Ancient and contemporary carols for Christmas this week on Choral Showcase with performances by The Tallis Scholars, The Gesualdo Six, the Dresden Chamber Choir and Soloists, and The Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
Show Notes
Medieval Carols: Angelus ad virginum, Nowell sing we, There is no Rose of such virtue, Nowell: Dieu vous garde
- The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, director
Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings
Johannes Eccard: Maria wallt zum Heiligtum
Joanna Marsh: In winter's house
Herbert Howells: Here is the little door
- The Gesualdo Six; Owain Park, director
Michael Praetorius: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Es ist ein Rose; Quem pastores laudavere; Resonet in laudibus
- Dresden Chamber Choir and Instrumentalists; Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor
Arvo Part: Morning Star
Orlando de Lassus: Tribus miraculis
Owain Park: O send out thy light
Traditional: Bethlehem, of noblest cities
- The Gesualdo Six; Owain Park, director
Franz Gruber: Silent Night
Traditional: Child in a Manger (Welsh); Sans Day Carol (Cornish)
John Rutter: All the stars looked down; Blake's lullaby; All the bells in paradise
- The Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Britten Sinfonia; Daniel Hyde, conductor