CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT 2024

Carols, Chants, Choruses &

Contemporary Christmas Songs

7:30pm Monday 23 December 2024

Exeter College Chapel, Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DP

PROGRAMME

Introit: Veni, Redemptor gentium

Antonio de Cabezón: Diferencias sobre 'el Canto del Caballero'

Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ne timeas Maria

Antonio de Cabezón: Diferencias sobre ‘Guardarme las vacas’

William Byrd: Hodie Christus natus est

Heinrich Schütz: Ein Kind ist uns geboren SWV302

Georg Philipp Telemann: Pastorale tempo giusto

Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei: Alma Redemptoris Mater

George Frideric Handel: Calm Peace—Let none despair—How excellent Thy name—Hallelujah [excerpts from Saul, Hercules, and L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato]

INTERVAL

John Tavener: The Lamb

Chuck Greenberg: Angels’ Flight

Richard Rodney Bennett: Susanni

Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down

Kelly Clarkson (arr. K-M Ng): Underneath the tree

Hugh Martin (arr. K-M Ng): Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Sarah Hart (arr. K-M Ng): The Light of Christmas Morn

Paul McCartney (arr. K-M Ng): A wonderful Christmas time

Charivari Agréable

Olwen Lintern-Smyth, soprano

Pete Dockrill, countertenor

Colin Danskin, tenor

Jonathan Pratt, bass

dir. Kah-Ming Ng, chamber organ

Tickets @£22, £20 (OAPs) £19 (disabled), £12 (Students <25, Jobseekers), £10 (children <18)

at the door (cash only) or from The Oxford Playhouse

NB: The Oxford Playhouse box office has sold out its allocation of tickets, but there will be some at the door (cash only);

doors open at 6:45pm.