Nine Lessons & Carols Service

Sunday 14 December at 3.30 pm
St Albans Church, Birmingham B12 0YH

A traditional Christmas service with beautiful music and readings.
No entry fee - all are welcome

MUSIC PROGRAMME
O Come all ye faithful *
Hodie, Christus natus est
A virgin most pure (Sweelinck)
Come thou redeemer *
Sing lullaby (Howells)
Sir Christemas (David Hughes)
Lully, lulla, though little tiny child (Leighton)
Lo he comes *
Quem pastores (arr. Rutter)
Dormi Jesu (Rutter)
God rest ye merry gentlemen*
Angelus ad virginem (arr. Willcocks)
Once in Royal David’s City*
Magnificat (Collegium Regale) (Howells)
This child of God (Paul Spicer )
Of the Father’s Heart *
Hark the Herald angels sing *
* congregational hymns

Picture: based on a painting by the artist Annael (Angel of Life)

There will be a leaving collection in aid of church funds St Annes’s Hostel
Please wrap up warmly for this service.

Come & Sing with us!
Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang)  

Saturday 31 January
From 2 pm - 6 pm

Selly Oak Methodist church, Langleys Rd, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6HT
A terrific afternoon of singing, under the inspired directorship of Paul Spicer.
After the workshop session we enjoy each others friendship over tea and homemade cakes then finish the day with an informal performance.
Soloists: Isaac Boulter & Corinna Gregory
Accompanist: Paul Carr
Tickets for singers @£25 (+£2.80 Eventbrite fee) including music hire, and tea & cakes

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Any questions or queries do contact: bbchoir.candsing@gmail.com

About Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang) composed for the Leipzig Festival, 1840.

Mendelssohn initially called his masterpiece a symphony for chorus and orchestra, but was persuaded that symphony-cantata would be a more appropriate label for a work so dominated by the chorus and vocal soloists.
We’ll be focussed of course on the cantata part, singing in English, for which Mendelssohn assembled passages from Luther’s translation of the Bible that show the progression of light to darkness.
With fabulous choruses, soprano and tenor solos, and the familiar “Now Thank We All Our God”, this will be a rewarding sing for all who come.