Teddington Choral Society and its Music Director Julian Collings are delighted to announce their forthcoming Christmas concert which will be preceded by the lovely sound of St Mary’s Church’s Bells. .    December 9th, 2023 at 7:30...

Antrim Community Choir presents Delusions of Grandeur Tour 2013-2014 Christmas.

Taken from the 2008 BBC Prom concert in the Royal Albert Hall London

This arrangement for 6 part choir of the old Devon bell ringing song was composed and performed by David W Solomons - with various voices representing the Bells as the song progresses

A well-known Christmas traditional "Jingle Bells" written by James Pierpont in1857 , here transformed by arranger Greg Gilpin into a beautiful an suprsising ballad for SATB choral.

Noel by Théophile Gautier setting for two altos and guitar poem translated into English by S N Solomons, music composed and performed (multitrack) by D W Solomons (dwsChorale) The sky is dark, the earth is white, oh Bells ring out with joy Je...  moreNoel by Théophile Gautier setting for two altos and guitar poem translated into English by S N Solomons, music composed and performed (multitrack) by D W Solomons (dwsChorale) The sky is dark, the earth is white, oh Bells ring out with joy Jesus is born, the Virgin quiet shelters her baby boy. Noel Noel Noel Bells ring out with joy! No wraps No festooned curtains spread to shield the child from frost nothing but flimsy spider webs trail from the beams aloft. He shivers in that cold stable this Jesus child so dear, and so to warm him in the cradle, the ass and ox draw near. The snow hangs down in lacy fringe. But far above the heavens swell reveal the angel choir that sings to men Noel Noel  less

Traditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the Bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. Version...  moreTraditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the Bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. Versions are also available for string quartet, wind quartet, brass quartet, flute quartet and clarinet quartet.  

Epitaphium for mixed choir (SSAATTBB) and tubular Bells ad libitum by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by Marco Valerio Marziale (30 o 41 d.c./108 d.c.) "To the memory of the Syrians children killed in the bombings of the April 2017" Youth Mixed Choir ...  moreEpitaphium for mixed choir (SSAATTBB) and tubular Bells ad libitum by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by Marco Valerio Marziale (30 o 41 d.c./108 d.c.) "To the memory of the Syrians children killed in the bombings of the April 2017" Youth Mixed Choir Emil Komel (Gorizia - ITALY) conductor: David Bandelj Thanks to the Fondazione Guido d'Arezzo and to the Youth Mixed Choir Emil Komel for the kind permission to use this audio recording.  

The Refrains perform an excerpt from 'There Will Never Be Another You' (The Real Group) at their debut London performance at The Forge, Camden in Dec 2011 . Footage: Blair Mowat