Saffron Hall’s 10th Birthday Christmas Celebration

Repertoire

• J S Bach 'Jauchzet, frohlocket' from the Christmas Oratorio
• Traditional The First Nowell
• Berlioz 'The Shepherds' Farewell' from L’Enfance du Christ
• Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
• Traditional God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman
• Prokofiev 'Troika' from Lieutenant Kijé
• Adam O Holy Night
• Handel 'Hallelujah' Chorus from Messiah
• Coleridge-Taylor Christmas Overture
• Mozart 'Sleigh Ride' from Three German Dances
• Anderson Sleigh Ride
• Johnny Marks Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• Pierpont Jingle Bells
• Traditional 12 Days of Christmas

Performers

• Jonathan Bloxham conductor
• Jamie Hall baritone
• Saffron Walden Choral Society

A selection-box of some of the most popular choral and orchestral music for the Christmas season.

Berlioz’s exquisite adieu ushers in carols, fantasias on Christmas themes and Handel’s rousing chorus. There are the sound of sleigh bells and whipcracks in Prokofiev and Leroy Anderson’s high-speed rides but also the hushed reverence of music for choir alone. With audience participation and some surprises along the way the final Saffron Hall concert of the year is the perfect way to Wish You a Merry Christmas.