A fixture on the Christmas calendar, this ever-changing program, now in its sixth incarnation, is testament to the fact that throughout history, composers have produced some of their liveliest and most engaging work for the Christmas season.

PROGRAM

ADVENT  IN THE BRITISH ISLES

Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis

William Byrd (1540–1623)
O magnum mysterium

David Willcocks (1919–2015)
The Angel Gabriel

TWO MOTETS BY JOSQUIN DES PREZ (c.1450–1521)
Ave Maria
Gloria from the Missa Pange Lingua

TWO SETTINGS OF ‘O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM’
Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1554–1612)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548–1611)

TWO NORTH GERMAN MOTETS

Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
In dulci jubilo

Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/12-75)
Halleluja

TWO SETTINGS OF ‘HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST’
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)

THREE AUSTRALIAN CAROLS

Michael Leighton Jones (born 1969)
Adam lay ybounden

Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946)
Triste Noel

Michael Easton (1954–2004)
Carol for Comedians

LUTHER AND BACH

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) and Georg Ebeling (1637–76)
Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen – All my heart this night rejoices

Martin Luther (1483–1546) and Adam Gumpelzhaimer (1559–1625)
Vom Himmel hoch

Saturday 7 December at 3PM, Macedon
Sunday 8 Dec at 3PM, OLOMC, Middle Park
Saturday 14 Dec at 3PM, Sterling Place, Dunkeld