Choir for Advent Carols
Music for our 2025 Advent Carols by Candlelight
ALL SAINTS ADVENT CAROLS
30 November 2025
Rehearsal on the day: 4:30pm
Service starts at 5:30pm
CHOIR: ‘I look from afar’ (Matin Responsory: Palestrina, arr. Cleobury,
Advent for Choirs, pp. 130-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKsPsIJiH88&list=RDBKsPsIJiH88
HYMN 49: Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
CHOIR: ‘This is the truth sent from above’ (trad. arr. Vaughan Williams,
Advent for Choirs, p. 194)
https://youtu.be/9uJdSvo1e2U?si=RK2vn5HLoTykqZ18
CHOIR: ‘Advent message’ (Martin How, arr. Peter Gunstone, sheet)
https://youtu.be/mpsZke3KvVc?si=3k0YdW8vyZzR0jvh
CHOIR: ‘Alleluia! A new work is come on hand’ (Reece-Trapp, RSCM Carols)
https://youtu.be/ViSEJVS5vc4?si=h2wkJRMTfxlTvIiH
HYMN 31: Lo, he comes with clouds descending
CHOIR: ‘Soon – and very soon’ (Crouch, arr. Iliff,
The Carol Book)
https://youtu.be/rERRcmW3Rsg?si=wtU9gqEY2hX9F3jf
HYMN 24: Come, thou long-expected Jesus
HYMN 32: O come, o come Emmanuel
Rehearsals
Choir practices take place weekly on
Friday evenings from 8.00pm to 9.15pm; we also convene at
9.30am for a warm-up before Sunday services. None of our members is a professional singer. Rather, we aim to make our contribution to church life and worship, to improve our skills and to enjoy music together.
You are very welcome to join us – regularly or occasionally. It helps if you have some experience of learning and holding a part, but we regard a commitment to practising together and at home as even more important.
If you would like to learn more about the choir, or about playing an instrument in our services, then please contact our organist,
Stuart Donaldson, via
organist@allsaintsheadington.org.uk , or our choir secretary,
Vivienne Larminie, via
music-organiser@allsaintsheadington.org.uk .
We look forward to hearing from/meeting you!