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

A babe is born, Antony Baldwin

A little child there is yborn, Christopher Wiggins

Adam lay ybounden, Graham Ross

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

Angels, from the realms of glory, Nicholas Burt

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

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

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

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

Child of the stable’s secret birth, Thomas Hewitt Jones

Christmas-tide, Bob Chilcott

Christmas Lullaby, John Rutter

Come and Worship!, Alan Bullard

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

Coventry Carol, Roderick Williams

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

Falantidida, Jenny McLeod

Gaudete!, fromPiae Cantiones(1582), arr. Alan Bullard

Gloucestershire Wassail, Trad. English, arr. Richard Shephard

Gold for a manger bed, Malcolm Archer

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

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

His Praises We’ll Sing, Alan Bullard

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

In the Beginning, Alan Smith

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

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

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

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

Natus est Immanuel, Alan Bullard

Now is the Time for Christemas!, Edmund Jolliffe

O faithful star, Gwyn Arch

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

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

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

See amid the winter’s snow, Sarah Rodgers

Silent night, Franz Xaver Gruber, arr. Alan Bullard

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

Star Carol, John Rutter

Starry night, David Willcocks

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

Sweet was the song, Alan Bullard

Te Kaiwhakaora, Jenny McLeod

The Cherry Tree Carol, Kerry Andrew

The First Christmas, David Hamilton

The light of the world, Ian Ray

The Night is Still, Cecilia McDowall

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

The Truth from Above, Andrew Smith

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

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, John Gardner

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

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

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

When Christ was born of Mary free, John Gardner

Wisselton, wasselton, Alan Bullard