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A Ceremony of Carols by candlelight
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2016 Spring Series
Add to my Calendar 29-12-2015 21:30 29-12-2015 23:30 36 A Ceremony of Carols by candlelight This fabulous hour of seasonal choral favourites is the second of today's opening concerts in the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London's Spring Series. We are thrilled to welcome back Ralph Allwood and his fantastic Rodolfus Choir to perform this lovely programme of Christmas-themed works for unaccompanied choir with Britten's much-loved Ceremony of Carols as its centrepiece. Guaranteed to prolong that festive feeling! A combined ticket offer is available for this concert and the performance of Handel's Messiah earlier in the evening. Please contact the box office for details. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England
Programme
Benjamin Britten – A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28
Herbert Howells – Sing Lullaby
Franz Schubert – Litanei (arr. Allwood)
Pierre Villette – Hymn a la Vierge, Op.24
Pierre Villette – Attende, Domine, Op.45
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
Johann Sebastian Bach – Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (motet), BWV 226
Gustav Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: 'Die zwei blauen Augen'
Performers
Ralph Allwood – Conductor
Rodolfus Choir
Other concerts in this Festival
Programme Note
This fabulous hour of seasonal choral favourites is the second of today's opening concerts in the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London's Spring Series. We are thrilled to welcome back Ralph Allwood and his fantastic Rodolfus Choir to perform this lovely programme of Christmas-themed works for unaccompanied choir with Britten's much-loved Ceremony of Carols as its centrepiece. Guaranteed to prolong that festive feeling!
A combined ticket offer is available for this concert and the performance of Handel's Messiah earlier in the evening. Please contact the box office for details.
