SOUTHBANK CENTRE

Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Sixteen

Associate Artists at Southbank Centre

Friday 12 December 2008, 7.30pm

Plainsong Puer natus
Thomas Tallis Gloria from Mass `Puer natus'
Thomas Ravenscroft Remember O thou man
Walter Lambe Nesciens Mater
MS c.1420: Hail Mary full of grace
MS c.1600: Sweet was the song
MS c.1400: Quem pastores laudavere
William Byrd This day Christ was born (A Carroll for Christmas Day)
INTERVAL
MS Chester, 1425: Song of the Nuns of Chester
MS 15thC: Salutation Carol
MS c.1450: Nowell sing we, both all and some
MS Playford c.1600: The old year now has passed away
Thomas Tallis Videte miraculum
MS Playford c.1600: Drive the cold winter away
MS 14thC: Angelus ad virginem
MS Gaudete (attrib. Piae Cantiones)
William Byrd Lullaby, my sweet little baby
MS c.1450: Make we joy

Harry Christophersconductor

An evening of carols from the 15th and 16th centuries. Featuring popular carols of the time - both sacred and secular - the programme shows how Christmas music evolved during this period. The singers are accompanied by the triptych of instruments often seen depicted on nativity Christmas cards played by angels, namely the lute, harp and rebec..

Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm: Pre-concert talk. Admission free.

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