Out of the darkness came singing:
Music for choir, harp, percussion & organ

Saturday 10 December 2005
at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Charpentier: Midnight Mass for Christmas
Mark Lawrence: The singing will never be done

Sam Adams-Nye ~ treble
Pavel Josifek ~ tenor
Kate Watt ~ harp
Graham Bradley ~ percussion
Bristol Phoenix Choir
Leslie Bunt ~ conductor
Anthony Hammond ~ organ

This concert included the first performance of a new piece, commissioned by the Bristol Phoenix Choir, by local composer Mark Lawrence. His new composition, on a theme of reconciliation, sets Siegfried Sassoon's poem Everyone suddenly burst out singing alongside recollections of the Christmas truce in 1914. The concert also featured the beautiful singing of Sam Adams-Nye, Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2005, as well as Czech carols and a breathtaking improvisation on a Christmas theme by Anthony Hammond.

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