A Seasonal Journey
From Stir up Sunday and Yule Riding in York to lighting lamps, wassailing in Gloucester and singing carols in Orkney: we explore Advent and Christmas traditions around the UK.
Wassail! Wassail! all over the town, Our toast it is white, and our ale it is brown: the words of the Gloucester wassailer's song are just one of the Advent and Christmas traditions you'll hear in this selection of Words and Music as part of Radio 3's day marking customs from around the country and we'll add in some fictional ones too. Our readers OIivia Williams and Owen Teale bring us Mog's Christmas, apples roasting on St Martin's Eve in John Clare's poem, Christina Rosetti's advent moon and a church service attended by Queenie in Candice Carty's hit novel. The music ranges from a Coventry carol and Corelli to John Harle and Nat King Cole.
Produced in Salford by Jessica Treen and Joseph Zubier
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- Sun 1 Dec 2024 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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