| Andrew Brough and
Christopher Smith were members of the choir of the Collegiate Church of
Saint Mary, Warwick under the direction of Geoffrey Holroyde.
Andrew Brough and
Christopher Smith were in the same class as Coten End Primary School in
Warwick for the whole of their time there. They joined the choir of St.
Mary's Church on the same day in October 1963 when they were both seven
years old after the choir-master visited the school to recruit boys.
Andrew had a brother in the choir and says that when he first heard them
he was 'bored and did not understand' but soon changed his mind. He was
early noticed as a good singer. Soon after Christopher joined, his
father Geoffrey Smith followed him as a bass, and the two of them can be
heard singing the parts of page and monarch in the choir record of
Popular Carols (Abbey XMS 666).
Andrew attended Kenilworth Grammar School and is keen on all kinds of
sports. He became head chorister in January 1970 an has shown a
noticeable capacity for leadership.
Christopher, quiet and retiring with an elusive smile, attended Warwick
School. He had the initiative when on holiday in Suffolk to write to
Benjamin Britten with the result that he had tea with the composer and
sang songs to him which are included in this record.
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Andrew and Christopher Sing (1971)
Abbey XMS 709 (LP)
1 Let Us Wander Not Unseen (Purcell)
2 Sound the Trumpet (Purcell)
3 Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying (Purcell)
4 The Plough Boy (Britten) CS
5 O Waly, Waly (Britten) CS
6 Sweet Polly Oliver (Britten) CS
7 The Miller of Dee (Britten) CS
8 Ave Verum Corpus (Willis)
9 To Music (Schubert)
10 I Would That My Love Could Speak Itself (Mendelssohn)
11 If Thou Art Near (Bach) AB
12 Come Gentle Death (Bach) AB
13 He Shall Feed His Flock (Handel) AB
14 Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart) AB
15 Laudamus Te (Vivaldi)
CS-Solo by Christopher Smith
AB-Solo by Andrew Brough
The rest are duets
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