Queen's Park SinfoniaViolin Sophie-Anne Chaplin (leader), Natalia Wiezbitzka

Viola Ariane van Hoof, Bettina RaczCello Jonathan Gibson

Organ Antony Gray

Queen’s Park Junior SingersMusic Director Mary Phillips

Akash Burn, Millie Chaluisan, Thalia Conran-Shaw, Jiannoula Couling-Dini, Athena HamMisty Hellier Watts, Asiyah-Zayaan Kharodia, Peter Laleye Thomas, Natalie Lawson

Raffi Melkonian-Payne, Anaia Mulinda , Anousa Parmar, Arabella Parmar, Samara SethLaurel Timpson

Queen’s Park SingersMusic Director Peter Burtt-Jones

Accompanist Antony Gray

SopranoEvanthe Blandy, Jana Burtt-Jones*, Christine Cargill, Gabrielle Crockatt*, Jenny GarrettHinda Golding, Gillian Hallifax, Jo Hurley, Jennifer Keller*, Anna Mumford, Una O'Gara

Katy Payne*, Stella Ruszczynski*, Rebecca Sheridan, Kathryn Worth

AltoGraziella Doardo, Rachel Donnison*, Helen Dymond, Monica Healy*, Katherine Lawson*

Denise O'Reilly, Linsay Samii Pour*, Evelyn Velleman

TenorPhilip Crockatt*, Colm Doherty*, Cathie Hammond*, Glyn Jones*, Julie Krausz

Mario Mansilla, Amanda Robinson, Andrew Thornton, Sebastian Timpson*

BassRoger Bloomfield*, Marcello Davide Caio*, Jonathan Fisher, Mark Hine*, Simon Judge*

Adam Ritchie, Joram ten Brink, David Till*, Peter Walter

*Chamber Choir

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Please join us for seasonal refreshments in therotunda after the concert!

We are very grateful to Mother Christine Cargill forpermission to use the church, and to Lesley Daisleyfor her assistance with booking accommodation.

Queen’s ParkSingers& Junior Singers

Sunday 6th December 2015Church of St Anne & St AndrewSalusbury Rd NW6

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)Cantata 61 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland1. Overture (Chorus) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland2. Recitative (Tenor) Der Heiland ist gekommen3. Aria (Tenor) Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche4. Recitative (Bass) Siehe, siehe! Ich stehe vor der Thür5. Aria (Soprano) Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze6. Chorale Amen, amen! Komm, du schöne Freudenkrone

Mary Phillips, soprano Sebastian Timpson, tenor Simon Judge, bassQueen’s Park Junior Singers

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525 - 1594)Hodie Christus natus est (eight-part setting)

Richard Pygott (c.1485 - 1552)Quid petis, o fili?

John Sheppard (1515 – 1558)Reges Tharsis

Jan Pieters Sweelinck (1562 – 1621)Hodie Christus natus est

Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623)Gloria in excelsis Deo

Mary PhillipsThree Carols: Message to Mary Balulalow Hallelujah Gospel

Queen’s Park Junior Singers cond. Mary PhillipsVanessa Parmar, cello

with Katherine Lawson, Katy Payne, James Rhodes, Sophie Timms

Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaHodie Christus natus est (four-part setting)

Richard Dering (c.1580 – 1630)Quem vidistis pastores?

William Byrd (c.1539 - 1623)O magnum misterium; Beata virgo

Giovanni Gabrieli c.1554 - 1612Hodie Christus natus est

Peter Philips (c.1561 - 1628)O beatum et sacrosanctum diem

William ByrdFrom virgin’s womb; Rejoice, rejoice! A Carol for ChristmasDay

Jennifer Keller, soprano; Linsay Samii Pour, alto; Glyn Jones, tenor; David Till, bassQueen’s Park Singers Chamber Choir

J S Bachfrom Cantata 147: Chorale Jesus bleibet meine Freude

The image reproduced in the posters for this concert and in this programme is a detailfrom a mural by Josef Kastner in the Carmelite Church, Vienna.