The Top 20 Christmas Carols

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Performers

• Paul McMahon (Tenor)
• Catherine Riley (Piano)
• Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor] (Descant)
• Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Genevieve Lang (Harp)
• Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
• James Blades (Percussion)
• David Willcocks (Descant)
• John Scott (Organ)
• David Corkhill (Percussion)
• Jonathan Bradley (Organ)
• David Miller (Piano)
• Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• David Drury (Organ)

Conductors

• Cleobury, Stephen
• Dyer, Paul
• Guest, George
• Leighton-Jones, Michael
• Sexton, Timothy
• Stanhope, David
• Walker, Antony
• Weymark, Brett
• Willcocks, David

Ensemble

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Composers

• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• William Garrett James (1895 - 1977)
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• Henry Walford Davies (1869 - 1941)
• William James Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Christmas Traditional
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Harold Darke (Organ/Composer) (1888 - 1976)
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
• Katherine K. Davis (1892 - 1981)

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Works Details

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Conductor: Timothy Sexton
• Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

• Performers: James Blades (Percussion); David Willcocks (Descant); John Scott (Organ); David Corkhill (Percussion)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Notes: Composition written: 1840.
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Performer: Jonathan Bradley (Organ)
• Conductor: Michael Leighton-Jones
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

James, William Garrett : Christmas Day, for chorus

• Performer: David Miller (Piano)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Handel, George Frideric : Joy to the World (theme by Handel)

• Conductor: Brett Weymark
• Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1742

Darke, Harold Edwin : In the Bleak Midwinter

• Performers: Jane Sheldon (Voice); David Drury (Organ)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century

Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David's City, carol

• Performer: Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol

• Performer: Paul McMahon (Tenor)
• Conductor: Brett Weymark
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 12th Century

James, William Garrett : Carol of the Birds, for chorus

• Performer: David Miller (Piano)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 1 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

James, William Garrett : The Silver Stars are in the Sky (Australian carol)

• Performers: Catherine Riley (Piano); David Miller (Piano)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1600

Traditional, Christmas : Coventry Carol (2) :: "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498

Davies, Henry Walford : O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol

• Performers: Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor] (Descant); Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Conductor: George Guest
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1920

Rutter, John : Shepherd's Pipe Carol

• Conductor: Timothy Sexton
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1966

Traditional, Christmas : The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came (Birjina gaztettobat zegoen, Basque carol)

• Performer: Genevieve Lang (Harp)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823
• Studio/Live: Live

Davis, Katherine K. : The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"

• Performer: Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1958

Kirkpatrick, William J. : Away in a manger :: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)

• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

• Conductor: Brett Weymark
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588