Candlelit Concert Tour 2005

The English Philharmonic Ensemble
Conductor David Haslam

The Singers
Conductor Donald Halliday

Beverley Minster – 10 December
St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington – 11 December
St Cuthbert’s Church. Carlisle – 16 December
Hexham Abbey – 17 December
St George’s Church, Jesmond, Newcastle – 23 December

PROGRAMME

Corelli – Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 8 ‘Christmas Concerto’
Vivace, Grave – Allegro – Adagio, Allegro, Adagio – Vivace – Allegro – Pastorale

Hertel – Trumpet Concerto in Eb
Allegro – Larghetto – Vivace
Soloist Mark O’Keeffe

Benjamin Britten – from A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28
Wolcum Yule! – There is no rose – Deo Gracias
With Helen Radice harp

John Tavener – The Lamb

Vivaldi – Winter from The Four Seasons
Allegro non molto – Largo – Allegro
Soloist Martin Hughes

Interval

Vivaldi – Opening chorus from the Gloria in D

Marcel Samuel-Rousseau – Pastoral Variations on an old French Noel
Soloist Helen Radice

Elizabeth Poston – Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Trad. Flemish, arr. John Rutter – Cradle Song
Attrib. Mateo Flecha – Riu, riu, chiu

Audience Carols
Once in royal David’s city, O come all ye faithful

Handel – a Christmas selection from ‘Messiah’
And the glory of the Lord – Pastorale Symphony – There were shepherds abiding in the fields – Glory to God – Hallelujia
Soloist Charlotte Clark (Lindsey Nicholls 23 December)