Carols by Candlelight at the Royal Concert Hall

20th December 2013

Location: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Come join the Glasgow chamber choir for an exquisite concert of carols and seasonal classics, staged in full 18th century costume in an evocative candle-lit style setting at the Glasgow Royal Concert hall.

Part of the Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival, the Glasgow chamber choir Mozart festival orchestra will be in full period costume and will be performing many of your favourite carols, including good king Wenceslas, god rest you merry gentlemen, o come all ye faithful, it came upon a midnight clear, the first nowell, while shepherds watched, o little town of Bethlehem, hark! The herald angels sing,

As well as carols you will also be treated to a few other festive treats including

• Handel’s Zadok the priest, Christmas sequence from messiah  and let the bright seraphim, eternal source of light divine
• Corelli’s allegro and pastorale from Christmas concerto
• Bach’s air on the g string
• Mozart ‘s exultate jubilate
• Cullen’s joy to the world, of the father’s heart begotten
• Darke’s in the bleak midwinter