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The Sixteen's Yuletide Concert

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen take us on a musical journey that celebrates the heart of Christmas - a humble birth surrounded by heavenly song.

In the second of Radio 3 in Concert's special programmes for Christmas Week, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen take us on a musical journey that celebrates the heart of Christmas - a humble birth surrounded by heavenly song. Their atmospheric concert, performed at Cadogan Hall in London, stretches from medieval melodies to contemporary favourites, and is full of the magic of Christmas.

Recorded at Cadogan Hall in London on 18th December, and presented by Martin Handley.

MEDIEVAL
Alma redemptoris mater

WARLOCK
I Saw a Fair Maiden

ALEOTTI
Facta est cum angelo

MONTGOMERY, arr. HIGGINBOTTOM
Angels from the Realms of Glory

PALESTRINA
A solis ortu cardine

TRAD.
Cherry Tree Carol (Joseph was an Old Man)

LUCY WALKER
Ave virgo sanctissima

JAMES BASSI
Quem pastores laudavere

LUCY WALKER
The Angels’ Song

ALEOTTI
When Christ was Born of Mary Free

ALEOTTI
Angelus ad pastores

TRAD. (Basque)
I Saw a Maiden

BOB CHILCOTT
The Shepherd’s Carol

GOSS
See, Amid the Winter’s Snow

PHILLIP A. COOKE
I Sing of a Maiden

SHEPPARD
A solis ortu cardine

ALAN BULLARD
Sweet Babe, Sang She

GUERRERO
Ave virgo sanctissima

PARRY
When Christ was Born of Mary Free

The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)

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Last on

Tue 23 Dec 202519:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Peter Warlock

    I Saw A Fair Maiden

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Facta Est Cum Angelo - Motet

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Anonymous

    Angels, From The Realms Of Glory

    Music Arranger: Edward Higginbottom. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    A Solis Ortus Cardine - Hymn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Trad.

    The Cherry-Tree Carol

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Lucy Walker

    Ave Virgo Sanctissima

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • James Bassi

    Quem Pastores Laudavere

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Lucy Walker

    The Angels' Song

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Johann Stamitz

    Symphony In D Major Op.4 No.2 (Symphonie Pastorale)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • John Gardner

    When Christ Was Born Of Mary Free

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Angelus Ad Pastores Ait - Motet

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Basque.Traditional

    I Saw A Maiden (15th Century)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Shepherd's Carol

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Sir John Goss

    See Amid The Winter's Snow

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Phillip Cooke

    I Sing Of A Maiden

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • John Sheppard

    A Solis Ortus Cardine

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Alan Bullard

    Sweet Babe, Sang She

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Ave Virgo Sanctissima - Motet

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Hubert Parry

    When Christ Is Born - Carol

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Quem Pastores Laudavere

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych

    Carol Of The Bells

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Patric Standford

    A Christmas Carol Symphony

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8, 'Christmas' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Thorsten Rosenbusch. Performer: Karl-Heinz Schröter. Performer: Harald Winkler. Performer: Raphael Alpermann. Performer: Christian Trompler. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Dec 202519:30
    BBC Radio 3