Details

Queen's College Chapel
The Queen's College
High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AW
England

Wednesday 18th December 2024
7:30 PM

Programme

John Tavener – O, do not move
Jim Clements – Gabriel's Message
David Blackwell – Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
Giovanni Gabrieli – O Magnum Mysterium a 8
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Truth from Above
Anonymous – Gaudete, Christus est natus
Anonymous – Coventry Carol
Hieronymus Praetorius – Magnificat quinti toni
~ Interval ~
Michael Praetorius – Resonet in Laudibus (a 7)
Elizabeth Poston – Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
John Tavener – The Lamb
Robert Lucas Pearsall – In dulci jubilo
Benjamin Britten – A Hymn to the Virgin
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163

Performers

Owen Rees – Director

Contrapunctus

Programme Note

Oxford’s professional vocal consort, Contrapunctus brings festive cheer with a programme of seasonal favourites and traditional carols from the Renaissance to the modern-day in the splendid baroque chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford.