PLUM PUDDING WASSAIL SONG (Trad. arr. Vaughan Williams) / DECEMBER (John Clare) / O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM (Tomás Luis da Victoria) / THIS DAY CHRIST WAS BORN (William Byrd) / GOD’S SPEECH (from the Waterfield Plays) / LULLAY, LULLA (Kenneth Leighton) / JOLLY WAT THE SHEPHERD (Rhian Samuel) / I SING OF A MAIDEN (Anon.) / VIRGIN MARY’S SLUMBER-SONG (MARIÄ WIEGENLIED) (Max Reger arr. Broadbent) / THE THREE KINGS (Peter Cornelius arr. Atkins) / THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI (T.S. Eliot) / TWELFTH NIGHT (Samuel Barber) / CHRISTMAS IN SEVILLE (excerpt) (Laurie Lee) / VIRGEN SANCTA (Francisco Guerrero) / ESTA NOCHE (Trad. (Spanish) arr Carter) / MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS (Dylan Thomas) / THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (Trad. arr. Walford Davies) / CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS (E.V. Lucas) / DECK THE HALL (Trad. (Welsh) arr. Broadbent) / THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (John Julius Norwich) / THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Trad. arr. Carter) / CHRISTMAS TRUCE (A Letter) (Cpt. R J Armes) / SINGING IN THE STREETS (Leonard Clark) / SILENT NIGHT (Grüber arr. Broadbent)
DAME FELICITY LOTT – soprano EMILY WOOLF / CLARE PORTER / HELEN SEMPLE – sopranos ANDY MACKINDER – baritone GABRIEL WOOLF – narrator JOYFUL COMPANY OF SINGERS / PETER BROADBENT
A feast of Christmas music and readings, this is a delightful collection featuring eminent soprano Felicity Lott and the Joyful Company of Singers.
