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Programme
Adam lay y bounden – Cooman
I wonder as I wander – arr. Rutter
In dulci jubilo – Pearsall, arr. Jacques
Away in a manger – Basque tune
Coventry Carol – arr. Shaw
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol – Rutter
A Christmas Cracker!
Es ist ein ros entsprungen – arr. Sandstrohm
Bethlehem Down – Warlock
Another Christmas cracker!
O magnum mysterium – Poulenc
But peaceful was the night – David Bednall
God is with us – Tavener
The Twelve Days of Christmas – Rutter
Plus carols for brass, organ and audience including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Come all ye Faithful and It came upon the Midnight Clear.
Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Brandenburg Brass
Tom Williams Conductor
Performers
The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields is a group of around 25 dedicated singers from all walks of life, with an excellent reputation for performance of a professional standard. The Choir is well known for its frequent broadcasts on BBC Radio and Television, and took part in Radio 4’s Christmas morning broadcast in December 2010, as well as Radio 2’s Sunday Half Hour 70th anniversary programme and a broadcast of Jazz Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3.
The Choir has recorded three CDs, ‘Christmas at St Martin-in-the-Fields’ (2009), Evensong in Blue (2010) and a recording, ‘The Art of Worship’, in collaboration with the National Gallery. They toured the USA – Minneapolis, New York, Washington DC and Atlanta – in May 2011, and visited Berlin in summer 2013. In summer 2014, they made another tour to the USA visiting North and South Carolina, Virginia and Washington DC.
