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.Venite exultemus Domino4:13
- 2.Te Deum in C7:42
- 3.Jubilate Deo in C2:32
- 4.Deus in adjutorium meum intende4:38
- 5.A Hymn to the Virgin3:25
- 6.A Hymn of St Columba2:03
- 7.Hymn to St Peter, op. 56a5:59
- 8.The Holy Boy2:52
- 9.Music, when soft voices die, H. 373:28
- 10.This have I done for my true love, op. 34 no. 1, H. 1285:27
- 11.The Sycamore Tree1:32
- 12.The Holly and the Ivy3:38
- 13.Christ's Nativity: 2. Sweet was the song2:47
- 14.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 1. Procession1:18
- 15.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 2. Wolcum Yole!1:23
- 16.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 3. There is no rose2:29
- 17.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 4a. That yongë child1:51
- 18.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 4b. Balulalow1:20
- 19.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 5. As dew in Aprille0:56
- 20.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 6. This little babe1:26
- 21.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 7. Interlude4:01
- 22.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 8. In freezing winter night3:36
- 23.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 9. Spring Carol1:16
- 24.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 10. Deo gracias1:07
- 25.A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: 11. Recession1:28
- 26.Friday Afternoons, op. 7: 5. A New Year Carol2:17