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Spirit of Christmas

Part of the Bristol Bach Choir 2025-2026

Add to my Calendar 13-12-2025 19:30 13-12-2025 21:30 36 Spirit of Christmas Bristol Bach Choir’s traditional Christmas Concert will see the choir perform a variety of seasonal music from across the ages. There will be some classic favourites alongside some less well-known items, and an eclectic mix of works from the Renaissance to the contemporary, both sacred and secular, serious and light. This will sit alongside a mix of readings and a couple of numbers for you to join in! St George's Bristol, Bristol DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Bristol
Great George Street
Bristol
BS1 5RR
England

Programme

Samuel Scheidt – In dulci jubilo, SSWV 15
Richard Rodney Bennett – On Christmas Day
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
Peter Skellern – So said the angel
~ Interval ~
Felix Mendelssohn – Frohlocket ihr Völker auf Erden, Op.79 no.2
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
John Joubert – There is no Rose of Such Virtue, Op.14
Christopher Andrew Walker – Silent Night
Peter Gritton – Winter Wonderland
Peter Gritton – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Ralph Allwood – Jingle Bells

Performers

David Bednall – Conductor
Nigel Nash – Accompanist

Bristol Bach Choir

Programme Note

Bristol Bach Choir’s traditional Christmas Concert will see the choir perform a variety of seasonal music from across the ages. There will be some classic favourites alongside some less well-known items, and an eclectic mix of works from the Renaissance to the contemporary, both sacred and secular, serious and light. This will sit alongside a mix of readings and a couple of numbers for you to join in!

Bristol Bach Choir at Christmas

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