Swan Sessions Warwick - Upon a Winter's Night

Upon a Winter's Night brings together festive music from many traditions and centuries. Medieval carols and familiar Christmas melodies sit alongside baroque masterpieces and contemporary meditations, creating a programme rich in atmosphere and contrast.Debussy's Footprints in the Snow and Bach's Prelude offer moments of quiet winter stillness, while Corelli's Christmas Concerto brings
warmth and seasonal brilliance. Traditional songs and wassails mingle with folk-inspired improvisations and original compositions, weaving together old and new in a gathering that captures the spirit, mystery and quiet joy of the season.This concert has no interval and will finish approximately 8.30pm. The bar is open from 6.30pm prior to the concert. Please join our players in the bar for a chat after.The programme is:
Le Page
Winter 1720
Anon./Le Page
The First Noel
Trad./Le Page
The Snow it Melts
Debussy
Footprints in the Snow
Trad./Le Page
Carol of the Bells
The Pogues/ Le Page
Fairy Tale
Trad./Le Page
The Woolpack/Gloucestershire Wassail/Sir Roger de Coverley
Trad.
Apple Tree Wassail
Bach/Siloti/Le Page
Prelude
Le Page
Snowrunner
Corelli
Christmas Concerto (movements 1 - 3)
Trad./Le PageMidwinter
Trad.
Three Ships
Trad.
Samhradh SamhradhDirector - David Le Page