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Wallace Collection
Hertford House
Manchester Square
London
W1U 3BN
England
Programme
Ralph Vaughan Williams – This is the truth sent from above
Cecilia McDowall – O Oriens
Boris Ord – Adam lay ybounden
Bob Chilcott – The Shepherds' Carol
Marco Galvani – The Oxen
Johann Sebastian Bach – In dulci jubilo
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
John Rutter – Hymn to the Creator of Light
Eric Whitacre – I thank you god for most this amazing day
John Rutter – There is a flower
Joshua Pacey – Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Traditional Carols – Ding Dong Merrily on High
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Alex Woolf – Nowell
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Irving Berlin – White Christmas
Performers
Alex Woolf – Conductor
Vox Luna Chamber Choir
Programme Note
Vox Luna Chamber Choir and their director Alex Woolf present a sumptuous festive programme, celebrating the promise and wonder of Christmas in spectacular style.
Festive favourites old and new sit alongside seasonal masterpieces by composers including Rachmaninov, Britten, Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre and John Rutter. The Wallace Collection’s Great Gallery provides the perfect setting for Christmas carols both familiar and brand-new, from Away in a Manger to Alex Woolf’s own award-winning Nowell.
Vox Luna Chamber Choir is one of the UK’s most exciting new vocal groups, formed of the most outstanding young professional singers from all over the country. Their director Alex Woolf has worked with and written for choirs including the Tallis Scholars, the Bach Choir, the Choirs of Ely, Norwich and Truro Cathedrals and the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge.
Ticket price includes a pre-concert glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.
