Twelfth Night concert

Seasonal music and readings

Beautiful choral music to mark the end of the Christmas season

Sunday 5 January 2025 at 7.00 pm
All Saints Weston, Chestnut Avenue, Esher, KT10 8JL
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Please note the earlier start time

Mary Offer conductor

Joshua Simões organ

Admission is free, with a retiring collection in aid of the church’s campaign to ‘Paint All Saints’. There are no tickets for this concert, which will last about an hour with no interval. Coffee and mince pies will be served following the concert.

Enquiries:
✆  020 8399 2714
📧  ku.gro.riohconeipirnull@xov

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One of the best things about Christmas is singing and listening to Christmas music! Over the centuries, composers have produced a treasure trove of music for the season, illuminating its many theological, emotional and practical characteristics.

We have a wide-ranging programme, including a new piece by Mary Offer herself, seasonal readings, organ music, and carols for audience.

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Organ prelude

In dir ist Freude (BWV 615) – J.S. Bach

Choral repertoire

Make we joy now in this fest – William Walton
The truth from above – arr. Vaughan Williams
Jesus Christ the apple tree – Elizabeth Poston
Coventry Carol – arr. Martin Shaw

Ave Maria – Jacob Handl
A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells
A Hymn to a Virgin – Benjamin Britten
There is no rose – John Joubert

Stella mirabilis – Mary Offer
Gabriel’s message – traditional Basque carol arr. Edgar Pettman
Ave Maris Stella – James MacMillan

Riu riu chiu – anon
Sir Christèmas – William Mathias
The Twelve Days of Christmas – arr. Eric Thiman

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Mary Offer is the Ripieno Choir’s associate conductor.

Joshua Simões is organist and assistant director of music to His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, Hampton Court.