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Felicitas Events presents: The Gifts of Christmas
The Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey EN9 1DG
Date: Saturday 5th December 2026
Time: 7.30pm
Price: Tickets priced £15.00, in advance available here: The Gifts of Christmas – a concert for choir and brass at The Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey, Essex event tickets from TicketSource
£20.00 on the door. Free for children and full time students under 25
Join Felicitas chamber choir for this first concert in their 35th anniversary season. They will be performing a special selection of music for choir, brass ensemble and organ, taking the seasonal theme of the Gifts of Christmas. Expect the atmospheric space of Waltham Abbey to be filled with sound as they perform the rich Renaissance music of Gabrieli, Bruckner’s dramatic motet Ecce Sacerdos and two sets of carol arrangements by Roderick Elms and David Wallace. These will be interspersed with more tranquil moments of unaccompanied music by Tomás Luis de Victoria and Thomas Tallis, and seasonal items by contemporary composers.
Programme to include:
G Gabrieli Hodie Christus natus est (choir, brass and organ)
Bruckner Ecce sacerdos (choir, brass and organ)
Roderick Elms Three Baroque Carols (choir and brass): Past Three o’clock, Wexford Carol, Deck the Hall
Arr. Wallace Gifts (three carol arrangements for brass quintet and organ)
Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
Tallis O nata lux
MacMillan O radiant dawn
Parry Welcome, Yule!
Bingham The Shepherd’s Gift (with organ)
Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree
Arr. D. Winters Huron Carol (with organ)
Arr. Clements Gabriel’s message
Accompanist: Roger Bluff
Please note that advance ticket sales will end at midnight on the day before the concert.
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