A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

 

Benjamin Britten & others

 

A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 Benjamin Britten

1. Processional

2. Wolcum Yole

3. There is no rose

4. That yonge childe

5. Balulalow

6. As dew in Aprille

7. This little babe

8. Interlude

9. In freezing winter night

10. Spring Carol

11. Deo gratias

12. Recessional

13. Allegretto Pastorale Op. 11 (from Messe du Jour de Noël, 1842) Alexandre Boëly

Music for female voices Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

14. Maria, mater gratiae Op 47/2

15. En prière Op 46/1 (Olivia Knops, soprano)

16. Le Ruisseau Op 22

17. Andante con moto in G minor Op 45/7 Alexandre Boëly

18. On Christmas Night Danielle Perrett Cantiques de Noël by Nicolas Denisot (Paris, 1553)

harmonized by Richard Vendome, with matching Préludes for organ (Op 15, 1847) by Alexandre Boëly

19. Seigneur Dieu ouvre la porte

20. Espritz divins

21. Voicy la premiere entrée

22. Reveillez vous reveillez pastoureaux

23. Quel estonnement vient saisir mon ame

24. Suz bergiers en campaigne

25. Sus sus qu'on se reveille

26. Le vermeil du Soleil

27. Lyre ce n'est pas en ce chant

 

Oxford Girls’ Choir

 

The angelic voices of the Oxford Girls’ Choir, the fine and dramatic harp of Danielle Perrett and organ music played by Richard Vendome in a programme of exciting Christmas music, including Benjamin Britten’s stunning A Ceremony of Carols and music from nineteenth–century France.

 

The Gift of Music CCLCDG1220