| Other author/creator | Broadbent, Peter, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Journey of the magi. |
| Other author/creator | Samuel, Rhian, composer. |
| Other author/creator | Woolf, Gabriel narrator. |
| Included Work | Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Twelfth night. |
| Included Work | Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Psalmes, songs, and sonnets. This day Christ was born. |
| Included Work | Cornelius, Peter, 1824-1874. Weihnachtslieder. Könige; arranged. |
| Included Work | Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht. |
| Included Work | Guerrero, Francisco, 1528-1599. Canciones y villanescas espirituales. Virgen sancta. |
| Included Work | Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988. Carols, op. 25. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child. |
| Included Work | Reger, Max, 1873-1916. Schlichte Weisen. Mariä Wiegenlied. |
| Included Work | Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 Memories of Christmas. |
| Included Work | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. English folk songs (Choral work). Wassail song. |
| Included Work | Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611. Motets (1572). O magnum mysterium. |
| Other author/creator | Joyful Company of Singers, performer. |
| Contents |
Wassail song / trad. ; arr. Vaughan Williams -- December / John Clare -- O magnum mysterium / Tomás Luis de Victoria -- This day Christ was born / William Byrd -- God’s speech : from the Wakefield plays -- Lullay, lulla / Kenneth Leighton -- Jolly wat the shepherd / Rhian Samuel -- I sing of a maiden / anon. -- Virgin Mary’s slumber song = Maria Wiegenlied / Reger ; arr. Broadbent -- The three kings / 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 / R.J. Armes -- Singing in the streets / Leonard Clark -- Silent night / Gruber ; arr. Broadbent. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 7, 2013). |
| General note | Traditional and modern Christmas carols chiefly from Britain and Spain, interspersed with literary readings appropriate to the season. |
| Performer |
Felicity Lott, Emily Woolf, Clare Porter, Helen Semple, sopranos ; Andy Mackinder, baritone ; Gabriel Woolf, narrator ; Joyful Company of Singers ; Peter Broadbent, director. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Nov. 30, 2002 at Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex. |
| Other forms | Previously released as a compact disc. |
| Language | Carols sung chiefly in English; some in Spanish and Latin; readings in English. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
| Other title | Christmas in Seville. |
| Other title | Esta noche. |
| Other title | Holly and the ivy. |
| Other title | I sing of a maiden. |
| Other title | Jolly wat the shepherd. |
| Other title | Twelve days of Christmas. |
