St. Giles, Cripplegate, London: 15 December 2001

 

A Ceremony of Carols

Programme

John Tavener (b.  1944): 

God is with us: Christmas Proclamation 

Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623): 

Gloria in excelsis Deo 

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625): 

See, see the word is incarnate

Judith Weir (b. 1954): 

Illuminare, Jerusalem

Peter Warlock (1894-1930): 

Bethlehem Down 

Benjamin Britten (1913-76): 

A Ceremony of Carols 

16th-century: 

The Coventry Carol 

Kenneth Leighton (1929- ?): 

Lullay, lulla, thou little tiny child

William Ballet (17th-cent.) arr. Shaw: 

Lute-book lullaby 

Richard Rodney Bennett (b.1936): 

Sweet was the song 

Edmund Rubbra (1901-86): 

A Hymn to the Virgin 

Benjamin Britten: 

Hymn to the Virgin 

William Mathias (1934-?): 

Three Improvisations 

English trad. arr. Willcocks: 

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 

Franz Gruber (1787-1863) arr. Caldbeck: 

Silent night! Holy night! 

Mathias

A babe is born 

English Trad. arr Willcocks: 

Sussex Carol 

 

Last updated 25 November 2001