Christmas Concert
Programme:
English Carol, arr. Damian Eley
Once in Royal David’s city
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Crown of Roses
Kenneth Leighton
The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap
English Carol, arr. Brian Kay
Somerset Wassail
Scottish Carol, arr. Norman Luboff
Baloo, lammy
John David, arr. Peter Knight
Born on a new day
Felix Bernard, arr. Stephen Carleston
Winter Wonderland
Leroy Anderson, arr. Stephen Carleston
Sleigh ride
— Interval —
Mel Tormé, arr. Peter Knight
The Christmas Song
Franz Gruber, arr. Keith Roberts
Silent night
Johnny Marks, arr. Timothy Carleston
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Stevie Wonder, arr. Tim Carleston
Isn’t she lovely
Grover Washington Jr & Bill Withers, arr. Tom Lilburn
Just the two of us
Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, arr. Mark Delisser/Simon Whiteley
Stand by me
Rod Temperton, arr. Tim Carleston
Thriller
Joan Javits & Philip Springer, arr.Stephen Carleston
Santa baby
George Michael, arr. Simon Whiteley
Last Christmas
James Lord Pierpont, arr. Keith Roberts
Jingle Bells
Admission:
General Admission £20.00
Students £9.00
Job Seekers £9.00
Children Aged 6-18 £7.00
Disabled £5.00
Also there will be a voluntary retiring collection in aid of:
All our concerts are held in the church at 83 Portsmouth Road.
The main entrance to the free parking is in Millmead Terrace which is accessed from Bury Fields at the end of Lawn Road.
The Queens Six:
The Queen's Six was established in 2008, the 450th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom they take their name.
Based at Windsor Castle, the members of The Queen's Six make up half of the Lay Clerks of St George's Chapel, whose homes lie within the Castle walls. The Chapel Choir, which consists of boy trebles and twelve professional adult male singers, performs some eight services a week, as well as at private and state occasions, often before the Royal Family. In 2018, their duties with the Chapel Choir included singing for the wedding of Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle, now The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Now Tom, Dan, Nick, Dom, Andrew and Simon have come together to bring their unique style of entertainment to a much wider audience. Their repertoire extends far beyond the reach of the choir stalls: from austere early chant, florid Renaissance polyphony, lewd madrigals and haunting folk songs, to upbeat Jazz and Pop arrangements.
For their 10th anniversary in 2018, the group commissioned new pieces from Nico Muhly and Philip Moore, and arrangements from Alexander L'Estrange.
The Queen's Six has sung at a number of prestigious festivals and venues, including the MET Cloisters in New York City, the Salzburg Bachgesellschaft, the Bermuda Festival, Bayreuth's Margravial Opera House and St Louis Cathedral Basilica. Upcoming tours include return trips to the USA, Germany, the Baltic States and Poland, and first visits to China and Bulgaria.