Sunday, 11 December 2011
| Cathedral Choir & Notability | What sweeter music (John Rutter) |
| All | O Come all ye Faithful |
| Notability | Simeon’s Song (Robin Stevens) Just another Star (Karl Jenkins and Carol Barratt, arr. Peter Gritton) |
| All | O little town of Bethlehem |
| Jon Christos & Jenny Williams | O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam) Panis Angelicus (César Franck) |
| All | Good King Wenceslas |
| Cathedral Choir | Angels we have heard on high (trad. arr Eric Paździora) |
| All | Once in Royal David’s City |
| Notability | Sweet was the Song (Andrew Goff) God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (John Neal Koudelka) |
| Anthony Hunt (Organ) | Prelude on ‘Forest Green’ (Philip Marshall) |
| Cathedral Choir | O Magnum Mysterium (T.L. de Victoria, 1548-1611) |
| Jon Christos & Jenny Williams | In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Darke) – with Notability & Cathedral Choir Silent Night (Franz Grüber) |
| Singalong led by Jon & Jenny | Winter Wonderland The Christmas Song Have yourself a merry little Christmas I’m dreaming of a white Christmas |
| All | Hark the Herald Angels Sing |
| Anthony Hunt | Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Herr (Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau) |
Musically speaking, there was something for everyone: choirs, soloists Jon, Jenny and Anthony, and audience; plus readings and talks from local dignitaries, and a prayer and blessing led by Bishop Brain.
It was fun to join forces with the excellent Notability to sing Rutter’s What sweeter music: singing in the sumptuous acoustic of the Cathedral chancel, we took it slowly and left plenty of room at the pauses, all to let Robert Herrick’s words speak as beautifully as the music.
What music will you be singing at Midnight Mass?
ReplyDeleteHello Catherine, and thanks for dropping by. For Midnight Mass (which actually starts at 11.30 on Christmas Eve), we'll have our usual mix of congregational and choral, and Celebration Brass will be with us once again. The 'choral' items include Victoria, Rutter and Pazdziora, as in the Age Concern event. All that plus congregational carols, Missa Ubi Caritas by Bob Hurd, and lots more. I hope you’ll be able to make it.
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