Details

St John's Church
5 St John's Road
Southdown
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
AL5 1DJ
England

Thursday 18th December 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Jonathan Dove – Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars
David Willcocks – O come, O come Emmanuel
Francisco Guerrero – Alma Redemptoris Mater
William Mathias – Sir Christemas
Kerensa Briggs – Seeking You
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Wassail Song
David Willcocks – The First Nowell
David Willcocks – Gabriel's Message
Hector Berlioz – The Shepherds' Farewell
~ Interval ~
Benjamin Britten – A Hymn to the Virgin
Arnold Bax – I Sing of a Maiden
Arthur Sullivan – It came upon the midnight clear
Harold Darke – In the bleak mid-winter
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Devo
John Rutter – The Twelve Days of Christmas
John Francis Wade – O come, all ye faithful (arr. Willcocks)
James Pierpont – Jingle Bells

Performers

Benjamin Kirk – Conductor

Lea Singers

Programme Note

The Lea Singers’ annual Christmas Concert, FestiveLea, is an evening of uplifting singing and popular carols.

With a selection of well-known carols for audience and choir interspersed with some beautiful numbers for choir that may be new to you, this is the perfect start to your Christmas break.