Revel in the yuletide spirit with this wonderful collection of repertoire that provides a musical breath of fresh air at Christmas, heralding the extraordinary talents of some of the most dedicated and less well-known individuals from English choral music alongside traditional carols and heart-warming festive favourites.

Programme

A Very English Christmas

Plainchant Rorate Ceoli (Advent Prose)
Peter Wishart Alleluya 

Plainchant O Radix Jesse
Herbert Howells A Spotless Rose 
John Rutter There is a flower 

Plainchant O magnum mysterium
Jonathan Lane O magnum mysterium
Jonathan Lane Bethlehem Down
Plainchant Puer natus est 
Herbert Howells Sing Lullaby

Peter Warlock Benedicamus Domino
Arnold Bax I Sing of a Maiden
John Tavener The Lamb
Herbert Howells Here is the little door

Gustav Holst In the Bleak Midwinter
Francis Pott Balulalow 
Richard Lloyd Love Came Down at Christmas 

Jonathan Rathbone The Oxen 
Pierpont arr. Ben Parry Jingle Bells 
Gruber. arr. Jonathan Rathbone Silent Night 
Trad. arr. Ian Humphris Twelve Days of Christmas 

Artist Information

Tenebrae
Nigel Short

Artist(s)

Nigel Short, Tenebrae