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Wimbledon Chamber Choir

Saturday, 15 December 2007 at 7.30pm
Holy Trinity Church, Wimbledon

Christmas through the Ages

Peter Smith (conductor)
Marilyn Harper (organ)

From east to west Traditional Plainsong
There is no rose 15th Centuary (English)
Riu riu chiu 16th Centuary (Spanish)
Canzona Primo Girolamo Frescobaldi
(1583-1643)
Toccata Nono Girolamo Frescobaldi
Quem pastores? Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)
Ave Maria Robert Parsons (1535-1572)
Toccata IV Johann Froberger (1616-1667)
Toccata VI Johann Froberger
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
& Melchior Vulpius (1570-1615)
Come ye Christian people, come Michael Praetorius
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
In dulci jubilo Johann Sebastian Bach
Lo star-led chieftains William Croft (1678-1727)
INTERVAL
O holy night Adolphe Adam (1758-1848)
Thou must leave thy lowly dwelling Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Lullaby
Geraldine Hine (violin), Peter Smith (piano)
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
No sad thought Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872-1957)
The blessed Son of God Ralph Vaughan Williams
No.s 2 & 3 of Three Fantastic Dances
Ian Hargrave (violin), Elizabeth Hargrave (piano)
Dmitri Shostakovich
(1906-1975)
Bethlehem Down Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Hodie Christus natus est Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Toccata Nuptiale Christopher Maxim (b. 1971)
Lullay my child Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934)
On Christmas night Peter Smith (b. 1952)