A Ceremony of Carols

Album by Benjamin Britten & Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & Graham Ross

A Ceremony of Carols is a choral composition for treble voices and harp by the English composer Benjamin Britten, composed in 1942. Scored for women's and children's voices with harp accompaniment, it draws on medieval texts and modal harmonies to produce chant-inflected, contrapuntal textures and reflects Britten's engagement with early-music influences during his mid-war period.
First released: 16th October 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Venite exultemus Domino
    4:13
  2. 2.
    Te Deum in C
    7:42
  3. 3.
    Jubilate Deo in C
    2:32
  4. 4.
    Deus in adjutorium meum intende
    4:38
  5. 5.
    A Hymn to the Virgin
    3:25
  6. 6.
    A Hymn of St Columba
    2:03
  7. 7.
    Hymn to St Peter, op. 56a
    5:59
  8. 8.
    The Holy Boy
    2:52
  9. 9.
    Music, when soft voices die, H. 37
    3:28
  10. 10.
    This have I done for my true love, op. 34 no. 1, H. 128
    5:27
  11. 11.
    The Sycamore Tree
    1:32
  12. 12.
    The Holly and the Ivy
    3:38
  13. 13.
    Christ's Nativity: 2. Sweet was the song
    2:47
  14. 14.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 1. Procession
    1:18
  15. 15.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 2. Wolcum Yole!
    1:23
  16. 16.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 3. There is no rose
    2:29
  17. 17.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 4a. That yongë child
    1:51
  18. 18.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 4b. Balulalow
    1:20
  19. 19.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 5. As dew in Aprille
    0:56
  20. 20.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 6. This little babe
    1:26
  21. 21.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 7. Interlude
    4:01
  22. 22.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 8. In freezing winter night
    3:36
  23. 23.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 9. Spring Carol
    1:16
  24. 24.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 10. Deo gracias
    1:07
  25. 25.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 11. Recession
    1:28
  26. 26.
    Friday Afternoons, op. 7: 5. A New Year Carol
    2:17

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