A festive evening of uplifting singing, popular carols, mulled wine and mince pies, and a charity Christmas raffle in time for Christmas in support of The Samaritans.
The Lea Singers conducted by Victoria Longdon
Programme details:
Carol of the bells - Mykola Leontovich
Wassail Song - Ralph Vaughan Williams
God rest ye merry gentlemen - Audience, Traditional Arr. David Willcocks
The Permanence of the Young Man - Peter Foggitt
Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord
Ding, Dong! Merrily on High- French Traditional Arr. Charles Wood
O magnum mysterium- Morten Lauridsen
See amid the Winter Snow - Audience, John Goss arr. David Willcocks
Here is the little door - Herbert Howells
O Rex Gentium - Matthew Martin
INTERVAL
Elves’ Bells - Stephen Chatman
The Holly and the Ivy- John Gardner
Twelve days of Christmas - Audience Traditional arr. John Rutter
Heyr himna smiður- Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child - Kenneth Leighton
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Audience Traditional Felix Mendelssohn
The Christmas Song - Arr. Tim Sutton
Merry Christmas Everyone! - Bob Heatlie arr Penny Ward
We wish you a merry Christmas - Traditional arr. Arthur Warrell
O come. All ye faithful - Audience, Traditional arr. David Willcocks