Saturday 2 December 2023 at 7:30pm
Sherborne Abbey

Our annual concert of choral music from across the ages celebrating Advent and the Christmas season, with familiar and new carols to enjoy and discover.

This year’s programme ranges from ancient plainsong to the present day – something for everyone, so join us in the very special atmosphere of Sherborne Abbey to start the season of Advent.

Organist Simon Clarkson

• Angelus ad pastores ait Raphaella Aleotti (c.1570-c.1646)
• Tomorrow shall be my dancing day James Burton (b. 1974)
• Magnificat in G Francis Jackson (1917-2022)
• Resonet in laudibus Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
• O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
• O Radiant Dawn James MacMillan (b. 1959)
• Christe, Redemptor Omnium Plainsong for Vespers of the Nativity arr. Matthew Martin (b. 1976)
• Frohlocket ihr Völker auf Erden Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
• O Oriens Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
• Salve Regina Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
• In dulci jubilo Michael Praetorius (c.1571-1621)
• De Virgine Maria Carl Rütti (b. 1949)
• There is no Rose trad.
• Benedicamus Domino Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
• Advent plainsong chants Creator alme siderum, Te lucis ante terminum, Rorate coeli desuper

---