50 carols for sopranos and altos (suitable for boys', girls', or women's choirs). It contains mostly simple arrangements of the best-loved carols, some less well-known ones, and four original pieces by Britten (2), Rutter, and Hadley. Most of the Christmas hymns are presented in two versions; for choirs only, unaccompanied, and for choir and audience/congregation, with accompaniment. Orchestral accompaniments for many of the carols are available on hire.
ContentsWillcocks: Adeste fideles;
Willcocks: Angels, from the realms of glory;
Willcocks: Angelus ad Virginem;
Kocher/Willcocks: As with gladness men of old (2 versions);
Kirkpatrick/Willcocks: Away in a manger;
Willcocks: The cherry tree carol;
Rutter: Coventry carol;
Rutter: Deck the hall;
Willcocks: Ding dong! merrily on high;
Rutter: Donkey carol;
Willcocks: The first Nowell;
Willcocks: Gabriel to Mary came;
Rutter: Gabriel's message;
Willcocks: God rest you merry, gentlemen (2 versions);
Willcocks: Good King Wenceslas;
Wood: Hail! blessed Virgin Mary;
Mendelssohn/Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing (2 versions);
Willcocks: He smiles within his cradle;
Rutter: The holly and the ivy;
Willcocks: How far is it to Bethlehem?;
Willcocks: I saw three ships;
Hadley: I sing of a maiden;
Rutter: Il est ne le divin enfant;
Pearsall: In dulci jubilo (4-part version);
Rutter/Pearsall: In dulci jubilo (3-part version);
Rutter: The Infant King;
Sullivan/Willcocks: It came upon the midnight clear;
Rutter: King Jesus hath a garden;
Rutter: The Linden tree carol;
Ballet/Rutter: Lute-book lullaby;
Rutter: A Merry Christmas;
Rutter: Nativity Carol;
Britten: A New Year carol;
Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful;
Willcocks: O come, O come, Emmanuel;
Willcocks: O little town of Bethlehem;
Gauntlett/Willcocks: Once in royal David's city (2 versions);
Rutter: Past three a clock;
Rutter: Personent hodie;
Willcocks: Quelle est cette odeur agreable;
Rutter: Quem pastores laudavere;
Willcocks: Rocking;
Goss/Willcocks: See amid the winter's snow;
Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol;
Rutter/Pont: Star Carol;
Gruber/Rutter: Stille Nacht;
Willcocks: Sussex Carol;
Britten: There is no rose;
Rutter: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day;
Willcocks: Unto us is born a son;
Woodward: Up! good Christen folk, and listen;
Rutter: A Virgin most pure;
Willcocks: While shepherds watched