Join us in collaboration with St James’s Church, Piccadilly, for a spectacular Christmas celebration, bringing together timeless carols, much-loved festive favourites and beautiful choral music.
From the haunting beauty of Lucy Walker’s There is no rose and Handel’s glorious Waft her angels, to the sparkle of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker March and Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, this is Christmas music at its most magical.
PROGRAMME
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Traditional
Sans Day Carol
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Lucy Walker
There is no rose
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Handel
Waft her angels (from Jephtha)
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Britten
Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop (from Saint Nicolas)
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Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker – March
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Cecilia McDowall
Of a rose
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Leroy Anderson arr. Steve Pickett
Sleigh Ride
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Parry
Welcome, Yule!
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Torme/Wells arr. Steve Pickett
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
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Piae cantiones 1582
Gaudete
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Piers Connor Kennedy
New Commission
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Traditional
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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arr. Taylor Scott Davis
Joy to the World
The programme will be interspersed by readings.
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen
- St James's Chamber Orchestra
- Harry Christophers conductor
- Matthew McKinney tenor
- Genesis Sixteen
- Genesis Sixteen Alumni