Fri 18 Dec 2020

• 19:30

  A Choral Christmas with Bob Chilcott, Jess Gillam and Katie Melua

  BBC Radio 3 in Concert

  King of Christmas Bob Chilcott conducts the BBC Singers and members of the BBC Concert Orchestra with special guests Jess Gillam and Katie Melua for a perfect concert to sing in the festive season.

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  King of Christmas Bob Chilcott conducts the BBC Singers and members of the BBC Concert Orchestra with special guests Jess Gillam and Katie Melua for a perfect concert to sing in the festive season.

  Programme

  • • • Trad.
      • Ding dong! Merrily on higharr. Stuart Nicholson arr. for brass Jonathan Wikeley
    • • Christian Onyeji
      • Amuworo ayi otu nwa (For unto us a child is born)
    • • Bob Chilcott
      • The Midnight of Your Birth
    • • Ryuichi Sakamoto
      • Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
    • • John Gardner
      • Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
    • • Bob Chilcott
      • O Little Town
    • • Trad.
      • In dulci jubiloarr. Leslie Pearson
      • The Little Swallowarr. Bob Chilcott and Katie Melua
    • • Joni Mitchell
      • Riverarr. Katie Melua
    • • Trad.
      • The Twelve Days of ChristmasFrederic Austin arr. Bob Chilcott
    • • interval
    • • Various Artists
      • Festive Cheerarr. Roger Harvey
    • • Elizabeth Poston
      • Balulalow
    • • Bob Chilcott
      • The Shepherds Sing
    • • Darius Milhaud
      • Brazileira from ‘Scaramouche’
    • • Bob Chilcott
      • Sweet was the Song / Silent Night
    • • James Lord Pierpont
      • Jingle Bellsarr. Mack Wilberg
    • • Mike Batt
      • Nine Million Bicycles
    • • Katie Melua
      • Maybe I Dreamt it
    • • Irving Berlin
      • White Christmasarr. Katie Melua
    • • Johnny Marks
      • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerarr. Bob Chilcott
    • • Alison Carver
      • I'm Thinking of You This Christmasarr. Peter Foggitt
    • • Various Artists
      • Deck the Hall / Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasTrad. / Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane (arr. Bob Chilcott)
    • • Anon.
      • O Come, All Ye Faithfularr. David Willcocks

  Performers

  • Jess Gillam

    presenter/saxophone
    presenter/saxophone
  • Katie Melua

    guest vocalist
    guest vocalist
  • Bob Chilcott

    conductor
    conductor
  • BBC Singers
  • Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Rachel Mahon

    organ
    organ
  • Ashok Gupta

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Trad.
  • Christian Onyeji
  • Bob Chilcott
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • John Gardner
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Various Artists
  • Elizabeth Poston
  • Darius Milhaud
  • James Lord Pierpont
  • Mike Batt
  • Katie Melua
  • Irving Berlin
  • Johnny Marks
  • Alison Carver
  • Anon.

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