Christmas from Queen’s is a festive programme of 20th and 21st-century works showcasing composers connected to the College, including Herbert Howells’s Three Carol-Anthems, Kenneth Leighton’s Three Carols, and selections from David Bednall’s dramatic and evocative Christmas cantata Welcome all Wonders, written for the choir in 2011. The programme will also include other Christmas music recorded by the choir, by Cecilia McDowall, Dobrinka Tabakova, and Imogen Holst.
Programme Highlights
Out of your sleep Imogen Holst
Three Carols, Op. 25 Kenneth Leighton
In the Bleak Midwinter Harold Darke
Three Carol-Anthems Herbert Howells
Good-will to men, and peace on earth Dobrinka Tabakova
Excerpts from Welcome all Wonders: A Christmas Cantata David Bednall
This have I done for my true love Gustav Holst
Now may we singen Cecilia McDowall
Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Owen Rees director
Tickets (£15 / £20) can be booked online direct from the venue. Booking fees apply; helpline: 020 7222 1061.