Alpha es et O - A Christmas Concert

We sang traditional settings by Pearsall and Vaughan Williams, joyous dances by Praetorius and Tavener, arrangements of beautiful carols from Spain, Germany and the UK, and a show-stopping version of the spiritual Children, go where I send thee by Roderick Williams. A rarely sung piece by Victoria (Quem vidistis pastores) and an evocative O magnum mysterium by the unique French composer Pierre Villette completed a evening of old favourites and new delights.

• Britten: A boy was born

• Ken Burton: Go tell it on the mountain

• Bob Chilcott: Away in a manger

• Cooke: O men from the fields

• Pearsall: In dulci jubilo