Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society
CANDLELIT CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Saturday 13 December 2025, 7.30pm,
St. Botolph’s Church, TRUNCH
Directed by David Ballard
Since its foundation in 1933, Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society have been bringing the joy of large-scale choral music-making to the Norfolk public.
The choir performs not only at St Peter’s in Sheringham or the Parish Church in Cromer, but they have also sung in the Auden Theatre, Norwich Cathedral, Sheringham LIttle Theatre, Salthouse, Salle and Walsingham churches. Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society perform a wide-ranging repertoire, mostly traditional choral works but sometimes venturing into operatic and other genres including pieces by contemporary composers and newly commissioned choral works. For their concerts the choir is often joined by professional soloists and either organ/piano or orchestral accompaniment.
At TRUNCH CONCERTS we are delighted to invite Sheringham & Cromer Choral Society to perform for the first time at St.Botolph’s. In Trunch they will be performing music dedicated to the three festive seasons of Advent, Christmas, and into Epiphany. Along the way there will be old classics, audience participation, new settings of old works and bringing the Christmas repertoire right up-to-date with contemporary styles and arrangements.
The concert will be accompanied by organist Martyn Marshall, director of music at St Nicholas Minster Great Yarmouth.
PROGRAMME
In the Stillness – Sally Beamish
Creator of the Stars of Night – arr Richard Burchard
Remember O Thou Man – Thomas Ravenscroft
People Look East – arr Barry Ferguson
Come Thou Redeemer of the earth
Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen – Michael Praetorius
The Angel Gabriel – Edgar Pettman
Shepherds in the fields abiding – arr. Wilcocks
‘As Joseph was a-Walking – Henry John Gauntlett
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Walford Davies
The Great God of Heaven
INTERVAL
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Yorkshire Tune)
Carol of the Bells – Leontovych
In the Bleak Mid Winter – Harold Darke
See, Amid the Winter’s Snow
On This Day, Earth Shall Ring – H.C. Stewart
Lo Star led Chiefs – William Crotch
We Three Kings of Orients Are
Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day – John Gardener
Gaudete
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Ralph Bane.
