Summer concert – 11th July 2026

Music Across the World – a variety of songs to take us around the world without physical travelling.

Conducted by Sara Benbow

Accompanied by Liz Collins

A range of music from Iceland to New Zealand and from Japan to Brazil – and many stops between including:

How can I keep from Singing? North America, Robert Lowry (1860)
Siyahamba Southern Africa (Swahili), Trad. arr. Ruth Morris Gray
Sakura Japanese, Trad. arr. S Benbow
America the ….USA various, arr. S Benbow
Danny Boy Ireland, Trad. arr Bob Chilcott
A Sprengisandi Icelandic, Trad. arr S Benbow
Shackleton”s Cross (piano solo) from Antarctica, Howard Goodall
Begin the Beguine, Martinique and Guadeloupe, Cole Porter, arr Gwyn Arch
Counting the goats Wales, Trad. arr Caradog Roberts
Waltzing Matilda, Australia, Marie Cowan arr Thomas Wood
Girl from Ipanema, Brazil, Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes, arr Gwyn Arch
Pokarekare Ana,Ne w Zealand (Maori), Trad. arr Craig McLeish
Rasa Sayang Hey,  Malaysia/Indonesia/Brunei (Malay), Trad. arr S Benbow
Scarborough Fair England, Trad. arr Keely Hodgson

Bambelela, Southern Africa (Xhosa), Trad. arr Ruth Morris Gray

Shenandoah, North America, Trad. arr Bob Chilcott
El Vito (Small Choir),Spain, Trad. arr Emily Crocker
Wild Mountain Thyme, Scotland, Trad. arr Andrew Parr
Light Rises, The World in music. Tori Benbow
Calon Lân, From Wales to Patagonia – Let your hearts sing ! Daniel James & John Hughes