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detail from woodcut of the Annunciation by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).
30th November 2019 - Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire
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Gabriel's Greeting - An exciting range of lesser known music for Christmas from the medieval, renaissance and baroque. Some of the titles may be familiar, but the music won't be quite what you're expecting...
 
Venue
Saturday 30th November 2019, 19:30 - approx. 21:30
All Saints Church
Plumtree Road
Cotgrave
Nottinghamshire
NG12 3HT
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Refreshments will be available during the interval, together with a chance to speak to the singers about the music. There will also be a display of musical sources in facsimile, including pieces from the concert.

Music (provisional):
Lolay: As Y lay on Yoleis Nyȝt  -  anon., 15th century
A Christmas Carroll  -  Thomas Ravenscroft (1592-1633)
Comfort yee  -  Henry Aldrich (1647-1710)
Ecce concipies et paries  -  Balthasar Resinarius (c.1486-1544)
Dixit autem Maria  -  Melchior Vulpius (c.1570-1615)
Hayl Mary, ful of grace  -  anon., 15th century
While shepherds watched  -  William Billings (1746-1800)
O Jesulein süß  -  Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
O Sion that bringest good tidings  -  Joseph Stephenson (1723-1810)
Verbum caro factum est/Ave verum  -  Gaspar van Weerbeke (c.1445-1516+)
        Interval
Hodie nobis Christus natus est ('Loco Credo')  -  Loyset Compère (c.1445-1518)
From Virgin's womb  -  Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Hark! The herald angels sing  -  anon., 18th century
The Virgin's Lullaby  -  Martin Peerson (c.1571/3-1650/1)
While shepherds watched  -  Thomas Jarman (1776-1861)
Angels from the realms of glory  -  Stephen Storace (1763-1796)
Gloria  -  Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
Vox in Rama  -  Jacob Clemens 'non papa' (c.1510/5-1555/6)
Quæ stella sole pulchrior  -  Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707)
Nunc dimittis "octavi toni"  -  Ludwig Daser (c.1526-1589)
Shepherds, rejoice!  -  William Seal (fl. 18th century)
Tickets
This concert is free of charge, but there will be a retiring collection taken, to be divided equally between Aitone and the parish.
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All Saints, Cotgrave

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