Midst Winter's Cold
A Christmas concert with voice and lute
Add to my Calendar 12-12-2019 19:30 12-12-2019 21:30 36 Midst Winter's Cold 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. St Mary the Virgin, Canterbury DD/MM/YYYYDetails
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.