Description

The perfect resource for every choir at Christmas

• 56 flexibly scored carols
• Suitable for mixed choirs, upper-voice choirs, choirs with few men, unison choirs, small choirs, and all other groups
• New flexible arrangements of traditional carols and modern favourites
• Brand new carols written specially for the collection
• Variety of composers, including Kerry Andrew, Malcolm Archer, Alan Bullard, Bob Chilcott, Stephen Cleobury, Cecilia McDowall, John Rutter, Mack Wilberg, and David Willcocks
• Wide range of material, from Medieval to the present day and including wassails, gallery carols, world carols, and spirituals
• Accessible keyboard accompaniments suitable for organ (with or without pedals) or piano
• 1. A babe is born, Antony Baldwin

  3. A little child there is yborn, Christopher Wiggins

  5. Adam lay ybounden, Graham Ross

  7. Adam lay ybounden, Peter Warlock, lower voice parts by Alan Bullard

  9. Angels, from the realms of glory, Nicholas Burt

  11. Away in a manger, W. J. Kirkpatrick, arr. Bob Chilcott

  13. Away With Your Sorrows, William Billings, arr. Alan Bullard

  15. Born this day is the Son of God, Trad. African, trans. and arr. Fred Onovwerosuoke, accomp. Alan Bullard

  17. Cantemos a María, Trad. Dominican Republic, arr. Juan Tony Guzmán

  19. Child of the stable s secret birth, Thomas Hewitt Jones

  21. Christmas-tide, Bob Chilcott

  23. Christmas Lullaby, John Rutter

  25. Come and Worship!, Alan Bullard

  27. Come, let us all with heart and voice, 18th-cent. West Country carol, adap. Alan Bullard

  29. Coventry Carol, Roderick Williams

  31. Ding dong! merrily on high, 16th-cent. French, arr. Alan Smith

  33. Falantidida, Jenny McLeod

  35. Gaudete!, from Piae Cantiones (1582), arr. Alan Bullard

  37. Gloucestershire Wassail, Trad. English, arr. Richard Shephard

  39. Gold for a manger bed, Malcolm Archer

  41. Go tell it on the mountain, Trad. American, arr. Pete Churchill

  43. Good Christians all, rejoice, Old German carol, arr. Alan Bullard

  45. His Praises We ll Sing, Alan Bullard

  47. Il est né, le divin enfant, Trad. French, arr. Neil Matthews

  49. In the Beginning, Alan Smith

  51. In the bleak mid-winter, Gustav Holst, descant and accomp. Alan Bullard

  53. Infant holy, infant lowly, Trad. Polish, arr. Neil Matthews

  55. Jesus Christ is here!, Mina folk song, trans. and arr. by Fred Onovwerosuoke

  57. Mary s Cradle Song, Max Reger, arr. Alan Bullard

  59. Natus est Immanuel, Alan Bullard

  61. Now is the Time for Christemas!, Edmund Jolliffe

  63. O faithful star, Gwyn Arch

  65. O holy night!, Adolphe Adam, arr. Alan Bullard

  67. Past three o clock, Trad. English, arr. Jonathan Willcocks

  69. Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow, Trad. American, arr. Gordon Thornett

  71. See amid the winter s snow, Sarah Rodgers

  73. Silent night, Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Alan Bullard

  75. Song of the Wise Men, Trad. Puerto Rican, arr. Alan Bullard

  77. Star Carol, John Rutter

  79. Starry night, David Willcocks

  81. Still, still, still, Austrian carol, arr. Mack Wilberg

  83. Sweet was the song, Alan Bullard

  85. Te Kaiwhakaora, Jenny McLeod

  87. The Cherry Tree Carol, Kerry Andrew

  89. The First Christmas, David Hamilton

  91. The light of the world, Ian Ray

  93. The Night is Still, Cecilia McDowall

  95. The Saviour s Come, Trad. Swahili, arr. David Blackwell

  97. The Truth from Above, Andrew Smith

  99. There is no rose, Anon. 15th cent., arr. Alan Bullard

  101. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, John Gardner

  103. We three kings of Orient are, John Henry Hopkins, arr. Stephen Cleobury

  105. We wish you a merry Christmas, Trad. West Country carol, arr. Benjamin Woodgates

  107. What child is this?, Trad. English, arr. Antony Baldwin

  109. When Christ was born of Mary free, John Gardner

  111. Wisselton, wasselton, Alan Bullard