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St John the Baptist Church
High Street
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 8QY
England
Programme
Richard Rodney Bennett – Out of Your Sleep
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
Herbert Howells – A spotless rose
Ola Gjeilo – Spotless Rose
Richard Rodney Bennett – There is no rose
Jan Sandström – Es ist ein ros entsprungen
François-Auguste Gevaert – Le sommeil de l’enfant Jésus
John Rutter – Quem pastores laudavere
Francis Poulenc – Quem vidistis pastores dicite, FP 152 no.2
John Rutter – I wonder as I wander
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Wassail Song
Peter Warlock – Benedicamus Domino
John Rutter – The Reluctant Dragon
Performers
Tomos Watkins – Music Director
Collegium Singers
Programme Note
Kenneth Grahame (of ‘Wind in the Willows’ fame) published a book of children’s stories in 1898, called Dream Days. His story takes place in the Berkshire Downs where he lived, and legend has it that St George fought a dragon. However, Kenneth Grahame’s dragon is of literary persuasion with a penchant for poetry and absolutely no desire to fight St George – The Relectant Dragon, no less!
Collegium Singers invite you to come and enjoy the John Rutter’s 1985 musical setting and to imagine the story unfolding somewhere in the Hills surrounding Wellington o December 17that 7.30pm.
There will be plenty of other Christmas delights to enjoy with music by Richard Rodney, Bennett, Herbert Howells, Francis Poulenc, Ola Gjeilo and Vaughan Williams.
Wine and mince pies in the interval too!
Discounted tickets in advance on line or from Taunton Visitor Centre, Market House, Fore Street, Taunton, TA1 1JD
