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Christmas Old and New
A concert of a cappella Christmas music through the ages from Renaissance composers to contemporary choral works and favourite traditional carol
Add to my Calendar 18-12-2021 19:30 18-12-2021 21:30 36 Christmas Old and New The Scottish Chamber Choir returns to live performance under direction of Iain McLarty with two Christmas concerts of beautiful a cappella music in the intimate setting of Rosslyn Chapel and the resonant acoustic of Greenbank Parish Church in Edinburgh. The programme begins with a triumphant setting of O Come, O Come Emmanuel by contemporary composer Ola Gjeilo and then travels back and forth through time, encompassing the evocative delicacy of Victoria’s O Magnum Mysterium and the celebratory energy of Handl’s Resonet in laudibus to Tavener’s modern jewel The Lamb and Rutter’s exquisite There is a Flower.We hope you will join us to celebrate Christmas with some of the loveliest seasonal music including traditional carols. Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Greenbank Parish Church
Braidburn Terrace
Edinburgh
EH10 6ES
Scotland
Programme
Jacob Handl – Resonet in laudibus
Cecilia McDowall – Now may we singen
Jan Sandström – Es ist ein ros entsprungen
Mateo Flecha el Joven – Riu riu chiu, Christmas carol
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
Ola Gjeilo – Christmas carols
John Tavener – The Lamb
John Rutter – There is a flower
Peter Cornelius – The Three Kings
Peter Philips – O beatum et sacrosanctum diem
Tomas Luis de Victoria – O Magnum Mysterium
Samuel Scheidt – In dulci jubilo, SSWV 15
Performers
Iain McLarty – Conductor
Scottish Chamber Choir
Programme Note
The Scottish Chamber Choir returns to live performance under direction of Iain McLarty with two Christmas concerts of beautiful a cappella music in the intimate setting of Rosslyn Chapel and the resonant acoustic of Greenbank Parish Church in Edinburgh. The programme begins with a triumphant setting of O Come, O Come Emmanuel by contemporary composer Ola Gjeilo and then travels back and forth through time, encompassing the evocative delicacy of Victoria’s O Magnum Mysterium and the celebratory energy of Handl’s Resonet in laudibus to Tavener’s modern jewel The Lamb and Rutter’s exquisite There is a Flower.
We hope you will join us to celebrate Christmas with some of the loveliest seasonal music including traditional carols.
