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Christmas Concert Dec 2013, 8th December

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Christmas is always special, and this one really was. As well as the wonderful selection of choral Christmas music, we were joined once again, by the popular Dell School Singing Club, a group of enthusiastic 8-10 yr olds, and the Beachley Military Wives, who manage to rehearse for this concert, even though many are full time mums, with husbands far away from home. It only goes to show that Christmas music can be enjoyed and celebrated by people of all ages and from all walks of life. 

 

Programme

 

Choral Greeting arr. C Wood Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Congregational: Once in Royal David’s City
Reading 1 Christ’s birth and kingdom are foretold (Isaiah, chapter 9)
Choir Deck the Halls arr. D Willcocks People Look East C Steel
Reading 2 What do I wish you? Charlotte Gray
Dell Primary School Singing Club All around the world The Holly and Mistletoe Because it’s Christmas
Congregational: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Reading 3 The Angel Gabriel salutes Mary (Luke, chapter 1)
Choir This Little Babe B Britten There is No Rose B Britten Blessed Be That Maid Marie G Treseder
Reading 4 St Luke tells of the birth of Jesus (Luke, chapter 2)

 

Choir Stille Nachte F Gruber Shepherds in the Fields Abiding trad French; arr. D Willcocks A Babe is Born W Mathias
Congregational: In The Bleak Mid-Winter
Reading 5 Christmas Bells Henry Wadsworth
Beachley Military Wives Singers Mary had a Baby Christmas Spiritual; Sargent The Little Drummer Boy K Davis, H Onorati, H Simeone The Holly and the Ivy John Gardner arr. MD
Congregational: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Reading 6: The shepherds go to the manger (Luke, chapter 2)
Choir What Sweeter Music J Rutter Flemish Carol arr. J Rutter Jesus Child J Rutter
Congregational: Hark the Herald Angels Sing (vv 1–3)
Choir We wish you a Merry Christmas arr. A Warrell
Organ Festive Trumpet Tune David German

Christmas Concert Dec 2013