‘Make We Joy’ (Christmas with the English Chamber Choir)

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Thursday 18 December 8pm

A joyous and virtuosic concert of Glorious Christmas Choral Favourites given by the outstanding English Chamber Choir.

The English Chamber Choir is one of the UK’s leading and busiest vocal ensembles. Recent highlights include the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, London Palladium (with Rick Wakeman), Buckingham Palace, Temple Church, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia and many concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields and abroad.
Alongside familiar Christmas favourites (including Bob Chilcott’s arrangement of Silent Night and John Rutter’s The Twelve Days of Christmas), ECC’s programme also introduces glorious new arrangements of familiar carols.
ECC is conducted by highly-acclaimed Artistic Director, Rufus Frowde and accompanied by Richard Hills – world-class, leading musicians of their generation.

Lasset uns frohlocken – Felix Mendelssohn
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Nova, Nova Iain – Farrington
The Angel Gabriel – arr. Jonathan Rathbone
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Jan Sandström/Michael Praetorius
Once in Royal David’s City
Ring Out, You Bells! – Stella Redburn
My Lord is Come – Will Todd
A Babe is Born – William Mathias
Silent Night Franz – Gruber, arr. Bob Chilcott
We Three Kings
Three Kings – Jonathan Dove
Follow That Star – Peter Gritton
The Twelve Days of Christmas – arr. John Rutter
Good King Wenceslas – arr. John Witchell
The Holly and the Ivy – arr. John Gardner
O come, all ye faithful