COMING NEXT…
The Coming of Winter:
An NLCC Christmas Concert
New London Chamber Choir / Kieran Morris & Louise Drewett
with Anthony Gritten, organ
Sunday 3 December 2023, 19:00
at St James’ Church, Islington, London, N1 8PH
Tickets: £15 available on the door
This concert, with a theme of dark then light, represents a relaunch of New London Chamber Choir activities after the COVID-19 pandemic.
PROGRAMME
Music will include Christmas and winter-themed pieces by Poulenc, Kodaly, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Meredith Monk, Gerald Barry, Howard Skempton, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and more.
Francis Poulenc: Un soir de Neige
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Heyr þu os himnum á
Gerald Barry: The Coming of Winter
Meredith Monk: Nightfall
Howard Skempton: Christmas Bells
Ruth Crawford Seeger: ‘To an angel’ from Three Chants
David Bedford: Wide, Wide in the Rose’s Side
Charles Ives: Adeste Fidelis in an Organ Prelude
Peter Warlock: Balulalow, Benedicamus Domino
Zoltán Kodály: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Elizabeth Poston: The Boar’s Head carol