Singers from the Halle Orchestra will performing carols and seasonal music as the final event of the 6th Alderley Edge Christmas Tree Festival. Starts at 3pm.
The choir Vox Musica has been put together by Thomas Davey, cor anglais player with the Halle Orchestra.
The performers are all instrumentalists with the Halle Orchestra, and we are looking forward to hearing them as singers!
Eira Lynn Jones will be performing on the harp.
Programme:
arr. Arthur Sullivan
It came upon the midnight clear.
William Byrd (1543-1623)
Ave Verum Corpus - unaccompanied choir
W.A.Mozart (1756-1791)
Divertimento in F K.138 for string quartet
i) Allegro
ii) Andante
iii) Presto
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
The Blue Bird - Op.119, no.3 - unaccompanied choir.
Thomas Davey
The Lord is my Shepherd - for choir and ensemble.
Interval
Tcaikowsky (1840-1893)
Andante Cantabile from string quartet no. 1 in D Op. 11
Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - unaccompanied choir
Boris Ord (1897-1961)
Adam Lay Ybounden - unaccompanied choir
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Claire de Lune for solo harp
Thomas Davey
Ring out Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Sweté Jesu, king of blisse... (Anon medieval)
Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)
Away in a manger
Admission: £5.00
Tickets available from the church office
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