Sun 20 Dec 2015: A Cotswold Christmas: The Carice Singers
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The Carice Singers are delighted to be visiting Charlbury this Christmas to give a special programme of their favourite carols and choral music for Christmas. These pieces will be interspersed with well-known Congregational carols, in which audience participation will be most heartily encouraged.
Programme:
(Carol) - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Hubert Parry - Welcome Yule!
arr. Jim Clements - Gabriel's Message
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The truth sent from above
arr. Andrew Carter - Angelus ad Virginem
(Carol) - O little town of Bethlehem
Herbert Howells - Sing Lullaby
John Ireland - A Cradle Song
Peter Warlock - Ballulalow
Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter
(Carol) - God rest ye merry Gentlemen
Kenneth Leighton - The Christ-child lay
arr. Vaughan Williams - Quem Pastores
Philip Stopford - Lully, Lulla lullay
Arr. David Willcocks - Tomorrow Shall be my dancing day
(Carol) - O Come all ye faithful
Peter Warlock - A Cornish Christmas Carol
Sunday 20th December, 4.00pm
St Mary's Church, Charlbury
Admission Free, with a retiring collection
The Carice Singers are an ensemble of some of the UK's finest young professional singers, noted for their "freshness of tone" and "careful musicality" (Gramophone). Named after the daughter or Sir Edward Elgar, the choir aims to bring an imaginative approach to choral music of the Romantic period and beyond, frequently drawing upon the latest academic research to produce original and insightful programmes. Launched in 2011 with an inaugural recital of Elgar's choral works in the Cotswolds, the choir maintains a tradition of performing in rural areas, as well as making appearances at more established venues.