Adolphe Adam, arr. John E West:
O holy night
Sally Beamish:
In the stillness
Tamsin Jones:
Noel:
verbum caro factum est
Traditional, arr. Philip Ledger:
Sussex Carol
John Rutter:
There is a flower
Anonymous, 15th century:
There is no rose
Herbert Howells:
Three Carol-Anthems:
A Spotless Rose
Sing Lullaby
Here Is The Little Door
Traditional, arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall:
In dulci jubilo
Errollyn Wallen:
Peace On Earth
Felix Mendelssohn:
From Christus, Opus 97, When Jesus our Lord was born in Bethlehem Say, where is he born There shall a star from Jacob come forth
Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Simon Morley:
Stille Nacht
Francis Poulenc:
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël:
O magnum mysterium
Quem vidistis pastores dicite
Videntes stellam
Hodie Christus natus est
Becky McGlade:
In the Bleak Midwinter
Jonathan Dove:
The Three Kings

The second album from the Choir of St John’s with their new music director - Christopher Gray. At the centre of the programme are the atmospheric Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël by Francis Poulenc, and the heartfelt Three Carol-Anthems by Herbert Howells who directed the Choir here at St John’s during the Second World War. Other items include the beautiful carol John Rutter wrote for the Choir in 1985, There is a flower, and the haunting Peace on earth by Master of the King’s Music, Errollyn Wallen. “My aim with this album has not been to break new ground with repertoire, but to ensure that classics remain fresh for the current generation” - Christopher Gray