Christmas is often a busy time for the choir and this year the choir sang on the following occasions;
The choir was invited to sing at Government House which turned out to be a very pleasant occasion for all
A Festival of Carols was held at St Thomas Roman Catholic Church at 8pm with a retiring collection in aid of Maison Des Landes Hotel for the Disabled which came to approximately £2900. Maison des Landes Hotel provides holidays for local residents with limited abilities who thought they could never enjoy a holiday in a hotel ever again
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JERSEY FESTIVAL CHOIR Directors – Elizabeth Farnon and Sue de Gruchy
HOLMCHASE SINGERS Director – Angela Luce
ST. CECILIA ORCHESTRA Conductor – Derek Lawrence
ACAPPELLA BRASS -
FINLAY HARE -
WILLIAM MILLOW -
GRACE GARNIER -
HENDRIK ASHBROOKE -
Orchestral arrangements by Derek Lawrence
Fanfare – Acappella Brass
Festival Choir (men)
A Solis Ortus – Medieval chant
Once in Royal David’s City
Verse 1 – solo – Oliver Scott, Verse 2 – Holmchase Singers, Verse 3 –Festival Choir Verse 4 – ALL
Festival Choir
Glory to the Christ Child – Alan Bullard
Waltz Carol – Thomas Hewitt-
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Holmchase Singers
Beatum Quorum Via – Charles Stanford
Candlelight Carol – John Rutter
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Festival Choir and St. Cecilia Orchestra
For Unto Us a Child is Born
(from ‘Messiah’ by Handel)
Acappella Brass
Carol of the Bells – Leontovych (arr. Luke Brown)
Festival Choir
O Magnum Mysterium – Malcolm Archer
Carol of the Magi – John Rutter
William Millow – Baritone solo
Finlay Hare – cello obligato
We Three Kings
Festival Choir
Go tell it on the mountain – (Trad. arr. Runswick )
See Amid the Winter Snow
Holmchase Singers
My Lord has Come – Will Todd
Holmchase Singers and Festival Choir
Minuit, Chrétiens – Adolphe Adam
with Orchestra and Sue de Gruchy -
O Come all ye Faithful
Blessing; Monsignor Nicholas France
Festival Choir members sang Christmas Carols at 16, New Street
Soup Kitchen in the Royal Square; Festival Choir members sang from 1pm with the soup running out at another successful event shortly afterwards!