Southwell Music Festival: A Christmas Celebration

Join Southwell Music Festival for its annual Christmas Celebration in the atmospheric surroundings of Southwell Minster. The Southwell Festival Voices join with director Marcus Farnsworth and narrator Simone Ibbett-Brown to offer a selection of carols old and new in a stunning sequence of poetry and music which celebrates the joy of Christmas. We promise an evening of intimate music reflecting on the themes of hope and peace which are central to the Christmas story.

Alongside traditional carols, the programme will include:

Errollyn Wallen – Peace on Earth
William Matthias – Sir Christemas / A Babe is Born
Jonathan Dove – Seek him that maketh the seven stars
Cecilia McDowall – Of a Rose
Distle – Es ist ein Rose Entsprungen
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Dyevo

Interspersed with poems by Carol Ann Duffy, Maya Angelou, Thomas Hardy, and Emily Dickinson.