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A Choral Christmas from Radio 3

Delve into Christmas the Classical way with a sprinkle of glittery choral pieces.

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1 hour

Music Played

  • Chantage

    Carol of the bells

    Music Arranger: Mykola Leontovych.
  • Anon.

    Coventry carol (Lullay, lulla, thou little tiny child)

    Performer: Tallis Scholars.
  • Winchester Cathedral Choir

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Music Arranger: Henry Walford Davies.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mihi Domine for 6 voices

    Performer: Alamire.
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Performer: Armonico Consort.
  • Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Conductor: Gustav Holst.
  • Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge

    Sussex Carol

    Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, Pt.1, no.12; For unto us a child is born [chorus]

    Performer: The English Concert.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights (Pulchra es, amica mea)

    Performer: Phoenix Chorale.
  • Tenebrae

    The Twelve days of Christmas

    Music Arranger: Andrew Carter.
  • Peter Warlock

    Bethlehem Down vers. chorus

    Performer: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
  • Charles Wood

    Ding dong merrily on high

    Performer: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Lyricist: George Ratcliffe Woodward.
  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent night)

    Performer: Birmingham Bach Choir.
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus

    Jesus Christ the apple tree

    Music Arranger: Elizabeth Poston.
  • Pawel Lukaszewski

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.
  • Martti Hela

    Hiljainen joululaulu (A Quiet Christmas Song)

    Performer: Tapiolan kuoro.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium for chorus

    Performer: Cadenza.

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