Three Yuletide cantatas by Benjamin Britten this week on Choral Showcase, including his first major choral work, A Boy Was Born; one of his grandest, Saint Nicholas; and his most popular, A Ceremony of Carols.
Show Notes
Benjamin Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3
- Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophers, conductor
Benjamin Britten: Saint Nicholas, Op. 42
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Harry Briggs, treble; Corydon Singers; Choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor; Girls of Warwick University Choir; Choirs of Sevenoaks School & Tonbridge School; Choir of Christ Church Southgate; Penshurst Choral Society
- Catherine Edwards & John Alley, piano duet; John Scott, organ
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Matthew Best, conductor
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Graham Ross, conductor
- Tanya Houghton, harp