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Cappella Nova: Rejoice, O World
A concert of music for Advent and Christmas
Add to my Calendar 16-12-2023 19:30 16-12-2023 21:30 36 Cappella Nova: Rejoice, O World Bath-based chamber choir Cappella Nova celebrates Advent and Christmas in an evening of music and readings in the splendid setting of St Mary’s Church, Bathwick. The title ‘Rejoice, O World’ is taken from words of the song ‘Today the Virgin’ by John Tavener, which features in the concert. Our concert is in aid of Bath Mencap, a charity supporting people with learning disabilities and their families and carers in Bath and North East Somerset. Registered Charity No. 213542 St Mary's Church, Bath DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Mary's Church
Darlington Street
Bathwick
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4EB
England
Programme
Sir Stephen Cleobury – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Trad French arr. Cleobury)
Stephen Darlington – Jacob's Ladder
Harold Darke – In the bleak mid-winter
Howard Skempton – Adam lay y bounden
Hafliði HallgrÃmsson – Joseph and the Angel
Sergei Rachmaninov – All-night Vigil (Vespers): Bogoroditse Devo
James MacMillan – Ave maris stella
Judith Weir – My Guardian Angel
John Tavener – Today the Virgin
John Gardner – The holly and the ivy
Performers
Tony Shield – Conductor
Cappella Nova, Bath
Programme Note
Bath-based chamber choir Cappella Nova celebrates Advent and Christmas in an evening of music and readings in the splendid setting of St Mary’s Church, Bathwick. The title ‘Rejoice, O World’ is taken from words of the song ‘Today the Virgin’ by John Tavener, which features in the concert.
Our concert is in aid of Bath Mencap, a charity supporting people with learning disabilities and their families and carers in Bath and North East Somerset. Registered Charity No. 213542
