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Fulneck Moravian Church
38 Fulneck
Pudsey
Leeds
LS28 8NT
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata 'Sleepers Wake', BWV 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
George Frideric Handel – Messiah, HWV 56 (Part 1)
Vincent Novello – O Come all ye faithful 'Adeste Fideles'
Gustav Holst – Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols), H.109
Performers
Jane Burnell – soprano
Lucy Appleyard – mezzo-soprano
David Brown – tenor
Quentin Brown – Bass
Sally Robinson – Leader
David Houlder – organ
Simon Lindley – Director
St Peter's Singers
Principals of the National Festival Orchestra
Programme Note
Please join Leeds choir St Peter's Singers for their annual Advent visit to Fulneck Moravian Church.
Get your Christmas preparations off to a joyful start with some favourite music: Bach's timeless Advent cantata 'Sleepers, wake' and the Advent and Christmas music from Handel's Messiah frame Gustav Holst's fine Fantasy 'Christmas Day' founded on traditional carols and Vincent Novello's early 19th century setting of Adeste, fideles - otherwise known as 'O come all ye faithful' - being heard at Fulneck with the composer's original orchestral accompaniment just unearthed in the British Library.
