On Monday 30th November, in the resplendent yet intimate
atmosphere of the Oxford and Cambridge Club in Pall Mall, the Oxford
Liedertafel gave a seasonally warm and delicious concert of songs
by Vaughan Williams and some of the composers who influenced him.
The Society is grateful to the Oxford and Cambridge Club for their
hospitality and generosity and also to Em Marshall, Chairman of the
Ralph Vaughan Williams Society and Director of The English Music
Festival, for organising what we hope will be the first of a number
of informal concerts of English music. Their unusual concerts range from "Oxford Detective Fiction and Music" with Colin Dexter OBE, to obscure Spanish polyphony and neglected English and German romantic part-songs for men's voices. With the world-famous countertenor James Bowman, Liedertafel have given concerts in Oxford and Cambridge. In their highly popular Christmas concerts, they have been joined by the BBC Chorister of the Year 2005, Harry Sever, and Helen and Kate Ashby who are members of Stile Antico. In 2009 they delighted audiences at the English Music Festival with a programme of English part-songs throughout the ages. "Liedertafel" ("Song table")
has been a traditional title for men's voice singing groups in
Germany since the beginning of the 19th century. In 1808 The Berlin
Liedertafel was formed and, as with the English glee clubs, members
met on a fixed evening each week to eat, drink and make music.
The Oxford Liedertafel carries on some of this tradition, albeit
in a different order! PROGRAMME Stephen
Burrows countertenor Bushes and Briars Liebe Love wakes Hush sweet lute Kyrie There is no rose The sky above the roof Weep 0 mine eyes Fain would I change that note 0 Waly, Waly The world it went with me
then English folksong Searching for lambs This is the truth I saw three ships Linden Lea
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