Addison Singers - Carols for Choir & Audience: including exciting contemporary works! at St Michael and All Angels Church, London on Saturday 9th December 2017

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Addison Singers - Carols for Choir & Audience

including exciting contemporary works!

Add to my Calendar 09-12-2017 19:30 09-12-2017 21:30 36 Addison Singers - Carols for Choir & Audience The Addison Oratorio and Chamber Choirs combine to celebrate Christmas at St Michael & All Angels in Chiswick. As well as Carols for choirs and the audience, the programme includes 'Ave Rex', an exciting sequence of Carols that set medieval texts by the Welsh composer William Mathias, the world premiere of a new piece especially written especially for the Chamber Choir by Martin Butler, and two pieces by Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir ( one of them also including audience participation), who we are honoured to have as featured composer this year.  All that and some popular carols by Harold Darke, Hector Berlioz and Peter Cornelius, should make a memorable start to the Christmas season!  St Michael and All Angels Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Michael and All Angels Church
Bath Road
Chiswick
London
W4 1TT
England

Saturday 9th December 2017
7:30 PM

Programme

Bob Chilcott – The Twelve Days of Christmas
Various – Christmas carols for choir and audience
William Matthias – Ave Rex (1969)
Judith Weir – Illuminare, Jerusalem (1985)
Judith Weir – My Guardian Angel
Will Todd – My Lord has Come

Performers

David Wordsworth – Conductor
Matthew Hough – piano
Edward Kemp-Luck – organ

Addison Singers Oratorio Choir
Addison Singers Chamber Choir

Programme Note

The Addison Oratorio and Chamber Choirs combine to celebrate Christmas at St Michael & All Angels in Chiswick. As well as Carols for choirs and the audience, the programme includes 'Ave Rex', an exciting sequence of Carols that set medieval texts by the Welsh composer William Mathias, the world premiere of a new piece especially written especially for the Chamber Choir by Martin Butler, and two pieces by Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir ( one of them also including audience participation), who we are honoured to have as featured composer this year. All that and some popular carols by Harold Darke, Hector Berlioz and Peter Cornelius, should make a memorable start to the Christmas season!

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