Snow on Snow

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Greyfriars KirkGreyfriars Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2QQ, United Kingdom

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Performers

Philip Higham	Cello
SCO Chorus
Gregory Batsleer	Choirmaster / chorus director

The simple beauty of unaccompanied voices – what better way to celebrate the coming festive season?

The SCO Chorus’s annual Christmas concert has become a firm fixture in Scotland’s musical calendar: experience the singers’ radiant tones under expert Director Gregory Batsleer in music to warm your heart and lift your spirit.

Francis Poulenc provides four exquisite miniature scenes from the nativity story, while revered choral composer and conductor Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque is a shimmering contemplation of the season, and SCO Associate Composer Jay Capperauld unveils a brand new-choral piece, a setting of Niall Campbell's poem The Night Watch.

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Snow on Snow: SCO Chorus brightens the solstice darkness

David Smythe, 21st December

A delightful seasonal showcase from the SCO Chorus, directed and conducted by Gregory Batsleer, in a programme of ancient and modern music and texts in the historic setting of Greyfriars Kirk.

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Swayne, Giles	Magnificat
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)	In the Bleak Midwinter
Warlock, Peter (1894-1930)	Bethlehem Down
Leach, Helen	Touch of Heaven
McDowall, Cecilia (b. 1951)	Now may we singen
Capperauld, Jay	The Night Watch (world premiere)
Tavener, John (1944-2013)	The Lamb
Tavener, John (1944-2013)	Chant for solo cello
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Cello suite no. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010: Sarabande
Beamish, Sally (b. 1956)	In the Stillness
Traditional	Wexford Carol (arr. Rutter)
Whitacre, Eric (b. 1970)	Lux Aurumque