A Ceremony of Carols

Join us for an hour-long Christmas concert with Britten’s ‘A Ceremony of Carols’ for choir and harp, followed by excerpts from Haendel’ ‘Messiah’, pieces by Bach, Poulenc and Berlioz and Christmas classics such as ‘Minuit Chretien’, ‘In the bleak Midwinter’ and ‘Silent Night’.

Programme:

• Britten: ‘A Ceremony of Carols’
• Handel: Excerpts from ‘Messiah’
• Gjeilo: ‘Serenity’
• Bach: ‘Bereite Dich Zion’ (from Christmas Oratorio)
• Forbes – Lestrange: ‘In the bleak Midwinter’
• Berlioz: ‘Shepherd’s Farewell’
• Adam: ‘Minuit Chretien’
• Poulenc: ‘O Magnum Mysterium’
• Arrgmt Williams: ‘Silent Night’
• Handel: ‘Halleluia’ Chorus

Performers:

• Nicki Kennedy, Soprano
• Christine Jasper, Contralto
• ‘The 20 Voices’
• Mary Reid, Harp
• Grig Cuciuc, Mary Young, Violin
• Katie Le Feuvre, Viola
• Gérard Le Feuvre, Cello
• Edward Picton-Turbervill, Organ
• John Bowley, Conductor