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Contrapunctus: A Choral Christmas
Festive Favourites through the Ages
Add to my Calendar 18-12-2025 17:30 18-12-2025 19:30 36 Contrapunctus: A Choral Christmas Oxford’s professional vocal consort, Contrapunctus brings festive cheer with a programme of seasonal favourites and traditional carols from the Renaissance to the modern-day in the splendid baroque chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford. 'Seriously, startlingly good' – Gramophone 'Superb singing' – The Observer 'The singers shape each piece lovingly. Impeccable.' – The Sunday Times The Queen's College, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
The Queen's College
High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AW
England
Programme
John Tavener – O, do not move
Howard Skempton – Adam lay ybounden
Thomas Tallis – Videte miraculum
Imogen Holst – Out of your sleep and wake
David Blackwell – Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
Anonymous – Gaudete, Christus est natus
Anonymous – Swete was the song the Virgine soong
Michael Praetorius – Resonet in Laudibus (a 7)
William Byrd – Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
John Tavener – The Lamb
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
~ Interval ~
Peter Warlock – Bethlehem Down
Tomas Luis de Victoria – O Magnum Mysterium
Elizabeth Poston – Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Robert Lucas Pearsall – In dulci jubilo
Orlando de Lassus – Videntes stellam
Peter Cornelius – The Three Kings
Gustav Holst – In the Bleak Midwinter
Fredrik Sixten – Mary's Lullaby
Performers
Owen Rees – Conductor
Contrapunctus
Programme Note
Oxford’s professional vocal consort, Contrapunctus brings festive cheer with a programme of seasonal favourites and traditional carols from the Renaissance to the modern-day in the splendid baroque chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford.
'Seriously, startlingly good' – Gramophone
'Superb singing' – The Observer
'The singers shape each piece lovingly. Impeccable.' – The Sunday Times
