BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Chorus at Maida Vale for Christmas - BBC Symphony Orchestra

17 Dec 2017, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London

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BBC Symphony Chorus at Maida Vale for Christmas

15:00 Sun 17 Dec 2017 BBC Maida Vale Studios, London

Join the BBC Symphony Chorus for a festive afternoon of Christmas carols old and new.

Programme

- - Mark D. Boden
  - Awake glad heart
- - Cecilia McDowall
  - O Oriens
- - Howard Skempton
  - Adam lay y-bounden
- - Michael Higgins
  - The Angel Gabriel
- - Cheryl Frances-Hoad
  - There is no rose
- - Malcolm Archer
  - A little child there is yborn
- - Will Todd
  - Christus est stella
- - Randall Thompson
  - Alleluia
- - William Mathias
  - A Babe is Born, op. 55
- - Herbert Howells
  - Here is the little door
- - Becky McGlade
  - In the bleak mid-winter
- - Trad.
  - In dulci jubiloarranged by Bob Chilcott
- - Morten Lauridsen
  - O magnum mysterium
- - Kerry Andrew
  - Out of the orient crystal skies
- - Fredrik Sixten
  - Mary's lullaby (Stille Nacht)
- - Bernard Hughes
  - Christmas bells
- - Richard Elfyn Jones
  - Good King Wenceslas

Performers

BBC Symphony Chorus
Neil Ferris
conductor
conductor
Richard Pearce
organ
organ

Composers

Concert Information

The BBC Symphony Chorus and Chorus Director Neil Ferris perform an afternoon of Christmas delights at the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studios. Well-known festive classics appear alongside lesser-known Christmas choral works for a wonderful seasonal celebration.

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BBC Symphony Chorus