Plum Pudding

Champs Hill Records

 

Felicity Lott - soprano
Gabriel Woolf - narrator

Emily Woolf / Clare Porter / Helen Semple - sopranos
 Andy Mackinder - baritone

The Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent

 

1. Wassail Song (trad. arr. Vaughan Williams)
2. December (John Clare)
3. O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis da Victoria)
4. This Day Christ Was Born (William Byrd)
5. Gods Speech (from the Wakefield Plays)
6. Lullay, Lulla (Kenneth Leighton)  
7. Jolly Wat The Shepherd (Rhian Samuel)
8. I Sing Of A Maiden (Anon.)
9. Mariä Wiegenlied (Max Reger arr. Broadbent)
10. The Three Kings (Peter Cornelius arr. Atkins)
11. The Journey Of The Magi (T.S. Eliot)
12. Twelfth Night (Samuel Barber)
13. Christmas In Seville (excerpt) (Laurie Lee)
14.
Virgen Sancta (Francisco Guerrero)
1
5.
Esta Noche (trad. Spanish arr Carter)
1
6.
Memories Of Christmas (Dylan Thomas)
17.
The Holly And The Ivy (trad. arr. Walford Davies)
18.
Christmas Decorations (E.V. Lucas)
19.
Deck The Hall (trad. Welsh arr. Broadbent)
2
0.
The Twelve Days Of Christmas (J. J. Norwich)
2
1.
The Twelve Days Of Christmas (Trad. arr. Carter)
2
2.
Christmas Truce, A Letter (Cpt. R J Armes)
2
3.
Singing In The Streets (Leonard Clark)
2
4.
Silent Night (Gruber arr. Broadbent)
 

I'm not sure that the Joyful Company of Singers- or even my husband- will ever speak to me again, now that they have seen my name in big letters and theirs in such small ones on the front of this CD! The Joyful Company is a marvellous choir and Gabriel (my husband, Gabriel Woolf) works with them a lot. We made this CD at a public concert, in aid of charity, in a beautiful music room belonging to friends of mine- where I also recorded "Summertime" and the new Strauss CD. I did a duet with our daughter Emily, and sang a few solos with the choir, but Gabriel was really in tremendous form in all the characters he read, and the choir is just lovely. I have no hesitation in recommending this CD as a perfect Christmas gift: I can do so in all modesty since I do so little towards its success! But I do think it will be enjoyed by many, and it is full of joy and Christmas spirit! FL