An evening of uplifting Christmas music from around the world, performed by Luminescence. Renaissance polyphony to Nativity hymns, and carols old and new, bundled into one heavenly hour.

ARTISTS

Luminescence

AJ America, mezzo soprano

Josephine Brereton, soprano

Rachel Mink, soprano

Dan Walker, tenor

Lucien Fischer, baritone

Alasdair Stretch, bass-baritone

Conducted by Roland Peelman

PROGRAM

HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1619)

NOE, NOE, PSALLITE Jean Mouton (1519)

VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST Hans Leo Haßler (1591)

OY, JOSEPH Francisco Guerrero (1589)

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

FAINTY FALLING Andrew Schultz (2026) World Premiere

CAROL OF THE BELLS arr. Dan Walker

CHRISTMAS CARD Deborah Cheetham-Fraillon (2023) arr. Dan Walker

LITTLE STAR, Jonathan Zwartz (2021) arr. Roland Peelman

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

70 mins no interval