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Silent Night

Special Event

Programme

  • TRAD arr VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

    The Truth from Above

  • SCHÜTZ

    Deutsches Magnificat

  • MATTEIS JNR

    Fantasia in A minor (violin solo)

  • PRAETORIUS

    Joseph lieber, Joseph mein

  • Magnificat on the Fifth Tone; In Dulci Jubilo

  • BACH

    Largo from Sonata No 3 in C (violin solo)  

  • JUDITH WEIR

    Drop down, ye heavens

  • HOWELLS

    A Spotless Rose

  • MATTEIS SNR

    Preludio - passagio rotto (from Ayres for the Violin)

  • ECCARD

    When to the Temple Mary went

  • GRUBER arr LUCY WALKER

    Silent Night*

  • JAMES MACMILLAN

    Ave Maris Stella

  • BACH

    Andante from Sonata No 2 in A minor (violin solo)

  • TAVENER

    Hymn to the Mother of God

  • PRAETORIUS arr JAN SANDSTRÖM

    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

SCO Chorus
Gregory Batsleer Conductor
Kana Kawashima Violin

A space for calm, contemplation and wonder. Music to soothe the soul, and celebrate the magic of the season.

Join the luminous voices of the SCO Chorus under conductor Gregory Batsleer in the intimate setting of Greyfriars Kirk for a much-loved Edinburgh musical tradition.

The hushed expectation of Gruber’s glorious ‘Silent Night’ forms the Christmas concert’s beating heart, alongside Vaughan Williams’s folk-inspired ‘The Truth from Above’, the mystery of Judith Weir’s ‘Drop down, ye heavens’, and the rich, cosmic power of Tavener’s mystical hymn. SCO musician Kana Kawashima intersperses intimate solo violin reflections.

*New arrangement of Silent Night by Lucy Walker commissioned by the SCO Chorus.

Please note: This concert is not part of the Season Multibuy ticket offer.

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