The North Cotswold Chamber Choir with Guest Conductor, Edward Caswell, and Organist, Colin Millington.

The choir will take you through a songbook of stories from Robert Bridges, Charles D’Orléans and traditional French verse, set to music by Finzi, Debussy and Poulenc, with the additional delight of Cecillia McDowall’s setting of the Shipping Forecast.

Tickets available online or 01608 642350 on in person from Chipping Norton Theatre box office
2 Spring Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5NL
Tuesday – Friday: 12pm – 6pm, Saturday: 10am – 1pm

Pierre Passereau, Il est bel et bon

Gerald Finzi From Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
I praise the tender flower
I have loved flowers that fade
My spirit sang all day
Clear and gentle stream

Claude Debussy – Trois Chansons de Charles D’Orléans
Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder!
Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin
Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain

Cecilia McDowall, Shipping Forecast
I. Donegal
II. They that go down to the sea in ships
III. Naming

Francis Poulenc – Huit chansons françaises
Margoton va t’a l’iau
La Belle se sied au pied de la tour
Pilons l’orge
Clic, clac, Dansez sabots
C’est la petit’ fill’ du Prince
La Belle si nous étions
Ah! mon Beau Laboureur
Les tisserands

John Wilbye, Draw on, sweet Night

£15