Christmas at Greyfriars 2015
Saturday, December 12, 2015
The Edinburgh Singers presented a
choral celebration of Christmas at our annual Christmas at
Greyfriars concert, in the atmospheric surroundings of
Edinburgh's historic Greyfriars Kirk.
Under the baton of guest conductor
Philip Redfern and accompanied by organist
David Turner, the concert featured a
range of festive pieces both old and new, including some
traditional carols for all to join in. We were delighted to be
joined by violinists Imogen Brewer and
Melissa McDonald from St Mary's Music
School.
Download the concert programme here
FULL PROGRAMME:
Audience Carol - Once in Royal David's City (Soloist: Morag
Kyle)
Away in a manger - Reginald Jacques
Sussex carol - Trad. carol arr. David
Willcocks
O little one sweet - J.S. Bach
A babe is born - William Mathias
Three violin duets - Dmitri Shostakovich (Violins:
Imogen Brewer and Melissa McDonald)
- I - Praeludium
- II - Gavotte
- III - Walzer
Audience Carol - O little town of Bethlehem
Joy to the world - arr. John Rutter
There is no rose - John Joubert
Sans Day carol - arr. John Rutter
Coventry carol - arr. Martin Shaw
Unto us is born a son - arr. David Willcocks
INTERVAL
In the bleak mid-winter - Harold Darke (Soloists:
Aileen Boyle and Pat Snowdon)
A Hymn to the Virgin - Benjamin Britten (Octet:
Catherine Siddall, Louise Wright, Alex Marks, Ailis Sandilands,
Iain McIntyre, Ashton Montgomery, Stephen Metcalfe and Jonathan
Wright)
The Snow - Edward Elgar (Violins: Imogen Brewer
and Melissa McDonald)
My Lord has come - Will Todd
Audience Carol - O come all ye faithful
Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre (Soloist:
Catherine Bapty)
A maiden most gentle - Andrew Carter
Mary's lullaby - John Rutter
Audience Carol - Hark! the herald angels sing
The twelve days of Christmas - arr. John
Rutter
