SPITALFIELDS WINTER FESTIVAL The Sixteen

The Sixteen choir directed by Harry Christophers, with Opera North Children’s Chorus (for 'A Ceremony of Carols'), closes the festival.

Poulenc: Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise

Anon: 'Nowell, Nowell: Out of your sleep'; 'Sweet was the song'; 'Sing we to this merry company'

Poulenc: 'Salve Regina'

Anon. 'Nowell, nowell: In Bethlem'; 'Angelus ad virginem'; 'Make we joy'

Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël

Britten: 'A Hymn to the Virgin'; Shepherd’s carol

Traditional arr Britten: 'The Holly and the Ivy'

Anon: 'The Salutation Carol'

Britten: 'A Ceremony of Carols'

(Note: at 6pm, a half-hour insight talsk in which Harry Christophers introduces the evening’s programme with an insight into developing young singers through initiatives including Opera North Children’s Chorus and the Genesis Sixteen programme. Free to concert tickets holders.)