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Old Christmas Returned
Christmas celebrated, banned and restored in 17thC England
Add to my Calendar 22-12-2017 19:30 22-12-2017 21:30 36 Old Christmas Returned Music, Words and Song for Christmas. Carols, ballads, consort music, lutesongs, dance melodies and readings.A seasonal programme showing how Christmas was celebrated, banned and restored in 17th Century England.Includes music by Byrd, Dowland, Gibbons and Purcell St John's Wood Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St John's Wood Church
Lord's Roundabout
St John's Wood
London
NW8 7NE
England
Programme
William Byrd – Vidimus stellam
Matthew Locke – Old Christmas Returned
Martin Peerson – Upon my lap my sovereign sits
Anonymous – Balulalow
Anonymous – A carol for Christmas day at night
Anonymous – Coventry Carol
Anonymous – Hey for Christmas
John Dowland – Robin
Anonymous – The merry boys of Christmas
Henry Lawes – A willow garland sent as a new year's gift
Orlando Gibbons – A song for Christmas day
Henry Purcell – A carol for St Stephen's day
Performers
Eleanor Cramer – soprano
Kinder Alison – bass viol
Jeffrey Robin – lute
Lewis Tamsin – renaissance violin
Palmer Michael – Actor
Passamezzo
Programme Note
Music, Words and Song for Christmas. Carols, ballads, consort music, lutesongs, dance melodies and readings.
A seasonal programme showing how Christmas was celebrated, banned and restored in 17th Century England.
Includes music by Byrd, Dowland, Gibbons and Purcell
