Contrapunctus: A Choral Christmas

Tickets £5-£25

Programme:

O do not move    John Tavener  (1944-2013)

Adam lay ybounden    Howard Skempton (b. 1947)

Videte miraculum    Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

Out of your sleep arise and wake    Imogen Holst (1907-1984)

Lo, how a rose e’er blooming    David Blackwell (b. 1961)

Gaudete    anon.

Swete was the song the Virgine soong    anon.

Resonet in laudibus    Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Lullaby, my sweet little baby    William Byrd (1542/3-1623)

The Lamb    John Tavener

Hodie Christus natus est    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

INTERVAL of 15 minutes
Bethlehem Down    Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

O magnum mysterium    Thome Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1603)

Jesus Christ the apple tree    Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)

In dulci jubilo    Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856)

Videntes stellam    Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532-1594)

The Three Kings    Peter Cornelius (1824-1874), arr. Ivor Atkins (1869-1953)

In the bleak midwinter    Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Mary’s Lullaby (Silent night)    arr. Fredrik Sixten (b. 1962)    

Oxford’s professional vocal consort, Contrapunctus, brings festive cheer with a programme of seasonal favourites and traditional carols from the Renaissance to the modern-day in the splendid baroque chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford.

'Seriously, startlingly good' – Gramophone

'Superb singing' – The Observer

'The singers shape each piece lovingly. Impeccable.' – The Sunday Times