About this Event
'On Christmas Night'
(Christmas with English Chamber Choir)
(conductor)
(organ)
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, Barnes Festival and many concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields and abroad.
Alongside familiar Christmas favourites (including Bob Chilcott's arrangement of Good King Wenceslas and John Rutter's Shepherd's Pipe Carol), ECC's programme also introduces glorious new arrangements of familiar carols including Three Jazz Carols by celebrated British composer Will Todd.
ECC is conducted by highly-acclaimed Artistic Director, Rufus Frowde and accompanied by Richard Hills - world-class, leading musicians of their generation.
The concert includes a 20-minute interval.
Programme:
- O Rex Gentium (chant)
- O Radiant Dawn James MacMillan
- Once in Royal David's City
- The Angel Gabriel arr. Jonathan Rathbone
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Michael Praetorius
- I sing of a maiden Matthew Martin
- Sans Day Carol arr. John Rutter
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Mary's Boy Child arr. Peter Gritton
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol John Rutter
- Run, Shepherds, Run! Jonathan Dove
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
INTERVAL
- Deck the Halls arr. Peter Gritton
- Good King Wenceslas
- In the bleak midwinter arr. Will Todd
- Follow That Star Peter Gritton
- Personent Hodie arr. Will Todd
- RICHARD HILLS' CHRISTMAS ORGAN IMPROVISATION
- Wexford Carol John Rutter
- The Holly and the Ivy John Gardner
- We Three Kings arr. Will Todd
- Winter Wonderland arr. Peter Gritton
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
Agenda
🕑: 07:15 PM
Doors open
🕑: 07:45 PM
Concert starts
🕑: 08:30 PM - 08:50 PM
Interval
🕑: 09:40 PM
Concert ends
Event venue & nearby stays
St James's Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
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