Hesperos returns to St. George's Bloomsbury for our Christmas concert, with a journey into the farthest north...

Programme

Ave generosa - Hildegard of Bingen (c. 1098-1179)

Noel: Verbum caro factum est  - Tamsin Jones (b. 1972)

Ivy, Chief of Trees - Sarah Cattley (b. 1995)

Nesciens mater - Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)

Attesa (Expectation) - Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544-1590)

Puer natus in Bethlehem - Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

Sainte-Chappelle - Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

- Interval -

Ave maria a 8 - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611)

While Mary Slept - Helena Paish (b. 2002)
A Little Child, A Shining Star - David Loxley-Blount (b. 1989)

Coventry Carol - arr. Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)

The First Nowell - arr. Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
Bethlehem Down - Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Northern Lights - Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977)

God rest you merry, gentlemen - arr. David Willcocks (1919-2015)