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Encore Voices Advent Calendar

by EV Committee

A beautiful Carol by John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers 'What Sweeter Music'

A beautiful carol by John Rutter sung by The Cambridge Singers. 'The Nativity Carol' tells the story of the birth ...

'Tyrley, Tyrlow' Blessing of the snow. An Old English Carol.

On the Winter Solstice this beautiful piece of music from Nightnoise, a Scottish and Irish ensemble, evokes the celtic mystery ...

Handel's Messiah 'For unto us a child is born' sung here by the Tabernacle Choir (not a score in sight!)

'Bethlehem Down' is a choral anthem or carol composed in 1927 by Anglo-Welsh çomposer Peter Warlock and set to a ...

A haunting version of Silent Night 'as Gaeilge' sung for us here by Enya.

Our 'Vienna' connection celebrated here with a beautiful version of 'Stille, Stille, Stille Nacht' sung by the Vienna Boys' Choir.

An unusual pairing! Alison Krauss and Yo Yo Ma with a beautiful rendition of ' The Wexford Carol'

Joni Mitchell's 'River' has that Christmas feeling. Sit back and enjoy ☃️

With the passing of the piper Paddy Maloney this October let's honour his passing with this haunting version of 'Don ...

Today's Carol is 'The Shepherd's Carol ' by Bob Chilcott, written for the 2000 Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons ...

An Advent Calendar could not be complete without 'In the bleak mid winter' an Encore Voices favourite. This is a ...

Although not officially a Christmas song I challenge you not to shed a tear at this beautiful song 'La Nuit' ...

John Rutter for the final time this year! A beautiful lullaby, text and music written by Rutter as a celebration ...

Today we listen to Anùna as they sing this beautiful version of 'The Coventry Carol'

Welcome to our very first Encore Voices Advent Calendar! We hope you enjoy our selection of Christmas music from the ...

The UCD Choral Scholars sing 'Carol of the Bells'.

An uplifting Carol by John Rutter called 'Star Carol'

The King's College choir with 'God rest ye merry gentlemen' arranged by David Willcocks.

The Irish Chamber Choir with this beautiful medley of Carols 'Make We Merry' and 'Lullay My Liking' composed by Rhona ...

Our very own Irish Chamber Choir again this time with a German Carol called Die Weihnachtsgeschichte' (The Christmas Story) by ...

Away in a Manger, a slightly different version than we are accustomed to hearing but beautiful in it's simplicity.

All that remains is to wish each and every one of you and your families a very merry Christmas and ...