Our annual Christmas concert will be held on Sunday 8th December, 7pm, at St Nicolas Church, Bury Street, Guildford , featuring our two excellent choirs, the Surrey Hills Chamber Choir and the Surrey Hills Singers, renowned for really enjoyable concerts with all styles of music sung from memory, often unconducted, to tell the story of each song directly to you, the audience.

 

The beautiful church lit by candlelight creates a very seasonal setting and the concert is followed by wine and nibbles included in the ticket price. As well as the traditional carols ‘Es ist ein Ros entsprungen’, ‘Away in a Manger’, ‘Blessed be that Maid Marie’, ‘Mary walked through a wood of thorns’, and ‘We Three Kings’, the Chamber Choir will also sing some very well-known atmospheric songs, including ‘O Radiant Dawn’ by James MacMillan, ‘Northern Lights’ by Ola Gjeilo, ‘Morning Star’ by Arvo Part and ‘Alleluia’ by Randall Thompson.

 

The ladies of the Surrey Hills Singers will sing the much-loved Ukranian ‘Carol of the Bells’, the hauntingly beautiful ‘A Nativity’ by John Tavener and a new setting of ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ (O great mystery) by Thomas Juneau.

 

To contrast, they will perform the upbeat spiritual ‘Mary sat a rockin’ which is certain to get all toes tapping. Earlier in the concert they will sing the close harmony song ‘Run to you’ by Pentatonix as well as joining forces with the ladies from the Chamber Choir in a magnificent rendition of the stirring ‘Tundra’ by Ola Gjeilo, which depicts the frozen landscape.

 

There will be the chance for the audience to join in with some familiar carols too - it just doesn’t feel like Christmas without having had a good old sing of Hark the Herald or O Come all ye Faithful does it! So, why not join the Surrey Hills choirs for your Christmas carol fix this year.

 

Tickets are £14 for Adults and £5 for under 16s and will be available to book online from Friday 22nd November at www.singsurreyhills.com Book early to avoid disappointment - this annual concert is very popular and frequently sells out. We look forward to welcoming you.”