‘WINTERTIDE’

St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5EB. Doors open 6.30pm. Bar.

Tickets: £25 / under 25s £12.50. Box office opens shortly.

Programme

William Mathias:  A babe is born

Boris Ord:  Adam lay y’bounden

John Tavener:  The lamb

Joanna Marsh:  O magnum mysterium

Johannes Brahms:  Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein ros entrsprungen (organ sole)

Michael Praetorius arr. Jan Sandström:  Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Herbert Howells:  A Spotless Rose

Audience Carol:  See amid the winter’s snow

Bob Chilcott:  The shepherd’s carol

John Rutter:  Love came down at Christmas

John Joubert:  Torches

Eoghan Desmond:  Christmas night

Sally Beamish:  In the stillness

Harold Darke:  In the bleak midwinter

Leroy Anderson arr. Jan Sandström:  Sleigh Ride (organ solo)

Ben Ponniah:  Seeing the star; Rejoice in the light

Audience Carol:  Good King Wenceslas

English Trad. arr. David Willcocks:  Sussex Carol

Mykola Leontovych:  Carol of the bells

16th-cent. French Carol arr. Charles Wood:  Ding! Dong! Merrily on high

Under their Director Mark Wilde, and with organists for this concert Daniel Ayers and Logan Williamson, the Choir of Royal Holloway is considered to be one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Great Britain, with their recordings attracting top reviews from all major music publications. Created at the time of the foundation of Royal Holloway in 1886, the choir was originally only for women’s voices. The mixed choir now comprises 24 Choral Scholars who undertake a busy schedule of weekly services, as well as concerts, international tours, recordings and TV and radio broadcasts. They are the only choir to give a weekly concert performance and during an average year give around 40 - 50 concerts with a particular specialism in contemporary music.