Catalogue
HAVPCD233 – Carnival!
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| Disk Title | Carnival! |
| Farnham Youth Choir | |
| Soloists | Julia Freeman (Accompanist) |
| Choir | Farnham Youth Choir |
| Conductor | David Victor-Smith |
| Location | The Church of St Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Farnham |
| Date Recorded | February 1999 |
| Audio Tracks | 29 |
Youth choirs are permanently in flux. Voices change, singers mature and eventually move on, while some years inevitably include stronger talent than others. Farnham Youth Choir’s Class of ’98 was special in many ways and produced performances to prove it. Two major competitions were won: an international event in Italy and the televised Sainsbury’s Youth Choir of the Year in the Buxton Opera House. There was a much-acclaimed appearance at the Festival of Remembrance in November and, not least, the first performance of a new arrangement of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. This recording not only captures the music behind these successes, but also the stylistic thread that has made the sound of Farnham Youth Choir so distinctive.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 02:31 | Las Amarillas | Trad. Mexican, arr. Stephen Hatfield |
| 2 | 02:17 | Beautiful Nancy | Hampshire folk-song, arr. Gwyn Arch |
| 3 | 01:00 | Chonkina | Ko Matsushita |
| 4 | 03:35 | Bonny at morn | Northumbrian folk-song, arr. Michael Neaum |
| 5 | 00:42 | Le hérisson | Francis Poulenc |
| 6 | 01:09 | Le chien perdu | Francis Poulenc |
| 7 | 05:25 | Cantique de Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré, arr. John Rutter |
| 8 | 02:09 | O salutaris hostia | Charles Gounod, arr. C. H. Trevor |
| 9 | 02:42 | In Flanders fields | Alexander Tilley |
| 10 | 03:44 | Inscription of Hope | Randall Stroope |
| 11 | 02:35 | I’m goin’ home on a cloud | Mary Goetze, arr. Susan Taylor-Howell |
| 12 | 01:59 | Joshua fit de battle ob Jericho | Spiritual, arr. Philip Wilkinson |
| 13 | 02:32 | Ae fond kiss | Trad. Scottish, arr. Lee Kesselman |
| 14 | 02:08 | A Hymn to the Virgin | Edmund Rubbra |
| 15 | 02:27 | I love all graceful things | Eric Thiman |
| 16 | 01:57 | The Plough Boy | Folk-song, arr. Benjamin Britten |
| 17 | 00:38 | Carnival! 1. Introduction |
Camille Saint-Saëns/Gwyn Arch and Jeremy Browne |
| 18 | 01:52 | 2. The royal march of the Lion | |
| 19 | 01:04 | 3. Hens and Cockerels | |
| 20 | 01:42 | 4. Tortoises | |
| 21 | 01:26 | 5. The Elephant | |
| 22 | 01:20 | 6. Kangaroos | |
| 23 | 02:12 | 7. Aquarium | |
| 24 | 00:57 | 8. Creatures with long ears | |
| 25 | 02:24 | 9. The Cuckoo in the wood | |
| 26 | 01:01 | 10. Pianists | |
| 27 | 01:44 | 11. Fossils | |
| 28 | 02:26 | 12. The Swan | |
| 29 | 02:28 | 13. Finale |
Farnham Youth Choir was founded in 1984 by its current director, David Victor-Smith. It aims to provide children aged from 10 to 16 with the opportunity of singing to a very high standard. Typically, each child spends four years in the choir, and auditions are held annually for children from a wide area round Farnham. The choir’s repertoire is broadly based to give a musical education that supports and extends the children’s individual musicianship. Many concerts have been given on tour round England and Scotland, and there are frequent performances in the Surrey area.
