Description

A second collection of 50 carols, mostly for SATB, some unaccompanied, and some having accompaniments for piano, organ, orchestra, or brass ensemble. Many of the carols are from traditional sources, rearranged, as well as carols written especially for this volume by composers including William Walton, Benjamin Britten, Richard Rodney Bennett, and William Mathias.

A babe is born I wys, Bainton

A child is born in Bethlehem, Scheidt/Willcocks

Adam lay ybounden, Ord

All my heart this night rejoices, Ebeling

All this time, Walton

The angels and the shepherds, Trevor

The cherry tree carol, Willcocks

Come leave your sheep, Rutter

Come, thou Redeemer of the earth, Willcocks

Deck the hall, Willcocks

Ding dong! merrily on high, Willcocks

Down in yon forest, Rutter

Gabriel’s message, Willcocks

Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary, Wood

Hark! the herald angels sing, Mendelssohn

He is born the divine Christ child, Rutter

Here we come a-wassailing, Rutter

The holly and the ivy, Walford Davies

How far is it to Bethlehem?, Willcocks

I saw a maiden, Pettman

I sing of a maiden, Hadley

Il est né le divin enfant, Rutter

The Infant King, Willcocks

It came upon the midnight clear, Sullivan/Willcocks

The Lord at first did Adam make, Willcocks

Masters in this hall, Willcocks

Matin responsory, Palestrina

Myn lyking, Terry

Nativity carol, Rutter

A New Year carol, Britten

Noël nouvelet, Rutter

Nowell, sing nowell, Rutter

O come, all ye faithful, Wade

O come, O come, Emmanuel, Willcocks

Of the father’s heart begotten, Willcocks

Once in royal David’s city, Gauntlett/Mann/Willcocks

Out of your sleep, Rodney Bennett

Past three a clock, Rutter

Patapan, Jacques

Personent hodie, Holst

Quelle est cette odeur agréable?, Willcocks

Quem pastores laudavere, Rutter

Quittez, pasteurs, Rutter

Resonemus laudibus, Willcocks

Sans day carol, Rutter

The shepherds’ cradle song, Leuner/Macpherson

Shepherds left their flocks a-straying, Rutter

Shepherd’s pipe carol, Rutter

Silent night, Gruber/Willcocks

Sir Christèmas, Mathias

There is no rose, Stevens

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, Willcocks

The truth from above, Vaughan Williams

The twelve days of Christmas, Rutter

While shepherds watched their flocks, Willcocks

Zion hears the watchmen’s voices, Bach/Rutter