Record

Performance TitleSainsbury's Choir of the Year 2000 - The Grand Final
Performance Date3 December 2000
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersJason Howard,
Ruby Turner - vocals,
Peter Skellern - piano,
Stephen Henderson,
James Robinson - percussion
Secondary PerformersPaul Daniel,
Susan Digby,
Hilary Finch,
Brian Kay,
John Rutter - adjudicators

Iain Burnside,
Richard Sisson,
Howard Gregory,
Audrey Gillian,
Annette Bryn Pari,
Susan Graham Smith,
Andrew Robinson - accompanists
ChoirsYouth Choirs:
The Chanterelles, Leicestershire,
Berkshire Youth Choir, Reading

Single Voice Choirs:
The White Rosettes, Leeds,
Loughside Chamber Choir, Newtonabbey

Children's Choirs:
Ysgol Glanaethwy Children's Choir, Bangor,
Cantate Junior Choir, Bishop's Stortford

Mixed Voice Choirs:
The Elysian Singers, London,
Choros Amici, Burton-on-Trent,
Cambridge Chord Company,
Phoenix,
Cantores Novae,
Highcliffe Junior Choir,
Berkshire Youth Choir,
London Adventist Chorale,
Croydon Seventh Day Adventist Gospel Choir,
Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir,
King's Singers,
Exmoor Singers
ConductorsShirley Court, Gillian Dibden, Sally McLean, Judith Watson, Cefin Roberts, Michael Kibblewhite, Sam Laughton, Chris Mallinson, Paul Davies, Lynda Wood, Vivien Pike, Mary Denniss, Ken Burton
Set ListYouth Choirs:
'The Echoing Green', William Mathias (The Chanterelles),
'Music When Soft Voices Die', Charles Wood (The Chanterelles),
'Turot Eszik A Cigany', Kodaly (The Chanterelles),
'Song of Love', Philip Lane (The Chanterelles),
'Exsultate Justi', Lodovico Viadana (Berkshire Youth Choir),
'Bogoriditsye Devo (Ave Maria)', Rachmaninoff (Berkshire Youth Choir),
'Sweet Neglect', Roger Steptoe (Berkshire Youth Choir),
'Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho', arr. Michael Brewer (Berkshire Youth Choir)

Single Voice Choirs:
'Beach Boys Medley', Wilson, Love, Fassert, Berry (The White Rosettes),
'I'm Sorry I Made You Cry', Brian Beck (The White Rosettes),
'Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight', Theodore Metz, arr. Joe Hayden (The White Rosettes),
'Al Lado De Mi Cabana', arr. Siegfried Strohbach (Loughside Chamber Choir),
'Snowforms', R Murray Schafer (Loughside Chamber Choir),
'I Got a Robe', arr. Michael Neaum (Loughside Chamber Choir)

Children's Choirs:
'Yr Hogyn Pren', John Daniel (Ysgol Glanaethwy Children's Choir),
'My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)', James Horner (Ysgol Glanaethwy Children's Choir),
'Rew Di Ranno', arr. Elfed Owen (Ysgol Glanaethwy Children's Choir),
'Down by the Riverside', arr. Gwyn Arch (Ysgol Glanaethwy Children's Choir ),
'Time On Our Hands', Alan Simmons (Cantate Junior Choir),
'Come My Way', Vaughan Williams (Cantate Junior Choir),
'When Christ Was Born of Mary Free', John Gardner (Cantate Junior Choir),
'I Once Loved a Lad', arr.Michael Neaum (Cantate Junior Choir)
'Beat Me Daddy', Raye, Prince, Sheehy (Cantate Junior Choir)

Mixed Voice Choirs:
'Weihnachten', Mendelssohn (The Elysian Singers),
'Annunciation', John Tavener (The Elysian Singers),
'God's Grandeur', Britten (The Elysian Singers),
'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas', Martin, Blanc, arr. Peter Gritton (The Elysian Singers),
'Richte Mich, Gott (Psalm 43)', Mendelssohn (Choros Amici),
'Ye That Pasen By', arr. Britten (Choros Amici),
'The Way You Look Tonight', Kern, arr. Alan Simmons (Choros Amici),
'Alleluia! I Bring You News of Great Joy', Francis Grier (Choros Amici)
INTERVAL
Choirs Galore:
'Teddy Bears Picnic', John Bratton, Jimmy Kennedy (Cambridge Chord Company)
'Royal Garden Party Blues, C Williams, S Williams, arr. Tom Gentry (Phoenix),
'Everyone Sang', Andrew Carter (Cantores Novae, Jason Howard),
'It's a Quiet Place', 'Sometimes a Day Goes By' (John Kander, arr. Chris Wiltshire (Cantores Novae, Jason Howard),
'The Gift', arr. Bob Chilcott (Highcliffe Junior Choir, King'Singers),
'Gaudete', arr.Philip Lawson (Highcliffe Junior Choir, King'Singers),
'Jingle Bells', arr. Gordon Langford (Highcliffe Junior Choir, King'Singers),
'Lullay', Peter Skellern (Berkshire Youth Choir, Peter Skellern),
'When You Wish Upon a Star', arr. Peter Skellern (Berkshire Youth Choir, Peter Skellern),
'Amazin' Grace', arr. Howard Goodall (London Adventist Chorale, Seventh Day Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir, Howard Goodall, Ruby Turner),
'The Twelve Days of Christmas', (Iain Burnside, Richard Sisson, Stephen Henderson, James Robinson)
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC television hosted by Howard Goodall and Diane Louise Jordan.

The competition involved some 300 amateur UK choirs.

Choros Amici won Sainbury's Choir of the Year 2000, Mixed Voice Choir of the Year 2000.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2000/188),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2000/60),
Poster (RAHE/2/2000/31),
Video (RAHE/5/2000/4)
Ticket Prices£7.50-£18.00
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2000/188Sainsbury's Choir of the Year 20003 December 2000
RAHE/6/2000/60Sainsbury's Choir of the Year 2000 - The Grand Final3 December 2000
RAHE/2/2000/31Sainsbury's Choir of the Year 2000 - The Grand Final3 December 2000
RAHE/5/1/2000/6Sainsbury's Choir of the Year 2000 - The Grand Final3 December 2000
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OobuxuxeakckcrSainsbury's Choir of the Year 2000 Final1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5025Jordan; Diane Louise (1960-); English television presenter
DS/UK/5151Daniel; Paul (1958-); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/5484Goodall; Howard (1958-); CBE; English composer
DS/UK/7727Exmoor Singers; 1983-; British choir
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