Christmas with the Holst Singers

This not-to-be-missed Christmas Concert will bring together both well knows Christmas classics, and lesser known festive choral music.

The programme will include two versions of O magnum mysterium, one by Poulenc and the other by the contemporary American compose rMorten Lauridsen. We will also perform two versions of The three kings: one in the well-known setting by Cornelius which we will sing in the original German, and the other by contemporary British composer Johnathan Dove - full programme below.

We will also be invited our audience to join us in some congretaional carols, so please arrive in good voice!

Programme

Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Trad arr David Willcox: Gabriel's message

Trad arr Charles Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high

Francis Poulenc: O magnum mysterium

Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium

Herbert Howells: Here is the little door

Kenneth Leighton: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child

Trad arr Henry Walford Davies: The holly and the ivy

Peter Cornelius: Drei Könige

Jonathan Dove: The three kings

Hector Berlioz: The shepherd's farewell

Trad arr Ralph Vaughan Williams: Wassail Song