Each member of The Bridge Singers voted for their five favourite Christmas songs from all the Christmas songs we’d ever sung. The top 60-70 minutes would make up the repertoire for Christmas 2023. This is the list they came up with (in “number of votes” order!

• O Magnum Mysterium, Morten Lauridsen
• The Lamb, Cheryl Camm
• Ring Out Solstice Bells, Jethro Tull
• O Radiant Dawn, James MacMillan
• Shepherds Farewell, Hector Berlioz
• Madre Che Festi, Medieval Italian
• Coventry Carol, Medieval English
• O Holy Night, Adolphe Adam
• Hodie Christus Natus Est, Cheryl Camm
• Gaudete, Anon. Medieval
• Chantry Chapel Carol/The Holly And The Ivy, Cheryl Camm/Trad. Yorkshire
• Ar Gyfer Heddiw’r Bore, David Hughes
• While Shepherds Watched, Foster
• Tiny Flickering Flame, Cheryl Camm
• The Lamb, John Taverner
• Omnes de Saba, Cheryl Camm
• In the Bleak Midwinter, Gustav Holst
• Hallelujah Chorus, G.F. Handel

So, that’s five of mine and a few of my arrangements too!

Update December 2023: You can read more about the 2023 Christmas concerts here!