74 of the most popular items from Carols for Choirs 1, 2 and 3 in one volume, plus 26 pieces new to the series. The volume contains both accompanied and unaccompanied items, and the Order of Service for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Orchestral and brass ensemble accompaniments for many of the items are available on hire.
ContentsWarlock: Adam lay ybounden;
Ebeling: All my heart this night rejoices;
Wishart: Alleluya, a new work is come on hand;
Willcocks: Angels, from the realms of glory;
Willcocks: Angelus ad virginem;
Willcocks: As with gladness men of old;
Maxwell Davies: Ave plena gracia;
Kirkpatrick/Willcocks: Away in a manger;
Mathias: A babe is born;
Willcocks: Birthday carol;
Willcocks: The cherry tree carol;
Rutter: Child in a manger;
Willcocks: A child is born in Bethlehem;
Rutter: Christmas night;
Rutter: Coventry carol;
Shaw: Coventry carol;
Rutter: Cradle song;
Tchaikovsky: The crown of roses;
Willcocks: Deck the hall;
Willcocks: Ding dong! merrily on high;
Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high;
Willcocks: The first Nowell;
Willcocks: Gabriel to Mary came;
Willcocks: Gabriel's message;
Willcocks: God rest you merry, gentlemen;
Willcocks: Good King Wenceslas;
Praetorius: A great and mighty wonder;
Wood: Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary;
Mendelssohn/Willcocks: Hark! the herald-angels sing;
Willcocks: He is born the divine Christ-child;
Rutter: Here we come a-wassailing;
Walford Davies: The holly and the ivy;
Willcocks: Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber;
Pettman: I saw a maiden;
Rutter: I saw three ships;
Willcocks: I saw three ships;
Niles/Rutter: I wonder as I wander;
Willcocks: Il est ne le divin enfant;
Pearsall: In Dulci Jubilo;
Holst: In the bleak mid-winter;
Darke: In the bleak mid-winter;
Willcocks: Infant holy, infant lowly;
Willcocks: The Infant King;
Willcocks: It came upon the midnight clear;
Rutter: Jesus child;
Willcocks: Jesus Christ is risen today;
Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree;
Pierpont/Willcocks: Jingle, bells;
Mason/Rutter: Joy to the world;
Cleobury: Joys seven;
Wood: King Jesus hath a garden;
Hopkins/Willcocks: Kings of Orient;
Willcocks: Lo! he comes with clouds descending;
Praetorius: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming;
Percival: Longfellow's carol;
Carter/Willcocks: Lord of the Dance;
Ballet/Shaw: Lute-book lullaby;
Carter: A maiden most gentle;
Rutter: Mary's Lullaby;
Warrell: A merry Christmas;
R. R. Terry: Myn lyking;
Rutter: Nativity carol;
Britten: A New Year carol;
Wade/Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful;
Willcocks: O come, o come, Emmanuel;
J. S. Bach: O little one sweet;
Vaughan Williams/Armstrong: O little town of Bethlehem;
Walford Davies: O little town of Bethlehem;
Rogers: O Queen of heaven;
Willcocks: Of the Father's heart begotten;
Wood: Once, as I remember;
Gauntlett/Mann/Willcocks: Once in royal David's city;
Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep;
Wood: Past three a clock;
Holst: Personent hodie;
Willcocks: Quelle est cette odeur agreable?;
Rutter: Quem pastores laudavere;
Rutter: Rise up, shepherd, and follow;
Rutter: Sans Day Carol;
Willcocks: See amid the winter's snow;
Berlioz: The shepherds' farewell;
Willcocks: Shepherds in the field abiding;
Rutter: Shepherds left their flocks a-straying;
Rutter: Shepherd's pipe carol;
Gruber/Willcocks: Silent night;
Holst: Sing aloud on this day!;
Mathias: Sir Christemas;
Howells: A spotless Rose;
Rutter: Star carol;
Ledger: Still, still, still;
Gruber/Willcocks: Stille Nacht;
Willcocks: Sussex carol;
Rutter: There is a flower;
Stevens: There is no rose;
Williamson: This Christmas night;
Wood: This joyful Eastertide;
Cornelius/Atkins: The three kings;
Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day;
Vaughan Williams: The truth from above;
Rutter: The twelve days of Christmas;
Willcocks: Unto us is born a son;
Woodward: Up! good Christen folk, and listen;
Wood: A virgin most pure;
Vaughan Williams: Wassail song;
Rutter: Wexford carol;
Walton: What cheer?;
Jacques: When Christ was born;
Willcocks: Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?;
Willcocks: While shepherds watched their flocks;
Gauntlett/Willcocks: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem