Join Classic FM presenter Zeb Soanes and St Martin’s Voices, from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, for an enchanting evening of words and carols as we enter the Christmas season.

For more information and to book, click here. 

 

 

Programme

 

All and some – Olivia Sparkhall

 

O come o come Emmanuel – Trad. arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw

Adam lay ybounden – Vicente Chavarría

A tender shoot – Charlotte Baskerville

 

Gabriel’s message – Trad. arr Jonathan Rathbone

There is no rose – Cecilia McDowall

Angelus ad virginem – Arr. Carol Barnett

 

In the bleak midwinter – Holst arr. Matthew Culloton

O magnum mysterium – Esther Bersweden

Away in a manger – Kirkpatrick arr. Matthew Culloton

 

The unexpected early hour (from A Winter Breviary) – Reena Esmail

In dulci jubilo – Trad. arr. Robert Pearsall

 

~ Interval of twenty minutes ~

 

Carol of the bells – Mykola Leontovych

 

See amid the winter’s snow – Goss arr. Lloyd Larson

Bethlehem down – Peter Warlock

The shepherd’s carol – Bob Chilcott

 

Wassail song – Trad. arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

A great and mighty wonder – Michael Praetorius

Silent night – Gruber arr. Wolfgang Lindner

 

The Christmas life (from The Christmas Life) – Lucy Walker

The holly and the ivy – Trad. arr. Henry Walford Davies

O Tannenbaum – Trad. arr. John Rutter

 

Winter wonderland – Bernard/Bernhard arr. Peter Gritton

Jingle Bells – Pierpont arr. Ben Parry