From classic Yuletide songs to carols old and new, Christmas Classics features the sublime sounds of Luminescence and the angelic strains of Luminescence Children’s Choir.
ARTISTS
Luminescence
AJ America, mezzo soprano
Josephine Brereton, soprano
Rachel Mink, soprano
Dan Walker, tenor
Lucien Fischer, baritone
Alasdair Stretch, bass-baritone
Luminescence Children’s Choir
Jonathan Lee, Organ
Conducted by Roland Peelman
PROGRAM
GAUDETE (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
MARIA DURCH EIN DONWALD GING (Trad. German, arr. Patrick Baker)
BOAR’S HEAD CAROL (Trad. England)
HAIL, QUEEN OF HEAVEN (Ross Edwards, 1967)
PATAPAN (Trad. French, arr. Roland Peelman)
BIRJINA GAZTETTABOT: THE ANGEL GABRIEL (Trad. Basque, arr. Roland Peelman)
CANÇŌES DE NATAL (Chico Buarque, 1967 arr. Roland Peelman)
PEACE ON EARTH Errollyn Wallen (2006)
THE CHRIST CHILD Gabriel Jackson (2009)
THE HOLY BOY: A CAROL OF THE NATIVITY John Ireland (1913)
FAINTY FALLING Andrew Schultz (2026) World Premiere
O FAITHFUL COMMODORE Alex Raupach (2025) World Premiere
OUR WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN Ruth McCall (2026) World Premiere
DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH George Ratcliffe Woodward (1924) arr. Dan Walker
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) arr. David Willcocks
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL J.F. Wade (c. 1751), arr. David Willcocks
STILLE NACHT (Silent Night) Franz Zaver Gruber (1818)
70 minutes no interval