CAROLS for
CHRISTMAS MORNING

I   BIRTH IN A MANGER

Henry Gauntlett (1805-1876)

1      Once in royal David's city

Joe Littlewood treble

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

2      A boy was born in Bethlehem ('A boy was born')

Benjamin Britten

3      Balulalow ('A Ceremony of Carols')

Joe Littlewood treble

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

4     Organ : In dulci jubilo (BWV 608)

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

5     Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child

Joe Littlewood treble

Pierre Dandrieu (1660-1733)

6     Organ : Joseph est bien marié

Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)

7     Jospeh lieber, Joseph mein

II   VISITORS BEARING GIFTS

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (?1643-1704)

8      Kyrie eleison ('Messe de minuit pour Noël')

Will Unwin, Ben Linton tenor ;
Tom Edwards bass

William Mathias (1934-1992)

9      Wassail

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

10    Quem vidistis pastores

Harold Darke (1888-1976)

11    In the bleak midwinter

Joe Littlewood treble ; Ben Linton tenor

Kenneth Leighton

12    What sweeter music can we bring

Laurence Cramp bass

Claude Balbastre (1727-1799)

13   Organ : Où s'en vont ces gais bergers?

III   A SPOTLESS ROSE

Benjamin Britten

14    There is no rose  ('A Ceremony of Carols')

Benjamin Britten

15    As dew in April  ('A Ceremony of Carols')

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

16    Magnificat  ('The All-night Vigil' op.37)

Johann Sebastian Bach

17   Organ : Christum wir sollen loben (BWV 611)

IV   JUBILATION

English traditional carol  arr. David Willcocks

18    On Christmas night (Sussex carol)

Piae cantiones 1582  arr. David Willcocks

19    Unto us is born a Son

English traditional carol  arr. Edward Higginbottom

20    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Pierre Dandrieu

21   Organ : Or nous dites Marie

English traditional carol  arr. Henry Walford Davies

22    The holly and the ivy

Corin Cole, Joe Littlewood treble

Will Unwin, Simon Beston bass

Piae cantiones 1582

23    Of the Father's heart begotten

arr David Willcocks

Tracks 6, 13 & 21 : organ Edward Higginbottom

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