TITLE:
Anvil Chorus
COMPOSER:
Verdi
This piece has been arranged G.Lorimer and is from the Opera II Travatore, during this song when staged workers beat out on their Anvils
TITLE:
Away from the Roll of the Sea
COMPOSER:
Allister McGillivray
Arranged by Dianne Loomer
TITLE:
Bring Him Home
COMPOSER:
Boublil & Sconberg
From the musical Les Miserables made famous on the west end by a number of stars, Colm Wilkinson most famously amongst a cast of many
TITLE:
Bui Doi
COMPOSER:
Boublil & Schonberg/ John Trent Wallace
From the musical Miss Saigon, here we see the american GI's reflecting upon their time in Vietnam and the plight of thousands of children whose only crime was being born.
TITLE:
Cantique de Jean Racine
COMPOSER:
Gabriel Faure / Denis Mason
A French song this version sung in English, Tanslation by Lyndon Gardner
TITLE:
Divine Brahma
COMPOSER:
George Bizet
Arranged by Alwyn Humpreys , from the Pearl Fishers
TITLE:
Do You Hear the People Sing?
COMPOSER:
Boulil & Schonberg
From the musical Les Miserable , arranged by Ed Lojeski
TITLE:
Gwahoddiad
COMPOSER:
Lewis Hartsough / John Tudor Davies
Traditional Welsh song sung in English
TITLE:
Morte Criste
COMPOSER:
When I survey the wondrous cross as its better known as Arranged by Emrys Jones
TITLE:
Rhythm of Life
COMPOSER:
Field & Coleman
From the musical Sweet Charity , made famous by Sammy Davis Jr
TITLE:
Seal Lullaby
COMPOSER:
Rudyard Kipling / Eric Whitacre
A lullaby based upn Rudyard Kiplings poem, the song conveys the movement of the sea
TITLE:
Speed Your Journey
COMPOSER:
Giuseppe Verdi
Arranged by Sydney Northcote, Alternativeley known as The chorus of the Hebrew slaves
TITLE:
Stout Hearted Men
COMPOSER:
Hammerstein & Romberg
"Stout-Hearted Men" is a rousing song from the operetta The New Moon, composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
TITLE:
Tears in Heaven
COMPOSER:
Eric Clapton
"Tears in Heaven" was written by Eric Clapton as a heartfelt tribute to his four-year-old son, Conor, who tragically died in 1991.
TITLE:
The Lads in their Hundreds
COMPOSER:
Butterworth
Arranged by Christopher Hill “The Lads in Their Hundreds” is the 23rd poem in Houseman’s collection of poems. With a cheerful tune describing young men coming to the fair, the poet wonders which of them will go off to war and never return.
TITLE:
Tshotsholoza
COMPOSER:
Traditional
This lively song uses Swahili language and comes from Henry Leck's South African Suite. "Tshotsholoza" is a term used to encourage people to work together and move forward.
TITLE:
What Would I do?
COMPOSER:
Middlebrooks & Belland
Arranged by Alwyn Humpreys , The song reflects the deep emotional connection has in our lives.
TITLE:
With Cat-Like Tread
COMPOSER:
Gilbert & Sullivan
From the opera Pirares of Penzance , it talks about sneaky pirates likened to cats
TITLE:
You Raise Me Up
COMPOSER:
Graham & Lovland
Arranged by Christopher Hill. You Raise Me Up speaks to the transformative power of divine or spiritual support during life's darkest moments. The narrator finds himself overwhelmed by weariness and burdens that seem impossible to bear alone.
TITLE:
You'll Never Walk Alone
COMPOSER:
Hammerstein & Rodgers
Arranged by Alwyn Humpreys. A show tune from the musical Carousel. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, stabs himself with a knife whilst trying to run away after attempting a robbery with his mate Jigger and dies in her arms