The Handful Chamber Choir: An Evening of Festive Music at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bath on Saturday 14th December 2019

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The Handful Chamber Choir

An Evening of Festive Music

Add to my Calendar 14-12-2019 19:30 14-12-2019 21:30 36 The Handful Chamber Choir Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Lennon and McCartney, Rodgers and Hammerstein; it is said that good things come in pairs, so join us for a double helping of the Magnificat (Swayne and Cui), Exultate Deo (Poulenc and Palestrina) and Cantate Domino (Monteverdi and Rutter). An evening exploring the variety of ways Christmas has been expressed in choral music, from the sixteenth century to the present day, via Russia, Italy and Cornwall. The first half presents contemporary and sixteenth century settings of familiar texts, culminating in Bach's dance around the Christmas tree, Der Geist hilft.  Indulge yourself in an uplifting and heart-warming Christmas feast for the ears as The Handful get the season’s festivities well underway. ‘I found myself transfixed by the sheer beauty of their singing and the depth of their understanding’ Bath Chronicle, Feb 2019 The Handful's mission includes a desire to enrich and inspire the next generation of concert-goes and musicians.  New for this season, we are delighted to offer free entry to under 16s to all of our concerts (must be accompanied by an adult). St Mary the Virgin Church, Bath DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary the Virgin Church
Darlington Street
Bathwick
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4EB
England

Saturday 14th December 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Exsultate Deo
Thomas Hewitt Jones – Love Came Down at Christmas
Elizabeth Poston – Jesus Christ the apple tree
Claudio Monteverdi – Cantate Domino, SV 293
John Rutter – Cantate Domino
Johann Sebastian Bach – Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (motet), BWV 226
Giles Swayne – Magnificat
César Cui – Magnificat, Op.93
Francis Poulenc – Exultate Deo, FP 109

Performers

Tomos Watkins – Conductor

Handful Chamber Choir

Programme Note

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Lennon and McCartney, Rodgers and Hammerstein; it is said that good things come in pairs, so join us for a double helping of the Magnificat (Swayne and Cui), Exultate Deo (Poulenc and Palestrina) and Cantate Domino (Monteverdi and Rutter).

An evening exploring the variety of ways Christmas has been expressed in choral music, from the sixteenth century to the present day, via Russia, Italy and Cornwall. The first half presents contemporary and sixteenth century settings of familiar texts, culminating in Bach's dance around the Christmas tree, Der Geist hilft.

Indulge yourself in an uplifting and heart-warming Christmas feast for the ears as The Handful get the season’s festivities well underway.

‘I found myself transfixed by the sheer beauty of their singing and the depth of their understanding’ Bath Chronicle, Feb 2019

The Handful's mission includes a desire to enrich and inspire the next generation of concert-goes and musicians. New for this season, we are delighted to offer free entry to under 16s to all of our concerts (must be accompanied by an adult).

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