- Doors open 19:15
- Part of Choirs Series
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
An English Christmas
- Classical
- Internationale Top
- Koormuziek
Tickets
- Ticket (Premium) €45,00
- Ticket (Rang 1) €39,00
- Ticket (Rang 2) €35,00
- Ticket (Rang 3) €29,00
- Ticket (Rang 4) €25,00
Christmas. A wonderful celebration. Outside the cold, inside the warmth. The conviviality, the atmosphere, the tradition. What better way to celebrate than with The Choir of St John’s College? World-famous for its ‘St Johns’ sound’: rich and warm. Since around 1670, these singers from the university city of Cambridge have been guaranteeing moving choral performances. The lower parts are sung by adults, but the soprano part is sung by children. These children are between 8 and 13 years old and are specially trained at St. John’s College School. The choir has put together a beautiful program for Christmas. It includes beloved early 20th-century Christmas carols, many of which were composed specifically for the choir.
The program includes music by composers such as Benjamin Britten, Herbert Howells, and William Walton, as well as contemporary composers. The choir also delves into history with the magnificent Magnificat by the North German Hieronymus Praetorius, who lived at the transition from the late Renaissance to the early Baroque. The Choir of St John’s College performs the liturgy seven days a week in the Gilbert Scott Chapel. But it also tours worldwide, delighting millions of listeners over the years. In addition to quality, it attaches great importance to enjoyment: ‘What struck me most, however,’ wrote BBC Music Magazine, ‘was how much everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.
Program
Works by Richard Rodney Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Herbert Howells, John Joubert, William Walton, and others.
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- Doors open 19:15
- Part of Choirs Series
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