Gavin Carr Conductor
Nigel Nash Piano
New conductor Gavin Carr's first Christmas concerts with Bristol Bach Choir contained a joyful mixture of seasonal music and carols including recent works by Sir John Tavener and Paul Carr, interspersed with more traditional fayre, all leavened with the now-celebrated Bach Choir readings both humorous and thoughtful.
PART 1 |
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| Processional: | Once in Royal David's city |
| Choir: | How brightly shines the morning star! (from Christus) - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) |
| Everyone: | Hark! The herald angels sing |
| Reading: | Bells Ringing - Leonard Clark |
| Choir: | Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord (1897-1961) All this time - William Walton (1902-1983) |
| Reading: | Twelfth Night - Laurie Lee |
| Choir: | Twelfth Night - Samuel Barber (1910-1981) A Silent Night - Paul Carr (b. 1961) |
| Reading: | Behold I stand - Gerard Kelly |
| Choir: | Christmas 1903 - Tim Warren (Tim is a current member of the choir, singing tenor) Bethlehem Down - Peter Warlock (1894-1930) |
| Everyone: | See amid the winter's snow - arr. Sir David Willcocks (b. 1919) |
| Choir: | Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - trad. arr. Willcocks Sir Christemas - William Matthias (1934-1992) |
PART 2 |
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| Choir: | Today the Virgin - John Taverner (b. 1944) Bogoroditsye Dyevo - Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) |
| Readings: | Christmas Sounds - U A Fanthorpe Kid Stuff - Frank Home |
| Everyone: | O come, O come, Emmanuel |
| Reading: | Saturday Night at the Bethlehem Arms - Gareth Owen |
| Choir: | Sussex Carol - Philip Ledger (b. 1937) Nativity Carol - John Rutter (b. 1945) |
| Reading: | King John's Christmas - A A Milne |
| Choir: | Wassail! - Margaret Williams (b.1961) (Margaret is a current member of the choir, singing alto) The Twelve Days of Christmas - arr. John Rutter |
| Everyone: | O come, all ye faithful |
| Reading: | Three wise dads bearing camcorders - Oliver Pritchett |
| Choir: | Mary's Boy Child - Jester Hairston (1901-2000) arr. Bernard Wight We Wish You a Merry Christmas - trad. arr. Arthur Warrell |