Programme

Ron Nelson
Fanfare for a Festival

Paul Halley
Voices of Light

Reading
Edward Esch
Lux aurumque

Eric Whitacre
Lux aurumque

Reading
John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word...

Gwyneth Walker
Light of Light

Daniel Pinkham
Christmas Cantata

arr. David Willcocks
O Come All Ye Faithful

Reading
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Voices in the Mist

Stephen Main
The Darkest Midnight in December

Readings
Kenneth Grahame
'Carol' from Wind in the Willows
John Ireland
The Holy Boy

Linda Paschal Gingrich
Angels We Have Heard on High

Felix Mendelssohn
Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Intermission

Giles Farnaby
Fancies, Toyes and Dreames
performed by Musica Viva Brass

Alessandro Scarlatti
Alleluia

Reading
Robert Herrick
The Star Song: A Carol to the King, Sung at Whitehall

Katherine Davis
Carol of the Drum

arr. David Willcocks
Unto Us is Born a Son

arr. David Hickman
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Mack Wilberg
I Saw Three Ships

Frederick Silver
The Twelve Days After Christmas

George Frideric Handel
Messiah
Hallelujah

arr. Arthur Warrell
We Wish You a Merry Christmas