NUNS AND ROSES
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Ranging from the chant of Hildegard of Bingen to the hoovering fantasia of Stephen Hatfield, from Purcell to Katy Perry, this programme is a musical cocktail of folk, medieval classical and contemporary styles, woven into a tapestry which is both sacred and profane, tender, witty and urbane.
Cattle Call - Scottish trad. arr Katy Cooper
Veni, Veni Emmanuel - Michael John Trotta
Otche Nash - Nikolai Kedrov
Crown of Roses - P I Tchaikovsky
O Jesulein zart - Winnie Brückner
There is no Rose - English 15th century
O Virtus Sapientiae - Hildegard of Bingen
Shen Khar Venakhi - Armenian arr. Komitas
Hamisha Asar - Flory Jagoda arr. Suzzie Vango
God says Yes - Paul Carey
Lauliku Lapsepoli - Veljo Tormis
Changeling’s Lullaby - Jess Arrowsmith/Lady Maisery
Pseudo-Yoik - Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Kakwa Moma - Bulgarian Volkslied arr. Knorrn
Ca’ the Yowes - Scottish arr. M Coleridge
Lagan Love - Trad Irish
Hebridean Spinning Song - Trad arr. Mark Hewitt
Mouth Music - arr. D Keane & J Faulkner
Jack’s Valentine - Libby Larsen
Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap arr. S T-Flowers
Three Ways to Vacuum your House, Part 1 - Stephen Hatfield
Music for a While - Purcell arr. Gunnar Eriksson
Firework - Katy Perry arr. Jim Clements
Du bist die Ruh - Franz Schubert arr. J Clements
Sample Programmes
NUNS AND ROSES II
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Papagena’s programme ranges from 12th century abbess Hildegard of Bingen to Imogen Heap, from Russian Orthodox hymnody and lilting Celtic ballads to Norwegian lullabies. Throw into the mix Purcell, Scarlatti, Caitlin Moran’s hilarious take on Rudyard Kipling’s IF and the group’s new cover of Sweet child of mine and you have Nuns and Roses II, something for everyone!
Hamisha Asar - Jagoda. arr Vango
Cor mio - Scarlatti
O Cruor sanguinis - Hildegard of Bingen
Sub o salcie - Romanian Orthodox arr Anya Woods for Trio Nightingale
O viridissima virgo ave - Duggan
Izhe Heruvimi - Chesnokov
Cattle call - Trad. Scotland. arr Cooper
Lauliku lapsepoli - Tormis
Det lisle bånet - Krohn
When the earth stands still - Macdonald
I lie - Lang
Sweet child of mine - Guns ‘n’ Roses. arr Vango
The Woman’s IF (poem by Caitlin Moran) - Jim Clements
Sigh no more - Bremer
Jack’s Valentine - Larsen
Hide and Seek - Heap
Music for a while - Purcell
Fusion - Macdonald
THE DARKEST MIDNIGHT
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Medieval, Celtic and contemporary carols with seasonal songs.
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Veni, veni Emmanuel - Trotta
Nowell, tydinges trew - English 15th century
Dou way Robin/Sancta Maria - English 15th century
Gaudete - Trad. arr Vango
Wexford carol - Irish trad. arr Vango
The Darkest Midnight - Irish trad.
Don oíche úd i mBeithil - Irish trad. arr Vango
Det lisle bånet - Krohn
Toi, le coeur de la rose - Ravel
Oy es dia! - Pascual. arr Tenant-Flowers
Carol of the Bells - Leontovich. arr Drury
Angelus ad virginem - 13th century English
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming/Of the Father’s love begotten - 15th/13th century chant. arr Hughes & Tenant-Flowers
Balulalow - Vango
Corpus Christi carol - Britten. arr Brückner
O Jesulein zart - German chorale. arr Brückner
In dulci jubilo - German chorale arr Culloton
When the earth stands still - Macdonald
River - Joni Mitchell. arr Clements:
The Woman’s IF (poem by Caitlin Moran) - Jim Clements
Fusion - Macdonald
Still Moving
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Settings of the Stabat Mater text interlaced with musical reflections on contemporary themes of waiting, motherhood and love. Featuring seven pieces especially commissioned for or written by Papagena. This programme is usually performed in collaboration with a lutenist and organist but can be adapted to an a cappella version.
Maria, virgo virginum - Las Huelgas Codex
Surp terzoruteanc - Trad. Armenian
Iam nubes - Las Huelgas Codex
El cant dels Ocells - Trad. Catalan arr. Sarah Tenant-Flowers (Papagena commission)
Stabat mater speciosa - John Duggan (Papagena commission)
Who knows where the time goes - Sandy Deny arr. Suzzie Vango (Papagena commission)
Order & Chaos - Lady Maisery
Eine kleine Frist - Herman van Veen arr, Wishful Singing
Stabat mater dolorosa - Orazio Vecchi (Papagena commission)
Tomorrow is today - Janet Wheeler (Papagena commission)
Dolce cantavi - Caroline Shaw
Shule agra - Trad. Irish
The gallant weaver - James MacMillan arr. Sarah Tenant-Flowers (Papagena commission)
I courted a sailor - Kate Rusby arr. Suzzie Vango (Papagena commission)
A WINTER's DAWN
(with harp)
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Carols, lullabies and songs of hope, including works by Imogen Holst as well as Gustav Holst accompanied by harp, together with a cappella carols and Advent pieces from around the world, winter folk ballads, baroque motets, seasonal songs and harp solos.
Angelus ad virginem - 13th century English
Nowell, tydinges trew - 15th century English
Kinder zwÿgt - 15th century Dutch arr Wilma ten Wolde
The song of the birds - Trad Catalan arr. Sarah Tenant-Flowers
RIu, riu, chiu - Trad Spanish villancico attributed to Mateo Fletcha
Tomorrow is today - Janet Wheeler
Preludes II & III (from birds in winter) - Michael Mauldin
Dobryy vechir tobi - Trad Ukrainian arr Suzzie Vango
Carol of the bells - Mykola Leontovych arr Lizzie Drury
Don oíche úd i mBeithil - Irish trad. arr Suzzie Vango
The waiting sky - Oliver Tarney
Hymn to Vena (from Rig Veda) - Gustav Holst
The darkest midnight - Trad Irish arr Diamaid Ó Muirithe
Dime amor, qué prodigio es aquéste? - Juan de Araujo
Skinny Love - Justin Vernon arr Jim Clements
Lullaby & Shed no tear (from Welcome joy & welcome sorrow - Imogen Holst
Variations pastorales sur un vieux noël - Marcel Samuel-Rousseau
O du stille zeit - Cesar Bresgen arr Simon Wawer
Order & Chaos - Lady Maisery
In dulci jubilo - Trad German arr Matthew Culloton
Wexford carol - Irish trad. arr Suzzie Vango
I saw three ships - Trad arr Sarah Tenant-Flowers/Suzzie Vango