We are delighted to announce that The Sixteen, directed by Harry Christophers, will be returning to SJE with their 2019 Christmas programme.

Places for the pre-concert buffet dinner in St Stephen’s House dining room are on sale for £20pp, to include two courses and a glass of wine or soft drink. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Programme

William Walton: Make we joy now in this fest

Mediaeval carols:
Nowell, nowell: Out of your sleep
Sweet was the song
Nowell, nowell: In Bethlem

Traditional: The Saviour’s Work (The babe in Bethlem’s manger laid)

Matthew Martin: Adam lay y-bounden

Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree

Peter Warlock: Corpus Christi carol

Gustav Holst: This have I done for my true love

Mediaeval carols:
There is no rose
Angelus ad virginem
Make we joy

Interval

Praetorius/arr. Sandstrom: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming

James Burton: Balulalow

Cecilia Mcdowall: Of a Rose

Anon: The Salutation carol

Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (harpist: Frances Kelly)