Our 2023 Christmas programme takes its inspiration from the story at the heart of the season: the nativity. Traditional and modern arrangements of festive favourites, including A Boy was Born in Bethlehem, and There is no rose, mix with the medieval sounds of Hildegard of Bingen and the familiar Renaissance voices of Sheppard, Lobo and Byrd.
PROGRAMME
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de Bingen
O virtus sapientiae
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Lobo
Hodie nobis caelorum Rex
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Traditional
See amid the winter’s snow
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Joubert
There is no rose
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Traditional (arr. Röntgen)
Dutch Carol (A child is born in Bethlehem)
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Hywel Davies
A boy is born in Bethlehem
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Medieval carol
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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de Bingen
O quam magnum miraculum
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Lobo
O magnum mysterium
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Medieval carol
Letare, Cantuaria
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Margaret Rizza
O Sapientia
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Bryan 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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Gareth Treseder
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers conductor