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St John the Baptist Church
High Street
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 8QY
England
Programme
Cecilia McDowall – Now may we singen
Hieronymus Praetorius – Hodie Christus natus est
Jim Clements – Gabriel's Message
Johann Sebastian Bach – Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 700
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Ne timeas Maria
Johann Sebastian Bach – Freut euch und jubiliert
John Tavener – A Nativity
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night Vigil (Vespers): Bogoroditse Devo
Imogen Holst – A Hymne to Christ
Anton Bruckner – Virga Jesse, WAB 52
Lucy Walker – My heart, O God
Johann Sebastian Bach – Sicut locutus est
~ Interval ~
James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn
Raphaella Aleotti – Angelus ad pastores ait
Eleanor Daley – The Huron Carol
Richard Dering – Quem vidistis, pastores?
Bob Chilcott – The Shepherds' Carol
Jonathan Rathbone – The Oxen
Herbert Howells – Here is the little door
Peter Cornelius – The Three Kings
Robert Lucas Pearsall – In dulci jubilo
Traditional British – Somerset Carol
Imogen Holst – Cornish Wassail
Andrew Carter – The Twelve Days of Christmas
Performers
Elinor Cooper – Music Director
Collegium Singers
Programme Note
Collegium Singers are looking forward to seeing you in St John’s Church, Wellington for our traditional Christmas Concert – seasonal refreshments, music old and new, and some for you to sing too!
Listen as the Nativity story unfolds through music and words written across the ages from Renaissance to the present day.
The programme features a multinational selection of composers from North America, Scotland, England, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Russia, and includes Bach, Rachmaninov, Howells, Bruckner, MacMillan and Aleotti, each of them offering distinctive music to herald and celebrate the Christmas season.
