music, and since 1996 he has made yearly concert tours to the United States, which have become major draws in the organ concert seasons across the continent. Also, as a teacher, he has universal recognition, numbering several internationally admired organists among his pupils. Since 1994 Robert has given major workshops and classes in Berlin, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada and the United States. Among Robert Munns's recordings, ranging from a disc of Rheinberger organ sonatas from Norwich Cathedral to music by Joseph Jongen and Reger from Southwark Cathedral, is a particularly valuable recent CD, intriguingly entitled Flying Visits - Around the World in 72 Minutes, containing no fewer than sixteen pieces by various composers. This was recorded on the organ of St Michael and All Angels in Croydon. Surrey and is an exceptionally interesting and varied collection of shorter works from the 19th and 20th centuries. Although he is now reducing his recital schedule, during the last three years he has performed at King's College, Cambridge and the Cathedrals of Aberdeen, Blackburn, Carlisle, Chester, Salisbury, Truro, Winchester, Westminster and Southwark. Sally Munns has now retired as a performer after a successful and varied career as a singer, although she remains in demand as a teacher. She is delighted to be joining her husband in tonight's programme.