The Promise Of Ages: A Christmas Collection - Britten, Burney, Holst Etc.

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 1

• 1. 'C.B.' ?Charles Burney: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
• 2. Welsh Traditional: Nos Galan (Deck the Hall)
• 3. John Jacob Niles (?): Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child
• 4. 15th Century (Trinity Roll): Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu
• 5. Gustav Holst: I Sing of a Maiden
• 6. Benjamin Britten: There Is No Rose
• 7. Peter Maxwell Davies: O magnum mysterium
• 8. Medieval Chant (13th/14th century): Song of the Nuns of Chester (verses 1-3) (Qui creavit celum)
• 9. Maxwell Davies: The Fader of Heven
• 10. Medieval Chant (13th/14th century): Song of the Nuns of Chester (verses 4-6)
• 11. Maxwell Davies: O magnum mysterium
• 12. 15th Century (Ritson's Manuscript): Lullay, Lullow: I Saw a Swete Semly Syght
• 13. Niles (?): I Wonder as I Wander
• 14. Traditional: Staines Morris (Blessed Be That Maid Marie)
• 15. 15th Century (Trinity Roll): Hayle, Mary, Ful of Grace
• 16. English Traditional: The Seven Joys of Mary
• 17. Judith Weir (arr. Andrew Parrott): Illuminare, Jerusalem
• 18. Irish Traditional: Good People All, This Christmastide
• 19. Niles (?): Sing We the Virgin Mary
• 20. Ralph Vaughan Williams: In Bethlehem City
• 21. Irish Traditional: Christmas Eve
• 22. Chant: Hodie Christus natus est
• 23. Holst: Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born
• 24. Britten: As Dew in Aprille
• 25. Martin Madan: Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending