Christmas Concert 2024
Hildegard of Bingen (c. 1098 - 1179) Sequence
Guillaume de Machaut c. 1300 - 1377) Messe de Notre Dame – Kyrie
Pérotin (fl. c. 1200) Alleluia (Nativitas)
Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/5 - 1521) Gloria - Missa Pange Lingua
Guillaume Bouzignac (c. 1587-1643) Noe pastores canticum novum
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704). Messe de Minuit - Sanctus & Benedictus
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 – 1621) Hodie Christus Natus Est
Francis Poulenc (1899- 1963) Mass in G - Agnus Dei
Francis Poulenc Hodie Christus Natus Est
Interval
Audience Angels from the realms of glory
Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869) Shepherds’ farewell
Adolphe Adam (1803 -1856), arr. McGonigal Cantique de Noël
Reading Carol Ann Duffy The Christmas Truce
Audience Thou who was rich beyond all splendour
French traditional, arr. McGonigal Ding Dong merrily on high
French traditional, arr. Carter A maiden most gentle
Basque Noël, arr. Wilcox The infant King
French traditional, arr. Wilcox Il est né le divin enfant
William Mathias (1934 – 1992) Sir Christèmas