Details

St Gabriel's Church
Warwick Square
Pimlico
London
SW1V 2AD
England

Thursday 5th December 2024
7:00 PM

Programme

Eriks Esenvalds – Stars
Peter Cornelius – The Three Kings
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Conditor alme siderum
Claudio Monteverdi – Svogava con le stelle
Guillaume Costeley – Allon, gay, gay, gay bergeres
Shruthi Rajasekar – Star of Rohini
Grayston Ives – Nova, Nova
Oliver Tarney – The Wise Men and the Star
Kate Rusby – Underneath the Stars (arr. J Clements)
Cecilia McDowall – O Oriens
Edvard Grieg – Ave maris stella, EG 150
Jonathan Dove – Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars

Performers

James Davey – Conductor

Chandos Chamber Choir

Programme Note

As the nights draw in, let Chandos Chamber Choir transport you to the heavens for a carefully selected programme of choral music centred around the theme of stars. Our repertoire combines sacred and secular music, ranging from Monteverdi and Victoria to Cecilia McDowall and Ēriks Ešenvalds.

Our programme has a strong Christmas theme, featuring the journeys of the Three Kings and the shepherds to Bethlehem, and also celebrates broader references to the stars. Perhaps the most striking of our pieces is Ešenvalds’ Stars, which may have you wondering if we have enough wine glasses left for our interval refreshments.

Join us at 7pm on Thursday 5 December at St Gabriel's, Pimlico for a star-studded evening of choral favourites, old and new.