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Program
Matthias	Sir Christèmas
Howells	A Spotless Rose
Llewellyn	In the Bleak Midwinter
Benjamin Britten	Sweet Was the Song	women’s chorus
arr. Gilbert	Coventry Carol	men’s chorus
Leighton	Lulla, lulla, thou little tiny child
arr. Stephen Cleobury	Joys Seven
arr. John Rutter	Down in Yon Forest
arr. David Willcocks	Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day	Chamber Choir
Walton	What Cheer?
arr. John Joubert	God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Intermission
Benjamin Britten	Saint Nicolas

 

Britten: Saint Nicolas

Program notes by John Bawden (choirs.org.uk)

Program notes by Robert Scandrett (St. Nicholas Center)

Synopsis by Jack Goldklang (St. Nicholas Center)

Selected text (St. Nicholas Center)

Text (PDF)

Information about the real Saint Nicholas (St. Nicholas Center)

CD Recordings

Steuart Bedford, Tallis Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Naxos (1996)
(with Christ's Nativity, Psalm 150)
Recording info. at Amazon.com (with audio clips)
Recording info. at CD Universe (with audio clips)

Matthew Best, Corydon Singers, Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Choristers of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, English Chamber Orchestra, Hyperion (1988)
(with Hymn to Saint Cecilia)
Recording info. at Hyperion
Recording info. at CD Universe (with audio clips)

Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra, Girls’ Choir of Sir John Leman School, Boys’ Choir of Ipswich School Preparatory Department, Decca (1955)
Recording info. at Decca
Recording info. at CD Universe (with audio clips)

CD Reviews

by Kevin Sutton at Music Web (Steuart)

by David Vernier at Classics Today (Britten)

by David Vernier at Classics Today (Steuart)

Composer's Biography

Biography by Rob Barnett (MusicWeb International)
with links to list of works, discography, articles

Grove Concise Dictionary of Music

Links to audio clips of interviews with Britten

 

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