THE MUSIC

GO THE DISTANCE

Alan Menken (arr. Aaron Dale)

Find out if the other Song Cyclists can help Ollie to achieve his goal in this favourite from the Disney film Hercules.

Thanks to Eve Morris and the AV team at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for recording and to Jonty Dawson for filming and editing.

HEAR THE VOICE AND PRAYER

Thomas Tallis

This beautiful motet, composed around 1547, is thought to be one of the earliest sacred pieces in English rather than Latin. Setting King Solomon's words at the dedication of the temple in Jerusalem, the plea for mercy and protection may have been particularly resonant for Henry VIII's newly-reformed church.

COME FLY WITH ME

James van Heusen (arr. Kevin Keller)

Here's hoping we're still this energetic after 1000 miles in the saddle and not ruing the bitter irony of 'Baby, let's fly!'

THE PROGRAMME

A Selection From:

Anon. - Sumer Is Icumen In

Thomas Tallis - If Ye Love Me, Hear The Voice and Prayer

Robert White - Regina Caeli

Felix Mendelssohn - Beati Mortui, Periti Autem

Robert Schumann - Die Lotosblume

Maurice Duruflé - Ubi Caritas

Robert Pearsall - Oh Who Will O'er The Downs So Free

Alice Parker (arr.) - What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?

Ralph Vaughan-Williams (arr.) - Loch Lomond

William Searle (arr.) - Sosban Fach

Red Molly (arr.) - Foreign Lander

Philip Le Bas (arr.) - Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

Albert L. Peace (arr. Phelps) - O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Leonard Bernstein (arr. Giallombardo) - Tonight

Jimmy Van Heusen - Come Fly With Me

S Club 7 (arr. Searle) - Reach

Freddie Mercury (arr. Searle) - Bicycle Race

Alan Menken (arr. Dale) - Go The Distance