Christopher Steel (1939-1991)
People, look east

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Prélude choral "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen", op. 112 n° 8

Robin Nelson (20ème siècle)
Out of your sleep

Richard Lloyd (1933-)
View me, Lord

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Choral "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", BWV 645

William Mathias (1934-1992)
A babe is born

Mélodie traditionnelle anglaise
Rocking (arr. Edward Higginbottom)

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Variations sur "Il est né le divin enfant"

John Joubert (1927-)
There is no rose

Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
O Little Town of Bethlehem

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
A Hymn to the Virgin Mary

Léon Roques (1839-1923)
Noël Nouvelet (arr. S. Jackson)

Harold Darke (1888-1976)
In the bleak midwinter

Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
Prélude sur "The holly and the Ivy"

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Bethlehem Down

John Rutter (1945-)
Shepherd's Pipe Carol

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantaisia on Christmas Carols

Roderick Williams, baryton
Chœur du Magdalen College d'Oxford
Daniel Hyde, direction

The acclaimed Magdalen College Choir celebrates the diversity of the twentieth-century English carol repertoire in a programme that combines well-loved standards and innovative choir favourites ranging in emotion from quiet contemplation to festive joy. The selection of carols and organ solos, led by director and organist Daniel Hyde, culminates in Ralph Vaughan Williams’s celebrated Fantasia on Christmas Carols with renowned baritone Roderick Williams in the solo part.