The Choir of Royal Holloway
Friday 15 December 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Choir of Royal Holloway performs a beautiful programme of winter-themed music, celebrating the best of choral music being written today.
The Choir of Royal Holloway is considered to be one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Their recordings on the Decca and Hyperion labels have attracted top reviews from all major music publications. The choir gives around 50 concerts a year with a specialism in music from the late Renaissance and contemporary music, and especially from the Baltic states.
Programme
Joanna Forbes L’Strange – O Advent
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Eleanor Daley – Love came down at Christmas
Dan Locklair – O magnum mysterium
Johannes Brahms – Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein ros entsprungen
Praetorius/Jan Sandström – Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Ola Gjeilo – A Spotless Rose
Ben Ponniah – Seeing the star
Philip Stopford – We three kings
Johann Pachelbel – Chorale Prelude: Vom Himmel hoch
George Arthur – My dancing day
Ben Parry – New Year Carol
Ola Gjeilo – Wintertide
Good King Wenceslas
arr. Howard Helvey – Ding! Dong! Merrily on high
Performers
The Choir of Royal Holloway
Luke Cherry & Andrej Ivanović Organ/piano
Rupert Gough Director
Dates, Times & Book
| Fri 15 Dec | 1:00 PM | £10 | Book |
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