Concert: Hodie Christus natus est
Date: Wednesday 16 December 2015
Time: 19:30
Venue
St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Benjamin Nicholas director
This concert featured many pieces specially written for the choir as part of the Merton Choirbook project, a series of commissions written for the College's 750th anniversary in 2014.
Programme
Byrd Fantasia in D minor
Byrd Rorate caeli desuper
Byrd Tollite portas
Byrd Ave Maria
Byrd Ecce virgo concipiet
Bach Wachet Auf (BWV645)
Rihards Dubra O Radix Jesse
Ēriks Ešenvalds O Emmanuel
Matthew Martin O Oriens
Matthew Martin Noel sing we
Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Jonathan Dove Te Deum
Bob Chilcott The Bird of Dawning
Bob Chilcott The Shepherd's Carol
!["Hodie Christus natus est!" - detail from a tapestry c.1500-1520 in the Cloisters Museum, New York - photo by Fr Lawrence Lew [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_box/public/events_image/Hodie-Christus-natus-est_Fr-Lawrence-Lew_refFlickr_2015-12-16_event.jpg?itok=m-frjm97 "\"Hodie Christus natus est!\" - detail from a tapestry c.1500-1520 in the Cloisters Museum, New York - photo by Fr Lawrence Lew [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]")