Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Details

St Mary the Virgin
Station Hill
Bishopsbourne
Canterbury
Kent
CT4 5HS
England

Programme

Anonymous – To drive the cold winter away
Thomas Campion – Now winter nights enlarge
King Henry VIII – Green growth the holly
Anthony Holborne – Heigh Ho Holiday, PGA 65
Medieval Anonymous – Make we joy
Henry Lawes – Tis Christmas now
Anthony Holborne – As it Fell on a Holie Eve
John Attey – Sweet was the song the Virgin sang
Anonymous – My little sweet darling
Anthony Holborne – The Cradle, PGA 5
Martin Peerson – Upon my lap my sovereign sits
Orlando Gibbons – As on the Night
William Byrd – Out of the Orient Crystal Skies
Anthony Holborne – A New Year's gift
Tobias Hume – Cease, leaden slumber
Anonymous – There is no rose
Michael Praetorius – Lo, how a rose upspringing

Performers

Sophia Brumfitt – mezzo-soprano
Din Ghani – lute

Musicke in the Ayre

Programme Note

Join us for a magical evening of Christmas carols and Early Music in Bishopsbourne’s atmospheric thirteenth century church.

Oratorio soloist and mezzo-soprano Sophia Brumfitt and renowned lute player and maker, Din Ghani, will perform in this one-off yuletide concert.

Present your ticket at the Mermaid Inn on the evening to receive an exclusive festive discount on mulled wine.
 

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