Winter Festival: Merton College Choir

The Choir of Merton College Oxford

Benjamin Nicholas conductor

Francois Cloete organ

"One of the UK's finest choral ensembles" (Gramophone) close the Winter Festival with an atmospheric sequence of carols, anthems and motets for Advent and Christmas, including some of the best-loved music of the season. 

Thomas Tallis: O nata lux
James MacMillan: O radiant dawn
Judith Weir: Drop down, ye heavens
William Byrd: Rorate coeli desuper
Jonathan Harvey: The Annunciation
Robert Parsons: Ave Maria
Organ: Wachet auf BWV 645 (JS Bach)
JCF Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Interval

Roxanna Panufnik: Nocturn
Trad Polish Carol arr. Roxanna Panufnik: Sleep, little Jesus, sleep
Francis Poulenc: Quem vidistis pastores
Organ: Variations sur un vieux Noel (Dupré)
John Joubert: There is no rose
Traditional, arr. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo
James Burton: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

_{Duration: approximately 2 hours (including interval)}

This concert is generously sponsored by The Morris-Venables Charitable Foundation.