An evening of uplifting Christmas music from around the world. From Medieval carols, to classic Yuletide songs and traditional Nativity hymns, this concert features the sublime sounds of Luminescence Chamber Singers and the angelic strains of Luminescence Children’s Choir, bundled into one heavenly hour.

PROGRAMME

HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1619)

NOE, NOE, PSALLITE Jean Mouton (1519)

VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST Hans Leo Haßler (1591)

ANGELUS AD VIRGINEM Trad. English 13-14th Century Carol, arr. David Wilcocks

WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET DER MORGENSTERN Philip Nicolai (1599)/Harmonized by J.S. Bach BWV 436

TO HIS SERVANT BACH, GOD GRANTS A FINAL GLIMPSE: THE MORNING STAR Graehme Koehne (1989)

AWAY IN A MANGER Trad. English 19th Century Carol, arr. Ruth McCall

LA PEREGRINACIÓN Ariel Ramírez and Félix Luna 1964, arr. Roland Peelman

LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (CAROL OF THE DRUM) Katherine Kannicott Davis 1941, arr. Roland Peelman

CAROL OF THE BELLS Based on Ukrainian Carol Shchedryk, Mykola Leontovych (1916), English text by Peter Wilhousky, arr. Dan Walker

SANKTA LUCIA (LUCIASÅNGEN) Trad. Neapolitan

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane (1941) arr. Dan Walker

A NEW YEAR CAROL Benjamin Britten (1934)

LAYLAT AL-MILAD (Nativity Night) Trad. Maronite Carol

THE SILVER STARS ARE IN THE SKY William G. James (1961)

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) arr. David Willcocks

O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL J.F. Wade (c. 1751), arr. David Willcocks

STILLE NACHT (Silent Night) Franz Zaver Gruber (1818)

1 hour no interval, conducted by Roland Peelman AM

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