In 2016, Richard Bannan’s first Christmas with us as musical director, we performed Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Ten years on, we will revisit the same sequence of medieval poetry that inspired Britten in a beautiful programme of new and familiar choral music.

Featuring works by Herbert Howells, Kenneth Leighton, Cecilia McDowall, C. Hubert H. Parry, Martin Read, John Rutter, Lucy Walker, Peter Warlock and others, this special concert celebrates the richness and enduring appeal of the Christmas choral tradition.

Join us to usher in the festive season with glorious music, candlelight, mulled wine and mince pies, not forgetting the much-loved audience carols.


Programme
Welcome, Yule! – Sir C. Hubert H. Parry
There Is No Rose – Lucy Walker
That Yonge Child – Martin Read
Balulalow – Peter Warlock
I Sing of a Maiden – John Rutter
This Little Babe – Richard Bannan
Behold a Silly Tender Babe – Paul Hillier
Lully, Lulla – Kenneth Leighton
A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells
There Is a Flower – John Rutter
Of a Rose – Cecilia McDowall
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day – John Gardner
A Babe Is Born – William Mathias
Adam Lay Ybounden – Boris Ord
Gaudete – Stephen Sametz


Tickets
£22 | £18 concessions | £8 age 30 and under