Sat, 09 Dec
|St Nicolas Church
In The Stillness
An oasis of calm amid the hurly-burly of Christmas preparations
Time & Location
09 Dec 2023, 18:00 – 20:00
St Nicolas Church, Church Rd, Great Bookham, Leatherhead KT23 3PG, UK
About the event
A short concert (about an hour) followed by light refreshments.
Beautiful choral music by Eric Whitacre, Shawn Kirchner, Samuel Barber, Vytautas Miškinis, Sally Beamish, Dan Forrest, Thomas Weelkes, William Byrd, Morten Lauridsen, Ian Assersohn and others.
Directed by Ian Assersohn, with Gareth Giles (piano)
Programme details:
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
Eric Whitacre: Sing Gently
Ian Assersohn: Make We Joy Now in this fest
Samuel Barber: Sure on this shining night
Edvard Grieg: Ave Maris Stella
Vytautas Miškinis: Cantate Domino
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
John Rutter: Angels’ Carol
William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus
Juan Tony Guzmán: Cantemos a Maria (Let us sing to Mary)
Sally Beamish: In The Stillness
Dan Forrest: Shalom
Thomas Weelkes: All people clap your hands
Ian Assersohn: A New Heart
Shawn Kirchner: Unclouded Day