Louise Thomson (harp) and Polly Ives (voice/ cello) will perform music including Bach, Gershwin and lots of Christmas tunes to get you all in the festive spirit. With bubbles, ribbons, LED lights, percussion, singing and informal introductions, this is a fun and informal cosy Christmas singalong for adults and their young children.

Two sessions:
1030-1230 and 1330-1530

Concerteenies with Music in the Round – Informal concerts for 0-4 year olds, hosted by Polly Ives featuring Louise Thomson

0-1 years: 10.15-11.10am
1 & 2 years: 11.35am – 12.30pm
3 & 4 years: 1.45-2.40pm

“Exploring Water” including music by Saint Saens.

Adjudicator

10.30 – 11.15 (up to 1s)
11.45-12.30 (1s and 2s, siblings welcome)

9.45-10.30 and 11-11.45.

12.30 – 1pm and 1.45 – 2.15

11-11.45am (up to 1s, non-movers)
12.30am-1.15pm (1s & 2s)

Bach: Sarabande from Violin Partita
Tchaikovsky: extract from Eugene Onegin
Renie: Au bord du Ruisseau
Katriona McKay’s Swan
Katriona McKay: Loon Mountain Moose
Ortiz: Noche de fiesta
Twinkle Twinkle little star
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Programme will include:

Britten Ceremony of Carols
Glinka Nocturne – solo harp

Guest Conductor Nigel Taylor

A Hundred Years On

Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Goodall Eternal Light: A Requiem
Johnson Manning War’s Embers (première)

Conductor Neil Taylor
Organ Graham Eccles
Piano Pete Durrant
Harp Louise Thomson
Percussion Ged Marc

Glinka Nocturne
Rota Sarabanda
Spohr Fantasie in C minor op. 35
Grandjany Fantasie sur un theme de J Haydn, op. 31
Tournier Jazz Band
Walter-Kühne Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky

Debussy Estampes no. 2, La Soirée Dans La Grenade
Fauré Une Chatelaine en sa Tour, op. 110
Pierné Impromptu Caprice
De Falla Spanish Dance No.1 from the opera La Vida Breve
Henshall Adagio Cantabile from Three Welsh Dances
Grandjany Rhapsodie

Britten Ceremony of Carols

Concert with Musicwork Vocal Ensemble. Louise will play in:

Scarlatti Sonata in F minor K.466 – solo Harp
Rota Sarabanda – solo Harp
Grandjany Fantasie sur un theme de J Haydn, op. 3 -solo Harp
Rutter Gaelic Blessing – Choir and Harp
Dowland Crystal Tears – Choir and Harp
Glinka Nocturne – solo Harp
Fauré Une Chatelaine en sa Tour, op. 110 -solo Harp
Tournier Jazz Band – solo Harp
Grandjany Rhapsodie – solo Harp
Fauré Madrigal – Choir and Harp
Chilcott Londonderry Air – Choir and Harp

Nocturne – Mikhail Glinka
Sonata in F minor K.466 – Domenico Scarlatti, arr. Louise Thomson
Fantasie sur un theme de J Haydn, op. 31 – Marcel Grandjany
Sarabanda – Nino Rota
Jazz Band – Marcel Tournier
Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky – Ekaterina Walter-Kühne
Estampes no. 2, La Soirée Dans La Grenade – Claude Debussy
Une Chatelaine en sa Tour, op. 110 – Gabriel Fauré
Impromptu Caprice – Gabriel Pierné
Adagio Cantabile from Three Welsh Dances – Dalwyn Henshall
Cruit Gun Cheis Ceall Gun Aba – Mary Ann Kennedy
Letter from Home – Pat Metheny, arr. Louise Thomson
Rhapsodie – Marcel Grandjany