Details

St John's Church
73 Waterloo Road
Waterloo
London
SE1 8TY
England

Friday 19th December 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Orlando Gibbons – Hosanna to the son of David
Simon Beattie – The Angel and the Unicorn
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Ave Maria
Ben Rowarth – There is no Rose
John Joubert – Hymn to the Virgin
Tarik O'Regan – Threshold of Night
Johannes Eccard – Übers Gebirg Maria geht
Joanna Marsh – The Hidden Light
~ Interval ~
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – O magnum mysterium
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
John Joubert – The Christ-Child Lay
António Sá-Dantas – Natus (World Premiere)
John Joubert – Lullay
Hans Leo Hassler – Angelus ad pastores
Herbert Howells – Here is the little door
Joanna Marsh – Refugee
John Joubert – Be mery

Performers

Andrew Griffiths – Conductor

Londinium

Programme Note

Chamber choir Londinium's festive programme draws together a wonderful selection of Advent and Christmas music from across the centuries. Alongside motets by Palestrina, Gibbons, Eccard, Hassler and Sweelinck, we perform a particularly fine sequence of contemporary works by Joanna Marsh, Tarik O'Regan, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Ben Rowarth and Simon Beattie, often drawing on resonant texts by modern poets. Completing our programme are irresistible carols by Howells and Joubert, and the world premiere of Natus by António Sá-Dantas.

Wine and mince pies will be served!