PETER CRESWELL

A Celebration of Christmas

Conducted by Peter Creswell

Choir and Chamber Orchestra

Jenifer Hewes

David Knight

 

Sopranos:

Claire Appleby

Juliet Bloye

Jackie Dew

Alison Dumbell

Tessa Hamilton

Jennifer Hewes

Ann Lawson

Ruth Powell|

Carol Strike

Christine Vincent

 

Altos:

Juliet Bamber

Sue Elliott

Jenny Roche

Pam Ross

Tessa Taylor

 

Tenors:

Robert Gee

David Knight

Nick Stolls

Brian Wimshurst

Matthew Young

 

Basses:

David Corrie

Leslie Dumbell

John Gentle

Philip Hall

Alan Hardv

Charles Morris

Maxwell Sainsbury

Richard Ware

 

Members of the Orchestra

Peter Creswell Piano/Conductor

David Morris Jones Organ

Nigel Morgan Flute

Helen Morgan Clarinet

Rebecca Walker Cello

Andrew Wild Bass

 

01. Overture (Peter Creswell)

02 ‘Have you Heard the News?’ (Peter Creswell)

      Jennifer Hewes, David Knight, Max Sainsbury

03. Reading: Pickwick Papers Leslie Dumbell

(Charles Dickens)

04. What Child is this? David Knight (Peter Creswell)

05. ‘While Shepherds Watched’ Jennifer Hewes

       (J. Hewes & P. Creswell)

06. ‘Christmas’ Ruth Powell (John Betjeman)

07. Tell me why at Christmastime? Jennifer Hewes

       (Peter Creswell)

 

Christmas Cantata (Peter Creswell)

Jennifer Hewes (Mezzo Soprano)

David Knight (Tenor)

08. Letus now go even unto Bethlehem

09. And lo the star which they saw in the East

10. And when they were come into the house.

11. Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

12. And they looked at the Boy and they wondered

13. Is this the Son of God?

14. We stand beside Him in the stall,

      the stars shine overhead."

l5. Let us now rejoice. Let us now rejoice and sing.

l6. Christmas Day!

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Recorded by David Holland

on Saturday December 17 2005,

assisted by Jim Purcell at a public concert

given at St Mary's Church Redgrave Sufiolk