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Gaudete! New Year's Eve Concert in Douai Abbey

  • Douai Abbey Woolhampton Hill Reading, RG7 5TQ United Kingdom (map)

The Rodolfus Choir performs the second of two concerts as part of their annual Twixmas project, featuring some of the finest choral music written for the season. Join us in the stunning setting of Douai Abbey to enjoy inspiring choral music by J S Bach, Michael Higgins, Palestrina, and Poulenc, as well as contemporary carols by Cecilia McDowall, Adrian Peacock, Stephen Sametz, Lucy Walker, Eric Whitacre and Alison Willis.

Conductors - Ralph Allwood MBE, Laura Bailie & Peter Davis

Programme
Ralph Allwood - Jingle Bells & Wo Jesu
J S Bach - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Peter Davis - The shepherds sing
Bob Dylan, arr. Lapwood - Make you feel my love
Michael Higgins - Bring us, O Lord God
Cecilia McDowall - Now may we singen
Palestrina - Alma redemptoris mater & Hodie Christus natus est
Parry - Welcome, Yule!
Adrian Peacock - Venite, Gaudete!
Poulenc - Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
Stephen Sametz - Gaudete!
Lucy Walker - O nata lux
Eric Whitacre - Lux aurumque
Alison Willis - I sing of a maiden

Book tickets
Earlier Event: 30 December
Gaudete! Rodolfus Choir Concert in London
Later Event: 31 December
BBC Choral Evensong Broadcast