Catalogue
HAVPCD223 – A Christmas Carol
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| Disk Title | A Christmas Carol |
| Carols and readings for Christmas | |
| Soloists | Gerald Dickens (Reader) |
| William Whitehead (Organ) | |
| Choir | The Choir of Rochester Cathedral |
| Conductor | Roger Sayer |
| Location | Rochester Cathedral |
| Date Recorded | January & May 1998 |
| Audio Tracks | 21 |
Rochester Cathedral is the second oldest cathedral foundation in England: the first Bishop was consecrated by St Augustine in 604 A.D. The city’s long history and culture derives from its strategic site, guarding the approach to London and the heartlands of England. Many battles have been fought here down the ages, from Ancient Britons fighting the Romans to the RAF fighting the Luftwaffe, but Rochester’s story is not only one of wars: it is also the story of Christian faithfulness, for among its great symbolic buildings are not only a bridge and a castle, but a cathedral.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 02:15 | Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | John Gardner |
| 2 | 02:52 | A spotless rose | Herbert Howells |
| 3 | 04:31 | Of the Father’s heart begotten | arr. David Willcocks |
| 4 | 03:25 | Reading: A Christmas Dinner from Sketches by Boz |
Charles Dickens |
| 5 | 01:58 | Sussex Carol | arr. Philip Ledger |
| 6 | 03:16 | O come, O come, Emmanuel | arr. David Wilcocks |
| 7 | 01:10 | Adam lay y-bounden | Boris Ord |
| 8 | 03:44 | Organ: Fiat lux | François Dubois |
| 9 | 03:53 | Bethlehem Down | Peter Warlock |
| 10 | 02:50 | A Child is born in Bethlehem | Samuel Scheidt |
| 11 | 02:50 | Reading: Christmas from The Pickwick Papers |
Charles Dickens |
| 12 | 02:51 | Good King Wenceslas | arr. Reginald Jacques |
| 13 | 06:26 | Organ: La nativité | Jean Langlais |
| 14 | 01:37 | People, look East | arr. Barry Ferguson |
| 15 | 04:11 | What sweeter music can we bring | John Rutter |
| 16 | 01:57 | Reading: Blindman’s Buff from A Christmas Carol |
Charles Dickens |
| 17 | 01:42 | Away in a manger | arr. Reginald Jacques |
| 18 | 02:57 | God rest you merry, gentlemen | arr. David Willcocks |
| 19 | 02:20 | Out of your sleep arise and wake | Anthony Milner |
| 20 | 03:40 | Reading: The end of it from A Christmas Carol |
Charles Dickens |
| 21 | 02:41 | Make we joy now in this fest | David Morgan |
Gerald Dickens is not only the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens but a full-time actor as well. He has been giving dramatic readings of Dickens’s work since 1993, the 150th anniversary of A Christmas Carol.
