Christmas Through the Ages
Musical offerings from the 10th Century to the 21st.
Part One
Hodie Christus natus est - Plainchant 10th C
Quem pastores laudavere 14th C
Coventry Carol 16th C
Victoria O magnum mysterium 1575
Gaudete 1582
Sweelinck Hodie 1619
Monteverdi Cantate Domino 1620
Buxtehude Chorale Fantasia on 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern' 17th C
Handel For unto us a Son is born 1741
Bach Cantata 191 1742
O come all ye faithful 1751
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy 19th C
Part Two
Mulled wine & mince pies
Part Three
Grüber Silent Night 1818
Holst In the bleak midwinter 1906
Howells Here is the little door 1918
Britten Ceremony of Carols 1942
Anderson Sleigh Ride 1948
Tavener The Lamb 1982
Rutter Magnificat Mvmnt 1 1992
Lauridsen O magnum mysterium 1994
Stopford Lully, lullla, lullay 2008
Carr In the Bleak Midwinter 2022
Mendelssohn Hark the Herald 1840