THE QUEEN’S SIX Vocal Ensemble (United Kingdom):
ELISABETH PAUL (alto)
TOM LILBURN (countertenor)
NICHOLAS MADDEN (tenor)
DOMINIC BLAND (tenor)
ANDREW THOMSON (baritone-bass)
SIMON WHITELEY (baritone-bass)
ALEXANDER L’ESTRANGE – Lighten our darkness
THOMAS TALLIS – Motet Videte miraculum (Behold the Miracle)
EDGAR PETTMAN – A Carol of Adoration
JONATHAN RATHBONE – The Oxen
PETER WARLOCK – Bethlehem Down
English traditional Christmas carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arranged by Simon Whiteley)
Traditional Irish song Danny Boy (arranged by Alexander L’Estrange)
MEL TORMÉ – The Christmas Song (arranged by Peter Knight)
HUGH MARTIN–RALPH BLANE – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arranged by Bob Chilcott)
WALTER ROLINS–STEVE NELSON – Frosty the Snowman (arranged by Jim Clements)
JOSÉ FELICIANO – Feliz Navidad (Merry Christmas, arranged by Tom Lilburn)
TOM LEHRER – Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (arranged by Simon Whiteley); We Will All Go Together When We Go (arranged by Tom Lilburn)
BOB CHILCOTT – Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars
MARVIN HAMLISCH – Nobody Does It Better (arranged by Tom Lilburn)
BILLIE EILISH – No Time to Die (arranged by Andrew Thompson)
FELIX BERNARD – Winter Wonderland (arranged by Paul Ayres)
MARIAH CAREY–WALTER AFANASSIEF – All I Want For Christmas Is You (arranged by Miguel Esteban)
JAMES LORD PIERPONT – Jingle Bells (arranged by Keith Roberts)
Christmas week features special guests from the United Kingdom. The Queen’s Six Vocal Ensemble was founded in 2008 to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who inspired the Ensemble’s name.
The Queen’s Six is a group of musicians from the Choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. The Chapel Choir, involving girls, boys and twelve professional adult singers, sings at chapel services and also performs at private and public royal ceremonies. The six members of the Choir, Elisabeth, Thomas, Nicholas, Dominic, Andrew and Simon, have come together as an ensemble to bring a unique and wide-ranging repertoire of strict Gregorian chant, sophisticated renaissance opuses, folk songs, and lively jazz and popular arrangements to a wider audience.
Royal Christmas programme features Christmas carols from various periods and their arrangements for a cappella ensemble, including well-known melodies that are popular with the audience and are sung during the Christmas season, such as Jingle Bells or Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
