Overview
We return to Rotterdam’s de Doelen with a beautifully varied festive programme, combining folkloric winter songs and medieval Christmas carols with Hildegard and William Byrd.
PROGRAMME
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Von Bingen
O virtus sapientiae
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Lobo
Hodie nobis caelorum Rex
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Caswell
See, amid the winter’s snow
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Joubert
There is no rose
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Traditional (arr. Rontgen)
A child is born in Bethlehem
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Davies
A boy is born in Bethlehem
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Traditional
Saint Thomas honour we
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Lobo
Verbum caro
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Traditional (arr. Willcocks)
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
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Lauridsen
O magnum mysterium
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Von Bingen
O quam magnum miraculum
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Lobo
O magnum mysterium
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Traditional
Letare, Cantuaria
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Rizza
O Sapientia
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Kelly
There is no rose of such virtue
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Scheidt
Puer natus in Bethlehem
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Byrd
This day Christ was born
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Traditional
It came upon the midnight clear
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Sheppard
Verbum caro
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Treseder
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers conductor