Details
St John's Church
73 Waterloo Road
Waterloo
London
SE1 8TY
England
Programme
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
Matthew Martin – Adam lay ybounden
Hieronymus Praetorius – Surge, illuminare
Kenneth Leighton – Three Carols (1948)
Cecilia McDowall – Of a Rose
Richard Dering – Quem vidistis, pastores?
John McCabe – I Sing of a Maiden
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Hodie Christus natus est a8
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
~ Interval ~
Kenneth Leighton – Nativitie
William Byrd – Laetentur coeli
Francis Pott – A Hymn to the Virgin
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night Vigil (Vespers): Bogoroditse Devo
Cheryl Frances-Hoad – Bogoróditse Dévo, ráduisya
Orlande de Lassus – Omnes de Saba
Gabriel Jackson – The Christ Child
Giles Swayne – Magnificat
Performers
Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Londinium
Programme Note
Londinium's festive programme brings together the very best of choral music from the Renaissance and the present day. Recent works by some of Britain's finest choral composers - Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Matthew Martin, Gabriel Jackson, John McCabe, Cecilia McDowall, and Francis Pott - are heard alongside seasonal music by Byrd, Dering, Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, and Sweelinck. Completing this rich tapestry are rarities by Kenneth Leighton, and two modern classics: Giles Swayne's visceral Magnificat I and Morten Lauridsen's luscious O Magnum Mysterium.
Wine and mince pies will be served!