Messiah & more!

Our December concert will feature choruses from Handel's Messiah, a traditional pre-Christmas favourite, together with motets by Bruckner (whose 200th anniversary we commemorate this year) and pieces celebrating the Christmas season by contemporary composers.

Programme: Choruses from Part I of Handel's Messiah:

• And the glory
• And he shall purify
• For unto us a child is born
• Glory to God
• His yoke is easy
• Hallelujah Chorus Bruckner motets: Ave Maria & Os Justi Will Todd: My Lord has come & Christ is the morning star Philip Stopford: Lully, lulla, lullay & Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Herbert Howells: Sing lullaby & Here is the little door James Whitbourn: Hodie Trad. arr. Jonathan Rathbone: Gabriel’s message Karl Rütti: De Vergine Maria

Organ: Roger Bluff Please note that advance ticket sales will end at midnight on the day before the concert.