A Clare Christmas
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Ashley Chow & George Gillow, organ
Graham Ross, conductor
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge return to St. Jacobskerk in Vlissingen with ‘A Clare Christmas’, exploring festive choral masterpieces old and new, and celebrating 10 years with Graham Ross as Director of Music. Poulenc’s Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël and Hieronymus Praetorius’s Christmas Magnificat sit alongside Roderick Williams’s haunting O Adonai, Jan Sandström’s Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, and a selection of beautiful arrangements that tell us that Christmas has truly begun.
Michael Praetorius (1571–1611) arr. Jan Sandström (b. 1954) Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungenFrancis Poulenc (1899–1963) O magnum mysterium from Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlWilliam Byrd (c. 1539–1623) Lullaby, my sweet little babyJohn Tavener (1944–2013) The LambCecilia McDowall (b. 1951) Of a roseJames MacMillan (b. 1959) Seinte Mari Moder MildeFrancis Poulenc Quem vidistis pastores dicite from Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlJohn Rutter (b. 1945) Mary’s lullabyplainsong Rorate caeliRoderick Williams (b. 1965) O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel– interval –Traditional (14thcentury) Angelus ad virginemHieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629) Magnificat quinti toni (with Josef lieber and In dulci jubilo)Francis Poulenc Videntes stellam from Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlJudith Bingham (b. 1952) EpiphanyWill Todd (b. 1970) My Lord has comeFranz Grüber (1787–1863) arr. Graham Ross (b. 1985) Silent nightFrancis Poulenc Hodie Christus natus est from Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlJames Burton (b. 1974) Tomorrow shall be my dancing dayPhil Springer (b. 1926) arr. James Mason (b. 1988) Santa BabyJohnny Marks (1909–85) arr. Robert Rice (b. 1971) Frosty vs Rudolph: The Re-boot
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