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Escape to…A Night in December – December 2006

1. Welcome, Yule! – C. Hubert Parry, Ancient Carol, 15^th Century
2. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child – Kenneth Leighton, words from the Pageant of the Shearman & Opus 25b, Tailors, Coventry 15^th Century
3. Gloria in Excelsis Deo – Thomas Weelkes, anonymous
4. A Boy was Born – Benjamin Britten, 16^th Century German, translated Percy Dearmer
5. Make we Joy now in this Fest – William Walton, 15^th Century
6. What Cheer – William Walton, Richard Hill’s Commonplace Book (16^th Century)
7. King Herod & the Cock – William Walton, traditional
8. All this Time – William Walton, 16^th Century
9. Twelfth Night – Samuel Barber, Laurie Lee Opus 42, No. 1
10. The Holly & the Ivy – arr. Benjamin Britten
11. Long, Long Ago – Herbert Howells, John Buxton from “Such Liberty”
12. Nova! Nova! – Bob Chilcott, words: 15^th Century (modernized)
13. A Christmas Round – John Tavener
14. Today the Virgin – John Tavener, Mother Thekla
15. On to Bethlehem Town (Tua Bethlem Dref) – Edward Arthur, William Evans aka Wil Ifan – arr. Dean C. Young
16. The First Nowell – traditional
17. Old English Carol – arr. Hubert Bird
18. Once in Royal David’s City – “Irby”, Henry J. Gauntlett, Cecil Frances Alexander (1848), arr. Hubert Bird
19. Wexford Carol – Irish Traditional Carol, arr. John Rutter
20. The Three Kings – Jonathan Dove, Dorothy L. Sayers
21. The Three Kings – Peter Cornelius, translated H.N. Bate, arr. Ivor Atkins
22. Baloo, Lammy – Scottish Carol
23. What Child is This – Greensleeves, 16^th Century English Melody, William Chatterton Dix, arr. Robert Convery
24. The Blessed Son of God – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Miles Coverdale after Martin Luther, from “This Day” (Hodie)
25. No Sad Thought His Soul Affright – Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vs. 1: Anonymous, Verse 2: Ursula Wood, from “This Day” (Hodie)
26. Dublin Bells Carol – David Mooney
27. A Merry Chirstmas – Arthur Warrell, West Country Traditional Song