For a double measure of Christmas spirit, step straight from a German-style Christmas market into the Kingston Parish Church for a classic seasonal concert. The concert, with the Thames Philharmonic Choir and Thames Festival Orchestra, features the Christmas music from Handel’s Messiah, two Renaissance settings of Hodie Christus Natus est (Today Christ is Born), and a medley of lively carol arrangements by twentieth-century English composer Bryan Kelly.
The first setting of Hodie Christus Natus Est, by 16th/early 17th-century Italian composer, Giovanni Gabrieli, contrasts with lively carols by 20th-century English composer Brian Kelly. Gabrieli’s Dutch contemporary Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck opens the second half of the concert with a merrier version of Hodie Christus Natus Est. The Christmas music from Handel’s Messiah provides a glorious climax to send you home reeling with Christmas spirit.
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