A programme of music spanning centuries of Christmas celebrations, from evocative medieval music to the warmth and joy of modern Christmas carols. Ethereal choirs from Oxford and Cambridge contrast with robust organ music and some famous and well-loved carols such as ‘Away in a manger’.



Track Listing:
1. Silent Night - Franz Gruber
Ian Giles, John Spiers, Jon Boden, Giles Lewin

2. Nowell: Dieus wous garde - Richard Smart
3. Ther is no rose of swych vertu - Fifteenth century
4. Lullay, lullow: I saw a swete semly syght - Fifteenth century
5. Swete was the song the Virgine soong - arranged Thomas Hammond
6. Lullaby, my sweet little baby - William Byrd
Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge / James Weeks

7. Laudibus in Sanctis - William Byrd
English Renaissance / Michael Stoddart

8. Angelus ad virginem - Fifteenth century
Oxford Girls' Choir and soloists / Richard Vendome

9. The Coventry Carol - arranged J Stainer
10. See amid the winter's snow - John Goss
11. Sleep, holy babe - J B Dykes
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford / Grayston Ives

12. Sleepers, awake! - J S Bach
Martin Souter (organ)

13. We three kings of Orient are - J H Hopkins
14. I saw three ships - arranged J Stainer
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford / Grayston Ives

15. Away in a manger - W J Kirkpatrick
Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring and Martin Souter

16. God rest you merry, gentlemen - arranged John Stainer
17. The Wassail Song - Traditional
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford / Grayston Ives

18. In dulci jubilo - J S Bach
Martin Souter (organ)