A special holiday celebration at Old South Church in Boston’s Back Bay. This concert is a beloved Boston institution that features a candlelight procession with seasonal classics and new works.

Program

Organ Prelude. Wilbur Held: Of Eternal Love Begotten
Processional: Christe Redemptor omnium (Gregorian chant)
Stephen Cleobury/R.O. Morris: Love Came Down at Christmas
J.F. Wade, arr. David Willcocks: O Come All Ye Faithful
David Willcocks (arr.): Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
Hugo Blanco, arr. David Giardiniere: Mi Burrito Sabanero
Gustav Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
David Willcocks (arr.): Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Stacey V. Gibbs (arr.): Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Daniel Pinkham: Ubi caritas
Kitty Fadlu-Deen (arr.): Maringa Krismes
James Pierpont, arr. David Willcocks: Jingle, Bells
Edwin Fissinger: Love Came Down at Christmas
Pärt Uusberg: Muusika
Seth Houston: Emerald Stream
Donald Fraser: This Christmastide (Jessye’s Carol)
John Rutter (arr.): The Twelve Days of Christmas
Priscilla Ahn, arr. Elijah Botkin: Silent Night
Franz Gruber, arr. Edwin Fissinger: Silent Night
Lowell Mason, arr. David Overton: Joy to the World
Organ postlude. David Blackwell: Adeste Fideles