From classic Yuletide songs to carols old and new, Christmas Classics features the sublime sounds of Luminescence and the angelic strains of Luminescence Children’s Choir.

ARTISTS

Luminescence

AJ America, mezzo soprano

Josephine Brereton, soprano

Rachel Mink, soprano

Dan Walker, tenor

Lucien Fischer, baritone

Alasdair Stretch, bass-baritone

Luminescence Children’s Choir

Jonathan Lee, Organ

Conducted by Roland Peelman

70 mins, no interval

PROGRAM

GAUDETE Piae Cantiones, (1582)

MARIA DURCH EIN DORNWALD GING Trad. German, arr. Patrick Baker

BOAR’S HEAD CAROL Trad. England

HAIL, QUEEN OF HEAVEN Ross Edwards (1967)

PATAPAN Trad. French, arr. Roland Peelman

BIRJINA GAZTETTABOT: THE ANGEL GABRIEL Trad. Basque, arr. Roland Peelman

CANÇŌES DE NATAL Chico Buarque (1967) arr. Roland Peelman

PEACE ON EARTH Errollyn Wallen (2006)

THE CHRIST CHILD Gabriel Jackson (2009)

THE HOLY BOY: A CAROL OF THE NATIVITY John Ireland (1913)

FAINTY FALLING Andrew Schultz (2026) World Premiere

O FAITHFUL COMMODORE Alex Raupach (2025) World Premiere

OUR WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN Ruth McCall (2026) World Premiere

DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH George Ratcliffe Woodward (1924) arr. Dan Walker

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) arr. David Willcocks

O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL J.F. Wade (c. 1751), arr. David Willcocks

STILLE NACHT (SILENT NIGHT) Franz Zaver Gruber (1818)