A fixture on the Christmas calendar, this ever-changing program, now in its sixth incarnation, is testament to the fact that throughout history, composers have produced some of their liveliest and most engaging work for the Christmas season.
PROGRAM
ADVENT IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis
William Byrd (1540–1623)
O magnum mysterium
David Willcocks (1919–2015)
The Angel Gabriel
TWO MOTETS BY JOSQUIN DES PREZ (c.1450–1521)
Ave Maria
Gloria from the Missa Pange Lingua
TWO SETTINGS OF ‘O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM’
Andrea Gabrieli (1533–85)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548–1611)
TWO NORTH GERMAN MOTETS
Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
In dulci jubilo
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/12-75)
Halleluja
TWO SETTINGS OF ‘HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST’
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
TWO AUSTRALIAN CAROLS
Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946)
Triste Noel
Michael Leighton Jones (born 1969)
Adam lay ybounden
LUTHER AND BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) and Georg Ebeling (1637–76)
Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen – All my heart this night rejoices
Martin Luther (1483–1546) and Adam Gumpelzhaimer (1559–1625)
Vom Himmel hoch
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