Traditional: This is the truth sent from above arr. Vaughan Williams
Josquin des Prez: Praeter rerum seriem
Traditional: Rocking arr. Willcocks
William Byrd: Lullaby, my sweet little baby
Herbert Howells: Sing Lullaby
Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater
Thomas Ravenscroft: Remember, O thou man
Anonymous: Coventry Carol
Arthur Oldham: Remember, O thou man
Interval
Josquin des Prez: O Virgo prudentissima
Herbert Howells: A spotless rose (from 3 Carol-anthems)
There is no rose
Kenneth Leighton: Coventry Carol (Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child)
Traditional: Wexford Carol
Orlande Lassus: Praeter rerum seriem - magnificat for 6 voices

Following a sold-out performance here in 2011, this year's seasonal concert from The Sixteen centres around the great Flemish composers Josquin, Mouton and Lassus.

Alongside them, we look at the way in which composers old and new interpret the classic themes of the Christmas season - lullaby, testimony to the virgin mother and Herod's response to the threat of the baby Jesus.

Post-concert event - The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 9.15pm. Carols with The Sixteen. Free

Performers

The Sixteen
Harry Christophers conductor

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