50 years after his death, Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols remains a beloved cycle unrivelled of repertoire for young singers.

Luminescence Children’s Choir joins one of Australia’s most acclaimed harpists, Alice Giles, to mark this anniversary year with a performance of Benjamin Britten’s Before Britten’s dazzling cycle of medieval texts is a chance to hear Luminesence’s newest member Josephine Brereton take centre stage, performing Per Nørgård’s 1975 Fons Laetitiae - a meditation on Marian melodies, heavenly beauty, and redeeming joy.

ARTISTS

Luminescence Children’s Choir

Alice Giles, harp

Josephine Brereton, soprano

Conducted by AJ America

PROGRAM

FONS LAETITIAE Per Nørgård (1975)

Josephine Brereton, soprano

Alice Giles, harp

CEREMONY OF CAROLS Op.28 Benjamin Britten (1942)

Procession

Wolcum Yole!

There is no Rose

That Yongë Child

Balulalow

As Dew in Aprille

This Little Babe

Interlude

In Freezing Winter Night

Spring Carol

Deo Gracias

Recession

1 hour, no interval