Post by roger on Nov 25, 2005 2:40:51 GMT
I have just heard an ad on Classic FM which caused me to quickly go online again to confirm I had heard correctly!
On classicfm.com I find this...
classicfm :: christmas concert
The Classic FM Charitable Trust Christmas Concert
in association with John Lewis
Westminster Abbey
Thursday 8th December
Doors open at 6.15 and the concert begins at 7pm.
For tickets call the Classic FM Box Office on 0870 841 1111 or buy online
The festive season wouldn't be the same without music and carol singing, so join Classic FM for this year's carol concert at Westminster Abbey. This uplifting Christmas Concert in aid of the Classic FM Charitable Trust, and supported by John Lewis, includes The Choir of Westminster Abbey performing a delightful programme of Christmas music interspersed with a mix of popular congregational carols. There will also be a variety of other seasonal choral and organ music to get you into the Christmas spirit.
Programme
Once in Royal David’s City
Arr. James O’Donnell (b. 1961)
Creator of the stars of night
(plainsong Advent hymn)
Reading 1
Matthew 1:18-25 (The birth of Jesus)
Ave virgo sanctissima
Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599)
A maiden most gentle
Arr. Andrew Carter (b.1939)
O little town of Bethlehem
Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958),
descant by Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994)
Reading 2
An extract from Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee
Read by Simon Bates
The seven joys of Mary
Arr. Stephen Cleobury (b. 1948)
What sweeter music
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Nova, nova
Arr. Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
Organ solo
Noël Suisse
Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
Ave Maria
Giulio Caccini
Sung by Hayley Westenra
Silent Night
Sung by Hayley Westenra
God rest you merry gentlemen
Arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)
Reading 3
The journey of the Magi
T. S. Eliot
Read by Jamie Crick
Bethlehem Down
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
L'adieu des bergers
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
O come all ye faithful
Arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
Reading 4
God was man (John Betjeman)
Read by Jane Jones
A Christmas proclamation
John Tavener (b. 1944)
Hark! the herald angels sing
Descant by David Willcocks
Welcome, yule
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
On classicfm.com I find this...
classicfm :: christmas concert
The Classic FM Charitable Trust Christmas Concert
in association with John Lewis
Westminster Abbey
Thursday 8th December
Doors open at 6.15 and the concert begins at 7pm.
For tickets call the Classic FM Box Office on 0870 841 1111 or buy online
The festive season wouldn't be the same without music and carol singing, so join Classic FM for this year's carol concert at Westminster Abbey. This uplifting Christmas Concert in aid of the Classic FM Charitable Trust, and supported by John Lewis, includes The Choir of Westminster Abbey performing a delightful programme of Christmas music interspersed with a mix of popular congregational carols. There will also be a variety of other seasonal choral and organ music to get you into the Christmas spirit.
Programme
Once in Royal David’s City
Arr. James O’Donnell (b. 1961)
Creator of the stars of night
(plainsong Advent hymn)
Reading 1
Matthew 1:18-25 (The birth of Jesus)
Ave virgo sanctissima
Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599)
A maiden most gentle
Arr. Andrew Carter (b.1939)
O little town of Bethlehem
Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958),
descant by Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994)
Reading 2
An extract from Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee
Read by Simon Bates
The seven joys of Mary
Arr. Stephen Cleobury (b. 1948)
What sweeter music
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Nova, nova
Arr. Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
Organ solo
Noël Suisse
Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
Ave Maria
Giulio Caccini
Sung by Hayley Westenra
Silent Night
Sung by Hayley Westenra
God rest you merry gentlemen
Arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)
Reading 3
The journey of the Magi
T. S. Eliot
Read by Jamie Crick
Bethlehem Down
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
L'adieu des bergers
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
O come all ye faithful
Arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
Reading 4
God was man (John Betjeman)
Read by Jane Jones
A Christmas proclamation
John Tavener (b. 1944)
Hark! the herald angels sing
Descant by David Willcocks
Welcome, yule
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
