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.
Adam lay ybounden ; All my heart this night rejoices ; Alleluya, a new
work is come on hand ; Angels, from the realms of glory ; Angelus ad virginem
; As with gladness men of old ; Ave plena gracia ; Away in a manger ; A babe
is born ; Birthday carol ; The cherry tree carol ; Child in a manger ; A
child is born in Bethlehem ; Christmas night ; Coventry carol ; Coventry
carol ; Cradle song ; The crown of roses ; Deck the hall ; Ding dong! merrily
on high ; Ding dong! merrily on high ; The first Nowell ; Gabriel to Mary
came ; Gabriel's message ; God rest you merry, gentlemen ; Good King
Wenceslas ; A great and mighty wonder ; Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary ; Hark! the
herald-angels sing ; He is born the divine Christ-child ; Here we come
a-wassailing ; The holly and the ivy ; Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber ;
I saw a maiden ; I saw three ships ; I saw three ships ; I wonder as I wander
; Il est ne le divin enfant ; In Dulci Jubilo ; In the bleak mid-winter ; In
the bleak mid-winter ; Infant holy, infant lowly ; The Infant King ; It came
upon the midnight clear ; Jesus child ; Jesus Christ is risen today ; Jesus
Christ the apple tree ; Jingle, bells ; Joy to the world ; Joys seven ; King
Jesus hath a garden ; Kings of Orient ; Lo! he comes with clouds descending ;
Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming ; Longfellow's carol ; Lord of the Dance ;
Lute-book lullaby ; A maiden most gentle ; Mary's Lullaby ; A merry Christmas
; Myn lyking ; Nativity carol ; A New Year carol ; O come, all ye faithful ;
O come, o come, Emmanuel ; O little one sweet ; O little town of Bethlehem ;
O little town of Bethlehem ; O Queen of heaven ; Of the Father's heart
begotten ; Once, as I remember ; Once in royal David's city ; Out of your
sleep ; Past three a clock ; Personent hodie ; Quelle est cette odeur
agreable? ; Quem pastores laudavere ; Rise up, shepherd, and follow ; Sans
Day Carol ; See amid the winter's snow ; The shepherds' farewell ; Shepherds
in the field abiding ; Shepherds left their flocks a-straying ; Shepherd's
pipe carol ; Silent night ; Sing aloud on this day! ; Sir Christemas ; A
spotless Rose ; Star carol ; Still, still, still ; Stille Nacht ; Sussex
carol ; There is a flower ; There is no rose ; This Christmas night ; This
joyful Eastertide ; The three kings ; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day ; The
truth from above ; The twelve days of Christmas ; Unto us is born a son ; Up!
good Christen folk, and listen ; A virgin most pure ; Wassail song ; Wexford
carol ; What cheer? ; When Christ was born ; Whence is that goodly fragrance
flowing? ; While shepherds watched their flocks ; Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
John Rutter studied music at Clare College, Cambridge and first came to notice as a composer and arranger of Christmas carols and other choral pieces during those early years; today his compositions, including such concert-length works as Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, The Gift of Life, and Visions are performed around the world. John edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and, with Sir David Willcocks, co-edited four volumes of Carols for Choirs. In 1983 he formed his own choir The Cambridge Singers, with whom he has made numerous recordings on the Collegium Records label, and he appears regularly in several countries as a guest conductor and choral ambassador. John holds a Lambeth Doctorate in Music in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and in 2024 he was knighted in the Kings Birthday Honours.
