Christmas by Candlelight

Dixit Maria

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT 2023

Carols, Chants, Choruses &

Contemporary Christmas Songs

7:30pm Friday 22 December 2023

Exeter College Chapel, Turl Street OX1 3DP

DIXIT MARIA

Anonymous: Mater Christi nobilis — Hail, Mary, full of grace

Dieterich Buxtehude: Præludium BuxWV163

Hans Leo Hassler: Dixit Maria

Dieterich Buxtehude: Præambulum in A

Heinrich Schütz: Magnificat SWV426

Anonymous (Dresden, 1706): Herr, deine Güte reicht so weit

George Frideric Handel:

Occasional Oratorio, excerpts [Prepare the Hymn— Hallelujah]

Interval (15 minutes)

John Joubert: There is no rose of such virtue

Malcolm Williamson: This Christmas Night

Peter Warlock : Bethlehem Down

Kelly Clarkson (arr. K-M Ng): Underneath the tree

Hugh Martin (arr. K-M Ng): Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Sarah Hart (arr. K-M Ng): The Light of Christmas Morn

Paul McCartney (arr. K-M Ng): Wonderful Christmas

Charivari Agréable

Olwen Lintern-Smyth, soprano      

Henry Kimber, countertenor   

Colin Danskin, tenor

Benjamin Watkins, bass

dir. Kah-Ming Ng, chamber organ

Tickets @£22, £20 (OAPs) £19 (disabled), £12 (Students <25, Jobseekers), £10 (children <18)

at the door (cash only) or from The Oxford Playhouse