Oxford’s professional vocal consort, Contrapunctus brings festive cheer with a programme of seasonal favourites and traditional carols from the Renaissance to the modern-day in the splendid baroque chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford.

PROGRAMME

O do not move John Tavener (1944-2013)
Adam lay ybounden Howard Skempton (b. 1947)
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming David Blackwell (b. 1961)
Videte miraculum Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

The truth from above arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Gaudete anon.
Coventry Carol anon.
Resonet in laudibus Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

Videntes stellam Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532-1594)
The Lamb John Tavener
What cheer William Walton (1902-1983)

INTERVAL

Remember O thou man Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1588-1635)
O magnum mysterium Thome Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1603)
Jesus Christ the apple tree Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987)
In dulci jubilo Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856)

Bethlehem Down Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
In the bleak midwinter Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
A spotless rose Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Now may we singen Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)

'Seriously, startlingly good' – Gramophone

'Superb singing' – The Observer

'The singers shape each piece lovingly. Impeccable.' – The Sunday Times