Christmas Through the Ages

Programme

1st Half

Sweelinck – Hodie Christus natus est (1619)
Guerrero – A un niño llorando (1589)
Praetorius – Quem pastores laudavere (1607)
Praetorius – In dulci jubilo (1607)
French Noël – Joseph est bien marié
Charpentier – Kyrie [Messe de Minuit pour Noël] (1694)
Vivaldi – Gloria (1715)

2nd Half

J. S. Bach – Break forth (1734)
Handel – Hallelujah [Messiah] (1742)
Berlioz – The shepherd’s farewell (1854) *
Cornelius – The Three Kings (1856) (Jack Solo – or Solo with choir accompaniment) *
Goss – See amid the Winter’s snow (1871) *
Darke – In the bleak Midwinter (1909) *
Vaughan Williams – The truth from above (1909) *
Poston – Jesus Christ the apple tree (1967) *
Williamson – This Christmas night (1977) *
Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium (1994)

* 100 Carols for Choirs White Book

Rehearsal Aids

Rehearsal Schedule

5/9/23       
Vivaldi Gloria – Mvmts 1 & 2
Sweelinck – Hodie
Praetorius – In Dulci
Charpentier – Kyrie

12/9/23
Guerrero – A un niño
Praetorius – Quem pastores
Joseph est bien marié
Berlioz – Shepherd’s farewell
Vivaldi – mvmts 4 & 5

19/9/23
Cornelius – 3 kings
Poston – Apple Tree
Williamson – This Xmas night
Goss – See amid
Vivaldi – mvmts 7 & 8

26/9/23
Handel – Hallelujah
Darke – In the bleak
RVW – The truth from above
Lauridsen – O magnum
Vivaldi – 9 & 11

3/10/23
Guerrero – A un niño
Sweelinck – Hodie
Praetorius – Quem
Praetorius – In dulci
Vivaldi – mvmts 12 & 1

10/10/23
Joseph est bien marié
Charpentier – Kyrie
Bach – Break forth
Berlioz – Shepherd’s farewell
Vivaldi – mvmts 2 & 4 (&5)

17/10/23
Cornelius – 3 Kings
Goss – see amid
Darke – In the bleak
Poston – Apple tree
Vivaldi – mvmts (5) 6 & 7

24/10/23
RVW – the truth from above
Williamson – This xmas night
Lauridsen – O magnum
Guerrero & Sweelink
Vivaldi – mvmts 8, 9 & 11