Between January and May we give a series of concerts, mostly in churches and church halls. We change the programme each year, but during a season, it remains constant: solos, ensembles and choruses from a selection of the G&S operas, and usually from one or two other works.
Our programme for the 2005 series is as follows:
| Trial by Jury | |
|---|---|
| Chorus | Hark the hour of ten is sounding |
| Defendant and Chorus | When first my old, old love I knew |
| Plaintiff and Chorus | Comes the broken flower |
| Chorus | All hail, great judge |
| Judge and Chorus | When I, good friends |
| Cox and Box (Burnand and Sullivan) | |
| Duet | The buttercup |
| The Zoo (Rowe and Sullivan) | |
| Carboy and Chorus | The British public |
| Carboy and Chorus | I loved her fondly |
| Eliza | I'm a simple little child |
| Quartet and Chorus | My father |
| The Pirates of Penzance | |
| Samuel and Chorus | Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry |
| Ruth | When Frederic was a little lad |
| Edith, Kate and Chorus | Climbing over rocky mountains |
| Ensemble | Stop ladies pray! |
| Frederic and Chorus | Oh, is there not one maiden breast |
| Mabel and Chorus | Poor wand'ring one |
| Sergeant and Chorus | When a felon's not engaged in his employment |
| Solos and Double Chorus | When the foeman bares his steel |
| Patience | |
| Solos and Chorus | In a doleful train |
| Patience and Angela | Long years ago, fourteen maybe |
| Colonel and Chorus | The soldiers of our queen |
| Grosvenor and Chorus | The magnet and the churn |
| Colonel, Major, Duke | It's clear that mediaeval art |
| Quintet | If Saphir I choose to marry |
| The Mikado | |
| Chorus | Comes a train of little ladies |
| Trio and Chorus | Three little maids from school |
| Pooh-Bah and chorus | So please you sir |
| Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Pish-Tush | I am so proud |
| Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo | Were I not to Ko-Ko married |
| Chorus | Madrigal: Brightly dawns our wedding day |
| Utopia Limited | |
| Zara, Fitzbattleaxe and Chorus | O maiden rich in Girton lore |
| Fitzbattleaxe | A tenor, all singers above |
| Zara and Fitzbattleaxe | Words of love too loudly spoken ("Sweet and low") |
| Ensemble | Society has forsaken all her wicked courses |
| The Gondoliers | |
| Chorus | Once more gondolieri (Act II finale) |
For venues and dates, see our 2005 Calendar.
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